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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1935

Page

5

FERA Projects Transferred To Works Progress

Old Winchester and Frederick county projects move from FERA to WPA lists amid presidential approval. Items include water works, school grounds, street work, and a storm sewer project with mixed federal and sponsor funds. a single new project awaits state director selection. A separate narrative describes a fatal family shooting in an apparent double motive incident.

Winchester Frederick County Associated Press Works Progress Administration FERA Frederick OWS Handley School Valley Avenue Addock Street Millwood Avenue County Consolidated High School Washington William Smith Virginia Sta Ashington

NOE Announces for Governor to Succeed Allen

The article outlines Huey Long era fears as Noe seeks the governorship. It argues the winner would wield vast power over appointment of non elective officers, election machinery, police, militia, taxation, and education, while critics would repeal the Huey laws and restore pre 1928 political balance.

United States Huey Long

Bank Books and Tragedy Reported in Pennsylvania Town

Police piece together a sequence of events at a four flat building as Charles Geary drove from Tobeyhan na with several drinks. John Geary, adopted by Orlando Levan, is linked to the Levan home where his mother and Charles’ mother were sisters. Charles Geary died earlier. Mrs Geary had died years before. Frey identified as an undertaker in South Sterling.

Levans Benjamin Charles Rowe Hanna Charles R. Geary Russ Frey South Sterling Frey Wiley Levan Charles Geary Capt. Rowe John Geary Orlando Levan John Tobeyhanna

Fair Prices Being Paid For Apples

A dozen apple handlers and fruit men attended the weekly luncheon of Martinsburg apple sales men at Shenandoah Hotel with Dr A Bruce Earle presiding. Domestic sales were discouraging but reported sales were rosier with Delicious 2 ½ ins sold at 1.25 per bushel fob, Staymen 24 ½-2 ½ ins at 3 per barrel, Yorks 2.90 for 24 ½-2 ½ ins, and Bens 2 ½-2 ¾ ins at 2.40 per barrel all U S No 1 grade.

Martinsburg Shenandoah Hotel A. Bruce Earle

Together We Live at the Palace Tonight

Ben Lyon and Esther Ralston star in Together We Live at the Palace Theatre for the last showings today. The film promises a controversial story aimed to shake American households with quarrels and tears.

Ben Lyon Palace Esther Ralston Palace Theatre

Headline mee at the Palace features Heather Angel and Roger Pyror

The Palace presents a Fox news reel and a novelty with Heather Angel and Roger Pyror in Headline mee. An ace reporter and a beautiful girl figure in a tangled plot with a dumb detective. Friday and Saturday show Miracle Rider with Tom Mix and his horse Tony.

Heather Angel Roger Pyror Ace Tom Mix Tony

Notes Increase In Coal Output

The National Coal Association estimates bituminous coal production for the week ended September 14 at 8,000,000 net tons, up from 7,026,000 a year earlier. Output for the week ended September 7 was 6,890,000 tons, per the Bureau of Mines.

New York National Coal Association Bureau of Mines

Farm Program Described as Economic Disaster by Trader

Sturtevant of Chicago grain trade told the Grain Association in St Louis that the AAA is a failure and urged the President to rethink the program. He cited Roosevelt’s 1933 letter and government figures showing farmers receive 102 percent of prewar grain prices while paying 127 percent for inputs, an economic tragedy.

ST. Louis Roosevelt Congress AAA Sturtevant

Arms Control Board Meeting Called By Hull

Secretary Hull chairs the National Munitions Control Board meeting scheduled for next Tuesday as part of enforcing the neutrality act. The board includes the secretaries of War Navy Treasury and Commerce and oversees registration and licensing of arms and munitions exporters.

Arms Control Board Hull Washington United States National Munitions Control Board Munitions Control Board Secretary Hull Rotaries War Navy Treasury Commerce State Department

Monster Still Confiscated In Pennsylvania

Federal agents raided a large illicit distillery in Jacksonville Lehigh county last midnight seizing 10000 gallons of unnat ured alcohol and 5000 gallons of finished product. An elaborate underground alarm system hindered arrests and officials said the operation evaded taxes of 22000 dollars daily.

Philadelphia Jacksonville Lehigh County Federal Edwin C. Dougherty

Leopard's versatile hunting shown in zoologist quote

Dr. W. H. Osgood notes leopards display typical feline activity by pouncing on sparrows or striking down an ox, illustrating their adaptable predatory behavior.

W. H. Osgood

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Works Progress Ben Orlando Sun Parlor Noe Allen Beautiful Watts John S. Solenberger & CO John S. Miller Buncutter Tire Co Smar Cynthia Oxfords Suede Blucker Oxford Oxford Oxfords Penney Calf Oxfords WELT Towncraft Penney’s Hable’s Palace Fox News C. D. Sturtevant Grain Committee On National Affairs Italy Greece Paris Monster Pennsylvania Wenders
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