Local Newspaper Advertising Rates and Subscriptions List
The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia announces subscription rates by mail and in office. Rates include one year three dollars fifty cents six months one dollar seventy five cents three months ninety cents and one month thirty five cents. Display advertising costs forty two cents per inch with border and deadlines at 10 A M. National reps are Devine Tenney Corp with offices in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta. The paper is a member of the Associated Press.
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Vance
Devine - Tenney Corp
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Des Moines
Atlanta
Christ for All A Great Contrast Psalm Verse Note
Fragmentary religious note contrasts evil doers with those who wait on the Lord. Includes Psalm 37 9 reference and mentions a race or path in cryptic terms. No clear event or person details present.
Ickes Moves Toward Peace Over Skyline Drive Plan
Secretary Ickes invites Senator Byrd and Virginia officials to a conference to secure rights of way for the Skyline Drive extension linking Shenandoah and Great Smoky National Parks. The step aims to defuse Washington tensions and resolve land ownership disputes delaying the scenic parkway project.
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Norfolk
Shenandoah
Great Smoky National Parks
Ickes
Virginia
Washington
Byrd
Secretary of the Interior
Glass
PWA
Pens Althrough
Peery
Mystery of Threats in United States Questioned
An editorial pondering the gravity of fascist or communist danger in the United States unfolds through a satirical dialogue about a card game miscommunication. The piece reflects wartime era anxieties and public sentiment about political extremes.
The Little Brown School Bible Wing Myth Facts Quiz
A short Q and A from The Little Brown School explains angels have no wings in the New Testament though John on Patmos notes an angel flying. It states the New Tay Bridge in Scotland is the world’s longest at 10 780 feet and clarifies that spiders are not insects but arachnids.
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Patmos
John the Apostle
New Tay
Firth of Tay
Dundee
Scotland
Enemies of democracy hidden in plain sight
The speaker argues that the real threats to freedom are closer at hand than Nazi halls or Strachey audiences, claiming freedom is eroded nightly around bridge tables in society.
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Eighty-sixth Street
Mr. Strachey
Better Films Exchange and Hays on Movie Decency
Will Hays says the sex motif wanes in motion pictures and a new art grows with decency and culture replacing nastiness. Literature opera and stage feed films, raising public taste. radio bosses will learn the same, though Hollywood has sunk to indecency. He notes a high potential for popular appreciation with better entertainment.
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Will H. Hays
Hollywood
Inconsistent text notes alcohol pull and Easter trade rises
A garbled report notes Senator Byrd urging display of political influence on Beverage Con Board. Merchants report Easter trade growth, Apple Blossom princesses represented by Miss Phyliss Oakes and Miss Virginia Baker. A former laundry burn on South Kent Street destroyed three automobiles. Turkey ratifies extradition treaty with the United States, enabling return of Insull.
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Byrd
Beverage Con- Board
Phyliss Oakes
Virginia Baker
South Kent Street
Turkey
United States
Insull
Winchester and Frederick residents urged to back Apple Blossom Festival
Community leaders in Winchester and Frederick County appeal for support of the Apple Blossom Festival. A court case seeks to determine Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society stockholders. Colonial Brick of Winchester touts top brick quality per tests. Shenandoah Valley Incorporate airs Apple Blossom Festival program on WJSV. Company I 116th Infantry Virginia National Guard praised by Lieut. Colonel Caffey of the U S Army.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Colonial Brick Corporation of
Shenandoah Valley Incorporated
WJSV
116Th Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Caffey
United States Army
Local committees pick princesses for a festival queen
Local committees select princesses to represent them in a festival where a queen will be chosen. The article notes regional preparations and the upcoming pageant.
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England
Brookhaven
Miss
Christian Gudebrod
Artemus Ward
Turkey Knob Orchard
Plans for a new United Brethren Church announced
Rev H E Richardson says a new United Brethren Church will be built on the same site. Cumberland Valley Railroad will dispatch all trains by telephone rather than telegraph between Winchester and Harrisburg. O T Ritter lists a 12 horsepower Reo motor car for 1500 dollars. A horse ran away on Main Street with Mrs J S Haldeman and Miss Irene Haldeman, overturning the carriage but causing no injuries.
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H. E. Richardson
United Brethren
Cumberland Valley
Winchester
Harrisburg
O. T. Ritter
Main Street
J. S. Haldeman
Irene Haldeman
Early Toll Roads in Ohio
The article explains tolls on Ohio’s old National Road based on wear from animals and vehicles. Cattle faced double the tax of sheep or hogs, hogs taxed double sheep, and vehicle tolls depended on tire width with narrow tires causing more road wear. Wide tires over six and later eight inches could pass free as they acted like rollers.
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Ohio
Consuelo Foreshadows Debut in New York Follies
Consuelo the gypsy dancer travels from her homeland to New York with Stewart Blackmire and associates to join a Broadway Follies debut. A ruby necklace from Stewart rekindles her hope, but she remains torn between love, ambition, and loneliness as the struggle with a rival star and her harsh stage life continues.
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Consuelo
Marcu
Anica
Girtea
New York
Stewart Blackmire
Doug
Bill
Stewart
Louise
Central Park
Louise L’ville
Gypsy Consuelo's Quest for Love and Revenge in New York
The vivid prose follows Gypsy Consuelo as she endures mistreatment and taunts of wealth while dreaming of fame. She battles inner rage after a white lover’s aloof gifts and vows vengeance. A dramatic vision of stage glory contrasts with a brutal real-world life in a gypsy camp.
Rainfall Totals and Averages from Winchester Records
Present and past rainfall data show 0.03 inches in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. and 0.68 inches for April to date. Year to date stands at 9.00 inches with long term average annual rainfall 34.61 inches from Winchester Laboratory records. Monthly averages range from 1.94 inches in February to 3.89 inches in July.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Mission Group Holds Meeting At Mt. Carmel
A mission group from Winchester Craigsville and Staunton gathered at Mt. Carmel F. B. Church on Sunday March 31. J H Randolph corresponding secretary delivered the principal address detailing Liberia work and Lott Carey the first missionary to the United States. The program included special music.
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Winchester
Craigsville
Staunton
Mt. Carmel F. B. Church
J. H. Randolph
Liberia
Lott Carey
Carey
Berkeley student rejects Perkins as Charter Day speaker
Mrs Roosevelt replies to Miss Martha Ijams alumna of the University of California who refused to accept Frances Perkins as Charter Day speaker in Berkeley. Ijams calls Perkins a headline hunter and mere politician prompting Ijams to retort that voters did not elect Mrs Roosevelt president.
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Martha Ijams
University of California
Frances Perkins
Berkeley
Cal
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Goldberg
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Toad
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High Hill
Palace of
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Ann
Mission Group
Mt. Carmel
F.D.R
Miss Martha Ijams
BAKER
Baker’s Drug Store
Westinghouse Automatic
Northern Virginia Power CO
Winchester Furniture Co
John S. Miller & Company
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Geo. W. Kurtz
North Cameron Street
Night Phone
Snapp Foundry
Banal Alirenaerss Jobbers
Cameron Winchester, VA
Victor
Acme
Tmeenic
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Miller & Anderson
Beseawen St
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