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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1939
Page
4
Maj Gen H H Arnold, head of the Air Corps, told the House Military Affairs Committee that competitive bidding on aircraft contracts should be suspended in a declared emergency. He warned against rushing a huge build program and questioned whether a grave emergency exists now, noting risks of cost plus contracts and potential delays in training and logistics.
The article lists a Q and A exchange from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau with answers by experts on topics from Patrick Henry’s Bible reading regret to Dr Mary Walker wearing men’s clothes. It mentions tea, corsages, preserves fruit, January thaw, Dr Bell inventions, college attendance, pearls, fur farming profits, and Bell’s other innovations.
Peaches Pomeroy plots to claim a stolen bracelet at the University Club in Houston while Thornton Holgate, seeking to study liquor firsthand, goes to a drug store for dice and contemplates drinking to learn the party crowd’s side of prohibition. Holgate aims to drink without becoming a prude.
The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce board voted last week to start an intensive advertising and publicity drive to attract Southern and Western tourists in 1939, citing World’s Fair competition and a yearly tourist spend of about 150 million dollars by 12 million visitors. The group stresses advertising as essential to showcase Virginia’s historic splendors.
The Journal and Guide reports North Carolina plans a strong anti lynching statute modeled on Virginia's, praising Virginia leadership and noting no lynchings in Virginia since the law's 10 year history. The piece urges other states to follow to reduce federal act agitation.
An article envisions a future where Columbia teaches fishing within a camp leadership curriculum. Eight weekly lectures cover baits lures worm cooking and related skills. An advanced course titled The Theory and Technique of Fresh Water Angling promises a degree of C. A. Implete Anglers for graduates.
The article notes former Pennsylvania governor George Howard Earle II has not resurfaced despite a grand jury probe into his administration. He vowed to help only during a deep crisis, and his successor Arthur H. James has been in office for over a week with no crisis prompting a return.
Richmond News Leader discusses Dr. Lewis M. Terman from Stanford predicting science will forecast happiness chances for couples after surveying 729 California marriages. He cites factors like parental happiness, discipline, and attachments. questions whether a happiness test would deter or alter lovers plans or disputes.
Frederick County 4 H clubs netted over 1400 during 1937 I Fred Stine announces Berryville wins the Northern Federation P A basketball tournament at Handley gym Miss Bessie McNeer of Middletown undergoes appendicitis operation at Memorial Hospital
Rumors in New York state and Washington place postmaster general Jim Farley in the frame for the New York governorship. Fred R. Stryker and his daughter Marshall narrowly escape after a car skid crashes into a tree in Harrisonburg. Handley wrestlers open season without a point against Augusta Military Academy. H. L. Fishpaw is elected president of the Frederick County Cooperative Farm Bureau.
Will Atkinson of Capon Bridge West Virginia proposes the Mountain Falls tract as the site of the president's summer White House. Girl's Athletic Association members begin rehearsal for the new musical comedy That's That.
Twenty years ago Winchester was chosen as the meeting place for the upcoming State Horticulture Convention after a conflict over a Richmond gathering. Walter Ridge Gore bought a small Chambersville farm from George W. Loy, a growing orchard enterprise. Mr and Mrs Marion Smith from Old Forge in the county entered Pasteur Institute in Washington after a mad dog bite. R Powell Page was reelected president of the Clarke County Horse Show Association.
Forty years ago The Baltimore Sun notes Gussie Wulfert formerly of this city taking part in amateur theatrics in Baltimore. Across town three plump turkeys are reported stolen from William Deschon’s farm east of the city. Inmates wake to a jail fire alarm as prisoner Henry Baetjer advertises American Lady corsets priced from 50 cents to a dollar.
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau promotes the 1939 Household Budget book to help readers manage income, spending, and saving. Send ten cents postpaid with name address city state for a copy, directed to Frederick Haskin in Washington DC.
The speaker extols the United States for high living standards and widespread wealth, citing statistics on telephones savings accounts life insurance and education while acknowledging relief and unemployment struggles. He argues mass production lowers true costs and boosts living standards, urging readers to value America and consider global comparisons.
The Star corrects a letter by Bryan Stotler on this page noting the Board of Supervisors spent about $27 600 on a new office building and equipment, not $7 000 as previously stated. The error has been regretted.
Thornton Holgate, pursuing wildness at a university bar and using dice with whiskey, is confronted by Worthington Gurley the freshman. A false accusation of wrongdoing erupts as Holgate fears exposure, while Gurley urges restraint and Holgate contemplates police involvement.
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