Classified and subscription details from The Evening Star
Local Winchester Virginia newspaper notice outlines subscription prices by mail and carrier with delivery terms and deadlines for display and classified ads. Memorials and cards of thanks priced separately. National reps listed in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta.
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Devine - Tenney Corp
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Des Moines
Atlanta
Prayer Of A Righteous Man Verse Cited In Bible Page
An excerpt from a religious page features Psalm 139 23 24 and a brief prayer. The text appears as devotional content rather than a news item and is presented with Associated Press credit language.
Virginia Parks Dominate National Visitor Rankings
The National Park Service says Shenandoah National Park led U S parks in visitors last year while Colonial National Monument at Yorktown drew more people than the other 55 sites of its type. Virginia hopes to keep or grow this popularity as Skyline Drive and nearby historic sites attract broad access. About twenty million live within a day’s drive of Shenandoah and forty million near all Virginia attractions within a year’s reach.
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Northern Virginia
National Park Service
Shenandoah National Park
Colonial National Monument
Yorktown
Virginia
Williamsburg
Republic
Jamestown
York and James
New World
Richmond
Modesty League Targets Women’s Bathing and Dress
The League of Modesty aims to curb immodest clothing across beaches films and nudist colonies. In Chicago a reform program proposes rules: necklines not lower than two inches below the throat, sleeves to the elbows, skirts well below the knees, full length nontransparent stockings.
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Cumberland Times
League of Modesty
Chicago
Modesty and fashion shift driven by personal choice
The text argues against reform dictates on women's attire, suggesting modesty evolves by personal time and preference. It claims clothing changes arise from desire for variety, not moral reform, and women will adopt fuller coverage when they choose.
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League of
Wil
Seeing Through Propaganda in School Debate
Exchange Propaganda is to be reduced in schools as part of a program to train youths for good citizenship. Propaganda is defined by influence on opinion, with teachers guiding discussion but not participating in arguments. The Socratic method is used to uncover truth, fostering inquiry while warning against biased history.
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Akron Beacon-Journal
Bank Fig
Pronunciation Debates Grow Over Ethiopian Names
Experts argue over how to say Ethiopian names as Abyssinia appears daily in headlines. The piece notes Addis Ababa pronunciation debates and urges focus on understanding the conflict and keeping the peace.
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Abyssinia
Addis Ababa
Rev Allen Jones Accepts Call to Presbyterian Pastorship
One year ago Rev Allen Jones accepted the call to lead the aioc es group of Presbyterian churches. Judge Philip Williams sentenced five defendants in Corporation Court to penitentiary terms. The Western District of Christian Endeavor convention was set to be held here. L S Sutherland, 52, burned to death in his flaming car found along a road near Strasburg. An Alabama mob stormed a jail and removed a Black man accused of killing a white woman.
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Allen Jones
Aioc Es
Presbyterian Churches
Philip "Williams
Western District of Christian Endeavor Convention
L. S. Sutherland
Strasburg
Alabama
Century Club begins study of Scandanavian nations
Obituary notes William N. McCartney 48 longtime printer dies at University of Virginia Hospital. Clarke county resident Wesley Crawford 52 killed by a fire truck in Upper Marlboro Maryland. Cordova West Virginia native Philip H. Baldwin 29 struck and killed instantly by a car in Kernstown. Joe Cook stars in Rain or Shine at Capitol Theatre.
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Century Club
William N. McCartney
University of Virginia Hospital
Wesley Crawford
Clarke County
Upper Marlboro
Philip H. Baldwin
Cordova
W. Va
Kernstown
Joe Cook
Capitol Theatre
Ten Years Ago Recap of Muddy Loss and Escapes
Ten years ago Handley lost to Hagerstown 3 0 in a sea of mud. Claude B Sweezy Jr son of a former Maryland prison warden escapes from Nevada State Prison. Reverend Fife preaches against domestic strife at Church of Christ. Mrs Edward Stotler of Hagerstown Md is attacked and knocked unconscious by a stranger. A crack train derails near Victoria Miss killing twenty and injuring over thirty.
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Handley
Hagerstown
Claude B. Sweezy, Jr
Maryland Penitentiary
Nevada State Prison
Cain
Dr. Fife
Church of Christ
Edward Stotler
Victoria
Miss
Local youth backed to station in wheelbarrow amid misbehaviors
Twenty five years ago a Black boy is taken to the police station in a wheelbarrow with a policeman holding him for numerous petty misbehaviors. Wheat quoted at 0 cents a bushel. flour $5.50 to $6 a barrel. Miss Fannie Brown, 55, clubbed to death in Rockbridge County by a colored youth. Congressman James Hay addresses voters. Miss Nora Armillo Phillips and Roy M. Crabill marry in Toms Brook.
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Fannie Brown
Rockbridge County
James Hay
Heaped County
Nora Armillo Phillips
Roy M. Crabill
Toms Brook
AAA Officials Delighted by Referendum Vote
AAA officials hailed a nationwide farm referendum endorsing the 1936 corn hog program and plan to boost pork production by 25 to 30 percent next year while guarding against overproduction. Wallace urged producers to aid consumers soil conservation and fair incomes amid political speculation.
