Advertising Rates and Requirements for The Winchester Evening Star
The notice outlines advertising rates per word with a 25 cent minimum, a copy requirement, and display ads needing a 9 PM submission the day before publication. It lists transient rates at 45 cents per inch and mentions national representatives in Chicago Pittsburgh Philadelphia Janta and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conpublica Tracts
Delisser-Boyd, Inc
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Phila Janta
San Francisco
Psalm 84 Verse Quotation Opens Week in 1941 Paper
The page features a religious verse from Psalm 84 11 stressing God as sun and shield and promising grace and glory for the upright. It frames the Monday March 24 1941 edition with devotional scripture.
New National Defense Mediation Board Aims to Avert Strikes
The board created by executive order seeks to keep defense production and transport uninterrupted. It can only recommend settlements and publicize testimony if needed. Noted members include Clarence A. Dykstra and Philip Murray, with Murray opposing initial plans.
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Mediation Board
Bernard Baruch
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Defense Against the Night Bomber book urges ending blackout
British aviation writer Noel Pemberton Billing argues the blackout failed and calls for bright lighting to blind enemy bombers. He lists harms of blackout including hindered rescue work, dangerous firefighters, reduced civilian morale, transport delays, and thousands of deaths. The proposal would be costly and experimental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Pemberton Billing
Billing
Editorial: Roosevelt Names Defense Mediation Board
The Staunton Evening Leader endorses Roosevelt's eleven man national defense mediation board but criticizes its lack of real power. Senator Byrd calls for immediate action to curb strikes in defense industries, citing 25 strikes in War and Navy projects and vast man-day losses. The editorial questions the board’s effectiveness and urges decisive measures to protect production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
South
Roosevelt
National Defense Mediation Board
Byrd
National Defense Industries
Defense Industy
Pentpareg «9 Board
Labor Department
OPM
England
Virginia
War Department
Navy
Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
Wright Field
NDMB
Beef and the Axis retail in postwar trade talk
The piece mocks Henry Wallace for not breaking a Senate tie over Argentine beef purchases for the Navy. It argues cattle-state politicians oppose beyond their interests, notes that postwar trade will flow between North and South America regardless of Axis or Allied victory, and that Europe will dominate with similar surpluses and demand for finished goods.
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New York Daily News
Henry Wallace
Senate
Navy
Wallace
Axis
Europe
United States
North
South America
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Holland
Germany
Every Man for Himself on Hotel Veranda
Milwaukee Journal describes Jones and his wife on a hotel veranda when a young man and a girl sit nearby. The man praises the girl and Mrs. Jones whispers a warning about a proposal, joking that no one whistled to warn her husband.
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Jones
St Lawrence waterway project divides New York Chicago
The St Lawrence waterway plan, signed yesterday, sparks sharp division between New York and the Chicago area and Lake cities. Supporters cite defensive uses while critics question its immense cost and value. The piece argues patriotism does not require unqualified endorsement.
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St. Lawrence Waterway
New York
Chicago
Memorial tablet and church fire in local area
A memorial tablet is unveiled in Highland Avenue church for Godfrey Miller. Paxton's Chapel Methodist Church burned to the ground with losses estimated at 2500 dollars. Towns south of Strasburg seek B O Railroad expansion to Harrisonburg.
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Hull
Highland Avenue
Godfrey Miller
Paxton’s Chapel Methodist
Christ Episcopal Church
Grant Huntsberry
Strasburg
Harrisonburg
Answers To Questions By Frederic J Haskin
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau answers common questions on topics from invention to weather. Notable items include Gatling gun inventor Richard Jordan Gatling, rainfall measurement methods, and the oldest U S aquarium the New York Aquarium opened in 1896.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Richard Jordan Gatling
United States
New York Aquarium
Byron and America in a religious call to reverence
The writer laments loss of reverence in America, contrasts freedom with license, and questions societal neglect of worship. She cites biblical reflection and warns against moving pictures on Sundays, urging parents to prioritize spiritual duties. Mary E. Bush signs the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron
Belgium
America
Absalom
Sam
Mary E. Bush
Quiz Questions on History and Civics
A list of seven questions tests knowledge on subjects from Hollyhocks to U S postage stamps. It asks about origins of plants, film actors, federal agencies, the current pope, Latin terms, and river names with a mix of governance and science queries.
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China
Siberia
Australia
Mary of Scotland
Witlow
John M. Carmody
Federal Works Agency
Federal Security Agency
Federal Housing Administration
Hwane-Ho
United States
Phrase requests disguise advice as a prompt
The note asks to replace a phrase with a similar expression for indirect guidance. It emphasizes producing language that sounds like seeking guidance without explicitly stating feelings and frames the request in a directive tone.
James Hazen Hyde and the Parisian Gibson Girl Ball
Edwin C. Hill recalls James Hazen Hyde returning from Paris after 35 years in exile and the extravagant 100000 dollar French Renaissance ball at Sherry's. The gala transformed Sherry's into Versailles, featuring Mme Rejane and ornate French pageantry amid the early insurance investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hazel Hoge
Paris
Mr. Hyde
Hyde
James Hazen Hyde
Harvard University
Hick
Life Assurance Society
Sherry’s
Green Point
Bay Shore
Long Island
New York
Lakewood
Sherry's
Palace of Versailles
Louis XVI
Sydney Ripley
Marie Antoinette
France
Mme. Rejane
High View Notes
High View West Virginia notes list visits from Mr and Mrs Chambers Green of Washington DC guests of the Green and Grim families over Sunday. Garland Bray returned to Washington DC after weekend with family, Conner back in Pennsylvania for employment. J E White visited J R Bray, Miss Margaret Bauserman and a friend from Weston visited parents. Eugene White and family moved to Leon White property on Ridings Chapel road.
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High View
W. Va
Chambers Green
Washington
D. C
Green
W. Grim
Garland Bray
Carlton
Conner
Pennsylvania
J. E. White
J. R. Bray
Margaret Bauserman
W. Ton
Eugene White
Leon White
Widmyer Steele
Ridings Chapel Road
Peptic Ulcer Facts and Home Treatments
Dr Clendening explains peptic ulcers typically duodenal rather than stomach ulcers, stressing seasonal stress and excess gastric acid as recurrences trigger factors. He endorses neutralizing gastric juice, the Sippy method with alkalis, and aluminum hydroxide as a modern alternative, plus diet guidelines and Q A notes.
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