Advertising Rates and Notices in The Winchester Evening Star
Classified and display ad rates listed for the Winchester Evening Star include 2 cents per word minimum 25 cents, cash with copy, and 45 cents per inch for display ads. Office deadlines 9 P M day before. nationwide ad reps listed in New York Detroit Kansas City San Francisco Chicago Boston Atlanta and Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Coriander Encenna Esse
Rational Advertising
Tenney- Woodward and Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Conscience Faith Messages From 1940 Editorial
A brief religious reflection from August 21 1940 citing Second Corinthians 1 12 about clear conscience and God’s grace guiding honest conduct in worldly dealings.
Walter P. Chrysler Dies A Giant Of American Industry
Walter P. Chrysler, who rose from modest beginnings to found the Chrysler Motor Corporation, died leaving a legacy of industrial expansion. By 1925 his company launched a popular mid price car and later absorbed the Dodge group, building a empire that employed more than 50 000 at his passing.
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Dodee
Concrete Culverts Removed On Illinois Highways
The Illinois highway department says removing concrete culvert abutments reduces crash survivability injuries. About 44 deaths and 418 injuries occurred in a 12 month period from crashes into abutments. 1,500 abutments have been replaced with white wooden posts to mark shoulder narrows.
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Illinois
State Highway Department
American Public Works Association
Ilinois
Highway Department
Illinois Highway Department
England Food Reserves Sustain Population Amid War Fears
The article notes England’s rationing while fears grow over Hitler seeking to seize British food stockpiles. Eggs face reduction though overall larders hold, with reserves distributed across the island supporting families during wartime shortages. Continent residents face harder times, intensifying German interest in England’s supplies.
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Hitler
England
Roosevelt and Britain advance North American defense
Reprinted editorial urges U S strategy to defend the Monroe Doctrine with air and naval bases in Canada and British territories. It argues for staff talks and base access, warning isolationism would fail if Canada or the British Isles are threatened, and suggests fifty destroyers to aid the British Isles as a crucial outpost.
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United States
Canada
Atlantic
Latin America
Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
North America
Coordinating Board
Detroit
Windsor
Buffalo
Niagara
Puerto Rico
Guantanamo Bay
Canal
Panama
Britain
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
Trinidad
British Guiana
South America
America
British Isles
No Cure for Hay Fever Absent but Relief Possible
Dr. Logan Clendening explains hay fever cannot be cured, outlines practical relief methods including lifestyle adjustments, air filtered rooms, and pollen shots though effectiveness varies by region. He notes vaccines offer uncertain benefits and shares reader pamphlet details for further guidance.
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Alleghenies
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Answers to reader questions from the Winchester Evening Star
A compendium of Q and A items answering diverse inquiries from range of topics. It covers how far a ground observer can see an airplane, Canadian head tax, life span of queen ants, largest clipper ships, Roosevelt nomination, visibility of the Southern Cross, Willkie’s fraternity, earliest slogan, the Camel Corps, ant lifespans, a quote source, Babe Ruth’s Yankees return, Lake Superior, Lost Battalion casualties, and ivory cleaning methods.
Gambling with Security in Conscription Debate
Opponents of conscription, while accepting its sound principle and efficiency, urge delaying action to test war timing or rely on voluntary enlistment. They gamble on either no war or sufficient time to train draftees. The author argues delay risks national fate and urges immediate action.
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Canada
United States
Sir Malcolm Campbell Sets Lake Coniston Speed Record
Sir Malcolm Campbell, the English speed boat driver, achieves a new record at Lake Coniston with 141.74 mph. Royalty II wins the hunter championship ribbon at Berryville Horse Show for a second year in a row. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hershberger are honored at a miscellaneous shower.
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Malcolm Campbell
Lake Coniston
Royalty II
Berryville Horse Show
Joe Hershberger
Middletown Youth Hit by Car on Valley Pike
Five years ago Franklin Pingley a 14-year-old Middletown youth was struck by an auto on the Valley pike south of the community. A seven point Senate resolution aimed at safeguarding American neutrality in a potential foreign war was adopted as Italy and Ethiopia drift toward conflict. Miss Irene Gladys Mathews and R J McNally wed at the Congregational Christian Church.
