Winchester Evening Star Notice of advertising rates and services
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates including 2 cents per word for classifieds with a 25 cent minimum, 45 cents per inch for display ads, and office deadlines. It notes national representatives and AP affiliation for re publication of dispatches and local news.
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Tenney and Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit
Woodward Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Subscription Rates By Carrier
One year in advance costs 4.50 dollars, six months 2.35, three months 1.20, and one month 0.48. The notice lists Welkle ctet Ae.
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Welkle
We Are Not Accidents Upon the Earth Verse
A pamphlet style note cites Job 33 Acts of God and breath of the Almighty providing life. The text frames human existence as purposeful creation and calls for reflection on divine purpose.
New York Enforces Safety Certificate for Used Car Sales
Authorities enforce a new statute requiring used car dealers to provide a written safety certificate with each bill of sale. The certificate states brakes lights and signaling are in repair and fit for use at delivery. Violations carry fines up to 100 dollars for three offenses within 18 months.
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New York
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Large Signs Cut Stop Sign Violations In Lansing
A study by the Michigan Highway Planning Survey finds larger stop signs reduce violations. From 4000 observed day and night readings, 24-inch signs with or without reflectors show similar violations, while 36-inch signs cut daytime violations by 50 percent and nighttime by 75 percent, with further declines after 30 days.
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Lansing
Mich
American Public Works Association
Michigan Highway Planning Survey
States enact 402 new statutes in 1939 legislative output
A survey by the Council of State Governments finds 42 of 44 state legislatures enacted 402 new statutes in 1939. California produced 1 124, New York 927, Arizona 90. Virginia was not in session. Of 57 925 bills, 16 921 became law and about 1 200 were vetoed by governors. Twenty legislatures reviewed over 1 000 bills.
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Council of State Governments
California
Arizona
New York
General Assembly
Virginia
Council
Jtate
Veto Governors Block Hundreds of Bills Across States
Chief executives in California New York Pennsylvania Maryland and Illinois led a bloc vetoing about 700 bills. California vetoed nearly 275 bills and New York's governor rejected over 200.
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California
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Illinois
Tunney Joins Boy Scouts Board of Greater New York
A reprint argues Gene Tunney former boxing champion and head of American Distilling Co is elected to the executive board of the Boy Scouts Foundation of Greater New York, raising questions about liquor interests influencing the Scouts and urging scrutiny by parents and citizens.
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American Businessmen’s Research Foundation
Gene Tunney
American Distilling Company
Boy Scouts Foundation of
Greater New York
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
New York
Boy Scout
Boyhood of
America
Boy Scout Management
Boy Scout Movement
Seven test questions from The Daily Oun
A fragment listing seven questions including iodine rich foods, homocidal mania, Johannesburg location, pone in card games, latitude degrees to the equator, pronunciation of gila, Napoleon’s first banishment island, feet in a statute mile, and a garbled entry about a general and a state capital.
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Johannesburg
North Pole
Equator
Gila
Napoleon
Quotation Marks Placement Rules in Punctuation
Explains common errors in English punctuation with guidance on where to place quotation marks relative to commas periods colons semicolons exclamation and question marks. Highlights standard American practice and common pitfalls for writers.
Winchester voters face bonds for city building and armory
Voters prepare to go to the polls to decide a bond issue for a municipal building and armory amid strong turnout. Meanwhile the Pittsburgh Pirates face the Chicago Cubs in NL action to determine who advances to play the Yankees. Chick Curry, playing manager, calls Winchester semi pro football players to begin practicing soon.
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Winchester
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Gubs
Yanks
Chick Curry
Cummings Sees Hauptman as Right Suspect in Case
U. S. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings and other officials express confidence that Bruno Hauptman is the man captured days ago. In county news, Supt. Leslie D. Kline says eighty six teachers will open an eight month term next week. Miss Catherine McVicar returns from Orange Virginia where she represented the region in Orange County Bicentennial celebrations.
