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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates and submission rules. Classified space costs 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, display ads 45 cents per inch, and all ads must be in by 8 PM the day before publication with a border display option and ash must accompany copy.
A biblical verse from Isaiah 55 7 urges the wicked to forsake their way and seek righteousness with promises of divine mercy and abundant pardon for returning to the Lord.
The New York board of superintendents weighs handling radio propaganda in schools. The piece argues for teaching students to evaluate proponents and facts, avoid mental laziness, and balance reported events, fostering a widespread critical attitude in dialogue and public discussion.
The article warns that spring brings many juvenile cyclists and rising traffic hazards. Parents note more cars and more accidents, with youths often ignorant of rules or ignoring common sense guidelines. Encourages warnings over arrests and urges early safety campaigning to prevent tragedy.
The piece argues a decisive method for controlling defense industry strikes is overdue as unions reject mediation and Congress may act. It notes the new National Mediation Board and Secretary Perkins invoking it in four cases, though its power to merely recommend limits effectiveness.
The text argues that if mediation fails either party may reject proposals, leaving publicity as a last weapon. If mediation collapses, options include strong legislation or federal control of industry by executive edict, risking national surrender to greed and harm to the innocent.
The piece argues that banning strikes entirely is unworkable while urging limits on coercion and violence. It urges federal rules applying to all, transparency for unions, end to initiation fees, and removal of exemptions from antitrust laws. It warns against propping up one side and stresses fair labor rights for workers.
Greensboro Daily News examines claims that newspapers face voluntary censorship by government forces in Washington. Cranston Williams of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association warns that repeated talk could erode public confidence and imply press subservience, even if unlikely.
Real estate man notes buyers praise details to sound pleased yet unlikely to purchase. He says when buyers start finding fault he takes it as a bargaining sign that they may actually like the place and seek a better deal.
A historical column recounts five and ten year old items including Hauptmann’s case updates, a Frederick County school funding figure, and notable events such as Rockne’s death and Pancho Villa clashes. It notes local auctions and dean’s list mentions amid era snapshots.
Forty years on the record note Briscoe Shull chairs the Confederate Pension Board as it considers new applications. The piece also reports the missing mascot terrier Dick from the Sarah Zane Fire Co and a correspondent from Mexico, Henry McVicar, noting his guest Pat Lupton of Winchester ill with typhoid fever.
Q and A style article listing facts from a government information bureau interview. It covers unemployment figures from rearmament, ranges of US 3 inch anti aircraft guns, birth date of a set of quintuplets, Caesar's funeral, and early Cabinet meeting practice under Washington with Wilde misquote attribution.
A brief ad promoting The Home Doctor Book, listing topics such as care of the sick diet for the sick infant care home medicines and personal hygiene. The publication emphasizes cooperation with physicians and offers the book for ten cents with ordering details.
A reader encloses a $4.50 check to renew a Winchester Star subscription from April 13 1941 to April 13 1942. The note praises the paper for its news value and cites a caller who said he reads the Star an hour after a broadcast.
The Star letters page urges strict observance of Sunday as a holy day. Dr C Bruce Harloe argues against Sunday amusements and calls for collective action to outlaw Sunday entertainment, promoting worship, Scripture reading, and rest as the proper use of the day.
Edwin C Hill muses on small news joys from Smithsonian jellyfish fossils to minimalist cinema. He contrasts old gracious institutions with modern rapid change, noting how simple short films like The Happiest Man and Dog in the Orchard offer economical storytelling amid block booking worries.
A set of seven trivia prompts including the Declaration of Independence opening, Seward's Folly purchase, naval ranks, How Green Was My Valley author, place and garment clues, compass points, Chief Justice Hughes age in 1941, British air ministry production minister, a quote about mercy and strength, and the meaning of rajah.
Readable segment notes an ambiguous quotation fragment about how someone wished to be addressed. No clear event, names, or places available to identify a specific occurrence or outcome.
Georgie Pace of Cleveland the former bantamweight champion showed power in Baltimore as he stopped Dupre of Providence in two rounds. Pace who weighed 126 to Dupre's 120 1 2 knocked Dupre down twice in the first round and finished him before the bell ending the second round. Dupre could not rise for the third round.
A brief note describes a shift toward simpler forms in film, suggesting the high cost and complexity of long moving picture shorts may be giving way to more straightforward productions. The tone signals a developing preference for clearer storytelling and accessible cinema experiences.
Dr. Clendening explains body odor stems from skin secretions fermenting with bacteria and not from blood. Cleanliness with soap and water helps, though trial with effective soaps or lotions is needed. breath odor follows similar logic with chlorine-releasing mouthwash showing quick results.
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