Classified Advertising Rates and Subscriptions List
Advertising rates for the Winchester Evening Star outline classifieds 2 cents per word with minimum charge 2 cents and display ads 45 cents per inch with prepayment by 9 PM prior day. National reps list Tenney Ward and Conklin Inc. plus several West Coast and national offices. Subscription prices shown by year month and carrier options.
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Tenneyward and Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Los Angeles
UT Stars Creator Worship Verse Text
A religious quotation from Psalms 7 13 praising the creator and God’s greatness. The line reflects devotional language and reverence for divine guidance.
Councilmen Lead Cleveland Traffic Safety Campaign
The International City Managers' Association reports Cleveland ward councilmen organize a six month traffic safety program. They aim to reduce accidents with monthly awards for best record and community safety education efforts.
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Cleveland
International City Managers’ Association
Mark Twain humor aside a serious theory on Bluff Point finds
Gilbert T. Brewer of Canandaigua argues Bluff Point on Lake Keuka holds eight foot stone walls, carved iron and pottery that suggest a pre-Iroquoian civilization in America. He ties the artifacts to Etruscan and Ionic styles and accuses fellow archaeologists of dismissing the site as natural ridges. Debate over whether civilization reached Europe or America first is renewed.
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Mark Twain
Niagara
Buffalo
Gilbert T. Brewer
Canandaigua
N. Y
Bluff Point
Lake Keuka
New York
Brewer
Antient
Troy
Mark ‘Twain
Mr. Brewer
Europe
America
Taxing bodies shrink as census tallies units in US
The Illinois Tax Commission reports over 6,500 local taxing authorities removed in two years. Current counts show 4,052 counties 16,450 incorporated places 118,667 school districts 19,303 townships and 3,624 other governmental units nationwide. In 1931 the U S Bureau of Census listed 167,699 tax authorized units versus 161,144 now. Top states by units are Illinois Kansas Minnesota Missouri New York Wisconsin Michigan Nebraska Iowa and Texas with 7,106 to 15,100 units.
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United States
Illinois Tax Commission
United States Bureau of Cerus
Illinois
Kansas
Minesota
Missouri
New York
Wisconsin
Michigan
Nebraska
Iowa
Texas
Garbage Grinding Plant Introduced In New York State
Go shen New York a city of 3000 installs a garbage grinding plant the first in the state. Sewage sludge and garbage will digest to produce a low grade fertilizer. Other cities with such plants include Lansing Indianapolis and St Louis.
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Goshen
N. Y
New York State
Lansing
Mich
Indianapolis
Ind
St. Louis
Baltimore
Kansas City
Editorial urges end of toll highways and new road funding plan
Reprinted editorial argues toll roads burden motorists and urges diverting existing gasoline and road taxes to free public highways. W. W. Mack of the American Association of State Highway Officials calls for studying all transportation forms and curbing heavy truck traffic that competes with railroads. The piece presses constructive reform of the modern transportation system.
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Petersburg
W. W. Mack
American Association of State
Mack
Big business grows with modern technology and finance
The Martinsville Daily Bulletin notes that big businesses have expanded over the last decade. It cites the United States banking giants, including Chase National with three billion in resources and two billion each for National City and Guaranty Trust. Flow of funds from abroad underpins this growth, signaling U.S. financial leadership and that bigness cannot be abolished, only managed.
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Martinsville Daily Bulletin
Times
Russia
United States
New York
Chase National
National
Guaranty Trust
Heroes of Warsaw
The article honors Warsaw defenders during its siege, praising undaunted Polish soldiers who held out despite hopeless odds. It notes the Warsaw radio's defiant broadcasts and laments the lack of timely allied aid, portraying their courage as a beacon for free government and global hope.
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Warsaw
Poland
Winchester tap beetles fought by state entomologist
G T French the state entomologist leads a campaign against tap beetles in Winchester. Richmond reports Route 50 may be built south of Boyce along the Waterloo route. Miss Virginia Sager of Bunker Hill W V marries Kenneth Smallwood near that place.
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G. T. French
Winchester
Richmond
Boyce
Waterloo
Virginia Sager
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Kenneth Smallwood
Hauptmann admits more ransom money in custody in Lindbergh case
Five years after the Lindbergh kidnap trial Bruno Hauptmann confessed to possessing additional ransom funds at the time of arrest. James Clarence Jenkins, a 60 year old Clarke county native, died suddenly. Col B M Roszel will speak at the Presbyterian Church F T McFaden Young Men's Bible Class banquet tonight.
