Advertising and subscription rates in The Winchester Evening Star May 7 1940
Classified rates priced at 2 cents per word with 25 cent minimum. Display ads must be in by 9 PM the day before. Transient rate 45 cents per column inch. National reps listed in five cities. AP news rights noted. Subscription options include mail and carrier with varying terms. May 7, 1940 issue date.
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Tenney- Woodward and Conklin, Inc
New York City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Let patience entire, wanting nothing James quote
A short motto attributed to James emphasizes patient endurance and fulfillment through contentment, urging steady virtue and sufficiency in all circumstances.
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James
Sidney Ohio Finds Prosperity Without WPA Help
In Sidney, Ohio, and Shelby county, employable residents all have private industry jobs as of May 1. Twenty two industries run full time with pay checks for 2,300 workers, 350 more than 1929, while tax rates fell from 19.2 to 14 and debt was cut. Civic inquiry and business cooperation are cited as key factors, with little reliance on public works spending.
Pill Diet Next Aims At Idealized Nutrition
Michigan State College completes a project funded by a Rackham Foundation grant. A practical process extracts carotene from alfalfa, a ready vitamin A source from vegetables. A ton of alfalfa meal could provide carotene for one hundred people for a year.
Prohibition drive looms as reformers push for nationwide dry law
The Anti-Saloon League of America plans a national push for federal prohibition, prompting renewed debate. Richmond’s Prohibition Party delegates call for complete prohibition, while supporters cite past highs and forecast possible shifts in public sentiment and constitutional change. Dr. Gallup’s polls show a slow rise toward a majority, but not yet.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Anti-Saloon League of America
Prohibition Party
Richmond
America
Ralph S. Cushman
Methodist Committee
Anti-Saloon League
Atlantic City
Covention
Washington
Gallup
Baseball Big Business in the Major Leagues
The New York Post notes baseball’s value nears 70 million dollars with 16 major league franchises worth at least 35 million and minors adding another 35 million. In 1939 roughly 25 million paid admissions occurred, split between 10 million for major league games and 15 million for minors.
King George and Queen Elizabeth Set Sail for North America
King George and Queen Elizabeth depart for Canada and the United States on a six week tour. Jacob Metz is appointed registrar for the Kernstown precinct to replace the late Joseph Baker.
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Queen Elizabeth
England
Canada
United States
Jacob Metz
Kernstown
Joseph Baker
Stine Announces Martha Stine Wed LeRoy Cahill
Five years ago Mrs. W B Stine announced her daughter Martha's marriage to LeRoy Cahill in Frederick on April 20. Mrs Edison visits Winchester and Valley to view blossoms en route home from Florida. The government plans to assume state relief administration by July 1, according to high officials.
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Martha
LeRoy Cahill
Frederick
Thomas A. Edison
Winchester
Valley
Blossoms
Florida
High Officials Bay
Reading winner Catherine Harwell tops Handley contest
Ten years ago Miss Catherine Harwell won the annual reading contest in literary drills at Handley. John A Braithwaite, 94, Cross Junction’s oldest resident and Confederate veteran, dies. The Maryland battleship goes aground at Pearl Harbor and narrowly escapes destruction.
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Catherine Harwell
Handley
United States Navy
Maryland
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
John A. Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Gilpin denies aiding prisoners linked to mule poisoning case
Kenneth Gilpin, candidate for House of Delegates from Clarke and Warren counties, denies any attempt to help negroes held in connection with the poisoning of S. H. Eidson's mules at White Post. Heirs of Col. W. W. Glass must remove cedars around their house and nearby thickets west of the city under Cedar Rust law due to injury to orchards. Britons are pulled from front lines in Belgium as German and Allied forces suffer heavy losses on the Western Front.
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Kenneth Gilpin
House of Delegates
Clarke
Warren Counties
S. H. Eidson
White Post
Col
W. W. Glass
Belgium
Miss Popularity Contest Leads Star Times Parade
Louise Redmond and Julia Jenkins push well ahead in the Star Times Miss Popularity Contest as Rev. Nelson P. Dame of Christ Church receives vestry approval for a summer leave to visit Europe.
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Louise Redmond
Julia Jenkins
Star-Times
Nelson P. Dame
Christ Church
Europe
The Star Quiz Answers from Page 2
A compact Q and A set covering topics from botany to geography. Questions include whether peanuts are legumes or nuts, origins of chop suey, the number of hundreds in a million, the highest U S point, and other trivia about oaths, composers, and flags.
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America
United States
Common Guidance for Descriptive Writing Errors
The note advises avoiding vague terms like lovely and suggests precise adjectives such as pleasant or delightful when describing clothes events or scenery. It emphasizes choosing wording that clearly conveys meaning without ambiguity.
Tow Tonsil Surgery Affects the Voice
Doctors explain that tonsil removal does not typically alter singing or speaking voice. Surgeons advise gentle use of the voice shortly after surgery, starting with scale exercises and humming, then a small vocal trial about six days post operation.
Treatment and history of trench mouth in war era
Trench mouth or Vincent's angina is an infectious disease affecting the tonsils gums and soft palate that rose to prominence during World War I. Acute and chronic forms cause gray membranes bleeding gums redness and fetid breath. Treatments include hot water gargles rest liquid diet antiseptics such as hydrogen peroxide or iodine and germicidal dentifrices.
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Reasoner
Gill
Merrifield Plans Nurture for Gayle and Jeremy
Tempting scheme unfolds as Gayle Dixon meets with Bill Bailey at The Oaks Merrifield estate. Jeremy Merrifield's grandson enters the mix as plans to guide his future romance and the girls’ work take shape. Mrs. Dixon backs the arrangement after a thoughtful talk with Benjamin Merrifield about youth, work, and happiness.
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Mr. Merrifield
Bill
Tempe
Mr. Bailey
Miss Hyde
Gayle
Mr. Tucker
Jeremy
Tom Bill Bailey
Dixon
Oaks
Merrifield
Bill Bailey
the Oaks
Mrs. Dixon
Goodby
Answers to Questions From The Winchester Star
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau provides responses on speed records at Indianapolis, bank closings in 1933, baby heart rates, railroad taxes to schools, Turpinite explosive, copyright song totals, hippopotamus blood exudate, largest U S dry dock, vitamin K foods, Mayor La Guardia age, colonial era trade effects, Washington D C telephones, Maine ski manufacture, and Martha Washington clothing recycling.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
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