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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1940
Page
4
The page lists advertising rates per word and minimum charges, display ad guidelines with deadlines, and subscription prices for the Winchester Evening Star. It includes a Bible verse and dated publication line for Friday March 22 1940.
A National City Bank letter links Western Europe war costs to World War I rates while noting aircraft and equipment prices soar. Britain spends about 9.9 billion annually, equivalent to 27 billion US dollars in per capita terms, with reports warning expenses may nearly double. French 1940 costs are estimated near 7 billion dollars, translating to 23 billion for the United States in population terms.
In New York City a contest among city employees awarded five dollars for a proposal to attach pull cards to all lights in city buildings so that only needed lights are used. The idea, simple yet potentially influential, could promote awareness of waste and encourage broader public savings.
Loss of Southern Markets and the collapse of a United States Japanese treaty push Tokyo toward Argentina. Argentina accepts Japanese cotton textiles chemicals and other goods to help Tokyo balance imports. Mexico’s trade mission to Tokyo and Latin American talks hint at broader regional shifts while the United States lags without a favored nation accord.
Reprinted editorial criticizes Secretary Marty Hopkins plan for anonymous census returns. It argues the method hides truthful data and risks misleading results, while saving face for bureaucrats and failing to satisfy objectors or enumerators.
Major La Guardia argues at the National Academy of Design opening that true art conveys the creator’s idea without explanation. He asserts painting and sculpture speak directly, whereas verbal explanation distorts the revelation and reduces art to second-hand translation.
Uncensored reports from Russia say war pressures have cut living standards by 36 percent in six months. Writers compare Russian families' meals to a WPA family in the United States and note a demonstration serving hog jowl beans cornbread and slaw to highlight relief hunger in St Louis.
News notes of other years recount a banquet held by the Elks to mark the finish of a $10,000 renovation of their building at the Braddock and Piccadilly streets corner.
Five years ago the knitting mill, recently acquired, installs new equipment to manufacture athletic shirts and women’s sweaters. Valley Service begins construction at Amherst street and Indian alley. League of Nations convenes to discuss Germany’s rearmament move.
Ten years ago Mrs. Fannie Fenton bequeathed one thousand dollars to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church here. Festival officials announce Kaya Navy Band will again lead the big ball in London for the naval armament parley with England Japan and France.
Twenty five years ago the work of clearing cedars from Glass thickets commenced by court order after a recent test case from apple growers. William W. Tanquary Sr., a noted miller from Brucetown Virginia, dies at age 82. Holmes Lewis on Melvin Green’s Apple Pie Ridge farm reports a night shooting incident. Russian forces assault Austrian garrison at Przemysl. 50,000 troops surrender after a siege that began last September.
Two more inmates escape Berryville jail bringing week total to four. A posse forms and, after hours of search, recaptures the men. Hunter Emerson and Miss Bessie L. Miller wed by United Brethren minister Rev. W. F. Gruver.
The page presents a set of quirky quiz questions asking about a family's wealth, a phrase about the CAPO line, the initials A Y C, a ship rescuing British airmen, a porpoise riddle, and a question about a Roosevelt divorce suit.
fragmentary text from a harbor page includes garbled phrases about reliability and a hypothetical increase. It shows incomplete sentences and likely OCR errors. No clear event or identifiable people emerge from the readable portion.
The article discusses massage and related manipulations becoming more accepted in regular medicine. It outlines five massage types Effleurage Petrissage Friction Tapotement and Vibration, their uses for atrophy metabolism circulation nervous system and skin, and notes massage cannot reliably reduce weight despite popular claims.
The article explains gland swelling may arise from nervous or chemical reactions after abdominal stress, or from thick saliva obstructing ducts. It notes Mikulicz's disease is rare, stones aren’t always visible on x rays, and duct probing can better exclude stones. It mentions infections and adjacent inflammatory conditions as contributing factors.
The editor lists seven Dr. Logan Clendening pamphlets available to readers. Each pamphlet costs 10 cents. send 16 cents, a self addressed stamped envelope, and the request to Dr. Logan Clendening care of the paper. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Case of the Hair and Skin.
Coroner Bill Strickland and Captain Clyde McDonald review clues at the Vista club garden where jeweler Markham was killed. A downed electric wire, a pulled switch, and a croquet mallet with matching prints point to an inside suspect, with motive possibly robbery of diamonds. The case remains unsolved to be continued.
Virginia agronomist Dr. A L Gizzard explains soil and organic matter needs for velvety lawns. Heavy loams and silts are best. clay can work with amendments. Prepare soil with manure, lime if needed, and a 4-12-4 or 6-8-6 fertilizer. seed in early spring or mid August.
This Washington D C feature presents a series of questions with concise answers. Topics include free verse origins, the headline slogan from McKinley campaigns, seedless watermelons at Michigan State College, and biographical notes on O Henry. It also covers the Concord grape origin, the ship The Bear, the first papal encyclical to the United States, Hercules labors, and the Pillars of Wisdom title.
A Fortunes booklet explains reading stars lines hands cards tea leaves and dreams with superstitions and omens. It promotes party amusement and requests ten cents via a coupon from Washington DC mail.
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