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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is published daily except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia.
A religious reflection features Isaiah 53 11 cited to frame a message about the travail of the soul and eventual satisfaction on the April 2 1941 page. The snippet anchors a faith oriented note atop the publication.
The U S auto industry agrees to a 20 percent production cut next year to free metals and labor for defense. General Motors plans no new 1943 models, 1941 output is expected to exceed 1,000,000, reducing 1942 manufacture by about 1,000,000 cars. Some firms will build Army equipment while labor and management shift to defense.
The birthplace at Staunton is funded by Virginia donors and now owned by Wilson Birthplace Foundation. A May 4 dedication is set with President Roosevelt calling the restoration a patriotic service and noting the home’s growing historic importance for future generations.
The Clifton Forge Daily Review reflects on Winston Churchill and wife Clementine through Phyllis Moir’s book. It notes Mrs Churchill’s long quiet role, seeking the limelight rarely, and suggests Churchill’s stance on women relates to suffrage and public life.
A reader’s excerpt discusses Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine, noting Churchill’s reputed discomfort with American women. The piece cites Miss Moir’s portrayal of Mrs Churchill as influential in decisions and contrasts Churchill’s affection with a belief in limited interest in feminine intellect.
The Baltimore Sun questions President Roosevelt's choice of Harry Hopkins to lead the seven billion dollar lease lend program. The paper notes Hopkins lacks direct production experience and has spent years in relief and welfare programs, raising doubts about his administrative and business qualifications. It acknowledges loyalty but argues the selection may be inappropriate or suboptimal.
News briefs recount Clark M. Smith once clerk of the Corporation Court dying in a Baltimore hospital. The State Corporation Commission grants a rate reduction for auto liability insurance and other items from years past.
The city announces paving of unpaved streets this summer to support naval defense in the North Sea amid British and German fleet action. Russian troops are reported landing in France to join Allied forces on the Western Front. Fairfax lodge sends J. F. Gray BE M. Streit and H. B. McCormac back from Norfolk after attending the state Royal Arcanum convention.
Miss Elizabeth M Shultz and Mr John W Riley marry at the bride’s home in Clear brook. The Rev Dr Webster and the Rev Mr Burden, riding from Winchester to Capon Bridge, swim to survival when their horse plunges into rain swollen Back Creek and the buggy is overturned.
A reader can obtain fact answers from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin Washington. Enclose three cents for reply. Q and A cover topics from coins and Manhattan purchase to pianos flight markings and citizenship rules.
The Roanoke Times rebukes name-calling after Rep Rich challenged Interior Secretary Ickes to label Charles Lindbergh a Nazi for defense views. It cautions against abusing minorities and urges unity, noting abuse mirrors Nazi tactics and weakens national purpose.
A Berryville reader sends Edgar A. Guest’s poem The Voice of the People to The Star editor. The verse extols living creed over preached words, praising deeds of kindness and visible integrity as true guidance, urging observers to learn by example.
The article notes financiers discuss hedging inflation with diamonds as a substitute for cash. It describes a major diamond remodeling trend in New York, with buyers and sellers seeking gems to preserve value amid economic uncertainty. It mentions a ruby remark by Mr. Winston about gem imperfections and costs.
Harry Winston plans a fifteen month process to cut the Vargas diamond the third largest in the world. The gem, found in Brazil in 1939 and sold for 900000, arrived to Winston via intermediaries after a laborer nearly discarded it.
The page presents a seven item quiz with questions on weights metalology wisdom mythic deity while exploring aviation and historical figures. It asks about Aroost River location and wartime leaders and ends with a query about biblical authority and citizenship proof.
The House votes 324 to 1 to empower its Naval Affairs Committee to promptly investigate defense plant strikes and any other defense program aspects needing inquiry. Debates show near total agreement that the President should address disturbances and production blockages, with wide public support implied.
Opinion argues the best defense against ism is democracy understanding. It urges teaching Americans to value their freedoms to deter fear about democracy’s stability in America.
The note argues grammar usage favors the concise command sit down over the phrasing will you set down and rest, stressing direct imperative form as clearer and more natural.
Approximately 500000 weddings occurred last year in England and Wales, about 100000 more than the year before the war, signaling a marked shift in marriage rates during wartime. Medusa legend notes she was a Gorgon maiden famed for her hair, transformed by Athene into serpents, and slain by Perseus whose sword decapitated her.
Mr. Winston purchases diamonds and gems including the Jonkers diamond of 425 carats for $900,000, sourced from a 1934 South African find in Eland Fontein near Pretoria. The sale trace includes Ernest Oppenheimer, King George plans, and a 39 carat emerald cut diamond from Eleanor Mayor Emerson’s estate plus the famed Lucky Baldwin ruby from Clara Stocker’s estate.
Mr Winston grew up in Los Angeles learned jewelry from his father. He served with the A. E. F. in World War I and turned to real estate before settling on diamonds for stability. He is diversifying Vargas gems into smaller stones to avoid risk, arguing diamonds offer steadier value than other assets.
Dr Clendening explains jaundice arises from bile in the blood and most cases respond to treatment. He distinguishes gallstone related jaundice from epidemics caused by a germ linked to rodents, noting patterns from the United States since 1812 and a recent outbreak in 1937 1988 with several family cases. He urges medical guidance and simple supportive care while detailing epidemic transmission and course.
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