Advertising rates and terms in The Winchester Evening Star
Classifieds priced at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and copy required. Display ads with border due by 9 P M prior to publication. Transient ads 45 cents per inch. National rep Tenney Woodward Conklin Inc lists major cities. AP rights note and a religious quote conclude the ad.
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Tenney- Woodward and Conklin, Inc
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Detroit
City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Islanta
Los Angeles
Speen
Associated Press
NLRB Faces Scrutiny Over Unjudicial Action Bias
Congressional probe of the National Labor Relations Board reveals internal memos criticizing the board’s Wagner Act interpretations and procedures. Key figures include Dr. William M. Leiserson Harold Cranefield Elinore Herrick Morris Howard and John Boettiger. The investigation aims to reform the NLRB to serve employers employees and the public.
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Howard Smith
William M. Leiserson
Leiserson
Madden
Scretary
Harold Cranefield
Detroit
Elinore Herrick
NLRB
New York
Morris Howard
Smith
Aronsson Printing Company
Aronsson
John Boettiger
Roosevelt
Boettiger
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Congress
Income Taxes and Unemployment Compared
In 1929 corporate profits reached 8.0 billion with 3.4 billion in taxes. By 1937 profits fell to 4.6 billion while taxes rose to 4.9 billion. The shift helps explain the gravest unemployment crisis.
School boards face hillbilly concerts ban in Fredericksburg
The Baltimore Sun reprints an editorial praising school resistance to hillbilly shows in Fredericksburg while noting the Stafford school board ordered the ban. It argues schools defend civilization by teaching demanding music despite fears of popular taste. The piece warns against reducing education to easy pleasures.
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Baltimore Sun
Fredericksburg
the Sun
Stafford
Quail Abundance Linked to Lespedeza Planting In County
A county report says quail and waterfowl are increasing due to lespedera reseeding on waste land. The planter crop improves soil, provides forage, and offers cover for birds. It suggests the State Game Commission offer free seed to farmers to restore game habitats.
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Rockbridge
Northwest
State Gate Commission
Local pastors back three day marriage license plan
Maryland's new marriage license law prompts couples to wed here. City officials learn from PWA in Washington that no funds are available for an armory. Production is ordered for the large Viscose plant in Front Royal at earliest possible moment.
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Maryland
Washington
Front Royal
Cold snap harms crops as Ohio mill plans announced
Five years ago a cold wave dropped to 8 degrees hitting the Valley and injuring vegetable and citrus crops in the deep South. P. W. Plumly Company of Barnesville Ohio announced plans to build a lumber mill locally. Miss Harriett Adams was elected president of the Junior League of the Cross Junction Public School.
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P. W. Plumly Company
Barnesville
Ohio
Harriett Adams
Junior League
Cross Junction
Will Rogers Stars in They Had To See Paris at Local Theatre
The Star front page reports Will Rogers in They Had To See Paris showing at a nearby theatre. The Loudoun-Fauquier Breeding Magazine notes its debut while Max Krol, an arch embezzler, remains at large and is linked to missing funds at Jones Woolen Mill.
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Will Rogers
Paris
Loudoun-Fauquier Breeding Magazine
Horseman Review
Max Krol
the Star
Jones Woolen Mill
Germans Push Back After Sudden Western Front Advance
Twenty five years ago German troops were driven from positions seized the previous day on the western front with heavy casualties. Japanese forces move siege guns across Asia toward Russia for an eastern sector assault. Four women, Misses Ethel Ambrose Cleora Raper Evelyn Totty and Alice Druary, receive hospital nurse diplomas. The Shanendoah division B and O headquarters relocate from Winchester to Brunswick.
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Asia
Ethel Ambrose
Cleora Raper
Evelyn Totty
Alice
Shanendoah Division
Winchester
Brunswick
Answers to Questions from the Winchester Information Bureau
A reader questions column lists trivia and facts with answers from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Topics include causes of ills from the feet, Marconi parents nationality, snowshoe hare coloration, apple flour, widow ring wearing after death, women pilots, oldest tree, largest American flag, Marbury versus Madison, urine composition, WWI millionaires, and top salaries in 1936.
Red Letter New Testament with history facts offered
The Bureau presents a red letter edition of the New Testament with Jesus words in red and added historical facts tables and references for student use. It runs 254 pages on thin Bible paper in a black flexible cover and costs 20 cents postpaid. Order via the coupon from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederick J. Haskin in Washington DC.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Nightlife Tangles in a Family Web
Fabienne returns to Ellen's after a tense night with mother Gertrude and her suitors Bill and Nicky. Gertrude schemes to advance Bill's status while Fabienne questions her mother's values and plans, hinting at impending decisions and a possible breakup. The chapter ends with Nicky due to arrive soon.
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Nicky
Bill
Fabiene
Fabienne
Ellen
Twelfth Street
Brenda
Bill Mallory
Trapped Avilla Man Falls Victim to Rat Trap Car Exhaust
Herbert Eley used car exhaust to pipe carbon monoxide into his basement to kill rats. He was overcome by the gas and his mother rescued him.
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Avilla
Ind
Herbert Eley
Eley
Navy holds the situation in hand at Nelscott
The Navy reported control of the situation in Nelscott Oregon with operations ongoing. Officials did not release further details but confirmed readiness and coordination with local authorities.
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Nelscott
Ore
Navy
Postmaster Replies Navy Recruiting Request
The postmaster informs a naval recruiting office that no local men aged 18 to 31 are available. He notes only two recently qualified individuals remain, and they have already joined the Navy.
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Naval
Navy
The Daily Quiz Seven Answers On Page Two
A set of seven quiz questions covers topics from astronomy and geography to politics and chemistry. Sample items include identifying the sun as a star and naming the capital of Colombia.
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New York Giants
United States Congress
U.S. Capitol
Republic of
Colombia
Henry A. Wallace
Florida
New York City
London
Eng
Today’s Common Error in Quoting Emotions and Relationships
Guidance on paraphrasing emotional relationships urges avoiding negation phrases. It recommends using direct expressions like love for or confidence in to describe ties between people, improving precision in reporting and writing.
Tubercle Bacillus Aristocrat of Germs
The tubercle bacillus is described as the aristocrat of germs with a long association with humanity. Evidence of tuberculous bone disease appears in Egyptian mummies and prehistoric remains, yet the organism itself has never been seen.
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Bacillus
Tuberculosis Then and Now in Dr Clendening's Column
The piece reviews Koch's Berlin findings on tuberculosis etiology, noting varied bacillus strains affect lungs bones and nodes, possible human and animal forms, and the long persistence of tubercle bacilli. It highlights public health efforts like Christmas seals and lists Dr Clendening’s pamphlets offered for ten cents.
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Robert Koch
Berlin
B. C
Tuberculosis Association
Fate of Hessian Soldiers After the Revolutionary War
About 30,000 Hessians were brought to the United States during the war and nearly 13,000 did not return to Germany. A small portion were killed or died of wounds, many died of sickness, and others deserted, while the remainder settled in America when the war ended.
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United States
Germany
America
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