Advertising rates and terms for classified and display ads
The notice lists pricing for classified ads at 2 cents per word with minimum 25 cents and memorials at 10 cents per line. Cash with copy. Display ads with border due by 9 PM the day before publication. Transient rate 45 cents per inch. National reps listed in major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenney- Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Subscription rates listed for mail and carrier delivery
The notice provides annual and short term rates for mail subscriptions in advance and for carrier delivery, including one year two six months three months and one month options with amounts. It notes weekly pricing as well and includes a misprint at the end indicating weekly rate.
Pardon power questioned over Virginia governor's actions
The Star analyzes Governor Price's pardons of five Southwest Virginians including two murder cases and a hog stealing conviction. Local officials oppose the clemency, urging that suspensions undermine law enforcement and erode public confidence. Price defends his use of pardons and cites a lower total than the prior administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Commonwealth
Claude S. Howard
Commonwealth Attorney
Virginia
Crack Down on Fortified Wine in Virginia ABC Rules
The Virginia ABC Board tightens rules on fortified domestic wines wine sales in pint containers banned after July 1 to curb underage drinking and Saturday night brawls. The move aims to preserve temperance and reduce disorders linked to 24 percent alcohol in flask shaped containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
ABC Board
Europe
ABC
New Hampshire Invited for 1944 Winter Games
The Christian Science Monitor argues New Hampshire offers a picturesque setting for the 1944 Olympic winter games. It praises the state's snow covered uplands and Grand Stone Face as an ideal backdrop for skiers skaters and spectators, urging organizers to choose the region for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
New Hampshire
America
Winnipesaukee
Zabulon Pike
Valley of the Gods
Mount Washington
Pikes Peak
Matterhorn
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Glens
Apple Blossom festival chairmen named for year
Miss Virginia Boyd and Mrs. Clarke Cooper are announced as chairmen of key committees for the annual Apple Blossom festival staging. The House road committee kills the Senate bill to relocate eight miles of route 50 around Boyce. An icy street incident damages only a police car after being rammed by another vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Boyd
Clarke Cooper
House of Delegates
Senate
Boyce
Winchester Moose Quint Wins Extra Period Thriller
The Winchester Moose quint defeats Berryville 53 to 52 in overtime. John Dillinger, the famed outlaw, walks out of Crown Point prison with a fake gun and is pursued by a 500‑strong posse. Miss Dora Waldeck, a Kauffman school teacher, wins a $3 Lions Club spelling bee prize at Handley auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Moose Quint
Berryville
John Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
Dora Waldeck
Kauffman School
Lions Club
Handley Auditorium
Crowds Gather in Washington for Hoover Inauguration
Nasty weather is forecast as crowds overflow the capital for President Hoover's inauguration. Burton S. Bush takes office as the new agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the area. A bomb destroys the home of Alice Good, a colored resident, injuring no one among the three occupants.
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Washington
Hoover
Burton S. Bush
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Alice Good
Couple elope and wed in Hagerstown after thwarted plan
Twenty five years ago Clarence Lewis of White Hall and Miss Virgie Sihrley of Gerrardstown eloped to Hagerstown and married. William G. Conrad, a Clarke county millionaire residing at Montana Hall, Sinking after a long illness. Capon Bridge residents calm after a smallpox scare prompts migration thoughts.
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Clarence Lewis
White Hall
Virgie Sihrley
Gerrardstown
Hagerstown
William G. Conrad
Montana Hall
Clarke County
Montana
Union Fire Co. renamed Charles Rouss Steam Fire Co. No. 2
Forty years ago the Union Fire Co. became the Charles Rouss Steam Fire Co. No. 2 after sixty six years under its former name. St George Tucker Grim, Confederate veteran, dies at his son's home. A prominent local fruit grower predicts another peach crop failure. C. E. Hoover chosen chairman and E. G. Hollis secretary of the first ward primary.
