Winchester Evening Star: Masthead and policy details
The Winchester Evening Star publishes daily except Sunday in Winchester Virginia edited by H F Byrd Jr with information on subscription rates advertising and memorial fees. It lists mail rates for one year six months and three months and display and classified ad pricing along with memorial stanza prices and policy on news dispatches from the Associated Press.
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Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester
Virginia
Bread Upon the Waters Echoes Ecclesiastes Verse
A biblical quotation from Ecclesiastes 11 1 urging generosity, "Cast thy bread upon the waters," promised to return after many days. The phrasing reflects a devotional motif used in historical notices and sermons.
Academic Freedom at Wisconsin Board Moves Against President Frank
Board of Regents moves to oust University of Wisconsin President Glenn Frank amid debate on academic freedom. Pro and anti Frank factions clash with calls to decide the affair on merit, defending independence from outside influence including political pressure and press attacks. The piece links academic freedom to democracy and warns against manipulating university autonomy.
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Board of Regents
University of Wisconsin
Glenn Frank
Phil 1A Follette
Frank
London
Hearst
One Way to Beat Hard Luck
A Washington Herald radio editorial recalls a woman who lost wealth and her husband died leaving three children. She scrubbed a chicken coop rebuilt a home, and with grit and thrift climbed from poverty. She shows overcoming adversity through self reliance and resourcefulness.
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Washington Herald
Pa Enese
Caution at Lloyds as War Insurance Wavers
The Alexandria Gazette reports Lloyds has stopped insuring war damage amid caution from watching Madrid ruins and a Spain visit by a parliamentary group. The abdication of Edward costs them about 500000 in coronation postponement coverage, paid even if his brother crowns later.
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Lloyds
Madrid
Spain
London
Bense
Edward
Lloyds of London
Impertinent Society Girl Condemned By Judge On Impertinence
The Philadelphia judge ordered a 60 day automobile ban or 10 days in jail after a society girl was convicted of impertinence to a police officer. The editorial lauds the judge for enforcing law evenly and urges reforms in police conduct toward all citizens, praising equal treatment over privilege. The piece notes broader shifts toward professional police standards and criticizes past abuses of power by both police and the wealthy.
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Danville Register
Philadelphia Society
United States
Philadelphia
Will Rogers Humorous Story on Hats and Rivalry
In a St Louis tale a wife laments a hat exact to Mrs Browns. Her husband solves the rivalry by gifting his new hat to Mrs Browns cock, contrasting women’s fashion envy with a man’s pragmatic trick.
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St. Louis
Jones
Bays Jones
Christmas preparations brighten Winchester scene
A Christmas tree is set up at the Court House and a chorus will sing on Christmas Eve. Firehouses are decorated for the season and the Fellowship Club plans baskets of food and toys. A local contractor, John W. Rosenberger, narrowly escapes injury when his overcoat tangles in a planing machine.
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Court House
Fellowship Club
John W. Rosenberger
A. A. A. Warns on Route Choices as Valley Route Favored
Ten years ago motorists were urged by the A A A to choose routes carefully with the Shenandoah Valley suggested. Temperatures near zero marked the coldest day of the year.
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Shenandoah Valley
Whats What At A Lance Was
Column discusses proposed constitutional amendment to elect presidents by national popular vote. It argues such an amendment is impractical given current distribution of population. Uses New York and Nevada as examples to show state by state counting still yields uneven national outcomes.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
New York
Nevada
It Appears the World News Keeps Staging Headlines
The column notes a string of disparate items from abdications to new anti child labor laws, gas mask shortages, a distant star photo, seclusion rumors about Edward and Wally, Wisconsin police lecturing on traffic safety, a former king’s headache, and a football star and chorus girl divorce, all in a brisk, humorous roundup.
Winchester Citizen Charles P McVicar Longtime Official and Local Trader
Charles P McVicar born December 29 1881 in Winchester attended Winchester High School and apprenticed in printing later owning Orndoff and McVicar grocers for nearly thirty years He has been commissioner of revenue since 1931 and serves as treasurer of Winchester Woolen Co He is a Mason Elk and Methodist Church steward Married Lily Brown he has two children Catherine and Charles Jr He gardens as a hobby A fire at A Taylor Ritter garage on East Cork Street is blamed on an overloaded stove Game Warden notes the season ends January 1 City calendars are being distributed by local business leaders Extra clerks are added for the Christmas rush Dispatches mention army encampment at Valley Forge on Dec 19 1777 and a bread shortage feared with cake suggested as an alternative in Norfolk Ledger Patch
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Charles P. McVicar
City of
Winchester
Winchester High School
John Kerr
Morning Mail
News Item
Winchester News
Orndoff and McVicar, Grocers
Pure Food Store
Winchester Woolen Co
Masons and the Elks
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Lily Brown
Catherine
Charles
A. Taylor Ritter
East Cork Street
Fraser Evangelist
Game Wardenley
J. B. Benely
Keller Drug Store Free Goldfish Ad Pleases The Star
B F Keller reports satisfaction with the response to his Star advertisement offering free goldfish. The item notes strong reader engagement and favorable public reception for the promotion tied to Keller's Drug Store. It also mentions the previous football season of S V A under the direction of a referenced organizer.
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B. F. Keller
The
Star
Keller
S. Vv. A
Information Bureau Answer Service Notice
A notice states readers can obtain factual answers by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau Washington D C directed by Frederic J Haskin and enclosing three cents for a reply.
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Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Questions and Answers from a 1937 trivia page
A compilation of quiz items covering mail laws on liquor, city populations, Alaska governance, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier guards, CCC work types, Rexford Tugwell’s teaching career, Oscar Wilde’s remark, Jamestown clergy, the Faust slipper, and date suffix use. Answers include liquor mailability under 1909 law, Baltimore as the largest city south of the line, presidential appointment of Alaska’s governor with a territorial legislature, guards at Arlington, CCC program breadth, Tugwell’s academic posts, Wilde’s quote on genius, Rev. Hunt’s role at Jamestown, Faust slipper style, and proper date formatting.
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Oscar Wilde
United States
Jamestown
John Smith
Robert Hunt
The Abbey Robbery Plot at Severinge Estate
A narrator follows IPT Jack Reid as he infiltrates the Abbey of Severinge at Even den to steal valuables. He uses a cellar route to reach the chapel and crypt while being shadowed by Colonel Graham's bloodhounds. Sir Henry Severinge surprises Reid in pajamas guarding a candle as the scene ends.
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Jack Reid
Abbey
Severinge
Evenden
Sir Henry
Lady Severinge
Reid
Colonel Graham
Sir Henry Severinge
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