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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1939
Page
4
The sentence appears to be a bibliographic meta line stating the publisher The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia issues a daily newspaper except Sundays.
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The article states that The Associated Press owns exclusive rights to re publish all news dispatches and local news carried in this paper, whether credited to AP or not. It asserts AP exclusivity for republication by this newspaper and local content.
The text appears as a Biblical fragment quoting a verse about divine perfection and justice. It states “the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are judgment” and calls God a God of truth, without iniquity, just and right.
Clarke county and Winchester residents report Governor Price urged Clarke county farmer Thompson Sowers to run against incumbent E Blackburn Moore for the House of Delegates. Sowers refused. Reporters asked for comment. Sowers neither denied nor affirmed. The piece criticizes Price for meddling in a locality where he is not a voter and praises Moore and Sowers for standing apart.
Editor Virginio Gayda argues peace is attainable if anti Axis re armament and alliances do not block terms guided by the Rome Berlin axis. He suggests a Russia democracies alliance could thwart Axis aims and that Danzig and other demands inch toward worldwide territorial revision as the price of peace.
The piece argues 1940 politics differ from 1936 with Garner leading early campaign activity and other Democrats preparing. It notes that Democratic nominating rules differ from the Republican approach and that candidates will stay low while backers run preliminaries amid ongoing administration influence and past precedents.
The bartenders union of Harrisburg Pa questions showing women as bartenders arguing it is undignified for a woman to serve behind a bar. Some old fashioned viewers disagree preferring her appearance behind a bar to in front of one.
This quiz asks for an eruptive thermal spring name the current title of Edward VIII whether fruit cocktails require a fork or spoon if King snake bites are poisonous which element is most abundant on Earth the country governed by Lord Tweedsmuir Rhodesia location the copper tin alloy and circle area calculation methods.
The note advises avoiding direct quotes about spectator phrases and suggests using neutral terms like occurrence or event when describing watching or witnessing. It emphasizes neutral, non descriptive framing in reporting.
Garland R. Quarles honors Confederate dead buried at Stonewall Cemetery on Sixth of June Day. Rev. Herman McKay of Market Street Church is reappointed for another term there. Elwood Williams wins The Star's district marble tournament earning a week free trip to Wildwood New Jersey as first prize.
George Miller and George Dellinger are the only Confederate veterans taking part in the Sixth of June ceremonies with Rev. Dr. Thomas delivering the address. D. D. Crenshaw, a prominent businessman, lies seriously ill at Memorial Hospital. Nelson Page resigns after fourteen years on the city council following a recent appointment as postmaster.
King George asks Ramsey McDonald to form a new cabinet after Stanley Baldwin resigns as Prime Minister. Winchester Gun Club hosts a skeet shoot with many gun enthusiasts on June sixth. Roy A. Cather and Miss Pauline Shoop of this city wed in Chicago.
The Winchester and Frederick County Confederate veterans hold their 48th annual gathering to honor fallen comrades at Stonewall Cemetery. Peyton Marshall graduates honorably at Shenandoah Valley Academy, with Felix Hatcher and John Stuart earning diplomas. West Virginia closes its last distillery in Martinsburg under a new prohibition law.
The cities free mail service started about six months ago in Winchester shows rapid improvement as locals organize a hayride departure from J. B. Beverley's residence toward the Opequon river.
Phil Parrish, a New York reporter, and his wife Eleanor navigate marriage and ambition. Eleanor returns to work with editor Kate Douglas while Phil wrestles with trust, fidelity, and a looming baby on the way. The couple debates roles, independence, and the future of their partnership.
The passage from the essay Of Studies states that reading makes a full man conference makes a ready man and writing an exact man. If one writes little one must have a great memory if one confers little one must have present wit and if one reads little one must have much cunning to seem to know what he does not.
A reader's Q A set from Washington D C covers David Livingstone inscriptions, the song After the Ball rising in 1893, servant etiquette per Emily Post, early educational philanthropy by George Peabody, Andrew Johnson learning to write, the Buggyaut auto, the longest bare knuckle fight in Melbourne, and the Goebel assassination case in Kentucky with Caleb Powers.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises a compact guide on modern manners. It promises simple direct guidance for meeting everyday social problems and proper conduct. Postal coupon allows readers to order by sending ten cents and their address to the Information Bureau in Washington, D. C.
Paramount will employ liaison staff to reach exhibitors and the public via weekly questionnaires. The initiative seeks fan approval before greenlighting stories and new players, with early tests showing mixed results and a strong no from exhibitors on a story about internal attacks on Americanism.
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