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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1941
Page
4
War of horsepower powers Allied war effort rise
The text compares horsepower in World War I to modern mechanization, noting infantry divisions with horses and motor vehicles, then highlighting an armored division with 400 000 horsepower and Grand Coulee Dam outputs. It stresses American industry and horsepower driving rapid weapons production for Allied campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
San Francisco
Grand Coulee
Libya
America
Bell System Telephones Expand Fast Amid War Era Growth
The Bell system shows rapid expansion with 18.5 million telephones in service and 81.09 million daily calls, up from 16.2 million and 72 million before the war. Long distance traffic surges 15 percent in early 1941 versus 1940, with longer calls rising 27.5 and 41 percent. plant additions total 50 million dollars over three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell System
America
The Late Sleeper Gets Support From Mayo Clinic
Dr. Edgar V. S Allen of the Mayo Clinic reports to the American Medical Association that taking a late sleep at least one day a week benefits the body. The finding offers relief to those who enjoy lingering in bed on Sundays or cool summer mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science
Edgar V. S Allen
Mayo Clinic
American Medical Association
Reprinted Editorials Warn Of Personalogy Foundation Promises
The piece lampoons the Personalogy Foundation promising to identify future criminals or geniuses in children under five. It mocks mothers chasing early labels and notes fathers’ indifference while detailing mock tests measuring a child’s eyes bones and hair to declare a doomed Dillinger type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Hitler
Dillinger
Lindbergh
Rascal
Cain
Junior
Mummy
Dellinger
Churchill as Supreme Orator of the Age in Birmingham Echoes
John Temple Graves lauds Winston Churchill’s Senate speech and 1941 U S visit as unmatched in oratory and leadership. He compares Churchill’s rhetoric to Shakespeare and Cicero, praising fighting spirit, unity with America, and the shift from defense to offense in wartime policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Temple Graves
Birmingham Age Herald
Winston Churchill
Senate
Shakespeare
Cicero
Richard
Churchill
Britain
America
New Earth
Free Lands
A Weapon Against Tyranny
The Bill of Rights is a powerful weapon, not a mere treasure, defending personal judgment against tyrannical rule. It argues that oppression via force and lies cannot endure as individuals demand recognition and freedom. Free nations inspire hope while slave masters will face a certain end.
Modern Santa as Plane Travel Draws Snide Guffaws
The South Bend Tribune critiques a modernistic Santa scene showing him in an airplane, arguing the wartime air presence risks readers mislabeling him as foolish for abandoning the traditional sleigh and reindeer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend Tribune
Santa
Old Washington commission in Detroit Free Press plan
Detroit Free Press reports a new Old Washington commission is being set up after the previous panel failed to perform. The piece notes it is against rules to fire any members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Johnson warns OPM tire order cripples U S mobility
Hugh S. Johnson declares the OPM order halting tire production will paralyze domestic life and war effort. He notes rubber plantations are privately owned and argues for hemispheric independence in rubber supply through Ford Company studies.
Rubber supply crisis critique on wartime policy
The piece argues that urgent rubber stockpiling and rapid synthetic rubber production were overdue, condemns the sudden order as potentially sinister, and links the issue to Allied control of Singapore and the Dutch East Indies after Pearl Harbor, noting their role in global rubber supply. It questions whether fear for Singapore and Malaya justified the domestic economic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Prince of Wales
Malaya
What Will Japs Do For A Market In Malaya Plantations
The passage questions how Japanese success in the southward threat would affect markets for Malayan plantations. It notes American markets account for a large share of plantation value and asks what owners and governments would do if Dutch and British owned plantations were threatened by Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaya
Great Sacrifice and the Mutual Aid Dilemma
The piece questions whether devotion to a common cause justifies sacrifices in a joint conference on mutual aid. It warns that tying policies to automobile and lifestyle impacts under a tire order could wreck the economy and urges disclosure of policy before a looming reckoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPM
Order Now Uncle Sam's Almanac 1942
Public notice advertising the 1942 Uncle Sam's Almanac with charts on industrial production cost of living and defense spending. Includes calendar and almanac pages. Ten cents post paid to Washington DC address via Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Progress of Medical Science In 1941 Delayed by the War
In 1941 medical progress was limited largely to the Western Hemisphere due to war. Notable work came from Professor Houssay in Buenos Aires on ductless glands and diabetes, and the U S focus centered on the cyclotron at the University of California for cancer research and physiology. The decade saw confirmation of sulfonamide infections and hopeful magic-bullet compounds, with emphasis on military and civilian health amid global stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Engand
