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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1937
Page
7
The article argues rising construction costs since last September are suppressing a housing boom and lifting down payments and monthly mortgages. It notes 1936 housing starts still low, wages steady yet unions push higher rates, and government spending keeps relief workers employed, risking a broader downturn.
Rep. S Otis Bland chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries committee departs Washington to visit Hawaii as guest of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce. He will stop in Los Angeles and San Francisco, study Pacific Coast issues, then sail aboard the Malolo to Honolulu and return aboard the Lurline.
A promotion offers a booklet containing the text of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. Citizens are urged to observe Constitution Day and deepen understanding. Enclose ten cents with a coupon to receive a copy via The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
Hable's Palace shows Small Town Boy today starring Stuart Erwin and Joyce Compton supported by Fox News Reel and a Stranger Than Fiction short. Bruce Cabot and Beatrice Roberts star in Love Takes Flight at the Palace Thursday with a Fox News Reel and a Novelty feature.
Milk delivered to homes rises to 12 cents per quart and 62 cents per pint with wholesale cuts to merchants at 10 cents for quarts and 6 cents for pints. The increase aims to offset rising production costs benefiting producers Red Bud Dairy Farm Sunnyside Dairy Sanitary Dairy and Halde man’s Creamery led by D A L P Cole George P Kern N B Singleton and others.
The Agriculture Department announced a new study of smoked meats at its Beltsville Maryland experimental farm to benefit turkey raisers. The project will test whole dressed birds and already carved birds and begin in a few weeks as officials outline the research aims. Local farm reports and court notices follow.
In a quirky tale from Highland avenue, Mary Kerns and her mother capture a Black Widow near the spider mascot Harvey. The spider bites then fatally injures the widow while her son Wilson, a 20 year old sailor, drowns later near his ship in Norfolk after a high school graduation in 1935.
Sailor Grover Holland received word on September 22 that his achievement in Fairmount Maryland was recognized as a notable maritime event.
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