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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1939

Page

4

Advertising rates and display deadlines listed

Classified and display ad rates set at 2 cents per word with 25 cent minimum. Cash with copy. Display ads bordered must arrive by 9 PM prior to publication. Transient rate 45 cents per inch. National reps Tenney Woodward and Conklin in multiple cities.

Tenney- Woodward and Conklin, Inc New York Detroit Kansas City San Francisco Chicago Boston Atlanta Los Angeles

Words of counsel for a new school year

A reflective editorial urges parents to support children beyond the classroom through family influence. It stresses that character and responsibility mature in the home, not just in school, and warns adults to provide strength and guidance so youth can carve their own destiny in a changing world.

Daguerre and Niepce Pioneered Early Photography History

August 1839 report to the French Academy announced daguerreotype photography. Niepce and Daguerre aimed for permanent images, with Daguerre perfecting a five step process. Fifty years later Edison helped move motion pictures toward public fame.

Daguerre French Academy of Arts and Sciences Niepce French Academy Edison

Untermyer Offers Gerystone to Yonkers as Public Park

Editorial notes Samuel Untermyer offers his Gerystone estate to Yonkers on condition the city maintain it as a public park. Maintenance would cost at least $100000 annually. the owner has likely invested about $2000000 over time, leaving readers to weigh the financial burden against public benefit.

Cumberland Evening Sunday Times Times Samuel Untermyer New York Gerystone Yonkers Cit

Despair in the American Luxury Market and Tax Burdens

The piece notes owners facing high taxes and upkeep on expensive properties, with many deserted homes in affluent areas. It questions whether future large scale luxury homes will be affordable and why buyers do not repurpose older, solidly built houses. It suggests a broader mood of financial strain in affluent markets.

United States America

Modern Ananias on Hitlers Territorial Demands

The piece argues Hitler uses Danzig and Poland as wedges to expand control, claiming other nations once lost to Germany or Russia could be claimed. It warns that only force can counter his ambitions and condemns his expanding territorial aims as ominous and treacherous.

Texas Mexico Philippine Islands Spain Hitler Danzig

The Daily Quiz Answers on Page Two

A quiz page asks seven questions about Lincoln birthplace altitude Old Faithful location US presidency in the French and Indian War Moroccan capital the biceps location the river under London Bridge the Old Dominion state and naturalized citizen eligibility for the Presidency.

Abraham Lincoln United States Sultanate of Morocco London Bridge

Todays common error on admission wording

A guidance note urges reporters to avoid quoting the price of entry verbatim and instead paraphrase as admittance cost in line with style. It highlights the phrasing rule for concise captions and captions in brief items.

Frank Hawk Dies In Air Crash Predicted By Ace

Noted speed king Frank Hawk perished in an aircraft crash in a grim forewarning. The crash follows his own warning of danger and ends a legendary career in aviation.

Frank Hawk Big Viscose Corporation Front Royal Frederick County Fred Stine

Rotary Club talk on South American surgeons by Dr Boyd

Dr P W Boyd recounts travels to South American countries with a group of surgeons at a Rotary Club meeting. An estimated 2000 growers and brokers attended the Green Orchard annual apple industry picnic hosted by Senator H F Byrd.

P. W. Boyd Rotary Club Green Orchard H. F. Byrd

Gray Zeppelin sails toward Los Angeles in round the world flight

Ten years ago Gray Zeppelin departed Japan bound for Los Angeles in a Pacific crossing as figures show consolidated almshouses in the state cost less than county units. The Frederick County Sunday School convention meets at Grace Methodist Church in Middletown.

Pacific Japan Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Frederick County Grace Methodist Church Middletown

Berryville Opens Largest Horse Show Amid Drizzle

Twenty five years ago a light rain cut attendance as Berryville opened its biggest horse show. Dr J S DeJarnette of Western State Hospital reports Staunton sent 825 percent more cases when not dry and urges votes for a dry ticket. Carlin Gray led final summer dance arrangements at Jordan Springs.

Berryville J. S. DeJarnette Western State Hospital Staunton Carlin Gray Jordan Springs

Local delegates and church events noted in Frederick region

Forty years ago George Herbert served as a local delegate to the Frederick Maryland District League of the Methodist Church annual convention. William Gibson managed the pacing mare Virginia for Joe Wright at the Hagerstown Fair? Taces James Hamilton led the Reformed Church Sunday School picnic at Clevenger's bottom.

George Herbert Frederick Maryland The Methodist Church William Gibson Virginia Joe Wright Hagerstown James Hamilton Reformed Church Clevenger’s Bottom

The Lodge Chase and a Hidden Letter Plot

Sarah Anne Melton travels to Lynn Rhodes' lodge to recover letters Corrinne hid. Bing Wells confronts her as she enters with papers in hand, revealing a dangerous reunion and a fight over leaked secrets and a deadly motive.

Corrinne Sarah Anne Lynn Miss Anne Sud Jack Bob Ransom Bob Kennedy St. Louis Lynn Rhodes Lodge Sarah Anne Melton Israel Bing Wells Bing Anot

Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin

A reader may send three cents to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau for factual Q A items. The column covers topics from the Library of Congress gold domes to Ramona as the Indians book, Galveston and Johnstown flood deaths, propaganda studies, Dionne quintuplets admission, the Rota of the Catholic Church, Patrick Henry grave, U S patents, shores above water, San Jacinto forces, advertising share, oldest mines, Florence doors, and horse names of film stars.

Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin Washington, D. C Plase

Hollywood Notes Aboard The U S Lurline Homeward

Jimmy Fidler reports from the U S Lurline en route to Honolulu recalling Hollywood figures and gossip. He muses on Janet Gaynor Norma Talmadge Mae West Clark Gable Dick Powell Carole Lombard Ingrid Bergman Louise Campbell and Horace Mac Mahon with hints of future projects and secret tests while recalling a Hawaii memory and planning a return to the office.

Hawaii Honolulu Johnny Weissmuller Weissmuller Hedy Lamarr Crosby Paul Muni Bette Davis Hollywood Janet Gaynor Janet Norma Talmadge Alcha Fidler Clark Gable Dick Powell Santa Barbara Joy Hodges Glendale Gilbert Dooley Omaha OTB Bsc Carole Lombard Hom Claire Trevor Alleghancy Frontier Twentieth Century Weilder New York Hudson River Selznick Ingrid Bergman Louise Campbell Horace MacMahon Republic Louise

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