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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
4
A reflection cites Psalm 49 6 7 contrasting trust in wealth with the inability to redeem a brother or pay a ransom to God. It notes that many rely on riches but cannot secure salvation or forgiveness. The passage emphasizes spiritual over material value.
The editor is on vacation and the column will reprise earlier editorials. Readers will see a sequence of republished opinions reflecting the paper’s past stances and voices.
Pleasant Hill Missouri Times expresses appreciation for readers and contributors who submit timely, well-copyedited items. It praises club reporters, typists, and handwriting, and emphasizes equal importance of stories from both prominent and ordinary citizens while inviting constructive feedback.
The piece argues there are over 9 million gasless vehicles and urges shifting from gas consuming autos to bicycles for recreation. It extols bicycle benefits like air exposure, open-air freedom, and athletic vigor while noting the uphill work strengthens legs and character.
A letter to 250 leading bakers urged offsetting higher wheat costs by trimming operating expenses instead of raising prices. The suggested move includes using cheaper wrappers while noting consumer demand for homestyle appearance and unwrapped loaves.
A seized letter, attributed to Major Meltzer of the Eighteenth German Tank Division, claims German soldiers lack food. Guerrillas harass supply lines as only three of twenty three men returning from food patrols survived. The piece contrasts German hunger with Russia's famine history and prewar abundance.
Canadian policy lets U S tourists from 48 states buy gasoline in Canada at any time while gasless Sundays remain. The move aims to boost tourist trade even as Canada faces potential fuel shortages, raising questions about U S curfews and wartime rationing.
The Staunton Evening Leader discusses a proposed daylight saving measure to standardize time across east and west zones. It would prompt earlier rising, extend the workday, and reduce artificial lighting, though the writer notes it seems odd a law is needed for summer mornings.
Obituary notes the death of Mrs. Robert Ward widow of a Winchester attorney at age 76. She resided in Winchester and passed away at her home after a long life locally known for her family and civic presence.
Former heavyweight champion Jack Sharkey begins training for a planned title bout with Joe Louis. The article notes local ownership issues and civic involvement in Winchester’s tobacco festival with Virginia Cather named to represent the town.
Ten years ago the Winchester Woolen Co under president C. P. McVicar begins operations in the former Jones Woolen Co plant. In Middletown Frederick county primary voters cast more ballots for commonwealth attorney than the total from the prior election. Boxing bouts are planned as a feature of the four day firemen's event to be held here next week.
London reports say British forces have consolidated their advanced positions beyond the German secondary trench system at Verdun. W P Massey travels to Roanoke to discuss Frederick County apple growers. Mrs Lucien Lupton hosts a dance for younger set at her home.
C H Hardy and C W Ramsburg are named local delegates to the Roanoke Republican convention to be held later this month. Rev Z H Copp announces retirement from the ministry to enter the insurance business. Hansbrough and Carters duck ranch near Riverton reports a turnover of 40000 ducks a year.
Overview praising historic American churches as symbols of religious freedom. Promotes a 48-page educational booklet with pictures and history, available postpaid for ten cents.
Winchester Evening Star offers a booklet on Historic Churches in the United States for ten cents. The notice provides a mail address in Washington DC and explains a blue sky law as state regulation of stock sales to protect the public from unsound investments, referencing Kansas 1911.
A set of trivia prompts asks about tailless cats on an island, the old woman from a nursery rhyme, the author of She Stoops to Conquest, and other topics. It includes true false on molecular theory, octa ve arms, baseball pores, the first book of the Old Testament, Pinkerton in an opera, and lexicographer duties.
A note explaining that a singular subject requires a singular verb when phrases like along with together with as well as are present. It uses examples showing incorrect and correct agreement with phrases that do not alter the subject number.
Virginia Democrats nominated nine new members for the House of Delegates in 31 contests in the primary Tuesday. Twenty-two incumbents were renominated. Six incumbents did not seek reelection and three were defeated. The unofficial count lists winners in multiple counties with races in Amherst Spotsylvania Fredericksburg Patrick and others.
Hugh S. Johnson criticizes Washington gas rationing as harmful and ill considered. He argues 5 gallons weekly would cut annual non commercial use by 60 percent, urges evaluating barges shipping petroleum to the East coast, and questions the facts behind Ickes policies.
The article argues there is no shortage of American petroleum products, blaming a wholesale raiding of the U S ocean tanker fleet for British use. It says transport to the East remains possible via railroad cars, trucks, pipelines, and other methods, with a fourth method to be discussed later.
The article argues that alternatives to tanker transport raise costs due to railroad tank cars costing three times or more per barrel to move the same tonnage. Pipeline costs are between but can easily double ocean shipping. Building more pipelines would take long and consume four million tons of steel.
A reader discusses oil barge capability in eastern waters with 40 000 barrel capacity per unit and 100 mile daily towing by ocean tugs. They estimate 20 000 dollars per turn around versus tanker costs and question rushed decisions impacting domestic life.
Treasury report shows receipts of 25.10 million and expenditures of 45.97 million for August 5. Gross debt stands at 49.64 billion, up 26.19 million from the previous day.
Silk manufacturers and hosiery workers met in Washington on August 7 to resolve stock freezes and shifting knitting processes. The conference aims to prevent mass layoffs while moving from silk to synthetic fibers, with plans for nylon legs and rayon tops and possible resumed operations in coming months.
Moscow reports Tass denies any clash between Japanese and Russian forces near the Amur river or elsewhere. A Japanese spokesman had claimed a clash near Manchukuo on Tuesday, prompting the denial from Soviet authorities.
A short notice invites readers to write to the Winchester Evening Star Information director in Washington DC to obtain factual answers, enclosing three cents for a reply. The item reads like an old newspaper filler promoting a reader inquiry service.
Dr Clendening explains calorie use in summer sports and labor. He lists caloric costs for activities from skiing and riding to dancing and sewing, noting values per pound per hour and daily totals for active versus inactive individuals. He notes pamphlets offering guidance and how to obtain them.
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