Governor Price urged to follow long standing drunk driving policy
A Winchester Evening Star letter from Raymond L. Jackson asks Governor Price’s secretary for facts behind the governor’s stance on pardons for drunken driving. The Star replies citing the Campbell case, noting prior governors’ policy of no pardons for those justly convicted, and pledges coverage if Price states adherence.
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Wytheville
Hite
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Minnie the bear returns home to Swannanoa forest
The editorial recounts Minnie the bear released from Recreation Park Zoo in Swannanoa, NC after thirteen years in a bear pit. She enjoyed visitors and food, but as a younger bear arrived, she was freed to Pisgah National Forest. She later came back gaunt, hungry, and welcomed by locals, challenging views on zoos and confinement.
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Christian Science Monitor
Recreation Park
Swannonoa
North Carolina
Minnie
Pisgah National Forest
Virginia Jail Commitments Highlight Statewide Disparities
The Lynchburg Advance notes Virginia set a record with 82,621 jail commitments in the last fiscal year. It cites wide local differences in incarceration rates from Norfolk to Newport News and Nansemond to Charles City, urging the General Assembly to address these disparities and underlying fee structures.
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Lynchburg
Virginia
Richmond News Leader
Norfolk
Newport
Hampton Roads
Charles City
Nansemond County
General Assembly
International Naughty Nation Critique Warns of Appeasement
A Fredericksburg Free Lance Star column attacks Japan's government, arguing it threatens world peace as a rule-breaking child. It claims Tokyo recedes only when faced with firm power, urging consistent, self-respecting firmness by strong nations.
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Fredericksburg
Free Lance-Star
Uncle Sam
Family of Nations
Tokyo
Birth announced for Peggy Ann Shade in Kernstown
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Shade of Kernstown welcome a daughter Peggy Ann born October 20. Political prognostications point to Roosevelt Garner for Democrats and Vandenberg Dewey for Republicans as likely 1944 election tickets. The United States asserts it will demand release of the American freighter City of Flint seized by a German cruiser and taken to Germany.
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Lawrence Shade
Kernstown
Peggy Ann
Roosevelt-Garner
Vandenberg-Dewey
U. S
Russia
City of
Flint
Fires Consume Los Angeles District Causing 6 Million Damages
Large forest and brush fires rage through the Los Angeles district causing six million dollars in damage. Winston Churchill warns the House of Commons to maintain lasting command of the Mediterranean. The Rev. W. W. McIntyre arrives to preside over the Winchester Southern Methodist District.
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Los Angeles
California
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Mediterranean
W. W. McIntyre
Winchester Suthern
Sea Bee Wins Annefield Cup in Clarke County
Mrs M W Walter owns Sea Bee who wins the Annefield Cup race in Clarke county. President Herbert Hoover seeks industrial aid to employ the jobless as October blizzard brings fierce cold to New York and Pennsylvania and settles in here.
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M. W. Walter
Clarke County
Herbert Hoover
New York
Pennsylvania
Ben Cline Wins 2500 Damages in Suit for Car Crossing Injury
Plaintiff Ben Cline awarded 2500 dollars after suit against C V A R for damages from injuries when thrown against the top of a car at a rough crossing. Serbian moves capital inland as German forces advance. King George seeks more men for the English army. Reverend W H Carter resigns Baptist pastorate to accept a call in North Carolina.
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Ben Cline
Serbia
King George
W. H. Carter
Baptist Church
North Carolina
Tobacco display at Worthington Tobacco shop in Frederick
The Worthington Tobacco shop shows tobacco as tall as a man grown in Frederick county. Mr and Mrs John E Ware host a party celebrating their third anniversary. Winchester's industrial wealth is praised as an untapped resource.
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Frederick County
Worthington Tobacco Shop
John E. Ware
Winchester
Contrast Baths Offer Simple Home Arthritis Therapy
A home made contrast bath device can be built from sheet tin and strap iron, with two 60 or 120 watt bulbs, to provide hot and cold immersion for the hands feet elbows or knees. The routine uses six minutes hot and four minutes cold with adjustments allowed. Mayo Clinic follows a 5-2-5-2-5-2-5 pattern, total about thirty minutes, three to four times daily.
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Council On Physical Therapy
American Medical Association
Mayo Clinic
Answers To Frederic J. Haskin's Questions
A compilation of quick factual Q and A covering horses, boccie, radio tempo, trailers, Appaloose horse origin, Duke of Windsor height, first dance band on radio, Jack Johnson’s reign, poetry line origin, tea as top beverage, US state sizes, and busiest airport.
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Down Beat
Paul Specht
WWJ
The Star Quiz Answers on Page Two
This item lists eleven trivia prompts about topics from Lana Turner to Masonry and weather lore. It directs readers to turn to page 2 for the answers and mentions figures like Roosevelt Knox and Pershing, and questions on Coyote State, God Save the King, and the Waltz King.
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Orchestra Teader
Lana Turner
St. Swithin’s
President Roosevelt
Frank Knox
General Pershing
Iowa
Piano Performance Guidance Updated for Clarity
Publication suggests replacing overused phrasing with direct description of the pianist and piece. It advises naming the specific work if possible and clearly stating the piano performance. This aims to improve precision in theater and concert notices for readers.
The Star Letters Urge Sunday Reflecton and Revival
Readers are urged to question Sunday leisure and worldly amusements, citing Titus 3 5 6 and urging Christ centered peace. The letter from L Bertha Carpenter endorses printing a Times Herald piece calling for revival and spiritual awakening backed by James Warner of Winston Salem NC.
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the Star
Winchester
Christ
Lord
Titus
Times- Herald
Star
L. Bertha Carpenter
the Times-Herald
Jesus Christ
James Warner
Jessie Winston-Salem, N. C
Stranger posing as Vance Healey helps debutant reach auditions
A new partner in a song and dance act encounters a stranger who falsely claims to be Vance Healey, a famed radio sports announcer. She doubts him until he proves his identity at the radio studios and arranges her audition for the Sembler contest trials.
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Haeeuyoota
Vance Healey
Kit
Healey
Vance
Luigi's
Night studio whispers and a hopeful audition
In the control room the engineer and announcer stay silent as Kit and Vance discuss the Sembler broadcast. Vance warns of slim chances, yet Kit's eyes shine with a dream of a five thousand dollar prize and a chance to prove herself.
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Widmer
Vance
Sembler
Kit
Gus Reimer
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