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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1940
Page
4
Calls Set the Price of Your Apples
The article explains how grocery pricing drives down good apples to match cheaper grades. A 14 cent spread between grades prompts price cuts to move stock, a pattern seen across 440000 stores and costing housewives and grocers collectively. Households face higher budgets as retailers align prices to competition and distress merchandise.
Unscrupulous Substitutes Highlighted in New York Fashion Show
A New York science and fashion exhibit features three mannequins wearing outfits made from milk casein, nylon produced from coal by products, and a cyan product from natural gas coal oil salt air. The display, though mocked as cheesecake by press outlets, serves as publicity and a nod to preparedness efforts.
Reprint Editorial Praises V MI Alumni Leaders
The Baltimore Sun notes Brigadier General Leonard T. Gerow joins General George Marshall as VMI graduates in top posts, highlighting the school’s 100 year legacy and wide national reach. It cites wartime officer totals, regional expansion, and ongoing contributions to national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Leonard T. Gerow
War Plans
George ©. Marshall
Gerow
Virginia Military Institute
United States Military Academy
West Point
South
Roosevelt
Corps of Cadets
New Market
Chancellorsville
Stonewall Jackson
States
Confederacy
Marine Corps
Navy
New England
Lost or Strayed 75 000 Husbands
Daniel M. Eisenberg notes in the quarterly digest Talks that over sixteen years he has traced 165 000 missing persons including 75 000 husbands. He explains many disappearances involve men over 40 seeking freedom, often leaving wives and children destitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel M. Eisenberg
Mr. Eisenberg
Redskins star Andy Farkas named all pro league
Andy Farkas of the Redskins is honored as a leading ground gainer on the all pro league team. Russian attacks in Finland are repulsed with heavy losses to the invaders. A Charles Town man wins a car at a Legion charity dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Farkas
Redskins
Finland
Charles Town
Legion
Girl Scout troop awards and city budget change noted in brief
Five years ago Allison Burgess Jean Forney Marion Hurst and Farley Massey earned hostess merit badges at the court of awards for Girl Scout troop No 3. The death of Thelma Todd by carbon monoxide in her garage baffled Hollywood officials. The Winchester city council reduced the tax rate from 1.35 to 1.20 dollars per hundred, completing the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison Burgess
Jean Forney
Marion Hurst
Farley Massey
Thelma Todd
Hollywood
Winchester
Council
Winchester Civic League launches Buy in Winchester drive
Ten years ago Frederick County Mutual Fire Insurance Co is organized. The Winchester Woman's Civic League begins a Buy in Winchester holiday drive. Local national guard units on strike duty at Danville report gaining in weight from army life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Winchester Woman's Civic League
Winchester
National Guard
Danville
Army Life
Switzerland Not At War, Magazine Says Defenses Work
Geographic magazine notes Switzerland is not at war with European nations, citing its geographic defenses. Ruth Perry wins the two pigs in a Friendship Fire Co contest. Marriage announced in Hagerstown between Ethel Haymaker and David Clevenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Geographic Magazine
Ruth Perry
Friendship Fire Co
Hagerstown
Ethel Haymaker
David Clevenger
Local Mishap and Legacy Notes
Forty years ago Harry Corper was struck by shotgun pellets when a double barrel gun fired accidentally. General Robert E Lee will stay in the U S hall of fame despite protests from a former Union soldier. Ollie Cooper reports a ten point buck killed near Gravel Springs in Grav el Springs vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Corper
Robert E. Lee
United States
Ollie Cooper
Gravel Springs
The Causes of Deafness And Methods Of Treatment
Medical discussion explains how hearing works from ear drum to auditory nerve, the role of the Eustachian tube, and how middle ear problems cause deafness. It notes surgical advances over five years with about 60 percent showing improved hearing and promises future aids for the deafened.
Answers to Questions From The Winchester Evening Star
A reader’s Q and A column lists quick facts: the house fly has six legs. spilling salt linked to ancient omens and Leonardo da Vinci. General Pershing’s surname origin. Christmas Day in Puerto Rico observed January 6. Willkie spoke about 90 words per minute. Andy Gump ran for Congress in 1924. 1,047 foreign language newspapers in the U S. U S coldest record -66 F at Riverside Ranger Station 1933. Paul Redfern left Brunswick Ga August 25 1927. pineapple leaves yield pina fiber fabrics. 27,000 street cars active in U S as of 1940. first edition Star Spangled Banner in Library of Congress. Caligula made his horse a consul.
Household Budget Booklet 1941Promotion Urges Saving
An advertisement from The Winchester Evening Star promotes the Household Budget Booklet 1941 to help readers plan and balance a budget. It claims budgeting makes saving easier, offers a ten cent postpaid copy, and directs readers to send ten cents with their name and address to the Information Bureau in Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick J. Haskin
The Star Quiz On Seven Quick Historical Trivia Questions
The Star presents a page quiz asking which university is oldest among Harvard Yale and Columbia, the correct island for the Statue of Liberty, sailors and marines nicknames, teaspoon to tablespoon ratio, the returning curved wooden missile and vacuum effect, general liquor traffic laws, the U S president who was a Quaker, letter class mail, and the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Yale
Columbia University
Governors Island
Bedloe’s
Ellis Island
Army
United States
Commonwealth of England
Grammatical Precision in Modifier Placement
A guideline on correct modifier placement for clear writing. It emphasizes placing modifiers immediately before the word they modify and avoiding misplaced phrases that distort meaning. The approach improves sentence clarity and prevents awkward or erroneous emphasis.
Murder Makes a Hero Chapter Three
Nancy meets Miss Althea in a tense hall confrontation at the Essex mansion. Mark Gould intervenes, risking his reputation to protect her, as Nancy learns of the family power dynamics and their planned project in the library. A cliffhanger resolves the scene with Nancy and Mark forming a budding connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Essex
Miss Althea
Essex
Cary
Irene
Proctor
Mark
Mark Gould
Nancy
Kaye
Jabez
Horace
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Hig
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By Logan Clendening, M. D
Clendening
Logan Clendening
Leonardo da Vinci
Judas Iscariot
General Pershing
Frederick Pfoerschin
Alsace
Pershin
America
Puerto Rico
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Congress
Andy Gump
Riverside Ranger Station
Yellowstone Park
Paul Redfern
Georgia
Glynn Island
Brunswick
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
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Philippines
Anne .Q
Library of Congress
Caligula
the Star Quiz
Scott
R.j.scott
Willis
Leonard, Martin
Tenn
Sumatra Mountains
Equator
Chapter
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