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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists editor H F P Byrd Jr and publication details. It shows subscription prices by mail and carrier, including annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly rates for in advance payments and a weekly rate.
Advertising rates for classified ads are two cents per word with a minimum 25 cents and cash required with copy Memorials and Cards of Thanks priced at 10 cents per counted line Display ads with border must be in the office by 9 PM the day before Non Transient rate is 45 cents per inch Rates on application W and Company Inc operating in New York Detroit San Francisco Chicago Boston Atlanta and Los Angeles.
A brief religious citation appears in the December 9 1938 issue noting Psalms 71 5 bids readers to place trust in God from youth. The passage presents a devotional message rather than a news item. The Associated Press copyright notice appears as standard distribution language for the paper.
An editorial argues the Supreme Court should uphold a lower court ruling in Joseph Strecker’s deportation case only on political belief. It contends deporting someone for Communism or any political faith violates American freedoms and would set a dangerous precedent.
Dr. Anthony of Pennsylvania State College to the Horticultural Society outlined an ideal orchard cover: cheap, self seeding, cosmopolitan, fast spring growth, inactive in heat, recovers after mowing, tolerates shade, not strictly a legume, and capable of supplying nitrogen at low cost. He emphasized a perennial sod tailored to each orchard’s conditions.
A discussion among horticulturists centers on disposing of and mainly eliminating cull piles. Cull apples cost as much to grow as market fruit, and rarely can they be sold for a profit.
Petersburg Progress Index notes New Bern North Carolina issues a license plate shaped like a bear that attracts outsiders both as a souvenir and curiosity. Authorities report strong demand from visitors sparking renewed debate on themed plates and manufacturing ideas.
Advocates argue that plates with themed imagery could better advertise the state and charm tourists. The author counters by opposing proposals to alter Virginia plates to resemble a ham, peanuts, Jamestown Island tower, apples, Mount Vernon, a tobacco leaf, or Natural Bridge.
The National Grange proposes a nationwide Apple Pie Queen contest from local heats to a national crown at the next convention. The plan aims to unite apple pie fans worldwide and focus attention on apples as the leading fruit in public favor, with Queen Pomona as a symbolic goddess.
The article urges progress against tuberculosis in the United States with emphasis on the South. It calls for public awareness and funding, especially through Christmas Seal campaigns, noting TB remains a major public health challenge despite declines over the past thirty years. It stresses community support for life-saving programs.
Thirty nine Winchester residents are summoned to appear in police court to answer charges of static ruling violations. Mrs. Loring Ritter is named president of the Kernstown Community league at annual election and meeting. W Erle Edwards is reelected president of Frederick Mutual Fire Insurance Co with H L McCann as vice president. Invitations are issued to the wedding of Miss Betsy Rice to Mr Carl McMullan on Dec 28.
James March starred as Kempy in a Winchester Little Theatre production. A state of alarm swept Spain with riots causing deaths and injuries amid leftist uprisings. A. T. Tinsman, a local stone mason, died at 68 near Cross Junction. Local merchants credit NRA compliance for a rising business trend.
Ten years ago a dinner dance was the feature of the annual Virginia Horticulture Society convention in the city. The piece notes festivities and the society’s activities during the meeting.
Twenty five years ago John Thwaitt hosted a Mutual Farmers Club meeting in Frederick County with J M Steck as speaker. George Pingley, a top Frederick marksman, shot a large deer near Mt Falls. Miss Eleanor Hack was feted at a debutante luncheon in Baltimore. Women suffragists elected delegates to confer with President Wilson on their demands.
Forty years ago Mr. John Barr suffers serious injuries when hot lead spills in the press room of the Pittsburgh Daily Times where he is employed. Dr. Gustavo Hanzig is the only physician to announce intent to continue practice as a homoeopath after Dr. Clinton Maynard's death. Sol Goldman is bitten while handling Ralph Savage's bulldog. Peter Shirley, a known bark hauler from Greensprings, dies at his home.
A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J Haskins in Washington D C. Include three cents for reply.
The document lists Q and A items on debt levels under Andrew Jackson, Sammy Baugh’s throwing reach on a baseball diamond, the world’s largest skating rink, terms for female swans, World Center for Women’s Archives, Dewey’s religion, first US birth control clinic, languages in Russia, California condor as largest US bird, Missouri slogan origin, steel use by farmers in 1936, Mussolini anti-Semitic responses, fully air conditioned university, and Henry Ford's farm program for needy boys.
A short plea for homemade candy as a thoughtful Christmas gift prompts readers to request a booklet of CANDY RECIPES from the Washington Information Bureau. The 144 tested recipes cover simple and elaborate sweets, with ten cents required to cover cost and handling.
A reader encloses ten cents in coin for a copy of the Candy Recipes booklet. They provide a name and address in Washington, D. C., asking to mail the booklet to a street or rural route, city, state.
Dale Carnegie discusses Tex O'Rourke once a Texas Ranger who began public speaking at 35. A swanky Adventurers Club dinner sparked his career as an after dinner speaker leading to radio work and a $17,000 income from a Circus Saints and Sinners Club talk. He researched speakers meticulously and urged others to rise and speak.
Sara Sue Davis runs a cottage plan on campus and signs up members while the popular Bob Towne, Rice football star, courts her. A late date, a ride, and a kiss complicate her plan as she weighs friendship, popularity, and personal past.
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