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Washington
Pi— Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Wallace
AAA
Chester A. Davis
Davis
Reno
Wide Latitude Given In Choosing WPA Projects
Washington reports Harry L. Hopkins grants state Works Progress Administration admins broad leeway to select projects for more than two million new work relief jobs. With the dole liquidation deadline moved to after November 1, WPA funds allocated to states may be used for any project approved by the President and Comptroller General McCarl.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Dole
Hopkins
Works Progress
CWA
J. R. McCarl
The Piper of Hamelin Legend Steps Through Time
In 1284 the Prussian town of Hamelin faced a rat plague. A piper led away 130 children after being denied payment, and they vanished into a hill outside the town, becoming a lasting folk tale.
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Hamelin
Koppenberg
Guffey and Farley lead Democratic machine alliance
The piece analyzes Senator Joseph F. Guffey and James A. Farley as a strategic Pennsylvania–New York partnership guiding the Democratic machine. It notes Guffey’s proven state management, Roosevelt loyalty, and labor insight, while Farley projects national reach, with both experts steering party direction.
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Washington, D. G
Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
New York
Farley
Guffey
Scouting Court of Honor Awards at George Washington Hotel
John Scully Jr presided as chairman of the Court of Honor at the George Washington Hotel. Awards listed include Tenderfoot Troops 1 and 40, Second Class Troop 40, First Class Troop 1 and 2, Star Troop 2, Merit Badges for Troops 1 2 and 40, and numerous service and camp awards. Presentations honored hours served, attendance banners, and advancement banners from local organizations. The meeting closed with benediction and moving pictures.
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John §. Scully, Jr
Court of Honor
George Washington Hotel
Tenderfoot
Douglas Cooper
Howard Cather
Delmar Robinson, Jr
Douglas Allen
Ralph Bailey
Henry Whiting
Tom Hines
Charles Mudd
Billy Miller
Don Rocap
White Hall
Tribe
Lee F. Bageant
William Nagley
Bruce Wilson
Arthur Tinsman
Robert Anderau
Edgar Snake, Jr
Courtney Jones
George Guthridge
William Guthrie
Reading
Robert Anderson
Levi Anderson
Bobby Green
Edgar &Noke, Jr
Everett Jones
Larry Baker
Henry Pitzer
Robert Green
Carlyle Whiting
Don Pe
Eugene B. Cooper
William Jaynes
James Bott
Billy
Charles Gibbons
Norman Cooper
Ricard Largent
Joe Ritter
Henry Schneider
Richard Sutton
Howard Stine
Wilfred Cather
Paul Hanna
Lions
Troop 40
FVW
White Hall Tribe
Kiwanis Club Advancement
Rotary Club Advancement
Chamber of Commerce Advancement
Shenandoah Park Leads in National Park Attendance
Shenandoah National Park led the 24 national parks in attendance for the year ending September 30 with 516 637 visitors. Yosemite 372 317 Yellowstone 317 098 Grand Canyon 206 018 Mount Rainier 239 309 Sequoia 205 783. The Colonial National Monument including Williamsburg James Town Yorktown drew 367 172 versus Liberty Statue 252 609 in New York.
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Ing
Yosemite
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Mount Ranier
Sequoia
Great Smoky Park
North Carolina
Colonial National Monument
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Yorktown
Statue of Liberty
New York
Carol's Millionaire Edge in a Broadway World
Carol, an orphan with a vast fortune, leaves Connecticut for New York to seek freedom and love. She navigates cocktails and social climbs, meets Geary Crandall and Manfred Morris, works as a nurse, and questions her suitor Gary’s motives amid a tense romance with Dr. Harding and Kathy Prentice’s social schemes.
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Carol Kennedy
Owen Craig
Lance
Kathy Prentice
Kathy
Owen
Carol
Connecticut
New York
Isobel Bronson
Geary Crandall
Manfred Morris
Oreen
Harding
Gary
Europe
Miss van Cleve
Dr. Harding
Isobel
Africa
Wayne Sommers
Gettysburg Leads Visitor Totals Among Battlefield Parks
The Gettysburg battlefield area remained far ahead with 500,614 visitors. Fredericksburg Spotsylvania Park drew 64,900, compared with about 25,000 the year before.
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Gettysburg
Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania Park
Balboa the Stowaway Who Reached the Pacific
Balboa, once a hidden stowaway from Santo Domingo, gained trust aboard the ship and became a popular crew member. He was soon chosen leader in Darien on the Isthmus of Panama and led a 1518 expedition across the isthmus to view the Pacific and claim adjoining lands for the king.
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Balboa
Pacific Ocean
Darien
Panama
Santo Domingo
Swain
Rainfall Summary and Averages from Winchester Laboratory
The report shows 24 hour rainfall ending 8 a m none for October to date .98 inches year to date 29.57 inches. The Winchester Laboratory 22 year average is 34.61 inches. Monthly averages vary from January 2.35 to July 3.89 inches with October 2.90 and December 2.30 inches.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Mandrill, Presidents, and a Newfoundland stamp
A Q and A style excerpt asks what a mandrill is, noting it as a repulsive ferocious animal. It lists ten U S presidents as slave owners at some time, and mentions Newfoundland as the country with a dog on its stamp.
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Ans
Washington
Jefferson
Monroe
Adison
Jackson
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Johnson
Grant
Newfoundland
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