This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star shows rates for classified and display advertising with 2 cents per word, minimum 25 cents, cash with copy, and 9 PM deadline the day before. Transients 45 cents per inch, contracts on application. Associated Press rights noted.
A roster shows DeLisser Boya Inc listing national representatives in New York Richmond Chicago Pittsburgh Philadelphia Rochester Atlanta and San Francisco with offices in multiple hubs. The item highlights widespread coverage and geographic reach for the company.
A devotional line emphasizes fullness of joy in God as believers seek lasting satisfaction in faith. The text echoes Psalm themes of divine presence bringing enduring happiness and contentment beyond worldly measures.
Judge Philp Williams fined Roy Bayliss $25 and costs for contempt after Bayliss assaulted a defense witness in the trial of an automobile driver charged with fatally injuring Bayliss's 15 year old son. The judge said contempt harms justice but acknowledged the father's strain and sorrow.
The Charlotte Observer predicts Senator Josiah W. Bailey will likely be renominated by unanimous acclamation with Governor Broughton and other prominent Democrats backing him. He blends independence with national welfare focus, opposing excess New Deal regulations yet supporting defense and Roosevelt foreign policy.
Congressman Marcantonio of New York American Labor Party, who voted against defense measures for two years, told the House that his views on the war have changed since Russia's invasion and urged sending an American Expeditionary Force to aid the Communists.
In a humorous note the National Dunking Association grants honorary membership to Paul V. McNutt, head of the Social Security Administration. The letter extols dunking as dipping food into milk or tea, while readers wonder about etiquette and whether dunking violates social norms.
The article notes Paul V. McNutt lending personal support and official weight to a cause. It calls for a practical alternative to a costly cocktail party, proposing a coffee and doughnut gathering well before the 1944 Democratic national convention.
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch urges the President to resign Secretary of Labor Perkins, arguing a strong hand is needed to quell labor disputes harming war production. It faults Perkins for inaction amid sit-down strikes and praises a decisive, forceful approach to labor leaders like John L. Lewis and Tom Girdler.
A Philadelphia reader asks how to protect the middle class as outlined by the Journal. The piece argues property ownership defines the middle class, links value to real income, warns against heavy taxation and contract interference, and urges class unity to prevent self-destruction and promote proletarians joining the middle tier.
Miss Jane Jolliffe passes the state examination and is named Virginia's youngest professional photographer. In Winchester and Frederick County, 3 749 young men aged 21 to 35 register for the draft. Nazis renew daylight bombings on London as Britons work to move children out of crowded areas.
The Spanish rebels with Fascist supplied munitions press a new Madrid drive while a heavy rainstorm floods the capital. President Roosevelt campaigns for reelection and says the P W A restarted industry wheels after a long lull.
The article notes Japan weighing a challenge to the League of Nations over Manchuria with China. It also covers indictments of Bishop Cannon and his secretary for misuse of funds linked to anti Smith Democratic campaigns. Roosevelt emerges as a strong Democratic candidate per Virginia congressmen.
Twenty years ago Miss Meta M. Sartelle wed Mr. Walter Austin Sloat in a South Main street home ceremony. Ed Keating, once of Winchester, is named special assistant Secretary of Labor under James W. Davis. Mrs. W A Baker is named a delegate to the Auxiliary at the third annual American Legion convention in Kansas City next week.
Five decades ago a proposal surfaced in New York to strike the word abey from the marriage ceremony. Reports note widespread famine among Albanians as the European conflict likely to endure another winter.
Forty years ago more than eighty thousand dressed ducks were sold in the past year from the Riverton duck farm of S. H. Hansbrough at twenty cents per pound. Lewis Grim, nine, suffered a broken right arm at the elbow while playing near his home.
A test page asks seven questions from page 2 about slang g s e opera singers flags tad Dartmouth College statue on Bedloes Island articles in a baker's dozen crossed rifles rosters infantry coast artillery cavalry Roosevelt 1912 nickname youngest brother of King George VI and registered letter acceptance.
A note on common errors explains that adverbs modify verbs. He drives slowly and Come quickly are correct while He drives slow and Come quick are informal and considered incorrect in formal writing.
Hugh S. Johnson discusses Nazi strategy in World War II focusing on destroying Russian military power on the eastern front rather than seizing cities. He cautions against overextending, notes the bottling of Leningrad and Odessa, and urges watching Russian fronts and rail lines while preparing for potential crises in the British Isles and Pacific.
Norfolk police were alerted by radio to assist two visitors locked in Elmwood cemetery after the 6 p m curfew. Patrolmen R. L. Cooke and I. N. Evans freed the tardy visitors who remained in the grounds beyond the closing hour.
A school dictionary offer targets every child above third grade with an up to date Modern Webster Dictionary. The ad highlights unique word origins foreign terms and a guide to compounding along with supplements not found elsewhere. Send twenty five cents and a coupon to Eric J. Haskin Washington DC with name address and routing details.
In Hope Indiana a 1046 resident town faced a fifth failed bid in five years to allow liquor sales. Donald Emerson Wheeler sought a beer permit for a local delicatessen but withdrew after about 150 townspeople and five clergymen protested at the Bartholomew county liquor board hearing in Columbus.
A column reproduces reader queries answered by Frederic J. Haskin through the Information Bureau Washington D C It covers U S Army religion gambling Fort Knox flag symbolism school enrollment and a Roosevelt order involving Negro soldiers and Shakespearean connections with dates and figures mixed in.
Prominent physician Dr. Clendening explains hydrotherapy can be done at home and offers guidance through his column. Water treatment aids fever fatigue circulation and nervous states with methods like the Preissnitz bandage and temperature variations from 55 to 105 F. Hot baths relax while cold baths stimulate. neutral baths ease fatigue and stress. Questions on tonsils and sunstroke answered. editor notes pamphlets available.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.