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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia lists daily publication except Sundays and consolidations with local weeklies. It details subscription prices by term and carrier, and credits the Associated Press for news dispatches and local reports.
A devotional quotation echoes the biblical promise of resurrection. The excerpt recalls Matthew 28 18 asserting Jesus authority in heaven and on earth and a prayer praising Christ in overcoming death.
The Richmond Times Dispatch argues against Dr Brown’s proposal to cut gasoline tax and road revenues. It praises modernized highways from Richmond to the border and warns funding cuts would threaten future feeders and maintenance, risking $2,000,000 yearly losses and stalled progress.
Professor J Willard Hershey of McPherson College told the American Chemical Society in Minneapolis that making diamonds from sugar is no longer unattainable. He displayed a grain sized diamond and described melting iron filings with sugar, using an electric furnace at about 5000 degrees, then cooling in brine and dissolving residues to yield carbon and diamond particles. Chemists remained skeptical about commercial viability and impact on the diamond market.
Baltimore Sun notes that Byrd’s crew wintering in New Zealand anticipates finishing Antarctic explorations as warm New Zealand Christmas weather aids open water. Vessels Eleanor Bolling and City of New York prepare to sail south. Dunedin enjoys northern style social events while Mem al Bi aided New Zealand in building a mountain rest house.
Luther Ward Greene of Winchester will head the new bureau of School and Community Drama at the University of Virginia extension division for 1929 1930. The program aims to raise standards in high school and community productions and will loan a library of plays. Directors will visit communities to assist rehearsals and train local participants. The bureau will aid in forming little theatres, advise on production problems, and publish bulletins on dramatic art for amateurs. Greene has experience in acting playwriting advertising and business management. The Aeronautical Research Committee of England seeks quieter airplanes. One of every 67 Houstonians died in street violence last year. Of 51 homicides, 17 remain unsolved.
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