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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star announces subscription prices for year by mail and by carrier. Rates show annual, semiannual, quarterly and monthly options with various advance payment amounts and a weekly option.
The notice outlines rates for classifieds at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, memorials and cards of thanks at 10 cents per counted line, display ads with borders due by 9 PM the day before, transient rate 45 cents per inch, and contract rates available. It lists Woodward and Company offices in New York Detroit Kansas City San Francisco Chicago Atlanta and Los Angeles.
The text states that the Associated Press owns exclusive rights to republication of its news dispatches and local news published in the paper. It underscores AP credit and licensing as the primary source of content.
A religious devotional fragment from a 1938 issue quotes Psalms 123 2 and contemplates waiting on the Lord for mercy with a sober tone. The note appears under dated Wednesday December 7 1938 and presents no additional context or events.
The Winchester Common Council secretly met in executive session after adjourning to discuss the tentative budget. The Star condemns the move as undemocratic and argues citizens have a right to full public access to tax decisions and budget discussions.
A suggestion to the Horticultural Society urges exploring apple bread to boost the apple industry. It notes bakers and users say it tastes like white bread but stays fresh longer, potentially revolutionizing demand. A hypothetical scenario imagines 25 percent of 29 million daily loaves becoming apple bread, needing 50,000 bushels of apples daily and creating a large market boom.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch profiles Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina as a premier travel advocate. It notes a 11,500 mile, 31 state, 30 day trip last summer aimed at inspiring American travel and hints Governor Price could rival intrastate travel records, mentioning Langley as part of a weekend stopover.
The governor crowds the schedule with speeches and travel from Orange to Pearlsburg and Charlottesville, campaigning for reform and the Flannagan reelection. He emphasizes a heavy executive program outlined in his inaugural address and continues touring the Ninth District and Southwest Virginia.
Newport News Daily Press discusses the 40 hour week and moves toward 30 hours. It notes past reductions, NRA impact, and Professor Leo Wolman’s view on productivity, costs, and employment limits while warning shorter hours may not stabilize jobs. France’s experience is cited as a caution.
A reader can get factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington DC. Include three cents for reply and address for return mail.
Questions and answers on varied topics from celebrity cat lovers to literary pessimism and ship lifespans. Notable entries cite Mohammed and Roosevelt as cat fans, Hardy as a pessimistic novelist, and the 15 year average life of modern ocean liners.
Veterans of foreign wars campaign to obtain signatures locally to urge President Roosevelt to keep the United States out of war. In Asia, Japanese forces reach Nanking walls as a looming fall alarms residents and Chinese flee inland. The engagement of Miss Dorothy Ann Keith and Mr John Cornwell is announced.
Glasgow to New York marks kickoff of the liquor trade revival as repeal takes effect. R Y Conrad American Legion Post plans to bid on Loudoun Street building once owned by them. Apple growers at Luray hear recovery steps include foreign market adjustments.
Joseph T. Brown, a prominent Winchester businessman for many years, dies at his residence. Eugene R. Branch is named manager of the George Washington Hotel and Hotel Jack by stockholders. Shenandoah Valley Bank plans to raise its regular dividend in 1929. Local dentists aim to educate the public on oral hygiene.
Twenty five years ago Prof N D Cool of John Kerr School gains high honors at the annual State Teachers Association convention. A city council considers leasing the auditorium to the Hable brothers for a treaty event. A middle western women committee urges a boycott against merchants who keep egg prices high. The tango garter craze prompts nationwide interest as Style reports the new invention.
Wedding planned for December 14 at Loudoun Street Church with Miss Mary Willis ta. Jacob KE Baker Jr. as couple. An instrumental trio Mamie Conway Mamie Spellman and William Reardon provides music for a Catholic bazaar. A masked mob attacks BE Randall Mrs Merchant and Collin Scott on a highway near Dar tonsville. Captain Charles Koonts injured when knocked by a runaway team near here in a market.
The Winchester Star provides a reader service offering a government material based booklet titled Household Helps. It covers home painting repairs kitchen tips beauty hints and money saving advice. A copy can be mailed upon sending ten cents for return postage and handling to Information Bureau Frederic J Haskin Director Washington D C.
Advice for mature job seekers stresses enthusiasm, reliability, product knowledge, and solving customer problems. The 1938 note cites E. H. Little of Colgate Palmolive Peel and recounts wartime hiring of older men, plus a banker’s approach to loan refusals to protect depositors.
Rice Institute campus buzzes as Sara Sue Davis launches a new venture with her mother in law renting a cottage near campus. Bob Towne, Rice senior and campus celebrity, plus Calculus and peers, discover the sign promising romance counseling.
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