Winchester Evening Star advertising and subscription page note
The page from the Winchester Evening Star dated Monday March 25 1940 lists advertising rates and deadlines for display and classified ads with a 9 PM predefined submit time, and subscription prices by mail and carrier for one year, six months, and three months. It also notes association with the Associated Press and national ad representatives.
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Winchester
Mai
Evening Star Publishing Co
Tenney- Woodward and Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Riescia Edvanse
Limited Blessings May Be Ours Mock and Seek In Faith
A devotional verse echoes Matthew chapter seven urging seekers to ask, seek, and knock for open results. The passage promises reception to all who request guidance and mercy, framing faith as a channel for divine provision.
French Parliamentary System Sees Reynaud Gain Confidence
The new French government under Premier Paul Reynaud earned a one vote confidence majority in a first test in the Chamber of Deputies. Observers note instability in France’s multi party system, with frequent ministry reshuffles driven more by crises than national shifts, unlike Britain where ministries change wholesale.
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Naud
Chamber of Deputies
Prance
Waldeck-Rousseau
Great Britain
Germany
France
Insurance Drive Urges Virginia Car Owners to Buy Protection
The Richmond News Leader notes that fewer than one in four Virginia passenger cars is insured, with over 300 000 uninsured vehicles on the roads. It cites 1928 average damages of 9.17 dollars per car and argues broader coverage will lower rates as more insured motorists reduce risk.
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Virginia
Richmond News-Leader
News-Leader
Hopkins doctrine on resistance contrasted with Americanism
Reprinted Baltimore Sun editorial recalls Hopkins criticism of Senate resistance to government and surveys defining Americanism. It cites Washington Jefferson Madison Adams and Wilson on liberty and dissent, noting Maryland Article VI opposes nonresistance. The piece suggests Hopkins view is not universally accepted.
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Baltimore Sun
Secretary of Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Senator Tobey
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Jefferson
Tyler
Daniel Webster
State of
Maryland
Gore school renamed after Mrs Sidney Gore
Berryville leaders seek to cut red tape and fund a community building. The Gore consolidated school will be named in honor of Mrs. Sidney Gore according to the school board decision.
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American Legion of
Berryville
Consolidated School
Gore
Sidney Gore
Drought Forecast and Local Births Highlight March News
A midwest drought is predicted to cause crop failures over the next five years. Mr and Mrs Fred L Glaize Jr welcome a son born March 20 at Memorial Hospital. Handley High urges citizens to cooperate for two lane traffic safety during bad weather.
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Mid-West
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Handley High
Gilpin sells yearlings. fire saves school. Brucetown mill burns
Ten years ago Kenneth N. Gilpin sold 21 yearlings to Joe Leiter for about $50,000. Miss Margaret Estep, Berryville operator, raised alarm saving the graded school. Brucetown Woolen Mill, oldest in the state, was destroyed by fire with losses around $45,000.
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Kenneth N. Gilpin
Joe Leiter
Margaret Estep
Berryville
Brucetown
Wheat export surge alarms experts amid European demand
Twenty five years ago nearly 35 million bushels of wheat were sent monthly to Europe, with experts warning it could threaten U.S. food supply. The era also saw large Italian demonstrations and the death of Mrs. Mary Morrison Jackson in Charlotte, N C. H T Clemons buys a 153 acre farm near Stephens City while B E Baker starts coal excavation at foot of Little North Mountain near Strasburg.
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Europe
United States
Mary Morrison Jackson
Stonewall” Jackson
Charlotte
N. C
H. T. Clemons
T. A. Grim
Stephens City
B. E. Baker
Little North Mountain
Strasburg
Kent Street and Loudoun Street churches merge in Winchester
Forty years ago the Kent Street and Loudoun Street branches of the Presbyterian Church dissolved and united into a single group. The Star launches its second contest for the most popular young woman in Winchester and Frederick County. Big Injuns is the headline over a Four-State convention story of the Order of Red Men meeting here.
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Kent Street
Loudoun Street
The
Presbyterian Church
Star
Winchester
Frederick County
Order of Red Men
Quiz Questions From The Star On Page Two
The quiz asks seven items including whether Congress had four sessions, which president nicknamed Prince Arthur, the meaning of a light Nash, the Bon Homme Richard’s location, official summer start date, whether England conscripted Irishmen, Lake Ladoga’s location, Japan’s country name, and whether Big Ben sits in Westminster Abbey or the Houses of Parliament.
