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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1941
Page
4
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A brief church bulletin reflects on Psalm 31 1 stressing trust in the Lord and deliverance through righteousness as part of the Monday service in 1941. It highlights spiritual guidance and reverent devotion.
Millions of Americans hailed Winston Churchill’s confident wartime speech praising Britain’s resolve to “finish the job.” The Prime Minister’s message, seen as both practical leadership and rousing prose, inspired sentiments of defiance as Britain stands unconquered while allies press on.
The Peters burg Progress Index commends Virginia auditor of public accounts McCarthy Downs for a reported thorough year showing all counties’ accounts balanced with no significant shortages. His department’s enforcement and modern bookkeeping boosted county integrity and reduced prior dishonesty tendencies.
The article notes U S and Canadian surpluses persist despite war demands. It details soldier wool gear totals and future Army fabric needs reaching millions of woolen items and hundreds of millions of pounds of raw wool to clothe up to 4 million men, forecasting a heavy year for American sheep ranges as coats are surrendered next spring.
The piece notes Roosevelt's budget includes 1941 level Botanic Garden funds for new greenhouses and asks if such expenses can wait to fund national defense. It alleges many agencies have risen in salaries and argues for rigorous economy to prove fiscal respect for taxpayers. It urges trimming nondefense programs and pruning government waste now.
The choice of Winant as Ambassador to Great Britain strengthens ties with a transatlantic group of economic and social reformers. The nomination signals alignment with Bevin and Liski, and suggests a liaison role to steer postwar social and economic reforms.
A reflective piece laments a shrinking cadre of lawmakers willing to oppose administration policy and urges readers to recall North Carolina’s Claude Kitchen, who voted nay in a defining wartime moment. The author foresees dark days for democracy as future dissenters are smeared.
One year ago the president announced Sumner Welles would go to Europe to study conditions. Two CCC men are jailed locally on charges connected to a $370 theft from Edgar LaPollette. Autoro Godoy, a Chilean, stayed with Joe Louis for 15 points in a championship bout before Louis reclaimed the title by a close decision.
Forty years ago Kathleen Baker Chamblin married J H Funkhouser in Meade Memorial Church White Post. Bridget Reilly longtime resident of the city dies her second husband was the engineer in charge of construction of the valley line of the B and O railroad.
A reader can get factual answers from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J Haskin. The page lists Q and A on topics from Yale, nurses in WWI, Uranus, and the National Gallery opening, including dates and names.
Treasury status on Feb 10 shows receipts 41,252,763.66 dollars and expenditures 55,893,753.72. Gross debt stands at 45,959,708,269.94 dollars, with an increase of 52,247,884.53 from the previous day.
A Winchester Evening Star advertisement touts a booklet titled Fortune Telling teaching palm reading card reading tea leaf and coffee grounds interpretation plus signs omens and superstitions. Priced ten cents postpaid, the ad urges readers to mail ten cents to Washington D C for a copy.
An elderly voyager sails from New York seeking knowledge amid war and plague. Dr. Alexis Carrel, famed for Man the Unknown, offers a bridge between science and humanitarian hope, as history links pestilence, social upheaval, and progress against disease.
A list of trivia prompts including When Roose velt was renominated for a third term which is the correct term for orange and lemon sections, the official WWI American armies name, Nebraska capital, first Civil War shot location, Earth Moon motion truth, Christopher Morley’s profession, race of Haile Selassie, Florida’s most populous city, and the poem line about rag and bone.
Explains a common grammar error where after should pair with the present participle. Illustrates incorrect forms like after having struck and correct form after striking with a concise rule for proper tense alignment.
A historical note in the New York State Medical Journal cites the oldest prescription on a 3700 B C stone tablet for a head cold inhalant. The piece also covers ambulance call statistics, growth trends in 1918 1920 and 1921 1927, and a Q A on nasal sneezing likely from adenoids or obstruction with doctor consultation advised.
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