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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1939
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star operates as a daily newspaper except Sundays under The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia with standard post office entry as second class matter.
Classified and display advertising rules outline rates per word and line, minimum charges, copy requirements, and deadlines. National ad representation details cities including New York Detroit Kansas City San Francisco Chicago Boston Atlanta and Los Angeles.
A brief Biblical quote marks a warning against anger and related sins, urging believers to replace wrath with wholesome speech. The verse emphasizes restraint and constructive communication within Christian conduct.
The Garden Club of Virginia helped push billboard regulation and backs a Route 50 and Route 7 beautification program led by Mrs. George Sloan of Warrenton. Mrs. J. Victor Arthur heads efforts for Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties with routes from Millwood to Berryville and Berryville to Winchester. The plan seeks landowner and state cooperation to secure scenic easements and to grade slopes for grass sod to curb erosion.
The Richmond Times Dispatch argues relief should be decentralized with states paying their pro rata share and WPA replaced by a state-financed local administration. It supports returning relief powers from the federal level and contemplates a $150000000 request while urging efficient, economical administration for the needy.
Saint Petersburg Florida is proclaimed the sunniest city with fewer than five sunny days a year. The California-Arizona borderland leads with over 300 clear days. The Olympic Mountains in Washington endure about 200 inches of rain annually, while parts of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges see 35 inches of snow. The driest area spans Southeastern California, southwestern Arizona and western Nevada with about 8 inches yearly.
The Columbia State recalls Blythewood South Carolina past when Doko was a social center. A quiet sand hill man refuses to fight after being provoked until someone calls his fightin word, then he will act.
The Richmond News Leader discusses Britain's 1939 crisis, noting Prime Minister Chamberlain's heavy commitments and the pledge to Poland. It weighs risks of one power dominance, possible Soviet involvement, and potential British actions from the Rhine to the Vistula and beyond.
Admiral Richard Byrd accepts invitation to crown Miss Adelaide Moffatt as Queen of the XV Apple Blossom Festival. A. Lee Cobb urges motorists to obey traffic laws as Police Committee chairman. Beta Sigma Phi holds Spring Model Meeting with Miss May Burch and Miss Roberta Fleming welcomed into the sorority.
Five years ago A G Whitham of the Simons and French apple exporting firm died at his Florida home. Funeral services are noted for Mrs David F Yost of Wilmington Delaware. Mrs John Hay Whitney of Llangollen accepts an invitation to be Queen Shenandoah XI. Wilbur C Hall of Loudoun County addresses a Friendship Fire Company banquet.
Ten years ago Miss Mary Katherine Aulick resumes duties at Sargeant School in Boston after visiting mother Mrs. C. E. Aulick on South Braddock street. Harry F. Sinclair gets three months in jail and a $500 fine for defying committee. Frank L. Buckley, back in Winchester, accepts a job with the Hotel Jack.
Fifteen years ago carpenters in Pittsburgh strike over wages set at 11 dollars per day and demand improved working conditions. Fruit growers apply dormant sprays as part of seasonal duties. Mr. and Mrs. J Henry Moling Jr welcome daughter Sarah Dailey Moling. Otho Hardesty, retired farmer, dies at his Cork Street home. Mexican rebels blow up a bridge cutting Vera Cruz communications.
Thomas P. Burch is nominated for postmaster of Martinsville Virginia by Kent Wilson. John L. Bond a Frederick County farmer dies at his White Hall road home. Attendants named for the marriage of Miss Anna V. Portner and Representative Henry D Flood of Virginia to be held at All Souls Church on April 18.
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C and enclosing three cents for a reply.
A compilation of trivia answers covers topics from the number of dimes in a mile to the longest football run, Dewey’s burial move, the highest world road, and various scientific and historical questions. The items mix figures, places, events, and inventions with concise responses.
New thirty two page booklet titled Puzzles Tricks And Magic offers mathematical puzzles word puzzles enigmas a maze tricks with pen cil and paper and simple magic fully illustrated. Orders by postpaid ten cents with coupon to Information Bureau Washington DC.
A column recalls Dale Carnegie Ellis Gimbel Jr noting age shaped business judgment, Josep Day selling a billion in real estate, and Upton Sinclair praising staff longevity. It cites Mark Twain’s quip to Major Bowes on not taking oneself too seriously and introduces aviation figure Stormy Rodreich, nicknamed for his 1919 daybreak flights.
Lona Ackerman, driven from a boarding house for unpaid rent, rents a third floor room paid in advance with Jim Claridge's money. She endures a bleak afternoon, hunts for food, losing her hotel key, while fearing pursuit and clinging to fragile hope of contact.
Lana, homeless and calloused by rain, accepts a promised job from Jim after a tense hotel scene. He reveals the Krnder agency will send her to Western Realities at eleven eleven Lothrop Avenue. She recalls her convict father and Melvin Hardy while they share a meal and plan for tomorrow.
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