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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1934
Page
4
The fragment references daily printing patterns for Winchester Virginia papers The Evening Star Pub and weekly titles The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror, noting publication cadence and Sunday issuance.
Rates listed for six months seven months and one year with advance payments. Details show amounts in dollars and cents and vary by period.
Advertising rates are listed per inch with contract rates on application. National representatives include Corp. in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta.
A biblical verse from Philippians 2 12 is cited urging believers to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling and to obey in presence and absence. The quotation emphasizes personal responsibility and reverence in faith practice.
The article notes Mr. Upton Sinclair as a candidate for California governor with a proposed Epic program to end poverty via a state run barter system. It recalls his past dietary experiments and questions the feasibility of his broader political experiments in a populous state.
A short school quiz lists questions and concise answers. It asks Harvard University age at 298 years and identifies Lake Titicaca as the highest lake in the Western Hemisphere at 12 500 feet, partly in Peru and Bolivia. It also notes linear surveyor units such as links chains furlongs and miles.
Observers note growing federal spending and new agencies increasing administrative costs. They warn that a proposed 525 million drought relief package mirrors past unbalanced budgets and point to changes in treasury leadership as undermining fiscal restraint and Democratic platform goals.
Roanoke World News notes Lewis Douglas resigns as director of the budget after pressures from President Roosevelt and the party at the Chicago convention. The platform urged a 25 percent tax or cut to balance the budget and Douglas left Congress to serve in the Treasury in line with the mandate.
Richmond judge Frederick W. Coleman told the King George grand jury that rising drunk driving in cities and on rural roads could spark public outrage and even a renewed push for prohibition. He warned officials fear a return to prohibition and urged action to curb drunken driving before rural anger erupts.
Five major fraternal bodies form the Emergency Council of Fraternal Organizations in the U S A with headquarters at 150 Nassau Street to support church led efforts for a new deal in film. Knights of Columbus B'nai Brith Elks Masons and Odd Fellows mobilize over ten million members to push decency pledges and improve entertainment for families.
The article notes that the movement extends beyond church circles into broader fraternal organizations, showing it is not confined to one sphere. It highlights cross group involvement and growing interest among diverse civic and social bodies.
An Alexandria Gazette report quotes an American officer recently returned from Europe comparing policing abroad and at home. He argues European forces are larger and focus on major crimes, while American departments risk neglecting serious offenses by chasing minor violations. He says reforms should boost efficiency locally.
The North Carolina town of Manteo on Roanoke Island marks its origins in honoring Sir Walter Raleigh's colonists who settled there in the sixteenth century.
The text requests the sailor term for the galley smoke pipe and discusses speech forms. It then shifts to a riddle about a large sea animal with a single horn, followed by a dated horoscope comment and a Euripides quote about divine power moving slowly yet surely.
Present and past rainfall data show no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 am. September to date totals 0.95 inches, year to date 22.72 inches. Winchester Laboratory 21 year averages list monthly totals from January 2.41 to December 2.34 inches.
An historical note recalls the Thirty Years War beginning in 1618 between Catholics and Protestants in German lands. The conflict reshaped Europe for decades, drawing in rulers, states, and faith communities.
Inspector Lee and reporter Tim Blade investigate the murder of Donald Reeves at Center City University. The gun vanished, fingerprints abound, and suspect Ralph Jamieson emerges as a key figure after witness Mrs. Greever exposes possible affairs and alibis.
In Middletown at the regular bi monthly meeting of the Tri County Odds Association W J Farrell was elected president for the coming year. Other items note the deaths of Mrs Taylor Knight and Mrs Adelide Kern and a portrait unveiling at Charley Rouss Fire Company hall. Shenandoah Paper Board doubles payroll by moving local plant to four six hour shifts.
Ten years ago reports say Chinese troops fought all day with no major casualties while shots were fired into the air. Burial rites were held for John David Gray, 74, and Winchester Lumber Company shipped 1,305,902 feet of lumber in August.
During August, 871 persons were given work in District No 9 of the National Reemployment Service. Of these, 721 were placed on P. W. A. projects and 150 found private jobs. Walter M. Shade of this city heads the district, which includes seven counties and two cities.
Today and tomorrow at Capitol Theatre two features headline the bill. We’re Rich Again stars Edna May Oliver with Billie Burke and Marion Nixon in a farce about modern love and a piano playing grandmother. Hat Coat and Glove follows a murder mystery where a lover helps a wife’s criminal lawyer husband solve the case. Flying Hunters is the short, with Billy Barnes at the organ.
Saturday double feature at the Colonial Theatre showcases Cimarron with Richard Dix and Irene Dunne, and the thriller Adventure Girl with Joan Lowell. Chapter 10 of The Vanishing Shadow completes the program.
An advertisement promotes B. C. as a fast relief for violent headaches and nerve strain. It claims a pharmacist created formula with blended ingredients to ease headaches, nervous tension, muscular aches, colds, and neuralgia without opiates. Available in 10c and 25c packages at drugstores.
Jean Parker and Robert Young appear for the last times at the Palace this evening in a feature billed with Irene Franklin Nat Pendleton and Ted Healy. A Fox News Reel and a novelty accompany the main attraction.
Trustee will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester Court House on September 15, 1934 at noon a 70 acre farm one mile northeast of Stephens City Virginia. Purchase bonds bear 6 percent interest from sale day. Auctioneer C I Brumback oversees the proceedings.
Wanted 25 wide awake progressives for enrollment in Autumn Flying starting Sept 10. Phone 700 W or call at Airport Valley Airways Inc Winchester Va.
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