Winchester Evening Star Classified Rates Ad Rates and Policies
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription and classified ad rates with daily publication excluding Sunday. It notes pricing for mail and carrier deliveries, memorials and cards, display advertising deadlines, and contract rates, along with office locations in major cities.
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Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
December 5 1938 AP news brief legacy note
A condensed news note from The Associated Press credits republication rights and local news handled by the paper. The header includes a religious verse from Psalms 143 10.
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Associated Press
Virginia gains as others lose in industrial move
The New York Sun notes Gov. Lehman may be urged to curb industrial flight as Virginia attracts new plants. Celanese at Pearisburg, Viscose at Front Royal, Johns Manville in Sussex, and a rayon plant in Giles County join Virginia’s growing manufacturing base, backed by fiscal conservatism and liberal politics.
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New York Sun
Lehman
New York
Albany
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Front Royal
Maryland
Celanese Corporation of America
Pearisburg
Virginia
Sussex County
Giles County
Influence of Congressman Burch on tobacco crop vote
The Danville Register urges support for crop control referendum and credits Congressman Thomas G. Burch with prompting USDA to prepare county level acreage figures for an informed December 10 vote. It notes mixed opinions on outcomes and warns against undermining Old Belt tobacco production by excessive planting.
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Danville Register
Bright Belt
Thomas G. Burch
Burch
United State Departmen of Agriculture
Georgia
Governor Price splits key state offices surprising move
In a striking shift Governor Price announced plans to separate the offices of State Comptroller and Chairman of the Compensation Board. Comptroller Leroy Hodges would serve temporarily and without compensation, making the change a notable development in state administration.
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Charlottesville Daily Progress
Price
Leroy Hodges
E. R. Comb
Hodges Salary Restored as Compensation Board Chair
The article notes Colonel Hodges received his predecessor’s $2,400 salary retroactive to March 1, though he served four months without pay. The Progress questions why the Governor finalized pay without wide publicity and calls for a clearer explanation of the restoration. Hodges chairs the State Compensation Board by Governor Price’s appointment.
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Hodges
Richmond
State Compensation Board
Colonel Hodges
Price
Return of the Bike
Baltimore editorials note the bicycle’s rising popularity reflected in traffic injuries and urban use. The piece discusses increasing rider numbers, sidewalk riding, and calls for regulation while predicting bicycles may become a common transportation mode like in Europe.
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City Treasuries
Great Britain
Europe
Holland
Copenhagen
Handley selects Halford Baker captain. 16 lettermen named
Halford Baker is elected captain of the 1937 Handley football squad. Sixteen lettermen announced. Mr and Mrs Ernest Milburn are congratulated on the birth of a son on November 28. Unofficial reports say the police department seeks a budget addition for a new scout car radio. Orville Willey of Middletown is elected president of the Frederick County 4 H council.
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Halford Baker
Handley
Police Department
Orville Willey
Middletown
Frederick County
4-H Council
Prohibition repeal shifts liquor control decisions to officials
The repeal vote nullifies the prohibition amendment placing liquor control in government hands. The Fellowship Club that aided local children last year will operate in 1933. Henry R. Bryarly leaves Bryarly and Green due to ill health, with R. T. Bryarly taking his place.
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Fellowship Club
Henry R. Bryarly
Bryarly and Green
R. T. Bryarly
Capitol Theatre Opening Promises Big Local Fortunes
Frederick County leads Virginia in Christmas seal sales as the Capitol Theatre opens with twelve pages of ads. Spot wheat on Baltimore markets is quoted at 54 cents a bushel. Herbert Hoover urges a sales tax on nearly all goods except food.
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Capitol Theatre
Frederick County
Gas stove explosion injures Virginia Woolen Co. employee
William Snapp is badly burned when gasoline poured on a kitchen stove at C. M. Gibbons' home explodes. Daniel Lupton and Roy Duvall win reelection as treasurers of the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Fair Association. More than 40,000 witness the Army's 22 to 9 victory over the Navy at the Polo Grounds in New York.
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William Snapp
Virginia Woolen Co
C. M. Gibbons
Daniel Lupton
Roy Duvall
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Fair Association
W. H. Baker
Army
Navy
Polo Grounds
New York
Community Notes Highlight Local Events And Incidents
Forty years ago the Union Fire Co invites Charles B. Rouss to attend their annual birthday celebration. George Bushnell opens a new drug store. Misses Gertie and Nannie Hottel host a taffy party for Miss Lucy Stone. Lewis Ryan is assaulted by a young color ed boy near Taylor Hotel alley.
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Union Fire Co
Charles B. Rouss
George Bushnell
Gertie
Nannie Hottel
Lucy Stone
Lewis Ryan
Taylor Hotel
Answers to Questions from The Winchester Evening Star
A compendium of reader queries with concise replies across topics from baseball in Philadelphia to orchid pressing, car history, and salt use. Notable facts include 1934 first Sunday baseball in Philadelphia, origin of the phrase the villain still pursued her, Argo Illinois corn refinery, and Wright and Riley in O Henry award context.
Map of the United States for Schoolchildren
An illustrated five color map of the United States with detach ed territories. The reverse lists geographic, commercial, political and social statistics including city and state populations, rivers, mountains, and products. Priced ten cents postpaid with coupon to the Information Bureau Washington D C.
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United States
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Change Your Attitude, Change Your Life Frank Mobley Story
In Colorado Springs Frank M Mobley mastered a life shock from blindness at 14 to become a top student lawyer and legislator. A stern professor's talk sparked his turn from bitterness to effort, leading to Phi Beta Kappa Phi Delta membership and public influence.
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Colorado Springs
Colorado
Frank M. Mobley
Beta Theta Pi
Phi Delta
Regal
McNaught Syndicate
Afraid to Marry Chapter 48 Reveals Awakening Romance
Judy learns Abbey’s accident incident sets Ronald on a hopeful path with her as they reconcile past fears. Ronald confesses love, shows a saved newspaper portrait, and they plan a future together while debating his next move. They reaffirm that love can be their Heaven wherever they are.
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Abbey
Ronald
Judy
Leonald
Craig
Central Park
Donald
Love
Judy Darling
Tennessee
Paradise
Marjorie
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