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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1928
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates for the Winchester Virginia Evening Star and related publications, detailing annual and shorter-term prepaid prices for mail and carrier delivery and noting consolidation with Morning News Weekly and The Weekly Mirror.
A brief devotional line asserts God as refuge and strength. emphasizes divine aid in times of trouble and crisis, praising God’s immediacy and power for believers seeking shelter and courage.
The piece criticizes President Hoover's choice of Dr. Hubert Work as Republican National Committee chair, citing alleged civil service violations and a renewed Sinclair Salt Creek oil contract deemed illegal by the U.S. Attorney General, suggesting removal from the post. It cites New York Evening Telegram and Walsh investigations as context.
The New York World reports that Dr Hubert Work approved a five year renewal option tied to a Sinclair deal despite objections from the Interior Secretary. The action, eight months later repudiated by the chief legal authority of the United States, fuels criticism of Hoover’s campaign.
Nannie Langhorne Astor returns to Virginia and criticizes its dirt, litter, billboards, and neglected highways. She notes downtown clutter, dangerous overhanging signs, unkempt vacant lots, and missing city planning support. Local readers are urged to improve civic responsibility and beautification efforts.
A Cuba built 700 mile highway promises no grade crossings or speed limits outside towns and opens to American tourists in three years. The project costs Cuba 76000000 dollars and American investment is expected to repay the cost. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Williams of Harrisonburg Va spent the weekend in town.
C H Lowry manager of the J C Penney Co store in this city has returned from New York City after attending the semi annual buying convention. The event drew representation from over 1 060 stores across eleven district conventions in the central United States. Lowry notes local managers handle merchandise buying and buyers from New York headquarters showcased styles and values. He highlights Penney growth from Kenmerer Wyoming to 1 025 stores and a sales quota of 1900000000 for the year.
A Winchester, Virginia reader extols Rinso soap claiming it makes the whitest clothes with no scrubbing and no boiling. The advertisement notes Rinso soaks dirt loose, works in hard water, and is safe for cottons and linens, offered in two sizes with a focus on saving washday time.
Special Commissioners announce a public auction of unimproved building lots in the Robert M. Henry subdivision, Winchester, on Whitlock Avenue. Lot A and Lot B will be sold November 15, 1928, at 11:00 a.m. at the County Courthouse, with one third cash and balance in two yearly installments secured by a deed of trust.
The State Road convict camp is pitched on the Sisler property north of New Market to supply labor for widening the Valley Pike. L. H. Jones will lead 100 convicts, with work beginning after a short delay. J. O. McGuffin oversees construction as landowners donate right of way and officials push agreements.
Pursuant to a decree of the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia the Shenandoah Motor Co will offer at public sale on Saturday October 27 at ten o clock AM one Nash Sport Model Auto.
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