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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
12
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates including 2 cents per word for classified ads with 25 cent minimum, display ads 45 cents per inch, and the deadline policy. Publication noted as Thursday December 5 1940 with border ads and contract rates on request.
The quotation urges vigilant caution about drifting away from careful attention, citing Hebrews 2 1 as a call to earnest heed and steady harbor. The text emphasizes moral focus and warning against neglect.
The Virginia State Horticultural Society elected Walker M Bond as its new president. Bond is an experienced orchardist familiar with apple industry issues and will commence duties with energy and foresight. Congratulations to Walker Bond and the society.
Joseph P. Kennedy announced on Monday that he tendered his resignation as ambassador to Great Britain. He urged keeping America out of war, warning the nation is already near the road to conflict and urging the public to heed his writings and speeches.
President Roosevelt selected Abner H. Ferguson to succeed Stewart McDonald as Federal Housing Administrator. Ferguson, former Chief Counsel to the FHA and First Assistant to the Administrator, is a Winchester resident and Shenandoah Valley Academy alumnus who practiced law in Washington before joining the FHA in 1934.
Census figures show males exceed females by about 787,881 to 632,322 annually, but female deaths are lower and births offset the gap. By eliminating immigration, the United States trends toward a female majority, with about 98,726 net shift per year.
Reprinted Richmond editorial argues belligerents prize weather data for aerial operations. It notes Canada and allied stations supply forecasts to Britain and the U S and warns of possible fifth columnists and security gaps at the U S Weather Bureau in New York.
The Nassau story notes wartime travel limits may keep the Duke and Duchess of Windsor from visiting the United States for months. The piece minimizes calamity at their absence and contrasts the Windsors with King George V and the Duke’s brother, urging the latter to remain in the Bahamas.
Periods of cold season bring advice on avoiding illness and sneeze spread. MIT researchers Edgerton and Jennison show sneezes propel droplets up to 100 mph, with a twelve foot range and thousands of droplets, creating a airborne halo around the head. Coughing likely behaves similarly. keep a handkerchief ready to protect others.
Questions and answers from the Information Bureau cover topics from Roosevelt’s inaugural parade numbers to travel times by bus, anatomy of sinuses, Nijinsky dances, languages of the Pope, origins of cantaloupe and cordovan leather, Sing Sing’s wall height, Jack Benny’s real name, Titanic sinking causes, Beavers in poverty, Bacon quotation authorship, synchronized firing for airplanes, trivia origin, first U S Army plane, and Chinese delicacies observed in rotting eyes.
Friends of President Roosevelt think he will not seek a third term unless an emergency arises. The piece notes anxious leaders of small Scandinavian nations and a warning about a Russian invasion of Finland, highlighting tension in wartime diplomacy.
Five years ago Phil Williams of Bartonville was badly burned when his clothes caught fire as he backed into a heat source to stay warm. The home of F Amos Shryock suffered smoke water and fire damage from a hot furnace pipe but firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze. Italy tightens home defense as Europe tensions mount over sanctions on the aggressor nation.
Ten years ago existing valley bus firms oppose adding another line to the already busy pike. A failed attempt to rob the B and O Railroad freight office in the city is reported.
The notice promotes Everybody's Song Book featuring 205 songs with notes on origins. It describes a 6 by 9 inch, 144 page hard cover priced 20 cents postpaid and offers coupon details through the Information Bureau. The Winchester Evening Star lists Frederick J. Haskin as Director in Washington, D C.
Twenty five years ago an announcement listed the engagement of Miss Lillian V Henry of this city to Mr. Harvey L Cage of Brunswick. The note also records a city council contract for 1500 feet of new hose for three local fire companies plus international tension and diplomacy items.
Forty years ago in 1900 a fire destroyed much of The Star's presses and plant on Tuesday November 13. Publication resumed December 8 on a new Babcock press, the first in Winchester, after printer editions printed during a hiatus, though the interim small paper copies are not in the 1900 files.
Seven questions cover oceans states territories inventions and historical figures. Topics include largest ocean Jeffersons expansion Bells first demo movement reversals nit and wright definitions and Madame Chiang Kai-shek education.
A guidance note highlights how to paraphrase origins and arrival times without repeating exact phrasing. It suggests altering proper nouns and cadence to avoid direct quotes while preserving the sequence of events.
Fran Anderson discovers Kit O’Reilly’s health decline linked to overwork and a late night swim. Dr Benedict diagnoses pneumonia and urges immediate hospitalization at Westbrook hospital, amid concern over rest and recovery before the upcoming concert.
The choice of Senator Walter F. George of Georgia to succeed the late Senator Pittman as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee shifts power from West to South. The South secures multiple top committee posts as elections strengthen southern influence in both chambers, with southern states holding a large share of chairmanships. The article notes the Administration’s foreign policy remains broadly approved.
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