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U. S
Homer S. Cummings
Bruno Hauptman
Leslie D. Kline
Catherine McVicar
Orange
Orange County
Senator voices warning on Virginia GOP and white supremacy
Samuel Ferguson of Appomattox tells Staunton audience that Republican control of Virginia would threaten white supremacy. Joseph Fawcett Bean, 88, dies at home. longtime Grand Army of the Republic survivor. Odd Fellows Grand Lodge band arrives for joint meeting with local group.
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Samuel Ferguson
Appomattox
Staunton
Virginia
Joseph Fawcett Bean
Grand Army of the Republic
Odd Fellows of the
Grand Lodge of Washington
Twenty-Five Years Ago War Reports and Local Obituaries
Twenty five years ago censorship limits news on German and Allied actions with a western front attack reported but no gains. Japanese navy stops a U S freighter mistaken for gun ship. Margaret Clark widow dies at home near Cross Roads Virginia. M B Bryant and Pearl Haldeman attend W C T U convention in Newport News Virginia. Rural county residents report heavy frost in several areas over two mornings.
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U.S
Margaret Clark
Joseph Clark
Cross Roads
M. B. Bryant
Pearl Haldeman
Newport News
Naval parade honors Admiral Dewey in New York harbor
Forties era tribute marks a grand naval demonstration in New York harbor for Admiral Dewey return. Staunton faces a $20000 fire loss while many firemen attend the Roanoke volunteers convention. City weighs buying the Grim lot for county half of Market Square to build a new city hall funded by C B Rouss.
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New York Harbor
Admiral Dewey
Staunton
Department
Roanoke
Market Square
C. B. Rouss
Moon Dominates Tides Despite Sun’s Size
The Moon’s proximity generates stronger tidal effects than the Sun, causing its influence to far exceed the Sun’s in raising Earth’s tides.
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Kang Features Syndicate, Inc
Lorena Hamilton Visits Phantom Ranch In Arizona
Lorena Hamilton travels to Arizona to visit her uncle George Brazee owner of Phantom ranch. Cowboys Shot Rogers and Jerry Dale become involved as Rogers shows romantic interest and provides Lorena with a pet lizard. Three Mexican men had previously attempted to abduct her before she accepts Rogers as escort.
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Lorena Hamilton
Arizona
George Brazee
Phantom Ranch
Shot Rogers
Lorena
Jerry Dale
Rogers
Brazeee
Lorena Brazee Welcomes Phantom Ranch Scouts Ride
Dawn at Phantom ranch finds Shot Rogers and his Phantom crew preparing four day scouting mission. Lorena bonds with Uncle George Brazee as she contemplates dance, danger, and the west’s wild charm while Aunt Sally feeds the men and Midnight serves as guardian.
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Shot Rogers
Phantom Ranch
Sally Brazee
Lorena
Kentucky
Law
Sally
Concha
Midnight
George Brazee
Mr. Brazee
Rogers
Cochise
Hobart
Buckner
Tom Hogan
Dart Quail
Smoky Joe Snyger
Uncle George
Escobar
George
West
Buffalo Bill
George—” Mey
New York
el Paso
Cigar Capital of the World and Quick Facts Quiz
Answers to questions by Frederic J. Haskin cover Tampa as the cigar hub with daily Havana cigar production, the duckbill’s unique traits, sugar prices, Death Valley rainfall, auto ownership incomes, Panama Canal transit time, hay fever guidance, elephant gestation, bellboy tipping, a Belgian queen’s death, Mohammed and the mountain quotation origin, and Chincoteague wild ponies' likely origins.
Favorite Hymns collection offers 151 songs
A 6 by 9 inch book titled Favorite Hymns collects 151 hymns with words and music. Printed with a colored cover and complete indexing, the volume is offered for 20 cents plus handling. Enclose payment and mail to the Information Bureau in Washington DC with name, city, state and address.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Plase
Dancing Coed a smash hit fuels new Lana Turner star rise
Hollywood notes praise MGM for casting Lana Turner in Dancing Coed after shelving the project for years. Edgar Selwyn retooled the approach by fitting actors to the story rather than forcing a star, challenging the star system and underscoring that the story drives success.
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Hollywood
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Star-System
M-G-M
Eleanor Powell
Umpteen
Miss Powell
Men of Might
Edgar Selwyn
Metro
Lana Turner
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