Classified Rates and Publication Notice Content
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates for classifieds 2 cents per word with copy. memorials and cards of thanks 10 cents per printed line. display ads 45 cents per inch with border. deadlines 9 PM the day before. national reps Tenney Woodward across major cities. Also notes postal registration and publication schedule for Winchester Virginia.
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Tenney- Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Subscription rates for mail orders listed
Rate card shows one year by mail in advance three fifty, six months one eighty five, three months in advance and one month thirty eight cents. The fragment outlines price tiers only.
Elliott Roosevelt Criticizes Radio Censorship Before FCC
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, urged the FCC to end semiannual license renewals and replace them with revocable certificates issued for the public good. He warned that ongoing renewals create fear and threaten free speech, calling for congressional action on the testimony.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Federal Communications Commission
Roosevelt
FCC
Congress
Pitt to drop professional angle in football reform
The University of Pittsburgh will have students play football under eligibility rules similar to the Big Ten, seek Big Ten membership, and sever reliance on paid “best team money can buy.” Coach Jock Sutherland resigns amid clashes with freshmen over wages and squad depletion as Pitt moves toward amateur standards.
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University of Pittsburgh
Big Ten
Jock Sutherland
Pitt
Pleasure and Profit in Women’s Hobbies at New York Fair
The New York Women’s Fair showcased women’s hobbies from bee-raising to welfare work and home crafts. It highlighted how leisure-time activities for women span decor, cooking innovations, and marketable inventions across business and civic life.
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New York
Merchants urged to grow Clifton Forge trade area
Walter Wade urged local merchants to actively develop trade beyond the city, noting 1,500 nearby families not yet shopping here. The piece argues go after trade, use available facilities, and pursue steady effort to expand business beyond current customers.
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Clifton Forge
Henry Ford
Walter Wade
M. Botts Lewis
Too Many Aliens in the United States Alleged by House Panel
The House Rules Committee heard claims that well organized groups smuggle millions of aliens yearly. Dickstein cited illegal entry from Canada and Mexico, deportations plunging since Perkins's tenure, and relief practices aiding illegals, urging stricter laws and deportations of both illegal and nonconforming legal residents.
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House Rules Committee
United States
Dickstein
House Immigration Committee
Canada
Mexico
Perkins
Harry Bridges
Labor Department
Supreme Court
America
House
Winchester Community Leaders Featured at Annual Meeting
Mrs. Fred L. Glaize Jr. is elected president of the Junior Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital at the annual meeting. Lester D. Arnold is elected president of the Winchester Golf Club to succeed Clarke Cooper. John W. Nail, noted artist and wood carver, dies at his North Loudoun street home at age 65.
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Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Memorial Hospital
John W. Nail
Winchester
North Loudoun Street
Lester D. Arnold
Winchester Golf Club
Clarke Cooper
Death Takes a Holiday star has key role at Little Theatre
Mrs Ian Crawford MacCallum holds an important role in the Little Theatre's current production Death Takes a Holiday. A reader contest by The Star offers prizes for spotting errors in advertisements. Two cars driven by local residents collide on Front Royal pike, with wreckage spanning Clarke Frederick and Warren counties.
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Ian Crawford MacCallum
The
Star
Front Royal Pike
Clarke, Frederick and
Warren
Answers From The Winchester Evening Star Q&A Digest
Reader questions answered by The Winchester Star Information Bureau include topics on pari mutuel betting in Rhode Island and its start dates, California industries led by oil tourism motion pictures and citrus, the Inconoscope as part of the TV camera, the head of the New England Governors Conference, and the principal stage cast of Outward Bound.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
California
Club of California
Police Chief's Missing Car Found After Three Days
Pulaski Virginia police chief M C Pierce reported his car missing. An officer later located the vehicle parked on a downtown street, and the chief recalled he had left it there three days earlier.
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Pulaski
M. C. Pierce
Household Helps time and labor saving booklet offered
The Information Bureau announces a 32 page booklet titled Household Helps for the modern homemaker. It promises labor saving devices and methods to reduce housework. Send ten cents postpaid to Frederick J. Haskin in Washington DC with name address and payment.
Mexican rebels capture border town Jaurez after battle
Ten years ago Mexican rebels seized Jaurez from government troops in a bloody clash at the border town. The Braddock Street Church Golden Rule Bible Class hosts 225 at its annual banquet. Andrew Bell reviews industrial headway in the city in a Richmond Times Dispatch special story.
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Jaurez
Golden Rule Bible Class
Braddock Street
Andrew Bell
Richmond Times Dispatch
Fairfax Club elects Patton president and McGuire vice-president
Twenty five years ago T B Patton was chosen president of the Fairfax Club with Dr H H McGuire as vice president. Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society announces plans to rebuild fairgrounds buildings torn down by a hurricane. Governor Hatfield states West Virginia will not evade any portion of Civil War debt owed to Virginia.
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T. B. Patton
Fairfax Club
H. H. McGuire
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Hatfield
West Virginia
Virginia
Forty Years Ago Noted In The Star 1899 column
A note from The Star recalls events from forty years prior, stating no paper on this date in 1899 was found in the archive. The brief remark anchors a retro look at past coverage and missing issues.
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the Star
Planning and Life Mastery: Lessons from History
The article argues that success comes from meticulous planning. It cites Esquire insights about German wartime prep and quotes leaders like Baldwin and Mussolini to urge thorough preparation, careful speaking, and honesty about mistakes, ending with a 1939 copyright note.
Mystery of the Horace Witherspoon Case Continues
Detective Chief Ellis presses Jeffrey Todington as Daphne Witherspoon and the Witherspoon circle face a tangled motive. Horace Witherspoon’s murder hints and staged alibis complicate the search for a killer among wealthy circles amid romance and secrets awaiting the next development.
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McIntyre
Phil
Della
Mr. Horace
Horace
Mac
Elsie
O. K
Jeffrey Todington
Jeffrey
Daphne Witherspoon
Count Orsini
Ellis
Mr. Ellis
Todington
Mac McIntyre
Daphne Withespoon
Cotton Exports Dip Below Four Million Bales This Year
The article notes that this year the United States exported under four million bales of cotton to foreign buyers, the lowest since 1884. It contrasts with prior years when exports stayed above five million bales, including during wartime and boll weevil pressures. The piece cites The Texas Weekly for historical context.
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Texas Weekly
United States
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Leverett Saltonstall
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Japan
National Bureau of Standards
Maxim Gorki
Ee A. Gorki
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American Cereal Company
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Earth
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Esquire
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Stanley Baldwin
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House of Lords
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