Advertising rates and policies in Winchester paper
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates as 3 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, requires copy with border ads, and sets 9 PM submission for next day. Transient rates are 45 cents per inch, with contract rates on application. National reps are Tenney Woodward and Conklin Inc. and AP fees apply.
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Sunday Star Publishing Co
Winchester
Eee
Tenney~Woodward and Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Ted
Newspaper Subscription Rates Listed for 1940
The notice lists mail by carrier subscription prices for various terms including yearly, six months, and three months, with amounts in advance. Formatting appears garbled but shows year and period rates such as 13.56 for six months and 44.60 for one year, dated Friday February 23, 1940.
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Hentheim
Promises Conditioned Fulfilled in Scripture Verse
A biblical reflection notes that not one word of God's good promises has failed, citing 1 Kings 8:56 as assurance. The meditation emphasizes steadfast faith, divine fidelity, and the certainty of covenant mercy for believers.
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Kings
Virginian editors credited in Louisiana reform surge
The article lauds Virginian editors James E. Crown and James Thomson for exposing the Long machine in Louisiana. It notes Crown of The New Orleans States and Thomson of the New Orleans Item and Tribune helped trigger federal action, detentions, and prosecutions amid a wave of corruption investigations and resignations.
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James E. Crown
New Orleans
Crown
Berryville
John R. Crown
Harrisonburg
Summit Point
The
New Orleans Item
Tribune
Huey
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
Louisiana
Washington
Westbrook Pegler
James Monroe Smith
State University
Leche
Smith
Thomson
People of
Modern men’s fashion sparks a revival of Revolutionary flair
A New York stylist envisions bold outfits for the coming season including blue derby canary yellow vest and claret dinner jacket. The piece notes fashion cycles from revolutionary flamboyance to conservative norms and recalls past foppish European influences on American dress.
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New York
Republic
Editorial opposition to 10 percent liquor tax in Virginia
Reprinted editorial from the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch endorses opposition by C O Conor Godlrick Heth Tyler and T McCall Frazier to a proposed 10 percent tax on gross liquor sales. It argues the tax would inject profit motive into the ABC system, threaten school funding, and possibly raise prices fueling bootlegging while preserving a pledge that the state not operate for profit.
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Senate Finance Committee
C. O’conor Godlrick
ABC Board
Heth Tyler
ABC
T. McCall Frazier
Major Tyler
Frazier
Godlrick
General Assembly
Ledger-Dispatch
Messrs. Godlrick
Tyler
Messrs Godrick
Virginia
Debate on renewal of Trade Agreement Act in House
Richmond News Leader previews a week of debate on renewing the Trade Agreement Act. The House faces rival majority and minority reports reflecting party lines. Major A Willis Robertson of the Seventh District, a Ways and Means Committee member, is highlighted as a leading Democrat voice.
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Richmond News
House of Representatives
House
A. Willis Robertson
Ways and Means
Morgenthau urges business men not to fear new taxes
Secretary Morgenthau tells business leaders they will not be taxed further, calming concerns about additional tax burdens. Also, Miss Agnes Watkins is elected president of the Farmville College Alumnae Winchester chapter, and Miss Thelma Crowser celebrates her 14th birthday with a George Washington themed party.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Agnes Watkins
Farmville College
Winchester
Thelma Crowser
George Washington
Ice Closes Highways Amid Traffic and Pedestrian Dangers
Ice covers major area highways hindering travel and walking as responders warn of slick conditions. authorities urge caution and warn of continuing hazards for commuters and pedestrians. Mr and Mrs Norman W Smith celebrate birth of a daughter on February 22 in a city area report.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Norman W. Smith
Bobby Jones Heads 1930 Campaign With Savannah Journey
Atlanta native and national open golf champion Bobby Jones starts the year with a notable Savannah trip. The county school board votes to extend the eight month term for local schools. Father Robert E. Hannon arrives to assume duties at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
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Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Savannah
Robert E. Hannon
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Bernhardt undergoes life saving leg amputation
Sarah Bernhardt has her right leg amputated to save her life. John Gardner of Stephens City is badly hurt when a motorcycle leaves the road at Edinburgh. A London release says German submarine warfare will draw the United States into the war. A one reel Billy Sunday movie is shown at the auditorium here.
