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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star published in Winchester Virginia lists subscription rates as part of its daily offerings. This notice outlines pricing for home delivery and newspaper services in the local market.
Classifieds cost two cents per word with minimum charges and a 25 cent deposit. Memorials and cards are ten cents per line. Display ads with borders due by 9 PM the day before publication. Transient rate forty five cents per inch. Contract rates available. A Bible verse is cited at the end.
Dr. P. D. Miller of the First Presbyterian Church told the Raleigh Lions Club that the United States has tried education legislation armaments and high finance without solving social and economic problems, suggesting Christianity has never been fully tried. Time waits for the trial to begin.
Europeans crises inspire college humor as Sudeten Harvard students march through Cambridge demanding relief from taxation. Harvard Lampoon editors back the mood while Cambridge authorities fear town and gown strife will provoke drastic actions to quiet riots by students and police.
Commerce Department data show September exports fell below 1937 levels and 1938 up to June, while imports were tiny creating a large September export surplus not seen since 1930. For nine months the surplus reached 860 million, aiding gold inflows and sterling decline, amid signs of slow domestic recovery and harvest-driven shifts in grain trade.
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch notes Chief Woods credits for curbing thumb jerking while observers report a rise in the practice. The piece recalls 1932 law making ride begging a punishable offense, repealed in 1938, and discusses potential reenactment and driver liability for injuries to beggars who approach vehicles.
Roanoke World News reports two deaths in Atlanta within 24 hours lead to a city council emergency ordinance. Ambulance drivers must obey all traffic laws with no exceptions, and companies may be held liable for driver recklessness. Medical authorities urge on the ground first aid before hospital transfer to avoid unnecessary danger.
Winchester and Frederick County schools will get 14000 of a 1500000 relief fund. The council votes to seek sealed bids for the garbage disposal contract. C P McVicar announces a vic dar drive to fund the Boy Scout program in the Shenandoah Area council. Annual Shenandoah Valley field trials are set.
John M. Steck chair of the school board asks the council to finish the Jefferson street sewer line so Handley basement can be used as a cafeteria. The Star reports a special tour to the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. A killing frost hit the area with 7 degrees below freezing. At Middletown almost every high school boy is out for the football team after a victory over Massanutten JV squad.
Ten years ago bandits raided a small Silver Springs bank stealing 2500 dollars. A Berryville man is fined after his car jumped a rough spot and backed into a parked car. Miss Nancy McCormick Wattles and Dr James Wilson Hunter of Baltimore marry. Henry W Anderson faces charges for holding three government jobs at once with total salary 32000 dollars.
Ambrose L. Henkel, a well known valley publisher, dies in a Philadelphia hospital. United Daughters of Confederacy delegates plan a Panama cruise as a feature of their annual New Orleans convention. A local milk dealer is fined 31.50 for selling butter from an infected source. Prohibition amendment discussions spark demonstrations in Washington.
M. Morgan Brannon is found dead on the pike near Stephenson and is believed to have suffered a stroke. Gertrude Boxwell and George Bailey wed at the Boxwell home on Braddock street. John Dorsey is appointed to chair a committee to wind up the Friendship Fire Company Bana. Citizens hope councilmen attend more meetings to help consider local legislation.
A D C readers ask about primary voting history chiaroscuro talking books Loeb Leopold swastika cellophane soap in cake Boswell quote and naval academy Tecumseh figurehead customs. The piece lists questions and concise answers on politics art literature and navy traditions.
A Kansas City driver who struck several pigs on a highway says she was rushing her brother to a hospital and could not stop. She wants to contact the owner and express concern for farmers who lose stock in hard times.
Questions about money and its uses inflation and its effects and past experiences of this and other countries with money are asked. A booklet MONEY AND ITS USES covers the story of money from prehistoric use to the present. Enclose ten cents to cover cost and handling and mail to Information Bureau Washington DC.
A 1938 McNaught Syndicated column lauds Leonardo da Vinci as history’s most resplendent figure. It credits him with founding engineering, geology, anatomy, geometry, mapping, and inventions from diving belts to a proto tank. It notes two immortal paintings The Last Supper and Mona Lisa and recalls his patience, tolerance, and temper, ending with his lack of love life.
Officials report widespread use of precancel stamps by federal agencies to mark outgoing mail. The program aims to streamline processing and reduce handling time across departments, with post offices adopting standardized markings for cost centers and destinations.
Judy Rogers, daughter of a wiped out financier, travels from hotel to rooming house in New York. She takes a waitress job at Danceland then learns of a dress contest and a second opportunity with Abbey Boland through Ronald Birrell, a young Tennessee attorney. She confronts fear of marriage and vows independence while navigating love, deception, and new chances.
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