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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia. Entered at the post office as second class matter.
Advertising rates include 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and required payment with copy. Memorials and Cards of Thanks priced at 10 cents per fortified line. Display ads with border due by 9 PM the day before publication. Transient rate 45 cents per inch. National rep Tenney Woodward across major cities.
The notice reserves exclusive AP rights to publish and reprint all AP and local news dispatched or published in this paper. It asserts the paper’s entitlement to use AP content for republication and distribution.
The notice shows advance subscription prices: one year 2.50, six months 1.78, three months 0.90, one month 0.38, and is dated Friday June 9 1939.
A religious print or note cites Psalm 65 11 praising divine goodness and blessed paths in a devotional tone for readers seeking spiritual reflection.
A newspaper reflection on King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II visiting the United States, noting it as the first such historic sovereign visit. The piece explores friendship between Britain and the United States, possible reasons for the long wait, and the hope the visit will strengthen ties amid Europe’s wartime dangers.
Georgia honors Stephen Collins Foster with a three ton granite shaft at Fargo near the Suwannee River, asserting Foster, not the river, made the tune famous. Atlanta donor Charles J. Maden defends the tribute as Georgia’s birthright to the Suwannee, while praising Foster as a enduring American songwriter and the source of timeless songs.
The Richmond News Leader urges the Bustard Commission to base its study on facts and proven state laws. It warns against extremist gun lobby influence and argues Virginia must expand wildlife conservation funding to keep hunting and fishing opportunities local.
Boston Herald cites Major General George Van Horn Moseley’s congressional testimony as a misunderstanding of Army roles and government functions. The piece argues peace-time issues belong to the Department of Justice, not the War Department or the President, urging a return to the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights to counter dangerous ideas without repression.
Seven quiz queries ask for historical figures and facts, including a founder of British India, Great Lakes geography, government departments, a Swedish Foreign Minister, pronunciation guidance, Isere River location, a mythic centaur, solar rotation, the French word for castle, and Abraham's life in Scripture.
A directive appears to be a request to simply acknowledge agreement with a phrase about endorsement. The wording is brief and lacks concrete entities or an identifiable event, making a straightforward summary difficult to ground in named people or organizations.
111 Hand ley seniors receive diplomas after address by ex governor H G Kump of West Virginia. County record filing completed by R E Griffith. Tom Baldridge Joe Thomas and H B Mc Cormac depart Winchester for Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Oakland California.
Five years ago Judge Williams dismissed charges against a Middle town man who apologized in court after trying to intimidate Burr Harrison, the prosecutor in the hit and run case. Also announced are the marriage of Ruth Clarke to Justin Funkhouser in Rye New York with the bride from Honolulu. Public enjoys a recital by pupils of Miss Dorothy Ewing's School of Dance at Handley Auditorium.
Ten years ago forty five future farmers from Southwest Virginia visited Winchester and Frederick County during a Shenandoah Valley tour. Miss Edna E. Grubbs married N. A. Haines in Winchester as the Winchester Concert Band conducted by Prof. W. H. McIlwee staged its season opening concert.
Twenty five years ago only 130 votes were cast in the mayoral and three council seats race. The Star awarded Joseph McFadden a prize for locating a hidden check among merchant sponsored ads. Construction started on a large concrete wall around Rouss Spring.
Carl M. Dietz and Miss Meta Jackson celebrated their first wedding anniversary at a party held yesterday. A small ad in The Star sold 25 shoots by Clark Purcell. Abraham Creswell was named toll keeper for the county on the Back Creek road.
Phil Parrish, a New York reporter, yearns to move his wife Eleanor and baby Jessica to a Long Island house. Eleanor resists leaving New York, fearing suburbia erases their individuality. They debate a future of city grit versus a quieter family life.
The National Bureau of Standards advises that a wall with a sealed Jazz finish can be cleaned by washing with soap and water using a fairly dry sponge to prevent pushing dirt into the pores. If no sealer was applied, cleaning may be difficult and repainting could be advisable.
The column answers miscellaneous questions on topics from rail yards to World's Fair police, religious affiliations, Liberia, ethnic slurs, roofing shingles, soy as meat substitute, Schubert, and U S millionaires. It cites the Belt Railway of Chicago as the largest yard, World’s Fair police force at 877, and Bilbo’s Liberia bill among other facts.
A 48 page booklet offers more than 100 tested canning and preserving recipes. It promises to guide home canners through the season, helping avoid mistakes and sparking new ideas. Send ten cents postpaid with coupon to Information Bureau in Washington D C for a copy.
Jimmy Roosevelt launches a plan to fund a pension for veteran film workers by taxing studio costs. Fund aims to raise 4 to 5 million dollars, despite theater revenue lows. Distribution rules for long and short careers raise questions about equity among workers.
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