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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1941
Page
4
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A February 20 1941 column echoes Ecclesiastes urging readers to value youth and live righteously before aging darkens pleasures. The brief devotional notes emphasize piety and timely virtue for the community.
Edwin L. James, NYT managing editor writing in Sir Randolph-Macon College, argues small college communities and especially Booth graduates play a key role in preserving American thought and life. He warns against unexamined liberal ideas and notes the North shows stronger anti establishment trends while South colleges may lead in upholding democratic progress.
The article argues Portugal profits from neutrality in wartime, serving as a gateway for European trade and a transit hub for refugees. Lisbon handles transatlantic flights, ship clearings, and refugee logistics, while accommodating shipments to Allied and Axis nations. A recent storm disrupted Lisbon port and air traffic but is expected to be temporary as the city resumes its role as a neutral clearing house.
The Richmond editorial assesses downs critique of a state finance commissioner and supports a well coordinated finance department for Virginia. It discusses the Moore committee, Governor Price plans, Byrd’s approach, and the need for experienced financial leadership in state government.
The January production of military planes rose to 1 002, up from 799 in December, but the figures mix trainers and combat types. Critics urge clear public reporting showing whether the 60 percent combat share refers to count or value, and call for an official, comprehensive progress brief on defense.
Dr. Sidney B Hall reports 1925 Virginia public schools include 1925 one room schools serving 43000 pupils, with 43000 pupils split into 19000 white and 24000 Negro. Of these, 1432 teach up to seven grades in a single room, prompting calls to drastically reduce such schools to improve fairness and opportunity.
Two eee local residents convicted of violating Park Commission Ordinance by muting my along Fairmont Avenue. B and locomotive crashes in trailer hauling four Ford fare of Fairfax Lane crossing near depot. State department asks cooperation of truckers to spare secondary roads in Frederick and Clark counties ravaged by ice and snow.
A report notes an alleged default of 82000 dollars tied to securities of the late Warren County treasurer. The item also mentions a possible move by King Alfonso of Spain to leave the country for France, giving a brief sense of international considerations.
Two colored youths riding freight cars within city limits become the first prisoners in the new lockup at Reuss City Hall. Miss Mamie Branner is badly injured while riding home from the post office at Relief on a mounted horse that bolts and throws her onto a rocky road.
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau lists Q A items on science language and history. It answers questions on sneeze droplet reach one says twelve feet, Loyalists one third of colonial population, crocodile lip parasites, generation about 33 years, land access in Minnesota, kilometer versus mile, heavyweight champs out of U S three times, Alhambra damage none, pallbearer origin, Dolly Madison hair and eye color, and usage of a before European port.
Readers are urged to plan a spring garden with expert guidance from the U S Department of Agriculture. Booklets cover planning soil inputs and crops with a coupon to request items like City Home Garden and Rose Diseases.
R J Scott reports that Dr M R Stein of New York City is identified as the builder in a noted development. The notice frames Stein's role within a local construction project and names the involved parties.
A drizzly 1865 scene follows a disciplined Union private who cannot afford a room at French's Hotel. He later builds the New York World Building atop the site, transforming Park Row with the Pulitzer dynasty and his famed golden dome.
A jumble of trivia prompts asks about egg letters for the eee, a female peafowl, the Silver Anniversary duration, meter to feet conversion, hen and a half egg yield, and asks who wrote The Brothers Aramozov among other garbled items from a magazine page.
Dr Clendening outlines Vitamin E as a fat soluble nutrient found in fatty vegetable parts. He notes Alpha Beta and Gamma tocopherol forms, shows animal studies on reproduction and paralysis, and cites human use in various paralysis cases. The article also covers Vitamin H and Vitamin K roles in biology and surgery and includes reader questions on vision correction and tuberculosis care.
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