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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1938
Page
4
A list of subscription rates shows annual and monthly prices for mail by carrier and other options. The entries include year in advance and monthly rates, with multiple figures such as 4.60 and 176 for different terms. The fragmentary text implies a pricing table from a newspaper or mailing service.
A religious excerpt cites John 20 31 urging belief in Jesus as Christ the Son of God to gain life through his name. The passage emphasizes faith as the path to eternal life.
Apple growers face market disruption from culls and inferior grades. Trucks spread culls. prices vary wildly from 25c to 1.00 per bushel. Growers should unite to curb cull distribution and restore demand for good apples.
A Kansas City Times note highlights a national all star college team poll taken in late August. Notre Dame end Sweeney and California end Schwartz lead with over a million votes each. Purdue Schreyer, Washington Marvev, Pittsburgh Patrick among top tackles as eight and a half million votes are tallied. Football remains a major sport mid baseball season.
The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch reports opposition and support in the AMA and District of Columbia Medical Society dispute over Group Health Association. It notes dangers of hospital and physician exclusion for members taking lower cost care and urges organized medicine not to block broader access to medical services.
The piece contrasts US economic decline since 1937 with stronger world performance and attributes the US downturn to debt inflation and punitive policies toward private business. It argues government competition, mismanagement, and political distrust erode investor confidence while Europe faces war fears yet keeps some activity.
One year ago Percy Miller was reelected president of the Winchester Woolen Company. A building code ordinance passed by Common Council on two readings. Miss Mildred LeMasters became the bride of Mr. H K. Talbott.
Five years ago President Roosevelt praised CCC camps in the Blue Ridge near here. It is disclosed funds may be available to open Skyline Drive. Engagement announced of Miss Gladys Sargent of Kernstown to Mr William Goode.
Funeral services are held here for the late Mrs. G W Dellinger with many people in attendance. Mrs Wardman wife of a prominent realtor and hotel operator of Washington has her leg broken in an auto accident near here.
Twenty five years ago Richard L. Gray resigns from the Winchester Board of Trustees under a new state law after forty years of service. J W Sibert and R T Barton, local apple growers, sell their 1913 crops on the trees to Fred A Shryock as 5 000 people attend the Berryville Horse Show grounds on opening day.
A special dispatch claims Manila surrendered to Admiral Dewey. Sam Atwell has his pocket picked on a hunting trip with Ed Stone near Stephenson station. Walter Barr and Will Sibert depart for a vacation in Atlantic City. Vitrified brick for Main street paving arrives with new concrete curbs and gutters installed.
A digest of Q and A on hens egg totals and hatch rates at the University of Wisconsin, Dempsey Firpo bout details, Latin American republic sizes, Annie Oakley’s life, unemployment funds versus benefits, top Paris attractions for Americans, Theodore Roosevelt Nobel Prize, U.S. national monuments, Pacific Coast horse racing, Bruno Les Lessing alias, Kay Kyser biography, pulque production, and popular American amusements per a Fortune survey.
The piece reports on Roosevelt administration power shifts over REA allocations controlled by Jesse Jones at the RFC and the stalled rural electrification push. It notes PWA publicity stunts like the Idaho beaver Grumpy and analyzes Southern Democratic reactions to purge moves, CCC loan pressures, and NEC South condition reviews.
The Star's Open Forum laments ongoing Georgia schemes where people advocate leaving tasks to others. The piece notes repeated camps and public indifference to new ones. It urges responsibility against resource hoarding and calls for decisive action over mere talk about fishing and governance.
Noel Shayne, wealthy, loves Dr. Julian Bale, who won’t let love cross the class divide. Noel plans to join Julian’s world and learn life, despite his warning and Ruth Chester’s nursing role. She pledges to work, borrow money from her uncle, and keep in touch as she pursues a bold future.
Noel, rich and impulsive, cashes in her uncle's money and plans a new life with Julian. She buys clothes, confronts his world, and tells him she may stay in the city instead of traveling. Their lunch reveals growing tension as he hides his happiness at her news.
A German man requests butter but is served a can instead. The incident highlights miscommunication or a mix up in food service. No further details on location or consequences are provided.
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