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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1939
Page
4
A fragmented notice lists class and memorial rates and minimum charges for classified ads, with pricing per word and per line. It mentions cash with copy, deadlines, and a border display note for notices, along with transient and display rate hints for a newspaper office.
A religious verse citing Matthew 13 23 about a seed planted in good ground yielding fruit in varying amounts from hundredfold to thirtyfold through hearing understanding and obedience.
The current legislatures in North Carolina and West Virginia have enacted pre-marital physical exam statutes. West Virginia’s law takes effect June 1, while North Carolina’s is the second such act in a decade, with earlier repeal in 1933. North Carolinians marrying outside return within sixty days for examination. A Virginia bill on syphilis pre-marital testing passed the House but stalled in the Senate committee, with expectations of a future push.
A columnist ridicules modern spring shoes with double soles and high stilts, lamenting the harm to women's feet. He urges returning to sensible footwear, noting prolonged wear could cripple feet and warning against paying high prices for impractical styles.
Temple University reports last year graduates show 75 percent on permanent payrolls. Business and industry increasingly seek college trained men and women, with personnel directors from major firms visiting for future hires in accounting marketing sales and business administration.
The Fredericksburg Free Lance Star notes President Roosevelt’s bid to abolish the Controller General and appoint an Auditor General removable for cause. It recalls J R McCarl’s 15 years ensuring funds go to Congress intended, and warns on the age and endurance of new nominee Fred H Brown of New Hampshire who would be 75 at term end.
The Virginia State Conservation Commission, new in leadership, ousts park director R. E. Burson after nearly nine years. Randolph Odell will succeed him. The terse reason given cites the commission's best interests, with no impact on Burson's industry or competence. Burson helped pioneer the state park system and lectured widely, shaping public beautification and park development.
The argument favors German possession of Danzig and the Polish corridor, arguing that Germany's interests justify control despite local demographics. It notes the opposing Polish interests and suggests loophole reasoning as a common trait in international disputes, even if imperfect.
W. P. Anderson, Grover C. Cooper and Miller Streit file as independents for city council seats. Mrs. B. F. Arthur becomes president of the Winchester Clarke County Garden Club at its annual meeting. Joe DiMaggio declines a 25 000 offer to play for the Yankees, demanding 30 000.
Frank Bailey reports over 50000 dollars spent by the C W A through the local office. J P Arthur states prizes totaling 700 dollars will be offered in this year’s children's parade for the festival. Mrs W O Luttrell of New Market Virginia is recovering from an appendicitis operation.
Ten years ago a mysterious blaze swept through Wardensville at night, leveling an electric plant and railroad shops. In other news, Virginia apple prices in the Liverpool market continued the downward trend with a top of $6.81 per barrel, and Dr. B. M. Knight Jr. underwent sinus surgery in a Philadelphia hospital.
Twenty five years ago Winchester citizens mourned the death in Richmond of Randolph Tucker McGuire, young mayor of the city. Miss Gladys Gertrude Haun and Arthur Shull wed at the McIntorff home. The Star notes that forty nine years ago the north and south laid down arms after four years of conflict.
A compiled column presents questions and concise answers on topics from naval braid meanings to world travel costs. It covers the Trafalgar, Copenhagen, and Nile battles. Hedy Lamarr’s first husband. Turkey’s Sunday rest. Dionne quintuplets bedtimes. and New York World's Fair admission, among others. The format mirrors a reader information bureau with brief factoids and official phrasing.
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau promotes Uncle Sam's Almanac 1939 a compact yearly reference covering taxes elections weather garden calendar Presidents governors and origin of state homes. It offers over 100 subjects useful year round and costs ten cents postpaid with order coupon. Include name address and city to mail to Washington DC.
A Brooklyn period piece describes Sidney W. Edling’s The Man Marketing Clinic, a three and a half year, no cost program in New York that helps job seekers polish cover letters and interviews. Clinic attendees revise letters, learn employer expectations, and may later establish branches nationwide.
Lana Ackerman, daughter of a lifer for murder, fears a blacklist but finds comfort with Jim Claridge who vows to protect her. He reveals a job lead at Western Realities, 1168 Lothrop Avenue, Drexel Building, eighth floor, for Lana to present an agency card to Mr Sanders.
Lana and Jim Claridge seek escape from hardship through a night out and a hopeful job lead. Lana, twenty two, is lured by a chance at Western Realities and a possible break with Mr. Sanders, despite fears of a blacklist and uncertainty about Hardy. To be continued.
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