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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1941
Page
4
An illustration emphasizes the fear of the Lord as wisdom and departing from evil as understanding, echoing a biblical lesson from Job 28 28. The text presents a devotional message on reverence for God guiding ethical living.
Article notes rising gasoline demand and record consumption, with refineries drawing down nearly 2 million barrels weekly. Government plans potential mandatory curtailment, possible nationwide reach, and a proposed $70 million pipeline from Texas to New York. Secretary Ickes urges fifty fast tanker ships. Oil shortages blamed on transferring tankers to Britain.
A wartime cut of Russian caviar boosts prices to three dollars per pound for roe from Northern Ontario sturgeon. Fishers increase nets as roe averages one third of fish weight, yielding about twenty pounds per sixty pound sturgeon at three dollars a pound to agents. Roe sells to consumers at a dollar fifteen per ounce.
The article notes Mars will approach Earth on October 3, reaching a distance of about 38 million miles. It reflects on the vastness of space versus human smallness and the calming effect of stargazing amid world turmoil. It recalls Napoleon's question of who made the stars.
A reprinted editorial from the St Louis Post-Dispatch denounces The Covered Wagon camp newspaper for creating a Keep Em Happy Club urging soldiers to avoid mentioning dates or other men in letters. The piece calls the pledge perjury and warns it could undermine military efficiency by distracting soldiers and causing emotional distraction.
News notes from a year ago report that Burke Wadsworth conscription legislation in Congress would most affect men 21 to 31. The day’s weather shares cooler relief after a ten day stretch of extreme heat with a 95 degree peak in the afternoon. A marriage announcement lists Mildred A Sirbaugh of Winchester and Aubrey M Smith of Front Royal.
Mr and Mrs O L Peer host a family reunion at their Kernstown home. Mr and Mrs J M Steck Jr return to Winchester from a Canada honeymoon. The Cedar Creek Cabin Camp near Middletown is broken into and robbed during the night.
An Eastern professor argues that Einstein’s theory reduces to analytical geometry, offering reassurance to graduates who passed the course without fully grasping its concepts.
Irvin Snapp, a V. P. I. graduate and local resident, is appointed to the entomologist staff at the University of Maryland. The text recalls major wartime and disaster events from twenty five and forty years ago, including sabotage claims and historic floods.
In this humorous piece the author warns rural migrants about mislabeling and hidden contents in croquettes. It contrasts chicken croquettes with urban mass produced varieties and notes gullibility of city diners who trust menu labels while hoping for honest fare.
Hugh S. Johnson argues that despite emergency powers and complex organizations, success hinges on the caliber, unselfishness, and teamwork of the right people under a common leader. He questions Britain’s claimed unity and says the same may not be achieved here.
The piece argues against a single industrial kingpin in wartime policy, praising interlocking boards that coordinate war agencies. It notes Baruch, Brookings, and others, while urging American government to adopt proven methods to avoid inflation and control shortages. It warns political mismanagement risks unity and military efficiency.
Judges narrowed the field to two contestants and then awarded the prize jointly to Betty and Barbara Wallis, the Wallis twins, in a St Louis beauty contest.
Salt Lake City reports Dr. John Kurumada had 18 teeth extracted with pliers without anesthesia. A burglar then stole gold molars from a plaster cast in the dentist's office, adding a bizarre twist to the incident.
The New York Times reports H. G. Wells challenges two track thinkers who label every position as left or right. He argues critics misjudge him for opposing hereditary monarchy and aggressive nationalism. The piece notes extremists on both sides attack the liberal middle as inadequate.
The Greensboro Daily News urges strict food conservation as crops remain abundant domestically while war abroad requires feeding millions in Europe. Canning and storage of surplus fruits and vegetables are emphasized as essential to national defense.
The passage argues that a plan alone fails without capable personnel and that even a flawed plan can succeed with the right people. It stresses necessary assignments of authority and responsibility within fields and the prevention of conflicts and overlap.
In Washington last June a group of diet experts outlined a daily diet for Americans emphasizing milk eggs vegetables fruits whole grains butter and fortified foods as a standard of nutrition. A public health official warned 40 to 65 million Americans were said to suffer hidden starvation from vitamin deficiency despite hospital records showing few such cases.
Dr Clendening offers a pamphlet titled Three Weeks Reduc tive Hair and Skin. It sells for 10 cents, with one pamphlet costing 10 cents in coin and a self addressed stamped envelope. Send to Dr Clendening care of this paper for the pamphlet.
A fragment argues that coordination has failed to be reasonable and rational, and contends that much of the broad industrial organization lacks enough capable men to perform their duties.
Seven questions test general knowledge across geography sport religion and history. Topics include capitals beams about New Zealand England ships in 1912 and famous nicknames. The reader is directed to page 2 for answers.
The note argues the pronoun should refer to a single person when the subject is one friend. It highlights that abroad friends create a plural noun, but the substantive should be singular so the sentence uses him or her or his or her.
A letter thanks the paper for helping advertise the Winchester At Home Day at Camp Meade Maryland on Sunday July 27. The writer notes 34 band members 36 chanters 42 cars started from Winchester and about 25 joined at Camp Meade making it the largest delegation from any visiting city.
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C with three cents enclosed for a reply.
The text notes the U S declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917. It covers patent dating on holidays, Shenandoah crash details, Irving Berlin’s Gone With the Wind foreword, nectarine as a peach variant, Gone With the Wind screen foreword, earthworm counts, Lake Mead largest artificial lake, and Kentucky bluegrass naming.
Experts outline how income should be allocated to food shelter clothing insurance saving and essentials for a balanced life. A budget booklet offered by the Information Bureau promises to curb financial worries. Ten cents postpaid for the Household Budget Booklet with return coupon.
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