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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1941
Page
4
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A trimmed devotional note from August 6 1941 cites Psalms 46 9 about God ending wars and breaking weapons in a brief religious reflection tied to the day’s page.
During the editor’s vacation the paper runs a block of reprinted editorials. The column focuses on the voice and stance of past commentaries.
The House is told that the tax bill could raise about 445 million more from corporations than Treasury estimates. The debate pits A Willis Robertson against Eccles over limits to corporate taxes. The paper argues it is safer to safeguard production than extract more revenue.
George Bernard Shaw, aged 85 yesterday, says he is a greater literary figure than Shakespeare. He notes he cannot be judged by his own assessment. The remark comes as he and fellow Irishmen Sean O’Casey and Eugene O’Neill gain attention.
The article praises George Bernard Shaw as a rare dramatist whose works still captivate audiences despite dated surface. It notes his philosophy as central to Shaw’s stature, his mild Fabian socialism, and his role as a reformist friend of the people without overturning established order.
Benjamin Franklin, representing the American colonies in Paris, is caught in a heavy downpour and hails a fiacre. Inside he realizes his wallet is at home and he has no son. He asks the driver for a match and a possible lost wallet, prompting the driver to flee into the night.
A self appointed village morals supervisor in England accuses a workman of drinking after claiming to see his wheelbarrow outside a public house. That same evening the man placed his wheelbarrow by her door and left it there overnight without making a verbal defense.
The Office of Production Management orders freezing of all raw silk imports, risking 175000 silk workers and defense supply needs. With 81 percent of imports from Japan, domestic producers face shortages, urging federal rationing of rayon to aid silk users and cushion employment shocks.
Senator Wheeler says the U S lacks equipment to outfit national guardsmen and reserves for four years. Jack Pennypacker is appointed a flying cadet in the U S Air Corps and will depart for primary training soon. Berlin reports sinking 5 000 000 tons of British shipping.
A record notes Jesse Owens, the famed sprinter, winning the 200 meter dash at the Olympics with a time of 20.7 seconds. A separate item reports travelers checks totaling 2300 dollars found at the George Washington Hotel remain unclaimed.
Ten years ago the National Guard camp opened for training of the 116th Virginia Infantry Regiment with Company I and Headquarters Company departing for Virginia Beach. An elderly transient with advanced tuberculosis was found living in a car in a hitching lot. Joseph Denny named Democratic candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates from this district in the primary.
Twenty five years ago residents of Hayfield sign a petition urging the Winchester to Wardensville railroad pass through or near their thriving western Frederick county town. Also noted are brief items on Worcester soldiers, Western Front reports, a mad dog incident, city water warnings, and an upcoming marriage in Boyce.
Ted H. Zittel a self styled trade union trouble shooter and publicity director used a 36 foot fishing boat with a portable loudspeaker to address beachgoers at Jones Beach urging patrons to avoid boardwalk restaurants. He cited ties to AFL Hotel and Restaurant Workers union as a reason and was cited for violating park ordinances on unnecessary noise. He pledged to fight the case to the Supreme Court and bought soft drinks for officers after the summons.
Page 2 provides the solutions to seven questions. Topics include Central Powers, musical tempo terms, authors, patron saints, meanings of escalate, a poet, presidents dying on July 4 1826, a Derby runner up, a horse stopping gait, and the Roman forge deity.
The text explains how collective nouns can prompt plural verbs when the group acts as individuals. It notes that a committee or team may be described as were not unanimous in their decision, reflecting plural action rather than a single unit.
The piece notes President Johnson may take ten days of privacy as Washington battles over defense agency cohesion. It cites 175,000 breadwinners and 750,000 unemployed touching reforms, predicts car production cuts by 50 percent and gas use reductions by a third, and questions OPA CMA versus OPM in policy cohesion.
The piece argues the President must shift from personal intimacy with staff to formal, two sided debate. It stresses solving public problems quickly by making a clear decision after quiet consideration with loyal aides, avoiding personal conflicts and factional pressure.
A plea for national prayer for divine guidance during a period of perceived conflict. The writer urges charity, noting recent surprise decisions such as cutting off all Japanese silk imports overnight as an example of gravity in public affairs.
The piece argues that the four way clash among the President the Ways and Means Committee chairman and the Treasury reveals no one represents the small business civilian or labor interests. It notes silk decree impacts on American women and shortages of rayon and nylon driving cotton stocking prices toward higher levels.
The writer argues that trade blockades hurt both workers and businesses, warning factories will struggle with silk and cotton export markets. They predict substitutes and tighter global commerce, noting factories will face bankruptcies and job losses as the war economy narrows markets.
Mutzie the dog in St Louis is delaying an $89 million Army small arms plant site by blocking the Boundy home. Officials say the dogs expected delivery could force immediate action, with the government ready to move the house if the puppies do not arrive soon. The Boundys refuse to leave until Mutzie has her litter, while workers warn that construction should have begun days ago.
The Civil Service Commission announced a Washington D C based exam for an undermin eograph operator at 1260 dollars yearly with no written test and experience based rating. A junior engineer exam at 2000 dollars follows with options in aeronautical engineering naval architecture or marine engineering for those with professional engineering training. Full details from Herman Lee Secretary post office this city.
A reader questions origins of radio stations first concrete road weight of Tom Thumb and other historic facts. The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau provides concise answers by Frederic J. Haskin with brief attributions to officials and sources.
A Practical Booklet For Automobile Owners provides simple car care facts on battery brakes headlights lubrication tire pressure safety and parts illustrated. The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau offers copies for ten cents postpaid with return address and payment enclosed to Washington DC.
Dr Logan Clendening discusses sugar intake with Hygeia guidance, noting two tablespoonfuls daily for a normal person and 1800 calories per pound, plus sugar’s lack of protein or minerals. He also explains flickering light does not permanently injure eyes, then details Roquefort cheese from sheep’s milk with high salt content and mold development, and ends with a sample appetizer-led meal plan and reader questions about a baby’s heart murmur and diphtheria shots.
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