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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates and policy details including display and classified rates, border ads and word counts, along with subscription pricing and delivery terms. The text shows date January 21 1941 and mentions Associated Press attribution and advertising agencies.
A brief verse echoes Psalm 91 1 about dwelling in the secret place of the Most High and abiding under the shadow of the Almighty with a devotional tone.
The Richmond Times Dispatch editorials argue that racial discrimination in skilled trades slows America's defense effort. Citing Camp Lee in Virginia and Newport News, the paper notes Negro workers are largely excluded from carpentry bricklaying and roofing while white workers from other states fill those posts. The piece urges full use of Black skilled labor for defense and justice.
Charles Chaplin refused the New York Film Critics Circle award for best actor 1940, citing not competing with peers. The rejection drew far more publicity than any acceptance would have, while fellow honorees remained largely overlooked.
The War Department sold 970000 obsolete Army rifles to United States Steel Corporation for 8.126 million dollars. Britain plans to use them for home guard training while the U S government holds over a million rifles replacing them with the Garand gun.
Leaders of the automobile industry say the manufacturers' annual show in New York City will be suspended next autumn. No new models or gadgets on display as the industry pivots to national defense requirements, turning the parade of progress into a memory for now.
The text notes the auto industry may redirect all resources from luxury cars to war machines. It cites $1 billion in defense contracts already secured and industry leaders’ willingness to cooperate with the government to remove bottlenecks and aid in producing tanks and airplane parts. The move casts a somber but proactive view of the nation’s top industry taking lead in wartime adjustment.
The Farmville Herald reaffirms support for President Roosevelt and urges a faster defense buildup. Citing editor Harry Byrd Jr of the Winchester Star, the piece notes the United States has lagged in armament and warns that within 90 to 150 days England’s fate could be decided while U.S. forces lack sufficient modern planes.
The Medical and Surgical Supply Committee of America ships 225,000 aspirant tablets along with other medical items to Greece as part of wartime relief.
Miss Lydia B Whitmore and Alfred S Morgan are married and leave for Louisiana on their honeymoon. Senator William E Borah dies in Washington. There are 128 boys in Frederick county and Winchester's four high schools studying vocational agriculture.
Five years ago in England King George II dies and the Prince of Wales travels to London to take the oath as King Edward VIII. In Winchester the Municipal Band holds its first rehearsal led by Prof. McIlwee. Howard Hughes sets a new cross continental flight record from New York to Los Angeles in 9 hours 27 minutes.
Directors announced the hotel retired 25 000 in bonds. Luttrell and Winchester debate team argued a resolution on the role of financiers and politicians in current gloom. George Fuller wins West Point appointment over Virginia National Guardsmen in a competitive tally.
Capt. R. P. Hobson veteran of the Spanish American War says a large army and navy are essential for national preparedness. Braddock Street Church conducts a soul saving religious campaign with win one as motto. A water pipe bursts in the Baetjer building on Main street flooding a storeroom used by Gray and Streit.
Forty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pope were guests of honor at a Clarke county party as snow caused heavy traffic on the valley branch of the B. and O. line for several days. H. Hable announces a January sale at his Main Street store.
Reader questions on hand skin diseases are addressed, detailing how sun, wind, chemicals, and dermatitis affect the hands more than other areas. The piece outlines types of eruptions, treatments like the 24 hour Danish regimen, and cautions about contagious conditions and family exam.
A reader questions a range of facts answered by the Information Bureau. Topics include historic conventions, native origins of the turkey, Theodore Roosevelt’s oath, the Devil's Bible, New York post office mail volume, first use of the word pee, patent gazettes, prison self government, and other factual notes.
The 1941 Almanac includes a census map showing 1930 to 1940 changes, a vitamin chart for common foods, maps of electoral vote history since 1912, consumer expenditures data, US school attendance laws, and other timely topics alongside the usual almanac and calendar pages. Send for a copy today, ten cents postpaid.
The Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C offers UNCLE SAM'S ALMANAC 1941 for ten cents in coin mailed with the applicant's name address city state and route. The ad requests careful wrapping of payment and the recipient's full mailing details.
A page fronted as a quiz asks seven questions including connections between US and Alaska, Columbus voyages, a nursery rhyme completion, composition of US silver coins, moonrises versus sunrises, secretary’s record terminology, presidential nicknames, spelling of Puerto Rico, Hart Mountains location, and the author of A Tale of a Tub.
Cary confronts a murder within the Essex household as Chief Crane and Captain Laney investigate. Mark Gould is dead from a head wound. Cary admits a nonlethal quarrel over papers and a book project. Janet worries for relatives while a tense investigation unfolds.
Walter W. Abell, 68 and longtime proprietor of the Baltimore Sun, died at his home after years of ill health. A grandson of founder Arunah Abell, he served as director in 1894, vice president in 1901, and president after Edwin F. Abell’s death, from 1909.
The letter hails Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the greatest living man and asks God to keep the President safe for the benefit of all mankind. It calls him the third time choice of independent free thinking Americans and venerates him above Washington and Jefferson.
Impasto means applying very thick oil color to the canvas surface to create a relief like texture and emphasize the form of the depicted objects.
London reports that Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt's representative in Britain, spoke in Glasgow last Friday with Prime Minister Churchill. He said he does not intend to quit and that the average American carries in their heart prayers, confidence, and belief in ultimate Allied victory.
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