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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
4
Advertising rates and display ad details
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Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
City
Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Los Angeles
Thirst for God Psalm Verses 63 1 Passage
A devotional fragment from Psalms 63 1 urging early seeking of God and longing for his power and glory in a dry land. The text emphasizes spiritual thirst and sanctuary imagery as a faith statement.
Taxes Rise in 1937 Versus 1923 and 1928
Figures from the U S Bureau of Commerce show American taxes per person 47 percent higher in 1937 than 1923 and 22 percent higher than 1928. Britain’s per capita taxes were 5 percent below 1928 and about 5 percent above 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Ber of Commerce
United States
Deserves Support for President Birthday Ball
The Petersburg Progress-Index editorial urges backing the President's Birthday Ball to raise funds against infantile paralysis. It condemns local opposition and pledges cooperation to make the Winchester January 30 ball a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Progress-Index
Roosevelt
Winchester
Roosevelt Analysis as Personal Victory and Political Risk
The Richmond News Leader argues President Roosevelt framed his post election message as a personal appeal rather than a broad international demand. It notes the shock of the Novem ber defeat and his rising risks from Supreme Court policy topics, warning that overconfidence could invite a future blunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond News
Chapel Hill
Europe
Lima
Americas
Roosevelt
W Ho
Supreme Court
Roosevelt Learns From Defeat In Political Strife
The text notes Roosevelt's willingness to fight and tax and election battles, observing his growing readiness to hate attacks while remaining temperate in other respects. It suggests a reminder that sun may hide behind clouds and popularity can fade, arguing no one wins their greatest victory without suffering a defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Tremont
Boston
Jews and Communism in Historic Context
The Boston Herald argues that communism is a Jewish invention citing limited Jewish presence in early Soviet leadership and current political leaders. It contends Jews do not wield disproportionate political power in free nations and cites figures from Russia Germany Canada and the United States to challenge anti Jewish claims.
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Russia
Communist Party
Bolshevik
Radek
Zinovev
Litvinov
Staklow
Larin
Kamenev
Geneski
Trotsky
Earl Browder
William Z. Foster
Tim Buck
Toronto
Canada
Henry Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Gov. Lehman
New York
Disraeli
Rufus
England
Independent Liberal Party
Great Britain
Battle for Tolerance in Apple Trade War
Yakima housewives report boxed apples deteriorate and partly cooked from long shipments. Dr. Ira D. Cardiff, J. A. Slavin, and many others battle bureaucratic stupidity and autocratic rule. Officials must listen as Wenatchee and Yakima fight to end tolerant ignorance and defend reasonable standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Ira D. Cardiff
J. A. Slavin
Wenatchee
Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom festival names 1st year chair
The executive committee announces Dr. L. M. Aller as the festival chairman for the year. Treasurer W. Baker reports revenue receipts of 272000 dollars, exceeding forecast by more than 11000 dollars. The M E Church South of Rest Virginia is to reopen Sunday after improvements. First Baptist Church hosts a Christmas program and bazaar in traditional Virginia style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley
L. M. Aller
W. Baker
M. E
Rest
First Baptist Church
Protests Grow Over Gasoline Prices in Virginia and WV
Citizens protested high wholesale gasoline costs in Virginia compared to neighboring West Virginia. The report notes local discontent and potential economic impact on households and businesses.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Lindbergh hunter party visit noted in Augusta county
Ten years ago Col. Charles Lindbergh joined a hunting party in Augusta county Virginia. Ted Baer an electrician saves Margaret Price when her clothes catch fire from an oil stove. Baer was wiring a house at the time of the accident. Virginia fruit growers convene for the state horticulture society meeting. A new bridge on route 50 between here and Millwood eliminates a hazardous condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lindbergh
Augusta County
Ted Baer
Margaret Price
Baer
Virginia Horticulture Society
Here
Millwood
Naval building plan includes two torpedo boat destroyers
The proposed Naval building program for 1915 lists two large torpedo boat destroyers. J A Hancher is elected chairman of Sunday Schools of Stonewall district at a Galilee meeting. Daniel McFarland, a confessed yeggman who robbed the Clearbrook post office in 1910, is sentenced to two years in federal prison. Freezeland Orchards Co Crawford and Crawford of Kernstown receives a charter from the State Corporation Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hancher
Sunday Schools
Stonewall
Galilee
Daniel McFarland
Yeggman
Clearbrook
Freezeland Orchards Co
Crawford and Crawford
Kernstown
State Corporation Commission
Mary Virginia Willis and Jacob Baker wed at Loudoun Street Church
Forty years ago Miss Mary Virginia Willis and Jacob Baker married in the Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church before a fashionable crowd. Large crowds attend a bazaar by the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. At a council meeting, police and citizens focus on a local firecracker ban at Christmas. Helen Woodward is knocked down in a race by a horse owned by Robert G. Smith and tied to her father's stable.
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Mary Virginia Willis
Jacob Baker
Loudoun Street
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
Reader can get factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin director Washington DC Enclose three cents for reply.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskins
Washington, D. C
Questions and Answers on Diverse Topics From Fielding Reader
A compilation of Q A items covers wind records at Mt Washington cheese per capita, pronunciation of Benet, longest bar, NRLB cases, sisters of Loretta Young, NFL writers’ president, meat income share, Sidney’s water, Clemenceau shrine, silo origins, opium registration, brain size, rayon invention, early American hotels, C I O school enrollment, and profiles of Robert Kintner and Joseph Alsop with career notes.
Doctor offers odd spinach remedy for kids
Dr Thurman B Rice of Indiana University School of Medicine suggests a strange solution if a child dislikes spinach. He says feed the spinach to a cow and let the child drink the cow's milk as a alternative source of the nutrient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Thurman B Rice
Indiana University School of Medicine
Everyday Science in Simple Language booklet offer
A Washington Information Bureau booklet answers common science questions for readers of all ages. The 48 page pamphlet covers topics like why snow is white how waves form and how rayon is made. Priced at ten cents plus postage, with order details to Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teo
Open Forum Urges Reconsideration of Hole Seven Change
A letter from Tom Ryan urges Winchester Golf Club to rethink cutting 200 feet of woods for a new seven hole. He cites past architects George Cunningham and Tom Ryan on holes two and four and warns of safety and play issues. He recommends consulting a competent golf authority and prioritizing repairs to holes one and two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Golf Club
George Cunningham
Tom Ryan
Sara Sue Davis Opens Student Love Counseling Cottage
A 23 year old widow Sara Sue Davis launches a plan at her Rice University cottage offering social guidance and matchmaking for students. She promotes a $3 monthly membership with a coterie of services including chaperoning, a piano, radio, and garden spaces. Bob Towne immediately signs up and asks to take her to the theater that night.
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Sara Sue Davis
Sara Sue Davis, Inc
Rice Boys
Sara Sue
Bob Towne
Thresher
Mother Davis
Corporation
Will
Miss Davis
Mrs. Davis
Bob
Mr. Towne
Rice
Cleotra Jones
Towne
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