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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates and submission rules. Rates are two cents per word with minimum twenty five cents. borders require office delivery by 9 PM the day before. Transient rate forty five cents per inch with discount rates on application.
A fragment from Friday January 24 1941 quotes a biblical verse asserting no man is to be called common or unclean. The excerpt references Acts 10 22 and appears as a religious or editorial aside in the page.
A humorous look at two inaugurations, one in Washington and another in Austin, Texas. Governor W Lee O'Daniel decorates his ceremony with a 2000 pound buffalo feast for 20 000 guests, plus a parade reception and ball.
The article weighs Hitler and Mussolini plans in the Mediterranean focusing on Suez Gibraltar and Spain It argues air raids cannot seal the canal and predicts Hitler would strike directly at core targets rather than a long coastal invasion It notes Mussolini faltered Spain’s stance and questions a grand Mediterranean flank through Bulgaria and Turkey.
The resignation of Associate Justice James C. McReynolds opens a vacancy on the U S Supreme Court. President Roosevelt is expected to appoint his sixth justice, adding to a court reshaped by prior choices including Black Frankfurter Murphy Douglas and Reed. McReynolds, a Kentucky native, was long associated with the U S attorney general s office.
The text notes an attorney general in President Wilson's cabinet who later joined the Supreme Court in 1914. It highlights his opposition to many New Deal acts and his dissent with Chief Justice Hughes and Justice Stone two days before resigning from a 6 to 3 ruling striking down a Pennsylvania law that required alien registration.
A Richmond editorial argues the 1940 anti Price General Assembly may have been right to reject the Governor’s reorganization bill pending full study. State heads including fisheries chief Mapp and Game Commissioner Nolting voice concerns on consolidating agencies.
Morgenthau blames Marriner Eccles for a decline in the government bond market tied to the Federal Reserve Board's inflation safeguards. He cites plans to raise bank reserve requirements and curb devaluation powers, arguing the economy is so weak that even sound-basis talk risks a crash.
E B Moore proposes a bill to ban fortified wine sales along with a fox killing measure for Frederick County farmers. Engagement announced for Miss Susie Carbaugh of Stephens City to Stuart Montgomery of Falls Church. Snow drifts of ten inches blanket the state with traffic slow. Richmond streets clogged though roads remain open in parts of Virginia.
A 7 degree below zero reading at Research Laboratory accompanies a 60 mile gale sweeping Winchester and Valley from the north. Heavy snows in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland slow bus and rail travel. J Sloan Kuykendall, young Winchester attorney, joins R Gray Williams' office. Festival headquarters open a month early despite the cold.
Ten years ago Wilbur O. Riley of Winchester resigns as editor of the Woodstock Times to accept an appointment in the U S Army Air Corps school as a flying cadet. Taylor Fox of Middletown ties for fourth in Harrisonburg grain judging contest. A Senate bill legalizing 4 percent beer is introduced but viewed as unlikely to pass.
Twenty five years ago German air raids target London again with a large zeppelin brought down. Miss Mary Bruce Baker, formerly of the city, appears in a Lansdowne ministerial show for Presbyterian church aid. Julius A. Bantz sells his Main street business to C A Heller and Co who announce a sale of sixteen thousand dollars worth of shoes.
The article describes two acute mouth infections: canker sores fever blisters and a gum inside cheek infection common in young children. It notes contagion risks from utensils and towels and outlines treatment ideas including mouthwash and antiseptics, stressing medical guidance for severe cases. It also covers questions about work after major surgery and advertises Dr. Clendening’s pamphlets.
Reader questions cover astronomy history sciences and notable events. The Q A list includes brightest star Sirius first White House occupancy 1800 origin of cellophane religion opium quote Hindenburg disaster peanut butter Spingarn Medal Mary McLeod Bethune Marian Anderson Liberty Bell timing and more with dates and figures.
A faded list of trivia asking about Hawaiian islands the only bird with convergent eyes the relative ranks of generals Bridal Veil Falls location the Scarlet Letter letter which city known as The Workshop of the World who signed the Declaration first the frigate Old Ironsides the colors of dogwood blossoms and who started burying the hatchet with terse prompts and expected answers.
A language guide notes that capitalization of north south east and west follows grammar rules and only capitalizes when used as proper regional designations such as the West in a phrase.
In a tense house scene Chief Crane and officers pursue who killed Mark Deane after a fatal library shooti ng. Kaye Dora faces shock while Janet and Cary press for facts as David Otis is summoned to relate his whereabouts and alibis.
New York January 24 All networks will air President Roosevelt’s birthday greetings on a gala program. The 59 year old president will thank the nation and appear on a broadcast to support Neon Foundation for Infantile Paralysis at community birthday balls from 11 15 p m to 12 15 a m.
In session today in Congress during recess the Foreign Relations committee begins hearings on lend-lease procedure and related oversight steps. The panel reviews legal framework and wartime aid lines as lawmakers prepare potential policy adjustments.
A 23 year old black man is held for investigation in connection with an assault on a Goucher College student in a dormitory. The student Dorothea Roundtree was struck on the head as an intruder entered after she screamed.
Senate routine business notes a Foreign Affairs committee hearing on the lend-lease bill with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Gen. Hugh S. Johnson opposing the measure.
Army Air Corps officers from Langley Field Va arrive Monday to interview and examine candidates for flying cadet appointments. Interviews run 9 a m to 4 p m daily at the Fifth Regiment Armory induction center through February 1. Applicants must be 20 to 26 years old with two years of college or equivalent and be in excellent physical condition.
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