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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1933
Page
4
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A concise meditation on Luke 17 21 declaring that the kingdom of God is within you. The text emphasizes inner spiritual realization over outward signs or locations.
Fairfax county leaders and residents pushed back against reports of a planned nudist colony near Herndon. The 83 acre tract reportedly attracted officials who call it a blot on Fairfax’s escutcheon while a Richmond editor skeptically notes the idea seems goofy and unlikely to proceed for months as Jack Frost guards the county.
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr a Harvard student learns the press scrutiny of being the president's son. He shuns football and crew after photographers mob him on campus. The Amherst incident with John Coolidge is cited as a similar burden on a youth.
A young woman learning to drive lost control of a car that plunged into the East River. The driver escaped and surfaced as a limousine stopped nearby. A well-dressed woman jumped into the water, swam to the scene and aided in the rescue.
A river incident ends with a mysterious woman rescuing a victim and vanishing after a car ride away, her identity and license plate remaining unknown. The story contrasts old and new bathing suit norms and credits modern swimwear for real swimming ability.
The National Retail Credit Association head argues paying bills is crucial to circulating money. A single payment to a tradesman triggers a chain of payments for supplies, enabling more orders and broader economic circulation, addressing a long-standing money circulation problem.
Richmond News-Leader notes Virginia households follow a regular seasonal pattern for lighting log fires in October. The piece contrasts hotter Western cities and highlights the Old Dominion’s predictable shift from open-hearth comfort to heating needs around early to mid October.
One year ago Captain P M Walker manager of Pagebrook Stud near Boyce sues John Lowe estate for 795 dollars for horse board. Also noted Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals rules redistricting act unconstitutional and Simon S Baker 65 found dead near Washington Jefferson College. Officers Boyd Bowers and Funk receive medals from Mayor Dr R Anderson for bravery in fending off bandits. Wheat quoted 50 cents on local markets.
Ten years ago Casey Stengel of the Giants hit a ninth inning homer with two strikes and two out to beat the Yankees 5 4. Next day in game two New York won 4 2. Also reported youths sent to reform school and a Reichstag dissolution forecast. Miss Evelyn Wisecarver of this city wed Cassell Kercheval of Clarke County in a home ceremony.
James Arlington Patterson of Opequon survived a 120 foot fall from a New York building but died from flu. Rites for Captain James R. McCann near Stephenson held at home. Miss Clara Ruth Goode of the county to sing for soldiers. Frederick County schools set to open next Monday per dispatch.
Ketchikan Alaska asserts its status as the world's largest salmon canning city. Local industry leaders tout the port and cannery facilities as central to regional fisheries. The claim underscores a long history of salmon canning and export trade in southeastern Alaska.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a powerful yet harmless cough remedy. It claims quick action against germs, pleasant taste, no narcotics, and a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss of Austria joins Europe’s growing dictator list by creating a cabinet of personalities in which he holds five portfolios. Other leading dictators named include Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, and Mustafa Kemal Pasha.
Lizetta Logan pursues Stuart at Tropica Beach social season while a jewel theft at a dance stirs gossip. Pedro’s alleged guilt sparks Logan to offer bond aid and push for an exonerating legal defense as dawn swims and breakfast meetings unfold.
Rainfall data shows present and past totals with 24 hour end at 8 am and month to date figures. Year to date 34.26 inches, average 34.53 inches from 20 year records. Monthly averages include January 4.36, February 2.70, March 2.70, April 11.00, May 7.30, June 3.81, July 4.50, August 3.45, September 2.15, October 3.06, November 2.25, December 2.37 inches.
In a silent radio studio actors singers and musicians struggle to sing on pitch without echo as the space uses monk cloth walls and cork floors. Separately the Dutch East Indies accepts land tax payments in rice.
By order of the Magistrate's Court in E Earl Shade versus Valley Curative Fruit Exchange, the sheriff offers auction at the Shade garage on North Loudoun Street Extended Friday October 20 1933 at 10 o'clock A M. Items include two 1200 Bean Fruit Washers and a lot of apple baskets. Cash terms. A J Wiggins Deputy Sheriff for H L McCann Sheriff.
Public sale by trustee in bankruptcy authorized by court order dated September 20 1938 in Winchester Virginia at 11 AM October 21 1933. Five parcels include warehouse buildings with machinery and a frame dwelling on Camer on Street and an unimproved lot on Woodland Avenue. sale free of liens. Local auction listings indicate parcels along Cumberland Valley and B&O Railways with noted machinery and retail warehouse use.
Public auction in Winchester Virginia at 11 a m on Wednesday October 18 1933 of the Smith land located twelve miles west of Winchester in Frederick County part of the old Taylor Furnace farm four hundred eleven acres more or less with limestone grazing land a good house barn and out buildings an undeveloped cave and a high county view suitable for sanatorium or summer resort about two hundred acres of virgin timber Terms one third cash and the balance in two equal installments secured by a deed of trust and a policy of insurance executors J H Bean and D Wright Dunn Duvall auctioneers Sept 29 Oct 4 6 11 13 16
Amid Washington coverage the AF of L signals rising labor power and a push for a full fledged labor party. The piece notes militancy in pursuit of labor demands and a shift toward active endorsements in primaries, with widespread confidence among workers.
Louis J. Johnson national commander receives the city key from Mayor Edward J. Kelly in Chicago at the opening of the American Legion convention as a greeting to visiting Legionnaires.
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