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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1940
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists classified rates at 2 cents per word with a 26 cent minimum and display ads at 45 cents per inch. Ads must be in by 9 PM the prior day, contracts available, and the paper is a member of the Associated Press with rights reserved for AP dispatches.
Rates shown in advance for various terms with amounts 4.60 1.76 and other figures. Mentions three months one month weekly and due month options. The text appears as a garbled price chart from a historical paper. Names and dates are partially readable but unclear.
A quoted scripture passage from Isaiah 6 8 encourages personal dedication and readiness to serve. The excerpt states here am I send me indicating willingness to respond to a higher calling.
The 1939 TB death toll rose in thirteen large cities, with Chicago leading at 62 per 100 000. Experts cite urban migration, undernourishment from hard times, and better diagnosis as factors fueling the climb while Christmas Seal campaigns call for stamps to fund the fight.
The article argues that cutting Christmas trees is a form of thinning out supervised by the United States Forest Service. It claims the practice benefits nearby trees and serves a domestic purpose, reducing waste and encouraging healthier forests rather than wasting sentiment.
The Journal and Guide, a Norfolk Virginia weekly edited by P. B. Young, celebrates its 40th anniversary as a negro publication serving colored interests. The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch lauds Young as influential and balanced, calling the paper perhaps the best edited race paper in the United States. The Star extends best wishes for continued success.
A third red concrete lane was built on a long hill outside Nashville Tennessee to separate slow moving trucks from fast cars. The design keeps slow traffic in one lane while two faster lanes are kept clear for light vehicles, reducing pileups and risky passes on the down grade.
The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board study shows lower income Virginians shift from legal whiskey to bootleg liquor after July 1 tax hikes. Retail prices rose, some buyers moved to wine or moonshine, prompting a 10 percent staffing boost and six new cheaper pint brands to curb illegal competition.
The article surveys changes under Roosevelt noting 20 men and one woman have held 10 cabinet posts, three originals Hull Ickes and Perkins remain, and several departments have seen three leaders each. It questions whether voters or Roosevelt himself favor broader cabinet reshaping or a broader shift to efficient administration.
Ridgeway West Virginia resident Armel unveils a device named Jitterbuggy priced at twenty dollars that runs. Clarke county Circuit Court Judge Philip Williams affirms the constitutionality of a state highway commission decision relocating Highway No. 50 through Clarke and Frederick counties.
Raymond Saxe retrieves a rabbit and a pheasant from brush during a hunting outing. Loyal Brazilian troops clash with rebel communists to quell a revolt in Brazil.
A proposal to group all Valley counties into one congressional district is under review. Floyd Swimley loses a valuable burn and all contents in a farm fire near here. An Eastern US blizzard freezes Winchester with a sharp temperature drop.
Baltimore financiers push a plan to tap the West Virginia field and pipe gas to Winchester and nearby communities. The Winchester Athletes Club may expand into the YMCA after completing a gym.
A Philadelphia dermatology symposium on warts reviews causes and treatments. Doctors note viruses, varied warts, and methods from antiseptics to formaldehyde and X ray. Some notes on placebo effects and home remedies surface, plus Dr. Clendening pamphlets offered.
A survey of factual Q and A topics includes ships in U S ports and Niagara Falls power. The exchange lists Pauline Frederick and Arauca, kernels per ear, Grant tomb inscription, air pockets, Huey Long assassination, and glass blowing pioneers with dates and attributions.
A readable promotion describes a booklet that covers star signs palm lines dreams cards tea leaves and coffee grounds with omens and superstitions. It promises endless amusement at parties and suggests sending ten cents for a copy to Washington, D. C.
The questions cover slang for doughnuts cinchona medicine non stop flight origin of flyer Labrador jurisdiction Reconstruction Finance Corporation first president polar versus equatorial earth circumference heir apparent fifteenth amendment broad purpose and titles of US Chief Executive author of Idyls of the King.
The sentence explains that whom is the object of a verb and should be used in that role rather than whom. It clarifies common usage distinctions between who and whom and emphasizes correct sentence structure.
Kit faces a lucrative six week Hollywood contract but resists leaving New York. Fran arranges a Bermuda cruise to restore her, while Kit imagines a country home as a counterbalance. Bermuda trip yields rest and renewed energy ahead of further shows.
The piece argues political loyalty can shield unqualified appointees by reassigning them to higher posts, citing J Warren Madden from the National Labor Relations Board. It notes public disapproval, labor opposition, and Roosevelt’s intervention, while questioning the rationale and fairness of such promotions.
Rear Admiral William D. Leahy is appointed United States Ambassador to Vichy France, signaling renewed U S representation in foreign capitals. The appointment ends months of no formal U S presence in London Berlin and Rome and is praised as a step to improve information and diplomacy for the nation.
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