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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1939
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is a daily newspaper published by Evening Star Publishing Co in Winchester, with Sunday edition omitted.
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A standard credit line states the Associated Press owns exclusive rights to AP dispatches and all locally published news herein, clarifying republishing rights for the paper. The notice emphasizes AP entitlement for news content, credited or not.
A brief biblical verse is quoted from Nahum 1 7 praising the Lord as good and a stronghold in times of trouble for faithful readers.
Mr Farley selects actors artists and scientists for new postage stamp portraits to be issued late this year and in 1940 naming Edward McDowell Ethelbert Nevin James Audubon Whistler Walt Whitman and others while praising the post office chief as a boon to stamp collectors and a cheap way to compile engravings of America’s notable figures.
A columnist urges Manhattan secession as a solution to heavy cigarette taxes and smuggling. The piece mocks bridge and ferry patrols and imagines Manhattan as a standalone state taxed to tourists, with kings and princes governing.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority bans showoff low altitude stunts after investigations. three pilots lose licenses and eight are fined for dangerous flying and monkeyshines, some while intoxicated. One crashs a gas line pump, another disobeyed orders with ceilings below authorized limits.
State Budget Director Rowland Egger reviews the ABC board pay formula for non bottle staff, revealing about half the payroll outside the bottle system. The article details salaries in headquarters, licensing, merchandising, warehouse, stock control, inspection, enforcement, and store personnel, totaling roughly 635 employees versus 325 in retail. Questions arise over why 310 staff receive bottle-free pay while 325 rank and file do not, and why salary cuts occur despite falling liquor sales.
In a seaside town Sarah Anne Melton and friends navigate love and ambition as Jack Courtney gains fame, Bernice Cooper plans daring parachute jumps, and Bob Kennedy weighs a risky high altitude mission. The minister's daughter contemplates courage while a kiss reveals unspoken feelings.
A list of trivia prompts asks for the world’s river with the greatest discharge the leader of the 1881 American Red Cross formation the presidency rank of James Madison definition of an assay office the largest snake species details of the Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris Atlantic crossing the pint in a peck the Gulf near Cape Brenton Island the meaning of Mus B a question on whether the North Pole is closer to Earth’s center than the equator and the reason why
A guidance note urges writers to avoid saying took or borrowed in favor of precise wording. It emphasizes choosing accurate verbs to describe actions and cautions against overstatement or vague phrasing.
Peyton J. Marshall and Lee Coble, retiring councilmen, attend their final council session. County school superintendent Leslie Kline stays quiet, noting teachers’ salaries while remarking that A. B. C. store clerks earn more. The George Washington Hotel orchestra forms from members of the old Bob Riley band.
Five years ago the President defends administration policy against harming honest business. Eleven county schools will close this fall due to consolidation and longer bus routes. Cheaper liquor brands rise in demand as an ABC store opens in the state without fanfare.
George Hill, Civil War veteran with Gen. Phil Sheridan, travels south to lay a wreath on the tombs of Thomas Reardon who befriended him after a Winchester battle wound. Arthur Jones Woolen Mill plans to reopen after idleness caused by embezzlement and near bankruptcy. Over 400 New York fruit growers arrive for orchard inspections.
Twenty five years ago Belgian troops flee forts and trenches before German lines while France and England scramble to prepare. William O Brown dies after diving into Opequon during a camping trip sustaining a spinal injury. Justice Frank Krebs orders petty criminals to county road work for ten days instead of jail.
County authorities warn of a local swindler buying stock for government with worthless checks. A popular song titled A Splinter from My Sweetheart's Wooden Leg continues at informal parties. Sellman McCullen writes from aboard the U S S Dixie that he has been promoted to paymaster.
Funeral services for Mrs E Hazle Fries, wife of Herbert Fries, were held this afternoon at 2 from the Cedar Grove residence. The Rev W B Obaugh officiated, with the Rev C K Welch assisting. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. A male quartet sang hymns including Abide With Me and God Will Take Care of You. Pallbearers were Jessie Lewis, Jess Himelright, John and Ellis Rus, Walter and Wilmer Anderson. Mrs Fries, daughter of Mr and Mrs David A Smith, was a lifelong United Brethren member born in Cedar Grove.
The Treasury reports on August 7 receipts of 39,022,392.89 dollars and expenditures of 35,976,621.77 dollars. The gross debt stands at 40,735,422,458.95 dollars.
The first 500 mile automobile race occurred May 30 1911 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana. Roy Harroun drove the Marmon Wasp to victory at an average speed of 74.59 mph.
Jimmy Fidler comments on Bette Davis workload noting four pictures in seven months surpasses Norma Shearer and Garbo. He praises Davis’s choice of challenging roles and questions why her dramatic output hasn’t exhausted her. Other items tease Hollywood gossip and industry jokes.
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