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Tenney- Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Of Heart and Purse Charity Bond in Colossians Verse
A devotional line emphasizes charity as the bond of perfection from Colossians 3 14, urging believers to clothe themselves with benevolence above all else. The verse calls charity the ultimate tie that unites righteousness and good works.
Frankfurter Nomination Approved by Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
The Senate judiciary sub committee unanimously approved Dr. Felix Frankfurter’s Supreme Court nomination after his testimony on civil liberties. He defended equal constitutional rights for all, including Communists and Nazis, and affirmed that the Constitution applies regardless of one’s support or opposition to specific ends. The Star had earlier endorsed him as an excellent jurist.
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Senate Judiciary
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme
Dr. Frankfurter
American Civil Liberties Union
America
Mr. Roosevelt
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STAR
Law Delegate forecasts pre marital exam bill in 1940
Frank P. Moncure of Stafford County predicts the 1940 General Assembly will approve a pre marital examination law. He notes past opposition, cites letters from critics who may change votes, and says he has consulted the Virginia Medical Association and Richmond Academy of Medicine on possible provisions. He believes a bill could curb congenital and infantile syphilis, which he highlights as a major threat to children.
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Frank P. Moncure
Stafford County
General Assembly
House of Delegates
Senate
General Laws Committee
Richmond
Virginia Medical Association
Richmond Academy of Medicine
Mon
Hopkins Candor on WPA Politics Draws Praise
Readers note the testimony before the Senate commerce committee shows Harry L. Hopkins speaking candidly about past political remarks and the impropriety of a relief administrator engaging in politics. The piece argues the admission reflects moral force and political impact benefiting the nation.
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Arthur Krock
NEW York Times
Hopkins
WPA
Books And Your Thinking In The New Republic Report
The New Republic asked Malcolm Cowley to survey non fiction that reshaped American thought. Scholars cite titles from Adams to Freud and Pareto, with many naming Whitehead, Croce, Sumner, and Holmes among influential works. Thurman Arnold notes he reads largely editorial and current literature rather than “good books.”
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Baltimore Evening Sun
New Republic
Malcolm Cowley
Freud
Veblen
Beard
Dewey
Henry Adams
Sorel
Croce
Spengler
Pareto
Carl Becker
Sumner
Vaihinger
Whitehead
Fite
Morris R Cohen
Russell
Poincare
Santayana
Gray
R. Michel
Felix Frankfurter
Croly
Brandeis
Justice Holmes
John Chamberlain
Waldo Frank
van Wyck Brooks
America
Randolph Bourne
Robert M. LaFollette
Theodore Dreisler
William Graham Sumner
Alfred North Whitehead
Thurman Arnold
Saturday Evening Post
The
Nation
Fight over school fund as Virginia Assembly opens
The Star notes citizen sentiment favors widening Boscawen street from Main to Indian Aaley while Apple holdings in Winchester cold storages total 517,255 barrels. Coleman Dunn is spotted in a Panama hat, stating he is comfortable this season.
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General Assembly of Virginia
Star
Boscawen Street
Main
Indian Aaley
Winchester
Coleman Dunn
Five Years Ago Guarded Banks as Officers Scan Suspects
Five years ago police kept a heavily armed guard at city banks after a state officer spotted five men with a powerful car sizing them up. Cedar rust prevention campaign planned with millions of units to protect apple crops. W F Luttrell injured at local vinegar plant where he serves as superintendent. Anne T McGuire and John Weems read a short play at a Little Theatre meeting at the library.
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W. F. Luttrell
Anne T. McGuire
John Weems
Little Theatre
Library
Sheriff Addresses Women’s Civic League on Jail Conditions
Ten years after, Sheriff Luther Pannett speaks to the local Women’s Civic League about conditions at the jail. A $300,000 downtown department store fire is fought by Washington fire units with help from Maryland and Virginia companies. Rotary Club hears talk on mavitone picture devices. Mrs. Alice Williams, 75, dies at her city home after a long illness.
