The Winchester Evening Star Advertising Rates Notice
The Winchester Evening Star lists rates for classified and display advertising. It notes 2 cents per word for classified ads with a 25 cent minimum and 45 cents per inch for display ads with border, plus contracts on application. It also lists national representatives and AP reprint rights.
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Star Pub Co
Winchester
DeLisser-Boyd, Inc
New York
Richmond
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Rochester
Atlanta
San Francisco
Associated Press
Isaiah Verse About God's Covenant and Kindness
A devotional quotation references Isaiah 54 10 proclaiming that mountains may depart but God’s kindness and peace endure for believers. It emphasizes steadfast divine care and an unwavering covenant.
Judge Adam Carson Is Lauded In Obituary Tribute
The death of Adam C. Carson ends a life described as extraordinary and well rounded. An Irish born American who served in the Spanish American War, he became a trial judge and later a justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands before returning to the United States to enjoy family life and friends.
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United States
Philippines
Islands
Supreme Court of the
Philippine Islands
P. W
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
the Duke of Windsor
James Shields
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Powdered gun powder production surges in United States
The United States expands smokeless powder output toward 2.5 million pounds daily as Du Pont plants add capacity. Cellulose and ammonia are key ingredients with ammonia demand projected at 250 million pounds yearly.
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United States
Canada
Britain
Duponts
Connie Mack Revered as Grand Old Man of Baseball
The piece highlights Cornelius McGillicuddy known as Connie Mack as the enduring symbol of baseball, viewed by old timers as the true Grand Old Man whose name stirs wide attention in sports discourse.
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Cornelius McGillicuddy
Connie Mack
Connie Mack Day Honors A Legendary Baseball Figure
Philadelphia celebrated Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park marking his 58 years in baseball. Born 1862, Mack began as a catcher with Meriden in 1883 and rose to fame before managing the Athletics to a pennant the following year. At 78, he remains active and influential in the sport.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Shibe Park
Connie
Meriden
Athletics
Crete Invasion Reflects War Paradoxes And British Defenses
Editorial argues the Crete air invasion shows barbarism using modern weapons against a primitive land and UK resolve. It notes Nazi glider incursions near Minoan ruins, warns the assault aims to oust British from Greece, and contrasts Crete's improvised defenses with England's fortress preparations.
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Crete
Greece
Europe
England
Britain
British Isles
Hitler
Public anger grows over shipping losses data
The piece argues for releasing figures on American aid shipments sunk en route to Britain. It cites Senator Byrd and Admiral Hopkins, notes a seven billion dollar aid program, and calls for transparency about sinking rates to inform voters and counter claims of withholding vital information. It stresses Germany knows British losses and warns administration faces accusations of concealing facts.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Byrd
Virginia
Hopkins
Britain
Congress
United States
Atlantic
Land of the Maritime Commission
God Save the King at West Virginia Strawberry Festival
W. J. Arnold was crowned king of the sixth Central West Virginia Strawberry Festival held June 5-6 in Buckhannon. The piece quips that Arnold grows and produces prized strawberries praised by Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt, arguing horticultural royalty should come from fruit growers rather than beauty queens.
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W. J. Arnold
Franklin Roosevelt
Central West Virginia
King
Buckhannon
W. V
Nothing more British than House of Lords in wartime ruins
The piece laments war’s destruction and praises the House of Lords noting its beauty and history. It recalls Britain’s medieval and early modern past through figures like Caesar Maximian Drake and the Civil War, while describing the Lords chamber as a cathedral-like space with crimson upholstery and frescoed ceilings.
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House of Lords
Lords of the House of Lords in a Formal Quiet
Edwin C Hill contrasts the chamber’s sober decor and restrained rhetoric with high emotion and changeable mood. He notes the male dominance on the throne, the lack of peeresses in power, and the aged peers’ slow, dreamlike presence amid legal, measured proceedings.
Remembering England’s Long Struggle for Freedom
Silently they remind the visitor of Britain’s epic saga of endeavor and determined effort for freedom from Alfred the Great era to modern times, tracing a long sweep of striving events across England’s history.
