Advertising rates and notices in The Winchester Evening Star
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates for classifieds and display ads, submission deadlines, and national reps. It also provides subscription prices and a moral verse from Romans 12 9, dated Monday April 8 1940.
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Winchester
Pupusnea
Star Publishing Co
Tenney- Woodward and Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Hidden Warfare: France Adopts Advanced Camouflage Techniques
The French army uses a new camouflage system to render large and small objects nearly invisible. Techniques rely on complementary colors and geometric patterns, with fabric covers and painted surfaces. The approach may extend from ships and tanks to peacetime uses and everyday life.
Interstate barriers threaten U S trade and national unity
The Temporary National Economic Committee heard that state imposed restrictions on police health sanitation and taxation power are growing into interstate trade barriers. Examples include New York restricting Wisconsin cattle imports from 10000 to 1000, Michigan taxing home grown wine while out of state wine is taxed 50 cents, and Rhode Island coloring milk from outside. The report notes retaliation laws widen barrier effects but calls for curbing the trend and considering national impact.
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Henry Ford
United States
National Economic Committee
New York
Wisconsin
Michigan
Alabama
South Carolina
Rhode Island
America
Editorial Contempt Case Sparks Legal Debate in Missouri
Reprint of a contempt ruling against St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff and a $2000 paper fine for editorials and a cartoon criticizing a circuit judge and prosecutor over an extortion charge against a Missouri legislator. The piece questions journalistic rights to honest opinion and urges Supreme Court guidance on limits of contempt and libel protections.
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St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Missouri
Post-Dispatch
Supreme Court of Missouri
Supreme Court
The Moral Embargo Policy and Russia
Secretary Hull appears poised to maintain the moral embargo on shipments of airplanes and equipment to Russia, claiming broad public support. The text argues Russia remains dangerous despite Finland’s fall and warns against lifting the embargo, equating Russia with Germany and Japan.
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Hull
Oumansky
Russia
Finland
Kremlin
Germany
Japan
Italian Troops Land in Albania Amid Balkan Tensions
Italian forces land on the Albanian coast as Mussolini tightens control while King Zog flees with his ailing wife to Greece. Balkan nations fear aggression as regional stability erodes and plans loom for Kremer to become president of the Junior Board of Trade. Leslie Kline reports extra state funds and Frederick County schools to run nine months.
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Albania
Tr Duce
Zog
Greece
Balkan
J. Thomas Kremer
Junior Board of Trade
Leslie Kline
Frederick County
Powerscript: Shields Killed At Work On Potomac Line
Claude Shields linesman for the power company dies while working on a pole near dam No 5 on the Potomac. Congress passes a 4.8 million work relief bill the administration says will aid full recovery. Mr and Mrs Herman S Barr welcomed a daughter at Memorial Hospital on April 6.
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Claude Shields
Dam No. 5
Potomac
Congress
Herman S. Barr
Memorial Hospital
War ace injured in Rosenberger orchard stunt crash
Lieut Clohecy, noted British war ace, crashes into an apple tree in Rosenberger orchard near the airport while performing stunts and is badly injured. Judge Philip Williams asks city council and county supervisors to build a suitable jail. President Hoover says he will attend a festival if official duties allow.
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Clohecy
Rosenberger Orchard
Airport
Philip Williams
Hoover
Russians Enter Hungary as Allies Advance
Twenty five years ago Russia moved into Hungary with a tremendous advance and over 60,000 prisoners were taken. A Norwegian vessel was sunk by a German submarine. J. H. and E. L. Henry offered the city council a lease of the auditorium for 800 a year to use as a theatre. American Locomotive Co received a 20 million dollar contract from Britain and France for shrapnel.
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Hungary
J. H
E. L. Henry
Council
City Auditorium
American Locomotive Co
Miss Julia Jenkins Leads Star-Times Popularity Contest
C M Gibbons elected delegate to National Republican Convention and Charles Estep of Boyce to attend from the district. Berryville volunteer fire company rapidly grows with W E Hoffman as captain.
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Julia Jenkins
Star-Times
C. M. Gibbons
Charles Estep
Boyce
Berryville
W.E. Hoffman
The Star Quiz Answers Preview
Seven questions tease readers to turn to page two for the answers. Questions cover capitals, pronunciation, Mussolini meeting, NLRB chair, Ellery Queen radio program, IQ meaning, US Navy gun naming, Fort Dearborn city, the Agua at Kentucky, and a proverb completion.
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Texas
Austin
San Antonio
Dallas
Gal
Mussolini
1 Hite
National Labor Relations Board
J. Warren Madden
Howard W
United States Navy
Fort Dearborn
Kentucky
Common Error on Capital Punishment Language
A language guidance note urges using precise terms for executions. It cautions against saying someone was hung and recommends the term hanged to reflect the act and timing accurately.
Patience in Curing Anorexia in Children
A columnist notes anorexia in babies and kids may reflect balanced diet issues or emotional stress. Patience is essential. avoid pressuring the child to eat and search for stressors. Vitamin B may aid appetite in persistent cases, with doctor guidance. The condition often improves with time and careful parental handling.
Many Sources of Headaches and Remedies
The article explains common headache causes from nasal obstruction to eye strain and high blood pressure. It cites a case of a 30-year-old woman whose migraine improved after correcting a nasal spur and notes many headaches stem from blocked sinuses or ill fitting glasses. It also mentions bronchiectasis treatment questions and defines mean temperatures per the Weather Bureau.
PMEE KILLER SPEAKS A Twisted Night of Hidden Evidence
In a tense sequence the narrator stealthily retrieves a box of knives from Belzer’s untidy room, contemplates destroying evidence, and flees into the night toward the river to avoid police attention as the case twists toward a dangerous lead.
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Belzer
Alfred Markham
Victory for Sanity Extends Trade Treaty Program
The New York Times lauds the Senate for extending the administration's trade treaty program for three years, praising the Hull plan as a prudent path through postwar economic disorder. It warns Republicans against isolationism and argues continued Latin American ties bolster a better postwar world.
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America
Senate
United States
Europe
Harding-Coolidge
Elihu Root
John Hay
Latin America
They Can't Stand Publicity
Michigan Christian Advocate quotes a sermon on tyranny and censorship arguing that dictatorships hide in darkness and fear publicity. It stresses that public truth from the press is democracy's true safeguard and that free expression, pulpit, and media watchdogs must resist censorship.
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Michigan Christian Advocate
Answers to Questions From the Info Bureau
A compendium of trivia answers includes Whittlesey’s death by possible suicide in 1921 aboard the Toluca, the absence of Negroes in Argentina, radio not affecting weather, Stockholm called Venice of the North, royal Canadian voyage on the Empress vessels, Edgar Wallace’s heavy debt despite high earnings, the Tombs hangings in 1889, the Novachord electro mechanical instrument, Millet's Angelus in the Louvre, Freud’s libido term, Homestake Mine as the largest U.S. gold producer with 1938 output, and reduced prices at the New York World's Fair to 50 cents adults and 25 cents children.
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Charles W. Whittlesey
Tolua
New York
Havana
Whittlesey
Uncle Sam's Almanac Advertises Timely Election Facts
The notice promotes UNCLE SAM'S ALMANAC listing campaigns electing a president and voting qualifications in the United States. It invites readers to order a copy for ten cents postpaid, with payment enclosed and mailed to Washington D C.
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United States
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