Winchester Evening Star Classified Rates and Policies
The Winchester Evening Star details advertising rates and deadlines with 2 cents per word for classified listings, 25 cent minimum, 45 cent transient rate, and display ads due by 9 P M the day before. It notes AP affiliation and national representatives across major cities.
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Fox
Associated Press
DeLisser-Bord, Inc
New York
Richmond
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Rochester
Atlanta
San Francisco
Not How Good Are You, But What Are You Good For
A devotional line emphasizes bearing fruit to glorify the father from John 15 8. The message centers on spiritual usefulness and discipleship guiding faithful conduct.
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John
Council Meets Tonight over Parking Meters Decision
The Common Council convenes for its monthly session to decide on parking meters. This fifteenth or sixteenth meeting on the issue offers four possibilities from returning the matter to committee to a final roll call or secret ballot. The public expects a definitive vote.
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Common Council
Last of the Kaisers in Doorn Health News
The piece reports Wilhelm II the last German Kaiser now 82 confined to his room for months while health declines. It compares him to Hitler, noting his past war deeds and claim of divine sanction, and hints at Nazi disappointment that he left no successor to outdo his slaughter record.
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Doorn
Holland
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Germany
Kaiser
Hitler
God
Wilhelm
Fuehrer
A Time of Tolerance Commentary on Civil Liberties
A public essay urges unity and calm in handling freedom of speech religion and press amid global unrest. It argues intolerance fuels threats to democracy and civil rights and calls Americans to listen to opposing views with reason and restraint.
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America
Air lull over Britain spurs questions as raids subside
The article ponders why nearly three weeks passed with no heavy air raids on Britain around the Grete attack. It proposes weather, trimmed Nazi air forces, Crete operations, fuel limits, and transport demands as possible causes, noting the real explanation may be unknown and may be of high importance or simple luck.
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London
British Isles
Grete
Crete
Germany
Britain
Greece
Mediterranean
France
Low Countries
Balkans
Editorial clash over the nation’s future army
Reprinted Editorials from Richmond Times Dispatch discuss Representative Ross Collins's claim that the country is building an old style mass army. General George C. Marshall counters that the army can be an all purpose force via balanced training and equipment. The exchange questions training duration and readiness amid the Nazi blitzkrieg threat.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Ross Collins
Mississippi
Reader
George C. Manshall
Collins
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Germany
France
Hanson W. Baldwin
New York Times
Congress
Representative Collins
Baldwin
Marshall
Arctic
Tropics
Tolerance Endangered by Abuse in Public Discourse
Salt Lake City Tribune warns that tolerance is weakening in democracies as radio broadcasts editorials and public addresses increasingly label dissent as treason. The piece argues such abuse erodes freedom of expression and nudges society toward brutal forces opposing open dialogue.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Tribune
Proper use of Jr II and III after names explained
A reader asks how to correctly apply Jr II and III after a name. The II denotes a living older male relative such as an uncle, not a suffix like Jr. These numerals disappear after the original name holder dies, and their misuse causes confusion.
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Bristol Herald Courier
Herald Courier
Nation's 100000 School Buses Carry 3 Million Daily
Washington reports the nation’s 100000 school buses and equal number of drivers transport over 3 million children daily. Buses run 1,000,000 plus miles each day across varied roads with strict safety aims. Grade crossings, overloads, and vehicle standards are focal concerns for school boards.
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Washington
United States
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Arkansas
Connecticut
Mississippi
North Dakota
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Skin Test Failure in Diagnosing Urticaria Hives
A medical column explains urticaria or hives as a systemic condition not a skin local reaction. Skin tests are unreliable for allergies in hives, while elimination diets help identify triggers such as certain foods and drugs. Common culprits include shellfish fish strawberries cheese wheat milk pork chocolate quinine ipecac salicylates iodides morphine and related opioids.
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Rowe
Editor's Note on Pamphlet Requests and Self-Addressed Stamped Envelopes
A fragmented note explains that Dr Clen offers pamphlets for sale at six cents each in coin and requests a self addressed stamped envelope. The text mentions handling and delivery through the paper office.
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Clen
Record of U S employment peaks in April
The National Industrial Conference Board reports 50 150 000 Americans employed in April the highest figure on record. Unemployment reached 5 412 000 with 2 271 000 in WPA CCC and similar programs, a drop of 3 526 000 from April 1940.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
WPA
CCC
Robert Richards named death of Stephens City FFA chapter
The note records Robert Richards named death in Stephens City FFA chapter as world events print alongside brief obituaries for Paris attacked by German bombers and E Kremer grocer death, reflecting mixed items in a single column.
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Robert Richards
Stephens City
Paris
E. Kremer
Winchester Police Chief Ends First Year in Post
Ten years ago Clayton W. Hollis completed his first year as chief of the Winchester Police Department. Alfred B. Tucker and James B. Vrendenburgh, both of Winchester, were among midshipmen graduating from Annapolis this morning to advertise Virginia war preparations being raised by growers.
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Clayton W. Hollis
Winchester
Alfred B. Tucker Weer
James B. Vrendenburgh
Annapolis
Virginianey
Atlantic fleets clash in world war sea battle largest yet
English and German naval forces clash in what reports call the war's biggest sea battle to date. A separate item notes Mexican forces around Pancho Villa facing encirclement as U.S. troops move toward the front. A double bill at the Empire Theatre in Western is noted.
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Ported
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Vanantle
Western
Empire Theatre
Canal Race Spurs U S Plan for Nicaragua Route
The article notes a U S debate on building a canal across Nicaragua to rival French plans for a Central American waterway linking Atlantic and Pacific. It also reports Valley Female College merging with Southern Seminary and moving to Buena Vista after consolidation at Bowling Green.
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Central America
Atlantic
Pacific
U.S
Nicaragua
Valley Female College
Southern Seminary
Bowling Green
Buena Vista
Answers To Frede ric J. Haskin Questions
Question answer column from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau led by Frederic J. Haskin. Includes brief Q A pairs on topics from boundary water to pigeons and philtrum to Byzantine terms and playing card suits with named figures and dates.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Washington, D.C
Quiz questions and prompts from a newspaper page
A mixed quiz item asks 10 questions on topics from authors and Henry VIII to astronomy and U.S. presidents. It includes a grammar instruction to say I awoke instead of I had awoken and directs readers to page 2 for the answers.
Slip Covers For Furniture
A government publication titled Slip Covers For Furniture covers uses of slip covers choosing fabrics decorative features estimating yardage and construction. The piece promotes sending ten cents postpaid to Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington D C for a copy with payment and address details.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
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