Inner voices share wisdom from divine riches
A devotional note from the issue reflects on Romans 11 23 and the depth of wisdom and knowledge of God inviting readers to contemplate spiritual riches.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1941
Page
4
North Carolina Dreadnought Commissioned at Brooklyn Yard
The battleship North Carolina was commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard the first since 1923 and the largest ship built in an American yard. It marks a shift from disarmament to reconstruction as part of a growing fleet of seventeen new battleships, with Washington to join later this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North Carolina
Brooklyn Navy Yard
United States Navy
Washington
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Spring and Baseball Open Season Attracts Big Crowds
The 1941 baseball season begins with high hopes and growing fan fervor. Managers emphasize team precision and quick thinking, while box offices expand to meet demand as crowds are expected to rise, reflecting the sport's global rarity beyond the Atlantic.
Night Driving Requires Different Training
Night driving differs from daytime with higher accident risk and reduced visibility. Drivers need night oriented training to judge distances, adapt to pavement visibility, and improve reactions to reduce hazards on low visibility roads.
Highway lighting and signs urged for better highways
Officials push for superior highway design and maintenance with clearer signs. A new lighting upgrade is being installed in many urban sections of the United States while car headlamps trail other improvements despite sealed beam headlights introduced years ago.
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United States
Editorial: Mississippi's shift from self government to food aid
A Clifton Forge Daily Review reprint argues Mississippi counties rely on Surplus Commodities Corporation food, eroding individualism. It cites Alcorn County figures, notes bleak prospects for local grocers, and urges farmers to sell through private distributors at market prices. The piece criticizes federal aid and favors home production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Forge Daily Review
Corinth
Miss
Commodities Corporation
Mississippi
Alcorn County
Larston D. Farrar
Idaho
Minnesota
Wallace
Defeatism in Sweden Faced by Nation Urges Self Control
Svenska Dagbladet reports on morale decline among segments of Swedish society amid political tension. It notes entertainment craving and rising alcohol use as symptoms of defeatism and calls for responsible action and national self control to counter these trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svenska Dagbladet
Btockholm
Sweden
Fall of Bardia Echoes of Italian Victory Glory
A Fascist radio proclaims more victories will bring Britain to its knees after Bardia's fall. It praises Italian soldiers and hints at Rome's pride while contrasts it with a sports defeat analogy, likening the moment to a lopsided football score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Bardia
Orgo
Washington Redskins
Chicago Bears
Congressman Winder Harris Elected Virginia 2nd District
Norfolk journalist Winder R Harris was elected to Congress from Virginia's Second District, defeating Norman Hamilton 13168 to 8928. Harris carried all counties and cities except Portsmouth and succeeds Colgate W Darden Jr who resigned to run for Governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winder R. Harris
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Congress
Virginia
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Harris
House of Representatives
House
Norman Hamilton
Portsmouth
Staples
Hamilton
McCarty
Dunning
Prohibition
Byrd
Washington
Norfolk
Geneva
League of Nations
Norfolk Community Fund
Cosmopolitan Club
Handley triumphs in opening track meet 60 to 40
Handley High School defeats Randolph-Macon Academy by a 60 to 40 margin to start the season on the track. The meet featured early performances and set a tone for the year in local prep sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Randolph-Macon Academy
John A. Spaid
Hitler
Winchester names Arthur M. Field city manager
Richmond reports hundreds of applications for the newly created post as city manager in Winchester. Arthur M. Field is officially named manager for the city. The 1916 baseball season opens in both major leagues. French troops repel an assault on the Meuse while the German navy takes losses.
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Richmond
Eee
Arthur M. Field
Winchester
Meuse
Visitor from Wardensville Visits Winchester Friends
W. G. Wilson calls on friends in Winchester and plans a quick return to Wardensville. Two buggies collide on the Cedar Creek bridge south of Middletown during a social event at the Woodleys’ home.
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W. G. Wilson
Winchester
Wardensville
Cedar Creek
Middletown
Robert Woodley
Answers To Questions By Frederic J. Haskin
A questions and answers column from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau lists answers on topics from gas warfare in World War I to ship construction, surnames, and notable figures. It notes chlorine first used by Germans in 1915 at Ypres, 250 million tons annual suspended load at Grand Canyon station, and Esther Cleveland as the president's child born in the White House.
