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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1941
Page
4
Entry posted at the Winchester Virginia post office marks this second class matter published daily except Sunday by The Company of Winchester Virginia.
A reader quotes Job 21 15 questioning what profit is found in serving the Almighty and praying to him. The passage ponders the value of devotion beyond material gain in a conscience about faith.
The Kremlin, a vast historic citadel on the Moscow river, houses palaces and cathedrals from czarist eras. Lenin’s tomb near the Kremlin walls is a sacred site now in a permanent glass memorial, and damage would be viewed as sacrilege amid wartime defense.
After months of study the Ways and Means Committee backs the largest tax plan in U S history proposing 3 5292 billion in extra taxes It raises income excise and corporate levies and imposes new use taxes The plan bans separate returns for husbands and wives and lifts estate and gift taxes The bill aims to fund defense but will push the national debt to unprecedented levels
The piece critiques extreme partisans in Congress from both parties who attack opposition as disloyal to the President. It recalls 1918 election pressure on President Wilson by partisan Democrats to appeal to voters amid the defense crisis.
The piece argues that bipartisan support and voter turn against Democratic leadership shaped war policy. It notes Indiana’s shift from 1860 Lincoln support to Democratic gains during Civil War pressure, influencing McKinley era decisions and urging Congress to act as public opinion dictates.
The piece questions whether appeasement of Japan will end as Americans confront the use of U.S. oil and metal for Japan’s war machine. It lists San Pedro shipments in June and July, detailing tonnage and ship names, noting tankers converted to oil factories, naval support vessels, and widespread drum cargoes.
The New York Times analysis shows how Americans joined leftist groups like the League of American Writers and the American Youth Congress as Stalin and Hitler shifted power. It questions whether US welfare or Soviet aims drove the wartime stance and notes the Communist party's alignment with foreign interests.
The Charlotte News reports soldiers at Camp Robinson Arkansas form a movement for their girlfriends to refrain from mentioning dates with other men in letters to keep the men in camp content. Private Stubbs is cited as the example of how strange letters might affect morale.
A Scotchman tells a tale of bears and yuers to a friend at the bar. The joke builds on mistaken words and ends with both men insisting on another beer as they plan chores. The humor hinges on playful dialect and misheard phrases.
President Roosevelt proposes authority to order out the National Guard alongside reserve officers. A blistering heat wave grips Winchester with temperatures around 100 degrees for a fourth day. Miss Helen McKee is named queen of the Woodman picnic at Gore.
Police authorities begin a campaign to crack down on double parking. Fascist spies and undercover workers in Madrid and other Loyalist towns are being purged. E. C. Goss and J. P. Hayley are semi finalists in the annual tourney at the Golf Club.
Within 18 minutes two planes on trans Atlantic routes leave Ployd Bennett Field. An officer named Francis Funk receives a reward from an insurance company for recovering H. H. Hammon's stolen car after about a month. In death news, G Casper Fries, a wealthy merchant, leaves 25 000 to Grace Lutheran Church in his will probated today. the estate valued at 100 000 is settled.
A severe high pressure heat wave grips Winchester with record heat this summer. The Colonial Paper Co. mill south of the city suffered a steam engine explosion forcing a temporary shutdown until repairs are completed. Meanwhile British forces drive Germans from Delville Wood on the Somme after a long offensive.
William Hawkins, a mail carrier, is injured in a runaway accident near Stephenson. Cooling rains end one of the summer’s longest hot and dry spells with hail reported in Western Frederick county.
A fire in Prince Frederick Maryland gutted the department store building, a chain grocery store and the office of attorney John D Gray Jr. The blaze started in a trash pile behind the grocery and spread quickly. Firefighters from six nearby towns helped contain the flames after midnight.
Hugh S. Johnson calls for an efficient overhead command to coordinate the U.S. wartime economy. He warns that drastic moves like a 50 percent cut in auto production without cross‑agency consultation could paralyze the system and threaten the livelihoods of millions. He urges reorganization of the executive side for timely, coordinated action.
The piece questions the swift silk embargo on Japan and asks what study analyzed effects on U S military and civilian needs. It notes arbitrary quotas for essential goods threaten many small enterprises and questions who holds authority to manage the disruption and soften the shock.
Dr. Clendening discusses risks in summer camps for boys focusing on health and character. He warns about sudden adaptation to camp life, misinterpretation of bellyaches, and dangerous use of cathartics in appendicitis, urging temperature checks and careful reporting to prevent delays. The exchange includes reader question about underweight teens and a note on Clenden’s pamphlets.
Column of financial commentators warn that rising prices threaten widespread burdens beyond taxes and debt. The piece questions which agency studies the overall inflation problem and advocates honest, frank reporting and decisive action to curb wages and goods prices.
The columnist criticizes the new tax bill for adhering to the Huey Long idea of soaking the rich while avoiding broader taxation on all incomes. They argue for a courageous administration to expose unfair hidden taxes and balance burdens to kickstart the American economy.
A list of seven quiz prompts asks about a 87 year period, world population options 1 2 3 or 4 billion, the Sunshine State nickname for Florida, city names for Leningrad, effect of temperature on sound speed, sampans as mining boats, and the meaning of PCA plus Alaska purchase origin.
The note discusses pronoun case in inverted sentences where the subject follows the verb. It uses an example asking who or whom we have here and identifies we as the subject and whom as the object.
The RCA alert receiver nicknamed the Paul Revere of 1941 was demonstrated nationally with NBC WJZ and Army officials. Mayor La Guardia endorsed it as a great civilian defense aid, and the device can summon listeners to hear warnings and auto shut off on an all clear.
In Park City Utah July 29 Harry Colbert of the Wasatch League credited with two of four bases on what started as a routine two base hit. Park City teammates struggled to free left fielder Jack Green from a fence barrier as Colbert advanced.
Milton Freewater Oregon July 29. A traffic officer named John Ballack asked a woman driver if she was heading to a fire and she replied she was going to report one. Ballack halted traffic to assist.
A reader may get a factual answer by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed from Washington D C. Include three cents for reply.
A reader quiz covers topics from religious groups opposing war to how worn money is recycled and the origin of Big Bertha. It notes 30 plus religious bodies as conscientious objectors including Friends and Mennonites, and explains currency reclamation and historic events such as the Mormon crossing and Chopin's Revolutionary Etude.
A promotional booklet promises to teach public speaking as a leadership skill for business and social life. It offers methods to plan and deliver speeches, improve voice, overcome stage fright, and hold an audience, with a ten cent postpaid coupon via the Washington Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin.
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