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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1932
Page
2
Walter Lipmann argues that winter demand will outstrip private charity despite public works. He warns relief must come from many channels and calls for centralized budgeting, segregated taxation, and insurance funds to ease cyclical unemployment.
The term Four Minute Speakers described volunteers who spoke for Liberty and Victory loans during World War I. They addressed audiences at varied events with a four minute time limit. Separate notes mention the 1831 chloroform discovery by Leibig and Souberian with near simultaneous reporting.
Olive Bell Hamon aka Loma Worth filed for marriage licenses to wed two men within two days in Los Angeles and then reversed plans to marry either. She is a licensed air pilot and master of 22 musical instruments.
An old drug-store ad touts Vinol iron tonic with phrases urging girls to gain curves and body shape. It claims the tonic tastes delicious and will surprise after a few weeks of use, promoting feminine beauty and desirability.
The Capitol hosts the Greater New Show Season opener with a 7 10 start for a free band concert and a 7 30 flare display on Rouss avenue. The lobby features Congorilla and Miller Bros. flower baskets as Frank Boucher and Frank Shaeffer receive well wishes from Capitol Theatre friends.
The program offers Fatty Arbuckle Joe Penner Jack Haley Laurel and Hardy Zasu Pitts Thelma Todd Our Gang Tom Burke and more. Vitaphone in Techni color revives old hits led by The Red Shadow from The Desert Song and stars Alexander Gra Bernice Claire. Slapstick comedies by Hal Roach and Taxi Boys are slated to follow with top national producers backing the programming.
One year ago the pound exchange rate stood at $4.31 vs $4.86 now. President Hoover traveled through Winchester from Rapidan Camp to the White House. Three hundred visitors went to the zoo at the Fair Grounds yesterday.
Reports indicate a steady rise in apple production nationwide with higher yields and expanding orchards. Growers note favorable weather and strong demand driving the broader harvest prospects.
Five years ago Judge E D Newman of Woodstock died suddenly here while waiting for a bus. Apple shipments to the Liverpool market are excessive and the price of the fruit has been affected. More than 12 000 people visited the tomb of General Lee at Lexington last month. Fritz Leiber, noted Shakespearean actor, will probably be seen in Winchester this season. Officers of Virginia are urged not to brawl out tourists violating traffic laws.
Winchester Cold Storage received the first apples today at its new storage facility. Funeral rites were held for Mrs Evie Doran and Robert Doran. Three new infantile paralysis cases reported in Harrisburg. Albemarle County apple crop seriously damaged by disease.
A New York savings bank has bought an ice-skating palace at a foreclosure price of 600000. While many banks have frozen assets, they cannot operate them as amusement resorts.
A terse philosophical line cites Anffenberg warning that disrespect for conscience erodes virtue and extinguishes the source of noble actions, suggesting happiness lies in adhering to moral principles.
A colorful Washington Star line pokes fun at a consistently unlucky businessman, caricaturing the man who always complains about getting the worst of everything in a simple advert.
The message emphasizes pre production choices over rolling and packaging, noting aging curing blending cross blending of tobaccos. It highlights Chesterfields as milder, better tasting and invites consumers to try a package. Supported by a 1932 Licceri Opacco GO source and a radio program across the Columbia coast-to-coast network.
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