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Ypres
Colorado River
Grand Canyon
Geological Survey
White House
Esther Cleveland
Successful Public Speaking
An old newspaper notice promotes a booklet titled Successful Public Speaking. It urges readers to mail ten cents postpaid to Washington for a copy, listing a form for name address and city with the sender Frederic J. Haskin as director of the Information Bureau.
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Winchester Evening Star
Star Quiz Questions Page 2 Answers Challenge
A set of general knowledge prompts covering groceries geography law science poetry Arctic history and postage. Topics include Kohlrabi vegetable Great Lakes fifth lake missing bases treaty areas sound speed fresh versus salt water Black's Supreme Court seat Grinnell Land polar region gold value Henry W Longfellow poem later play title Sisera tent death and Coolidge stamp denomination.
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Great Lakes
Superior
Michigan
Huron
Erie
United States
Great Britain
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Sound
U. S. Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Grinnell
Arctic
Antarctic
Sensory Verbs and Copular Adjectives in Usage
A brief guide explains that look sound smell taste and feel plus be appear seem use adjectives to describe subject quality. Examples show Myrtle looks pretty in her new hat and John feels bad today.
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Myrtle
John
Grim stories of starvation in Spain and France
Baltimore April 12 crewmen of the Red Cross mercy ship Cold Harbor spoke of starvation in Spain and occupied France. They described hunger, scarce food, and people longing for America to enter the war while officers leaned pro Axis. The voyage faced searches by an Italian trawler and British papers at Gibraltar with stowaways found aboard.
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Baltimore
Spain
France
Cold Harbor
Red Cross
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reoen
McKeesport
Germany
Italy
Cadiz
America
Marseilles
Carl Bentsen
New York
Gibraltar
Seville
Marsielles
Lenzburg High School Teens Start 2000 Mile Education Tour
The Lenzburg high school in Illinois closes doors Monday as 11 students and 2 teachers depart on a 2000 mile automobile tour of eastern states for educational and recreational aims. Principal E D Stahlman notes it as a unique opportunity for a small school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenzburg, Ill
Lenzburg High School
E. D. Stahlman
Why is the word buskin used in connection with the theatre
The term buskin once signified tragedy in English drama since the 16th century but now means a boot. Greek tragic actors wore a sandal thickened by a high sole, with an elegant boot attached, influencing later usage. Jon uses the phrase bunkin stage in Tl Penseroso.
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Jon
Editor of Baltimore Sun dies at 65 in Annapolis
Henry Edward Warner 65 longtime director of the Baltimore Sun papers educational department died of a heart attack at Annapolis Emergency Hospital after being stricken at his home Warlee On The Severn He joined the Sunpapers 31 years ago serving as reporter columnist Sunday editor and circulation manager He founded the educational department and wrote songs and verse including Songs of The Craft in 1929 Born in Elyria Ohio Warner entered the University of California at 11 and began his career with a boyish self produced paper.
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Annapolis
Henry Edward Warner
Baltimore Sunpapers
Annapolis Emergency Hospital
Warlee-On- The-Severn
Here
The
Sunpapers
Warner
Elyria, Q
Thomas Corwin Warner
University of California
Merchants Oppose Parking Meters Ahead of Survey
Merchants express opposition to parking meters and defer action until a survey gauges merchant sentiment. A six month trial ends soon and the City Council will decide on retention after the survey results are reviewed next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mere
War News Censored and Moody Burial Report
The censoring of Europe affects messages reaching the United States. Dwight L. Moody is buried on the Orthfield Seminary campus. The quote emphasizes that doing God's will leads to abiding forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
Dwight L. Moody
the Evangelist
Orthfield Seminary
Summing Up Personality And the psycho biology view
The article discusses personality as a product of the whole body and brain, not just glands. It notes education of the hand, brain changes, and eye spark as part of personality, and explains tuberculosis fitness for marriage, dermatalgia causes, and treatments including X rays and nervous-system quieting remedies. It ends with a Q A on chest pain and overwork advising medical advice and rest.
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