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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists classified advertising at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, display ads $0.45 per inch or by border, and require copy with a 9 PM prepublication deadline. National representatives are listed for major cities, with subscription options by mail.
The American Red Cross began a drive to raise 50 million dollars for its Emergency War Fund with a local quota of 10 thousand dollars for Winchester and Frederick counties. Funds will aid soldiers sailors marines and families and assist American citizens affected by the war with the Axis. The national Red Cross has spent over a million monthly and urges cheerful giving despite the recent roll call.
London reports the debate on a Supreme War Council to unify military naval and economic command for Allied operations. Washington notes a White House conference among Roosevelt Stimson Forrestal and Halifax. The text traces past attempts at unified command in World War I and the limited authority of the 1917 Rapallo War Council.
The text notes first German spring breakthrough spurred real cooperation. On March 26 General Foch became inter-Allied Generalissimo, with an April 3 agreement giving him strategic direction. Pershing resisted pressure to merge American units. not all fronts came under Foch. Sea operations remained cooperative. Unity of command extended to economic fields with inter-Allied Councils in 1917-18.
Reader reminiscences on concentrated rations from the Spanish American War era and how compact self contained meals could change army logistics. The piece laments morale and eating quality, notes a stalled procurement due to a strike, and ends with reader questions answered by Dr. Clendening plus a list of pamphlets available for ten cents each.
The Virginia Protective Force, after its first anniversary, mobilizes to guard strategic bridges as the National Guard is called to federal service. The force, largely comprised of former National Guardsmen and veterans, trains in modern warfare including guerrilla tactics, foreshadowing a broad civil defense program nationwide.
Hugh S. Johnson criticizes complacency among industry leaders government officials and the armed forces urging immediate recognition of the scale of the task and decisive action rather than half measures or panic. He warns against inaction and stresses the urgency of full mobilization.
The article argues we are far behind schedule in wartime production. It cites Judge Patterson ordering five big munition industries to run 24 hours a day seven days a week and insists a spontaneous national upsurge is needed to build the most efficient industrial military machine. It criticizes complacency at the top and calls for decisive action now.
Newsweek reports a warning by the National Education Association that rural schools may lack 40 000 to 50 900 teachers within a year while cities face a shortage of at least 1 000 vocational teachers. The study led by Dr. Alonzo F. Myers of New York University warns the teaching profession is seriously undermanned.
President calls on all Americans to mobilize labor for defense. He urges businesses and workers to increase production, forego profits, and expand ships planes tanks and munitions to support troops at home and overseas.
British air ministry said bombers attacked Ost end Belgium and Brest France last night, laying mines in German waters. One bomber and one fighter were reported missing from separate operations. Producing plastics in Britain now a $500 million industry.
The writer condemns entrenched government policies and rulings as obstacles to urgent action. He argues for immediate, unceasing wartime measures to end production stoppages and urges labor to take control to ensure swift wartime output. He cites March 1925 and May 1921 authorities as examples of needless red tape.
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederick J. Haskin in Washington D C and enclosing three cents for reply.
As of October 31 1941 defense savings stamps sales reached 24933000 and defense bonds sales 1775124000. The figures reflect government defense program participation and are cited in the wartime financial summary.
A quiz page lists seven questions covering music authorship biblical wise men heat from the sun a US acronym meanings animal names insulation materials royal titles and federal board membership with named figures like Harry A. Mills Millis William Leiserson and Gerard D Reily referenced.
The note clarifies usage that goods are sold by auction rather than at auction, addressing common error in sales descriptions and curbing misworded notices.
New York December 16 By a stroke of the pen the Army and Navy have added 300000 gallons a day to America's production of 100 octane gasoline, the fuel that makes planes go 25 percent faster and better. They raised the lead limit in the fuel from three to four cubic centimeters per gallon, boosting daily output to 2100000 gallons from 1800000 gallons. Announcement comes from the American Petroleum Institute.
In a laboratory note, adult wood ticks placed in vials without nourishment remained alive and vigorous for over three years, suggesting exceptional long-term survival during food scarcity.
Pierre Laval is removed from the French government by Marshal Philippe Petain in a move linked to wartime collaboration. President Roosevelt plans to discuss aiding England with a U S Naval convoy proposal for merchant ships. Local growers donate 1,200 or more apples for Britain.
Andy Grove occupies the quarterback spot on the All-CVAL selections representing Handley. General Chiang Kai-Shek is reported killed by mutinous forces in north China. Mr and Mrs C Vernon Eddy return home from a trip to Scotland England and France.
Capon Valley residents press Winchester business leaders to pave Virginia’s four mile Timber Ridge road. Three youths who sawed their way out of Winchester jail remain at large. Beer made in a Main street apartment seeps into a shoe store ceiling as police move in.
The Rev. Coupland Randolph Page aged 78 a Confederate Veteran dies at his horse here. The Big Three of the U S Britain and Japan reach agreement on naval strength. Plans move forward to organize another National Guard Company here as headquarters unit for the Third Battalion of the Second Virginia Infantry.
Twenty five years ago hundreds of young Americans travel north to enlist in Canada’s army and navy as London reports peace efforts advance and predicts the war would end by spring.
Forty years ago Mr and Mrs Wade Muse return from a trip to North Carolina home of the former Work of selecting the staff of the new Farmers and Merchants Bank is going ahead with H D Puller already named as cashier The Cumberland Valley Firemen Association with Winchester as a member is finally organized at a meeting in Chambersburg Pa
The 1942 edition covers 200 subjects with new features on family income expenditures, food-for-defense budget, military rank and insignia, and 1946 population figures. It includes sports aviation radio earth facts multiplication taxes and almanac pages. Color covers and factual tables are provided. Send ten cents postpaid to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
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