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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1939
Page
4
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By mail rates are shown for one year six months and three months in advance. By carrier rates include one year six months three months and one month in advance with weekly options also listed.
A religious item from August 19, 1939 quotes John 14 27 urging peace amid calamity with a message to not fear. The quotation precedes a hopeful exhortation as a daily or Sunday reading.
The Star announces it will publish police court items to deter crime and educate the public. It states traffic violations and resulting accidents will be reported to show enforcement of Winchester laws and improve public awareness.
The city welcomes the three day Virginia State Elks Association convention with a banquet and ball at the George Washington Hotel Monday night. General business sessions run Monday and Tuesday. Credit goes to Winchester Elks Club for bringing the event and to Edwin T. Snider and his committees for the plan.
A tribute to Henry T. Wickham of Hanover County, detailing a career spanning the House 1875 80 Senate 1889 1906 and 1923 onward, noting his roles as President pro tem and chair of Privileges and Elections. The piece lauds his devotion to public service and hopes for continued service.
Reprinted editorial discusses the Danzig dispute between Poland and Germany. It notes Polish PM Smigly-Rydz’s Cracow speech defending Danzig as vital to Poland, German press calls for aggression, and the risk of war over the Free City with Danzig’s fate seen as central to Poland’s independence and Eastern Europe balance.
Answers to seven questions cover topics from the 1944 Olympic location to U S troop command at Harper's Ferry and Indiana's main river. The reader is directed to page two for the responses.
A quick note on phrasing urges using neutral terms. The reminder suggests replacing words like disrespected with irritated to avoid bias or harsh tone. It serves as a stylistic tip for clear, calm writing.
Miss Nettie Tucker Yowell of Boyce High School faculty receives a year long leave of absence to serve as state supervisor of Home Economics. President Roosevelt says the nation would not stand idly by if Canada were attacked.
Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Robinson 77 widow of Charles L. dies suddenly at her home in town. Kenneth Gilpin of Kentmere Stables earns $11,500 at the annual Saratoga sales with yearlines of his horses.
Governor H F Byra extends welcome to President Hoover during a Madison Virginia visit. Reports place the Graf Zeppelin flying over Siberian wastelands on its round the world journey.
Twenty five years ago health officers say there are no typhoid cases in Winchester though nearby cities report the disease. Shelby Timberlake is struck in the mouth by a flying bat at a Berryville game while Miss Lohr Purcell of Brucetown is injured in a runaway and taken to the local hospital.
Sarah Anne hides as shadows move through a stormy lodge while Lynn Rhodes drinks and men search the manor. A phone rings despite a dead line, revealing Robin's alarm as police close in on the trio and a daring escape plan unfolds.
Hundreds attend an annu al camp meeting in Middletown as Morgan Orndorff completes a large horse trade in Winchester then returns to Hayfield. The Copp family holds its 16th annual reunion at J. E. Copp's Willow Brook home.
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Rebecca Re. Pidgeon of Wadesville Virginia writes of cydonia japonica and other plants in her front yard at Circle Hill. She notes early spring blossoms white cydonia a frost risk and shares plans to propagate by rooting cuttings for friends.
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