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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1942
Page
4
A commentary warns that cocoa imports face disruption from shipping shortages threatening U S chocolate production by next Easter. It notes 900 million bags or about 1 billion pounds of cocoa are needed annually, with factories relying on bars for energy while calling on officials to boost imports.
Reports from fighting fronts praise American spirit at Bataan and Corregidor while the House Military Affairs Committee exposes wartime costs and greed. The piece frames the conflict as a sweeping epic of endurance and devotion, contrasting sacrifice with corruption.
The Congress report by Chairman Andrew J. May of Kentucky accuses wartime contracts of reckless public fund squandering. It details excessive broker commissions, vendor profits, inflated salaries, bonuses and fees as abuses that may be treasonable and betray public trust during a time of national crisis.
An Oberlin Ohio editorial lauds the July 1 reduction of savings interest to 1 percent as wise amid wartime finance. It argues banking revenue shrinks under Regulation W and war demands, while banks bear higher costs from defense security sales, tax guidance, and government inquiries.
Manpower Chairman Paul V. McNutt said a definite policy on college men in the draft and coordination of 1 800 colleges with the war effort would be announced soon. He noted no details but said collaboration with the Army Navy and Selective Service has been ongoing for weeks.
Dr Clendening notes the W K Kelley Health Foundation operates in Michigan, using resources to apply knowledge across a county. The program targets children, rural maternity care, nutrition, immunizations, and education, funded by voluntary local tax and community cooperation.
The Star's Washington Service Bureau offers to answer factual questions free of charge. Send a clearly written inquiry with name and address and a three cent stamp to 1013 Thirteenth Street, Washington D. C. Medical or legal advice is not provided.
A compiled wartime Q and A covers British casualties in the first two years of World War II, with 183 550 total Empire casualties including 48 973 killed and 29 156 missing. It also discusses civilian losses, vocational training options, Iran’s food self sufficiency, engine types, a song title, and constitutional dates.
Moscow vulnerable to major Nazi offensive and Axis agents barred from entering the United States. Aluminum collection planned in Winchester. Japs seize Tientsin to land 35,000 soldiers. Marquis Guglielmo Marconi dies in Rome workshop at 21. Compromise Supreme Court Bill prepared for Congress.
The regular grand jury returned 13 indictments in an all day session in Winchester yesterday. A heat wave sweeps the nation with temperatures up to 110 in Phoenix Arizona. A special guard is placed around the White House after reports of bonus seekers marching in protest over funding for them.
The list asks about a recently captured Mediterranean port, the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople’s status, a pitcher nicknamed Big Six, Hoover’s cabinet role, the seven wonders, the celesta, the Gaspe Peninsula, Senator Ellison D. Smith’s nickname, and whether male mosquitoes bite.
The request asks for revision of a vulgar phrase by choosing alternative wording. It discusses whether to use seem unable or do not seem able and the nuance between these forms. The note lacks a concrete event or named entities.
In Los Angeles on July 20 Wen dell Willkie told the NAACP closing session that evaluating a people by their aims not color shows democracy at work. He urged white Americans to remove racial discriminations and condemned smug racial superiority while noting wartime pressures are breaking down barriers.
The New York Giants divided a doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati. In the opener Bucky Walters earned his 12th win as the Reds defeated New York 6 to 3. In the nightcap the Giants won 4 to 3 after Johnny Van der Meer started for Cincinnati and Babe Young Nick Witek and Harry Feldman drove in runs.
Washington July 17 The House ways and means committee approved a strict gag rule locking the new tax bill as a whole with no amendments allowed. Negotiations included last minute deals behind closed doors, with McKeough and New Deal allies seeking a five percent corporate tax rise in exchange for support on the joint husband and wife return provision. Eight community property factions aimed to kill that joint return proposal, trading votes for corporate gains.
The piece argues the general compromise tax plan would take a large share of business profits and excess earnings plus social security and local taxes. It claims the bill edges toward impoverishment of private enterprise, while Treasury estimates project about $23.0 billion in annual revenues and $50.0 billion still to be raised by bonds.
The piece argues for a permanent wartime tax scale to cover a $130 billion war debt, with projections of potentially much higher figures after the war. It notes labor groups like CIO oppose the taxes being high enough, reflecting broader support for increased government revenue from corporations.
At Fort Des Moines Iowa the first women soldiers in U S history join the WAAC. About 800 expected to be housed in red brick barracks with 200 reporting early as the day begins. Mrs Culp Hobby among the first to wear the WAAC uniform as the processing parade moves through morning drills and medical checks.
The Afternoon News announces late press timing with 9 P M in London 10 P M in Berlin and Rome 11 P M in a notice about edition deadlines. The brief outlines standardizing deadlines across major European cities for late editions.
In Boston on July 19 the Cleveland Indians swept the doubleheader against the Red Sox. They won 10-7 in the opener with a three run eleventh inning and completed the sweep with a 4-0 shutout by Mel Harder allowing three hits. The wins pull Cleveland within one game of Boston for second place.
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