Winchester Evening Star Classified and Rate Notice 1941
The Winchester Evening Star lists classified rates at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and display ads due by 9 PM the day before. transient rate 45 cents per line. Subscription rates are shown for mail and carrier options, with annual and multi month terms. The issue date is Saturday January 4 1941 and features a religious verse from 1 Timothy 4 8.
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Associated Press
DeLisser-Boyd, Inc
New York
Richmond
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Rochester
Atlanta
San Francisco
Best Dressed Women list reflects American shopgirls and housewives
Designers salute the worlds fifteen Best Dressed Women led by Mrs. Harrison Williams while the average American doubts the global value of the selections. The piece extols the ordinary woman who dresses well on modest means and imagines the impact of style on daily life.
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Harrison Williams
Billions From Motorists Tax Burden Grow in 1940 and 1941
A 1940 report from American Petroleum Industries shows motor vehicle taxes reaching 1.85 billion dollars, with projections of 2.0 billion for 1941. Authors note taxes per person would total about 15 dollars, and argue demand sustains automobile ownership despite rising costs.
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American Petroleum Industries
United States
January Defense Boom Shifts Usual Business Pattern
The article notes January usuallyailing with weak manufacturing and retail, but this year defense demand boosts activity. It cites a November Fed index peak of 132 for industrial production, with durable goods up 53 percent and overall production 32 percent above 1935–39 baselines, marking a record high.
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Federal Reserve Index
Steel priorities loom as 1929 output seen high
The article notes the 1929 index at 114 in June to August and rumors of steel priority setting early next year to conserve supply for defense. It cites November steel output 65 percent above the 1935 39 average and warns rationing could hit auto production, construction, and rail equipment, which consume 15 to 20 percent of U S output. Auto and building sectors have boomed, with October November auto activity 35 percent ahead of 1939, while construction contracts in November rebound above the 1923 25 level.
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United States
Bottlenecks and capacity myths in U S industry
The piece argues that bottlenecks are relative and cites the steel and machine tool sectors. It notes US steel utilization at 65.5 percent over five years and potential gains if kept at 85 percent, with 80 million tons more steel possible. It adds machine tool capacity expanded sixfold in four years and 80 percent of output tied to defense or non defense use.
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United States
England
Canada
Roosevelt asks modest deficit while urging rapid defense funding
President Roosevelt proposes one of the smallest deficits in a decade and urges speed in defense appropriations. Mrs. Hugh Funk is reelected president of the Ladies Aid Society of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Stephens City. Harold Brown, Shenandoah Valley National Bank cashier and vice-president, undergoes an operation at Memorial Hospital.
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Roosevelt
Hugh Funk
Ladies Aid Society
Trinity Lutheran Church
Stephens City
Harold Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Memorial Hospital
Fire company leadership changes spark election year politics
In Washington the opening of Congress centers on neutrality and bonus as election year issues. Richard Lee Boxwell becomes captain of the Friendship Fire Co. replacing C. Douglas Barnett. Richard A. Brown is reelected by Sarah Zane Co. and M. D. Weaver again selected to lead the Charley Rouss fire fighters.
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Congress
Washington
Richard Lee Boxwell
Friendship Fire Co
C. Douglas Barnett
Richard A. Brown
Sarah Zane Co
M. D. Weaver
Charley Rouss
Miller elected commander of Winchester Knights of Pythias
Ten years ago Leonard I. Miller is chosen as commander of the Winchester Lodge Knights of Pythias. Mrs. M. C. Ellison of Charlotte is struck and injured by a drunken driver while passing through Winchester. Elks Club conduct elaborate grave ceremony for late member C. M. Showalter.
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Leonard I. Miller
Winchester
Knights of Pythias
M. C. Ellison
Charlotte
N. C
Elks Club
C. M. Showalter
Borden Offers Easy Payment Plan for Maxwell Car
Twenty five years ago H C Borden advertises an easy plan to buy a Maxwell automobile. An epidemic of smallpox strikes Summit Point in Jefferson County West Virginia near here. Submarines sink a British vessel with American passengers fleeing a war zone as the United States considers an ultimatum to Austria.
