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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
4
The piece humorously critiques the idea that new matchbooks bearing "Stolen from in D Roosevelt" will deter thefts from the president’s desk. It argues borrowing is universal across officials and the press, reflecting a broader flaw in our humor about the American habit of taking things.
A Staunton Evening Leader piece argues editors and cartoonists should trim excess words to match fast modern news tempo. It notes the need for concise, impactful writing while preserving interest and variety in print and radio, warning against long winded commentary.
The New York Times notes a heavy month for British shipping with Allied losses rising. In March 1941 Britain faced the heaviest shipping losses of the war to date, including significant tonnage sent to high level Allied casualties and disruptions at sea.
The piece notes Axis merchantmen destroyed or damaged in July totaling 495000 tons, with 291000 tons hit in the North Sea and Atlantic. It discusses Britain's and allies' sea losses, gains in tonnage, and the ongoing supply challenge for a 47 million population, asserting Britain is holding its own in the Battle of the Atlantic.
The Virginia Communist candidate Alice Burke urged abolishing the poll tax to broaden democracy, but the author argues the tax is a bulwark against mob rule and Communist influence. The piece links federal relief programs to mobocracy and warns repeal would aid Communists and their affiliates.
News notes that the United States requires a two ocean navy in its defenses per Secretary Knox. Clarke county figures show H. B. Harris of Berryville is named commander of the local American Legion post.
The Estre madura area in Spain experiences clashes as fascist and government forces push the revolution into rural districts. Ten years ago reports note Americans held in Japan during a world trip for aerial photography near treacherous fortifications.
Twenty five years ago federal mediators could not end a railroad clash between operators and workers and a nationwide strike threatened to halt all traffic. The National Guard, amounting to 35,000, is mobilized along the Mexican border. Teutonic counterattacks fail to halt British and French advances at Verdun and the Somme as Dover is attacked by seaplanes.
Forty years ago Mr and Mrs John E Heryell marked their fifty years of marriage with a reception in their honor. A Cochran reports a wheat yield of 23 bushels per acre on his local farm near here.
Farmer James Gift reports his hogs refused to eat folding money. After losing a wallet with 43 dollars, the hogs chewed the wallet to pieces but left the bills and even a ten dollar check intact.
The Winchester Star advertises a newly issued map of Asia in artistic colors with readable type. It describes Asia as central to future world affairs and potential conflicts, and invites readers to order a copy for ten cents postpaid, with payment and address details.
A quiz page presents questions on allies of Great Britain and Soviet Russia, flora and fauna terms, antonyms, Ichabod Crane in a Washington Irving tale, a riddle about a clumsy animal, palanquin definitions, an oil pipeline route, boxing champion Jim Jeffries, a government agency initials NDMB, and the Swan Chorus in an opera.
The sentence notes that in direct statements the first person uses shall to denote future time as in I shall be able to come rather than I will. It contrasts shall with will for expressing future intention.
Hugh S Johnson discusses military strategy with skepticism about certainty and details Jacobson notes. He outlines German aims in Russia including liquidating the Communist party and grabbing key resources while detailing Plan A and Plan B timelines and the role of road-building and encirclement tactics around Odessa.
Reports from allied officers say Goering and Von Keitel are not the targets. Hitler is under scrutiny. Nazis want to posture in the west while German generals urge destroying the Russian front before further moves. The professional view, adopted, limits Hitler to political matters and keeps him distant from the campaign.
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The report notes Plan B appears ahead of schedule and German high command communiques seem more accurate and timely than Russian ones amid reduced veracity and increased conjecture.
Dr Clyde K Emery and associates announce a new world’s most powerful ray tube for cancer treatment and research delivering between two and three million volts. The Emery group built the larger tube after Caltech shifted from atom smashing, aiming to treat deep seated cancers and advance disease understanding.
Delegates at the Maryland American Legion twenty third convention enter business sessions amid electioneering for department commander. The two leading candidates are Robert W. McCullough of Hyattsville and Roy Pyle of Havre De Grace. The winner will be named Saturday morning to succeed George D. Harman of Baltimore.
North Fork Milky and South Fork Milky show altered flow readings with notes on sediment levels and potential environmental impacts. Observers document water clarity and downstream effects on local ecosystems and irrigation usage.
The afternoon paper notes the press time rules across cities as 9 P M in London 10 P M in Berlin and Rome and 11 P M in the Balkans reflecting the late news schedule. This brief outlines the staggered post hour in major zones for international updates.
A reader question and answer column from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau presents brief factual replies. Topics include insurance payout rates for auto deaths, Jewish casualties under Nazi rule, air underwater duration, presidential access to Black guests, War Risk Insurance take-up, dining table etiquette, New York taxi origins, Cuba cigar exports, radio ownership rules, Italy joining WWI, early watchmaking, the Mac prefix meaning, the last balanced U.S. budget in 1930, and the bulldogging origin attributed to Bill Pickett.
The Maryland Ju Ju Man William Seabrook is free to return to Africa and his old girlfriend Waraba after a divorce action. Marjorie Worthington won an interlocutory decree in New York. Seabrook’s past writings and notorious travels are noted, with owners recalling his eccentric life and the Barter Marriage.
Doctor explains pollen vaccines as one option for hay fever relief. Skin tests determine pollen sensitivity. vaccines are built from pollen diluted in saline and given to desensitize. Relief varies and is not always complete. other measures include climate changes and air conditioning with pollen-free air.
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