Winchester Evening Star publication details and rates
The Winchester Evening Star, published daily except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia, lists subscription rates: one year four fifty, six months two twenty five, three months one twenty, one month forty cents.
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Winchester Evening Star
H. PF. Byrd, JR
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Winchester, Va
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Advertising Rates and Notices Summary
Classifieds set at 2 cents a word with 25 cent minimum, memorials 1.50 for four stanzas, cards of thanks 75 cents. Display ads due by 10 AM, transient rate 42 cents per inch, contract rates on application. National reps Tenney Woodward and Co. AP rights note.
Virginia Municipalities Leader Calls for Local Government Education
Abe M. Schewel urges more school and adult programs to inform citizens about local government. The League of Virginia Municipalities, organized in 1905, now serves 128 towns with advisory and information services shaping public policy debates and conventions.
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Norfolk
Abe M. Schewel
League of Virginia Municipalities
Virginia Beach
Schewel
Virginia
Scientists on Shiva Temple Discover Rare Leaf-Eared Mouse
Richmond News-Leader reports Dr. Harold E. Anthony of a Grand Canyon expedition found a rare leaf-eared mouse on Shiva Temple, a discovery amid public imagination of dinosaurs and lunar voyages. Explorers' notes spark speculation, with wildlife capture seen as potentially important to science.
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Richmond News-Leader
Shiva Temple
Grand Canyon
Harold E. Anthony
Anthony
Sky Island
America
New Parties in America Stirings and Failures
Montreal Star notes limited appeal for Dr Butler's scrapping plan as Americans remain conservative. It cites past third parties like Roosevelt's and LaFollette's decline, and mentions John L Lewis proposing an alliance of farmers and union members amid disinclination.
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Montreal Star
Dr. Butler
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert LaFollette
Farmer
LaFollette
Jaborite
John L. Lewis
Radio Curfew Prompts Curbing Election Broadcast Noise
A writer urges radio announcers to remind listeners to lower volume during political speeches and campaigns. The proposal aims to reduce neighbor disputes and help nervous residents, suggesting this courtesy could extend beyond election season to general quiet hours.
Twenty Nine Lashes in Martinsville Court Draws Outcry
A 13 year old colored boy in Martinsville faced a judge who ordered twenty nine lashes for stealing a sack of flour. The Daily Bulletin notes the sentence as unusual and questions if the punishment will prevent future crime or push him toward the penitentiary. The piece argues the decision may miss chances to reform the boy.
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Raleigh News and Observer
Martinsville
City Trial Justice Court
Daily Bulletin
United States
Commonwealth of Virginia
Reformatory
Woman Juries Expose Bias in Idaho Court
Ray M. Keefe was summoned for jury duty in Boise Idaho but was deemed a woman on identity and District Judge C E Wis stead dismissed her. The case highlights the state law barring women from serving on juries.
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Boise
Idaho
Ray M. Keefe
Ray
C. E. Winstead
The Star's Open Forum on illness as opportunity
Editor argues affliction is a hidden chance to serve. Readers urged to reframe suffering as a blessing rather than a life obstacle and to avoid dwelling on grief.
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the Star
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Water bond election eyed after Spain incident
Officials for the water bond election are named as Allen Gray, chairman of the electoral board, with the vote set for next Tuesday. Fire damages the Sarah Zane Fire Company building, and a committee is named to consider replacement on property owned by Miss Lillie Crum. Harvey Rigglemans’ dwelling in Stephens City is destroyed by fire.
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Allen Gray
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Lillie Crum
Harvey Rigglemans
Stephens City
Local Garden Club Plans Regional Flower Show Prize
Mrs. Kenneth Gilpin, president of the Winchester Clarke County Garden Club, offers a silver cup sweepstakes prize for the Regional Flower Show at Handley. Leonard I. Miller to represent Winchester at the state Knights of Pythians convention in Martinsville. David H. Patterson, ex Winchester resident, elected vice president of a $15,000,000 California pulp paper industry. George W. Carper, new county home superintendent, resigns before taking office over extra domestic pay obligations.
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Kenneth Gilpin
Winchester-Clarke County
Winchester Girl Held for Ring Theft in Washington
Twenty five years ago a Winchester girl is held by Washington police on a charge of stealing six rings from a jeweler there. The report links the case to a local charge and notes other distant events including a Nicaraguan rebel leader surrender and a hospitalized heiress after a high cigarette intake.
