Classified and Display Advertising Rates and Policies
The Winchester Evening Star details two cent per word copy charges with a minimum two cent payment. Transient display ads cost 45 cents per inch with regional rates and national reps listed. Associated Press rights noted for news content and re publication.
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Tenney- Woodward and Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Rates and publication dates from October 16 1939 issue
The column lists mail subscription prices in advance for different terms. Rates include one year at 53.5 cents, six months at 1.78, three months at .99, and one month at .40, plus weekly and Wednesday delivery notes. The page is dated Wednesday October 16 1939.
Historic Scriptural Verse Quoted in Brief
A religious citation quotes scriptures asserting the perfection of God and the tested word from 2 Samuel. The fragment reflects biblical phrasing used in a devotional or editorial context.
Short Lived Boom in Cotton Prices
The wartime surge in cotton prices has collapsed, returning near summer levels. Speculators hoped war would lift prices, but the war abroad will not promptly solve the domestic cotton problem. Improvement hinges on home consumption as business recovers, revealing disorganized world markets. Some speculators may already sense this.
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Germany
Austria- Hungary
Safety Line: NSC Reports Traffic Deaths Down In August
The National Safety Council’s latest monthly report shows a turn downward in the nation’s traffic deaths after June and July peaks. Overall highway fatalities fell 6 percent from a year earlier, with cities down 2 percent, as rural driving steadied the decline. North Dakota led states with a 33 percent drop in motor fatalities.
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National Safety Council
North Dakota
Holiday Trade Outlook Boosts Consumer Hope
Dispatches from business centers project a robust holiday season with higher spending, factory gains, farm prosperity, and strong tourism. Local shoppers should plan to spend in storefronts and rely on advertising to keep trade from leaking elsewhere. An overseas note mocks Hitler while admiring British self criticism.
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Winchester
Editorial urges dropping 90 day credit in neutrality bill
Reprinted Richmond editorial supports removing the 90 day credit clause from proposed neutrality legislation. Senator Byrd argues cash and carry best fits the bill to prevent extended credits and potential WWI style credit expansion. Authors say abandoning the clause reduces risk of entangling the US in war and safeguards debtors’ repayment temptations.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Byrd
Virginia
England
France
Be Before You Invest Investigate Says BBB
In New York State Judge George W. Martin defends his losses from speculative ventures as a personal weakness while facing removal for lending his name to investments. In New York City an elderly woman is charged with defrauding investors of over 1 million dollars via misrepresentations in a patent paper bottle stock. The piece notes that even regulators cannot prevent investor recklessness.
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Christian Science Monitor
New York State
Albany
George W. Martin
Kings County Court
State Senate
New York City
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Better Business Bureau
Notables to Speak at Middletown Odd Fellows Meeting
Erle Edwards, president of the Tri-County Odd Fellows Association, will preside at a Middletown meeting Friday with several notable speakers. Mrs. George Smith, Jr., will host the Junior Century Club gathering tomorrow afternoon. The Queen Mary docks at New York despite a tugboat strike.
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Erle Edwards
Tri-County Odd Fellows Association
Middletown
George Smith, Jr
Century Club
Queen Mary
New York
Martinsburg unions threaten mills amid labor turmoil
Five years ago Berkeley Woolen Company and Interwoven Company faced worker unrest that alarmed Martinsburg residents. President Roosevelt prepared a Roanoke Virginia speech dedicating a new veterans hospital. E B Hege, Cham bersburg veteran turkey buyer, arrived in the county.
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Martinsburg
Berkeley Woolen Company
Interwoven
Roosevelt
Roanoke
Veterans’ Hospital
E. B. Hege
Chambersburg
County
Larrick Daughter Weekend Visit as Trial Looms
Miss Nancy Larrick of Goucher visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Larrick during the weekend as Arthur G. Jones faces a Monday trial in the woolen mill case. The Raynor Lehrs Musical Comedy Company, a 30 person troupe, is killed at the Colonial.
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Nancy Larrick
Goucher
Herbert Larrick
Arthur G. Jones
Raynor Lehrs
Colonial
British report German mine layer disguised as hospital ship destroyed
A wartime bulletin notes the destruction of a German mine layer camouflaged as a hospital ship. Russians halt German forces at the Vistula. German attempts to strike the French coast via Belgium are stopped within eight miles of Dunkirk. Police raid a Sunday poker game. J. T. Lewis wins a $2 grain and brass prize at the fair.
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Vistula
Belgium
Dunkirk
Hollis and
Showalter
J. T. Lewis
Cyclists Bridge Replaced After Flood on Berryville Pike
Four decades ago the cyclists bridge over Opequon on Berryville Pike is replaced after flood damage. Local merchants begin early Wednesday closings for clerks to attend prayer services. The W C T U holds a social at Mrs Hodges home.
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Opequon
Berryville Pike
W. V. Hodges
Tense confrontation on Brazee front porch over Lorena and Escobar raid
At the Brazee ranch on the front porch the Phantom cowboys and guests hear Jerry Dale denounce Shot Rogers for siding with Lorena and pursuing Escobar. Lorena defends her presence while tensions rise among George Brazee, Sally Brazee, and others. The scene ends unresolved with Lorena’s defiant reply.
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Rogers
Jerry Dale
Lorena
Shot Rogers
Jerry
Escobar
Hump
Shot
George
Sally Brazee
Jasper Peters
Jerry Dale Way
Sally
George Brazee
Chihuahua
Luis Escobar
Arizona
East Range
Mr. Brazee
Dale
Lorena Tom
Mr. Rogers
Tax on homemade cigarettes proposed by state official
Massachusetts Tax Commissioner Henry F. Long notes a man who rolls his own cigarettes can face a 25 dollar annual tax. The article urges readers to report any suspicious characters to the commissioner.
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Chusetts
Answers to Questions From The Inquirer
The Inchester Evening Star presents reader Q A from Frederic J Haskin on topics from the Galapagos to labor law and bees in grapes. It covers the Dutch islands crossed by the equator and the meaning of P E N initials in the Emotional Writers Club.
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Evening Star
Reau
Fredéric J. Waskin
Washington, D
Galapagos Islands
Equator
Sumatra
Neo
Celbes
Halmahera
New Guinea
Writers’ Club
Bureau of Plant Industry
Joe E Brown Hunts Lost Youth at U C L A Football Field
Hollywood gossip piece notes Joe E Brown, aging but eager football fan, spends weekdays at the UCLA practice field and Saturdays on the coach’s bench. He cherishes mementos from sports legends, reflecting on a lost childhood while enjoying his current life near fifty.
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Hollywood
Sothern
California
Joe E. Brown
Joe
Babe Ruth
Columbia
U.S. C
Charlie Paddock
Resident appeals for clearer city street markers in Winchester
A letter to The Star editor urges Winchester officials and local chambers to improve street name signs and house numbering. The writer cites inconsistent maps from oil firms and groups, noting missing or misplaced markers hinder navigation, mail delivery, and tourism. The piece calls for government action and potential local employment to fix the problem.
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