Evening Star Classified Rates and AP Notice
The Winchester Virginia Evening Star outlines advertising rates for classifieds at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, display ads due by 9 PM the prior day, transient rates at 45 cents per inch, and contract rates on request. It notes national advertising representation and AP reprint rights for news dispatches and local news.
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Tenney- Woodward and Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Subscriptions Rates and Patronage Note
A 1940 newspaper page lists by mail and by carrier subscription prices for one year six months and three months in advance. The issue date is Tuesday March 19 1940 and includes a biblical verse from Luke.
Tort liability shifts to cities as responsibilities rise
A Public Administration Service report argues that as city services grow, liability for injuries from broken curbstones or wrong arrests shifts from individual officials to municipal governments. It notes unsettled law, California examples, and potential benefits of extending liability to agencies, with cities weighing taxation or insurance options.
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Public Administration Service
David
California
Reprinted Editorial Questions Finland Gains From Resistance
The Richmond Times Dispatch weighs whether Finland gained more from resisting Russia than from accepting Moscow demands. It notes 30 000 dead and 35 000 wounded, widespread devastation, and loss of defenses, arguing that yielding early might have spared much but left Finland with less prestige and a crippled state. It adds Allied setbacks and Germany gains as context.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Finland
Russia
Soviet Union
Times- Dispatch
Kremlin
Germany
State Police Offer Information Service
Motorists in Connecticut and West Virginia receive up to date weather and highway reports via new state police information services. Police radio systems feed bulletins to newspapers and radio, improving dissemination during delays and hazardous travel. Connecticut adopted the program from the motor vehicles department and expanded weather and road data through a 34 hour duty traffic division.
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Connecticut
West Virginia
Connecticut State Police
State Department of Motor Vehicles
State police radio system provides frequent weather and traffic bulletins
The department's radio system now carries frequent bulletins on varied weather and highway conditions. Bulletins are rebroadcast by commercial stations and police in neighboring states. New Jersey, Indiana, Colorado, Michigan, and Kansas also run similar services to aid motorists.
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Connecticut
West Virginia
New Jersey
Indiana
Colorado
Michigan
Kansas
Newark
Harassed Rumania Faces Oil Supply Pressures
The Richmond News Leader reports Romania under Allied pressure over oil shipments to Germany. The Reich threatens invasion if Romania cuts supplies and warns Allies may disrupt Romanian industry by halting key materials, leaving Romania to bargain with rivals.
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Rumania
Germany
Reich
Apple Blossom Parade to Feature Child Division First
In a historic move the 16 year old festival will dedicate an entire division of the feature parade to children. The British cabinet meets in special session to study the European balance of power against Hitler and his imperialism. Ann Sheridan is named by 26 men from art theatre and film as having the most oomph.
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Hitler
Ann Sheridan
Doris Duke Cromwell and Jimmy Cromwell Honeymoon in France
The article notes Doris Duke Cromwell, famed as the world’s richest girl, and her husband Jimmy Cromwell on a honeymoon in France. It also mentions European powers worry over Hitler’s rearmament and the Versailles treaty repudiation. City approves gradual street repair replacing the patch plan.
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Doris Duke Cromwell
Jimmy Cromwell
France
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Versailles
Plans for Gore glass sand mine announced
Ten years ago plans were announced to develop a glass sand mine near Gore. Receivers of the Arthur Jones Woolen Mill sought refunds of income tax paid while the firm faced losses due to embezzlement and fraud. Richard R. Feller, an aviation enthusiast, crashed his plane during a forced landing at Middleburg, drawing large crowds to witness the incident.
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Gore
Arthur Jones
Richard R. Feller
Middleburg
Handley estate mismanagement denied by Scranton managers
Twenty five years ago Menjin Scranton of Handley estate answered legal trustees petition denying charges of mismanagement. N J Wigginton near Opequon patents a new grafting method for WEES aiding apple growers who praise it as an improvement. A New York report says Italy may join Allies, altering the war balance.
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Menjin Scranton
Handley Estate
N. J. Wigginton
Opequon
Apple
Star
New York
Italy
Germany
Local couple wed in Jamaica and ship of fine horses to Lebanon
Forty years ago Harry Shelton Marshall and Miss Lillian Caroline Fleming married at Spanish Town Jamaica. Lemuel Byers, a noted stockman from Stephenson, ships a carload of fine work horses to Lebanon Pennsylvania. B and Q railroad says uniform porters will be on duty at their Washington station.
