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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1939
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists rates for advertising including 2 cents per word with 25 cent minimum, memorials at 10 cents per line, and display ads with 9 PM prepublication deadline. Subscriptions by carrier priced with faithfulness bringing sorrow verse Luke 22 62.
Lord Halifax issued a firm public statement declaring Britain would use full strength to defend smaller European states if Germany continues aggression. He stressed peace is desired but warned war will be declared if Hitler persists, criticizing past appeasement and bluff.
The piece argues that children face daily risks from traffic as they play. It notes summer playgrounds help some, but winter closures and lack of safe zones persist. It envisions planned communities where roads are separated from youth recreation and stresses action now.
The Yankee Clipper sails from Port Washington on a Saturday afternoon carrying letters to Azores Europe Africa Asia and beyond with mails closing at 11 am and postage set at 30 cents per half ounce including Europe air service. A week earlier the same ship completed its first eastward ocean flight with passengers in a routine trip that left observers seeking excitement.
Time Magazine's Radio Guide analyzes seven hopes for 1940, judging Roosevelt Farley Dewey Garner Taft Hull Vandenberg and their radio presence. Scores reflect voice quality delivery and poise with notes on sincerity and style. Roosevelt leads at 97 percent and Taft trails with 85 percent in overall appeal.
Eleanor Parrish rises to fame with her prize novel Descendents of Kings, embraces celebrity life, and navigates invitations, romances, and vanity as she and Phil balance public attention with private, wary appetites for success. Dwight Morgan enters as a flattering suitor, pulling her into a glittering yet hollow social world.
Reader queries answered by the Information Bureau director in Washington D C cover flying clubs age of child actors in The Philadelphia Story likely mural artist at Library of Congress, U S corn production, value of Toscanini string instruments, books on Negro achievement, steam propulsion in warships, radio sound effects, Mellon art gallery marble work, India agriculture, English road tax, modeling clay formula, lightning risk with tubular chairs, boat buoyancy, and U S real estate tax values with a 1937 property assessment figure.
The items ask which state is nicknamed the Gem State and other general knowledge queries. They cover topics from naval lowering tackles to Fulton’s Clermont, historic leaders, and political offices. The questions include Caesar and Cleopatra, New Zealand capital, and New York governor term length.
Readers are advised to avoid the phrase conservative estimate and instead say a moderate estimate to convey a cautious but fair projection. The guidance emphasizes precise language in reporting estimates across contexts.
George W. Dellinger, 93, heads to Gettysburg to join Civil War veterans in the commemorations. Receivers named for Brucetown Woolen Mill include B. P. Harrison, A. Taylor Ritter, and Sloan Kuykendall.
Five years ago Kathleen Spates questioned city manager P P Pilcher and was discharged without reason. A petition circulates to reinstate her as part of the local dispute. Also noted is the decision to delay opening Frederick county schools until October 1 for the 1934 35 term and the appointment of A J Tavenner as Frederick county Trial Justice, a new position created by the General Assembly.
Ten years ago the Winchester Park Association, recently organized, enrolls many new members as three local youths robbed Braithwaite's store on Main Street and the trio are arrested after a spree with loot. Miss Selma Stickley Funk of Strasburg marries Mr. Cecil Boyd Lupton of Kernstown.
Miss Lenora Martin and Albert Finley marry in Shepherdstown West Virginia with Fred S. Boyd advertising Kodak cameras and camera gear at his drug store. S. L. Laren boasts he can build the best carriage or other rigs in town in an advertisement in The Star.
Rumor says local business men have gained control of the Harpers Ferry brewery. Lewis and Conner with their Washington D C professional dancers visit the town. City authorities express concern over low water pressure in the south end.
The notice urges readers to order the CARE OF THE FEET booklet for ten cents postpaid. It offers guidance on home treatment of foot ills, proper shoes and stockings, and simple exercises to strengthen stance, with a coupon to mail to Washington, D. C.
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