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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star announces editor F Byrd Jr at the helm. The page presents standard local notices and community briefs for Winchester and surrounding areas.
Classifieds charge 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum. memorials and cards of thanks 10 cents per printed line. Display ads with borders due by 9 PM the day before publication. Transient rate 45 cents per inch. Contracts on request. National reps Tenney Woodward and Company across the U S cities.
The passage states that The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to use for republication all AP dispatches or those not credited and all local news published in the paper. It emphasizes AP ownership of content reproduced by the newspaper.
A compact biblical verse fragment urges Jerusalem to arise and sit, freeing the captive daughter of Zion from oppression as Isaiah 52 2 proclaims.
A speech by Frank Murphy, newly named U S Attorney General, argues for trimming the public payroll by more than one million jobs and reducing annual government salaries from about six billion to under five billion. He blasts entrenched bureaucracy and ties waste to spoils politics, echoing reformist calls from Glass Byrd and earlier Democratic platforms.
A Paris dispatch reports Hitler’s ten point program described as peace terms pressed by the victor on the vanquished. It notes Hitler demands a large indemnity, though the term indemnity is not used in the description of his demands.
The article details Hitler’s proposed terms including a $5 billion cash payment and $5 billion in materials as initial peace price. It notes sources of funding, potential British and French material handover, and US risk with gold reserves. It also covers calls for an international exports clearing system and various European- focused points.
Richmond leaders weigh Archibald MacLeish’s appointment as Librarian of Congress. Critics say the post demands deep library methods and technical direction, while supporters hail the poet’s honors and potential to elevate the field.
A list of seven trivia prompts asking: location of Lake Maracaibo, lightest gas after hydrogen, meaning of homonyms, sport linked to Raymond Sonny Workman, river hosting Shoshone Dam, pronunciation of iterative, first country to recognize the Soviet government, where the Dionne quintuplets met the royal visit, Milan’s famous theatre, and ocean bordering Peru.
A writer urges using concise terms like deprivation instead of lengthy phrases about the poor. The exchange centers on clarity and sensitivity in discussing poverty effects.
County officers investigate the fire that destroyed Gray DeHaven's store at DeHaven. Van Springdale estate at Bartonville is bought by Van Meter Hack. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrive in Southern France to take up residence on the Riviera.
Five years ago Max Baer battered Primo Carnera for the heavyweight title while George Arliss starred in The House of Rothschild, hailed by critics as a top film. Local gasoline dealers begin cutting prices in a broad price war across the city.
Ten years ago James P. Reardon served as chief speaker at the alumni banquet at St. Joseph’s School in Martinsburg. The state increased marriage license fees from $1 to $3 and county and city clerks were notified. Handley High’s senior class of 1929 held the last social function of their high school career with a banquet.
Funeral services are held for Mrs. Ann Holmes Tucker McGuire widow of Dr W P McGuire who died yesterday in the hospital. Julian Ward C R Anderson and John Cather appointed to manage the Northwest Turnpike board for the state. Edward McCarty, a well known telephone lines man, is quite ill at Memorial Hospital.
Forty years ago no copy of The Star for this date was found in our files leaving a gap in the archive and hindering retrospective coverage of events, people, and notices from that day.
In a wedding morning custom described in Scott's Scrap Book, relatives of the bride visit the groom at his home to observe a free shave. The item reflects a traditional practice noted in 1939 World rights material syndicated by King Features. A contrasting caption warns drivers to slow down on curves.
Eleanor Parrish gains confidence as Phil approves her first published story while admitting doubts about his own writing. He warns their paths may diverge but vows to keep their shared world intact. They plan to tell daughter Jessica and continue building a life on mutual support.
Saint Thomas Aquinas is regarded as the greatest medieval philosopher and influential educator. He taught by commentary on Aristotle, shaping university methods and leaving a lasting philosophical theological legacy.
A quiz of facts includes figures on railroad workers earnings in 1938 at 1859 dollars average. It notes Israel Joseph Singer as author of The Brothers Ashkenazi. It cites Charles Mason topping Robert E Lee in West Point class of 1829. It covers tissue water ranges and jellyfish composition. It gives Harding as first president pictured in an automobile in 1921 inaugural parade. It lists Ruth Bryan Rohde as Collaborator of the United States Travel Bureau. It recounts Frank Henhold Detroit first ice cubing machine around 1900 and 1914 household ice cube invention by Fred W Wolfe. It notes 1938 Massachusetts population 4 435 000 and world gold production 2 160 529 pounds valued at 651 million dollars. It mentions 4640 New York women worth 100 000 or more. It records Foxy Grandpa debut January 7 1900 in New York Herald. It adds Whitman’s candy package introduced 1912 with a 1915 cross stitch trademark and Whitman’s 1842 Philadelphia founding.
An ad promotes THE HASKIN QUIZ BOOK offering 750 questions across art history biographies Bible sports literature geography and more for ten cents postpaid. Readers are urged to mail ten cents with name address and routing to Washington D C for a copy.
A publicity dispatch notes Twentieth Century Fox film Falling Stars revives many "famous old-timers" led by Mack Sennett Ben Turpin Bus ter Keaton George O Hara Jack Costello Frank Hall Crane and Barry Johnson The column laments Hollywood discards veteran experience while praising industry insiders and quirky anecdotes about stars and productions.
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