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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1940
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates and requirements. Classified space costs 2 cents per word with minimum 26 cents. display ads 45 cents per inch and border ads must be in by 9 PM the prior day. contract rates available. Associated Press rights noted.
A brief moral line cites Genesis 49 4 urging steadiness and resilience. The verse warns against instability and urges adherence to a firm path.
The Department of Justice refused parole for Martin T. Manton, once the highest ranking Federal judge, now serving a two year sentence in Lewisburg Federal prison. His conduct and trial testimony showed substantial profits from selling judicial decisions, damaging judiciary prestige and underscoring the decision to keep him jailed.
The Virginia General Assembly approved a 10 percent liquor price increase to boost school revenue. The ABC Board’s four month survey shows a drop in bottle and gallon sales, mainly among cheap items, while bootlegging and nip joints rise. Critics call the policy ill conceived and harmful. Local legislators Harrison and Blackburn Moore opposed the measure.
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot notes Virginia’s national election results show a narrow electoral swing around 50 000 votes and a persistent Democratic advantage in 1932 1936 and 1940 with a 114 000 to 126 000 floor move but a 24 000 Republican spike in 1928 driven by religious prejudice and liquor policy debates.
The Petersburg Progress Index argues that a 10 percent price rise on liquor reduced legal sales and boosted illicit trade. It warns revenue loss and law violations, urges the next legislature to correct the policy for temperance and education funding.
News notes Republican Dewey announces candidacy for the GOP nomination. Russians resume attacks on Finland with renewed fury after earlier failures. civilians including women and children targeted in Helsinki. Miss Helen Massey elected president of the Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club.
Robbers steal $500 worth of goods from The Workingman's Store and load the items into a car owned by O. L. Jamison. England asserts Italy is retreating from threats if League of Nations sanctions are applied.
Ten years ago Temporary structures go up in Danville Virginia as National Guardsmen are stationed to curb unrest during a textile strike. Mrs. Shirley Carter 73 wife of a Winchester businessman dies after brief illness. Severe cold catches motorists by surprise. many cars freeze and ice on highways slows travel.
Twenty five years ago Henry Ford announced the International Council for Peace would meet in a neutral European capital and sent a cable to the Pope. An ordinance to create a Winchester city manager position appears for final reading at tonight's council meeting, expected to pass. Reverend W H Carter of the Baptist Church receives a lodge jewel from I Q O O F chapter.
The Star’s presses and much of its plant were destroyed by fire on Tuesday, November 13, 1900. Publication resumed December 8 on a new Babcock press, with a small interim paper produced but not included in the 1900 files.
Dr. Logan Clendening answers common questions about pregnancy after age 40 highlighting risks and necessary medical supervision. The column also covers muscle bound conditions dreaming significance and medicines causing white blood cell excess, plus notes on pamphlets offered for ten cents each.
A compilation of brief Q A items from Frederic J. Haskin in the Winchester Evening Star. Topics include Richmond founding, Whitefield visits, living wage term origin, Lalique glass, Nihilist word derivation, printer’s widow meaning, Chiang Kai-shek kidnapping, universal languages, poker origins, and wars and rumors of wars.
The Information Bureau offers material on trades vital to national defense including airplane mechanics auto mechanics machinists welders and more. Send five cents per trade with name and address to Frederick J. Haskin director Washington DC for circulars and state director contact details.
James M. Sloan, New York colored policeman, regrets the incident at Pennsylvania Station on October 28 when he tried to stop President Roosevelt's train and reporters. Sloan says the misunderstanding was not Sloan's or Early's fault and accepts Early's October 31 apology, hoping to treat it as an accident without malice.
Cars driven by Elmer Snow of New Britain and Walter Storm of Cambridge collided head on here after one vehicle skidded on slippery pavement during the season's first snowstorm.
A quiz list asks seven questions about twins President Harrison Purple Heart founder population smallest state portrait on hundred dollar bill largest dam meaning of P B X and more including which New England states Wendell Willkie carried in the last election and the era political group in New York.
The guidance urges avoiding passive constructions that create awkward phrasing. Prefer direct active voice such as I received and carefully read your letter instead of Your letter was received and carefully read by me.
Kit confronts Vance about his infidelity and meddling with sponsor ties as she plans a Princeton birthday trip. She fears Jerry's feelings for her and endures Vance's bluster, then accepts violets and a quiet goodbye, waiting for the next chapter.
Lorenzo C. Lewis of Berryville Virginia writes to The Star to question the front page image showing a scantily clad woman with a large mound of fruit. He asks if the paper is shifting from its sober style and whether editors aim to push beauty publicity toward Hollywood.
A Bloomington waitress receives a card from a peddler with a package of needles. When asked for more, the man claims a basket holds many items. He hastily escapes the premises, realizing the card identifies him as deaf and dumb.
Philip B. Fleming, wage hour administrator, announced the first suit against a bank for wage hour violations. The National Bank of Commerce in Charleston West Virginia is charged in federal court with overtime violations and failure to keep records of hours and wages. An injunction to enforce the act was requested.
Seattle December report details Fireman Roy Barkley at a station when an elderly man walked by with smoke issuing from his pocket. Barkley alerted himself and chased the passerby to help stop the fire, later noting the man did not hear the cries. He muttered the word Matches as he resumed his post.
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