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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1939
Page
4
A WPA project in New York caused a traffic jam as about a thousand workers could not find parking near the North Beach airport site. The piece notes pay scales from $1.03 to $2.00 per hour for various trades, illustrating the broad range of wages amid WPA employment and ongoing federal budget debates.
The Winchester Evening Star lists mailing details and daily publication schedule. It details advertising rates including 2 cents per word for classifieds, 10 cents per line for memorials, 45 cents per inch for display ads, and deadline 9 PM the day before publication with National Advertising representation listed.
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to re publish all dispatches credited or not in this paper and all local news published herein. The notice outlines rights for reproduction and distribution by the publication.
A brief proverb style note quotes 1 Peter 3 8 urging harmony and compassion among readers with a devotional tone and biblically framed call for unity and kindness despite differences.
The piece quotes Miss Ethel Bowers urging shift away from Amazon style and spectacle in women sports. It notes the aim should mirror men's and boys participation, with less focus on attire and more on performance, acknowledging historical concerns and uncertainty about solutions.
Readable lines mention a financial figure of 4.3 percent and a reference to a measurement or percentage. The text is incomplete, obscuring full context, dates, names, or actions.
A tablet was unveiled at St. Pauls Church in Norfolk honoring Bishop Beverley Dandridge Tucker of the Southern Virginia Diocese. The service highlighted his 24 years as rector at St. Pauls and the notable presence of his family including two bishops and four clergymen among his sons and daughters.
Emil Hurja conducts a national poll with predicted leaders for the Democratic and Republican nominations. Garner leads Democrats with rural strength while Dewey tops Republicans in the Northeast and Pacific Coast. Runners up include Hull Farley Clark McNutt for Democrats and Vandenberg Landon Taft LaGuardia for Republicans. The poll assumes Roosevelt won’t seek a third term and notes results may change with new developments.
Elwood Williams, a Handley lower grade pupil, wins the preliminary city marble championship. Handley graduates Horace Hott and Bennie Davis, both class of 1934, are listed in Who's Who in American Colleges while V P I senior Raymond E Bayliss confirms his resignation as state officer.
A blaze started in Asa Crisman's second hand storeroom behind Winchester furniture store spreads across a full block on Main Street causing an estimated fifty thousand dollars in damage. Paul Hummer is killed and Miss Gwendolyn Staubs is injured when a car wrecks on a mountain road near Charles Town. Mr and Mrs H K Russell announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Greenway to John Barnes Carr of Clarksdale Mississippi.
Ten years ago the annual Red Men of Virginia encampment will open here tomorrow with a large council pow wow. Ground is broken at Berryville for a Negro Industrial School, with initial funding raised over six years ago. Carter Wormley reports in a special dispatch that valley fruit conditions are excellent, while the Southwest endures frost.
Twenty five years ago the bank announced a large silver cup to be engraved with the winner’s name for the farmer who raises the most corn on one acre. The same era notes church reunification steps at an Oklahoma City conference. W P Massey spoke on modern methods of apple picking packing branding and marketing at Frederick county’s Mutual Farmers Club meeting.
Forty years ago the Ladies National Memorial Association met at Mrs W R Willis home to discuss Memorial Day exercises. J E Copp of Kernstown killed seven snakes over six feet long near his home. Lightning struck a store on West Waters Street during the night knocking three people from their beds but causing no injuries.
Lana rushes to Jim's bedside as doctors foresee a crisis. The patient pleads with a fading voice to stop the danger he fears, while Lana faces the possibility of living without him and clings to hope through the long night.
In a tense hospital scene Lana and Dr. Benton battle fear as Jim fights for life after a deadly incident involving a net. Jim confesses he caused another man’s death, while Lana fights to stay by his side as Clark Martin, the bridge engineer, stands at the door. To Be Continued)
The Flying Hamburger is a streamlined diesel service of the German State Railways running Hamburg to Berlin at 178.1 miles in 140 minutes. Other Q and A cover mustard origins, billiards history, ratafia, census coverage, Hit Parade songs, Juan March’s Franco support, Gestapo meaning, Fed Reserve director pay, U S milk and dairy per capita, farm workers numbers, pygmies’ known history, Potomac width, and letter usage of the word favor.
A fleet of three flying post offices launched from Pittsburgh Airport carrying 50 pounds of mail to inaugurate the nation’s first non-stop airmail pickup and delivery. At Latrobe first station on the 12 city route, planes dropped and picked up mail pouches with a 465 foot rope. a third plane continued to Morgantown West Virginia.
Proper diet is the easy and natural method of weight control. Careful selection of food builds you up or reduces weight without stuffing or starvation. Send ten cents to Washington Information Bureau for the WEIGHT CONTROL booklet.
Edwin W. Springer of Los Angeles mailed 203 tailored letters printed on faux newspaper stationery titled The Advance Interviewer. He received 28 percent reply and seven job offers, proving a bold approach can attract editors and employers.
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