Winchester Evening Star Classified Rates Notice
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates and policies. Memorials and Cards of Thanks cost 10 cents per line, 2 cents per word for classifieds, 25 cent minimum, 9 PM deadline for display ads, transient rate 45 cents per inch, with national reps in New York and other cities.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Rates for mail and carrier subscriptions summarized
The notice lists subscription terms by mail and carrier with advance payment options. It shows prices for one year and shorter periods, including three months and one month rates, plus a weekly bid reference. The document uses fragmentary phrasing and numerical figures such as 4.50 and 2.35 to indicate totals.
Spirit Survives the Body Quote Appears in 1939 Page
A May 15 1939 column presents a religious reflection citing a Bible verse about transformation from mortal to immortal. The brief item frames the spiritual theme for readers, invoking 1 Corinthians 15 and the idea of incorruption.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Tops Box Office
The film earned about 6.74 million dollars in 18 months and grossed nearly 2 million more from international circulation. Audiences praised its familiar storyline, moral arc, memorable tunes, and charming characters including Dopey, making it a landmark commercial and artistic success.
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Snow White
New York City Commissioner Clamps Down On Parking
Commissioner Valentine deploys twelve patrolmen with summons books to timed parking checks around his office. A Bureau of Information officer faces a summons for his own car and Valentine’s secretary is cited. Drivers of two squad cars questioned as license numbers are pulled for investigation. The piece extols parking summonses and cheers the commissioner’s hard stance.
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Valentine
New York City
Bureau of Information
Strike Ends Reducing Risk to Economy and Output
The six weeks coal strike ended just in time to avert serious disruption to industries rail power plants and cities. With miners back at work the door opens for a quicker economic upturn this summer and fall and the nation should hail any development that speeds recovery.
Saluting Grover Whalen on the exposition gate
The piece critiques a parade salute to Grover Whalen at the exposition, arguing the ritual blends national and imported traditions. It suggests a younger libertarian should stand in for the official salute to avoid infringing on American custom.
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Patrick Henry
Sam P Adams
Grover
Value of College Education Shines In Eight Year Survey
The United States Commissioner of Education reports on 46 000 graduates from 31 American universities eight years after graduation. The study finds earnings modest but notes low divorce rates for men and higher for college women, with nursing and teaching top for women in early careers, and high independence with limited reliance on welfare.
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New York Herald Tribune
United States Commissioner of Education
Eastern College
Commissioner of Education
Relief’s Moral Climate in WPA Politics
Richmond columnist Ernest K. Lindley criticizes the Presidents 1.75 billion relief request as reinforcing a politicized WPA. The piece argues work relief was underfunded, politics tainted WPA, and President Hopkins and the administration bear responsibility for letting political lines trap relief efforts.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Ernest K. Lindley
WPA
Lindley
Stanley High
Congressional Committee
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
High
Works Progress Administration
Harry Hopkins
Alben” Barkley
William Morrison Injured as Fire Destroys Packing Shed
William Morrison hospitalized after flames engulf the Glaize and Bros. apple packing shed near the Virginia Storage Co in Warren County. The Star's Valley Baseball league crown goes to Warren County High School with Middletown in fourth place and Stephens City last.
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William Morrison
Glaize and Bros
Virginia Storage Co
Warren County High School
Middletown
Stephens City
Roosevelt seeks 1 322 000 to taper emergency expenditures
Five years ago President Roosevelt asked Congress for 1 322 000 dollars to taper off emergency spending for the rest of the year. Locally many women attended The Star’s cooking school while merchants praised results. Mrs William Stickley Jr a recent bride was honored in Stephens City at a shower tea.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Star
William Stickley, Jr
Stephens City
Mutual Storage to Build $100000 Plant Between Timberville and Broadway
Ten years ago Mutual Storage Co announced plans for a plant costing 100000 dollars to house 87000 barrels between Timberville and Broadway. An annual report shows hospital fees of 105444 dollars charged last year with 88770 dollars collected.
