Advertising Rates and National Rep Contacts
Classified advertising rates list 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum charge. Copy must include name and address. National representatives Tenney Woodward and Conklin, Inc. office locations in New York Detroit San Francisco Chicago Boston Kansas City Atlanta and Los Angeles.
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Kansas
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Los Angeles
Democratic ticket election announcement 1940
The notice lists the Democratic candidates for national and local office including President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice President Henry A. Wallace, U S Senator Harry F. Byrd and Congressman A Willis Robertson. It also cites a date of Saturday October 19 1940 and a Bible verse Romans 8 32.
The Great Dictator Premiere Sparks Global Outcry
A New York City premiere of Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator becomes a major event. The film portrays a barber inspired by Hitler’s tyranny and delivers a protest against war and oppression. It moves audiences with humor and pathos and ends with Chaplin appealing for a peaceful world.
Allies Seem to Gain Ground as Nazi Strategy Falters
Observers grow confident Germany has lost the War of Britain and faces trouble in the Balkans. Critics note indiscriminate bombing of civilians, morale boost attempts for Luftwaffe pilots, many captured flyers being young and untrained, and rumors of German ships converted to bombers. Russians move troops toward the Romanian frontier while Turkey stiffens stance against the Axis.
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Balkans
London
British Isles
England
Turkey
Reprinted Editorial Hits Nazi Jewish Atrocity Exposed
Richard O. Boyer denounces the Versailles treaty era’s cruel Nazi policies against Jews. The piece lists prohibitions on clothing, food, travel, work, and shelter, notes confiscations and ghetto conditions, and contrasts Jewish dignity with perished prosperity.
Population figures point to stabilization by 1970 or 1980
The Charlotte Observer notes Director Austin of the 1940 census says the U S population may peak around 1970 or 1980 and then decline if not stabilized. The April 1 population stood at 131,409,381, up 8,634,835 since 1930, a 7 percent gain—the smallest decade increase in U S history.
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Charlotte Observer
United States
Austin
New spray cut apple drop in mature orchards reported
French losses seen small while Germans suffer over 5 000 artillery casualties in a Western front duel. The Independent Hose Co of Stephens City petitions the town council for a public water system.
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Independent Hose Co
Stephens City
AFL votes to boycott Nazi goods and services
The American Federation of Labor votes to place a boycott on all Nazi goods and services. Miss Alma Lucille Fowler and Mr. John Willingham wed at Berryville Methodist Church. Wendell Goode becomes Kiwanis president succeeding Ansell Solenberger.
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John Willingham
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Wendell Goode
Kiwanis Club
Ansell Solenberger
Birth Announcement for Crim’s New Son
Mr and Mrs F Gladstone Crim receive congratulations on the birth of a son. Ministers in Berryville announce an open prayer service before the courthouse asking for rain to ease the summer drought conditions.
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Berryville
Winchester remembers Harper's Ferry raid twenty five years on
Residents recall that 56 years ago this morning John Brown began his raid at Harpers Ferry. Officials discuss selling 250 million dollars worth of Panama Canal bonds to fund national defense. The White Palace restaurant opens at 168 North Loudoun Street with a special side entrance for ladies.
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Goats Arrive for County Angora Farm Plans
Forty years ago the first consignment of Angora goats arrived for a proposed county Angora farm. A Filipino nationalist reportedly plans to recruit locals with a reward for the left ears of 3,000 soldiers from the 47th U.S. Infantry, seeking vengeance for his son killed in a raid on a government supply house.
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U. S. Infantry
Medical science on pituitary research and growth effects
A female researcher performs a four minute pituitary removal on a rat, showing growth differences versus its intact sibling. The piece discusses how pituitary activity affects giantism and acromegaly, and notes potential hormone treatments for dwarfism with early intervention.
Answers to reader questions from the Winchester Evening Star
The Information Bureau provides brief factual answers on topics from mahogany railroad ties to ha ha walls. It covers vitamin content in orange juice, souring of milk, voting disqualifications, wild horses, lunar orbits, census trends, and a proposed date for National Library Week linked to Chanukah.
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American Library Association
The Star Quiz Questions From a Vintage Page
A quiz page lists seven sample questions asking about election significance presidential salary wartime actions Hamilton roles in Washington state of Norway novelist in the US moon rotation and revolution word meanings employment trends 1932 versus 1940 and Florida’s southern island plus a French author of a Life of Christ.
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Great Britain
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Earth
Florida
It Is Better to Say He Spoke Pleasantly
A guidance note favors concise phrasing by recommending "he spoke pleasantly" over "he spoke in a pleasant manner" for clearer, crisper narration. The contrast highlights prefered grammar choices in standard writing practice.
Household Helps booklet offers easy fall cleaning tips
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau promotes HOUSEHOLD HELPS a practical guide with ideas on decoration painting utilities and floor care. Order your copy for ten cents postpaid by sending ten cents and the form to Washington D C directed by Frederick J. Haskin.
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Frederic J. Haskin
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Frederick J. Haskin
Dancing Dolls Seek Break In New York Night Life
Kit Reilly, a small town singer, teams with Fran Le Maze in a potential sister act after meeting in a Greenwich Village room. Both pursue auditions and possible gigs while facing hunger and career uncertainty in early New York show business. Vance Healey, a famed radio announcer, is reassigned to a humbler post after a career stumble, setting a tense backdrop to Kit’s pursuit of stardom.
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Great Consolidated Broadcasting Company
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New York
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J. T. Gregory
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Hercules
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Buffalo
Gold yield in placer mining and bank teller origin
A site in Sierra Nevada placer grounds yields 40 to 50 cents per day per man with rare workers reaching $1,000 daily. The term teller derives from counting. bankers use it for money handling. Gibbon conceived his Decline and Fall while musing in Rome on October 15, 1764.
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