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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1939
Page
4
A devotional excerpt presents Jesus speaking to his followers about joy remaining in them and their joy being full as a blessing and spiritual guidance. The passage emphasizes inner joy through faith.
The piece weighs the switch of Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23 by President Roosevelt. It contrasts traditionalists wanting the late November date with business interests seeking more shopping days, notes political angles, and ends with gratitude toward the President for the gesture.
Rep. Sam Rayburn endorses Garner, boosting a Texas Garner faction amid a stormy session. The endorsement shapes the House leadership and may affect Roosevelt’s renomination prospects as Garner enters the Democratic front. Rayburn’s role as spokesman and potential return to leadership heightens tensions over liberalism and the party platform.
The passage extols the love of books as a vital, enriching force that raises individuals above material wealth. It argues reading broadens horizons, cultivates humanity, reduces petty resentments, and aids understanding of others, claiming books contain the civilization of the future.
Reprinted editorial contrasts promises from The New Deal with actual job figures over six years. The Lynchburg News cites persistent unemployment despite NRA aims and spending. It argues leftwing critics should ask where the promised jobs are and whether spending has been checked.
A study by R J Scott reports vocabulary benchmarks showing a 5-year-old knows about 1 400 words a second grade child 4 480 words a ninth grader 8 700 a high school graduate 13 400 a college freshman 18 720 a college graduate 19 000 a college professor 60 000 and compares these figures to the 127 800 word vocabulary cited. The data illustrate progressive word growth with education and experience.
The Times Herald reports Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch praise for Virginia State Highway Department for eliminating detours by repairing one road side at a time. Traffic remains open on the other side, with brief one way stretches and rough spots, improving motorist convenience and saving labor on temporary roads.
A collection of trivia including the value of a boy at birth and at 18, the first US newspaper, pari mutuel betting in 1938, new O Henry stories, Hachiko statue in Tokyo, ancient mortgages, Grover Cleveland’s veto, a 48 gun salute, income in Greenbelt Maryland, buffalo discovery, Romanian plum wine Tsuica, US population in 1938, American women designers, tobacco spending, and Queen Elizabeth's birth date.
Sarah Anne flees a lodge after seizing Corrinne's hat and coat to mislead pursuers. She escapes down a secret chute into icy water and rows to Berryville, where a milk truck drops her at the church. Bob finds her, confessing strong feelings as the scene ends with a hopeful kiss.
The page lists seven questions on topics from geography to civics including Oregon rivers, ship motion, a golf Open winner, RussiaFiveYear plans, US citizenship for children of Chinese parents, phonograph inventor, and a clip about the FBI nickname. It also asks pronunciation of senor and signor and asks about June wedding traditions and state capitals.
A guidance note warns against saying the phrase The fact affords a reasonable presumption and urges using supplies instead. The reminder targets legal writing and aims to simplify phrasing for clearer arguments.
Greenhalgh entries are leading contenders for top honors on the first day of the 37th Berryville Horse Show. Miss Nancy Bowly and Roy Ryden Jr. are engaged to be married, and Miss Frances Forney and Mr. Robert Glaize were married in the Reformed Church.
Police round up 40 persons who have not purchased city auto licenses. Co. I a local national guard unit misses by a fraction of a point of being named best company at the Virginia Beach summer encampment. Miss Mary Thomas and Miss Opal Robinson attend the August G A A tea as guests of honor.
Citizens in Page County resist establishing a national park in the Blue Ridge area fearing loss of homes. Reports also describe the Graf Zeppelin reaching Japan on its first world tour, about 6 800 miles from the craft’s starting point.
The editorial blasts Secretary Ickes for vetoing a park service plan to reopen the Brown's Gap and Red Gate roads in Virginia. It argues the move sets a dangerous precedent and questions the need to deny road opening given local sacrifice and benefits. It labels the veto as “face saving” and urges new ideas before January 1940.
Twenty five years ago Miss Elsie Oldham receives an ovation for her show performance at the District Nurse Association benefit. Mrs. William S Love widow of Doctor Love dies at her West Water Street home. Shenandoah Valley Transportation Company buys a new 20 passenger motor bus now in service on the Valley Pike.
Mr and Mrs Charles Riddle celebrate their first wedding anniversary with a small party. The Misses Steele host a lawn party at their father Alex Steele's home near this city.
A Kansas City Star column debates women’s fashion and modesty noting shorts as unsuitable for certain body types while urging individual judgment. It references historical attire of Queen Anne's reign as a contrast to moral looseness in England’s history.
Jimmy Fidler reports Ginger Rogers angered press and public with aloof behavior during her Honolulu stop. She refused interviews posed for photos avoided autographs and stayed out of island affairs drawing satire and questions about her public warmth.
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