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Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
James Clarence Jenkins
Clarke County
Col. B. M. Roszel
F. T. McFaden Young Men’s Bible
Presbyterian Church
Learners Flagged On Cars In England For New Drivers
Scott's Scrap Book notes that A. S. Pater of Office by R.J. Scot highlights a large metal emblem read Learn ers is fastened on front and rear of automobiles in England to warn inexperienced drivers at the wheel.
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England
Phantom range pursuit begins as hidden riders scout
Lorena rides at night with a rifle toward the Phantom ranch area seeking the eastern edge of the Phantom range. Shot and ten men adjust plans misdirecting foes, rest near a Dead rider, and find fresh horse tracks suggesting a pursuer in Miners Arroyo.
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Lorena
Phantom Range
George
Shot
Placer
Arroyo
Arizona
Jasper
Ten Years Ago Benefit Supper For Willow Spring Rome
Ten years ago a large number gathered for a benefit supper near Willow Spring in Rome hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lupton. The second week of the Albert B. Fall bribery trial opened in Washington. Miss Virginia Wilson and Mr. T F Trenary Jr both of this city were married.
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Willow Spring
Rome
Hugh Lupton
Albert B
Washington
Virginia Wilson
T. F. Trenary Jr
Audacious Destroyed by Mine in British Waters
Twenty five years ago the British battleship Audacious was destroyed by a German mine and a photo in New York showed the beached wreck on the Irish coast. France claimed six million troops under arms, half having seen action, as Germans lost ground at Dixmude. Mrs Lucy Young of Berryville died. B and O announced Valley line changes with two trains to be discontinued. Wheat in Baltimore quoted at 1.1378 dollars.
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New York
Dixmude
Lucy Young
Berryville
Baltimore
Winchester Leaders Back City Hall Construction Plan
Dr William P McGuire returns from Baltimore where he assisted in an operation on Mayor John J Williams of Winchester The city council passes an ordinance authorizing construction of the City Hall Edward Williams colored of Winchester is killed by a train at Hagerstown Professor J Madison Spurr says the Union Cornet Band will present a concert soon
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William P. McGuire
Baltimore
John J. Williams
Winchester
Edward Williams
Hagerstown
J. Madison Spurr
Union, Cornet Band
Another Ten Commandments for Democracy Sparks Debate
The piece opposes new Ten Commandments proposals by prominent figures like Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman of New York. It argues such editions distract from universal Decalogue ideals and stresses the need for proper interpretation and will to follow the original commandments rather than a new code.
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Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Southern states lead in August building permits gain
Secretary Perkins notes higher construction activity in southern cities defying seasonal norms. August permit values rose 8 percent from July and 22 percent from August last year, with the strongest rise in new residential building. Eight months into the year shows permits totaling 1.405 billion dollars, up 26 percent from 1938, with southern cities driving the surge amid broader economic improvement.
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United States
Perkins
South
Theouthern
Answers to Pops Quiz by Frederic J. Haskin
A compiled Q and A list covers topics from publishing and baseball to daylight savings and helium lifting power. It includes figures for chain publishers in 1939, the six strikeouts in the 1934 All Star game, Bible chapter references, wind visibility, battleship speeds, Barnum Lind payments, Voltaire’s beliefs, presidential qualifications, Lake Poets, and top government salaries.
Map of Europe Promises Clarity Amid War News
A coupon offer promotes a new map of Europe to help readers understand daily war dispatches. The advertisement urges sending ten cents to the Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, for the four maps and asks for name address city state and street details.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D
Europe
Atlantic
Can Jobless Gene Hold Jeanette Sparks Hollywood Outcry
Jimmy Fidler reports readers upset by sensational magazine headlines about Gene Raymond and Jeanette MacDonald. He defends fair play in print and notes Raymond’s independence and film offers. The column also satirizes industry gossip and notes various Hollywood items from Patricia Walthall to Barbara Stanwyck and Lupe Velez.
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Hollywood
Gene
Jeanette
Gene Raymond
Jeanette MacDonald
Raymond
Raymond-MacDonald
Rayne
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