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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists editor EL P Byrd Jr and publication details. It shows subscription rates by mail including one year for 63.50 six months 7 156 three months 1 20 and other short term options for Winchester, Virginia.
Classifieds charge two cents per word with minimum twenty five cents and require payment with copy. Memorials and cards of thanks ten cents per counted line. Display ads must be at office by 9 PM prior to publication. Transient rate forty five cents per line inch. Contract rates available. Woodward and Company offices in major cities. Associated Press reprints rights noted. Saturday December 17 1938.
An excerpt from Psalms 121 1 12 praising reliance on divine aid as the speaker looks toward the hills for support. The verse declares faith in God as helper and protector amid life’s journey.
Senator John S. Battle, native of Charlottesville, was elected vice-president of the council of the Virginia State Bar Association. He is one of six lawyers chosen to represent the state at large under the integrated bar act, effective January 1. Battle served in the House of Delegates from 1930 and 1932, declined to run in 1933, then filled the Nat B. Early vacancy and was reelected without opposition.
A survey by the American Society of Planning Officials and the International City Managers' Association finds 33 cities operate municipally owned off street parking, with capacities from 72 to 3500 spaces. Costs run 50 to 200 dollars annually with few charging fees. several cities repurpose public land and suggest periodic study of street parking conditions to ensure permanency and reasonable rates.
Richmond News Leader notes the new edition of the Writings of Dr. George W. Bagby. It highlights his humor, character analysis, descriptive skill, and pathos as social history. The piece recalls Bagby’s dream to write a full prewar Virginia life history and his death in 1883.
A literary appraisal of Dr Bagby's Old Virginia Gentleman and Thomas Nelson Page's Marie Chan explores Virginia's past, praising Mrs Bagby as a remarkable Confederate matron. It notes her late husband’s legacy, her own influence, and the Dietz Press edition presenting her portrait and devotion of their children.
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot critiques presidential favoritism in naval promotions citing Roosevelt and past presidents. It argues that elevating White House aides over deserving officers biases the system, harming equally capable sailors while acknowledging merit in Captain McIntire.
A compilation of trivia and facts with questions and answers on topics from charity organizations to firearm history. Entries cover the American Invalid Aid Society, linotype records, weighty hangar doors, poets, early firearms, Philadelphia as capital, Henry Ford’s faith, chemicals in warfare, gold cost for Colorado’s dome, Huey Long Bridge heat expansion, origin of the hot dog, gypsy population, Atlantic City demographics, Civil War artillery range, and notable New York department store executives.
Proper diet is the easy and natural method of weight control. Careful selection of food will build you up or take you down and the process need involve neither stuffing nor starvation. The character of your food is the vital element in weight control. Send to our Washington Information Bureau for a copy of the handy booklet on WEIGHT CONTROL. Learn how to get your weight at the correct figure and how to keep it there. A copy of this unusual and authoritative booklet will be sent to any address for ten cents to cover cost and handling.
Dr Thornton Holgate a shy new faculty member is coached by Sara Sue Davis to join campus social life. He learns to dance sing and mingle as Sara Sue orchestrates his role in a cottage plan amid conflicts with Peaches Pomeroy andBob Towne. The scene ends with Holgate dancing for the first time and feelings inflaming.
Information Bureau of Frederic J. Haskin directs readers to mail ten cents in coin for a copy of the Weight Control booklet, with address notes for Washington D C and rural routes.
The Star Forum argues repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment spurred liquor interests. It warns youths and women are targeted, urges temperance education in schools, praises Virginia Anti-Saloon League work led by Allen G. Roach, and notes a screening of Ten Night in a Bar Room in Winchester on December 19 with free will offerings.
Police in Norristown say Wendgil Bowers wanted for murder may be employed in Virginia. A mystery donor funds hospital expansion. Miss Lloyd Williams of Berry, Carolina, plans a Europe tour this winter.
National Retail Merchants Association reports progress to the president while over 120 Winchester men idle in P. W. A. projects. C. E. Edmondson of Middletown fractures ribs at home. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Miller of Winchester dies. Three Woodstock jail escapees are believed to head this way. Edna Manning and James W. Hoar of Middletown are married at Braddock Street Church.
Twenty five years ago Col and Mrs John Keating entertained at home on Washington Street in honor of Hon Thomas Hardwick congressman from Georgia. The item notes social gathering tied to a congressman with a regional focus.
J.R. Baker of Welltown injures his ankle on the sidewalk in front of William Wagner's business. A bill may be introduced in Congress to allow Confederate veterans into government soldiers homes.
A correspondent thanks the Winchester Star for an editorial on the Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The writer notes Roosevelt’s illness transcends party labels and expresses support for upcoming January 30th ball in Winchester.
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