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Britain
Alfred the Great
England
Star Quiz Answers on page 2
Questions cover months for oysters, U S Commissioner of Education, Steinmetz profession, 1941 Easter month, marital mail rights, Sublican Bridge defender, Roosevelt LL B, furlong value, Tchaikovsky given name, and legal status of The Star Spangled Banner as national anthem.
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U. S. Commissioner of Education
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Roosevelt
Harvard Law School
Tchaikovsky
United States
Today’s common error on articles and grammar
A note on proper English usage explains that the correct indefinite article before a vowel sound is an use of an. It cites common mistakes like using a before orange and emphasizes pronunciation based rules for article selection.
Bill Aims to Tighten Elkton Marriage Perjury Penalties
In Annapolis on May 26 Governor O Connor considered more than 175 bills including a measure to curb easy Elkton marriages by stiffening perjury penalties on marriage license applications. Another bill would place all state conservation agencies under a 12 person Natural Resources Council with only advisory powers.
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Annapolis
O’conor
Elkton
Council of Natural Resources
Thomsen's Disease and heredity in military life
Dr Logan Clendening recounts a heredity case of Thomsen's disease, a muscular movement disorder found in a drafted soldier who hesitates to start and then marches forward, later being spared punishment after a medical officer identifies the condition. He argues family history aids understanding and practicality.
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Thomsen
Clendening
Logan Clendening
Ben Piisieencraft
Allied forces in Flanders face grave position in war reports
One year ago reports described German advances around Allied troops in Flanders while Paris remained secure. President Roosevelt pledged to name a national defense group akin to World War I’s Defense Board. Local civic actions included opening Castleman’s Ferry Bridge on the Shenandoah river near Berryville. Shenandoah Valley Academy seniors were slated to graduate. County commissioners from Frederick and Shenandoah counties met to discuss a boundary dispute in the southwest portion of the county.
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Flanders Field
Paris
Roosevelt
Defense Board
Castleman’s Ferry
Shenandoah River
Berryville
Oseniors
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Frederick County
Shenandoah County
Stephens City Tops Middletown 13 9 In County Meet
Five years ago Richards hit a bases loaded homer to break a tie and lift Stephens City to a 13 9 win over Middletown in the county high school race Agnes Mason takes over duties of the Home Demonstration agent The Queen Mary prepares for maiden North Atlantic voyage to the United States with England’s largest passenger and merchant service vessel heading to New York Harbor
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Richards
Stephens City
Middletown
Agnes Mason
England
North Atlantic
Argentine rule allows apples shipped in baskets and boxes
Fruit growers celebrate Argentina’s decision permitting apple shipments in baskets as well as boxes. In the same report, the school notes a record class size with 24 students entering the largest class in its modern history.
Verdun Offensive Slacken as Costs Mount
Twenty five years ago French troops report a slackened Verdun offensive after days of thick costly fighting. In West Virginia Boy Scouts of Winchester search the Capon River above Capon Bridge for a camping site while a postal department order ends local carriers delivering mail after night.
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Verdun
Boy Scouts
Winchester
Capon River
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Postal Department
Farm sale and street chase headline from Middletown
Forty years ago a gamecock escaped from Seabright’s market chasing an ordinary rooster along Main Street. E. B. Ridings sells his Middletown farm to J. H. Keller for twelve dollars per acre. Killam Moore skids his bicycle and falls at the post office corner.
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Main Street
Seabright
E. B. Ridings
Middletown
J. H. Keller
Killam Moore
Questions and Answers by Frederic J Haskin
A reader’s quiz from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau presents brief factual queries and concise answers on topics from gelatin history to the first printing press in North America. It notes dates and figures such as Denis Papin’s jelly, Arthur Hallam’s age at death, and J S Bach and G F Handel born in 1685.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
North America
Western Hemisphere
Mexico City
Juan Pablos
Common Household Pests Booklet Promises Easy Control
The 32 page booklet lists pests such as clothes moths carpet beetles mosquitoes flies termites fleas centipedes silverfish crickets wasps rats and mice. It claims cheap easy pest control and urges readers to order by enclosing ten cents with a coupon from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
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