Winchester Evening Star ad rates and publication details
The Winchester Evening Star lists publication schedule and subscription rates including one year four fifty, six months two twenty five, three months one twenty, and one month forty cents. The editor is H F Byrd Jr and it is published by The Evening Star Publishing Co of Winchester Virginia.
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Winchester Evening Star
H. F. Byrd, JR
Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester
Virginia
Advertising rates and notices in the August 17 1937 issue
Classifieds detail rates for display and memorial ads with advance payment terms and minimum charges. National reps are listed. the paper quotes the Associated Press and features a Bible verse from Psalms 52 7 as a mislaid trust themed note.
A Badge Of Honor For Virginia Volunteer Fire Companies
The Richmond Times Dispatch lauds Virginia volunteer fire companies in dress parade at the first annual association convention in Charlottesville. It praises the badge as a symbol of town responsibility for safety and wellbeing, noting the auxiliary wives share the pride and the social value of the department. Winchester is singled out for its earnest firemen and steadfast duty.
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Solomon
Virginia State Firemen’s“Association
Charlottes
Times Dispatch
Virginia
Winchester
Virile Womanhood Fights for Equal Rights Across Nation
The American federation of business and professional women in Atlantic City calls for constitutional amendment to ban gender based laws and urges equal rights under law. They reject special women's charters and argue laws should reflect work nature, not sex. They acknowledge childcare needs and potential safeguards for children in an industrial age.
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Atlantic City
Congress
Aluminum Wire Mystery Near-Perfect Thinness Rumor
A dealer hears a tale that aluminum wire has been drawn to one ten-thousandth of an inch in thickness, sparking curiosity about the extraordinary slenderness and how such precision might be achieved.
Manufacturer Rejects Pound Theorized by Wire Exhibit
A quirky science note describes a maker asking a manufacturer for a pound of wire to display at a show. He is told the pound would cost exactly 165200000 dollars and declines. He settles on two feet of wire instead.
Virginia diversifies money crops beyond cotton and tobacco
The Richmond News Leader highlights Henry Taylor's forecast showing Virginia expanding beyond staples. Apples peaches pears truck crops and peanuts gain prominence as the state broadens seafood cattle berries asparagus and early crops to meet East Coast demand.
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Richmond News Leader
Henry Taylor
Virginia
When Is Drunk in Kansas Becomes Illegally Intoxicating
The Kansas Legislature sets 3.2 percent beer as nonintoxicating but a Wichita arrest raises whether a person can be legally intoxicated by 3.2 beer. Courts in other states vary with 2.2 beer mixed with alcohol. The issue heads to the State Supreme Court.
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New York World-Telegram
Kansas
Wichita
State Supreme Court
Will of Shirley Carter Grants 50000 to Winchester Hospital
In Shirley Carter's will a notable bequest of 50000 to Winchester Memorial Hospital supports care for persons of gentle birth who lack hospitalization. The writer argues middle class patients suffer most from hospital bills and neglect proper treatment, noting a woman lamenting she is not quite poor enough for good care.
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Richmond News
Shirley Carter
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Normandie Sets East West Atlantic Speed Record
The Normandie arrived at Ambrose Light last Monday in 3 days 23 hours 2 minutes, breaking the Queen Mary’s crossing time and making four days or less possible for the first time. Returning to Europe, she passed Bishop’s Rock in 3 days 22 hours 7 minutes. Competition with the Queen Mary continues as builders and crews pursue the Atlantic championship long held by others.
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Ambrose Light
Atlantic
Europe
Bishop's Rock
Notable Local Figures in Illness and Appointments
H B McCormac, a Winchester textile maker, rests after illness at home following a round at Winchester Country Club. Rev E B McGukin receives a second call from First Presbyterian Knokville Tenn. A Star reporter polls 16 citizens on a water supply. Fourteen favor a new system. Dr and Mrs C H Iden and family return to Berryville from Ocean View. Justice Joseph W Chinn of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals dies in Battle Creek Michigan.
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H. B. McCormac
Winchester
Winchester Country Club
E. B. McGukin
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Knokville
Tenn
Evening Star
C. H. Iden
Berryville
Ocean View
Joseph W. Chinn
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Battle Creek
Mich
Illness hits Winchester Gas plant head J Fred Goss
J Fred Goss Winchester Gas Company plant superintendent becomes seriously ill and is reported in critical condition. Major A Willis Robertson calls for Smoot Hawley tariff readjustment to aid American farms and factories in world markets. Miriam Talbot wed F I Murrell in San Diego California. Mr and Mrs James M Thomson arrive at Summit Point West Virginia for a stay with Thomson's mother. Capt and Mrs Charles R Rain return to Salem New Jersey after weekend visit with Ashbys near Stephenson.
