Senator Townsend Seeks End to Silver Revaluation Purchases
The Townsend bill would halt further silver buying and direct the Treasury to dispose of existing holdings. Since 1934 the Treasury bought about two billion ounces, far exceeding U S production, with little impact on prices or trade and concerns about dollar strength. The piece argues the policy was unnecessary and harmfully politicized the silver standard locally and abroad.
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Delaware
Treasury
United States
China
Secretary of the Treasury
Answers to Questions
A prompt service offered by The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau with Frederic J. Haskin directing in Washington D C. Enclose three cents for reply.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Answers and facts from the American quiz page
A compiled Q and A from the national questions section. Topics cover banking leadership 1938 election Mildred Roberts, French instructors in World War I, stomach size, sunset dust effects, submarine depths, Civil War relic exhibits, Andree disappearance, airplane reach, standard rail lengths, stadium capacities, popular books, first tabloid, states with railway mileage, Westminster Abbey burial, Jewish students at Virginia, Mexico Six Year Plan, and pulling a cannon ball from air speed.
Advertising Rates Increase Per Word
Rates show a two cent rise per word for display ads with counting including head and address. Minimum charge remains twenty five cents.
Science Explains Sleep Desire and Peak Work Hours
The passage argues that breakfast-brightness and reluctance to bed at seasonable hours reflect natural brain rhythms. It notes many workers slump when the time clock signals work, attributing this to nature rather than laziness, and praises science for these insights into healthful slumber and productivity.
Punish Drunken Driving Policy in Virginia Pardons
The Star condemns Governor Price for pardoning P F Campbell of Wytheville for drunken driving. The piece notes a long no pardon policy from previous governors and urges law enforcement to enforce severe penalties to protect the public, citing Campbell’s 1938 pardon and subsequent 1939 conviction. It calls for a firm statewide stance against DUI.
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Virginia
Price
P. F. Campbell
Wytheville
Commonwealth
Hite
Montgomery County
Campbell
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Raritan National reelects Col Marvin L Gray president for 1939
Colonel Marvin L Gray of Wakefield Virginia was unanimously reelected president of Raritan National for 1939. The Raritans, begun in Holland Virginia eleven years ago, now include 61 clubs across Virginia and the Carolinas with 2328 members, half of them farmers.
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Marvin L. Gray
Wakefield
Virginia
Raritan National
Raritan
Holland
North
South Carolina
Ruritan
Colonel Gray
Ruritan Club
House of Delegates
Human Efficiency and Daily Peak for Work Life
An ex tal biologists report finds human efficiency peaks soon after waking then declines through the day and rises again toward evening and bedtime. The discussion links routine meals with well being and supports the idea of cyclical energy in daily work.
Virginia cities independent of counties in tax system
The Daily Review notes that Virginia is the only state with cities not forming parts of counties, unlike Baltimore and St. Louis. It lists twenty four Virginia cities and explains how city taxes differ from county taxes, highlighting the unique municipal independence in Virginia.
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Portsmouth Star
Virginia
Baltimore
Maryland
St. Louis
Missouri
United States
the Star
Hartsmouth
Alexandria
Bristol
Buena Vista
Charlottesville
Clifton Forge
Danville
Fredericksburg
Hampton
Harrisonburg
Hopewell
Lynchburg
Martinsville
Newport News
Norfolk
South Norfolk
Petersburg
Portsmouth
Radford
Richmond
Roanoke
Staunton
Suffolk
Williamsburg
Winchester
Elks Minstrel Draws Large Crowds As Ice Impacts Travel
The Elks minstrel plays to big matinee and evening crowds with W. W. Glass as interlocutor. Post heavy rain sleet coats sidewalks and roads creating hazardous travel for motorists and pedestrians. Stewart Bell is granted a permit to erect a new $20,000 building on the site of a recent fire. Anne Harris is named dance committee chairwoman for Berryville High School Alumni Association.
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W. W. Glass
Stewart Bell
Anne Harris
Berryville High School Alumni Association
Virginia legislature tackles liquor laws and redistricting
The Virginia legislature debates liquor control and redistricting bills this session. The local Rotary Club marks its 12th anniversary with a ladies night at the hotel. Frank K. Shaffer is named manager of the Capitol Theatre in Harrisonburg. Mrs. George York reveals the engagement of Edith Birdsall to Harold A. Clark of Littleton New Jersey and Richmond.
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Virginia
Frank K. Shaffer
Capitol Theatre
Harrisonburg
George York
Edith Birdsall
Harold A. Clark
Littleton
N. J
Richmond
Robber shot dead during dairy burglary in Haldeman’s creamery
Ten years ago a burglar was killed when police rushed in after a telephone operator reported a peculiar noise at the scene. The incident followed the operator taking note of a knocked telephone receiver. President-elect Hoover and Mrs. Hoover toured Shenandoah National Park. Miss Virginia McCauley received an offer to be pianist at a major Washington theatre.
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Haldeman
Hoover
Shenandoah National Park
Fashion column notes train visible in dinner gown
The Star's fashion editor discusses that the formal gown for dinner and ball still shows the train in a accompanying picture. The Winchester and Frederick county Anti-Saloon League attends its Richmond annual meeting. John Thwaite and Fred Hiett join key Virginia Horticulture Society committees in Richmond. Frank Shutts breaks his arm from a tree fall near Ridgeway home.
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Star
Winchester
Frederick County
Anti-Saloon League
Richmond
John Thwaite
Fred Hiett
Virginia Horticulture Society
Frank Shutts
Ridgeway
The Boy Who Became a Rail Chief at N Y Central
A fourteen year old Crawfordsville boy walked into a store with a “BOY WANTED” sign and landed a lifelong rail career with the New York Central Railroad. He started at the bottom sweeping floors and progressed to chief clerk at nineteen, later becoming general passenger traffic agent supervising tickets cars dining cars advertising porters conductors. He credits habit and daily afternoon rest as keys to endurance along with learning beyond his job and seizing opportunities at hand.
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Landman
New York Central Railroad
Danville
McNaught Syndicate
Fiesta at Bic International ball showcases cross border cotton elite
Houston society editors report a packed Bic International ball with tickets selling at ten dollars per couple. Guests enjoyed Mexican food and entertainment including tamales and a green‑dyed pig. Presidents Roosevelt and Mexico’s leader addressed attendees by telephone.
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Houston
United States
Mexico
Texas
Republic
Worthington Gurley
Peaches Pomeroy
Caballero
Don Romero
Peaches Portrays a Coat Robbery Scheme
In a scene at a store, Peaches silently opens Sara Sue's white velvet coat and steals a diamond bracelet. Worthington watches, alarmed by her bold act and the wild, mean look in her eyes as others pass by. The incident ends with her slipping away, the heist to be continued.
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T. J. Sanders
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