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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1940
Page
4
Authorities value a mature quail at 2.50 and recount a Winchester keeper who refused 5 each for several birds. The Star notes many hunters may reach 10 birds per day with licenses costing 1 county resident or 3 state resident. Severe cold may shrink next season’s quail, while local efforts focus on propagation over fish stocking.
Baseball czar Kenesaw Mountain Landis fires a sweeping ruling limiting common control of player dealings and coverups in major and minor league deals. He warns clubs officials and employees that misconduct will trigger ineligible lists and fines, declaring players free agents if mishandled. He calls for baseball to live by its own laws.
Reporters defend their craft as a form of literature in response to George Duhamel of the French Academy. He welcomed new member Jerome Tharaud, noted for his work as a newspaper correspondent.
A discussion defends reporting as literary craft, arguing that clear vivid writing in daily journalism can deserve literary status. It compares newspaper narratives to books and cites the Declaration of Independence as an example of published prose with literary merit.
The Roanoke Times revisits Al Capone’s transfer from a Baltimore hospital to a private residence and discusses paresis, a brain disease linked to syphilis. Dr. Morris Fishbein notes paresis is caused by a spirochete, with onset typically 30 to 50 years old and up to five percent of syphilis patients developing it. He cautions early modern treatment prevents progression, while outlining early behavioral signs and later physical decline leading to paralysis and loss of function.
Announcement records the September 4 1938 wedding of Miss Lucile Weber to Mr Charles Dick. It notes David C Cather formerly of Frederick county has been promoted from Captain to Rear Admiral in the US Naval Medical Corps. Tom Baldridge is named outstanding young man of Winchester for 1938.
Five years ago the Lindbergh case saw a wooden ladder entered as evidence in New Jersey court. Busbee scored 13 points as S. V. A. led Falls Church High to a 39 to 15 victory. Captain Lewis Cooper won reelection as president of the George Washington Hotel Corporation.
Ten years ago Newport News Virginia couple Mr and Mrs William C Stuart Jr welcomed a son on January 21. Nelson F Richards named director general of the Apple Blossom Festival for the spring. Mr and Mrs Philip Klompus celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a party at home.
Special commissioner C. H. Littlefield reports to the Supreme Court that West Virginia must pay Virginia interest on a debt incurred January 1, 1861. William H. Wood, 73, a Confederate veteran and the city’s popular tailor, dies at his home.
Forty years ago the Loudoun Street and Kent Street Presbyterian congregations vote to unite. Blasting is extensive for the foundation and cellar of the new Rouss City Hall at Frederick Plaza. The Central Commercial College opens its first term on Water and Cameron streets.
Seven quiz questions cover puberty to adulthood, Cairo’s early capital, penguin regions, simple arithmetic, Navy secretary, sound science, pronunciation, poker hands, Taft’s party, and naturalization by marriage.
A dated style guide critiques wording for contempt. It urges using the term contemptuous instead of contemptible in answering questions. The note emphasizes precise spelling and careful definition of contemptible as worthy of contempt.
Dr Logan Clendening reports no observed cases of harm from tight corsets in a clinic serving nearly 100,000 patients annually and in several large fashion hospitals in New York and Chicago. He recalls a past anecdote about corsets but notes the current era shows no real medical basis for panic.
A medical insight explains ticklishness as a deep reflex triggered by non self induced stimulation. Laughter reduces muscle tone and self stimulation fails to provoke the response, making some people ticklish and others not.
Question and answer discuss brown stains on smokers' fingers not from nicotine, caused by oily tobacco residue that embeds in skin. Suggest washing after each cigarette and using petrolatum or wax pomade, or pumice stone to prevent staining. Editor note advertises Dr Clendening pamphlets for 10 cents each.
Romany courages Bax as he laments stalled Paradise Is Here recordings. Brent Nelson arranges Romany a morning radio spot while Cholly and Terry tensions simmer amid celebrity circles and a sunny August day.
The Q and A column answers queries on Magna Carta history, Ro ta drops, Rushmore presidents meanings, Paul Redfern, NYC water costs, WWI overseas service, Charlie McCarthy honor, Washington Monument ball catch, Siamese twins, Joanna of Spain, construction deaths, phonograph origin, notable industrial designers, Canadian horse betting, Thomas E Dewey education, U S newsprint use, and a White House wedding. It cites dates, places, and named individuals.
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