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J. Fred Goss
Winchester Gas Company
A. Willis Robertson
Hawley
Miriam Talbot
F. I. Murrell
San Diego
Cal
James M. Thomson
New Orleans
W. Va
Charles R. Rain
Salem
N. J
Vernon Ashby
Stephenson
Ten Years Ago Mrs Allen Family Plans Cape May Trip
Ten years ago Mrs Lewis M Allen and her sons Howard Lewis and Douglas and Miss Gertrude Miller of Martinsburg planned a Monday departure for Cape May New Jersey. Miss Mary Chamberlin longtime Winchester resident dies at an advanced age. Bruce B Brumback killed in an auto accident near Waynesboro Pennsylvania. Hugh Markwood of Kernstown learns his stolen car has been located by Roanoke County sheriff and heads to Salem to claim it. Dr Samuel McCune Meadow Mills aged 99 visits Winchester to consult his attorneys.
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Gertrude Miller
Martinsburg
Cape May
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Mary Chamberlin
Winchester
Bruce B. Brumback
Waynesboro
Hugh Markwood
Kernstown
Roanoke County
Salem
Samuel McCune
Meadow Mills
Postmaster Appointment Amid Historic Global Tragedies
Edward Lindsey named Berryville postmaster succeeding Robert Elder. In a distant disaster 3 000 are killed and 6 000 injured near the Dardanelles by an earthquake. Rev Samuel G Gill a Presbyterian minister dies in Harpers Ferry while saving his son. Clarence Darrow is acquitted of bribery charges after a long trial.
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Edward Lindsey
Berryville
Robert Elder
Dardanells
Constantinople
Samuel G. Gill
Harpers Ferry
Clarence Darrow
Young Lawyer-to-Be Heads West for Helena Firm
Forty years ago Harry Kern, newly admitted to the Winchester Bar, prepares to depart for Helena Montana to join the Bryan Conrad law firm. Mrs. John J. Williams and Mrs. J. Brad Beverley travel to Capon Springs for a visit. Wheats soda fountain offers 5 cent ice cream sodas with fans. Isaac Johnson, a colored man, is shot by Joseph Ash, also colored, after a card game.
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Harry Kern
Winchester
Helena
Montana
Bryan Conrad
John J. Williams
J. Brad Beverley
Capon Springs
Wheats Soda Fountain
Isaac Johnson
Joseph Ash
Gold Found in Klondyke Region on August Seventeenth
News reports reveal a gold discovery in the Klondyke area dated August 17, 1896. Prospectors flock to the region with expected riches, while authorities monitor staking and mining claims amid the rush.
Records Fail to Star in Duel At Sea
The passage notes the duel aimed to appear accidental as Captain Thoreux of the Norman die claims the two recordings were mere by-products while a Queen Mary officer quips you can't eat records. The exchange highlights the irony of record lowering by the involved company.
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Thoreux
Normandie
Copeland Proposes Two Term Limit Amid Roosevelt Talk
Newport News Daily Press notes Senator Royal S Copeland Democratic mayoral nominee candidate introduces a constitutional amendment to bar a president from a third term. It remarks broad doubt on Roosevelt running or winning a 1940 bid and recalls Washington’s precedent.
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Royal S. Copeland
New York
Congress
United States
Roosevelt
George Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
The New Deal Philosophy a Virginias View
Thomas Lomax Hunter argues against the Byrd amendment and New Deal housing. He says state residents see rising costs, taxes, and government aid as burdens. He contrasts rural self-reliance with federal intervention and mocks welfare as unnecessary.
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington DC. Include three cents for reply and address.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Evening Star Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Many Names for the Black Widow Spider
A reader list notes the black widow spider has been called red rump hour-glass and shoe-button. The item compiles quick facts and curios about names, figures, and trivia from a period publication.
Love Is For Tomorrow Chapter 46 Turmoil at Hollywood Cafe
Marcia endures a tense date with Gary at the Trocadero on Sunset Boulevard as her hidden fear of losing Sandy returns. Gary pressurizes for a lifetime partnership while Marcia longs to protect her feelings, and a drunken accident ends with Gary injured and Sandy in custody as police arrive.
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Gary
Sandy
Ellen
Paula
Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood
Mike
McDonald
Garrett
Gary Tetharie
Paliceman
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