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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1937
Page
4
Advertising Rates and notices in Thursday issue
Classified ads priced at 2 cents per word with 25 cent minimum. Memorials 10 cents per counted line and cards of thanks 75 cents. Display ads with border due by 10 A M on publication day, transient rate 45 cents per inch. National reps listed. Associated Press rights noted. October 7 1937.
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Associated Press
The Divine Magnet Prayer Psalm Verse
A devotional verse theme centers on Psalm 65 verse 2, inviting all to approach in prayer. The line highlights faith in divine listening and universal access through reverent supplication.
Governors face federal funds risk to state independence
The Columbia S C Free Press reports governors meeting in New Jersey oppose using federal funds to promote projects in states. Governor Olin D Johnston of South Carolina says he will reject money if it requires racial mixing in schools, arguing state independence hinges on controlling funds and power. The piece lauds governors for warning against centralization in Washington.
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Columbia S. C. Free Press
New Jersey
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Washington
Aga
The Boy Who Shot at Toledo School Principal
A twelve year old Toledo boy shot his principal over a refused ice cream outing and then shot himself. Both may recover. The piece discusses motives and warns of media influence on youths, urging understanding of juvenile crime and caution about gangster content.
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Cumberland Times
Toledo
Carlton Matson
Toledo News-Bee
Robert Snyder
Breath test grows in use for drunken drivers
The breath test, a new scientific device to gauge intoxication in drunken drivers, gains police attention as traffic safety advances. State Police of Indiana have adopted it, Berkeley police have installed it with twelve trained officers, while further experiments seek validation.
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Fredericksburg
Free Lance Star
Indiana
Berkeley
Calif
Breath Test Aims to Define Drunkenness For Courts
Advocates say the breath test rates actual drunkenness regardless of tolerance. Police hope it clarifies when a driver is unsafe and provides admissible evidence for conviction. Current lack of a reliable standard has hindered arrests and led to uncertain judgments about intoxication.
Mental pictures shape our minds like a camera
A Waynesboro column compares the mind to a camera storing impressions from daily life. It argues that thoughts and feelings reflect the pictures we train our minds to receive, influencing kindness leadership and aspirations.
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Waynesboro News-Virginan
Composer of There ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
New York dispatch recalls Theodore August Metz the composer who died in poverty last January. Metz authored the popular tune whose music sparked dancing across the country, though his exact contributions to words or music are unclear.
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Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
New York City
Theodore August Metz
Metz
Old Town
A Bride's Homing Mood
A Richmond Times-Dispatch brief notes a bride’s returning sentiment toward home as plans unfold. The piece hints at social expectations and family dynamics shaping domestic choices.
Scully Centered Pittsburgh Mayor Named In City News
C D Scully, brother of J Scully of this city, is chosen mayor of Pittsburgh. Col Edward J Cullen discusses army duties in peacetime with the Kiwanis Club. Chief Hollis elected police chief at a council meeting. Council defers re election action for others. Budget cuts at Baltimore Conference. Apple growers in Berkeley County vow not to sell to large canners for 10 cent cider price. Mrs Herbert Hoover attends a Girl Scout leaders meeting in Virginia Beach. Melvin Miller to sing at Open Door Bible Class opening services.
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C. D. Scully
J. &. Scully
Pittsburgh
Edward J. Cullen
Kiwanis Club
Chief Hollis
Winchester Presbytery
McGukin
Knoxville
Baltimore
Berkeley County
W. Va
Herbert Hoover
Virginia Beach
Melvin Miller
Presbyterian Church
U D C protest at state convention over tomb admission fee
The U D C meeting protests the Board of Governor s plan to charge 25 cents for visiting Lee s tomb at Washington and Lee. W Bruce Herrell a restaurant proprietor is found dead in his rooms above his business on Ernst Boscawen Street. Junius West declares candidacy for Democrat nomination for governor in 1929 while serving as lieutenant governor. Mrs James Cave wins a special prize from the Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club for an asters display at a regional flower show.