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Mutual Storage Co
Timberville
Broadway
J C Darnell Snaps Pine Snake on Visit to Carolinas
Twenty five years ago J C Darnell caught a pine snake over seven feet long during a visit to the Carolinas. A burglar using a skeleton key broke into Hable's clothing store and Sartelle's confectionery at night. Constitutional Mexican soldiers capture several important cities easing war danger between Mexican rebels and U S troops.
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J. C. Darnell
Carolinas
Hable
Sartelle
U. S
Balloon purse failure cancels special flight at New Market
Two high spirited young men fight in front of Levine's store and shatter a big glass show window. A balloon flight at New Market is canceled after locals fail to raise a $300 purse. Windy conditions topple a structure near George Eagle's slaughter house.
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Levine's
New Market
Convict's Daughter Chapter Thirty Seven Paths of Trust
Lana grapples with Clark Martin's presence and her fear of betrayal as Jim recovers in hospital. Martin insists on neutrality while Lana loosens her hold on secrecy, and Dinah reports Jim's improving condition. The Brighton police presence hints at looming trouble as the story nears a turning point.
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Clark Martin
Jim
Morriss Verandah
Lana
Mrs. Morriss
Dinah
The Negro in the North
Alfred E. Smith notes rising Negro migration to the North and cites census shifts showing 12 to 13 million Black Americans nationwide with 2.5 million in the North and nearly 9 million in the South. He argues urban centers now hold the densest Black populations and calls for a fair deal nationwide.
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Christian Secience Monitor
Swanee River
Hudson River
Delaware River
Alfred E. Smith
New York
United States
Mr. Smith
North
South
West
Africa
Party Chances in Poll Show Republicans Lead
The Charlottesville Progress reports a Gallup poll showing 52 percent expect Republicans to win the next presidential election while 48 percent back Democrats. In January 1937 70 percent predicted a Democratic victory. Democratic optimism has fallen from 90 percent to 67 percent. Party realists warn that fences must be mended quickly amid purge, court packing, and debt resentment to secure a victory next year.
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Gallup
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
A collection of Q and A on topics from racehorses to world affairs. Questions cover quarter horses, perspiration, New York farm population, M Day, Debussy royalties, Charlie McCarthy origin, syphilis in newborns, Graf Zeppelin, stenographers by gender, Benny Goodman biography, prison authors, sausage consumption, Maginot Line length, Windsor lineage, Simplon Tunnel, and Southern Negro migration to Washington and Cincinnati.
Home Guide To Health Book Advertisement
An advertisement promotes a new Home Doctor Book covering care of the sick diet for the sick infant care home medicines and personal hygiene in alphabetic sections. It offers forty pages of information for ten cents and includes a mail coupon with a request for the book and a space for the reader to fill name address and city.
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Winchester Evening Star
Home Doctor
Morgantown seeks name for new county hospital
In Morgantown West Virginia the county court offered a contract to build a replacement for Monongalia County Hospital and invited residents to name the new facility. Officials joked about the name County Hospital sounding like a charity institution and tied it to a humorous offer of a free appendicitis operation to name the hospital.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Monongalia County Hospital
County Hospital
Impartial Justice in Waupaca Issues Reckless Driving Fine
Allen Scott faced a $50 fine for reckless driving before Justice of the Peace in Waupaca. The proceeding, likely held with M. B. Scott as defendant’s father, warned that a second offense would bring jail time.
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Waupaca
Wis
Justice of the Peace
Allen Scott
M. B. Scott
No Exercises On June 6th Memorial Day Debate
W. W. Glass argues against altering the traditional June 6 Decoration Day observance in Winchester and Frederick County. He cites General Turner Ashby’s Memorial date and the 1868 Logan proclamation while warning against mixing dates or eroding the memory of Confederate heroes. He notes local concern over any change and includes an excerpt from Mrs. Katherine Glass Greene.
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the Star
Joseph
Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley
Turner Ashby
Union
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Geo. W. Dellinger
National Cemetery
Stone Wall Cemetery
W. W. Glass
P. S
Katherine Glass Greene
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