Classified rates and notice of publication deadlines
An advertisement rate sheet lists 2 cents per word for classifieds and 10 cents per printed line for memorials and cards. Display ads with borders due by 9 PM the day before publication. Transient rate 45 cents per inch. Subscription options cover carrier and mail plans with varying terms. Associated Press reprint rights noted.
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Aee
Tenney- Woodward and Company
Ihe
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Winchester Evening Star Answers by Mail
The notice offers readers a fact inquiry service via The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. It explains questions can be answered by mail for a three cent reply.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Inexcusable Policy Letter to Editor Defends Virginia Apples
Mr Wortley F Rudd Richmond chairman AAAS advisory committee writes to the Southern Planter refuting an editorial claim that Virginia State Horticultural Society apples were inferior. He cites Science February 3 1939 and AAAS resolutions to prove the apples were high quality. The Planter printed no reply in its March issue drawing public rebuke.
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Rudd
Horticultural Society
Science
Botanical Society of America
Southern Planter
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Virginia
American Chemical Society
Virginia Academy of Science
Cities Search For New Revenues Amid Tax Crackdown
A 1938 survey described an almost frantic search for municipal revenues led by Albert Lepawsky. Cities enacted cigarette, occupancy, gross income and sales taxes, while property tax collections rose in 1937 as exemptions grew. The report notes declines in city revenues from 1936 to 1937 and credits federal grants as partial offsets to local losses.
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International City Managers’ Association
Albert Lepawsky
Federation of Tax Administrators
New York City
Philadelphia
Chicago
Savannah
Augusta
Kansas City
Florida
New Orleans
States shift tax relief to localities under new funding
Mississippi replaced municipal revenue losses from homestead exemptions with state funds, covering 24.5 percent of total local revenues in 1935 compared with 16.5 percent from state grants. North Carolina began sharing 50 percent of the revenue from its state wide intangibles tax with localities. New York State has relieved municipalities further by taking on a large share of costs to eliminate grade crossings.
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Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
New York
Mississippi
Cites
North Carolina
New York State
Stalin shifts tactics as Congress convenes in Moscow
The Richmond News Leader analyzes shifts in Soviet strategy from world revolution to Popular Fronts to isolation. It notes Stalin's move from alliance building to defensive, aiming to keep Russia apart as fascism strengthens. The piece questions future congress outcomes and historical momentum.
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Richmond
All-Union
Communist Party Congress
Moscow
Stalin
Russia
Lenin
Europe
Trotzky
Popular Front
France
Liberia
WPA golf project debated by Lynchburg newspaper
The News disputes using WPA funds for a Petersburg golf course, arguing it offers recreation for an affluent few and not essential relief. It urges funds be directed to projects that maximize employment, noting wages of about 35 dollars monthly versus 70 dollars in New York and questioning fiscal priorities.
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Lynchburg
Petersburg
Progress-Index
Virginia
New York
DeHaven Named Deputy Sheriff by Bywaters
Cordell Hull calls America to defend rights in pursuit of peace as Europe faces war. Robert DeHaven is named deputy by newly appointed Sheriff John Bywaters.
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Cordell Hull
U. S
America
Europe
Robert DeHavén
John Bywaters
Notable 1940s Figures Face Awards and Allegations
Five years ago Eddie Rickenbacker accused traitors of advising President Roosevelt on the air mail policy. Katherine Hepburn and Charles Laughton received top acting awards for the year.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Roosevelt
Katherine Hepburn
Charles Laughton
Foch Dies After Lingering Illness in Paris
Marshal Ferdinand Foch aged 77, general of allied forces in the World War, passes away in Paris after a lingering illness. In the same report, Jack Barrett of Baltimore is killed and Herbert Schutte of this city is badly injured in a plane crash near the airport. Mrs. Margaret Mason Gibson, owner of valuable real estate, dies in Charles Town West Virginia.
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Paris
Jack Barrett
Baltimore
Herbert Schutte
Margaret Mason Gibson
Charles Town
W. Va
Va Supreme Court rules against taxing public utilities revenue
Twenty five years ago a Virginia court held the state cannot levy taxes on utilities that provide municipalities with revenue. The decision shapes public revenue streams for local governments.
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Supreme Court of Appeals
Wellesley College
Fort Belief Battle Over Assessed Property Sparks Boundary Claim
Forty years ago Warren countians allege at least ten thousand dollars of property is assessed by Frederick though it lies within their boundary. King Hiram Lodge hosts a banquet with Rev. J. W. Colbert addressing in the lodge room where McKinley was made a Mason locally. Hon. James Hay of Virginia’s seventh district is discussed as minority leader for the next House.
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Warren
Frederick
King Hiram Lodge
A. F
A. M
J. W. Colbert
McKinley
James Hay
Virginia
House of Representatives
New England Weather Jokes and Miscellaneous Q A
A collage of Q A items covers New England weather quirks, steam sales, France marriage laws, Hawaii language, World’s Fairs dates, aviator awards, William Shakespeare era notes, and a Home Doctor Book offer from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
From Red Hot Mad to Ready to Buy
A Lansdale poultry farmer L W Steelman uses calm listening and agreeable probing to defuse a hostile prospect who accused poultrymen of being crooks. Through rapport and shared interests in railroads and marketing eggs he wins the buyer’s trust, secures a season order, and a down payment.
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L. W. Steelman
Lansdale
Poultry Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Mr. Steelman
Murder in the Manor House Sparks Night of Fear
In a tense manor house scene, a gunshot wounds Mr Horace as Daphne seeks to prove her brother innocent. The party gathers on the third floor while Dr Didmore treats the injured man and Chief Ellis questions suspects including Daphne who suspects her father’s killer remains inside the house. The mirror is shattered and the investigation continues with Mr Horace unable to name the shooter.
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Didmore
Minnie
Della Craig
Mac
Benson
Della
Mr Richards
Mr. Hiorace
Daphne Witherspoon
Daffy
Mr. Horace
Mr. Richard
Dr. Didmore
Phil
McIntyre
Daphne
Ellis
Richard
Mi L
Mr. Ellis
Emer- Sons
Camera shy Rockford photographer dies after chest attack
Rockford photographer Axl E Pearson known for portraits in radio studio scenes died after a fatal heart attack. Reporters found no surviving photographs of Pearson and described him as camera shy. The text mentions Grover Cleveland Bergdoll born October 18, 1893 in Philadelphia.
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Rockford, Ill
Axl E. Pearson
Radio Studi
Pearson
Grover Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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