Winchester Evening Star Reader Ad Rates and Schedule Note
Advertising rates and deadlines shown for the Winchester Evening Star include 2 cents per word for classifieds with a 25 cent minimum, display ads 45 cents per inch, and office submission by 9 PM the day before publication. Subscription prices list weekly and annual options with mail and carrier delivery.
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Nn National
Tenney
Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit
Woodward Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Unto the pure all things are pure quote
A theological reflection on Titus 1 15 about purity and defilement of mind and conscience from the biblical text presented in a devotional style.
The Good Samaritan Appeal for Red Cross Refugee Relief
A call for a 10 million dollar American Red Cross drive to aid refugees and war sufferers across Europe. The appeal emphasizes humanitarian aid for democratic nations and argues funds will not fund aggressors or violate Red Cross principles.
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United States
Europe
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Germany
Russia
Billions For Defense In A National Emergency
A national emergency demands unified action to defend 140 million Americans. Congress supports a billion dollar defense plan with rapid airplane production expansion to 50,000 planes per year, emphasizing air power as decisive in modern warfare while not diminishing land forces. The article notes air superiority as essential for Allied aid and home defense.
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Congress
United States
Parking meters widespread in American cities says clearinghouse
Reprinted editorial notes at least 155 cities use meters for regulation and revenue. Four cities reinstalled meters after removal, nine abandoned them without reinstating. First installation was in Oklahoma City five years ago. Houston earned 260000 from meters in 1939 while Washington city’s figure is not given.
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Louisville Times
Oklahoma City
Houston
Texas
Washington City
Damp cold or dry cold which feels colder?
Modern home air conditioning shows that humidity reduces perceived cold. Heat loss depends on moisture, air density, and wind. Dry air loses heat faster, while radiant sunlight can offset cold. damp cold feels harsher on cloudy windy days with little sun.
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National Warm Heating and Air Conditioning Association
Intervention Threatens U S Democracy Says Newport News Editor
The Newport News Daily Press comments on Mr. Lewis Douglas’s call for intervention arguing that while the U S cannot isolate itself, stepping in to police Europe would end democracy at home. It warns that future intervention could destroy American democratic government.
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Newport News Daily Press
Lewis Douglas
Canada
United States
Douglas
Civilization
Europe
The Star Quiz Answers on Page 2
The quiz asks about speed of iceboats, ancient gladiators thumbs signals, Lindbergh’s place in non stop flight, Rockefeller restoration of a city, a Supreme Court Justice son of a poet, ocean heights at the canal, pronunciation of consummate, the Monroe Doctrine namesake, cancer contagion, and Madrid’s location in Spain.
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Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Supreme Court
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Panama Canal
Spain
Madrid
Not to Exceed Misused in Everyday Wording
Guide explains the phrase not to exceed should appear with official orders only and is often misapplied as not more than. Examples show a public or formal context where spending limits or quantities are stated to avoid ambiguity.
Now It Can Be Told A Digestion Column Satire
Dr Logan Clendening lampoons a patient with chronic stomach fuss narrating a blunt, humorous exchange about indigestion and diet. The piece ends with an editor note promoting seven pamphlets by the author and how to obtain them by mail.
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Adrian Gibbs
Clendening
Logan Clendening
Lynchings Decline Across the South as Record Improves
The Alexandria Gazette reports 12 months with no lynching in the South for the first time in 118 years. The Association of Southern Women for Prevention of Lynching credits fewer mobs formed, noting 18 mobs in the year vs 42 previously.
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Alexandria Gazette
Association of Southern Women For Prevention
New England
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
United States
George York Receives Purple Heart After Indian War Wounds
George York, wounded four times in Indian wars, is awarded the Order of Purple Heart by the government. Federal and state agents move to end a lengthy coal miners strike while the government provides food aid to miners’ families. Virginia Yates celebrates a birthday party hosted by Mrs. James Yates on Handley Avenue.
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George York
Virginia Yates
James Yates
Handley Avenue
Five Years Ago Prizes Awarded at League A Banquet
Fred Glaize Jr Tom Yates Cauffman Bru Baker and H I Pifer receive prizes for top bowling at the annual League A banquet. Winchester relief drive closes with teams short by 270 dollars of a 6000 dollar goal. Leaders call for quick congressional vote on the president's veto remains unresolved.
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Fred Glaize
Tom Yates
Cauffman Brubaker
H. I. Pifer
Winchester
Congress
Handley Senior Class Presents Quality Street Play
Marlboro suffers a major fire at L L Links flour mill destroying the plant with losses around fifteen thousand dollars. Local officials plan immediate repairs for the century old jail. The Handley Senior Class stages James Barrie’s Quality Street.
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L. L. Links
Marlboro
Handley
James Barrie
Local boy leads Tome School to undefeated season
Twenty five years ago W. E. Weems captained and played center field for the Tome School baseball team as it enjoyed a splendid undefeated season. White safety gates are erected at all B and crossing in Winchester while German advances are checked in Flanders and Italy arms to join the Allies amid a British cabinet reconstruction.
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W. Weems
Tome
Winchester
Flanders
Italy
Young Worthington suffers lip injury after street fall
Forty years ago young Charles Worthington cuts his lip on a glass bottle he carried when he fell in front of Hable's Store. The county and nearby Berkeley County West Virginia restock cattle after a hoof and mouth disease outbreak. Joe Garner and Clarence Wilson lead the local colored baseball team to victory over Front Royal in a special picnic game at Shug Evans Park.
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Charles Worthington
Hable
Berkeley County
W. Va
Joe Garner
Clarence Wilson
Front Royal Nine
Shug Evans’ Park
Mystery at The Oaks follows a jewelry theft in a mansion
At Merrifield's Oak mansion a bracelet goes missing during a party. Maudie the maid is revealed as a detective in disguise, identifying the thief as a woman and prompting cautious investigations while guests resume the ball. Gayle ponders who among the seven female staff could be the culprit.
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Gayle
Bill
Graham
Tway
Margie
Mrs. Tway
Margie Tway
East Bawth
Maudie
Merrifield
Bill Bailey
Miss Dixon
Holmquist
City Detective Bureau
Mr. Bailey
the Oaks
Celeste
Christopher
Bayne
Dee
Jeremy
Tempe Hyde
Merrifield Mansion
Lola Montesa
Lola
Maintain Contact With Arts Despite "A Cry of Death"
Barbara Webb reports on John Mason Brown addressing a Winchester audience in the Gold Room of the Hotel George Washington. The New York Evening Post critic urged continued engagement with the arts despite wartime tragedy and discussed Lawrence Olivier, Maxwell Anderson, Shakespeare, and other works and actors in a wide-ranging theatre critique.
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John Mason Brown
Winchester
George Washington
H. B. Gilpin
Paley
Brown
Mr. Brown
The
Hollywood
Maxwell Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Shakespeare
Dagwood
Shakspeare
Hemingway
Cupid
Robert Sherwood
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Kim Oman
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Saroyan
de Quincey
Helen Hays
Katherine Cornell
Gertrude Lawrence
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