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Sarah Bernhardt
John Gardner
Stephens City
Edinburgh
London
United States
Billy Sunday
Fire guts home as hose teams battle ice on South Market
Forty years ago South End Hose Co. hauled a reel over icy streets to the burning home of John Fletcher on South Market. The Rev. Hugh B. White, missionary just back from China, spoke at Fairfax School for girls. Mr. and Mrs. George Haddox celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary with a small party.
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South End Hose Co
South Market Street
John Fletcher
Hugh 8. White
China
Fairfax School For
George Haddox
Daily Quiz Answers Challenge From Page Two
The quiz asks about the anthem linked to Anacreon in Heaven as America’s song. It defines a bird organ as the syrinx and assigns the Marine Corps to the Navy Department. It asks if ammonia is an element and inquires which party leader was jailed, plus questions on foreign born citizens and the division of ancient Hebrews.
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U. Marine Corps
No extra page numbering phrase appears in print issues
A reader note requests omitting the phrase about careful numbering across pages. The article clarifies that this instruction is unnecessary.
Visiting the Oldest Hospitals in North America
The article traces claims to North America’s oldest hospital with focus on the Charity Hospital in New Orleans and the Hospital of Jesus in Mexico City. It notes early records from 1787 at Charity, a hurricane destruction in 1779, a fire in 1809, and later relocations. It mentions Dr. David C. Kerwas and the hospital’s 1832 role as a saloon, plus small itemized expenditures.
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Hospital of Jesus
Mexico City
Mexico
New Orleans
United States
Charity Hospital
North America
Canada
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Jean Louis
New World
Rampart Street
Tulane Avenue
David C. Kerwas
Andrew Jackson
Unhealthiest City and the Saint Vincent Sisters Note
The piece discusses New Orleans as once the unhealthiest city due to malaria and yellow fever carried by ships from the West Indies. It notes historic sanitation progress, drainage problems, and how nurses from the Sisters of Charity transformed hospital nursing, highlighting Dr. Clendening’s seven notes.
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New Orleans
Jamaica
West Indies
United States
Sisters of Saint Vincent de Paul
Sisters of Charity
I Meet Terry for Dinner in a Dublin Style Reunion
In this scene Cholly agrees to meet Terry for dinner at Montaignes. Terry pleads for reconciliation while Cholly explains she now loves Dove Hayworth and wants to move on. Terry laments his failures, hopes for marriage, and asks if Cholly would forgive him.
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Terry
Montaignes
Viacushla
Romeny
Cholly
Romany
Choly
Romey
Macushla
Indiana A
Macushia
Darlin
Hayworth
Dove
Soviet Army in Disarray Despite Russian Concentrations
Gazetta del Popolo notes the Soviet Army has suffered thousands of casualties and remains in a poor posture. Envisions large Russian concentrations in Karelia and possible winter offensives, but asserts no outcome would change the bleak assessment.
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Gazetta del Popolo
Turin
Karelia
Finland
Finland's Defense and Unified Front Against Aggression
The passage argues Finland deserves assurance of aid despite Soviet pressure. It warns against allowing Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany to coerce small Northern European nations step by step, stressing that only a unified, solid front can avert defeat and subjugation.
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Finland
Soviet Russia
Reading tastes in Germany favor warner titles and classics
Germans read best sellers like Vom Winde Verwehr or Gone With the Wind and The Citadel by Cronin. Foreignworks top theatres show Shakespeare Goethe while Clark Gable draws crowds at Marmorhaus in Adventure in China. Berlin Philharmonic under Kurt von Wein performed a Cesar Franck piece.
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William Shirer
Germany
European conscience shifts over Slavic and Bolshevik imperialism
In Le Temps Paris, Europe’s waking conscience prompts discussion that German opinion may be forced to confront the bold assertion of Slavic and Bolshevik influence in Europe’s North and its implications for Germanism.
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Europe
Answers to Random Questions From Frederic J. Haskin
A reader submits questions to the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Topics include geography history editors reindeer in Alaska golf balls aquafloriums and Hollywood extras with concise factual answers and brief notes on Easter dates and vicuna fibers.
Everyday Science booklet offered by Washington Information Bureau
The Washington Information Bureau promotes a 48 page Everyday Science booklet answering layman questions on stars weather animals plants earth and mind. It promises fascinating facts the how and why of ordinary things and costs ten cents postpaid with a coupon to Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington D C.
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Washington
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