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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1938
Page
4
The snippet shows subscription prices and terms for the Winchester Evening Star with options for yearly, six month, three month, and one month payments. It lists rates in advance and notes editor J. F. Byrd Jr. as editor.
Classifieds cost 2 cents per word with headings, names, and addresses. minimum charge 2.50 dollars. Memorials and Cards of Thanks 10 cents per counted line. Display ads must be in by the day before, 45 cents per inch for transient ads. Contract rates available on request.
A moral exhortation based on Micah 6 8 urging obedience to divine will. It emphasizes doing justly loving mercy and walking humbly with God as the proper path for humankind.
A Springfield city proclamation spurred a Chicken Dinner Day celebrating the chicken industry and civic pride. The Harrisonburg Daily News Record suggests nearby counties join in, envisioning a regional festival rivaling the Apple Blossom.
The Times argues that the average citizen earned under $400 in 1938 while each relief recipient costs $1000. It blames waste and inefficiency for draining funds and starving the poor, urging WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins to focus on relief rather than politics for efficiency and benefit to taxpayers and the unemployed.
A discussion on split infinitives led by Prof. Howard L. Buck of Harvard. The article explains how phrases like to consider are split by adverbs, citing writers such as Matthew Arnold Walter Pater and Thomas Hardy. The piece weighs style and awkwardness in sentences like to thoroughly reorganize the affairs of the company.
The text surveys historic and modern views on split infinitives. It cites grammarians poets and teachers arguing over propriety and effectiveness of splitting the to plus verb construction and notes shifts toward permissiveness and stylistic preference.
The Richmond News Leader rebuts a AP dispatch claiming Franco’s forces bait Britain to join the Spanish conflict. It argues British policy signals sympathy with the insurgents and cites strong British naval power while deeming Germany’s navy weak.
Three of the first ten men in the senior class at V. P. I. are Handley graduates Harry Diekman Walden Resseguie and Kenneth Robinson. Eleven boys and girls receive diplomas from the Douglas Colored High School at its annual ceremony. Srith wins grand graduation prize at the Clarke County Flower Show hosted by the Woman's Club.
William E. Dodd a 68 year old history professor at the University of Chicago is named ambassador to Germany. He owns a home in Loudoun County. The Strasburg Rotary Club organized by a Winchester group receives its charter. Apple and pear exports are shrinking due to high foreign tariffs and many restrictions, according to a trade expert.
Ten years ago plans were announced to rebuild the North Frederick pike using state funds. Handley High School issued diplomas to 33 girls and 20 boys at the annual commencement exercises. H B McCormac was chosen vice president of the permanent organization for the G O P national convention. Winchester drew many visitors for the weekend as the Upperville Horse Show served as the drawing card.
The Star recalls the Civil War at Kernstown as a large frame stable built by Thomas Adams burns overnight. All livestock are saved. J. E. Correll becomes Democratic nominee for Commissioner of Revenue in city primary. D. B. Dinges elected Middletown mayor. H. R. Willey named sergeant.
Fifty years ago Captain J. C. Van Fossen to deliver diplomas to John Kerr High School graduates next week. John H. Snyder chosen master of second veil by John Dove chapter Royal Arch Masons. Lewis Conner, Washington dancer, known for "Oh Mona," visits. A gas jet sets fire to a shirt displayed by Fred Hable in his father’s store.
A compilation from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau answering varied queries. It covers racehorse records War Admiral and Sea Biscuit, Civilian Conservation Corps, electric shavers sales, precursors of laws, culture pearls, and other trivia.
Washington reports on a planned anti monopoly probe tied to Roosevelt era policy shifts. Key figures Namely Arnold Lubin Morgenthau’s Oliphant Nathan Henderson and Frank are named as insiders backing a commission to influence policy and election outcomes. A Berle speech hints at sweeping reforms including possible nationalization or heavy regulation.
Barbara discovers news that Garry Page, a Broadway playwright, is kidnapped for a $100,000 ransom. She wires Natalie for updates and boards a ship home as police and the paper fear for his life. Garry endures captivity in a locked room while drafting scenes and waiting for a ransom decision.
A London Spectator essay argues happiness comes from duty and service rather than sensual pleasure or contentment. It asserts moral and intellectual satisfaction derives from living rightly, choosing pure and noble aims, and embracing any honest occupation with the right spirit.
A Canadian court denounces wives who search husbands pockets for money and jokes that judges take the matter seriously. The piece notes times are tight and such searches are a harmless, futile pastime.
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