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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1940
Page
4
Short religious proverb from the Winchester Evening Star featuring a Bible quote and a reflective note attributed to Matt 7 4 urging self-examination before judging others.
A National Industrial Conference Board study of 116 leading firms shows nine month net income up 48 percent while income tax load rose 131 percent from the prior year. Corporate taxes eroded 37 cents of every dollar earned, with durable goods firms hit hardest by tax increases and high unemployment.
Fort Dix New Jersey statistics show 53 percent of 2961 draftees rated in top two classes Class 1 11 percent and Class 2 42 percent while 28 percent are average Class 3 13 percent Class 4 and 6 percent Class 5. Psychologists’ surprise at higher scores noted.
Chicago operation of a pretrial court has saved the city treasury at least 12000 monthly. The court aims to speed justice and cut costs in small damage suits, broken contracts and unpaid wages. Municipal Judge Oscar S Papian reports about 31 percent of 2250 cases called disposed and action taken on 479. The American Municipal Association credits the practice with aiding settlements and stabilizing dockets in other cities.
In his annual Car negie Corporation report Dr Frederick P Keppel says the United States has too many colleges and voluntary organizations and that many will disappear as unaffordable. He argues foundations should support existing institutions rather than create schools and stresses the need to direct grants to the fittest. He cites taxes, state funding, and low interest as pressures on endowments and notes that smaller colleges with limited endowments may struggle to survive while larger institutions face diminished returns. He warns communities to favor a few well-supported organizations over many underfunded agencies.
Norma Osborne notes a veteran joke from the Bern Gazette about Army attire during the last war. He claims there are only two sizes in use: too small or too large.
A curiously phrased opinion piece from a Washington Post page contemplates reactions to possible events, noting that any future shock would still astonish readers in a world full of unpredictability.
Council allocates 1500 dollars to battle Japanese beetle threats to apple orchards. An earth slide in the Castleman Ferry bridge cut delays opening per engineers. A. and M is voted the nation's top college football team in the AP poll.
Government sources claim England aims for a closer relationship with Germany's Hitler regime. Indifference is cited as the major cause of more than 35 000 auto accidents nationwide this year. Burr Harrison addresses F F A boys at the Stephens City banquet. The council allocates 750 for a police patrol wagon in the 1936 budget.
The West Point football team defeats the Naval Academy middies in a charity game at Yankee Stadium in New York. Doug Cather presides as captain at Handley eleven’s annual football banquet.
John I. Sloat resigns as assistant cashier of the Shenandoah Valley National Bank. Cheif of Police M A Doran wins a linen centerpiece in a raffle raising funds for Turner Ashby Camp Confederate monument. Switzerland plans a peace pact and avoids WWI engagement.
A local Camp reads a list of Confederate soldiers who died in the Elmira New York Yankee prison, many from this section. The Winchester Lumber Co is leased and reopened by E W Church after two years closed. Martinsburg sees two shootings by prominent men stirring the town.
Dr. Logan Clendening outlines modern injection therapy for varicose veins, discarding old stripping operations. The method closes superficial leg veins, is safe and office-based, with ulcers and ulcers healing improved by rest and warm dressings. Also covers eyelash ingrowth and a note about pamphlets available for readers.
Information Bureau replies to reader questions on topics from architecture in Costa Rica to poll tax exemptions in Massachusetts. It covers historic figures, science benchmarks, and trivia with concise answers and dates.
Promote homemade candy with a 144 recipe booklet featuring fudge nougats taffy and more. Includes Boston Creams Turkish Delight and other desserts suitable for Sunday School parties and Christmas stockings. Cost ten cents postpaid via the Information Bureau Washington D C with order coupon and name address details.
The Star Quiz asks about The Thin Man cast, glider records, French president in WWI, Mormon apostle senator, sun mass versus earth, World War I phrase author, Poe birth city, a bilingual official, Genghis Khan’s century, and cinnamon origin from bark.
The note suggests rephrasing a sentence to a clearer form by moving the time clause and simplifying wording. It demonstrates converting a passive construction into a direct, active one for clarity.
On a shipboard stage Kitty O'Reilly performs interrupting a tense broadcast. Vance Healey helps avert scandal as the captain thanks them and declares they are married with a toast to the couple. The couple’s reputations are restored and they plan a law career and home life.
Virginia sportsmen urge the state game commission to close the quail season immediately after reports of a severe quail shortage. Hunters say bags are small as a harsh winter and rains reduced nests, demanding swift conservation action to protect remaining birds.
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