Classified Advertising Rates and contact details
The Winchester Evening Star outlines advertising charges: 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, 157 Y ADVERTISING, border by 9 PM the day before, transient rates 45 cents per inch, and national reps listed in New York to San Francisco. Carrier rates include one year 4.00, six months 3.26, three months 1.20, one month 0.40 in advance.
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Belisser-Boyd, Inc
New York
Richmond
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Rochester
Atlanta
San Francisco
Is YOUR PERFORMANCE UP TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE
A short exhortation cites James 1 22 urging action on knowledge with a call to be doers of the word. The devotional tone emphasizes practical faith over mere belief.
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James
Salaries Of City Councilmen In US Vary Widely
A survey by the American City Managers Association reports salaries for councilmen vary from unpaid in some small cities to as high as 9000 dollars a year in larger commissions. Major council salaries range from 78 to 3000 dollars, with city manager towns at 100 to 1500.
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United States
4Ones City Managers’ Association
Soundswriter
Iwon
Connectic
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Verona
Commisson Munca
Commission
Forest Policy Report Pushes Enduring Wood Economy
A Congressional Joint Committee on Forestry report backed by President Roosevelt calls for a sound, enduring forest economy. It outlines sixteen recommendations for state, municipal, private, and federal cooperation, notes rising wood demand, cites pulpwood growth in the South, and envisions forest policy aiding flood control soil conservation recreation and postwar stability.
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Congressional Joint Committee On Forestry
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Norfolk City Approves 3200 For Pro-Force Uniforms
Editorial notes Norfolk City Council approves 3200 to buy uniforms for Virginia Pro-Force units. Governor refuses state funding, council adopts a city funded stopgap, acknowledging state responsibility but acting to equip volunteers promptly. Future equipment work will follow as resources allow.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Borland
VPF
Roll Out the Pork Barrell
A group of U S senators aims to revitalize rejected projects by bundling them into a massive pork barrel claiming defense gains. They list Seaway and Waterway schemes like St. Lawrence and Great Lakes plans, Tom biee and others, demanding about five hundred million to begin and more to finish.
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United States
Treasury-Raiders
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes Waterway
Florida Ship Canal
Tombigee
Columbia
Arkansas
White
St. Francis
Red River
Senate
Treasury
What Am I And Why Am I Henry Afflick Letter
In Sleepy River Arkansas Henry Afflick of Long Cut Lumber Co writes to a Washington secretary about legal misclassifications in wage hour law and Robinson Patman Act rulings. He recounts shifting from retail to wholesale and back, the scrutiny by inspectors, a tax lien, and a defense commission price cutting order, asking for clarity on his business classification and fate.
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Sleepy River
Arkansas
Missouri Line
Grandpappy
Washington
Regal
State Department
Henry Afflick
Long Cut Lumber Co
P. S
Defense
British forces push to break hold on Norway and lowlands
News of other years notes Allied land sea and air actions to breach Germany’s grip on Norway and nearby lowland countries. Miss Annette Roberts plans a May 16 banquet for Evening Star members and Leagues A and B in duckpin circles. Farmville teachers and freight lines gains Virginia permits amid railroad issues.
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Germany
Norway
Annette Roberts
Evening Star Fae
Ridge ‘White
Miss Cornelia Larus Crowned Festival Queen
Richmond brunette Miss Cornelia Larus is named queen for this year’s festival. Bishop Paul B. Kern of the North Carolina Methodist speaks at the Macon system banquet. Nelson Page becomes Golf Club president with Phil Fowle as secretary treasurer.
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Cornelia Larus
Richmond
Paul B. Kern
North Carolina
Tax rates in county districts and notable deaths
Twenty five years ago tax rates varied by district including Oppequon one dollar to new Gainesboro one dollar and seven cents and Back Or Creek one dollar. Frank L. Miller a brakeman for the Cumberland Valley Railroad killed in an accident is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery. President Wilson sends an ultimatum to Germany and leaders expect an immediate break in diplomatic relations.
U.S. Citizens Face Risks in Insurgent Towns in Nicaragua
Washington warns U.S. citizens travel at their own risk as insurgent activity rises in Nicaragua towns. Henrietta Cornwell named president of next year’s Senior group.
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U.S
Nicaragua
State Department
Washington
Henrietta Cornwell
Army Captain Seeks Recruits for Artillery District
Forty years ago Capt. E J Benton U S Army seeks volunteers from Back Creek section for artillery. Citizens feud over a local liquor election with one resident declaring Liquor will be made sold and drank as long as God makes little apples.
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E. J. Benton
U. S. Army
Back Creek
Answers To Questions By Frederic J. Haskin
A reader’s Q and A column presents facts on Socrates the first user of questions and answers, hummingbirds, military clothing issues, the Star Spangled Banner flag, Pitman shorthand in Congress, Mt. Evans height, leatherneck origin, world dial telephones, Chautauqua dates, Bergdoll property refund, Tom Noonan bishop bio, Carlsbad Caverns climate, and Harvard presidents with noted graduates.
New Testament Red Letter Edition Promises Scriptural Insights
A red letter edition quotes Jesus on freedom justice and taxes and adds a guide naming biblical trees waters mountains instruments and birds. The 254 page paperback bound in black costs twenty cents postpaid from Information Bureau Winchester Evening Star.
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Jesus
German Attacks Kill 10,000 In Belgrade and Yugoslavia
St John, Chicago born journalist, reports from Montenegro on April 16 about mass German air attacks that killed at least 10,000 in Belgrade and shattered Serbia. He describes refugees, ruined cities, and rapid German advance as Yugoslavia collapses into war.
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Yugoslavia
Robert
Belgrade
St. John
Chicago
Balkan
Europe
Carol
Romania
Oceu
Bulgaria
Greece
Tokyo
Montenegro
Athens
France
Hitler
United States
Star Quiz Answers From a Fragmented Question Page
Fragmented clues about a Mother Goose rhyme the ten o clock scholar report time and a quote about being not Vir Ane plus a riddle referencing a famous French author modernist painter scientist and a Vanadium plant and a stalled question about a title of the
Afternoon News Is Late News Flash From European Desk
The Star’s late press time at nine P M reports scattered updates from London Alexandria and Bucharest as evening editions roll out.
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London
Alexandria
Bucharest
Rebirth of the Outdoors and Spring Health Notes
Dr. Clendening extols outdoor exercise over indoor routines urging an eighty and daily golf in sunlit spring. He queries readers about health questions on Raynaud's disease and cirrhosis, offering brief medical guidance and advertising his pamphlets for ten cents each.
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Maggie
Oliver Wendell Holmes
California
Ovid
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