Answers to Questions from The Winchester Evening Star
A quiz column lists origin of Martha's Vineyard named by Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602 for his daughter Martha and describing wild grapes. It also notes Mrs Lillian Dodge as the highest paid woman executive at $100000, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument statue, rubber tramps, World's Fair progress, motmots birds, Ecusta Paper plant in Brevard NC, FBI agents' law and accounting mix, and daily food intake averages.
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A. Bartholomew Gosnold
Island
Martha
Ooo— Q
United States
Lillian S. Dodge
Harriet Hubbard Ayer, Inc
Cleveland Public Square
Public Square
Miracles of Faith Theme Invoked in Modern Sermon
A faith sermon highlights biblical verse John 23 10 about divine assistance. The message stresses that believers gain strength through God who fights for them in daily life.
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John
Man o War offer refused by Samuel Riddle
The New York Herald Tribune reports Samuel D. Riddle declined a $1 million bid for Man o War at the Jockey Club meeting. Motion Picture producer Louis B. Mayer reportedly sought the horse, but Riddle kept him, arranging a trust to insure the stallion’s care and burial on the Widener estate after death.
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Samuel D. Riddle
Caswell Adams
New York Herald Tribune
Jockey Club
Adams
Louis B. Mayer
Faraway Farms
Lexington
Kentucky
Riddle
Eccles Defends Pump Priming But Public Reforms Falter
The Federal Reserve Board chairman Marriner S. Eccles defended deficit spending as a path to higher national income and tax revenue. He urged large government spending to create jobs, while The Star notes higher taxes and a tripling of the national debt, with unemployment rising since 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
STAR
Mr. Eccles
Who Is To Blame For Ailing World Literature
Stefan Zweig argues the global decline in literary quality stems from world events and fear. He singles out concentration camps as the murderer of free creative thought, noting the US remains an exception amid widespread oppression and war.
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Stefan Zweig
America
United States
Zweig
Pat
Europe
Germany
Italy
New Texas Governor O Daniel Uses Hillbilly Image in Politics
Wilbert Lee O Daniel inaugurated as Texas governor blends business aims with his hillbilly flour brand. He promoted a campaign funded by small change, led by a popular hillbilly persona, and presented a platform centered on the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule.
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New York Times
Wilbert Lee O'Daniel
Goveror
Texas
Fort Worth
Court Finds 16 Oil Firms Guilty in Gasoline Fix
Federal court convicts sixteen big oil companies of price fixing in the Midwest gasoline market. Census data show 234 unemployed residents in Winchester.
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Winchester
Vision of larger navy accompanies $285 million bill
Visions of a bigger U S Navy accompany the department's 285 million dollar bill advancing in the House today. Crisman leads the Judges in a 33-23 loss to Harrisonburg while Clarke County Horse Show Association ends the fiscal year with a balance above 1500 dollars.
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United States
Crisman
Harrisonburg
Clarke County Horse Show Association
Longtime county matron Mrs Woore dies at daughter home
Mrs. Hannah Woore, one of the county's oldest residents, dies at her daughter Mrs J L Hauptman's home near Clearbrook. Also, Miss Betty Carter and Frederick N Caldwell, both well known locally, marry in Houston Texas.
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Hannah Woore
County
J. L. Hauptman
Clearbrook
Betty Carter
Frederick N. Caldwell
Houston
Texas
Virginia may win 591250 highway funds from new federal bill
Twenty five years ago Virginia eyed 591000 plus for roads if a federal highway aid bill passes. Frederick county apple growers swept all prizes in the annual Richmond horticulture show. Judge T W Harrison of the 17th circuit was chosen to serve another six year term.
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Virginia
Frederick County
Richmond
T. W. Harrison
17Th Circuit
Sarah Zane Bazaar Closes Amid Largest Crowd Yet
Walter Capper improves at home after straining his back at Cumberland Valley station. Winchester residents endure another night without electricity as boiler repairs fail to fix the problem.
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Sarah Zane
Walter Capper
Cumberland Valley
Winchester
Home Doctor Book promotes practical medical guidance
An advertisement for the Home Doctor Book claims it covers more than 50 diseases, basic care for the sick, medicines to keep, and illness prevention. Described as authoritative and up to date, it is a 40 page volume offered for ten cents by The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed from Washington DC.
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Winchester Evening Star 3
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Dale Carnegie How To Win Friends and Influence People
Book overview of Dale Carnegie's guide offering practical advice to build rapport. Focuses on principles for effective communication, leadership, and personal influence. Presents techniques to win cooperation and improve social skills.
Fanny Crosby's Hymns Live On In Bridgeport Home
A 1939 feature recounts how Fanny Crosby became blind as an infant from a doctor's misstep yet wrote nearly 6000 hymns and inspired hope. At 1088 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport Conn a home shelters 32 elderly residents contentedly in her legacy.
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Fanny Crosby
Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport Conn
New York Institute For the Blind
Jesus
McNaught Syndicate
Open Forum letter criticizes board spending and high school need
The Star open forum castigates the Board of Supervisors for pursuing a county office building and a chain store site despite a 1935 public vote against them. It notes $7 000 spent on a new building and $1 000 for a special election, asks why the people’s wishes were ignored, and urges a re vote. The letter also laments Stonewall District lacking a high school while residents are taxed heavily.
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Board of Supervisors
Sanitary Grocery Company
Stonewall
Stephens City
Handley
Dance at the University Club Exposes Secrets and Dares
Sara Sue Davis enjoys a Houston dance with T. J. Sanders while friends crowd the floor. Worthington Gurley, frightened by Peaches Pomeroy’s bracelet theft plan and a mystery, flees to the club’s private rooms, where Dr. Holgate is seen gambling and drinking in isolation.
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Sara Sue
Peaches Pomeroy
Peaches
Thorny
Marcia Gurley
Marcia
Worthington Gurley
Worthington
University Club
Mister Worthington Gurley
Bob Towne
T. J. Sanders
Dr. Holgate
Tate-T Named Fullback For Estherville High
Estherville high school football gains a powerful new back as coach Floyd Tate welcomes his son Terry Norman Tate to the squad. The name Tate-T is used informally for the young player in local notes. Legislation in Springfield seeks to define beef as voluntary muscle tissue of the adult bovine.
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Estherville, In
Floyd Tate
Estherville
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Docurd
Michell
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Calculus Jones
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Rice
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Mexico City
Thornton Holgate
Cently
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Leo
Crowley
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