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Congress
Prince Arthur
United States
Nash
England
Lake Ladoga
London
Westminster Abbey
Todays Common Error About Age Giving
A reader note advises avoiding phrases like she is seventeen and instead states age as sixteen years and months or that she is approaching her seventeenth birthday. The guidance emphasizes precise phrasing for age in formal writing.
Aging Eye Study Links Vitamin C to Vision Help
A Hastings State Hospital survey finds middle aged patients with eye chamber clouding and impaired vision showing potential cataract precursors. In vitamin C deficient groups, eight weeks of high dose ascorbic acid improved eyesight in about 60 percent, though cataracts themselves remained unaffected.
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Hastings State Hospital
Michigan
Temperature and drinking water preferences across cultures
The piece discusses Americans preferring cool water but not ice water while industry notes 68 F water is seen as tepid. It says ice water does not injure the digestive tract but may slow digestion briefly. Large amounts of ice water can trigger throat and stomach spasms with rare stomach dilation, varying by individual idiosyncrasy. It cites ice cream and Eskimo frozen meat as examples of tolerances.
Ingredients of Deodorants for Body Use
Deodorants used on the body mainly rely on a simple base such as zinc oxide. Some formulas include fat and benzoic acid as additives to the basic zinc oxide composition.
Health Q and A on baking soda and adhesions
Questions on daily baking soda use and adhesions after surgery are answered. Doctors say sodium bicarbonate can relieve acid stomach with rare alkalosis risk, while adhesions form after abdominal operations but can be severed if needed. Editor notes offer seven Dr Clendening pamphlets for 10 cents each.
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Clendenine
Logan Clendening
Ape
Footprints puzzle and a 1540 marriage divorce note
The text asks which animal leaves tracks matching rear hooves and five-toed claws, noting small 11S family. It then recounts Henry unexpectedly married Anne in January 1540 and obtained a divorce in July 1540, with fragmented clues and an odd reference to World wee MAS 439085 BIN.
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Henry
Anne
Killer Speaks to Rio Vista Case and Death Clues
A central press serialized mystery unfolds as Bill Strickland is suspected in a friend's murder at the Rio Vista club. Coroner Silver and Captain McDonald chase boot prints, a locked bedroom window, and a note revealing a hidden crime connected to a death. The boy’s identity and ties to the club emerge as investigators probe possible murder.
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Bill Strickland
Alfred Markham
Rio Vista Club
Clyde McDonald
Silver
Markham
McDonald
San Miguel Street
Henderson
Captain McDonald
Shore
Donald
Sullivan
Markham Place
Cook
Moore Questions Virginia Salary Increases and Payroll Growth
Clarke county Assemblyman E Blackburn Moore accuses Governor Price of rising salaries and payrolls while taxes rise. He seeks budget and department data, citing nearly two million dollars in questioned increases and comparing to Governor Byrd era finances. Moore frames taxpaying voters as final arbiter.
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Price
Clarke County
Richmond
E. Blackburn Moore
Moore
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Mr. Moore
Promote Virginia Education in Brucetown Schools
Letter writer James F. Yeakley of Brucetown Virginia urges consolidation of Brucetown and Stonewall District schools to provide a two room or higher level high school education. He argues for one teacher per grade and notes tax support for schooling, calling current conditions unacceptable.
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Virginia
the Star
Stonewall District
Brucetown
Stonewall
James F. Yeakley
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
A reader questions column lists concise answers on topics from radio study at Princeton to Notre Dame’s cathedral dates and Washington Mason lore. It covers Notre Dame built era, George Washington lodge ties, San Marino government, Nevada name origin, Statue of Liberty head capacity, Windsor renaming, and 1921 first broadcast of a boxing championship.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
George Washington
Fredericksburg
Alexandria
Alexandria - Washington
Washington
St. John’s Lodrs
New York City
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Reynaud
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the Star Quiz
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Clendening
Idicate. Inc
Henry Wil
Choseis
Anne OF Cleves
Holbein
Central Press Association
Chapter
Clarke Courier
Rockefeller Foundation
School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
O— Q
Notre Dame
Paris
Jove
Victor Hugo
Viollet le Duc
San Marino
Great Council
Nevada
Royal Hag Oh
Windsor
Aos
J. Andrew White
Boyle’s
Thirty Acres
Jersey City
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