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Franklin Pingley
Middletown
Valley Pike
Senate
Italy
Ethiopia
Irene Gladys Mathews
R. J. McNally
Congregational Christian Church
Salvation Army Services Continue Under Interim Leader
Lieut. Mildred Edwards leads Salvation Army duties during Capt. and Mrs. Mathias Bott’s annual vacation. Services will continue with no interruption to the schedule.
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Mildred Edwards
Salvation Army
Mathias Bott
Publisher Van Lear Black Missing Off New Jersey Coast
Ten years ago Van L. Black publisher of the Baltimore Sun was lost off his yacht near the New Jersey coast and searchers cannot find him. Judith McGuire daughter of Dr H H McGuire engaged to Lieut Julian Lindsey. Lt George Miller and Pvt J P Blount selected from Virginia Guardsmen to compete in national pistol and rifle tournament.
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van Lear Black
The
Baltimore Sun
New Jersey
Judith McGuire
H. H. McGuire
Julian Lindsey
George Miller
J. P. Blount
Virginia Guardsmen
The Star Quiz Seven Questions On Facts And Geography
On page 2 the answers cover nutrition for the brain, Bat known myths, royal color of England, who wrote the American creed, largest Virgin Island, U S voting rights at 21, Arlington Classic winner 1940, fifth largest U S city, location of Johannesburg, and Germany's peace treaty versus armistice with France.
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England
Virgin Islands
United States
St. Croix
St. Thomas
St. John
Johannesburg
Germany
France
Recipes to Whet Any Appetite
A short agate-style blurb promotes a booklet Appetizers Salads and Sandwiches with 300 tested recipes for summer meals. It highlights lighter lunches outdoor picnics and hot weather dishes and invites readers to order a copy for fifteen cents postpaid.
Appetizers Salads and Sandwiches booklet request
A reader encloses fifteen cents in paper wrapped coin to obtain a booklet titled Appetizers, Salads, and Sandwiches from Frederick J. Haskin, Director in Washington D C. The note includes a mail address line for delivery.
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Winchester Hymen
Washington, D
Frederick J. Haskin
Chamber of Commerce grows to 125 members
President W. R. Lucas reports the newly formed Chamber of Commerce has 125 members. Meanwhile reports from Petrograd indicate evacuation to Moscow as German advances increase on the Eastern Front. In Winchester, speculation spreads that the Old Paper Mill site may be bought by Du Pont Powder Co of New Jersey.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. R. Lucas
Petrograd
Moscow
Winchester
New Jersey DuPont Powder Co
Historic note on job titles in archival text
The instruction guides wording to avoid the noun clerk by using the phrase served as a clerk in place of She clerked in the Bon Ton Store. It emphasizes choosing neutral verbs and consistent terminology for archival summaries.
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Bon Ton
Linda and Robert Find Love After Train Meeting
Linda and Robert confess love after a tense sequence of danger and pursuit aboard a train. Billie Anne nudges Linda to act, while Linda awaits Robert at the club and at her former apartment stairs. He reveals past calls and clippings proving devotion, and Linda accepts, affirming love as their paths converge.
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Billie Anne
Roberts
Linda
Robert
Rob
Ronald
Sarah
District Attorney’s Office
Parrish
Barton
Robert Barton
Heaven
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Winchester Evening Star
I. F. Byrd, JR
Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester, Va
Walter P. Chrysler
C Ede
Chrysler
Parly
Chrysler Motor Corporation
Maxwell
Binder
His
Chryslers
Hemisphere Defense
Christian Science Monitor
Logan Clendening
M. D
Clendening
Great Lake Country
Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Dixie
Yankee
Hawaiian
California
Pacific
Epees
Franklin D. Rosevelt
John E. Mack
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Beta Theta Pi
University of Indiana
Smithsonian Institution
Columbus
League of the Iroquois
Camel Corps
Egypt
Camel Constabulary
Marion
Kansas
Edward Wallis Hoch
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Yankees
Lake Superior
S. W.A
Lynchburg News
Scott's
Tk’ United Tes SK
Mo Hain
Ponts
Bane
R. J. Scott
AIR Service
Persia
State
Alot
Helen Ase
Neck
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