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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1941
Page
4
Advertising deadlines and rates for display ads in the Winchester Evening Star are listed, noting 9 PM submission the day before publication. Rates include transient 45 cents per inch and contract options. Subscriptions are shown with monthly and annual prices, plus a national advertising representation list.
A religious printed card quotes Job 21 7 and 21 14 praising patience and warning that the wicked bring about their own defeat while God directs the wrath. Dated Monday July 28 1941.
Parke Rouse notes Virginia has sent 43 men to the U S Senate since 1789 with five serving in the last 46 years. Winchester natives Mason Carlile Murray Mason Byrd and Swanson figure in this tale of long service and cross state contrasts with New Jersey.
Administration leaders fight to pass price regulating laws while facing two fears. They worry producers may retaliate at the polls if prices stay down, and fear losing consumer votes if prices rise. The wartime debt burden looms as a key factor shaping policy.
Army tests indicate draftees average higher intelligence than civilians, with the Adjutant General's office noting the extra complement of intelligence helps selectees learn faster and retain more knowledge.
The four exams place men by intelligence, aptitude in mechanical and clerical work, a non language literacy test, and a minimum literacy check. The tests save commanders time by avoiding trial and error in assigning draftees, and the overall draftee intelligence level is reported above national average, a uniform seen as a symbol of this.
The article argues cotton is no longer king in the South due to world market shifts and substitutes. It urges a shift to diversified crops and trades, criticizing New Dealers for pressing unnecessary reforms and claiming government subsidies perpetuate the single crop. It cites Albert R. Mann and discusses economic transition impacts for farmers and communities.
Richmond Times Dispatch compares Western states’ spendthrift habits with Virginia and Oklahoma pay as you go budgeting. It notes Oklahoma’s constitutional shift to pay as you go and Virginia’s solid surplus as the federal tax collector looms.
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch item recalls a prophecy about Nazi Germany predicting that any treaty with Bolshevist Russia would be worthless. The piece argues against the notion of Hitler as a true prophet and reflects on forewarnings from 1937 about alignments and diplomacy.
Missed text shows senate debate on a commerce bill and a chaotic air battle scene with hundreds of planes in the air. Mrs. Sarah Snapp Moling, 94, a longtime city resident, has died.
Mrs K H Sale is reelected president of the Valley Jonanaey Group of the Congregational Christian churches. A long drought ends as rainfall exceeds a half inch, bringing relief to farmers and fruit growers. Loyalist forces in Spain gain ground as Madrid remains safe from attack amid rebel Fascist outposts.
The Lindberghs depart Washington for Maine and plan a goodwill tour to Japan. A cucumber in Mrs. John Snyder's garden measures about 15 inches long and a 1/2 inch wide. Engagement announced for Miss Maria Louise Hollis and Beverly N. Rice. Twenty five years ago Carl Larrick was knocked out by a horse he was harnessing. Mr and Mrs A M Larrick host at Rouss Hall for their daughter Virginia. A fire at Virginia Woolen Co Winchester is quickly put out by workers.
British forces fortify newly held Western positions as French troops counter attack German advances. Health experts warn polio may spread through mosquitoes. Local businessmen A C Slonaker W A Baker Luther Pannett W E Cooper W L Fultz and H G C Stouffer form a committee to back the Winchester and Wardnsville railroad project.
In Green Bay on July 28 a tear gas salesman testing his product for law enforcement caused an accidental discharge. A tear gas billy exploded injuring two men including Sheriff Lom and a gas grenade in an officer’s hand caused severe burns.
Hugh S. Johnson warns that shortages in materials services and supplies are worsening, risking widespread business disruption. He cites looming grain storage congestion and freight car shortages as a national defense threat, calling the situation "later than you think" but not too late to act.
The speaker warns in dire terms about widespread damage to small businesses as they struggle to obtain materials power and transport. He cites national estimates of unemployment and reports from fan mail and other sources as evidence that the decline has begun across merchandising manufacturing and service sectors.
Dr. Arnold Gesell endorses the remarkable case of Kamala, a girl found in India raised by wolves after eight years with a wolf pack. Kamala learned human speech after seven years at the mission and the account tests the limits of human growth and adaptability.
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The column warns that serious influences will disrupt the economy and civilian life. It cites draft time extensions price control the Pacific war danger political tax inequities and other factors. The author questions officials policy choices and notes prior disagreements with military experts on Russia.
The speaker argues America’s wartime mobilization failed due to lacking a competent coordinated organization to calculate and ration scarce resources. He warns this threatens civilian needs and questions why the country is at war if such planning is not attempted.
Page two provides the answers to seven quiz questions. Topics include historical slogans prisons birds seas school songs and Rip Van Winkle’s sleep along with a historical death year and a riddle about a lucky charm.
An issue of grammar asks who is the subject of would support in the sentence My son who would support me. The subject is the pronoun I in the implied clause I would support me, not whom. The correct form uses I as the subject in the clause.
Virginia states a low per registrant cost for Selective Service operations from last fall through April 1941 at 67 cents. Only Wisconsin Missouri and North Carolina showed lower rates with costs per local board under $2 for the period, while other states ranged higher.
Replies to reader inquiries are sought by the Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J Haskin in Washington DC. Respondents should include three cents for a return reply.
War Department states the average total cost per man for a year of full time military training in the United States Army is about 1500 dollars.
This Washington Evening Star notice advertises a Household Budget Booklet guiding budgeting for rent food clothing and savings. It invites readers to mail ten cents postpaid with name address and state to the Information Bureau Washington D C for a copy.
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