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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1938
Page
7
The column argues that despite European tensions a hopeful U S business outlook exists as industries show resilient momentum. It contrasts 1914 to today, predicts inflation from war and a potential market rebound, urging readers to focus on their own work amid headlines.
The fragment records a tense moment as a caller panics and requests urgent help then shifts the focus to a person declaring they have a new corset and chooses to skip further action.
A young dancer Lucille Summerfield, 18, was shot while used as a shield in a north Halsted street holdup. Two robbers and a bystander died. four others injured. Police recovered weapons and arrested one suspect as the gunfight ended in a small brick garage.
The White House announced President Roosevelt appointed Preston Delano of Massachusetts as comptroller of the Currency, succeeding J F T O Connor who resigned to run for California governor. Delano has been in government service five years and currently governs the Federal Home Loan Bank system.
Virginia Motor Co lists a 37 Plymouth 4 door De Luxe Sport Sedan with radio and heater for sale at 20 West Gerrard Street. No further details provided.
The article notes Thomas Robinson as Winchester’s third postmaster, appointed in 1800 and succeeded by William Davidson in 1808. It lists early U S postage rates: six cents for up to 30 miles, ten cents to 100 miles, fifteen cents to 200 miles, twenty five cents over 450 miles, with double and triple letters at double and triple those amounts and packages charged per ounce at four times the single-letter rate. It also states current rates: first class letters to the Americas and Spain at 3 cents per ounce, other foreign countries 5 cents for the first ounce and 3 cents for each additional ounce, and local R F D letters out of the office at 2 cents per ounce if not routed through another post office.
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