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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1939
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia with H F Byrd Jr as editor. This line notes the post office mailing designation and publication frequency.
A playful exchange praises a tree ripened Delicious fried with the skin on and served with buckwheat cakes. The writer teases editors about frying apples and asserts the delicacy is best when frost bitten and freshly prepared.
A milliner tests masculine taste in women's hats with 24 designs. Judges from arts, stage, radio and literature pick three favorites one suggesting youth, one artful coyness, one extreme sophistication. Authors note men are at sea on taste and call for women to choose freely. The piece ends with unrelated aphorisms about luck and finances.
In a Richmond letter, Spencer L. Carter questions Virginia’s current leadership in national affairs. The Times Dispatch contrasts his view with Miss Hall’s claim that Virginia no longer holds prewar influence, noting Virginia’s altered boundaries and ongoing but reduced leadership role today. Readers are invited to respond.
Reader Qs answer key covers mail totals 26 041 979 142 1938 buffalo and Jefferson nickels totals 7 020 000 and 28 996 365 and notes Alaska first visited by Russian explorers in 1741 with Bering and Chirikov.
A Virginia newspaper criticizes the legislature for burning the Haag-Waddell report on alcohol and urges lawmakers to read future studies fully. The piece stresses the report’s credibility among medical experts and calls for courtesy to authors before disposal.
A concise guide promotes correct speech and spelling with over 3000 commonly misused words. The pamphlet features a self pronouncing system and invites readers to order by sending ten cents to the Coupon Information Bureau in Washington, D. C. Include name address and payment for a copy.
In Winchester over 52 used cars changed hands during a National Used Car Week staged by manufacturers to spur business. The state Senate narrowly passed a bill allowing Governor Price to appoint the head of the State Compensation Board. City auditors report Winchester must raise taxes, cut expenses or borrow.
Rumors say local communities in the valley aim to form a new baseball league to replace the Blue Ridge circuit. Congress moves quickly on air mail bill as army pilots face grounding and weather schedules are drafted.
Martinsburg hospital obituary notes the passing of Miss Sallie M Miller after a long illness. The Kiwanis Club of Martinsburg hosts a musical revue here sponsored by the local club.
Staynton rejects wet option by 98 ballots, ending 10 known saloons. Marry B Thatcher and J E Murnan win top Elks lodge officers. Harry A Schmidt of New York buys H C Barrett property near here for 110 dollars per acre.
Two city detectives arrive in Winchester provoking a stir as word spreads they hunt big time bank robbers. Rev. E. Olin Elridge delivers his first sermon at Market Street M. E. Church. Daniel F. Haines a leading local marble cutter forms a partnership with John B. Garber. A coal vein is found near the old four mile House on P. P. Carper’s farm near Hayfield.
A feature outlines Daniel S. Tuthill of New York who mails sales letters with high reply rates 10 to 25 percent. He crafts timely content, uses an intimate tone, personalizes envelopes, and has trusted forgers signals while thanking responders. The piece contrasts this with a humane tale of Count Jacques de Bouaille aiding convicts in Guiana.
A tense scene unfolds as Miss Henrietta warns of watchers and blood may fall. Ells and Mac reveal a Western Union telegram from 1937 implicating Richard Witherspoon in a murder. Beeman, known as Fifty Per Cent B, is linked to crooked lending as tension rises toward a climactic reveal.
A friend asks why printed advertising is more rational than radio. The piece argues print lasts, is studied, and builds trust. It notes print is courteous and not intrusive, waiting for the reader’s voluntary attention.
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