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Luther Pannett
Women’s Civic League
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Rotary Club
Alice Williams
Red Widow to headline Empire theatre second attraction
Twenty five years ago the Red Widow with 50 trollicking masters is booked as the second attraction at the Empire theatre. Fred Larrick recovers at his Middletown home from injuries from a B and O wreck near Summit Point West Virginia several weeks ago. The Masonic grand master's jewel worn by George Washington is shown at a local lodge meeting.
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Red Widow
New Empire Theatre
Fred Larrick
Middletown
Summit Point
W. Va
George Washington
Oyster supper and bazaar highlight at Sarah Zane event
Forty years ago Mrs. Thomas Barr led the tables at the annual Sarah Zane Oyster supper and Bazaar. Ancient Cuban war relics were shown by Lieut. L. M. Nulton, U. S. N., who served in the Spanish American War. Frederick County Farmers Institute directors met in H. S. Lupton’s office to plan the next institute. James Hott reported a harness and whip stolen from his rig during business in a Piccadilly street store.
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Thomas Barr
Sarah Zane
L. M. Nulton
Spain
Frederick County Farmer's Institute
H. S. Lupton
James Hott
Piccadilly Street
Winchester Star Information Bureau Ad Offers Fact Answers
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C directed by Frederic J Haskin and enclosing three cents for reply.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Jeffersons quip on judges in Lincoln era dialogue
Question and answer column excerpts reveal Jefferson’s comment that judges may share bias and that the Supreme Court comprises mortal men from privileged classes, amid requests on topics from Peary meteor to Nijinsky and Verdi.
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Thomas Jefar
Abe Lincoln
Lincoln
Douglas
Raymond Massey
Supreme Court
South
Thomas Jefferson
Household Budget Booklet 1939 Available from Winchester Star
The Winchester Evening Star offers a Household Budget Booklet for 1939. It provides monthly accounting pages, budgeting guidance, typical income budgets, savings tips, insurance and thrift advice, printed on durable paper for pencil or ink records, 32 pages, ten cent postage.
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Winchester
Star
Hog whispers from an American in Europe
Dale Carnegie recounts meeting an English climber in Switzerland who explains England’s foot and mouth disease controls and the English use of pigs and hogs terminology. He recalls hog cholera as swine fever and contrasts U S farm practices with English language and livestock handling.
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Lauterbrunnen
Bernese Oberland
Switzerland
Breithorn
England
Ireland
London
Missouri
America
Londons
102
Dakota
McNaught Syndicate
Dane weighs 200 pounds at recent show
In a recent exhibition a Great Dane topped the event by reaching a 200 pound weight mark, underscoring the highlight of the show.
Campus Romance Star Draws Houston Chronicle Spotlight
The Sunday Chronicle dedicates a full page to Sara Sue Davis, praising her romance guidance program at Rice Institute. Readers flock to the cottage for autographs while Dr. Thornton Holgate seeks to reform his strict morals to win Peaches Pomeroy, guided by Sara Sue’s counsel.
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Houston Chronicle
Sara Sue Davis, Inc
Counsel
Nathan Epstein
Sara Sue
Sue
Summers
Houston
Bob Towne
Bob
T. J. Sanders
Baptist Church
Thornton Holgate
Dr. Bob
Thornton
Dr. Holgate
Thorny
Galveston
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Belgium
Holland
Raphael
San Sisto
Piacenza
Saxony
Royal Gallery
Dresden
Great Britain
Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
Nijinsky
Verdi
A. Falstaff
J K
Provinces
Sydney
Pasteur Institute
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Mussolini
Italy
Monte Mario
A. Hiawatha
Five Tribes
A. Q
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, DC
Dale Carnegie
Scott
New
Jefferson
R. J. Scott
Ecuador
American Kennel Club
Chiruahua
Romance, Inc
Peaches
Pomeroy
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