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Union Fire Co
Charles Rouss
Questions and answers from The Winchester Evening Star
A compilation of trivia and fact questions with brief answers on topics from authors and art to postage, taxes, and historical terms. Notable items include Remarque and Mann writers leaving Germany, Rembrandt self-portraits, Eden’s fee, turtle races, U S Post Office vehicle count, opal superstition, Detroit Turtle Trudge, Dionne quintuplets fortune, Howard Hughes flight food, soft drink taxes, Sears Roebuck ownership, Gretna Green origin, and England's five major banks.
Winchester Star Red Letter Testament Offer
The Winchester Star advertises a red letter edition of the Testament with the Saviour’s sayings in red. The 254 page Bible paper volume in a black cover includes harmony of the gospels and a special section naming Bible referenced trees waters mountains instruments and birds. Copies cost the meet price plus a 20 cent handling charge.
Coupon Request for New Testament Copy Item
A reader encloses twenty cents for a copy of the New Testament sent to Washington D C. Name street or rural route city state mail to Washington D C. Information Bureau notes the request directed to the Winchester Evening Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reater
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Theatre contrasts Lunt Fontanne with ego driven actor
Reader recalls Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne stressing the play over ego and contrasts them with another actor who clings to personal glory. The note questions whether self forgetfulness serves or harms a career and cites James J. Hill on saving money as a test of success. Also mentions Dale Carnegie Day at the San Francisco World's Fair with Carnegie's planned lecture.
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Switzerland
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Lunt
Fontanne
Broadway
James J. Hill
Mr. Hill
McNaught Syndicate
Dale Carnegie
Appapas
Carnegie
Private investigator hired in Witherspoon murder case
In the manor, Mac McIntyre is hired to probe murders after cyanide is found in Mrs. Witherspoon. He challenges Chief Ellis, recruits Elsie as a stenographer, and warns that a killer remains among the guests and household members while authorities consider exhuming a possible second victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil
Dr. Didmore
Mr. Horace
Mr. Esprace
Chief Ellis
McIntyre
Doc Didmore
Ellis
Chicago
Miss Ritter
Witherspoon
Mac
Karns
Press
Benson
Inactive Campaigner Wins Big With No Votes Cast
West Frankfort Illinois candidate A M Arii aged 79 ran an unusual campaign by not soliciting votes and staying in his office to avoid showing too much of himself. He won more votes than any of 69 candidates in the municipal primary while his nearest rival drew about half as many. The article notes others took a physical exam for a federally backed civilian pilot training program, with Kurth among 20 eligible at K U who question the decision May likely later see value in it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton I. Crowell
Commonwealth
Pulaski County
E. Lee Trinkle
Howard
Kurth
K. U
Next Corrigan Lawrence Kans Dwigh Kurth KU Student
Lawrence Kansas Dwight Kurth a Kansas University student is mentioned in connection with a local item from the period. The fragment notes a person named Corrigan in the same vicinity and hints at an event or record involving Kurth. Further details are unreadable in the clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kas
Dwight Kurth
Kansas University
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Smith
Capon Bridge
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Hitler
J. H
Erich Maria Remarque
Bruno Frank
Thomas Mann
Vicki Baum
Ludwig
Heinrich Mann
Klaus Mann
Ernst Glaeser
Rembrandt
M. B
Anthony Eden
National Association of Manufacturers
University of Detroit
Michigan
United States
United States Post Office Service
the Postal Service
Venice
Baltimore
Maryland
M.G.S. A
Howard Hughes
J. P. HH
Federation of Tax Administrators
South Carolina
Alabama
Louisana
Georgia
Tennessee
Sears and Roebuck
W. J
R. W. Sears
Alvah C. Roebuck
Gretna Green
Scotland
England
L. R
The
Midland
Lloyd’s
Barclay’s
Westae
National Provincial
Winchester Star
Winchester Evening Star
Information Bureau
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D C
Scott
R. J. Scott
Venezuela
North Pole
Cape
King Femurm Syndicate, Inc
Deat Ftamin
Releas
Ras Central Press Association
Daphne
Rome
Hank
Pete
O. K
Horace
Henrietta
Elsie
the Times
Mr. Witherspoon
Elis
Mr. Ellis
West Frankfort
Ill
A. Marii
Corrigan
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