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Board of Governor
Lee
Washington and
W. Bruce Herrell
Ernst Boscawen
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James Cave
Winchester and
Clarke County
Speaker at Wilson and Marshall Club airs GOP inconsistencies
Major Robert W. Hunter spoke at the club's first meeting here, criticizing GOP positions. Rev. W. D. Smith noted city residents hold over $225,000 in automobile investments. The Giants lost the opening 1912 World Series game to Boston. Stewart Bell sold York Imperial and Ben Davis apples for 2 dollars per barrel to a Charleston firm.
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Robert W. Hunter
Wilson and Marshall Club
W. D. Smith
N. Y
Forty Years Ago Murder of Dr Elijah Addison in Step hens City
A Forty years ago note reports Dr Elijah Addison a colored patent medicine peddler found murdered near Md with a suspect jailed. Manchester friends send anniversary fire department copy to Friendship Co members. Tobacco in county shown at Worthington window. The Star editorial urges Winchester factory development. Historic event notes Edgar Allan Poe died October 7, 1849.
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Stephens City
Ee Md
Manchester
Eng
Friendship Co
Worthington Tobacco Co
Winchester
The
Star
Windsors may visit United States to study housing
The piece suggests a possible Windsor visit to the United States driven by interest in housing for ex royalty in Europe, with tensions over travel restrictions and a past snub at Wasserloonburg Castle influencing the plan. It hints the trip could include Warrenton and Front Royal to inspect housing conditions for royal travelers.
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United States
Europe
Wasserloonburg Castle
Duke of Kent
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Greece
Austria
Windsor
Scandinavian Countries
Germany
Scandinavian Peninsula
Warrenton
Front Royal
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
A compendium Q and A format covering topics from city rankings and galantine to college records and notable figures. Includes details on American College of Surgeons membership, shrapnel invention, Winesap apples, calcium chloride for dampness, and biographical notes on Mary Dewson and Irving Thalberg sister Sylvia Thalberg.
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Frederic J. Haskin
O— Q
Irving Thalberg
Sylvia Thalberg
American College of Surgeons
E. J
Earthworms and Population Densities Across States
Readable text notes earthworms seen on ground after a slower and mentions drowning. It provides population density estimates for New Jersey at 569 persons per square mile and contrasts with New York State 277, Pennsylvania 220, and Japan 321 persons per square mile.
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New Jersey
New York State
Pennsylvania
Japan
Complex Riviera Life Reveals Mari Barat’s Double Image
Mari Barat hosts a lavish Riviera house party while emotionally unsettled after Alec Garland reveals a wife in America. She balances fashion, work, travel dreams, publicity efforts, and a gambling habit as Larry Holk builds her personal legend and press presence with photographers and interviews.
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Mari Barat
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Carla Mentone
Maude Adams Returns as Director at Stephens College
Maude Adams, famed for the 1911 stage role Chantecler, becomes dramatics counselor at Stephens College in Columbia Missouri. She will coach the rooster fantasy as her first project, aiming to pass on her stage mastery to students rather than mount a public comeback.
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Washington Post
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Maude Adams
Adams
Miss Ad
Ams
Try Courtesy Campaign Promotes Courteous Driving Pledge
The Pittsburgh Motor Club expands its Try Courtesy drive with a Courteous Drivers League. Members pledge to use signals, dim headlights within 500 feet of approaching cars, yield to pedestrians, and avoid dangerous passing near hill crests or intersections.
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Charlottesville
Pittsburgh Motor Club
Shock Discovery: Air Rifle Pellet Found Under Boy's Hand
In Orangeburg South Carolina four years after a shooting involving a 12 year old playmate the air rifle pellet lodged near his scalp has re emerged under the skin of his left hand.
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Orangeburg
S. C
Burnett
Robert
Trash collectors race with speed as horses pull their wagons
Edinburg residents report trash collectors drive horses pulling their wagons. Joe Grindstaff's pacer Jack boasted a 2.0244 mile record before going blind. Frank Lefever steers Just Fine, a trotter with a 2:18 mile record.
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Edinburg
Ind
Joe Grindstaff
Jack
Frank Lefever
Portland Man’s Salary Tiny Amid War Efforts
Reverse English Portland Oregon report notes Robert B. Long earned $744 last month for government work. A British government hunter fought a dozen bobcats and captured coyotes ears to pay a private hunter $854, while his own salary was only $110 that month.
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Ore
Robert B. Long
Uncle Sam
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