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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1939
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star published daily except Sundays under editor F. Byrd Jr. and issued by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia, with postal service entry as second class matter.
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The notice lists subscription prices by carrier: one year four dollars fifty cents in advance, six months two dollars twenty five cents, three months one dollar thirty cents, and one month forty six cents. The Friday June 23, 1939 issue prints a biblical verse from Song of Solomon about enduring love.
The Social Security Board lists fifty one families by numerical strength, led by the Smiths with 97 congressional members. Johnsons stand second with 46, Williams fourth with 55, and Browns third with 46, revealing Anglo-Saxon dominance and noting the absence of Italian surnames, amid immigration quota policies.
An item recounts Gen. "Fighting Joe" Wheeler’s Civil War feats near Chattanooga, his 1898 Spanish American War service, and later years. It notes debates over whether his 2,000 Federal supply wagons loss was the greatest, adds tales of San Juan Hill, and recalls his death and congressional service.
The passage notes long standing Italian and German immigration, predicts limits on future flows due to quotas, and observes differing progress among ethnic groups led by Browns Jacksons Robinsons Smiths and Joneses. It credits the Social Security Board for expanding genealogical knowledge about U S people.
Scott recounts a past Bishopville South Carolina auto accident where a car lost control hit an embankment somersaulted and landed upright on another car. The piece notes a wheel’s rough beard and a mechanic’s resolve as humorous asides within the dated column.
A reader’s prompt lists seven quiz items asking continents for French Guiana, Byron White’s college, NEA meaning, Roman numeral for 1492, pronunciation of mediocre, Washington’s signatory status on the Declaration, and questions about cattalos soldiers the Squalus survivors and the location of the United States Military Academy.
The instruction advises using the word habit instead of the phrase wringing her hands. It emphasizes concise wording and avoids melodramatic or ambiguous phrasing in summaries.
Connie Mack, veteran manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, is honored in the majors on his 52nd year in baseball. Katherine Rush chairs a committee arranging the 1937 class banquet reunion. Max Schmeling is floored in the first round by Joe Louis and doctors report great pain.
Smith and Shepherd cut gas price to 19 cents a gallon in a continuing competition. A gift shower honors Mrs. Mason Reid on her recent wedding at Step hens City. The Handley band returned from Blacksburg after being acclaimed as the feature of the annual FFA rally at VPI.
Officers report moonshiners are quitting stream banks to operate from cisterns to evade detection. Rev. Dr. L. A. Thomas is called to Grace Lutheran Church from Concord, N C. The Northwestern Grade is to be rebuilt to the West Virginia line.
A 25 year old law bans liquor signs on buildings not selling liquor. Government experts predict a large apple and peach crop for the region. Mrs. G McIntyre Weaver of Berkeley Springs West Virginia dares a farmer with a law book when he becomes confrontational. U S Cavalry units that camped here last year are in Colorado and unlikely to return.
The second annual session of the Southern Educational Association convenes at Capon Springs West Virginia. J Prank Eddy offers a gold watch to the person bringing him the most Star coupons in the voting contest for city’s most popular business woman. William Calvert distributes the new uniforms of the Charles Rouse Fire Co.
In a later evening scene Phil Parrish and his daughter Jessica return to a lively home. Eleanor and Jessica recount the party while Phil grapples with his wife’s income and future, revealing their hopes, jokes, and plans for work as Eleanor contemplates resuming her writing.
The piece notes a woman smoking unseen by observers appears unashamed and self conscious, suggesting women feel mischievous when smoking around men. It argues women may enjoy the act more for the pose than for nicotine and adds no objection to women smoking provided they supply their own cigarettes and matches.
The Winchester Evening Star information service provides trivia Q and A on topics from Roosevelt’s speaking rate to last WWI Navy shot, Jack London’s manuscript price, licensed women free experts, Longwood Gardens visiting hours, first concrete pavement, annual incandescent lamp use, and other brief curiosities with concise factual answers.
The American Automobile Association offers a 10 cent booklet CARE OF THE CAR. It provides simple facts on car care and safety to help owners get better service and enjoyment from their vehicles before summer travel. Mail coupon to Washington DC for a copy.
In Hollywood a nationalist sales push dominates film planning with stars and scripts tailored to patriotic themes. The piece criticizes nepotism censorship strikes and pay disparities while listing industry gossip on contracts, cast changes, and ongoing feuds as studios face antitrust scrutiny and shifting loyalties.
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