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Advertising details for the Winchester Evening Star outline rates two cents per word minimum 25 cents and cash with copy. Display ads require 9 PM deadline the day before publication. transient rate 45 cents per inch. Agencies listed include Delisser Boyd Inc with offices in New York Richmond Chicago Pittsburgh Philadelphia Rochester Atlanta and San Francisco.
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Delisser-Boyd, Inc
New York
Richmond
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Rochester
Atlanta
San Francisco
Growth of Public Debt Through American Wars and Reforms
A historical recap traces the U S public debt from 1790 through 1940 showing growth after wars and partial reductions during peacetime. It notes debt levels rising from 71 million in 1790 to 65 billion by 1940 and hints at another ascent in the debt limit.
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Young Republic
America
Britain faces North Atlantic bottleneck threat in sea war
The report describes a critical British fleet patrol in mid Atlantic and warns that holding the North Atlantic sea lanes is the war’s decisive bottleneck. If Germany closes these waters Britain cannot exist. if Britain maintains them, Germany risks extinction as Britain grows stronger.
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London
Britain
Balkans
Mediterranean
North Atlantic
John Bull
United Kingdom
Germany
England
Germany's Use of Slave Labor in Europe Reportedly Expands
The article states 2,500,000 aliens are conscripted workers in Germany, about 10 percent of the workforce, contributing over a billion dollars yearly to German income. Poles aged 16 to 50 are seized, state property valued at 2.5 billion dollars is confiscated, and Norway, France, Belgium, and Holland are cited as contributing through taxes and labor under occupation.
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Germany
Norway
France
Belgium
Holland
Reprinted Editorial Attacks U.S. Press
The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin issues a sharp broadside against the United States press in a recent edition, accusing American outlets of bias and sensationalism and prompting debate over journalistic standards.
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Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
United States
Our silly American newspapers and their charm
The essay extols American papers as comically silly yet charming. It notes comic sections and cartoons, free press, easy newspaper startup, and contrasting prophets in one paper, praising the Lokal Anzeiger editor for rightly calling American papers silly and valuable. It concludes by affirming to keep them that way.
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Lokal Anzeiger
Daily Worker
Palm Beach
Maryland’s whipping law on husband beaters under fire again
A push to repeal Maryland’s historic whipping statute for wife-beaters faces stiff opposition from women’s groups. They argue the cat o nine tails degrades all involved and jail is a better deterrent, while some judges already favor imprisonment over whippings.
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Maryland
Lincoln joke about generals and mules in wartime humor
A Wall Street Journal anecdote from the Civil War era portrays Lincoln joking that a mule supply, not the cavalry, matters more when a brigadier general is captured. The piece ties the tale to birthday celebrations for Lincoln and notes Mussolini’s wartime general turnout.
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Potomac
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Lincoln
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Mussolini
Duce
Supreme Court Upholds Browder Conviction in Passport Case
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld Earl Browder's 1940 conviction for using a passport obtained by false statements. The ruling affirms Browder and the Communist party received no special leniency and that a communist is entitled to rights but also subject to penalties for law violations.
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New York Times
Supreme Court
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Browder
Mr. Browder
High speed bus fines highlight Roanoke case
Judge Donald Weems fines a Roanoke bus driver for reckless driving as city bus speed issues surface on streets and highways.
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Heareh
Donald Weems
Roanoke
Wendell Goode
Golf Club
Lester Arnold
Police chase ends as suspect hides in doorway
Forty years ago Clayton Hollis, a local policeman, chased a negro culprit around a doorway on Piccadilly Street. Capt. J. P. Haddox offers his Leader Bar for sale at public auction at 7 North Loudoun Street. Capt. Bruce Gibson, famed Civil War cavalry leader, dies at his home here.
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Clayton Hollis
Piccadilly Street
J. P. Haddox
North Loudoun Street
Bruce Gibson
Answers To Questions By Frederic J. Haskin
Reader quiz from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau with questions and concise answers on topics from history and geography to astronomy and personalities. Notable entries include Daniel Webster's rise for the National Anthem, North Dakota debt limit, Earth’s orbital period, Elaine meaning, Army tea consumption, and Duke of Windsor title creation.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
Uncle Sam seeks skilled mechanics training circular
Information Bureau offers material on trades vital to national defense. State Directors for trade and industrial education provide listings for Airplane Mechanics Auto Mechanics Cabinet Makers Draftsmen Electricians Machinists Pattern Makers Toolmakers Sheet Metal Workers Welders. Enclose five cents per trade and mail with name address and state to Washington, D. C.
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Eeeeeseee BC Electricians
Sucseeee BC Machinists
Econe, BC Pattern Makers
Eeeee Toolmakers
Sheet Metal Workers
Virginia Livestock Values See Overall Gain in 1940
Virginia on January 1 estimated total livestock value at 84.672 million dollars, up four percent from 1939. Cattle numbers rose while horses mules hogs chickens and turkeys fell. sheep held steady with 379000 head valued at 7.30 per head.
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Richmond
Virginia
United States
Quiz questions from Star Test page turn
Seven questions test general knowledge on census intervals inhabited planets wartime declarations capital cities and historical figures. Topics include Avila Camacho presidency Jamaica Jane Addams settlement and Napoleon death location.
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Manuel Avila Camacho
Venezuela
Mexico
Guatemala
Hungary
United States
Germany
Jane Addams
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Napoleon
Ambiguity in Double Negatives Prompts Clarified
Linguistic note clarifies that two negatives cancel to an affirmative. The example shows how saying "He doesn't need no help" effectively expresses "He does need help" and highlights the potential for miscommunication in English usage.
Fire Breaks Out In Senator's Wing
A leather couch in the Senate wing of the Capitol caught fire yesterday. The smoldering chair suddenly flared into flame and was found below the Senators' private stairway from the first floor to the Senate chamber as police searched the building.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Senate Chamber
A Surgeon Explains Mysteries to the Layman a Book Notice
A publisher announces A Surgeon Explains to the Layman by Dr. M. Benmasché from Simon & Schuster this month. The work clarifies surgical procedures with patient friendly explanations and illustrations, including chapters on hernia and gall bladder operations.
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Dr. M. Benmasché
Simon & Schuster
Benmosehé
Abas
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