Display Advertising Deadlines and Rates Notice
The Winchester Evening Star states display ads must reach the office by 9 P M the day before publication with a 45 cent per inch transient rate and contract rates on application. National representatives listed include Delisser Boyd Inc across major cities. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive rights to re publish AP news dispatches.
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New York
Richmond
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Rochester
Atlanta
San Francisco
Associated Press
Faithful Resolve to Face Hard Duties
A line from Luke 9 51 notes Jesus set his face to go to Jerusalem as the days drew near his ascension. The passage emphasizes steadfastness and determination in facing anticipated tasks and fate.
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Jerusalem
Gasless Sundays May Shape Virginia Road Plans
Secretary Ickes hints gasless Sundays may return this fall affecting fuel receipts. Virginia Read last year earned 19.41 million dollars from the gasoline tax, with a 50 percent Sunday cut costing about 27 thousand dollars per Sunday or 1.4 million annually, likely not crippling highway work due to discretionary maintenance funds and pay‑as‑you‑go financing.
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Virginia
Virginia Adopts Standard No Passing Marks
Virginia roads will use national standard no passing center-line marks for safety. The American Public Works Association notes three types of markings and explains crossing rules, with pamphlets mailed to motorists and strict enforcement planned to inform drivers statewide.
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Virginia
American Public Works Association
New York
American Association of State Highway Officials
Two determined women win case Dismissed on William Street
Reprinted editorial recounts two women who challenged police over a parking meter on William Street. After an hour of waiting and demonstrations, the meter proved wrong and tickets were torn up. The piece ends with the moral to stand firm when certain you are right.
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William Street
Mere
Police
Case
Knox and Air Power Debate The Need for Independent Air Force
The column argues Secretary of the Navy Knox misjudges the push for a separate air force. It cites British examples of joint and independent air power and urges Congress to commission a fact-based investigation to determine whether American air power reaches full potential only with independence.
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Knox
Department of Aviation
Navy
England
Mediterranean
Cape Matapan
Crete
Germany
Europe
Congress
Idea worth copying warns drivers on holiday traffic
The Maryland Traffic Safety Commission urged revoking licenses of violators during the Fourth of July weekend for offenses such as excessive speed failing to keep right failing to signal ignoring stop signs passing on hills and under the influence. The plan aims to curb accidents and improve road safety and suggests Virginia consider a similar warning.
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Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Condi
Maryland
Virginia Motor Vehicle Department
News of Other Years Recaps Milestones Across Decades
A compact retro column lists events from one, five, ten, and twenty five years ago. It notes international tensions in the Balkans, notable local marriages, civic honors, and a missing child case from a John Kerr student, with brief mentions of figures like Haile Selassie and casualties in global conflicts.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Kenneth Keller
John Kerr
Claude M. Grim
American Legion
Oman
Free mail delivery along star routes to begin tomorrow
Forty years ago the county will inaugurate free postal delivery along star routes starting tomorrow. The town and county await court decisions on the arrest of two county workers by police on charges of stealing city property linked to a city county dispute over the plaza.
Practical Plans For Low-Cost Houses
Forty approved single family dwelling plans with exterior sketches and floor layouts are offered in a 70 page government booklet from the Washington Information Bureau. Emphasizes farm houses but suitable for city town or suburb. Kitchen plans approved by home economics experts for efficiency at minimum cost. Ten cents postpaid. Mail to Washington D. C.
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Washington Information Bureau
Price control debate foiled by industry costs and inflation
Washington June 29 Leon Henderson warns that voluntary price controls by industry are ending as costs rise. Chrysler refuses to roll back a recent new car price citing higher component and labor costs, challenging the feasibility of controlling only finished goods. He argues fixed plant expenses slow to rise.
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Washington, D. C
Leon Henderson
Chrysler Automobile Company
Henderson
Hendersons rebuttal in price increase debate noted
Mr Henderson argues profitable firms should absorb some cost rise without raising prices. The discussion shows merit on both sides and reflects the views of authorities Mr Henderson and Mr Keller, who know the matter well.
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Mr. Henderson
Henderson
Mr. Keller
How to Aid Various Cases of Sun Stroke or Heat Exhaustion
Dr. Logan Clendening explains distinguishing heat exhaustion from heat stroke and provides practical first aid. Treat cold, clammy shock with rest and warmth, give small sips of water with salt if available, and seek hospital fluids. for hot dry skin, apply vigorous cold water and fan, then reduce body temperature urgently.
Dr Clendening Pamphlets Offered For Ten Cents Each
An editor notes Dr Clendening has seven pamphlets available for readers at 10 cents each. To obtain one, send 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope. Titles include Three Weeks Reduce s Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Byssiene Digbetes Feminine and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
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Clendening
Remaan
Logan C
Possibilities Limited and Production Ceilings in Auto Industry
The column argues that profitability depends on scale but warns that a 20 to 50 percent production cut by OPM threatens the auto sector. It notes Henderson’s flawed logic amid uncoordinated actions and asserts price ceilings affect all prices including wages, as a former auto maker explains.
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Henderson
OPM
Clamp the Ceiling to Halt Price Distortion
The speaker argues for general price control to prevent the market from becoming distorted as seen in prior wars. Piecemeal controls risk uncompensated confiscation and violating the free system. He credits Mr. Henderson as the on the spot administrator and urges timely government support with needed powers.
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Henderson
Maryland power sufficient for months despite national shortages
Maryland has enough electric power to last several months, per Public Service Commission chairman Steuart Purcell. He said plants currently operate under capacity and can boost output for defense needs, following Interior Secretary Ickes’ warning that rationing might be needed to curb aluminum consumption.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Steuart Purcell
Public Service Commission
States
Purcell
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Browning Dies in Venice on December 1 1889
The poet Robert Browning died in Venice on 1 December 1889. His passing marked the end of a long literary career with works spanning dramatic monologues and vivid verse.
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Robert Browning
Venice
Japanese Beetle Traps Tested in Loudoun County Virginia
In a first kind experiment in Virginia 300 traps baited with synthetic oil will surround two corn fields in Loudoun County to test if all out trapping protects crops. County appropriation of 300 supports the study with County Agent J R Lintner.
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Richmond
Virginia
Loudoun County
G. T. French
J. R. Lintner
Washington
Rappahannock
L. J. Turner
Charlottesville
Danville
Answers to Questions From The Win Evening Star
A reader questions a range of facts from Americans in the Canadian Army to Bleeding Kansas and amateur radio rules. The column cites figures: 8,200 Americans in Canadian armed forces and 18,000 yearly deaths by suicide, plus details on Blanche Kelso Bruce, Boys Town of the South in Orleans Louisiana, and the Kansas Nebraska bill’s bleedings.
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Kansas-Nebraska
Kansas
Seven Student Quiz Questions From The Star
A page two quiz asks seven questions on topics from arnica origins to crows flight, London police HQ address clues, the Getty address Four score and seven years ago, five senses, The Thinker sculptors, plasma broadcasts, wartime factory takeovers, marriage license blood tests, and Lord Clive’s British empire link.
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Met Oer
London
Jo Davidson
Melvina Hoffman
Aya Rodin
U. S Army
Roosevelt
Lord Clive
Do not say I enjoy wandering the library
The note instructs changing a sentence to a specific form by removing quotation marks and adjusting phrasing. It presents a writing tip about transforming a quoted statement into a compact phrase. The emphasis is on precise word choice and punctuation.
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