Winchester Evening Star Advertising Rates and Notices
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates of 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and transient rates at 45 cents per inch, with copy due by 9 P M the day before. Also notes Associated Press rights and subscriptions by mail or carrier along with a Bible verse in the issue.
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Associated Press
Delisser-Boyd, Inc
New York
Richmond
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Rochester
Atlanta
San Francisco
Growth of Commercial Aviation Surges in 1940
The rise of air travel continues as major airlines report a 61 percent jump in passenger traffic over 1939. Through ten months of 1940 they carried over 2.01 million passengers, air mail tokens exceed 20 million pound miles, and express services climb 35 percent. Lower fares drive volume, with average passenger fare dropping from 12 cents to under six cents per mile since 1929. The U S airline industry now grosses about 75 million annually, operates 400 modern airliners, seats 8,000, and employs 20,000 people earning roughly 30 million dollars yearly.
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Air Mail
Air Express
New York Sets Fashion Pace As Paris Fades In Style
The piece notes a shift in fashion power from Paris to New York as American designers gain dominance. It cites the Duchess of Windsor being absent from a 1940 best dressed list and highlights Paris’s decline while America takes lead in style creation and related industry influence.
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Duchess of Windsor
Paris
France
America
Paul Poiret
United States
Central America
Bigger feet and changing beauty ideals in shoe fashion
Ruth Kerr of New York, the sole designer for both men and women, notes feet are growing. The average woman now wears about size 7 and men around size 10, challenging the old standard of tiny feet and criticizing crowding of larger feet into small shoes.
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Ruth Kerr
New York
United States
Editorial urges aiding Britain to aid Greece in war effort
The piece argues military logic over sentiment in supplying Greece, favoring delivering planes to Britain rather than directly to Greece. It notes past losses of aircraft to Germany, urges increasing total production, and cites Commerce data showing weak exports while praising Britain’s role in containing Axis power.
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Graek
United States
Greece
France
Hitler
Department of Commerce
Britain
Bardia
Hollywood box office list shifts as new stars rise
The Motion Picture Herald rankings show Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy head the 1940 top attractions with Gable Autry Power and others. Notable omissions include Greta Garbo Shirley Temple Joan Crawford Claudette Colbert Norman Shearer and Robert Taylor signaling fewer films this year and new faces gaining pull at the ticket window.
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Motion Picture Herald
Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Spencer Tracy
Clark Gable
Gene Autry
Tyrone Power
James Cagney
Bing Crosby
Wallace Beery
Bette Davis
Judy Garland
James Stewart
Deanna Durbin
Alice Fave
Errol Flynn
Myrna Loy
Dorothy Lamour
Cary Grant
Bob Lee Henry Fonda
Gary Cooper
Don Ameche
Jack Benny
Ginger Rogers
Ann Sheridan
William Powell
Greta Garbo
Norman Shearer
Hedy LaMarr
Claudette Colbert
Vivian Leigh
Shirley Temple
Joan Crawford
Paul Muni
Lionel Barrymore
Edward G. Robinson
Charles Boyer
Robert Taylor
Shenandoah Valley firm eyed for move to Winchester
The Shenandoah Valley Inc. may relocate its head office from Staunton to Winchester. The Game Commission, after farmers petition, allows fox hunting year round in Federick. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain warns that worse is yet to come in a speech to the British Empire review.
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Shenandoah Valley Inc
Staunton
Winchester
The
Game Commission
Federick
Neville Chamberlain
Farm leaders summoned to Washington on new agriculture plan
Governors Peery presents a General Assembly budget of 118 million eight hundred eighteen thousand ninety eight dollars. Miss Ethel Cooper, Handley graduate, is named first assistant editor of the year book at Harrisonburg State Teachers College.
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Washington
General Assembly
Peery
Ethel Cooper
Handley
Harrisonburg State Teachers College
Rites Held for Earl Lewis A Local War Veteran
Many attend rites for Earl Lewis 37 well known local resident who served with A E F in France. You can still get it but you have to hunt for it slogan of Board of Temperance and Public Morals of Methodist Church concerning liquor problem. Announcement is made of the marriage of Nellie Stoner and Maurice S Ritter.
