Memorials and Cards of Thanks Rates and Ad Deadlines
The Winchester Evening Star lists rates for memorials and cards of thanks at ten cents per printed line and notes display ads with border must be in by 9 P M the day before publication. It also outlines transient rates at forty five cents per inch and mentions national ad reps Tenney Woodward and Company.
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Tenney- Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Quote from Matthew about idle words and judgment
A biblical quotation warns that every idle word will be judged on the day of reckoning. It states that words can justify or condemn a person before God.
Tax on Tennessee fruit and vegetable dealers
Tennessee passes a law taxing wholesale fruit and vegetable dealers up to 200 per entity for state, then potentially 200 each by county and city. Brokers and commission merchants in major cities may face 600 yearly tax. Merchants and growers nationwide fear this will push some out of business and affect growers shipping into Tennessee.
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Frederick
Clarke County
Tennessee
State of
Beaverbrook predicts military command to generals in war
Lord Beaverbrook, quoted by Roy W. Howard, says Germany will avoid driving Britain and France to war as Hitler knows such a war would ruin him. He argues Hitler lacks frontline tactical skill and that wartime authority would shift to generals once hostilities begin.
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Roy W. Howard
Scripps-Howard
Lord Beaverbrook
Great Britain
Howard
Germany
Britain
France
Hitler
Fuehrer
Rights Respected Etiquette Taught In Turkish Schools Dispatch
A Istanbul dispatch reports that Rights Respected Etiquette is a compulsory subject in Turkish schools. The item discusses etiquette as respect for others, its evolving styles, and its role in smooth social interaction. It cites Emerson and Tennyson on courtesy and notes public figures like Ambassador Joe Kennedy commenting on diplomacy.
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Turkey
Istanbul
East
Norfolk area clubs learn ABC licensing lessons
Twenty two social fraternal and veterans clubs in the Norfolk Portsmouth area faced ABC Board show cause hearings for Alcoholic Beverages Act violations. Three licenses revoked, one dismissed, eighteen suspended with $50 cost rein statements. the piece portrays a broad disciplinary outcome and urges clubs to strictly align with the act to avoid future loss.
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Norfolk-Portsmouth
ABC Board
ABC
Do You Loaf Enough From Forbes Magazine
The piece cautions against stop and go executives who rush toward wealth without enjoying the journey. It suggests outside interests like music and gardening as reliefs that refresh the mind and improve efficiency. It argues one need not delay joy until retirement and advocates savoring life to reduce stress and preserve zest for work.
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Forbes Magazine
Miners Believed Killed in Grundy VA Mine Blast
Emergency measure revokes licenses for six driving offenses. Leonard H. Bell elected president of Berryville High School Parent Teacher Association.
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Grundy
Leonard H. Bell
Berryville
Tom Thumb Wedding skit slated for repeat performance
Five years ago the Tom Thumb Wedding skit by Mrs Julian Steeles music pupils at Stephens City is set for a repeat show. Miss Wilma Orndorff named valedictorian of Middletown High Schools senior class, with thirteen graduates to receive diplomas on May 2. The League of Nations reports Japan will oppose foreign aid to China.
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Julian Steele
Stephens City
Wilma Orndorff
Middletown High School
League of Nations
China
Oil firms seek price controls. decade-old era of auto struggles noted
Ten years ago motorists nationwide fought oil companies over price fixing, per A A A report. Captain John B. Neill, son of Mrs. John B. Neill of Berryville, resigns U S Marine Corps to join Curtis Aircraft Co. Miss Ida Fisher, president, hosts Girl's Athletic Association at her Ridgeway cottage.
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John B. Neill
Berryville
U. S. Marine Corps
Curtis Aircraft Co
Ida Fisher
Girl’s Athletic Association
Ridgeway
Army massing on border as state troops ready for war
Twenty five years ago the U S Army moved toward the Mexican border amid talk of immediate fighting once Americans depart. Over 2,000 Winchester and Frederick county students paraded in the first annual school fair. Boyd's Drug Store advertised Colorite promising to refresh old straw hats.
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U. S
Winchester
Frederick County
Boyd’s Drug Store
Missing Star Edition Paper For This Day
The Star does not publish a paper for the day in question leaving no local news or notices to summarize.
Answers to Questions Column Adopts Request Form
Frederic J. Haskin directs The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C. Readers may send questions of fact and enclose three cents for a reply.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Questions and Answers from a Long-Run Quiz Session
A compilation of historical trivia covering salaries, monuments, empires, veterans, dog breeds, tobacco, film origins, weather, writing paraphs, weights, chinchilla fur values, Pershing’s rank, cigarette superstitions, and leather top dressings. Notable items include the governor salary, 1888 G A R reunion dates, Augustine Herrman, the Empire State rationale, and Pershing becoming brigadier general in 1906.
How To Use Pronounce And Spell WORDS
A concise guide to correct speech and writing in English covering more than 3000 words often misused. It promotes a self pronouncing system and urges readers to order the WORD BOOK with a ten cent payment to Washington.
Edgar Bergen Talks Leisure as a World’s Fair Patron
Edgar Bergen, at the opening of the San Francisco World’s Fair, reflects on the need for leisure amid fame. He recalls cruises, simple living, and the folly of delaying happiness, urging gratitude, daily savor, and seizing the day.
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Edgar Bergen
Maryville
Missouri
Major Bowes
Charlie McCarthy
Plane with spindles in place of wings completed at Roosevelt Field
In 1932 J C Popper completed a three motor plane at Roosevelt Field New York. Two motors ran while spindles provided propulsion and traction for the odd craft. The curious machine hints at early experimental aviation and odd design work.
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J.C. Popper
Roosevelt Field
Bride-To-Be in Flight From Past Haunts
Lona Ackerman, shunned by a boarding house after publicity from an attempted prison break, plans a late wedding with Jim Claridge. He urges an immediate ceremony as she recollects her late father, borrows ten dollars for flowers, and agrees to marry tonight, fearing time slipping away.
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Lona Ackerman
Jim Claridge
Lona
Jim
Daddy
Bridgewater
Eloping Plans Between Lena and Jim Imperiled by Publicity
In a tense restaurant scene Lena and Jim discuss rushing to marry after months of crisis. Lena delays for preparations while Jim suggests eloping or using an alias to dodge reporters. He reveals doubts about his identity, and Lena wonders how much she truly knows about him.
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