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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates and deadlines with a border note. It mentions the Associated Press rights and local news publication, and lists subscription prices and cities served.
A brief devotional line from Psalms 27 10 emphasizing divine care when earthly parents abandon. It echoes faith in God’s protective embrace.
The New York World Telegram polls radio editors nationwide. Raymond Gram Swing tops news commentators with 193 votes, H C Kakenborn 182, Lowell Thomas, Elmer Davis follow. Bill Stern leads sports, Ted Husing second. Dinah Shore named outstanding new star. Kate Smith, Dinah Shore and Connie Boswell top women crooners. Bob Hope and Fred Allen high in comedian votes.
An analysis contrasts wartime and peacetime losses in the United States. It cites 50 000 deaths in the last war and 96 500 fatalities in accidents in 1940, alongside millions injured. The piece calls for bold safety reforms and accountability from industries profiting from high speed transport and factory hazards.
Reprinted editorial lauds Senator Byrd as the watchdog of federal finances. It praises his push for retrenchment amid debates over defense spending and critiques the President’s budget for masking nondefense waste. It urges careful congressional scrutiny of proposed expenditures to curb debt and unnecessary spending.
The piece argues Judge John J. Parker as a strong temperate choice for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice McReynolds. It cites Parker’s character, experience, and nonpartisan merit while noting past Senate defeat and urging rectification of that misjudgment.
Reports from Stockholm forecast rising Norwegian resistance as spring nears. Despite smaller numbers, Norwegians are described as un conquerable in spirit, descendants of Vikings who never were slaves. Hitler faces widespread passive resistance across occupied territories as 1941 approaches.
Arkansas Democrat argues an amendment to the Constitution could grant each candidate an electoral vote portion matching their share of the state popular vote. The piece contends this would preserve the federal system and not diminish state influence.
City Manager Lee Grant tells council that snow removal in January cost 931 dollars. A Clarke county resident, George P. Greenhalgh, is named among 25 best dressed men and chairs the armory committee seeking views on a site for a new facility. A bill to take 5 percent of state liquor profits for localities is stalled awaiting action while farm aid funding and new taxes to cover AAA costs are debated. Congress studies bonus payments and farm aid funding.
Forty years ago J. H. Lemley of Stephens City loses his new Middleburg shop to fire. Bill recently passed in Richmond shifts Frederick County sheriff payments to both city and county. William Clagett, Marlboro youth who attended S. V. A., dies suddenly at his home.
A reader can learn quick factual answers via The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin Washington DC. Questions and concise replies cover rewards wartime history highways coins censorship ships and notable places with named authorities and dates.
The Home Doctor Book with 40 pages covers over 50 common ailments and sections on care of the sick diet hygiene medicines and infant care. It is alphabetically arranged for quick reference and can be obtained for 10 cents by mailing the coupon to the Information Bureau Winchester Evening Star Washington D C.
A vivid discussion of atomic power and uranium fission contrasts German efforts with Allied progress. Dr E A Condon notes uranium fuel could be two million times richer than coal, with massive energy potential and ongoing scientific challenges.
Edwin C Hill discusses humanity seeks eternal youth and influence energy. He cites Eugene Steinach turning eighty and physicists pursuing alchemy of influence and gold, framing progress as a quest pushing science toward new realities.
A quiz list asks seven questions about upside down letters meteorology flags Emile Zola Yosemite Falls bridge vibration presidential adjournment Maurice McLoughlin initials P L R and the Little Big Horn last stand by General Custer.
A medical column contrasts modern medical texts with older practitioner advice. It praises lozenges and cough drops for soothing irritated throats in bronchitis and colds, noting slippery elm troches are official in the National Formulary and often preferable to syrups for longer relief.
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