Advertising and rates notice for Winchester newspaper
The Winchester Evening Star announces advertising rates and deadlines. Classifieds are 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, memorials and cards of thanks charged per line, and display ads due by 9 PM the day before publication. National reps listed in major cities.
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Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester
Tenney Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Coal Strike Deepens as Lewis Demands Split Pact
The coal strike remains unresolved with half a million miners affected. Authorities estimate weekly wage losses of ten million dollars and freight revenue losses around eleven million, amid a broader threat of coal shortages. The dispute centers on John L. Lewis and a proposed CIO closed shop, with AF of L influence fueling contention and penalties for lockouts debated.
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John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Pessimism and Unemployment Draw Fire in Talks
Secretary Hopkins says business leaders are not representative of most firms while New York Mayor LaGuardia warns 750000 out of work and urges WPA expansion. He notes unemployment in NYC remains near 1933 peak as federal relief, taxes, and debt rise.
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Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
United States Chamber of Commerce
New York
LaGuardia
Congress
New York City
Who Pays The Freight? Tax Burden On The Masses
An analysis notes government spending is funded mainly by the public through taxes. It cites numbers on bread taxes, shoe costs, and medicine prices, arguing the poor bear a larger burden in excessive taxation. The Charlotte Observer warns budgets are strained by waste and extravagance and calls for reform.
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Charlotte
WN. C
Spring in the Shenandoah blooms across apple country
New York Times describes the Shenandoah Valley and Berkeley Springs as crowned by apple blossoms. It likens the festival to ancient harvest rites and paints a vivid scene of white and pink blossoms across orchards, pines, dogwoods, and wild flowers, suggesting renewal and hope in May.
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Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah
Berkeley Springs
West Virginia
Washington
Harpers Ferry
Blue Ridge
Piedmont
Ability to Lend Defended by Senator Josh Lee
The article argues that Senator Lee’s proposal to require citizens to lend to the government by “ability to lend” is flawed. It notes wealth and income are not reliable measures, cites examples from workers and corporations, and suggests Lee oversimplifies the issue and ignores corporate lending potential.
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Josh Lee
Lee
Senator Lee
United States Steel Corporation
Stopping dictators: wheat sale to Germany highlighted
Clifton Forge columnist Paul Mallon notes a Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation sale of American wheat to Germany at 38 12 cents per bushel, well below the 70 cents Americans pay, with a 25 cent penalty on trade. The taxpayers cover the loss as Germany under Hitler buys wheat for about half American prices.
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Clifton Forge
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Derby winner Larwin tops 64th Kentucky Derby
The Handley track team wins the annual class B track and field meet at Charlottesville. Mrs. Alexander Barrie dies at Coronado Beach California and will be buried locally. There are 80 009 barrels of apples awaiting shipment in local storages doubling the 1937 level. The Coronado Beach death is reported as a local obituary entry.
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Alexander Barrie
Coronado Beach
Calif
Larwin
Louisville
Charlottesville
Insull jailed over bail default as two inventors draw crowd
Samuel Insull, once powerful utility magnate, is jailed for bail default. The Brown and Cochran bakery draws many locals curious about the ambitions of two young entrepreneurs. Police report two men arrested for breaking the Palace Theatre ticket booth front glass in a robbery.
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Samuel Insull
Brown and Cochran
Palace Theatre
Shenandoah Valley special train heads west departure soon
Miss Mary Spaid of the city and Mr. William A. Taulton of Knoxville Md are married. A Shenandoah Valley Inc special train will depart shortly for a western trip. Council fixes 1929 tax rate at $1.55. Harrisonburg buyers acquire Baker Wholesale Warehouse to run as Winchester Candy and Fruit Co.
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Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Mary Spaid
William A. Taulton
Knoxville
Harrisonburg
Baker Wholesale
Winchester Candy and Fruit Co
Washington seeks Blue Ridge summer home for President Wilson
Twenty five years ago Washington officials search Clarke county for a residence in the Blue Ridge mountains as a summer home for President Wilson. Miss Olive Funk discovers the hidden prize in a $2 weekly contest sponsored by The Star advertisers. The old Army camp from last summer is expected to house at least one cavalry unit this year. William H. Hottle serves in the U S 8 Vermont now in the Vera Cruz region during Mexico operations.
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Washington
Blue Ridge Mountains
Clarke County
Wilson
Olive Funk
The
Star
William H. Hottle
Vermont
Vera Cruz
Damascus
Hospital vigil ends with Lana fearing reporter exposure
Lana stays beside Jim after a dangerous fall as the doctor reassures her. Dinah and Mrs. Morriss offer care and fear of publicity surrounds the couple. A Brighton News reporter looms, and Lana begs to keep their names and pictures out of the story.
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Jim
Lana
Dinah
Mrs. Morriss
Lena
Brighton News
Ellis Lanforth
Mrs. Morris
Ellis Langforth
Brighton
Morriss
Answers to Questions Aboard the Winchester Star
A compiled Q and A feature lists answers from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Questions span nutrition on carrots, film rights, brain composition, Easter dates, Congress size, Guam population, book sales, the Rock of Gibraltar, Boys Town mayor, agnosticism, New York police, best dressed women, estate tax, Dionne quintuplets, federal laws, words ending in ion, state population growth, Germany’s Unknown Soldier tomb, the word tusch, Normandie ship provisions, and per capita water use in the United States.
Famous Places in the United States booklet promotion
A sales notice for a Washington Information Bureau booklet titled Famous Places in the United States. It promises illustrated pages on historic sites in all 48 states and the District of Columbia with roto-tinted photos and descriptive text. Send ten cents by mail to Washington, D. C. for a copy.
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States
District of Columbia
United States
Washington Information Bureau
Confederacy
Arizona
Louisiana
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Be Superstitious If It Helps Your Goal Says 1939 Column
Dale Carnegie notes famous figures who were superstitious and used lucky tokens. Peary and Byrd carried a coin to the pole, while others like Napoleon and Nelson show fear of omens. The piece urges balancing superstition with focus toward one’s aims.
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Admiral Peary
Pole
Richard E. Byrd
North Pole
Peary
Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe
Peter the Great
Russia
Lord Nelson
Samuel Johnson
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