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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star publishes its subscription prices including one year in advance four dollars sixty cents six months in advance two dollars twenty five cents three months in advance one dollar twenty cents and one month in advance forty cents with notices of various optional services.
Details on advertising costs including two cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, display ads by 9 PM the prior day, memorials and cards of thanks at ten cents per counted line, and transient rates at 45 cents per inch. National reps listed across major cities. Bible quote from Romans 6 16 appears at end.
The National Safety Council reports a 22 percent drop in traffic facilities in early 1938 and urges strict enforcement of speed limits. It notes Pennsylvania's 42 percent reduction and Virginia's 7 percent, praising strict enforcement as a key factor and calling for Virginia to adopt and enforce similar limits to save lives and reduce injuries.
Charles M Broun longtime Roanoke attorney and former mayor died in Middleburg Virginia aged 76 after years of public service. He shaped Roanoke policy during rapid growth and WWI era, served as commonwealths attorney in Clarke County before 1908, joined McCormick Henson Broun firm, led Jefferson ward to presidency 1915, mayor 1916 1918, later counsel to local businesses and city adviser.
An analysis notes that blame for personal troubles shifts to luck or government, while many younger people condemn themselves to bad luck through their own mistakes. It reflects on responsibility and social accountability in modern life.
The passage warns that rushing to wed before readiness leads to lifelong trouble. It cites debt from lack of savings, wasteful spending, reliance on unworthy work, and poor associations. It urges planning, self improvement, and disciplined habits to avoid lasting failure.
Governor Price criticizes the right of way delays in Virginia project work blaming landowner resistance and costly disputes. He cites the Roanoke World News editorial stance on old condemnation methods and urges a North Carolina style approach to speed parkway progress.
Small quantities of Yellow Transparents and Duchess apples from Virginia are finding their way to British markets. Miss Eleanor Withers becomes the bride of Mr. Harry Garland Athey in Stone Chapel Church near Berryville Clarke county. A man claiming to be “a little hard up” is arrested by Officer Bayliss for altering 1934 auto tags to 1937 tags. Japan tightens grip on North China surrounding Peiping.
Five years after a Norfolk soprano Mary Lily Smoot will give a recital soon with assistance from Robert McNally. Government plans aim to use human labor on public works where possible. Local retailers adopt NRA hours in a citywide program. Large Democratic vote surge noted in Winchester Clarke and Frederick counties as voters choose local and state candidates.
Ten years ago report notes J Wilson Smellie once owned Belle Grove estate near Middletown dies aged 81. A bust of Dr Hunter H McGuire is given to the city by his son Dr Stuart McGuire of Richmond. World wheat supply declared the greatest since WWI. A Zululand native prince with European degrees to speak on Court House Square.
Robert Worsley announces the Great Winchester Fair will feature four thousand dollars in purses and daily racing. War with Mexico looms as President Wilson declines to recognize the current Mexican government. Dr. Fred H. Baetjer at Johns Hopkins saves a badly infected hand with a skin graft. Corporation Cleo and assistants lament missing a typewriter as many deeds are entered in ledgers.
Forty years ago reports from Washington said the Cuban war might end this week after the peace request. Captain John Sowers, a noted musical authority, was injured when tossed from a fast moving carriage. Over two thousand people attended the dedication of the new M E Church in Middletown, praised as one of the valley’s finest. Miss Nellie Hensell won a bronze button worn on a Continental soldier’s uniform at her home on Main and Baker streets.
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington D.C. Enclose three cents for a reply.
A compiled Q and A from a historical quiz shows details on bull fighting in U S territories the first municipal airport in Tucson Arizona notable printers a 1930 swordfish catch by Zane Grey and more including Pinckney Pinchback Mt. Mitchell Maria Gambarelli Huguenot memorials in New Rochelle and Lincoln era questions covering Norse names stamps and Secret Service salaries.
Washington reports Agriculture Secretary Wallace faces a wary campaign year as corn production nears the 2.8 billion bushel normal. AAA planners seek to delay or cancel a referendum while new normal figures stress quotas and political risk ahead of the election.
The text argues a farm law sets normal corn supply as the average production of the last ten years plus 7 percent for carry-over and plus exports. It notes political temptations to treat normalcy differently during election times and contrasts with Roosevelt's neutrality act approach to undeclared war in China.
Ed Carraway and Shorty Rogers inspect evidence of rustling as six riders abduct twenty cows and six horses. Bill Baron plans covert inquiry with Buckshot Brown while tension rises with Ellen over Felix Montoya and the stolen stock going toward the Mexican border.
The Count reacts to a $250,000 offer with visible nerve as the World Telegram reports his feelings on negotiations. Early notes suggest the count may pursue further action, with speculation about a potential deal or cure forming in the storyline.
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