Advertising rates and policies in The Winchester Evening Star
The Winchester Evening Star lists publication details and advertising rates. Classifieds are 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, display ads with a 9 PM deadline the day before, and 45 cents per inch for transient ads. National representatives are Tenney Woodward and Conklin with offices in major cities.
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Tenney- Woodward and Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Wisdom not chance evolved the universe
Subheadings show subscription rates and a dated 1939 newspaper page. The front matter quotes a Bible verse from John 1 1 4 and presents a pricing table for mail and carrier subscriptions. The item reads like a page insert with no clear event or report.
Turtle Shaped Car Sets Salt Flat Speed Record
John R. Cobb, a London fur broker, drives a turtle shaped car with 24 cylinders across Utah salt flats reaching 370 miles per hour. His feat challenges experts who argued limits on speed and physics.
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London
John R. Cobb
Salt Flats
Utah
Healthful Winter Air and Snowstorms Esteemed by Physician
An eminent physician argues winter air is cleaner than most seasons due to a northwest cold wave wind from circumpolar regions and snowstorms that scrub the atmosphere. He notes outdoor air health benefits but warns indoor winter climate remains less healthy as people hibernate with the cold.
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United States
Television feared to threaten preaching at Virginia Bible conference
The Rev Bernard C Clausen of Pittsburgh warned at a Virginia Bible conference that television may alter ministerial work. He said pastors should focus on real religious education and guiding thinking, while noting books and plays endure despite new media.
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Virginia
Pittsburgh
Bernard C. Clausen
Clausen
Africa
Editorial: Plain Talk on Virginia State Finances
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot argues for Comptroller Hodges to explain the state’s complex budget in simple language. It notes a general fund deficit of 757 467 dollars for the year, but emphasizes that most revenues come from special funds and that an unobligated surplus remains. It urges a digest that clarifies whether the state is operating in the black or red and invites public understanding.
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Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot
Hodges
General Fund
The Food of Gambling and Annenberg Case
A Chicago grand jury investigates M. L. Annenberg head of a wire service for race track news. It did not indict the service as a monopoly but urges federal and state action to destroy it, arguing the business supplies material for widespread gambling. The jury cites illegal activities and potential tax charges against Annenberg.
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Chicago
M. L. Annenberg
Annenberg News Service
The Daily Quiz Questions on Page Two
The seven questions ask about Niagara Island between Horseshoe and American Falls daylight differences England and U S in summer causes of human bees a Virgin Islands federal judge a Negro lawyer birthstone for April the Maine explosion year Panama Canal Zone rent cenotaph and the greatest orator of the ancient world
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Niagara River
Horseshoe
American Falls
England
U. S
Virgin Islands
Maine
Havana Harbor
Panama
Canal Zone
Common Error: wording about strength in body and mind
A style note warns against saying strong in body and mind or strong in body and also mentally. It urges precise phrasing like strong physically and mentally to avoid awkward constructions.
Estate of Capt Lewis F Cooper Appraised at $327962
The estate of the late Capt. Lewis F Cooper is appraised at $327962, reputed to be the largest settled in the city for some time. Miss Sarah Kendall Baker is married in Christ Episcopal Church to Pember Lyman.
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Lewis F. Cooper
Sarah Kendall Baker
Christ Episcopal Church
Pember Lyman
Capone seeks Supreme Court review of Chicago case
Convicted gangster Al Capone asks the Supreme Court to review his Chicago case. Frank Armstrong is elected president of the National Fruit Products Company with the Winchester plant slated as fall production HQ.
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al Capone
Chicago
Supreme Court
Frank Armstrong
National Fruit Products Company
Winchester
Winchester Fair Opens as Farmers Pack Town
The 60th annual fair kicks off with crowds of visiting farmers and companions filling Winchester. Samuel Insull interests pay over a million dollars for water power rights bought from Harpers Ferry Paper Co. Evangelist Rev. Dr. Frank T. McFaden preaches at Falling Waters West Virginia.
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Winchester
Samuel Insull
Harpers Ferry Paper Co
Frank T. McFaden
Falling Waters
W. Va
Naval clash reported off Delaware coast with burning vessel
Reported big naval battle between German and British fleets off the Delaware coast. a burning vessel seen from shore. Handley Library in its first year hosts 43,000 visitors and 21,000 book borrows. State-wide prohibition will not raise taxes, Anti Saloon League officials say ahead of the coming election.
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Delaware
Handley Library
Local Notes From Around Town and County
Forty years ago William Atkinson and H. Hansbrough traveled in Pennsylvania on railroad business. Miss Mamie Strickler hosted out of town friends at her home nearby. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riddler of Stephenson celebrated their first wedding anniversary, she previously known as Bertie Marman.
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William Atkinson
8. H. Hansbrough
Pennsylvania
Mamie Strickler
Charles Riddler
Stephenson
Bertie Marman
German and Hungarian Anglers in Solomon Islands Youth Hats
A 1929 caption reports German and Hungarian boys in the Solomon Islands fishing with quill feathers instead of hooks. It notes boys aged 12 to 16 wearing grass hats woven into their hair and worn day and night as part of local style.
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Solomon Islands
Wings of Youth chapter thirty five love on the line
After a college class dismissal Sarah Anne faces loneliness with twenty six dollars for tuition. She contemplates Corrinne and Bob Ransom's engagement while Judy and Bing Wells face rumors. A late flight with Jack and Judy tests loyalties as secrets pull friends into a web of misunderstandings.
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Sarah Anne
Bob Ransom
Corrinne
New England
Canaan
Bob
Judy
Bing Wells
Bing
Jack
Judith
Ambergolden
Jack Judy
Jaci
Bob Kennedy
Roberts
Robert Ransom
The Far From Solid South Moonlight and magnolias inspire study of southern diversity
A critic notes Professor Avery Craven's view that the South was not ruled by a slaveholding aristocracy and that racial discrimination varies by region. He argues the South lacks a single economic identity, faces poverty, and lags in education and insurance, yet shows potential for diversification and growth beyond the obsolete notion of a "solid" South.
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American South
Avery O. Craven
University of Chicago
South
Professor Craven
Craven
Virginia
Texas
Questions and Answers From a 1920s Quiz Column
A compilation of brief Q and A items covering topics from schooling for Baby LeRoy in Pomona to Mauretania’s size and capacity, radio broadcast limits, awards at Michigan, and historical curiosities such as loop-the-loop pilots and the Festival of the Red Rose in Manheim.
Hawaiian memories and Hollywood notes from the Lurline
Jimmy Fidler writes from aboard the Lurline off Honolulu recalling Hawaiian hospitality and Diamond Head views. He notes celebs and industry tidbits including Albert Dekker’s injuries, Steinbeck and Grapes of Wrath talks, and upcoming appearances by Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna, with various Hollywood gossip and travel plans.
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Lurline
San Francisco
Honolulu
Malihini
Hawaii
Royal Hawaiian Bar
Consolidated Theatres
Hollywood
Diamond Head
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