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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1939
Page
4
The fragment quotes Job 6 14 about pity for the afflicted. It appears from a religious or devotional snippet in the Winchester Evening Star. The readable text offers no clear news event or person names to summarize further.
A humorous column jokes that men need dictionaries to parse fashion terms like Gores Gores sets ruffles and basques. It contrasts past simpler styles with current complex jargon and notes readers face bewildering phrases from double peplums to bird cage panniers.
The piece contrasts A. P. Herbert and Lord Nelson with modern verbose phrasing. It cites Herbert’s complaint about wordy expressions and notes John L. Lewis’s concise rebuke of Vice President Garner as a counterexample to flowery rhetoric.
Governors in 30 states with adjourned legislatures vetoed roughly 1,000 bills. Time to act after passage or adjournment varies by state with periods from three to 30 days, and in some cases bills become law automatically if not vetoed.
The report notes six days in some states and ten days in twelve states for chiefs to act. Twenty two states allow five days for consideration. Sundays are excluded from counts in all but five states.
Results in Kentucky show anti Roosevelt Lieutenant Governor Keen Johnson toppling Brown amid reduced machine influence while Mississippi sees pro Roosevelt Johnson leading over Conner. Outcomes heighten debate over Democratic national direction and Southern support for Roosevelt at the next convention.
Questions cover Mount Vernon original name, solder, relative stellar brightness, wind speed instrument, Chicago American League owner and president, pseudonym, pronunciation of respirator, Black Warrior River state, somniloquist, and primary election.
Do not say I am anxious to learn. Use the word eager instead. This note advises concise phrasing and avoids self assessment in exams or formal writing.
News from the year shows Mr. and Mrs. B F Davis surprising a robber in their doorway during an early evening break in. A Millville plant of Potomac Edison Co suffers a fire loss potentially reaching 300000 dollars.
Five years ago the Chamber of Commerce estimated American unemployment at 7,000,000. A marriage notice records Robert Willey of Middletown and Marion Elaine Wolfe of Strasburg tying the knot.
Ten years ago the circuit court denied the State Highway Department injunction against residents diverting water onto the pike north of the city. Construction started on the Winchester Aldie road known as U S Route 50. Police nationwide sought thieves who took 150000 in jewels from a wealthy Philadelphia broker's home.
The Empire Theatre displays early war images from Europe as The Star front page remains devoted to war news from the last 10 days. Miss Mary P Line hosts a pretty party at Locust Grove near High View.
Forty years ago the city council votes to allocate more money for street paving in Winchester. An advertisement touts genuine Atwood suspenders from T. T. Wall as the agent. Mack Noonan helps recover Harry Baker's runaway horse near Jordan's Springs.
In a small town Corrinne Melton confronts rumors about Bob Ransom and a visiting blonde as she navigates friendship, romance, and social pressure. An outing with Judi Drake ance and Jack Courtney's rise adds strain while Bing Wells offers new distraction. The scene ends with signals of heartbreak and unsteady loyalties.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports July retail sales rose one percent from July 1938 in the fifth district with seven month totals up three percent. Norfolk led gains at 9.8 percent while Landbare and Washington posted modest rises and Richmond declined 0.5 percent. Virginia and neighboring states showed varying gains.
When Emily Bronte’s only novel appeared in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell it failed with both readers and critics. The work received little success on its initial release.
Hemet California Aug 11 residents report mass insomnia from a high pitched noise heard nightly since Aug 3. The sound begins about 9 pm lasting an hour and a half with other instances around 1 to 2 am. Residents drive through the valley and into the San Jacinto mountains seeking the source.
A reader asks about the 1920 sinking of the U S submarine S-5 off Delaware Capes, its crash dive and salvage attempt lasting 37 hours. Other questions cover English city mayors with lord prefixes, boys canvassing for college funds since 1905, Mardi Gras origins, mirages, and ivory billed woodpeckers.
The Winchester Woman's Christian Temperance Union thanks Mr. Editor for space in the columns. They acknowledge a setback after repeal but pledge continued fight for sobriety. They praise refusal of whiskey ads and radio stations ending such advertising as a moral stand. Mrs. John I. Sloat signs.
Jimmy Fidler reports aboard the S. S. Mattsonia from Honolulu with gossip on Janet Gaynor and Adrian wedding plans kept private by the couple and her mother. He also notes Priscilla Lane and Oren Haglund may be secretly married and offers other Hollywood tidbits from Basil Rathbone to Robert Taylor and Freddie Bartholomew.
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