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H. C. Borden
Summit Point
W. Va
Jefferson County
U.S
Austria
Local business college eyed by Berryville merchants
Forty years ago rumors spread that several local businessmen planned a permanent business college in the area. Mr and Mrs W S Dick celebrate their wedding anniversary at home in Berryville as oil dealers cut kerosene to 7 cents a gallon for the second year running.
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W. S. Dick
Berryville
Women and Weather and the Humid Office Climate
Dr Clendening summarizes experiments showing women feel colder than men at 71 F and 80 percent humidity due to lighter clothing. Men wear heavy winter clothes. women keep house garments light. Yaglou notes women uncomfortable in 70 F, comfortable in men’s winter wear. He suggests increasing humidity in winter offices to improve comfort and possibly curb colds.
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C. P. Yaglou
Harvard School of Public Health
North Pole
Answers To Questions By Frederic J. Haskin
A reader can obtain factual answers from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C Frederic J Haskin director Questions cover air travel in 1940 Indian schools in Canada the 1881 comet top 10 news stories of 1940 Duke of Windsor full name letters of marque Sam Browne belt and West Point Officer graduates with numbers and brief explanations.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
O— Q
Sam Browne
Samuel Joseph Browne
Browne
India
Seeporah
The
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick J. Haskin
Uncle Sam Seeks Skilled Mechanics for Defense Training
Government bulletin invites workers to request vocational material on trades vital to national defense. Lists Airplane Mechanics Auto Mechanics Cabinet Makers Electricians Machinists Pattern Makers Sheet Metal Workers Toolmakers Seamen and more with a per-trade penny request. Enclose five cents per selected trade and mail to Washington D C.
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Rein Eewes
BC Sheet Metal Workers
The Star Quiz Answers on Page 2
Seven quiz questions from The Star Quiz include counting spaces between wheel spokes and fence pickets, rat gall bladders, first nonstop Atlantic flight, Philippine status, four commonwealths, bridge bid ranks, reversing without stopping, impeached presidents, Psalm starts, and sources of Earth weather.
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Atlantic Ocean
Philippines
United States
Pronunciation Note for Today’s Common Error
A guidance item explains that the word finally is pronounced fin nel ly, not gine ly. It highlights common mispronunciations and offers tips to stress the correct syllables for clear speech.
Murder Turns Secret Notes Into a Family Feud
Nancy Deane helps unravel a tangle of genealogy notes, rivalries, and a threatened scandal in Captain Cary Essex II's house. Kaye confides a dangerous marriage trap as Proctor Rand presses for an unwanted match while Dave Otis and Irene loom. The stakes rise as missing papers fuel suspicions and loyalties fracture.
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Nancy Deane
Cary Essex II
Cary Essex
Cary
Althea
Gary
Horace Rand
Nancy
Com Light
Prom
Proctor
Proctor Rand
Irene
Mark
Dave Otis
Dave
Purple Beeches
Kaye
Ove
Reading Granddad’s Records Deepens a Quiet Mystery
The narrator and Cary study papers from a desk while a sinister watcher looms. Time at the library blends with walks and shared tasks as the group uncovers notes, meets Janet’s steady kindness, and prepares to read Granddad’s papers revealing the next chapter.
Confusion Over WPA Aliens and New Year Cards
In Columbia South Carolina on January 4 a university assistant registrar faces a puzzling question about WPA employees' nationality. He notes envelopes marked do not open until Christmas for his New Year greetings. The inquiry asks how many WPA workers are aliens and mentions an oath of American citizenship.
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Columbia
8. C
Flinn Gilland
University of South Carolina
WPA
Reed family undergoes consecutive appendectomies
In Wakefield Nebraska Larry Reed is rushed to a Sioux City hospital for an appendectomy and soon after his father Wayne Reed and then Mrs. Reed follow with the same operation at the same hospital. A daughter remains anxious about the family medical sequence.
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Wakefield, Neb
Larry Reed
Sioux City
Wayne Reed
Eastern Idaho sheriffs elect to take office January 13
Two sheriff elects in eastern Idaho will assume office on January 13. David J. McNichols is set to become Bannock County sheriff and Harold Matson to become Madison County sheriff at Rexburg, eighty miles north.
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Pocatello
Idaho
David J. McNichols
Bannock
Harold Matson
Madison County
Rexburg
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