Advertising Rates For The Winchester Evening Star
Advertising rates are listed including cents per word and per line charges. Minimum display and border ads must be in the office by 9 PM the day before publication. National representatives Tenney Woodward and Company are named in New York, Detroit, Kansas City, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Los Angeles.
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Associated Press rights notice excerpt
A statement from the Associated Press declares exclusive use rights for re publication of all AP dispatches and local news published in this paper. The notice covers content credited to AP or not credited to the paper.
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Subscription Rates By Carrier In Advance May 29 1939
The notice lists subscription rates by carrier for periods of one year six months three months and one month with in advance payments. It also shows a weekly rate of 16 and is dated Monday May 29 1939.
Proverbs Guidance Says It Prevents Much Crime
A biblical proverb promises guidance in youth prevents crime in adulthood, stressing moral instruction and steady nurture as a lasting safeguard. The line emphasizes early training and steadfast teaching as key to shaping future behavior.
Roosevelt shifts labels calling himself conservative
The article notes Roosevelt once described conservatives as reactionaries and other epithets. It reports he now claims to be the real conservative while labeling opponents as radicals. It criticizes the name calling and suggests focusing on policy over epithets.
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Monday holidays would give three day rest to many workers
A group of writers and educators proposes moving all holidays to Mondays to create three day weekends. They argue a three day break would be more restorative and lessen the rush of single midweek holidays.
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United States
Ambassador Kennedy Dodges International Fashion Etiquette
Joseph P. Kennedy, an American diplomat, jokes about British tailors with trouser waist lines, long shirt tails, and knee socks. The British trade journal calls his remarks blarney, while noting he may prefer long shirts to stay warm. Authors contrast Kennedy’s humor with potential diplomatic sensitivity in fashion banter.
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Ronald Lindsay
Washington
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Kennedy
Frank Named SEC Chairman In 3 to 2 Vote
Jerome N. Frank becomes the fourth chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission after a tight 3 to 2 vote. He brings long experience with New Deal agencies and a strong defense of the profit system, while promising to push efficiency in the American economic framework. The article notes his past roles and doubts about his ability to win broad support from the agency’s critics.
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Silhouettes From England Explained In Telegraph Wire Work
The note discusses old English practice of cutting silhouettes of heroes and statesmen from inside handles. It adds that telegraph wires remain rust resistant due to wrought iron low carbon content and mentions galvanizing zinc dipping as a rust-preventive measure.
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England
Good Old Days Reflections On Cars And Progress
Aurora Beacon-News notes that horse and buggy days faded as automobiles became a near necessity for many families. The piece argues land and building material should be available to all and urges moving forward with engineering and technology to a better future rather than clinging to the past.
Seven World War II Quiz Questions from The Daily Quiz
A reader quiz page asks seven questions covering naval history voting rights for American-born Chinese and Japanese citizens, state nicknames, river drainage from the Great Lakes, a royal voyage ship, Roman numerals for 1939, gosling pronunciation, a hydrometer instrument, and the capital of Kansas.
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Today’s common error about execution wording
This note warns against stating that the murderer was executed and explains the proper phrasing for reporting capital punishment, emphasizing neutral language for different methods such as hanging electrocution or other forms.
Seventeen boys warned on sidewalk bicycle riding and lights
Seventeen boys are warned that persistent sidewalk bicycle riding without lights will lead to earning their own money and paying a fine. Six bootleggers are caught in a county liquor raid by the sheriff and state men and will be arraigned in Harrisonburg. John Glaize chairs a committee planning Handley High class of 1928 reunion.
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Miss Fenton Nelson Wins Life Drawing Prize at New York Art School
Five years ago Miss Fenton Nelson is awarded a prize for excellence in life drawing at New York Art School where she has studied all winter. Duff strikes out 14 men but his team loses The Park's second straight game of the season to Hagerstown.
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New York Art School
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Lindbergh and Morrow wed after brief courtship
Ten years after their meeting Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow marry following a short courtship. Wheat in Rockingham County dealers quote $1.03 a bushel, higher than local buyers. Confederate veteran and county native George W. Chapman dies at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
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Anne Morrow
Rockingham County
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Fire damages jeweler Bruce Capper home after child caused blaze
Twenty five years ago a fire badly damaged the residence of Bruce Capper a well known local jeweler caused by children playing with matches. The Valley Turnpike Association faces support to prosecute a traction engine owner who crashed through toll gates and drove on a newly surfaced road. Dunbar wins the Derby at odds of 25 to 1 in England's premier horse race.
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Valley Turnpike Association
Dunbar
England
Watch Presented to Sam Atwell at Volunteer Fireman Contest
Forty years ago The Star awarded Sam Atwell a fine gold watch for winning first place in the most popular volunteer fireman officer contest. On the eve of Memorial Day flags rise over southern businesses and schools. Oscar Barr adverts for 10000 pounds of wool at Market and Piccadilly.
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Oscar Barr
Market
Piccadilly Streets
Eleanor Conroy Leaves Home For New York Dream
Eleanor Conroy, an 18 year old reporter hopeful, leaves Maple Street to work in a newspaper and pursue independence. Phil Parrish returns from vacation and proposes marriage to Eleanor as he plans a move to New York with a starting salary of fifty dollars a week. The romance promises a Bohemian life as she weighs leaving family behind.
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Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
A compilation of brief Q and A on topics including Renaissance architecture St Peters status and Raphael, origin of jazz per Down Beat Cuba Haiti New Orleans Afro Spanish music Poe deaths and ages, insulin discovery year 1922, New York Times annual line count 29 880 773 in 1938, Mount Washington extremes.
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Hollywood Caste System and Idol Chat in May Sun
In Hollywood culture writer Jimmy Fidler notes the rigid social caste at Vine Street Derby and studio receptions, detailing No 1 No 2 No 3 greetings and the cast of celebrified attention. He also highlights idol chatter about Lola Lane Billie Dove Sonja Henie Cagney and more with anecdotes on Joan Blondell Norman Barnes and a Me tro nude-water test for The Women.
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Fred Keating
Jack Oakie
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Open Forum Letter to The Star Attacks Route 50 Change
A reader criticizes the State Highway Commission for altering Route 50 at a substantial cost to state and federal funds. The letter accuses officials of abusing power, harming Boyce and Millwood businesses, and misrepresenting costs while naming Senator Cather and Governor Price as political collaborators. The writer urges accountability and warns against building political organization on disputed actions.
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