Advertising Rates Classifieds And Memorials Notice
An old advertising rate card details two cents per line for typestyles, 25 cents per line for headlines, 25 cents minimum, required cash with copy, memorials and cards of thanks at 10 cents per counted line, display ads with borders due by 9 PM prior to publication, transient 45 cents per inch, contract rates on request, and United States ad reps. It ends with a Bible verse from John 11 about belief in resurrection.
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Head Inc
Socce
Tenney Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
WPA project hailed for Maine potato growers guide
A faded column cites a WPA effort in Maine advising potato growers through a bound 2M page book. It notes Aroostook County as a leading potato area and observes price swings impacting local communities, prompting questions about similar projects for apples in Winchester and Frederik County.
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Maine
WPA Advice by Hopkins Sparks Debate on Waste
The piece mocks WPA officials including Harry Hopkins while praising his charity. It questions the usefulness of a bound WPA textbook for potato growers, noting the work was produced by white collar workers rather than farmers or government experts.
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Frederick County
WPA
Congress
Harry Hopkins
Definition of a forgotten word in Memphis budget note
News flash from Memphis notes Tennessee's 1937 39 biennial budget is balanced. The piece explains old phrases like balance as used in Webster and urges Congress to adopt such dictionary definitions before they fade from use.
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Memphis
Tennessee
Webster
Congressional Record
Proof of Roosevelt Press Influence Claim Debated
The Richmond Times Dispatch challenges President Roosevelt and columnist Jay Franklin over the claim that 85 percent of newspapers opposed his 1936 reelection. The paper notes lack of supporting evidence on both sides and recalls its own supportive stance during the campaign.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Roosevelt
Jay Franklin
United States
Mr. Franklin
Times-Dispatch
Mr. Roose
Press influence in 1936 election questioned by New Republic
A 1937 New Republic special section surveyed 15 large northern newspapers showing about 70 percent London prior to Roosevelt wins, while the public vote favored Roosevelt by roughly 70 percent. The piece questions the 85 percent figure and calls for substantiation.
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New Republic
New York
United States
South
Roosevelt
London
Pranklin
Chitwood and Tavenner Considered for Judgship
Richmond Times Dispatch reports speculation on a federal judgeship for the Western District of Virginia as a 24 new judge bill moves through Congress. Potential candidates include Joseph Chitwood of Roanoke and Frank Tavenner of Woodstock alongside local officials and appointee prospects.
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Richmond Times
Virginia
House of Representatives
Senate
Virginia Post
Joseph Chitwood
Roanoke
United States
Western District of
Frank Tavenner
Woodstock
Floyd Roberts
Bristol
Peery
Don P. Halsey
Lynchburg
Apples into Sugar Urges Yakima Lab for Apple Sugar
From Washington a dispatch urges establishment of a regional research laboratory to study apples and their possible use in industrial sugar production. The APC Growers say profitable use for surplus apples is likely and could curb uprooting Yakima Valley orchards.
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Yakima
National Capitol
Pacific Northwest
Appalachian Apple Growers, Inc
Yakima Valley
King George VI crowned as rains lash London crowds
George VI is crowned king of Britain with Elizabeth by his side as rains flood London. George W. Dellinger, 92, returns from a long car trip to Gréersville, S C. Mrs Dailey Slonaker wins a blue ribbon for a large floral arrangement at the Old Fredericktown Garden Club meeting.
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George VI
Britain
Elizabeth
London
George W. Dellinger
Gréersville
S. C
Dailey Slonaker
Old Fredericktown Garden Club
Little Theatre serves fruit punch during acts of The Second Man
Margaret Hansbrough chairman of the committee announces fruit punch service during the current production The Second Man. Secretary of War G H Dern and Mrs Dern write a letter thanking Winchester residents for hospitality shown during the recent festival.
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Little Theatre
Margaret Hansbrough
G. H. Dern
Mrs. Dern
Winchester
Big slide halts freight trains on B and O line at Doe Gulley
Dozens of freight and other trains on the Cumberland division of the B. and O. Railroad are stopped by a large slide at Doe Gulley and fast trains are rerouted. The Rotary Club hears a plan to aid the blind in Winchester and help them become self supporting. A Boston paper features a two column photo of Margaret Snyder among apple blossoms as the Winchester princess. Mr Loring Ritter receives a surprise party for his 33rd birthday from wife and friends.
