Classified Advertising Rates and Guidelines
The Winchester Evening Star lists classified and display ad rates, word counts, minimum charges, and payment rules. It notes a 9 PM deadline the day before publication and provides national ad representative offices in multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenney- Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Eee
Silent Ones Week On Presidential Speculation
The piece notes Taft and Vandenberg as leading Republican possibilities while Bridges Lodge Barton and Fish remain quiet. It cites state electoral votes Ohio and Michigan and recalls presidents from those states. It also mentions Taft and Vandenberg Senate service dates and compares historic presidential lineage and prior Congress experience.
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Taft
Bridges
New Hampshire
Lodge
Masachusetts
Bruce Barton
Hamilton Fish
New York
Vandenberg
Roosevelt
Ohio
Michigan
White House
Spanking Question in Parent Teacher Meetings
At a Chapel Hill institute Dr. W. D. Parry argued temperament should guide punishment but old fashioned spanking may work in many cases. He spoke to 150 parents who largely supported his view, noting discipline aims to teach right conduct and fairness impacts a child’s sense of justice.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
W. D. Parry
University of North Carolina
Ford to battle NLRB over unfair labor practices
The National Labor Relations Board finds Ford Motor Company guilty of unfair labor practices including distribution of anti union literature. It cites the Ford Almanac July 1937 and a pamphlet Ford Gives Viewpoint on Labor. Ford's Detroit office says it will pursue court steps as appropriate.
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National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Detroit
Ford Company
Board decision attacked as biased and unlawful
The text argues the boards ruling on an unfair labor practice is passion driven and contrary to fact and law. It suggests the distribution of company literature may infringe free speech and questions if the Wagner act authorizes muzzling open discussion. It urges higher courts to rule on these constitutional issues.
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Court of Highest Jurisdiction
National Relations Board
White Top Folk Festival marks eighth annual gathering on Mountain
Richmond Times Dispatch reports White Top Mountain near Abingdon hosts the eighth White Top Folk Festival drawing folklorists, musicians, critics, teachers, and dancers. John Powell leads the circle with Mrs Powell and Winston Wilkinson among participants. Annabel Morris Buchanan directs missionary work in a New England camp, absent this year.
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Richmond
England
White Top
America
Appalachians
John Powell
Powell
Winston Wilkinson
Annabel Morris Buchanan
New England
Daily Quiz Answers From Page Two
The quiz asks about the body of water between the Philippines and China, the J S D degree, which city had the first traffic lights, anosmia, the horse that beat War Admiral, the Federal Reserve chairman, who named the Philippine Islands, Armistice Day date, pronunciation of robust, and North America's highest land point from sea level.
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Philippine Islands
China
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
War Admiral
Pimlico Race Track
Baltimore
Federal Reserve Board
North America
Legal phrasing guide for anglo-american media
A style reminder emphasizes precise attribution of crimes by using phrases like alleged to have murdered or charged with, rather than naming a suspect as a definite arrestee. It advises avoiding sensational wording while preserving accurate legal status and person identifiers.
Handley Library marks 25th anniversary with public exercises
The Handley Library observes its 25th anniversary with a board led commemorative program in the lecture hall. Judge Donald Weems returns from Canada with proof of large bass catches from his travels.
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Handley Library
Board of
Donald Weems
Canada
Escaped Convicts Recovered After Break at Richmond Penitentiary
Five years ago four of five long term convicts who escaped last night from the state penitentiary at Richmond were captured. In Stephens City Mr and Mrs Athey Sargent welcome a daughter born August 13.
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State Penitentiary
Richmond
Athey Sargent
Stephens City
Graf Zeppelin to depart Philadelphia on world flight leg
Ten years ago the Graf Zeppelin, Germanys famed airship, was set to leave Philadelphia the next day for the second leg of its round the world voyage. The local Elks club was studying a pavilion plan at a state tuberculosis sanatorium.
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Graf Zepplin
Germany
Philadelphia
Elks Club
Local News Highlights From The City Twenty Five Years Ago
Policeman C. E. Neville is seriously ill and friends hope for his recovery. Capt. Charles H. Hardy has died, leaving an estate valued at over $12,000 per Corporation Court records. Germany France England and Austria reject Wilson's mediation plan to halt the ongoing world war in Europe.
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C. E. Neville
City
Charles H. Hardy
Germany
France
England
Austria
Wilson
Europe
Balance of Handley bequest for public library expected soon
Forty years ago the remainder of Judge John Handley's $250000 bequest to the local public library was anticipated from Scranton Pennsylvania. Miller Fletcher on a bicycle near Abrahms Creek encountered a black snake clinging to his leg. Frank Harris, a well known Winchester newspaperman, retires from the field.
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John Handley
Scranton
Miller Fletcher
Sprout Spring
Abrahms Creek
Frank Harris
Winchester
The Confucius Family Legacy Across Generations
This item notes Confucius, founder of Confucianism in China, living 551 to 478 B.C. and states his descendants exceed 40,000 across seventy generations in the oldest family in the world.
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Confucius
China
Secret name Robin stirs passion in airport romance tale
In a tense domestic drift Sarah Anne questions love and past ties as aviator Jack Courtney returns from fame and clashes with Lynn Rhode and the mysterious Robin name while Corrinne delivers a peace offering from Lynn amid a spring afternoon of family drama and hints of Bernice.
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Jack Courtney
Pacific
Judith
Perryville
Kennedy
Jack
Esterday
Sarah Anne
Bob
Lynn Rhode
Robin
Q Questions From The Washington Bureau Quiz
Frederic J. Haskin provides reader questions and answers on topics from bloomers to Queen Victoria. The piece covers inventions, duels, white gold composition, Harriman medal winner, Victoria’s reign length, English sparrows arrival, caisson disease, and Civil War bonds status. It reflects early 20th century inquiry style with concise expert replies.
Common Household Pests guide offers pest control facts
A printed appeal promotes a 32 page booklet Common Household Pests by Information Bureau in Washington D C. It lists ants mosquitoes moths flies cockroaches bed bugs fleas termites and more and urges readers to send ten cents postpaid for a copy with full mailing details.
Jimmy Fidler In Hollywood’s Island Dispatch
Honolulu reports from Jimmy Fidler describe Hawaii as a cinematic mirror inviting critique of Hollywood depictions. He notes misperceptions formed by films, discusses a wild-eyed songwriter tale, and highlights ongoing pay raises disputes and star comings and goings including Dietrich, Bari, and Grable, plus training efforts at Reinhardt Workshop.
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Net One
Lynn Bari
Hulatown
Medicos
Marlene Dietrich
Hollywood
Tesseeee
Jane Withers
Janet Gaynor
Adrian
Janet
Penny Singleton
aEer Ces
Jackie Cooga
Mary Beth Hughes
Betty Grable
Rosemary Lane
Wm. de Wolf Hopper
Mary Anderson
Donald Lovett
Robert Stanton
Virginia Vail
Max Reinhardt
Gene Markey
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