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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1934
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices by mail and carrier with annual and monthly rates. Advertising options include classified copy priced per word and small card rates. Terms require cash with copy and advance border ad deadlines by 10 A.M. Transient rates and national reps are noted.
A press policy note states the Associated Press retains exclusive rights to its news dispatches and local news published in the paper. The notice covers exclusive use for republication by this newspaper and others.
A compact note cites James 2 8 9 urging to love thy neighbor and condemning partiality as breaking the royal law and making one a transgressor in scripture terms.
Attorney General Cummings calls a December meeting in Washington with federal, state, and local officials and experts from legal, medical, sociological, educational, and religious fields to tackle crime. A Christian Science Monitor series highlights the home as a key crime source, citing a $13 billion annual cost and data on youth crime ages 18 to 23, with poverty and family trouble as major factors.
A National Board of Fire Underwriters report highlights how fires escape confinement, turning from friendly to unfriendly. It notes that in 1982 fires caused by stoves, furnaces, and improper confinement rose, stressing safe installation and maintenance to prevent danger.
A thirty five mile scenic drive along the James River Valley attracts CCC workers and visitors who praise the route as one of America's most scenic. Many ask why southward extension toward Roanoke and beyond has stalled, envisioning crossing into North Carolina to Blowing Rock.
The piece cites $47.6 million in 1932 fire losses from faulty furnaces chimneys stoves and hot ashes. It urges cleaning soot from stoves pipes replacing worn parts keeping combustibles away, using metal ash containers and screening open fires, stressing cautious operation and shared responsibility to cut fire costs.
Roanoke World News notes peak autumn color along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park Virginia. The article describes heavy weekend visitation, many visitors from the District of Columbia, and directions preferring the northern entry.
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch reports a Northwestern University survey of 400 freshman women showing 399 not prioritizing marriage as a goal. The piece notes male ego and assumptions while highlighting a shift toward independence and career pursuits among young women.
Inspector Lee, Tim, and Bowers pursue a man masquerading as Hall after a telegraph hints at a police case in Chicago. A tail leads to a lakeside mansion and a telegraph message from Windsor Hall referencing a university murder investigation in progress.
The speaker muses on marriage and the idea that the other woman may be the only one with sense to equip herself to earn a living and support a husband in the lifestyle expected by him.
In Baltimore on October 11 a man was found dead at his store after his head was caught between an elevator and its shaft. Police believe the man died from being struck by the automatic elevator as he leaned too far into the shaft. A Black employee discovered the body.
MARSEILLE France October 11 A monument to King Alexander of Yugoslavia will be erected on the site where he was assassinated Tuesday A joint public subscription campaign was opened by all Marseille newspapers today to support the memorial effort.
Several banks announce closures for a legal holiday on Friday October 12 1934. Paper maturing on that date will be payable on Saturday October 13 1934. John Sloail V Casniek Commercial and Savings Bank Bushnell Union Bank of Winchester Yossi Farmers and Merchants Nations Bank and Trust Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank Harold G Brown cashiers.
Learn how to restore natural youthful hair color in under thirty minutes using Rap-I-Dol a colorant offered at Boyd Drug Store corner Main and Water. Choose from eighteen shades and enjoy a non fading wash resistant result without harming curls or permanent waves.
Present and past rainfall figures show no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. October to date totals 0.46 inches, year to date 28.51 inches. Average monthly precipitation from 21 years of Winchester Research Laboratory records lists January 2.10, February 1.97, March 2.82, April 4.21, May 3.94, June 3.65, July 3.41, August 3.29, September 2.34, October 3.00, November 2.33, December 2.34 inches.
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