Classifieds Rates and Publication Details of Winchester Evening Star
The Winchester Evening Star outlines classifieds pricing 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and memorials worth 10 cents per line. Advertising deadlines are 9 PM the day before publication. Subscription rates shown include yearly 3.50 and six months 1.75 with monthly 0.40. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and operates from Winchester Virginia.
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Los Angeles
Fragmented sermon verse misquoting scripture
A religious text snippet presents a faulty quotation about forgiveness and the Holy Ghost. It attributes an unforgivable sin to blasphemous speech and misstates a bible verse.
Coal trucker defies strikers to deliver load
A West Virginia coal trucker, under guard from strikers, refuses to turn back on route to a local doctor's building. He cites responsibility to provide for his wife and children as justification for continuing despite picket pressure.
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West Virginia
Old Iron Horse Gehrig Backs Bench To End Streak
Lou Gehrig retires from his uninterrupted 2130 game streak with the Yankees to halt the slump. He cites fairness to teammates and fans as reason to sit out though he hints at possible future appearances. Babé Dahlgren covers first base as replacements while warmer weather may bring a return.
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Columbia
Lou Gehrig
Mr. Gehrig
Lou
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Everett Scott
Old Iron Horse
Gehrig
Zou
Joe
Joe McCarthy
Babé Dahlgren
Yanks
Anniversary of Boswell Johnson literary partnership recalled
The piece marks Boswell’s death anniversary and notes his role in preserving Samuel Johnson’s fame. It underscores their unlikely bond, Johnson’s domineering talk and Boswell’s listening, and praises Boswell as a key chronicler of conversation in English letters.
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James Boswell
Samuel
Thomas Mare Parrott
Samuel Johnson
Johnson
Boswell
James ‘Boswell
Voltaire
Sam Johnson
Pulitzer Prize picks stir debate over poetry and drama
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot reviews the winners of the Pulitzer prizes with Rawlings The Yearling and Sherwood Abe Lincoln in Illinois praised for character and staging. Fletcher’s poetry and Van Doren Mott biographies draw discussion as potential divisive choices amid solid overall outcomes.
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Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Florida
Robert E. Sherwood
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
New York
Mr. Sherwood
Lincoln
Raymond Massey
Mulitzer
John Gould Fletcher
Fletcher
Carl van Doren
Franklin
Unwise retrenchment plan for WPA questioned by editorial
The editorial argues a cautious retrenchment plan for the WPA should recheck the rolls and remove ineligible workers rather than those who deserve aid. It cites a 1936–37 St Louis purge of 10 percent and suggests a potential 20 percent could be cut, challenging the president’s 5 percent estimate.
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WPA
Harrington
St. Louis
Obscure 1919 Insect Powder Advertisement Fragment
Fragmentary 1919 ad copy mentions Scott’s insect powder for flowers and daisy like blooms, with stray lines about bees flies and wasps. The readable text is disjoint and offers no clear event or outcome. Included are stray references to 1¢ crown starch and Central Africa, with garbled product and author names.
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Central Africa
Carry Me Back as Virginia State Song Vote
The Virginia Federation of Music Clubs approved 30 to 15 to petition the General Assembly to adopt Old Virginia as the official state song. The News argues no official song is necessary and notes Carry Me Back to Old Virginia remains the familiar Virginia song regardless of any act.
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Virginia Federation of Music Clubs
General Assembly
Old Virginia
Virginia
Federation of Music Clubs
Bishop Cannon Retires from Southern M. E. Church
News items from the year ago column note Bishop James Cannon Jr who has long operated in political and ecclesiastical spaces retiring from the Southern M. E. Church. Also, Joseph L. Jolliffe is appointed by Judge Williams to re assess all Frederick county lands.
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James Cannon, Jr
M. E. Church
Joseph L. Jolliffe
Williams
Frederick County
R. L. Omps
M. J. Pease
Festival draws huge crowds and legal cases at police court
Five years ago Mrs. John H. Whitney drew 120000 attendees on day two of the festival and a grand parade attracted the largest crowd yet. Judge Donald Weems presided over twenty six police court cases, most for liquor violations during the festival. Miss Hattie Love Adams and Mr. Clarence Braithwaite, both county residents, married at U B Church.
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John H. Whitney
Donald Weems
Hattie Love Adams
Clarence Braithwaite
U. B. Church
Tornado Toll Rises as State Hit by Severe Storms
Ten years ago R Clinton Miller recovering from serious injuries near dynamite. City Council approves extending white way lights along Main street. Helen Weaver of Front Royal shines in May Day events at Hollins College. A tornado devastates large areas leaving twenty two dead and hundreds injured across the state.
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Main Street
Helen Weaver
Front Royal
Hollins College
Ward Re elected Winchester Mayor In Democratic Mass Meeting
Twenty five years ago Dr Julian F Ward is unanimously chosen to succeed himself as mayor of Winchester at a Democratic mass convention. E V Weems and son Lawrence expected home soon after difficulties leaving Mexico amid strife. C R McCann appointed county treasurer to manage the sheep fund formerly led by the late David Glaize.
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Juilian F. Ward
Winchester
E. V. Weems
Lawrence
Mexico
C. R. McCann
Find
David Glaize
Double in the Newsroom Threatens Lana’s Quiet Life
Lana Bennett fears exposure as a reporter questions Jim in a small town hotel. Pinky Malone suspects a doppelganger of Jim at a party and Lana plans to confront the reporter, hoping to protect her privacy and avoid scandal.
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Lana
Dinah
Bobby Graves
Jones Boy
Pinky Malone
Pinky
Alice Davis
Lona
Main Street
Mr. Bennett
Aer
Eee
Neen
Virginia's unique pay as you go road policy praised
The Winston-Salem Journal highlights Virginia as the only U S state not issuing bonds since the Civil War. Former Governor E Lee Trinkle recalls urging Virginia to fund highways with state bonds and interest from North Carolina loans. The piece contrasts Virginia's debt free approach with North Carolina's bond financed highway program.
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Winston-Salem Journal
North Carolina
Virginia
Winchester Evening Star
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Union
Old Dominion
Winston-Salem
E. Lee Trinkle
Morrison
Eddy Duchin biography and brief Q A highlights
The piece presents Eddy Duchin born April 1 1909 in Cambridge Massachusetts, details of his marriage to Marjorie Oelrichs 1935 and her 1937 death, his pharmacy degree, presidency of U Pi Phi, and author credit for Eddy Duchin's Piano-styles. It also includes short answers on topics from mail carrier tenure to Debs, Tangram, horse racing payouts, cotton production, world news staff, radium, the Mall-Beils murder case, a poetry source, and phonograph record restoration.
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Eddy Duchin
Edwin Frank Duchin
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Marjorie Oelrichs
Petr Oelrichs
Duchin
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
U Pi Phi
The Story Of Money The Story Of Money Money and Its Uses
A booklet titled The Story Of Money explains money and its uses. The readable text mentions a name and a street or rural route in a city, suggesting a publication detail or local distribution point.
Editorial on Americas Defense and Immigration Policy
Editor argues America lacks military displays and conscription, emphasizing civilian leadership and defense only for deterrence. He notes minority immigration history and political rights of native and foreign born, urging steadfast defense of the American ideal and unity.
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