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Harry Shelton Marshall
Lillian Caroline Fleming
Spanish Town
Jamaica
British West Indies
Lemuel Byers
Stephenson
Lebanon
Q. Railroad
Washington, D, C
Seven Quiz Questions From The Daily Page
Seven test items cover Boys Town location pronunciation of circuit correct, Booth’s Lincoln shot, Pam Barton sport, origin of New York State name, vacuum travel for rockets, Scottish dish haggis, hockey scoring device, alien marriages citizenship, and Wissahickon Drive location.
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Boys Town
Sohn Wiles Pth Pisto Y Booth
Lincoln
Pam Barton
New York State
United States
Wissahickon Drive
Erroneous Pronoun Shift Guide Featured in Language Column
A language column cautions writers against gendered phrasing and urges using neutral pronouns. It argues for clear reference such as followed its leader, avoiding misgendered or ambiguous constructions.
Value of Fruit As First Course
Scientific discussion supports fruit as a pre meal course reducing irritants in foods and aiding digestion. Experiments show fruit lowers pre meal allergic responses for sensitive individuals and facilitates stomach acid and pepsin activity. Fruit also decreases germs in the small and large intestine.
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Haseen
Treating Itching of External Ear
The article explains itching of the external ear often stems from seborrheic dermatitis akin to dandruff or from skin invasion by a streptococcus variety. Discharge or impacted wax can worsen itching. treatment targets the underlying cause, while unexplained itching is hard to treat and may require specialists.
What May Cause Denture Troubles
In patients with artificial dentures inflammation of the palate and lower jaw can occur. The cause lies in the denture material used and its interaction with oral tissues.
Lenten Reducing Diet Plan for Wednesday
Lenten reducing diet for Wednesday based on Proverbs XV, 17. Breakfast includes grapefruit toast with butter and coffee. Lunch features a club sandwich milk and tea or coffee with lemon. Dinner offers baked potato bread butter and coffee with cream and sugar. Total calories listed as 850.
Five Causes of Denture Conditions Listed by Dentist
Dr. Logan Clendening outlines five causes of denture problems including residual infection, spinous-saw tooth, mucous glands excreting uric acid, filth on denture surfaces, and occlusion. He notes a vinegar mouthwash for relief and references seven pamphlets offered for ten cents each via a Boston dentist.
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Francis C. Daly
Boston
Clendening
Logan Clendening
Murder at the Rio Vista Club The Clue Is in the Tide
Louise Markham presses Belzer and the reporter for police action after a shooting tied to her brother’s murder. Belzer questions the obvious suspect, noting a private club, a river chase, and a tide pattern as clues while the detective hints at unknown players connected to the Rio Vista clubhouse.
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Louise Markham
Belzer
St. Clair
Louise
Murder charge and abduction claim tied to Rio Vista club
Bill Strickland is suspected in a friend’s murder at a Rio Vista club party. He is abducted by an unknown man in the clubhouse garden, escapes in a rowboat, and is aided by a newspaper reporter and a woman who takes him home as the assailant seeks medical help.
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Bill Strickland
Alfred Markham
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Louise Markham, sister of a friend, and a reporter assist a wounded man after a crash at a Cape Cod style home. The doctor confirms head and leg injuries but lists no broken bones while Louise offers nursing care.
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Fairview Plaza
Belzer
Miss Markham
Louise Markham
Alfred
Louise
I Endorse My Name for a New Brucetown School
A Brucetown resident laments the dilapidated local school building and urges the Frederick County School Board to fund a new school. He defends teachers Miss Ebert and Miss Grace Carpenter, praises community progress, and emphasizes the primary department as foundation, recalling Mamie S. Tanquary. He vows to stand on the door step when the school leaves.
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Brucetown
J. R. Smith
Thea
Mamie
Tanquary
Answers To Questions From Frederic J. Haskin Q&A
A reader asks about Anzacs origins sewing machine inventor the motto United we stand first use origins elm mutual admiration society presidential eligibility and Bethlehem's distance from Jerusalem. The column explains terms dates and historical snippets in brief Q A format with sources from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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