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Earl Lewis
France
Board of Temperance and Public Morals of
Methodist Church
Nellie Stoner
Maurice S. Ritter
Riots in Youngstown leave nineteen dead amid strike chaos
Twenty five years ago a labor strike in Youngstown Ohio caused nineteen deaths and extensive property damage prompting 2000 State soldiers to restore order. German journalists face restrictions on wartime reporting as refugees speak out. John H Seal Jr reelected head of the Rouss Fire Company.
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Lapor
Youngstown
Ohio
John H. Seal, Jr
Rouss Fire Company
Winter weather blocks Valley roads. smallpox spread rumors denied
Forty years ago winter weather settles in the Valley with many county roads blocked by drifts. Reports of smallpox cases in Summit Point West Virginia spreading to Winchester and Frederick County are untrue, doctors say.
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Summit Point
W. Va
Winchester
Frederick County
Pleurisy Described As Frequent Winter Signal
Medical writer Dr. Logan Clendening explains pleurisy as an inflammation of the pleura surrounding the lungs. He notes the friction, stitch like pain, and the treatment involving chest strapping, plus potential progression to fluid or pus and need for X rays and tuberculin testing.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
Hippocrates
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin collection
A compendium of brief Q A exchanges from Frederic J. Haskin with facts on religion Rembrandt Shakespeare barbed wire Delaware origin alligators glass blowing clearing houses and related historical notes.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Fortune Telling Booklet Offer From The Winchester Evening Star
A promotional notice offers a booklet on fortune telling covering astrology character reading facial features palmistry tea leaves and cards. Readers are invited to send ten cents to Information Bureau Washington D C with name address and payment for delivery.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick J. Haskin
The Star Quiz Answers Request on Page 2
Readers are asked to turn to page 2 for the seven answers to nine questions about Hoover Jackson Hayden Planetarium Chicago mayor English Channel first woman to swim it vitriol banana oil Valona and Moonlight Sonata.
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Herbert Hoover
California
New York
Iowa
Jackson
Hayden Planetarium
Chicago
Illinois
Paris
Valona
Greece
Albania
Italy
Joe Louis
Mischievous Pronunciation Debate Highlights Mis'chi'vus
The article argues the word mischievous is mis'-chi-vus not mis chee'-vus, noting common mispronunciations and urging adherence to the proper syllabic stress. It discusses how speakers often insert an extra vowel sound, altering the word’s original rhythm.
Murder Makes a Hero Chapter 21 Confidants Rally Captain
In a tense scene at Purple Beeches Captain Essex awakens to danger as Jabez is found battered. Cary, Mrs. Gould, and Kitten-like Kaye shield him, tend the casualty, and debate whether to alert a doctor while the old captain asserts his authority and care. An auto arrival hints at further developments.
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Captain Essex
Mrs. Gould
Cary
Jabez
Kaye
Mark
Alice
Nancy
Granddad
How about a plate of beans on the house in Bristol
A stranger asks for beans at a Bristol main street restaurant but the chef is out. Counterman James Parsons offers a bowl of soup instead, while the exchange ends with a humorous prompt about vitamin C rich foods listing common fruits and vegetables.
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Bristol
Conn
James Parsons
Meee
Motorist Cited After Stop Sign Violation
A Dallas motorist told Officer L. O. Jones he ran a stop sign to catch the car ahead and warn that driver his tail light was out. He received a ticket.
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Dallas
L. O. Jones
War News Censorship Caution For Readers Of The Star
Readers of The Star are cautioned that news from most of Europe is subject to censorship before transmission to the United States. The notice warns that content may be altered or omitted by editors to comply with international censorship policies.
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the Star
Europe
United States
Quick Witted Auctioneer Survives Dime Themed Hold Up
Ralph Rosenbaum a 40 year old auctioneer in Los Angeles reported a holdup by a man who demanded money. The perpetrator handed Rosenbaum two dimes after the exchange. The incident occurred January 9.
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Lishman
Delaware Bay
Henry Hudson
Los Angeles
Ralph Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Afternoon News Is LATE News As Press Time
The Star notes varied time zones with 9 P M in London 10 P M in Berlin Rome 11 P M in Alexandria and Bucharest reflecting late distribution for afternoon editions.
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The
Star
London
Berlin
Rome
Alexandria
Bucharest
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