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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists daily publication details with advertising rates and deadlines. It notes display ads must be in by 9 PM the day before publication, with 2 cents per word for classified and 25 cent minimum, plus transient and border display fees.
The piece argues Mexico’s expropriation of oil and land was halted by a State Department brokered deal. It outlines payments totaling 40 million to land claimants, a token nine million for oil claims, and US financing of currency stabilization and highway projects. It concludes taxpayers bear the cost while oil firms gain little beyond a promise.
The piece notes tuberculosis killed 254,558 in 1937–1940, more than all US wars, and urges support for the Christmas Seal campaign. It recalls wartime death spikes and stresses that 1,700 anti tuberculosis groups rely on Seal purchases for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
In Benvil New Jersey a deer uprising is described as a timid creature gaining a Napoleonic complex and moving through the wooded grounds of the Hercules Powder Company. Local observers note the shift from passive to aggressive behavior as deer dart and threaten people near the plant.
Belligerent stags have charged cars and a motorcycle near the Hercules Powder Company plant as deer grow accustomed to humans. New Jersey law allows an open deer season December 17 to 21 with a one animal bag limit, and officials may seek special permission to remove the wildlife.
The Lynchburg News reviews criticism of House committee chairman Dies and Max Eastman. It argues both sides exaggerate dangers, notes Eastman’s shift from New Masses past, and defends warnings about Communist fronts and subversive plots in American life.
The public is confused and skeptical as price-control legislation reaches the House. Citizens question necessity and terms while distrusting leaders in Washington. Exemptions for wages and farm prices fuel concerns that effective control may be limited.
The piece argues the President should place competent, authoritative leadership in charge of the defense program, curb waste and favoritism toward any group, and take decisive steps to unite the nation for defense. It urges the President to lead national unity through strong management.
Joe Brandt entered the University of Oklahoma 24 years ago with $50 and big ambition. He supported himself by waiting tables and doing odd jobs, and now he is its new president as the university opens this fall. It highlights a hopeful national ideal.
Angelo Patri, educator and author, praises apples as a cheap, nutritious staple for children. He argues apples should be a regular part of school lunches and family meals, noting their color aroma and health benefits while urging careful storage and preparation.
This notice promotes The New Testament with red words and extra Bible facts. It highlights names of trees waters mountains instruments and birds cited in scripture. The 254 page volume costs twenty cents postpaid and is offered by the Information Bureau in Washington D C.
Robert Whitacre leaves Frederick County to represent local 4 H Clubs at the Congress in Chicago. Winchester officials accept the new armory, praised as one of the state’s best, in a ceremony yesterday afternoon. Miss Marian Pearl Martin of White Post becomes the bride of Douglas Cather of Winchester at Boyce Baptist church.
Five years after the Madrid offensive the back of the insurgent attack bogged down on the outskirts. Loyalist leaders claim a break in the fighting. E. M. Punk is elected Master of the Grange at Middletown. A survey indicates rising Christmas gift spending as prosperity improves.
Ten years ago the city and county churches and a benevolent group aided a hospital during Thanksgiving holidays. Mr and Mrs Charles Brill welcomed a son on November 27. Mrs J Howard Locke won the husband calling contest at the Boyce Patrons League carnival.
Twenty years ago Herbert Hoover then Secretary of Commerce was the speaker at the annual Martinsburg Fruit Exchange banquet. Miss Margaret L. Greener arrives as new superintendent of Winchester Memorial hospital from Jamestown New York. Women are invited to organize a local chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution.
Twenty five years ago the Lost City Lumber Co plans to begin operations once the Winchester and Wardensville Railroad is finished. The note accompanies a look at rising living costs and wage increases in New York City, and reports that prohibition in Virginia has reduced crime.
Forty years ago a group of local businessmen announced plans to establish a national bank, making three banks in the city. A Rock Enon resident marries his son's sister in a separate marriage. In Winchester, residents detect a strange odor in the water supply and inspectors discover a family of skunks living in the reservoir shed.
Directors of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia authorized expenditures of 1 935 000 for construction and equipment. About 1 600 000 funds toll facilities Richmond to Roanoke to handle more calls. 159 000 for extra central office gear at Richmond and Danville. 176 000 to upgrade plants in various sections including the Winchester Staunton toll route.
Medical note explains chilblains or pernia affecting feet and hands from cold exposure. It details causes, seasonal recurrence, female susceptibility, symptoms, and management including protection, gradual warming, cool baths, and passive vascular exercises.
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A note on the distinction between historic and historical. Historic describes events or figures celebrated in history while historical relates to history or historians and their work.
Frederic J. Haskin directs the Information Bureau in Washington to answer any factual inquiry. Readers should mail questions and include three cents for a reply.
A Q and A roundup answers burial duration for a time capsule until 6939 A D. Florida rattlesnake record measures eight feet five inches and girth 1 foot three inches. First Negro anti slavery speaker Charles Lenox Redmond.
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