The Winchester Evening Star Classified Rates and Contacts
Advertising rates and terms for The Winchester Evening Star outline classified and display charges. It lists two cents per word with 25 cent minimum, 9 P M display copy deadline, transient 45 cents per inch, and contract rates, plus agency connections in major cities. John 14 14 quote included in spirit section.
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Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester
New York
Richmond
DelLisser-Boyd, Inc
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Rochester
Atlanta
San Francisco
Salary of the Winchester Trial Justice Should Be Restored
A letter argues the Common Council erred in cutting the trial justice salary from 2400 to 1200 yearly. It notes the post is part time yet limits practice, affecting quality. The piece urges restoring the salary to 200 per month to attract capable, honorable candidates for the People's Court.
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Common Council
Winchester
Trial Justice Court
People's Court
United States
Borglum Died On Lecture Tour During Mount Rushmore Work
American sculptor Gutzon Borglum died of a heart attack in Chicago while on a lecture tour. Renowned for outdoors inspired sculpture, he led the Mount Rushmore project to carve Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Roosevelt in South Dakota, a monumental unfinished symphony.
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Gutzon Borglum
Chicago
Borglum
Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
Washington
Jefferson, Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Borglum Remembered For Artistic Independence And Steellike Spirit
The article lauds Gutzon Borglum as a fighter for his art who used dynamite and blasting to carve stone. It notes his insistence on artistic independence, disdain for others’ words, and says his lasting fame lies in his enduring works across galleries and parks in America.
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Borglum
America
Reprinted Editorials On Lease Lend Bill Debates
The editorial argues the lease lend bill nears enactment with amendments by Byrd and Dirkgen. It explains powers end dates, Congress purse control, and that future transfers require explicit authorization. It notes broad support from Republicans and critics remain, while the $1.3 billion value could fund destroyers, fighters, and cargo ships for Britain.
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Everett M. Dirkgen
Illinois
Congress
Britain
Taft
Lodge
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Byrd
American
Europe
Defense strikes figure questioned by public and lawmakers
A New York Times editorial notes the President’s claim that defense strikes affect about one quarter of one percent of the defense industry or roughly 1 400th of total effort. It argues the figure clashes with public impression and urges disclosure of the data and methodology behind the estimate.
Gunner Bennett Fights Order and Destroys Nazi Plane
In a bold action Gunner A. E. Bennett fired at a Nazi plane seen flying very low, downing it, then faced a court martial but received no punishment and was awarded the military medal. The incident highlights the clash between strict orders and decisive action in wartime.
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A. E. Bennett
Bennett
News of Other Years Recap of Bets and Events Across Decades
One year ago Herbert Schutte John Glover Clark Smith and Roy Cather plan a 3000 mile trip in Schutte boat Miss Susie Carbaugh Step hens City and Stuart Montgomery Falls Church marry Europe seeks end to Franco Russian war Five years ago war with Germany seen impossible without English aid Union strikes New York city workers PWA funds Winchester water project Ten years ago Balkans earthquakes Winesaps fetch 10 96 Hamburg Virginia Chamber Winchester historic city Twenty five years ago Game and Inland Fisheries created va steam mill sale 40000 Senate blocks women at U Va Wilson Republicans unity confidence vote big issues Forty years ago shooting win farm explosion wreck Shepherd College injury on Millwood road
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Herbert Schutte
John Glover
Clark Smith
Roy Cather
Schutte
Susie Carbaugh
Stephens City
Stuart Montgomery
Falls Church
Europe
Germany
England
New York
PWA
Winchester
Balkans
Winesaps
Hamburg
Virginia Chamber of Com
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Senate
W. B. Baker and Sons
Lewis Cooper
Shirley Carter
U. of Va
Wilson
Congress
Stewart Green
Lew Miller
George Cook
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Phil Shearer
Millwood Road
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
A reader can get factual answers from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Sample Qs cover Columbus arrival, inscription on the Supreme Court Building, Sears catalogs, legality of home brewing, Rudy Vallee’s service, the first Catholic nominee, Hitler’s talent assessment, NYC to Paris flight distance, Pitt and Napoleon, the Martha Berry Humanitarian Award, Spitting cobras, birthdates of Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, Edison funeral music, and the top annual magazine subscription price.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
The Two Winchesters Poem Sent to The Star
A poem addressed to Winchester old and Winchester new titled The Two Winchesters laments preserving heritage and urges citizens to uphold honor justice and faith. It closes with a call for unity between the two Winnchesters and a plea for steadfast virtue. The author signs Mabel McDonald.
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the Star
Winchester
Wolf Reared Children in India Precedent for Mowgli Tale
The piece cites Col onel James L Sleeman and Major General Sir William Sleeman recounting wolf reared children in India. A three year old taken by a wolf at Chopra in 1843 was later found with scars and tooth marks, muttered speech but not clearly spoken words, raising parallels to Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli and suggesting close ties between humans and wild beasts.
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India
Mother Wolf
Mowgli
Rudyard Kipling
George Russell
Sleeman
Kipling
Chopra
Wet
Seven Quiz Questions From Page Two
The list asks who predominates in U S population between males and females and whether ferns produce spores or seeds. It asks which state Vermont or New Hampshire has no coastline and who rules Iceland. It notes two natural products near Pittsburgh and asks if tin cans are made entirely of tin. It queries the Glass-Steagall Act and who was the oldest U S president, Cuba’s status, and the hemisphere to which the Monroe Doctrine applies.
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United States
Vermont
New Hampshire
Iceland
Pittsburgh
Cuba
England
Aege
Hemisphere
Adapting Roles Across Building Machine and Play
A proverb-like note contrasts how a building or machine can be adapted for one use while a person adapts to new tasks and a play adapts from a story. It reflects flexible approaches in design and performance.
Budget booklet helps stretch wages to payday
The Household Budget Booklet offers simple directions to tailor budgets to any purse and track spending. It suggests low cost diets, health and recreation tips, savings ideas, and emergency planning with ruled pages for easy recording. Ten cents a copy.
Household Budget Booklet 1941 Coupon Submission
Reader encloses ten cents for a copy of the Household Budget Booklet 1941. Includes mailing address fields for Washington D C and asks to mail to Washington D C with name street or rural route city state.
New Concentrated Light Ration for Our Soldiers
Dr Logan Clendening discusses a wartime concentrated ration based on a cereal mix of wheat soy bean meal oats and corn fortified with skim milk powder minerals and vitamins to supply complete nutrition at low cost. It aims to aid underprivileged groups with a portable cube usable for days with two servings of the mix plus vitamin C sources.
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Robert 8. Harris
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arthur D. Little
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