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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star publishes daily except Sundays from Winchester Virginia. It lists editor HF Byrd Jr and subscription rates including annual and quarterly prepaid plans, with carrier options and advertised prices for various terms.
The paper outlines advertising rates including 2 cents per word with a minimum 25 cents for classified ads and memorials, and 45 cents per inch for display ads. Copy with payment required, deadlines by 9 PM the prior day, office locations listed for Woodward and Company.
A concise excerpt from James 1 4 urging patience to achieve perfection and completeness. The text emphasizes enduring trials to lack nothing and reach spiritual maturity through steadfast faith.
The report reviews Charles E. Duryea life and claims to pioneer the horseless carriage. It notes his 1895 car entry in America’s first auto race and his pioneering use of pneumatic tires. Acknowledgment by others and his later obscurity are discussed with reference to the Duryea and Stearns Duryea legacy.
Opinion columns warn that automatic cane cutters and cotton pickers could replace large numbers of farm workers in the South. The piece argues technology lowers costs and sugar prices, but upends employment, urging sociologists to address social impacts rather than protect immediate jobs.
Danville Register notes a new surge in heroin trafficking linked to wartime disruptions. Brig Gen T W Russell warns that despite League efforts and earlier controls, foreign concessions and disrupted zones now ship larger quantities, signaling a serious setback.
General Russell warns that while Japan aims to keep its own territory drug free, trafficking grows in newly controlled areas like Matsehu kuo and regions south of the Great Wall. The flow targets export rather than local use, demanding vigilance to prevent the creeping evil from reaching the United States.
The column warns the New Deal mirrors European appeasement by yielding to various pressure groups and schemes. It argues that concessions to Townsend plans silver subsidies and social security proposals will invite greater demands, comparing upcoming policies to Berchtesgaden era capitulations and forecasting an unclear future.
A study contrasts regimes where labor and property are controlled by the state with a free society that guarantees individual expression. It argues that despite flaws, popular government offers creative opportunity and personal freedom, unlike censored life in dictatorial Europe.
The Virginia Weather Bureau predicts the season's first killing frost for the area. The Baltimore Methodist Conference holds a special service at Handley auditorium. J. H. Rosenberger is elected lay delegate to the general conference. The Central Belief Association discusses establishing a welfare center in a permanent building. Mrs. W.R. Prize wins the sweepstakes prize at the Clarke County Fall Festival's flower show.
Five years ago the American Federation of Labor urged its 3,00,000 members to buy and wear the union card and blue eagle symbol. N D Foriash of Kernstown is improving after skull fracture from a Saturday auto accident. Dr. Allen reassures parents no cause for worry about diphtheria cases. Mrs Fred L Glaize Sr heads to Harrisonburg for the Garden Club of Virginia governors meeting.
Ten years ago reports state Germany and southern European nations sought U S apples of good color. The American College of Surgeons placed the local hospital on its list of standardized American hospitals. Lary Astor, formerly Nancy Langhorne, centers the governor's ball in Richmond during her visit.
Twenty five years ago the engagement of Miss Lucy Ethel Hansbrough to Mr M J Baptist a Hampton businessman was announced. The piece notes a historic rebuke by a US president of a Washington Post editor over a misquote. A Frederick County Grand Jury convened to examine the revenue commissioner’s property tax collection records.
Forty years ago owner E J Evans let the remodeling contract of the R W Stone drug store to J H Grier. A Winchester social group bikes to the Opequon on Berryville pike for an outdoor supper. Union Fire Co considers purchases for use by firemen. Christian Buint sells this year’s raspberries. A committee is appointed to horses and a stable.
A clipped Q and A column shows Frederic J. Haskin directing a Questions and Answers feature. It lists varied facts from racing days in California to German sawdust flour, the inscription on British Broadcasting House, and Douglas fir heights.
The Washington Bureau compiles a collection of 151 favorite hymns with words and music. Bound in a colored cover, the 6 by 9 inch indexed book invites readers to send twenty cents for cost and handling. Include name street city state and mail to Washington, D. C.
Washington reports floating anxieties about Paris to Tokyo as economies adjust. Daladier faces choices on debt and armament with devaluation unlikely though some capital movement and German gains impact outlook. Political accords and a Munich style four-power plan are weighed to stabilize Europe while Morgenthau’s gold reserves are misperceived as a looming flight of capital.
Julian explains he recovered Luigi trail with police aid after abductors targeted Noel. A blond man, Ray Vincent, tipped they headed toward New Orleans with the girl. Noel learns Betsy is safe, and the Garwood scheme hinged on Noel's handwriting and impersonation to seize property. Noel affirms rescue and hints at Laurie and marriage plans.
Julian admits his love for Noel after Ruth Chester�s deceit about a marriage trigger. Noel, moved and self-revealing, agrees to marry and to blend their lives by merging their worlds and duties, with plans to wed as soon as tomorrow.
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