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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1942
Page
4
July 16 1942 edition of The Evening Star at Winchester Virginia includes postal notice and advertising rates. The issue quotes a Bible verse from John 14 6 and features a motto about following and imitating a man.
The new Office of War Information under Elmer Davis plans to issue statements only after clearing conflicts with other officials. Public discord among high officials on Japan versus Germany and on rubber conservation has eroded confidence. A unified, explained policy could strengthen public trust and the war effort.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will stop counting visitors after Congress abolished the Civilian Conservation Corps. Park superintendent J. Ross Wakin says rangers will focus on wildlife and forest protection, and CCC staffed check stations will be removed. He laments the late availability of CCC counting data and suggests inventive solutions without mathematicians.
The piece argues turnstiles and electric eyes are flawed for headcounts in public buildings. It notes children entering and leaving can skew totals and suggests a capable inventor could fix this. It concludes the War Manpower Commission projections require many workers, making person counting for recruitment unnecessary and inappropriate.
The Richmond editorial warns that the President and Congress fail to act on inflation policies and price control. It cites a possible $1 daily wage hike for Little Steel and predicts broader wage demands, urging bold leadership to prevent economic collapse and preserve the war effort.
You can establish your citizenship with your birth certificate and your parents birth and marriage certificates. If available obtain evidence that your parents have voted since returning to the United States. This can support your claim of citizenship through your U S born parents.
Question and answer discuss business failures and restoration of new concerns in the US. It notes James Madison as the first president to wear long trousers, while Washington, John Adams, and Jefferson wore knee breeches.
The Star advertises the Washi Questions and Answers Service Bureau in Washington D C offering free factual information. Sign your question with name and address and include a three cent stamp. No medical or legal advice provided.
Readers explore quotations on medicine from Mencken's Dictionary of Quotations in a column by Dr. Logan Clendening. The exchange features historic voices from Plato to Cicero and Napoleon, plus a Q&A on mastitis and diagnosis, and notes on pamphlets offered by the author.
Government expenditure to December 1, 1941 reached 197 180 000 000 dollars while the present war program stands at 197 267 000 000 dollars as of May 1942. The Tennessee Valley Authority operates its own retirement system for its annual staff. Ethelbert Nev was twelve when he began composing songs. Albino horses are rare and ordinary white foals are almost unknown. Zero plural can be zeroes or zeroes, the latter preferred.
Readers are asked to answer seven questions including two nations joining the U N on June 14 1942 and details on awards and geography. The item lists queries about history literature and geography with no provided answers.
The note suggests a direct phrasing shift from how to speak to someone to a more concise form. It emphasizes expressing desire for happiness without embedding extra instruction or sentiment.
News of the day reports the Reds breaking the Pangers drive toward Leningrad as the Japanese cabinet resigns to allow a pro German cabinet. Virginia sheriffs will hear Col gate Darden and William Tuck, Democratic nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, at a banquet tonight.
The Japanese government says it must take measures to prevent bloodshed in clashes with China. Senators urge President Roosevelt to act to forestall war in the Supreme Court Bill dispute. French reservations to a neutrality plan for Spain threaten to deadlock talks.
Governor Roosevelt and Col. House confer on Governor’s yacht as veteran groups push for a bonus. Congressional deadlock stalls bank and relief bills, with Senate resisting concessions and the House refusing to accept terms.
Henry G. Shirley chairman of the State Highway Commission hopes the Winchester to Washington highway via Boyce will soon be completed. Fruit growers face a lean season with yields below average. State Prohibition Commissioner Harry B. Smith notes an improving state with fewer stills captured monthly.
The local draft exemption board gains Dr P W Boyd as a member while the Senate enters a fifth week of arbitration. Congress shows little sign of early recess as a life insurance bill for soldiers and sailors awaits consideration.
Forty years ago the Lewis Jones Knitting Mill received an order for 40 000 pairs of hosiery as a fire in the rear of J William Miller's was halted before spreading destruction. J M Long J C Fries and H H Winkfield named the ways and means committee of the Rouss Hook and Ladder Company before its departure for the State Firemen's Convention in Portsmouth in August.
Washington reports differing views on when World War II will end with major figures like Rep Andrew Jackson May and Senator Tydings offering guesses. The piece notes a large one time five month arrears payment of about $325 million to veterans dependents just before the election, with details on allowance amounts and recipients.
The OPA boosts guayule price from 17.5 to 28 cents per pound to secure rubber base material Mexico has been selling to others. The article notes a continued low price Latin American policy and reports a forthcoming plan by a large synthetic rubber firm to produce tires for speeds up to 60 miles per hour.
In Los Angeles on July 16, Groucho Marx told his wife either she should divorce or he would pursue one. She obtained a decree. They wed in Chicago on February 4, 1920 and separated December 29, 1941. Marx did not contest the divorce and their two children Arthur and Miriam, aged 20 and 15, were placed in joint custody.
The aircraft is identified by multiple designations including DB-7 A-20A Havoc and Boston.
In the attic studio built by Dian’s grandfather Weston Bill praises the light and selects paintings for possible calendar use He identifies a painting of a little girl under an apple tree as marketable and plans to pursue a commission Dian agrees to let him return as banker Jerome interrupts with news from Aunt Martha about finances
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