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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1939

Page

4

Advertising rates and deadlines for classifieds notice

Classifieds list pricing 2 cents per word with 25 cent minimum and memorials 10 cents per line. Display ads 9 p.m. prepublication deadline and 45 cents per inch for transient ads. National reps Tenney Woodward with offices in major cities. LAS

Tenney- Woodward and Company, Inc New York Detroit Kansas City San Francisco Chicago Boston Atlanta Los Angeles LAS

Subscription Rates and Denials Note

Rates listed for carrier and mail subscriptions in advance with several term options. The text includes a biblical quote from Matthew about Peter denying Jesus, framed as a regretful note regarding denials.

March milestones in Hitler’s expansion 1935 to 1939

Timeline notes Hitler abandons Versailles disarmament in March 1935 and rearms Germany. In March 1936 troops remilitarize the Rhineland. In March 1938 Austria is seized and annexed to the Reich. March 1939 question marks the next step.

Austria

Seibel Cartoons Featured in Chicago Exhibition

Fred Seibel, cartoonist for THE RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, is shown at the Art Institute of Chicago with his work including September Morn. The piece and others highlight Seibel among America’s top cartoonists, with patrons like Roosevelt and Farley owning his originals.

Fred ©. Seibel Richmond Times-Dispatch Art Institute of Chicago Mr. Seibel Times-Dispatch Seibel America Chabas Roosevelt Moscow James A. Farley Garner Harry Hopkins Carter Glass Richmonder THE STAR Fred Seibel

Dodds Warns Alumni on Democracy Balancing Freedom and Social Duty

Dr Harold W Dodds president of Princeton addresses about 400 alumni warning that democracy thrives on creative individualism within a balanced social order. He argues against ideologies favoring regimentation like communism and fascism and calls for resistance to centralized dictation while upholding personal liberty.

Princeton Harold W. Dodds University America

PARDONING OUR OFFENDERS

Richmond Times Dispatch argues the governor should not bear sole blame for pardons without a parole system. It defends cautious use of clemency while urging broader reforms to release prisoners, reduce disparities, and avoid politicizing mercy in Virginia's penal system.

Richmond Times-Dispatch Commonwealth Times-Dispatch Virginia Price Perry Governor Price Hon John S. Draper Draper Virginia State Penitentiary

Trial date set for Pingley in Sheriff Newcome murder

The court fixes April 5 for the George Pingley trial over the death of Sheriff J W Newcome. Greta Garbo and Leopold Stokowski are reportedly vacationing together in Italy. Senator Aubrey Weaver's highway bill to relocate Route 50 at Boyce is sent to a subcommittee, potentially removing Boyce from the road.

George Pingley J. W. Newcome Greta Garbo Leopold Stokowski Italy Aubrey Weaver Highway Department Boyce

Five Years Ago Trial Defense in Larceny Case

The defense of Max Krol rests without calling him to testify on the stand. Arbitrators award John J. Miller heirs 28416 for land and timber in Shenandoah National Park areas of Warren and Rappahannock counties. C W A employment in Winchester cut drastically leaving 145 jobs. February records show all time cold weather with 12 below zero.

Max Krol John J. Miller Shenandoah National Park Warren Rappahannock Winchester

Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Rumored on Mexico Flight

Ten years ago Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow were seen taking an airplane ride together in Mexico amid romance rumors. A mass meeting shows strong support for continuing the spring festival here. James J. Davis is reported to stay as Secretary of Labor in Hoover's upcoming cabinet. Alexander W. Whetzel, aged 81, is buried at Mt. Hebron after dying in Martinsburg.

Charles Lindbergh Anne Morrow Mexico James J. Davis Hoover Alexander W. Whetzel Martinsburg Mt. Hebron Elsie Phil Daphne Mister X Taylor Mac Mcintyre T . “Gare

War Talk and Anniversary Observed in Local Notes

A 25 year old interview quotes Representative James Hays saying the U.S. could field a 90 000 man standing army if war comes. Preparations begin for the V M S 50th New Market battle anniversary celebration. Stewart Bowen dies from burns in the area, the tenth such casualty. A Nemo piece recounts General Robert E Lee as his family and close friends knew him.

James Hays America Battle of New Market Stewart Bowen Nemo Robert FE. Lee

Painting of Charles T. Moss showcased in Mt. Hebron church scene

Forty years ago a painting of Charles T Moss depicting the old Lutheran Church in Mt Hebron is exhibited in W H Bakers store on Main street. Prospecting for coal or any metal in the Dainesboro area proceeds after a coal company asks for options. Miss Mary W Pannett and Mr Claude Kline wed at the bride’s home just north of the city.

Charles T. Moss Mt. Hebron W. H. Baker Main Street

Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Notice

Reader can obtain factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. Enclose three cents for reply and mailing details.

Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin Washington, D. C

First air cargo shipped from New York to Columbus in 1910

The Morehouse Martens Co of Columbus received five bolts of Rajah silk shipped from New York by Parmelee a publicity stunt that carried the label This silk is a piece of the first merchandise ever carried in an airplane Dayton to Columbus November 7 1910. The 60 mile flight took 56 minutes and paid 5000 for the stunt.

J. B S. A Morehouse-Martens Co Columbus Parmelee Rogers & Thompson New York City New York Dayton

Be Thrifty Budget Your Income Be Thrifty Budget Your Income

This 1939 household budget booklet promotes prudent money management with simple facts, tables, charts, budgets, and ruled pages. It urges readers to learn saving and budgeting and offers a postpaid coupon for ten cents.

Household Budget Booklet 1939 Enclosed with Ten Cents

Information Bureau offers the 1939 Household Budget Booklet. The sender encloses ten cents and provides name and address for mailing to Washington D C. The note specifies careful wrapping and requests delivery to a street or rural route.

Warden's Quiet Rule Turns Hard Prisoner

A French Guiana penal camp story shows a warden who refuses confrontation. A violent convict refuses to work, sits idle for days, then volunteers, becoming meek through cooperation. The tale urges applying this method in parenting and management.

French Guiana McNaught Syndica

Manor Mystery at Witherspoons Ends in Suspense

Elsie Ritter, a beauty shop operator, fills in at the Witherspoon townhouse salon and becomes entwined in a murder case as the elderly Mrs. Witherspoon and her daughter in law die under a hair dryer. Phil Benson and Mac McIntyre investigate while a cigar tissue and a mysterious killer loom, with a nocturnal attack heightening the danger.

Elsie Ritter Horace Witherspoon Elsie Witherspoon Benson McIntyre Horace Witherspoon, Jr Phil

Bitter almond scent hints at killer mask clue

In the midnight salon scene Phil and the narrator chase a clue after a missing beauty mask and a toxic bitter almond odor. A suspicious note and a whispered plan point to a druggist knowing poison smells and a hidden second compartment. The tension rises as danger looms in the lobby.

Taylor Phil

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