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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1933
Page
5
Mrs Roosevelt appeals for fair hours pay and respect in American homes urging that sweatshop methods must end. She argues a good mistress yields happy workers and that domestic labor should be treated like a business with planned schedules and proper compensation.
Washington reports overtures by California Democrats to Senator Hiram W. Johnson to run for re election on their ticket. The piece discusses a shift toward liberal and conservative factions as Hoover remains a local figure and California politics resemble a broader realignment. It speculates on cross party shifts and potential alignments with Republicans and conservative Democrats. It also notes New York views on inflation, banking, and public finance amid broader political and economic talk.
The famous Oklahoma lawyers James H. Mathers and James C. Mathers, defending Harvey Bailey in the Urschel kidnapping case, were warned by U S assistant attorney general Joseph B. Keenan not to take any portion of the $190,000 ransom as fees. The warning covers all eleven defendants and emphasizes prosecutorial action for fee acceptance.
Virginia Police Executives Association opens its eighth annual convention in Danville with topics on State Police jurisdiction recruitment methods police administration economies kidnapping policing the counties and repeal related issues. Capt. Albert B. Moore delivers the future of police work address. Turnspit dogs, once common in great houses, are nearly extinct.
Fairfax judges rule circuit courts only preapprove licensees personal records. Vienna citizens petition to stop beer sales near a school fails as court declines to act. The piece notes jurisdiction limits and suggests applicants must meet additional criteria before appeal.
Judge McCarthy ruled that applicants must be approved by judges for the location of the penence business amid concerns over moral turpitude charges or violations of prohibition laws.
Color and flavor differences in honey stored by bees from various flower sources are pronounced, and beekeepers can distinguish them by rotating combs at the proper time. Colored persons found in a remote Caucasus region are thought to be descendants of slaves who escaped from a galley wrecked in the Black Sea.
Two dance events planned at Rouss Spring Park pavillion with Jenkins Orchestra for Thursday and Saturday square dances. Friday features a round dance with Soddy Haines and His Virginians. Mrs Della Spaid of Gore spent the past week with her uncle, Mr J M Orndorff, at Capon Springs West Virginia.
White squirrel hunting near Markham in Fauquier county ends with Morris Dribble killing a large bobcat. The 21 pound animal measured four feet four inches. He waited for the cat to come within 25 yards and fired one shot from a single barrel shotgun. The cat ran seventy five yards before collapsing. It’s the first bobcat seen in years in the area and Dribble plans to have it mounted.
Public auction in Winchester Va on October 7 1933 of the Sullivan Baker Company property fronting Cameron Street and Kent Street along the Winchester and Potomac Railroad with a private spur. Terms require one third cash on sale day and two thirds by promissory notes payable over two years with six percent interest secured by trust deed and fire policies. The trustee may offer two parcels separately before grouping them for maximum price.
The Potomac Boat and Motor Club of Martinsburg West Virginia sponsors multiple boat races this Sunday December 24 with over $200 in cash prizes. Entries include speed boats from Dayton Baltimore Washington Richmond Philadelphia and Martinsburg. Races begin at 1 o clock near Beckington six miles north of Martinsburg.
By deed of trust dated September 8 1927 and recorded in Frederick County, the trustee will offer for sale at public auction in front of the County Court House in Winchester at 11 00 AM on Saturday October 14 1933 the drive in filling station and frame dwelling on the south side of the ville Turnpike east of the City limits on the Berryville Turnpike intersection. Part cash and balance in two annual installments with bonds and insurance required. T Russell Cather Trustee and auctioneers Dunn and Duvall.
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