Memorials and Classifieds Rate Note in Winchester Star
The Winchester Evening Star notes rates for Memorials and Cards of Thanks at 10 cents per printed line and 2 cents per word for classified copy. Display ads with border due by 9 PM prior to publication. transient rate 45 cents per inch. contracts available. National ad reps listed in major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenney- Weedward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Righteousness or the Flesh Command in Joshua 24
A biblical verse urges fear of the Lord and sincere true worship while casting away forbidden idols from ancestral lands across the flood, Egypt, and the land now before the people. It emphasizes serving the Lord with dedication and fidelity.
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Egypt
Josh
Royal Exchange
London
Taxation and growth under scrutiny by Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution warns that current federal taxes choke private investment and warns of confiscatory levies. It argues a clear choice: keep the present tax system or modify it to foster industrial expansion, employment and higher living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings Institution
Resnamists
Yestergas
Hopkins Warns on Capital Flows for Economic Recovery
The Commerce Secretary urged that revival depends on private capital returning to productive enterprise. The Star notes the claim, critiques current spending, and argues deficits and debt hinder recovery while unemployment remains near 10 million.
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Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce
STAR
Hopkins
Commerce Secretary
Harry
Roosevelt-Ecclés
Tegadune
Waynesboro Bonds Question If Bond Issues Pay
Town issues 8000 dollar bonds in 1910 for a water tank. Matures 1945. Government says taxpayers pay 9361.70 interest over six years, totaling 17361.70 to borrow and repay 8000. Question posed: do bond issues pay in the long run?
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Waynesboro
Riverton Lime Coun Sy Saar Hesad James PS
Waywill
Miners Pay the Bill in Jurisdictional Coal Strike War
The stalemate pits United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis against the Progressive Miners under AFL influence. Lost wages run into tens of millions as 300000 workers face idle days, while operators weigh wage and union choices amid Wagner Law limits.
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Appalachian
United Mine Workers
CIO
Progressive Miners
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
William Green
A. F. of L
Wagner
Reformatories Truth Revealed by Psychiatrist Dr. Shield
Dr. Asa Shield of the State penitentiary cites that 90 percent or more of Virginia reformatories inmates end up in state prison. The piece questions reform school naming, acknowledges earnest workers, and urges serious study of reform methods and administration.
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Asa Shield
State Penitentiary
Virginia
Reform School
Local youths to wear colonial costumes at festival pageant
A group of local young women will dress in costumes representing different colonial periods for a festival pageant. President Roosevelt asks Congress to strip tax exemptions from income earned on all government bonds. Joe DiMaggio signs a $25,000 contract with the Yankees eight days after the season opener.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Joe DiMaggio
Yankees
Spirit of the Years pageant to highlight festival
Gar land Quarles wrote Spirit of the Years to be a festival bright spot. Weather Bureau foresees heavy frost. brisk winds have averted damage. Circuit court here opens a case of ownership of a sawmill between Fred L. Glaize and Thomas D. Cather.
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Garland Quarles
State Weather Bureau
Fred L. Glaize
Thomas D. Cather
Couple Weds in Pleasant Valley Church Ceremony
Ten years ago Miss Nettie Braithwaite and Mr. Elmer R. Dorsey of White Hall were married at Pleasant Valley U. B. Church. Rev W H Shannon of Front Royal was elected moderator of Winchester Presbytery. Col H J Benchoff of Woodstock was re elected president of Shenandoah Valley Inc.
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Nettie Braithwaite
Elmer R. Dorsey
White Hall
Pleasant Valley U. B
W. H. Shannon
Front Royal
Winchester
Hostages in Mexico Prompt State Department Concern
Twenty five years back reports note American citizens detained in Mexico with calls for armed troops to intervene. Marshall Baker Lee Cobles and Edwin Snyder win a theatre dancing contest featuring a Turkey trot two step and waltzes. The Ross home near White Hall burns in a night fire while owners are away.
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Mexico
State Department
Marshall Baker
Lee Cobles
Edwin Snyder
Henry Ross
White Hall
The Star Missing Day Paper Sparks Reader Questions
A note explains The Star does not publish a paper on this day leaving readers without the usual local coverage. Officials urge readers to check the next issue for missing notices and events.
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
A reader can get fact answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. Enclose three cents for reply.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Fact Book Q and A Snapshot From 1930s Quiz
A quiz compilation answers questions on tobacco spending, coal for railroads, Mellon art exhibit plans for World Fairs, See America First slogan origins, Arcturus velocity, infantile paralysis cases, milk record cows, Society of American Florists president, 3 cent stamps, Midwest novel prize winner, Fanny Fern, German fortifications 1938, pearl cleansing, hospital admissions, and Ruth Bryan Rohde teaching at Monticello College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Mellon
Magazine of Art
Mellon
San Francisco
Rembrandt
Hal
Balthasar Coymans
Pieter de Hooch
Hals
Terborch
O— Q
America
Map of Europe offered for ten cents
Advertises a large 21 by 28 inch Europe map showing old and new boundaries before Austria’s annexation by Germany with capitals, cities, and economic data. Coupon asks for ten cents and provides space for name address and payment details.
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Europe
Austria
Germany
Washington Information Bureau
How to Write a Job Letter The Right and Wrong Way
A 1939 column recounts a 26 year old job seeker with two prior retail and grocery roles. He first wrote a self centered letter. employers saw no value. The piece promises a revised version showing how to emphasize employer benefits and result in six call backs and two job offers.
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S. W
M. G. Edlund
Associamn
McNaught Syndicate
Lana Claridge’s Elope Diverts Media Frenzy
Lana Ackerman escapes a prison escape escapees incident with Jim and flees with him to wed at last. A reporter’s camera shockingly captures the moment, Jim’s fury crushes a camera, and Lana prepares to become Mrs. James Claridge, leaving her old life behind.
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Ackerman
Claridge
Lona
Jim
Lana
Butch
Hut
Mrs. Claridge
Herz
Lana Ackerman
Marriage License Step Follows Nervous Hide and Reporter Ire
Lana and Jim navigate the marriage license office with Lana fearful of a reporter who may recognize her from the cemetery scene. Jim defends her and leads her through the process as a bored clerk asks routine questions before finalizing the license.
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Lana
Jim
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