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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star details advertising rates including two cents per word minimum 25 cents display ads 9 P M deadline and transient rates 45 cents per inch. It lists associated press privileges and subscription pricing with annual and six month options.
A brief note on the Bible verse Psalms 37 7 emphasizes that a righteous person’s modest possessions endure beyond worldly riches. The date Saturday August 2 1941 marks the reference point for this reflection.
An editorial from the New York Daily News critiques a House Ways and Means plan for mandatory joint returns, arguing it would penalize marriage, promote divorce and celibacy, and lower birth rates while rewarding easy living and undermining thrift. The piece cites Bishop Jeanmard on the potential social costs and questions the bill’s broader policy direction.
The piece notes Soviet wartime propaganda outpacing Berlin's efforts under Goebbels. Russians issue stories on Goering, Hitler health, and Keitel with pictures that undermine Nazi claims. Moscow taunts Hitler’s reach, saying he will see Moscow only when he sees his own ears, complicating German leadership.
The article notes that a new physical examination policy could reduce frustration among draftees after local boards certify them for service. Previously men were sent to reception centers after passing local physicians, who volunteer their services, and many were later rejected. The Army's improved defect detection is highlighted as improving accuracy and keeping up with regulatory changes.
The plan calls for Army examinations to be held at least thirty days before induction. If a man cannot qualify he is deferred by his local board, saving him the burden of long preparation away from home. The aim is to uphold dignity and community position while performing a high duty of citizenship.
The piece denounces the defense tax bill as bad and outlines fears of higher taxes, reduced exemptions, and a possible sales tax. It argues Congress delays a thorough tax system overhaul, harming middle and low earners while preserving “the little fellow” as the target of future burdens.
The Washington Post notes rumors of dissension within the Nazi hierarchy after Hess's Scotland flight. It cites claims of Goering and Udet clashes over the Russia campaign, urging caution and declaring unity not guaranteed if Soviet victory drags on.
J. Renner captures the doubles title on the opening day of the annual trapshooters association tourney held here. In the paper's Inquiring Reporter six residents express support for compulsory selective service. Marriage announced between Miss Frances Eliza cete and Clarence Ray Newlin.
British farmers call for a higher import tax as a tariff to two dollars and fifty cents a barrel is urged. Louis Tucker, Berryville's Episcopal rector, is undergoing a medical procedure at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Atrocities are reported by fighting forces of both the Fascists and Loyalists in the Spanish Revolution.
Ten years ago Sandy Baker plans to take the team to Hagerstown for a first night game in the park. Miss Kathryn Barnett and Mr J Thomas Yates wed at the First Baptist Church. John Harmers dairy barn is destroyed by a large fire.
Twenty five years ago notice announces the marriage of Gertrude L Clements of Washington and Alvin J Tavenner local attorney. The Deutchland submarine sails from Baltimore with full cargo. Wheat prices rise seven cents in a week to 1.31 a bushel. All public water systems to be examined as infantile paralysis epidemic spreads in Virginia.
Forty years ago Homer Ridenour arrives in Winchester to work in the jewelry store of E Bruce Capper. A F Brown and Hugh B Lupton are elected leaders of the local Republican party and will attend the Roanoke convention. A wheat crop owned by Mrs Douglas Lockwood of Bartonsville is destroyed by sparks from a threshing machine.
Wu Fong a Chow dog leaped from a window and caused a car to overturn in a ditch. Driver Dick Caughlin chased the animal and escaped unharmed while the automobile suffered damage.
Good Morning Othello Washington reports rancher Oryal Adams waking to a rattling sound and discovering a four foot rattlesnake on the floor beside his bed, prompting a quick response.
Hugh S. Johnson blasts rationing as foolish amid Eastern gas shortages while arguing transport limits and wartime spending threaten Americans. He criticizes Har ry Hopkins for lavish aid to Britain and Russia and warns of rising public debt and tax burdens.
The speaker questions whether burdens shared between Americans and another nation are fair and necessary. He asks who determines that balance and who represents the American people in making such judgments, expressing uncertainty about the process.
A column explores how science shaped dramatists poets and novelists and notes humanists sometimes underestimate science. It cites Euclid Shakespeare and a quaker professor, then moves to science’s purely aesthetic fascination and odd obsessions like whale rites and rare diseases, plus a diet note for underweight readers and vitamin questions. Dr Clendening offers pamphlets for ten cents each.
The president calls the former WPA master-spender a mere book-keeper in his current role as lease-lend administrator. Critics charge this new keeper ignores the debit side of every ledger and the balance sheet, highlighting outgo and accountability.
A quiz item asks to name the silent film star billed as the man with a thousand faces, a moniker tied to versatile acting and transformative roles in early cinema.
A note on grammar explains that collective nouns take a plural pronoun when referring to the group as multiple individuals. The example contrasts the correct “the mob clapped their hands” with the incorrect “the mob clapped its hands.”
Des Moines Iowa August 2 Vice President Henry A Wallace chairman of the economic defense board suggested peace through power as a national slogan for the international emergency He disclosed in an interview his preliminary assignment but would not discuss the task in detail He said Americas immediate problem is to push production of war supplies to the very limit.
CHICAGO August 2 Heavy weight Champion Joe Louis was ordered to pay his estranged wife Marva $200 a week pending disposition of her petition for temporary alimony. Circuit Judge Michael Feinburg issued the order after learning Louis had been paying his wife $100 a week voluntarily since their separation last April. Master in Chancery Dwight E Bobb was directed to start hearings next week on Mrs Louis petition. Louis was not present.
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed from Washington D C. Include three cents for reply.
The African Chivells pinnatay is noted for rough pinnate leaves and strange hanging flowers. Each blooms into a large fruit resembling a sausage, a feature observed as the tree grows in Florida.
An advertisement promotes a hobby song book titled The Songs We Love To Sing with 144 pages of words and music. It notes 6 by 9 inch size, three color cover, and suitability for summer sing alongs. Order by enclosing 20 cents and sending to Street or Rural City State Mall in Washington, D.C.
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