South America
B. A. Houssay
University of
Houssay
United States
Ernest Lawrence
University of California
Nazi pledge of Axis victories cited in 1941 speech
Wilfred Cather, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Cather, enlists in the Army Air Corps and heads to Maxwell Field in Alabama. No mobilization orders have reached Company I of the Virginia National Guard, whose men remain at civilian jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Wilfred Cather
E. W. Cather
Army Air Corps
Maxwell Field
Ala
Co. I
Virginia National Guard
European naval race opens with heavy spending in 1910s
European powers Germany France Italy and Britain start the new year by budgeting large sums for naval expansion. In the United States the steel industry suffers from auto factory strikes. Mr and Mrs Guy Coffelt celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary at their Berryville Avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Italy
Britain
United States
Autto
Guy Coffelt
Berryville Avenue
Handley High wins two CVAL titles in sports review
Ten years ago Handley High School captured CVAL championships in football and track. Police disposed of 58 gallons of illegal whiskey seized in recent raids. East residents mark New Year’s Eve with small gatherings instead of large parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Nations pledge submarine warfare rules at Washington conference
Twenty years ago all nations at a Naval Parity conference in Washington agree to follow an international law governing submarine warfare. Tyrone Powers, Broadway star, appears in a local film titled The Four Horsemen. William T. Barr, recently elected, qualifies to serve as city treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tyrone Powers
William T. Barr
Answers To Questions By Haskin Information Bureau
The Winchester Evening Star offers an Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C. Readers may write to obtain factual answers and enclose three cents for a reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Largest photo mural in United States on Grand Central Terminal wall
The text describes a vast mural 96 by 118 feet on Grand Central Terminal's east wall, depicting American life to promote war bonds. It features scenes from Montana to California and other states, with the Treasury Department dedicating it for bond sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Grand Central Terminal
New York City
Treasury Department
Montana
California
Nevada
Michigan
Winchester hunter bags 426 pound bear in West Virginia
Twenty five years ago George Wilson, a Winchester hunter, bags a 426 pound bear in the mountainous section of nearby West Virginia. Four youths, all members of the volunteer fire department, are fined and ordered to resign for turning in false alarms. Germans seek to gain dom inant positions on the Western front as the New Year wanes along the Meuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilson
Winchester
West Virginia
Meuse
Fire Department
Winchester Dance Hosts Johns Hopkins Glee Club
Forty years ago J W Athey wins a cornet prize offered by J W Andrews. Rev T K Chomer christens Richard Horsty Gray, son of Mr and Mrs R L Gray, at Centenary Reformed Church. Glee Club concert ends a local visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Athey
J. W. Andrews
T. K. Chomer
R. L Gray
Centenary Reformed Church
Richard Horsty Gray
Winchester
Rougs Hall
Johns Hopkins Glee Club
Navy devises radioless signals for war vessels
Navy scientists publish Hydrographic Bulletin methods for silent communication in the Nether lands East Indies. Aircraft circle low to attract attention. in urgent cases they drop green fire balls or green flashes. Distressed ships receive the signal with repeated Morse T or by hoisting the answering pennant by day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Service
Washington
Netherlands East Indies
Navy
Mirst
Seven Quiz Questions From a Historical Page
A list asks about Odessa’s seaport location, an 1853 US Japan liaison by Commodore Perry, active volcanoes in Hawaii, knot as speed unit, The Bohemian Girl composer, Rin Tin Tin breed, Great Salt Lake state, an English proverb about marriages and borders, and Devil’s Island penal colony country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Pacific Ocean
Japan
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Puccini
Balfe
Dé Koven
Rin-Tin-Tin
Great Salt Lake
Climb Down Analogy Sparks Debate on Ascension Concept
Reader argues that descent contradicts climbing as an ascent oriented act and questions the use of the phrase climb down. The exchange emphasizes linguistic precision in describing motion and intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S&y
Four Lynchings Reported In 1941 By Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Alabama December 31 Four persons all Negroes were lynched in 1941 with law officials averting lynching in 19 other cases. The report by Dr. F D Patterson president of the Negro school states compared to five in 1940 and three in 1939. It places four lynchings in Florida Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina and notes one white fatality and 20 lives saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
F. D. Patterson
Institute
Department of Records and Research
Florida
Georgia
Carol
South Carolina
Dep ‘Ment
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Star Quiz
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By Fred Neher
Aniversary
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