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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1930
Page
2
The Baltimore Sun argues that President Hoover’s push for industrial stabilization relies on broad rhetoric. It notes blurred economic analysis in applying stabilization to the soft coal sector and questions who should balance trade competition and whether public control is acceptable.
Judge jokes that divers could recover millions sunk in Wall Street last year after locating a five million dollar treasure off the Spanish coast eight years ago.
President Hoover rose before daybreak and returned from Rapidan Lodge to the White House and was at his desk. His ill son Herbert Hoover Jr faces possible departure about November 1 to Asheville North Carolina for convalescence, with plans discussed for his care and travel.
Advices from Russia via Berlin say two Roman Catholic priests were executed. Names: Monsignors John Roth Dean and Jakob Wolff, born in Odessa in 1891. Per Moscow report one person sentenced to death and 74 others given terms after graft convictions in food and clothing sales, mostly private traders and government employees.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on October 20 two miners were killed and about a score injured five seriously when mine shuttle cars bound for the Sonman Shaft Coal Company wrecked after running away. Two unidentified white men died and officials were unsure of the accident cause.
Chicago market prices show Wheat and Corn futures with December and March positions and new quotes listed. Oats figures are partial with December and March values noted though incomplete text.
Frederick Athletic Club defeats Winchester 6 to 0 in a hard fought game at Local Semi-Pros Field. Frederick scores in the first period and Winchester fails to score in three games this season, totaling eight points for opponents.
General Veleriano Weyler famed for Cuban administration dies in Madrid at age 92. A veteran of Spain’s colonial wars, Weyler was captain general and a dominant figure in the era’s military campaigns, passing after a fall from his horse on his ninety second birthday.
Excavations in Samland East Prussia reveal that the widows of the earliest inhabitants were burned alive on their husbands funeral pyres, suggesting preservation of Indogermanic home customs.
A 1930 reflection notes the 66th anniversary of Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley campaign beginning in 1864. Veterans recall drought and food shortages then and now, with scarce game and livestock losses, comparing wartime disruptions to the current agricultural hardships.
Washington October 20 The cabinet committee to relieve unemployment will meet at the White House chaired by Secretary Lamont. The group will act as a preliminary committee and later seek to set up an organization to cope with unemployment after a postponement earlier today following a conference with President Hoover.
A Finnish delegate at the Sixth International Road Congress reports a motor highway now extends deep into Arctic regions. The note implies the pedestrian's last refuge is removed, highlighting broader accessibility and safety concerns.
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