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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1939
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is a daily newspaper published by The Bening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia. It states post office entry as second class matter and notes publication every day except Sunday.
Classified notices announce pricing 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and memorials or cards of thanks at 10 cents per printed line. Display ads with borders due in the office by 9 PM the prior day, transient rate 45 cents per inch, other rates on request. National reps listed as Tenney Powell and Company with multiple U.S. offices.
The Associated Press notes exclusive rights to republish all AP dispatches and any local news published in this paper. This notice asserts AP ownership of news content and origin of local material.
A garbled pricing fragment shows various prepaid amounts per period including months and weeks. The text lacks clear context, dates, entities, or complete items, making interpretation and summarization difficult.
A dated religious notice from May 9 10 1939 cites John 14 1 urging calm and faith. The brief shows two calendar days and emphasizes belief in God and in Jesus amid public dissemination.
Mayor Ross D. Rogers told a Congressional Appropriations Committee that Amarillo can manage without WPA funds. The Texan leader, likened to Cactus Jack Garner, questions ongoing federal spending and balanced budgets amid a harsh critique of typical mayoral pleas for aid.
The former British monarch spoke Monday night as a private citizen and World War veteran. He addressed the people of the world with simple, heartfelt language, aiming beyond rulers and governments. The speech struck a responsive chord in listeners and readers, though its ultimate effect remains conjectural.
Governor Herbert R. O Conor argues federal aid burdens states. He cites Virginia as example, noting six years of grants totaling about 274 million dollars while Virginia carries about one billion dollars of national debt, implying aid costs exceed receipts by over three to one.
The passage notes conflicting views among cabinet members on continued government spending. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau warns about a deficit tied to farm benefits and tax issues while Harry Hopkins urges ongoing spending. The public grows bewildered by mixed signals from officials.
Socialist Milwaukee mayor Daniel W. Hoan testified to a House committee that he kept the budget tight and opposed pay as you go work relief. He warned that issuing bonds and deeper debt alarms the nation and state leaders including Harry Hopkins and Marriner Eccles.
The Kansas City Times notes the Senate and House approving bills aimed at limiting political use of WPA relief money and influencing elections. It suggests rising opposition to tying relief funds to political gains and hopes for continued work to reduce relief needs.
A London correspondent reports the government offering free standard steel bombproof shelters for low income families under two hundred fifty pounds a year. Many refuse the aid to avoid exposing incomes to neighbors, illustrating a reputation for privacy and pride.
Post-Dispatch recalls the famed tough Missouri mules who served in Italy and WWI. Eight elderly veterans faced execution for age but received a reprieve amid protests from humane groups and veterans. The piece hints at political appetite for spending to sustain their remaining days.
The Winchester Star notes a proposed three day waiting period before marriage ceremonies would be required in the General Assembly next year. It argues the policy would curb hasty marriages and align rules across communities, citing Maryland’s Elkton and Rockville statutes as a model.
The first county musical festival will be held Saturday at Rouss Park with 600 school children taking part, Miss Starling in charge. Aulick Gibbons' building on North Cameron Street, formerly used by a fertilizer company, is destroyed by flames. Dr. Hunter H. McGuire is reelected president of Winchester Memorial Hospital.
Five years ago Carl McKay suffered severe burns from a lime and sulphur mixture at the Shenandoa Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Co. outdoor tank. Large forest fires burned slopes of North Mountain toward Harrisonburg, not yet in Frederick County. Rev. Guy M. Morrow of Kernstown accepted a call to Faith Presbyterian Church in Leesburg, serving the Opequon group.
A member of the Illinois House is freed of charges of importing liquor from Cuba. Winchester property's total assessment nears 10 million dollars with city tax raising 150 351 dollars in revenue. Dr. A C Swimley relocates offices from 143 North Loudoun to second floor of Hable building at 4 N Loudoun.
Henry McVicar, just back from troub lading Mexico, says he will return when the undeclared war ends but will not remain until U S soldiers occupy Mexico City. Sicily suffers a deadly quake and Mount Enta erupts with death and flame. Bishop A W Wilson at SMU convention asserts the denomination is not a political plaything.
In a hospital corridor Lena learns Jim may be the subject of a Western Detective Agency hunt. A letter suggests possible western ties and an engineer's background, raising fear that Jim is a wanted man and a murderer, with Lena unsure how to confront him.
The Bustard commission hearing reveals Virginia holds about 300 million of the 15 billion invested nationwide in commercial and recreational wild life facilities. Tidewater hosts eighty lodges with holdings near half a million dollars each, while Western Virginia features thousands of hunting lodges. The article argues sound conservation policy safeguards vast private investments, jobs, and state revenue tied to hunting and fishing programs.
In a radio talk, W. E. H. A. W. J. Cameron recalls Henry Ford's revival of interest in McGuffey Readers after a memory sparked by Mrs. Ford. A missing First Reader prompted Ford to hunt bookshops, yielding one of the nation’s finest McGuffey collections.
Forty approved plans for single family dwellings with exterior sketches floor plans and economy tips offered in a 70 page Government booklet. Special focus on farm houses but suitable for city town or suburb. Kitchen plans approved by home economics experts for efficiency at minimum cost. Ten cents postpaid. Mail to Washington DC with coupon. Name Street City State.
General Pershing visits E Wade Patrick of Brookfield Missouri to honor his courage as he built a bedbound business. Patrick started by suspending a typewriter and wiring a phone while on bed rest then expanded to radios ironing machines and cleaning devices with five salesmen managed by telephone. His 1938 bed-conducted enterprise reached 32000 dollars.
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