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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1941
Page
4
Post office distribution notice published by The Winchester Star Publishing Co. Winchester Virginia. Advertising rates listed per word, minimum charge, and display ad deadlines. National representatives and rates noted for several major cities.
A devotional note quotes Psalm 32 8 promising God will guide and teach the faithful in the right path. The verse emphasizes divine instruction and direction offered to believers.
In a wartime Christmas full of disillusion and tears, the piece recalls the first Bethlehem night and the enduring message of peace on earth. It notes battles across frontiers, the cruelty of the war, and the enduring hope sparked by the Star of Bethlehem guiding toward permanent peace through faith and goodwill.
The article argues for unified Allied command as essential to national defense, linking America's Pacific duties with England's bases and Asia theater, and noting the war's single, interconnected campaigns across the Philippines, North Africa, and Japan-Russia-Germany fronts. It stresses coordinated action over separate theater plans.
The text argues for a unified Allied supreme command to coordinate defense of key possessions like Singapore and to counter internal fifth columnists. It stresses strategic priority, shared resources, and high sacrifice to prevent division and ensure victory against Nazism.
The piece argues Kedah and possibly Penang have fallen to Japanese forces advancing about ten miles daily. It blames British losses at Repulse and Prince of Wales, notes limited Australian and Dutch reinforcements, and stresses jungle terrain favorable to defenders. It links typhus behind German lines in Russia to poor living conditions and retreat dynamics.
In Columbus The Dispatch notes a Nutrition Bureau expert in New York says children need not eat spinach if they dislike it since many other greens such as lettuce cabbage broccoli Brussels sprouts Swiss chard beet tops and dandelion greens offer similar nutrients.
Hugh S. Johnson argues against a centralized civilian war production authority, criticizing a new administrative order and praising Leon Henderson for driving industrial efforts. He calls for replacing outdated leaders and emphasizes that production must match military resolve to win the war.
Reader can obtain fact answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed from Washington D C. Include three cents for reply.
The cruiser Springfield was named jointly after Springfield, Ohio and Springfield, Massachusetts. At end of September 1941 the executive branch employed 1,487,525 civilians. Notre Dame and Minnesota last played November 12, 1937, Notre Dame 19 Minnesota 0. The Church of the Good Shepherd in Lexington, Kentucky, is nicknamed the Horseman’s Church for generous Bluegrass horsemen donations.
In a Winchester Star letter the writer argues that urban centers will dominate the wet forces unless temperance efforts and education reverse the trend. He cites tragedy from alcohol, calls for renewed public conscience, and urges legislation to reclaim counties and towns.
Britain reports heavy coastal bombardment by German artillery from the French coast with a Christmas surprise attack. Local post office processed over 260000 pieces of mail this week before Christmas and 7000 marriages were recorded in the past year.
Merchants and business men report a general rise in holiday sales with some areas showing a 35 percent increase over last year. Pope Pius prays for world peace from his bed in Vatican City. B F Davis Jr James Goode and Garland Baptist join the Shenandoah Valley V P I Club floor committee for a dance here during the holidays.
No snow expected for Christmas in the Valley and temperatures stay springlike. W B Snider Sr wins a new car in Winchester Memorial Hospital Christmas Gift campaign. Joseph L Mauch night watchman at National Fruit Products Co struck and killed by a car on Fairmont Avenue.
Workers for peace in Europe are hopeful as a German official says terms will be released in a few days. Charles H. Schenck is elected worshipful master of Hiram Lodge of Masons. Miss Jeanne Stuart and Miss Mary Stuart perform piano and vocal solos at the Fort Loudoun Seminary holiday program.
Forty years ago wedding at the bride’s parents home Capt and Mrs J S Larrick in Middletown with a light snow beginning to fall on the eve of Christmas. A weather report predicts the valley will be blanketed by tomorrow.
Answers: SPAB is a minced ham name not an agency. Psychiatry studies the mind not the occult. The Alhambra was written by Washington Irving. 1941 tax returns due by April 15. The well known brothers John and Lionel are Barrymore. Old Ironsides referred to the USS Constitution. One president born west of the Mississippi is Ulysses S Grant. The word session refers to a period of time. Commanding American forces at New Orleans was Andrew Jackson. Light travels more slowly through glass than through air.
A note on common error shows many use calculate for likely as in muggy weather being calculated to cause sickness. It mentions cement history noting Pennsylvania production starting in 1872 after Europe supplied it.
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