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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists publication details with editor H. P. Byrd Jr and mailing information. It shows subscription prices in advance for mail and carrier deliveries, including yearly rates and monthly options.
Rates listed: 2 cents per word with 25 cent minimum, memorials 100 per counted, display ads 45 cents per inch, contracts on application. Office deadlines, offices in New York Detroit Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles. Also a Bible verse from First Chronicles, Dec 1 1938.
An AP report from Chicago says Secretary Ickes was approached repeatedly by locals who want him to run for mayor next year. The piece notes general support for his candidacy in the city.
Premier Edouard Daladier blocked a 24 hour general strike called by the French General Federation of Labor, sparking speculation on France’s parliamentary system. The piece notes France’s frequent cabinet changes and argues for systemic overhaul to counter Nazi Germany.
Newport News school authorities move to prohibit nicknames for elementary students. The measure, reportedly led by a female supervisor named Idella, is criticized by opponents who call nicknames a harmless tradition and label the rule an overreach.
The New York paper rejects nicknames for children and argues real names honor individuality. It notes girls may bear trendy names while boys keep nicknames, praising careful naming as akin to scientific classification. Newport News authorities push to enforce rules against nicknames.
The Richmond Times Dispatch weighs possible 1940 Democratic nominees. It highlights Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri and Secretary Hull as pragmatic options, noting Clark’s independent streak and Hull’s low public policy profile. Analysts caution about Hull’s age at the time and the importance of winning New York Illinois and California to retain the presidency.
The Star and several Winchester merchants announce plans to sponsor a Santa Claus air visit from an airplane later in the month. Bryarly and Green, successors to Bryarly Bros., resume real estate operations after a 12 year lapse.
At a city and county meeting officials decided to apply for Public Works Administration funds to speed up assistance to the unemployed. Dr B B Dutton fell while gathering holly at his Middlesex County home and broke his shoulder. Directors elected include D H Senciadiver L Jackson C I Brumback E G Risk H L Riley and Mrs Edna Bain. Miss Gladys Stotler elected president of the Whitacre 4 H Club.
President and Mrs Coolidge arrive back in Washington following holidays spent with friends in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia. Miss Alice Virginia Estep of Mt. Jackson and Mr. George William Jones of this city are married. A tax cut exceeding 1 million dollars is projected for Virginia in the next fiscal year.
Twenty five years ago the marriage date for Henry D. Flood to Mrs. Anna Portner was fixed for January 7. Virginia Militia units may encamp near Winchester on the site of last year’s cavalry training ground. Gen. Sale reveals the Health Board reports a general registration of deaths and births in the state for the first time in medical history.
Forty years ago Misses Rebecca and Annie Larrick perish when their Gore home burns. C. E. Hoover and Harry R. Kern co chair a committee from Union Fire Co to plan the birthday celebration for C. B. Reuss. Jacob Spellman dies at 72 at his Kent and Cofford home. Main Street snow and dirt cleared by fire department workers at hydrants. sewer need stressed.
Reader questions answered by Frederic J. Haskin directing inquiry to The Winchester Evening Star. Topics include tattoos in the Navy, the Lambeth Walk composer, Dead as a doornail origin, TM Commission salaries, Peale portrait of Washington, mechanical dentistry, longest serial, Bryan Cross of Gold speech, first dial telephone, Alaska trips funder George E. Buchanan, Columbus Cuba sighting, Murphy scholarships, and early American painters.
Up-to-date 21x28 inch five color map displays old and new European boundaries before Austria’s annexation by Germany. Reverse side offers current economic geographic and political data with illustrations of state buildings. Send ten cents to Information Bureau Washington D C for a copy.
Miss Ruth Polster recounts a shopper who dismissed inexpensive dresses as cheap junk. Polster used tactful explanation and product details to win the sale, turning a hostile mood into a satisfied customer and a returning shopper.
Judy Ghent navigates a tangle of letters blackmail and romance as Abbey’s past threats loom. Ronald Mears seeks a solution while Abbey’s secrets threaten their plans. Bob Cushing and Marjorie prepare for a Greenwich wedding, offering Judy a glimpse of happiness amidst intrigue.
The Manchester Guardian suggests the King and Queen may visit Williamsburg during their U.S. trip next year to mend ties with the United States. Earlier signals pointed to visits to the White House and the World’s Fair in New York, then Mount Vernon and Williamsburg. The piece notes Britain may seek concord and a reformed relation with the United States.
The Raleigh News-Observer condemns six lynchings in six months across the South and urges white Southerners to reject mob violence as a crime against the state. It contrasts Southern lynching with Nazi persecution and calls for elimination of barbarism at home.
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