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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1931

Page

4

Subscription Rates and Ad Body Text

Subscriptions rates listed for Mall One year $3.50 six months 1.75 three months 0.90 one month 0.30 By Carrier one year 4.50 six months 2.25 three months 1.20 one month 0.40 National advertising reps Devine Tenney Corp New York Des Moines Chicago Associated Press rights notice and consolidation note. Road to true riches quote from Matthew 6:33.

Sunerey Devine-Tenney Corporation New York Des Moines Chicago Associated Press

Be Kind to Kings Week and Other Observances

A Newport News Daily Press reflection on the proliferation of weeks and days for various causes. While overdoing them risks desensitization, such observances promote humane movements and better neighborly relations, offering a useful reminder from a wartime relic era.

Newport News Daily Press

Work of Genius in Soviet Year Plan Publicity

The Baltimore Evening Sun lauds Soviet publicity as superior to American efforts. It cites a complex statistical synthesis behind The Year Plan and notes Americans imitate it, with business leaders adopting five year plans as catch phrases to drive profits.

Baltimore Evening Sun Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Fenius Russia

Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Opens in Winchester

The eighth annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival opens under blue skies in Winchester attracting visitors from 13 states. Miss Patricia Morton of Winchester England will be crowned Queen Shenandoah VIII by Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, with a court of 35 princesses and 35 musical groups including the Marine Band from Quantico leading the Queen’s Parade.

Roanoke Winchester Patricia Morton England Richard Evelyn Byrd Virginia Shenandoah VIII Marine Band Quantico Aes

Virginia's English Brick Myth Debunked in Colonial Trade

Virginia's brick history is reassessed by 8 C Mack Intire Jr in Vim from the Virginia Mechanics Institute. The study argues Virginians did not import brick but exported it early, and that surviving bricks resemble local manufacture rather than English imports.

Richmond News England Virginia C. MackIntire, Jr Vim The Mechanics’ Institute

Love Preferred The Romance Of A Business Girl

Mary Vaughn private secretary to Wall Street banker Ronald Foster pursues her life on a high rung of society. She nurtures a family, loves Dick Baldwin while rival Bonnie schemes for his attention, and Mary grows close to Willa Duchon and others in Greenwich Village. Mary faces romantic and career choices as Martin Frazier pursues her with polite persistence, while Dick vows patience and future plans.

Mary Vaughn Ronald K. Foster Wall Street Bonnie Mary Debonair Dick Baldwin Martin Frazier Foster Greenwich Village Willa Duchon Ramon Patsy Ashley Duchens Sheila King Willa Tower of Strength Martin

Film star asks how to stop requests for photos

The Humorist notes a film star asking how to prevent people from constantly writing for photographs. The suggested response Playfully advises her to send passport photographs.

Humorist London

Wages Cut and Gender Stereotypes Prompt Debate

A reader quote contrasts wage cuts with social expectations. The Los Angeles Times notes a 100 percent wage reduction affecting 6,000,000 workers. A Dallas News item claims an Oklahoma woman argues college women require nighties spankings and low heels to distinguish demand from need.

Los Angeles Times Dallas News

Baked on Peninsula for Williamsburg Use

A fragment notes a product being baked on the peninsula for later use at Williamsburg. The item appears prepared for distribution or storage at a regional facility. Further details are unclear in the readable text.

Williamsburg

Market Notes from The Star on Local Prices and Animals

Local wholesale and retail market listings show prices for wheat corn and dairy products, plus livestock quotes for steers cows spring lambs and lamb meat. The report includes Butter fat and creamery butter prices and references a Brunswick Pilot post office remark about Democrats and mail.

CPOE Odin Aeeen Baltimore Ieee Etna Eee Tiesdo Brunswick Pilot

Sweepstakes Prize Sparks Speculation on Political Moves

A reader imagines an $860000 sweepstakes win changing careers as a political leap. The Detroit News notes the humorous notion of using prize money to influence a Pennsylvania Senate primary outcome.

Pennsylvania Detroit News

Frederick County and district candidates announce in 1931 primary

A long list of Frederick County Virginia candidates announces for the Democratic primary on August 4 1931. Names include T Russell Cather Jos 8 Denny Boyd R Richards Luther Pannet E C Oates Jacob H Beaver WM Erle Edwards Floyd M Brill B P Harrison Lee N Whitacre and others seeking offices from state senate to sheriff treasurer and revenue commissioner with pledges to serve diligently and cut costs while supporting the county’s interests. The notices urge voters to back qualified county men in the August primary.

State Senate Virginia T. Russell Cather House of Delegates Frederick Clarke Counties Winchester Jos Denny Frederick County Luther Pannett Spaunee Teter Shanee Jacob H. Beaver Commonwealth Erle Edwards Commonwealth's Floyd M. Brill Commission of Revenue Freedrick County Fred. Co Frederick Co School Board of Eee

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