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Cumberland
Doe Gulley
Winchester
Rotary Club
Margaret Snyder
Boston
Princess
Loring Ritter
Interior Lane approves Massanutten land purchase for forest reserve
Sect or Interior Lane approves buying 71 000 acres in the Massanutten area for a forest reserve at an estimated cost of 200 000 dollars. Frost harms gardens in low valleys and ripe fruit. Charles Fisher and George Thomas are indicted for the murder of Clyde Carpenter. Robert M Ward and J B Beverley Jr are officers of a new men’s club at Christ Episcopal Church.
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Interior Lane
Massanutten
Charles Fisher
George Thomas
Clyde Carpenter
Robert M. Ward
J. B. Beverley, Jr
Men's Club of
Christ Episcopal Church
Council Approves Relief Funds for Reuss Hook and Ladder
Forty years ago the council appropriated 568.92 dollars for relief of the Reuss Hook and Ladder Company. The Star continued telegraphic news from the Spanish-American War in Cuba. John Anderson injured when his hand is crushed by an axe while repairing a hog pen behind a Cork Street home. T. H. Sprint and J. M. Ferguson open a store in the old Faulkner building at Water and Main streets.
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Council
Reuss Hook and Ladder Company
The
Star
Cuba
John Anderson
Cork Street
T. H. Sprint
J. M. Ferguson
Faulkner
Water and
Main Street
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin features
A compilation of Q and A on history, science, and notable figures. It lists topics from Franklin epitaphs and hotel incomes to World’s Fair religion temples and Sousa’s sousaphone, with brief factual responses and dates. Entities include Benjamin Franklin, Huntington Library, Library of Congress, J. P. Morgan Library, and Percy L. Gassaway.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Huntington Library
San Marino
California
Library of Congress
J. P. Morgan Library
Washington Notes on Wage Hour Bills and White House Strategy
The article surveys Vice President Garner's worry over wage hour bill differentials for the South, Roosevelt’s setback on lump sum in the spend lead bill, WPA criticism sparks from Harry Hopkins, and a WPA potato study by white collar workers noting Maine’s Aroostook County as a major producer. It also mentions a White House press clipping bureau and the rise of a female legislator hiring a publicist to boost her profile.
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Washington
White House
Garner
V. P
South
New England
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Aroostook
Tiny Planet Hermes Near Earth This Autumn
A tiny world named Hermes was discovered last autumn approaching Earth. Calculations of its orbital path showed no collision with Earth, approaching as close as twice the Moon’s distance. The object measured about three quarters of a mile in diameter, described as a mountain in the sky.
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Earth
Hermes
One More Weddings In New York Ends In Romance
Garry Page, New York columnist, returns from abroad and reconnects with Barbara Kingsley after a night of danger at her apartment. A tense sequence follows with Bruce Kemper and a gun, ending in a proposal as Barbara accepts Garry’s plea to marry, amid city bustle and personal doubt.
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Garry Page
New York
Barbara Kingsley
New_York
Garry
Europe
Azine
Natalie Kendall
Barbara
Martinsville Post
Martinsville
Jack Metcalf
Ruth Merryweather
Julia
Jimmy Minton
Peter
Kara
Bruce Kemper
Kemper
Miss Kingsley
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Bruce
Sixth Avenue
Eighth Street
America
Lafayette
Mark Twain
West Forties
Natalie
Jack
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H. F. Byrd, JR
Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester, Va
Associated Press
John
Aroostook County
Frederik County
Mr. Hopkins
Chitwood
Tavenner
Price
Luther B. Way
Norfolk
Robert N. Pollard
Richmond
John Paul
Harrisonburg
Sy Aes Ectiaen Anne
Hanse
Messiah
New York World
Fai. C
K. A
Massachusetts
Worcester
Springfield
Fall River
Cambridge
New Bedae
Somerville
Lynn
Lowell
Ke Q
H. L
Annette Hoyt Flanders
Helen Bullard
Ellen Shipman
Helen Swift Jones
Beatrice Farrand
Marian Coffin
Rose Greely
al Anes
Edu
Cation
Robert M. Hutchins
Evening Post
United States Forest Service
R.H.F. A
Sousa
C. G. Conn, Ltd
Elkhart
Indiana
O. Q
General Pershing
Hitler
Johann Georg Hiedler
Alois Hitler
Huettler
Arconi
H. W
Percy L. Gassaway
Oklahoma
Paul Mallon
Commerce Department
FDR
J. Warren Madden
Senate Labor Committee
Minton
Greta Garbo
Scott
F.w.thayer
Harvard
King Features Syndic
R.J. Scott
Somali Coast
Africa
Ay Helen
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