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Frances Nicholas Orndorff
Kermit Orndorff
Homer Fisher
Ball Brothers
Holmes Barnett
Robert DeWitt
Winchester
Washington
Nina
U. S. Marines
New York
Mann
Hotel Porter In Wedding Suit Swindle Probe
Harper Douvell owner of the Evans Hotel reports a porter wore his wedding suit, later found sold to him by a former night clerk now wanted by police. Ed Stone William Funk and S R Atwell shoot 44 squirrels on a western county hunting trip. A fig tree on Braddock street yard exceeds nine feet and bears fruit for the first year. S V A fair directors plan finalizing past event. George Haines receives extra award for cigar display.
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Harper Douvell
Evans Hotel
Ed. Stone
William Funk
S. R. Atwell
Davidson Yard
Braddock Street
George Haines
First American Newspaper Published in Boston
The Boston News Letter marks a historic milestone on September 25, 1690 as the first American newspaper issued in Boston under royal colonial printing. It announces government and trade news, reflecting early colonial journalism and public notices.
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Boston
From Affliction to Faith Carl Parrill’s Testimony at Catawba Sanatorium
Carl Parrill reflects on illness as a turning point from sin toward faith. He compares his early illness to a prodigal’s wanderings, sees affliction as a blessing guiding him back to the Father, and vows to serve the Lord whether healed or bedbound. He urges friends to seek spiritual rebirth and turn to Jesus.
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Jesus
Carl Parrill
Catawba Sanatorium
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
The Brownie Star Information Bureau in Washington D C offers readers answers to questions of fact for three cents per reply.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Brownie Star Information Bureau
Haskin
Washington, D. C
Trivia Qs from the Georgia Minstrels era and beyond
A quiz-style column presents questions and answers on diverse topics. It covers performers like McIntyre Heath and Earl Sande, water expansion, college athletic accidents, auto taxes, notable horses, play producers, rubber trade, bits as money, Japanese-claimed China, mildew removal, the Louisiana Lottery, Hugo Black, Dead Sea Fruit, Lourdes, common eye defects, newspaper circulation, and The Good Old Summertime composer Honey Boy Evans.
Political currents mix in Washington and Nebraska politics
Washington sees WLW relicensing delay amid FCC friction as Frank McNinch looms over investigations while Charles Michelson faces criticism for dual roles. In Nebraska, Governor Cochran eyes a rare third-term bid as Senator Burke and Norris plot potential 1940 alignments.
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Nebraska
Burke
Norris
Hoover
Senator Burke
Roy Cochran
Cochran
Paris party sets Mari Barat for high society
Mari prepares a glamorous Paris party to impress Mark Sutherland as he arrives from Nice. He hints at business plans and introduces a self made manager role while she fears his motives and seeks to project casual elegance during the evening. Mark warns of big stakes and potential ownership of Mari’s future.
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Mari
Nice
America
Anetka
Letitia Higgins
Letitia
Mark Sutherland
Ted Greers
Humbert
Cecily Grant
Mary
Leland
Mari Barat
Vultures form mock order in response to Nazi speech
The piece notes American correspondents mockingly form the Most Noble Order of Journalistic Vultures in Berlin after Dietrich’s Nuremberg address. It lampoons ranks and rituals, says only democratic journalists may join, and hints at pushback from Nazi controls. Time will tell if humor lands or backfires.
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Vultures
Cumberland Times
Dietrich
Nuremberg
Order of
Journalistic Vultures
Berlin
Mammon
Germany
Bulldog Rescue Sparks Dallas Manhole Panic
Boston bulldog Bama fell into a manhole as worried owners called for help. Patrolmen searched on hands and knees, sprinted to a distant call, and discovered a crowd of 1000 spectators and emergency vehicles before the dog was safely saved.
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Dallas
Tex
Bama
Boston
Fox chase ends with hound on the run in barnyard
In St. Johnsville, George Heath owns the hound while Henry Sanders trapped a fox in his barnyard. Sanders shouted sic em and the fox guided the hound on the chase, but the hound fled as the fox escaped from the yard.
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St. Johnsville
N. Y
George Heath
Henry Sanders
Sanders
Night watchman foils prowler at CCC camp
Roy Gore, a night watchman at the Pigeon Lake CCC camp, challenged a shadowy intruder after curfew. He pursued the figure as it slipped toward the camp and grappled with a distant, five foot bear near the camp boundary.
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Drummond
Wis
Roy Gore
Pigeon Lake
CCC
Gore
Winter Ahead for Robber at Filling Station
A disjointed report notes a robber at a filling station planning a long winter. A separate line mentions a thermometer at 90.6 degrees and a TO 471 device stealing $48 worth of ore freeze solution. Tobin is missing another item.
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Chicago
John Tobin
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