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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1941
Page
4
Greeks and Yugoslavs Resist Nazi Onslaught On Balkan Front
The article notes heavy early Nazi gains in the Balkans but emphasizes Greek and Yugoslav resistance. It highlights heroic defiance, planned long defense, and the belief that Britain may prevail, with potential last stands shaping the march toward Hitler’s downfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Britain
Hitler
Federal Governments Owns 20 Percent of U S Land
The federal government owns more than 20 percent of land in the United States, totaling about 394,657,721 acres across 2,628 counties and 2,965 cities. Tax-exempt federal property affects tax bases, with potential local yields over 91 million dollars if taxed, while Washington DC shows high tax-exempt values comprising about one third of real property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
American Municipal Association
Congress
National Emergency Council
Colubia
United States
When Will United States Stop Shipping to Axis Partners
Reprinted Richmond editorial urges an embargo on vital oil copper gasoline cotton leather and other materials sent to Japan and Russia amid fear of aiding Germany. It cites 1940 copper shipments to Japan and cotton sales to the Soviet Union totaling millions and questions policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Japan
Russia
Germany
Roosevelt
Pacific
Soviet Union
United States
Stephens City Highs Defeat Gore 9 4 In County League Opener
Stephens City High School baseball beat Gore 9 to 4 in the county league opener marking the early 1930s season start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Gore
Star
Dies
Mexico
Narvik
Norway
Libery
Shenandoah Valley Academy banquet and local visits
Mrs. Johns Miller hosts a small party at Fairmont Avenue home. Sigma Phi Delta at Shenandoah Valley Academy holds a banquet. Mr and Mrs Joseph Strode of Stephens City visited over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns. Miller
Fairmont Avenue
Sigma Phi Delta Society
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Joseph Strode
Stephens City
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
A compendium of Q and A from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Topics include governors ages and salaries, Berchtesgaden, Canada U.S. visitors, why fireflies glow, ice cream ads, cribbage origins, Eamon De Valera, lavender water ingredients, New York blizzard snow, naval mine devices, Longfellow attribution, WWI draft dates, and early piano records by Josef Hofmann.
Defense strikes and the proposal to seize plants
The Baltimore Sun notes Mr. Knudsen spoke to the House Military Affairs Committee about government seizure of defense plants closed by strikes. It contrasts this with public operation concerns, cites Mayor LaGuardia’s stance on labor rights and civil service limits, and warns against overreaching with wartime control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knudsen
House Military Affairs Committee
Philip Murray
CIO
New York City
CIO Transport Workers’ Union
Murray
Mr. LaGuardia
New York
Hitler
LaGuardia
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Act
United States
Favorite Hymns Of All Creeds Booklet Offered
A 151 hymn collection titled Favorite Hymns Of All Creeds offers complete words and music from diverse denominations. The 6 by 9 inch volume features a colored cover and a full index, available by sending twenty cents and a coupon to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
The
Winchester Evening Star
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Libelous Hillbilly Biscuit Tale From New York Dispatches
The Memphis Commercial Appeal relays New York dispatches about five hillbilly naval recruits who allegedly ate 56 biscuits at breakfast. The piece questions libel and suggests the lads may have teased city folks while treating themselves, noting that 56 biscuits among five is little for a threshing crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis Commercial Appeal
New York
Sulu Archipelago Tales of Faith and Pirates
A Washington dispatch profiles the Sulu Archipelago under American governance, detailing Governor James Fugate’s gunless rule, local Moorish and hill people, piracy history, slave trade, opium smuggling, and the archipelago’s geography. It notes treaties, agriculture, and cultural contrasts as the United States weighs continued policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Fugate
Sulu
Philippines
Sulu Islands
United States
Spain
Asia
Uncle Sam
Filippines
Borneo
Jolo
Archipelago
Allah
Quiz Questions From Page 2 Answers Challenge
A list of seven quiz prompts asks about Roosevelt signing Lend Lease, tin rust, the Battle of Jutland, Samson, car miles, water composition, and pen enclosures. It then covers presidential pensions, US citizenship by birth, and Iago’s play villainy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Jutland
United States
Iago the Moor
Adjective vs adverb usage in modifier explanations
The note explains the distinction between adjectives describing a condition and adverbs describing action. It cites examples like held tight versus tightly and clarifies correct modifier forms for verbs in descriptive writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cee
King Albert I of Belgium dies in mountain fall
On February 17, 1934, King Albert I was killed while mountain-climbing when he fell from a cliff overlooking the River Mouse near Namur. The accident ended his reign and sparked national mourning across Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Mouse
Namur
Albrecht Durer
Holistic view of disease shows whole body involvement
Dr Clendening explains that many ailments thought local arise from systemic illness. The piece notes that heart and kidney diseases affect the whole organism, not just the afflicted organ, with examples and a Q and A on ear wax and other topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brights Goeasn
Girt
Ani
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. F. Byrd, JR
Winchester
Evening Star Publishing Co
Balkan
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Federal
U. S. Land
Frederick County
M. DeHaven
Gainesboro
Alfonso
Marine Corps Band
Margaret Hansbrough
Little Theatre
Carranza
U. S
Pancho Villa
Lewis F. Cooper
East Pi Street
Verdun
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
W. Eve
Council of State Governments
O— Q
C. T
A. Josiah Wedgwood
Berchtesgaden
Salzburg
Canada
L. A
M. C
York Gazette
James Tait Black
Charles Morgan
James Tait
England
John Suckling
Eamon de Valera
H. M
de Valera
Charleville
County Cork
Ireland
Blackrock College
Royal University At
Dub
L. C
T. A
Longfellow
Mr. Finney
George Anderson
O. S
Josef Hofman
Edison Phonograph
Baltimore Sun
By Fred Neher
Scott
Crockett County
Texas
King Pearores Syndicate, Inc
Pkes
AK Ravidson
R.J. Scott
By Frederic J. Haskin
South Seas
East Indies
Star Quiz
Albert I
R. T
Logan Clendening
M. D
Dr. Clendening
Cleadeniny Hoa
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