Winchester Evening Star Advertisement Rates Notice
Advertising rates and policies for the Winchester Evening Star publisher in Winchester Virginia. Details include classified rates two cents per word with minimum charge, memorials ten cents per line, and display ads due by 9 PM the day before publication. National reps listed and AP reprint rights noted.
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Tenney- Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Joshua's Mountain Promise Inscribed in Verse
A biblical quotation from Joshua 14 12 exhorts to seize a mountain promised by the Lord noting that Anakim and great fenced cities lie there the speaker seeks divine aid to conquer as foretold.
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Josh
Baldwin on Chamberlain and Munich a newspaper view
The piece argues Stanley Baldwin would likely have pursued a harder line against dictators than Neville Chamberlain. It credits Baldwin with strength and decisive will, suggesting his leadership could have prevented Munich and abdication events. The editorial contrasts appeasement with Baldwin’s rumored resolve.
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Stanley Baldwin
England
New York
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Chamberlain
Earl Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin
Mr. Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Edward VIII
Baldwin
Edward
Hitler
Mussolini
Marshall chosen for Army top post honors VMI ties
President Roosevelt selects Brigadier General George C. Marshall to succeed General Marlin Craig as Chief of Staff. The article highlights Marshall’s VMI roots and notes the institute’s pride as the first brigadier general elevated to Army chief. It lists long-standing VMI alumni in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties.
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Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Marlin Craig
Star
United States “Army
Virginia Military Institute
General Marshall
Army
Petersburg
West Point of
South
Marshall
United States Army
Winchester
Mann Page Carter
Carter
Shirley Carter
V. M I
Frederick and
Clarke
Silk substitute plant plan signals Virginia growth
Celanese Corp announces contract for a 10 million dollar Pearlsburg plant to produce synthetic yarn as a silk substitute. The project will create payrolls and expand Virginia's industrial facilities while potentially impacting Japan's silk-reliant economy and broader global trade dynamics.
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Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
Celanese Corporation of America
Pearlsburg
Virginia
Old Dominion
Japan
United States
Dorothy and Herbie divorce speculation in public notice
The Ledger-Dispatch critiques a joint signature Dorothy and Herbie and discusses a possible divorce. It notes public interest in Hollywood splits like Lombard and Gable and Crawford and Tone, urging a speedy settlement and a limit on the lady’s public singing.
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Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
Dorothy
Herbie
America
Ledger-Dispatch
Carole Lombard
Clark Gable
Joan Crawford
Franchot
Europe
Miss Crawford
United States
Lady
Braddock Street Church approves sale for A&P store
Quarterly Braddock Street E Church conference approves making a portion of church property available for an A. and P. store. Miss Adelaide Moffett Queen Shenandoah XV leaves Washington for New York after Apple Blossom Festival duties. Mrs Burwell Jacobs announces engagement of daughter Virginia to A R Dunning of Strasburg.
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Braddock Street E
Adelaide Moffett
New York
Washington
Burwell Jacobs
Boyce
Virginia
A. R
Pete” Dunning
Strasburg
Midletown High names valedictorian and salutatorian
Margaret Mowery will be valedictorian and Lettie Huffman salutatorian for the senior class at Midletown High School. A fire on the roof of The Moorings, home of B. O. F. Randolph in Millwood, was quickly extinguished. Calvin M. Martin, a well known local resident, is seriously ill with pneumonia at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bush.
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Margaret Mowery
Lettie Huffman
Midletown High School
B. O.F. Randolph
Millwood
Calvin M. Martin
Walter Bush
Mrs Martha Johnson Dies at 82 at Home
Mrs Martha Jane Johnson aged 82 dies at her home from old age complications. Rev Dr C A Freed resigns as Grace Lutheran Church pastor after twice being extended a call from a Columbia South Carolina congregation. Owen D Young is urged to salvage progress from the Reparations Conference in Berlin.
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Martha Jane Johnson
C. A. Freed
Grace Lutheran Church
Columbia
S. C
Owen D. Young
Berlin
Bank offers cup and cash prize for top county corn yield
F and M Bank announces a plan to award a large silver cup and cash prize to the person raising the largest yield of corn from a single acre in the county. Councilmen up for re election are John H Snyder Dr William A Bell Harold Sheetz L C Janney Lewis Cooper and J W Sibert. W R Lucas of Winchester plans a four story addition to the Hotel Evans after purchasing it.
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F & M. Bank
John H. Snyder
William A. Bell
Harold Sheetz
L. C. Janney
Lewis Cooper
J. W. Sibert
W.R. Lucas
Evans
Winchester
Local man completes handsome home west of city
A new residence west of the city is finished. A horse tied on Main Street spooked and toppled the storefront frame as it tried to free itself. A cat’s scream woke an elderly neighbor, scaring off a burglar attempting to enter through a second story window.
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Lucien C. Carr
Main Street
Appreciation of the Handley Pageant In Time of Festival
A school pageant viewer praises Handley School’s festival for its setting and design. He lauds architect McCornac and director Virginia Boyd Barr, scriptwriter Garland R. Quarles, bandleader W H McIlwee, and choreographer Gwendolyn Haynes, noting the students’ discipline and coordinated effort behind the “In Time of Festival” pageant.
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Washington
Afainete
McCornac
Handley School
Ziegfeld
Garland R. Quarles
Virginia Boyd Barr
W H. MclIlwee
Gwendolyn Haynes
Nancy Smith
Answers to Questions By Frederic J Haskin
Information Bureau in Washington offers factual answers by mail. Readers pay three cents and include the question for prompt reply.
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By Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Trivia Q and A Digest From Historical Quiz Style
A compilation of rapid fire questions and answers on topics from the Victoria Cross metal to Rabies incubation and the Empire State Building costs. It covers figures like Lincoln Longfellow and Errol Flynn, plus places such as Tangipahoa Parish and Monticello with concise factual responses.
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Empire State Building
Queen Shenandoah XVI Honored By Festival
The Star's Open Forum salutes Mrs. B. B. Dutton and her committee for selecting a lovely Queen Shenandoah XVI Genevieve Garner. Garner, admired for poise and service, helped honor the festival and reflected well on her celebrated grandfather the Vice-President.
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the Star
B. B. Dutton
Shenandoah XVI
Parking Privileges Critique Of Town Parking Lot Handling
Winchester resident W Frank Plank objects to the Kent and Water street parking lot setup after a parade on May 1 1939. He notes 13500 paid by taxpayers for property and improvements but reports low usage with 17 touring cars and 4 trucks filling space meant for 200, urging fairer handling by a municipal committee.
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the Star
Kent and
Water Street
Gratchen
W. Frank Plank
Brighton Move Spurs New Life for Lana and Jim
Lana Bennett and Jim travel to Brighton to start over with new names. They settle in a graceful home on Main Street and seek work near the bridge project. Lana meets Dinah Morriss, a charming quadriplegic who guides her to a welcoming suite.
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Brighton
Jim
Lana
Fairfield
Claridge
Jerkwater
James Bennett
Lona
Lake Erie
Bridgewater
Main Street
The Back-Seat Drivers Roanoke Times Editorial
The Roanoke Times uses a Roosevelt quote to argue that back-seat drivers are justified when leaders stray from prudent paths. It asserts accountability to the public, warning that dissenters risk ruin if the driver ignores majority wishes and road signs.
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Roosevelt
Two Dimensional History Buffalo News
A concise note on the idea that every great man merits both an autobiography and a biography to present his side of the story and the fuller truth.
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Buffalo News
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