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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
12
The Winchester Evening Star published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester, Virginia.
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A religious reflection centered on 1 John 1 3 inviting fellowship with the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. The text emphasizes firsthand witness and shared experience as a basis for communal belief and spiritual connection.
The Richmond News Leader details two workers debts from the numbers game over 681 days. A day laborer earned 13.50 weekly and a house maid seven weekly lost 144.21 and 126.62 respectively while the operators netted 270.83. The couple each reduced rent and insurance as a result.
United States Circuit Judge Martin T. Manton pleads for reversal of his conviction for conspiring to obstruct justice and taking bribes. He claims his reputation is ruined by a hostile press and denounces newspapers for shifting blame onto others.
The Peters burg Progress notes commentators struggle to label Vice President Garner as conservative or liberal. They argue a long public life offers no clear definition of liberal or conservative. They compare the conflicting definitions to Solomon's wives in humor.
Colonel Brenon Somerville, WPA head in New York, faced union backlash after a teacher union chair demanded universal “excellent” ratings for all workers. Somerville discharged the teacher, with unions planning to challenge the action, arguing no coercion occurred while criticizing jobless protestors and union influence on WPA programs.
The Petersburg Progress Index notes a pending bill to raise New York State cigarette tax from one to two cents per pack if Governor Lehman signs. The New York World Telegram criticizes overlapping taxes as irrational and costly to collect, warning of potential further price increases and broader tax complications.
Eleanor, a rising author, wrestles with writing a short story for a magazine while managing marriage to Phil in a quiet suburban town. She navigates social expectations, household duties, and her own ambition, planning a new novel focusing on influential women, and realizing she has long denied her own individuality.
A quiz item asks which two signers of the Constitution later served as U S Presidents. Likely answers are George Washington and James Madison, noting Washington did sign as president and Madison as signer who became president.
A public weather brief instructs reporters to avoid stating plain heat and instead use terms like very or certainly to describe high temperatures.
The Friendship Fire Co. reel team runs a 32 second trial in town as it bids for the state meet in Luray. Charles Peacemaker faces arson charges for a fire at 113 West Germain Street. Dr. R. E. Kerlin is elected Grand Chaplain of the Grand Council of Royal Arcanum of Virginia at the Richmond state convention.
Five years ago Joseph L. Carson a War ren county community leader dies at his daughter's Woodstock home. George R. Shepherd linked to a skin game in connection with Stanley Tool Works is in Winchester police custody. Miss Rebecca Beverley resigns as secretary to Frederick county schools superintendent Leslie Kline.
Ten years ago the Anti-Smiths of Virginia nominate Dr W M Brown to run for governor. Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh, formerly Anne Morrow, return from honeymoon by air. Reports say heavy loss of life in New Zealand as earthquakes continue to shake the region.
Twenty five years ago large crowds attended a mass meeting denouncing liquor and supporting state wide prohibition. Construction began on the C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage project near Charles Town with plans to finish by harvest time. G. James Tyler, a young thief held on robbery charges, escaped jail by a clever ruse implicating his wife.
The Rev. George C. Shepherd of Grand Rapids Michigan is appointed as the new principal of Fairfax Hall School for girls. Meanwhile Miss Charlotte Conner leads The Star's contest to name the citys most popular business woman. T M Snapp and Peter Dinkle enjoy a camping and fishing trip on the Capon River.
The Tidewater News criticizes Interior Secretary Harold Ickes as a militant New Dealer and prodigal spender. It cites his campaign work, Look magazine endorsement misstep, and calls him Hokum Hal for bungling public remarks. The piece portrays Ickes as a political liability to the New Deal.
In the New Yorker Howard Brubaker notes Britain’s preparedness with conscription heavier taxes and front page coverage signaling a strong public mobilization against aggression.
A compilation of Q and A on topics from military tank compatibility with trees to youth hostels worldwide. Included are Mussolini Hitler plans, Oregon song birds, flounder house architecture, wisteria flowering, printing in the Congressional Record, and the name Ariel meaning Lion of God.
An advertisement for a 32 page booklet titled Common Household Pests lists insects and pests like ants cockroaches bedbugs mice and more. It invites readers to mail ten cents postpaid to receive the booklet and provides fields for name city street or rural route in Washington D C.
Hollywood’s leading men are seen as boyish, fun loving figures who juggle hobbies from treasure hunts to big game fishing. The author notes Carole Lombard and Jean Parker charms while detailing Maxims from Lilian Russell and snippets about Franchot Tone, Ginger Rogers, Loretta Young, Joan Davis and Edith Wilkerson’s wit amid studio publicity.
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