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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star outlines advertising rates for classified ads at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, require cash with copy, and a 9 PM deadline for insertions. Transient rates are 45 cents per line. text mentions Associated Press reuse rights.
Article reviews looming shortages as U S and Britain push for rationing and efficiency. Ickes proposes prioritizing gasoline and electric power, widening daylight saving, and boosting transport capacity while Woolton urges Americans to cut consumption to aid UK.
At least 16 states have added airplanes for conducting official government work. A 37 state survey by the University of California Bureau of Public Administration, reported by the Council of State Governments, shows many states own from one to five planes. North Carolina operates five for civilian flight training. Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina own two each. Other states include Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Nebraska, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Idaho and Massachusetts directors own planes at expense. eleven states run aeronautics agencies for airport work and safety. Forestry and fish agencies in several states also own craft.
A survey shows eight states let agencies share air service with other departments. Connecticut, Michigan, New York and West Virginia rely on state owned planes for policing while aeronautics departments assist fish and game and fire patrols. Capital costs per plane range from 1500 to 15000 dollars with Michigan reporting two planes costing 30000 and annual operating costs near 7000.
The piece argues President Roosevelt must choose between labor interests and national defense. It contends strikes threaten wartime morale and defense, urging a wage and price freeze to stabilize the economy. It warns past wage disparities in World War I and calls for decisive action to rally public support.
General Thomas J. Christian, promoted to brigadier general, is noted as the only living grandson of Stonewall Jackson. The piece emphasizes his merit and modesty, while detailing Stonewall Jackson’s matrilineal connection through Julie Jackson born November 23, 1862, and mentions her children Thomas and Mrs. Randolph Preston.
The piece questions U S policy permitting regular shipments of gasoline and oil from West Coast ports to Japan, an Axis ally, despite calls for gasless Sundays and tighter production to support national defense and petroleum needs.
Edwin C. Hill reflects on Tom Marshall's nickel era and Indiana cigar culture, noting how rising taxes threaten five cent cigars and the public’s love of affordable favorites. He traces consumption trends from 1920 to 1940, dealer withdrawals amid possible double taxation, and the cigar’s symbolic boldness versus cigarettes and pipes.
Dr Clendening answers reader questions on exercise benefits for heart health skin tone appetite and sleep. Outdoor activity is best for those over 40 with moderate effort. avoid overdoing it and skip unfounded special muscle routines.
The piece traces the cigar as a traditional symbol of vitality and authority among notable figures and groups from General Grant to Mayor La Guardia and industrial leaders. It notes heavy cigar smoking among hard rock miners, shipbuilders, tunnel workers, and farmers, highlighting a two-for-five brand popular in the corn belt.
A list of trivia questions on topics including military slang for brass, the pea green boat riddle, states with designations in their names, Nat Goodwin’s career, air pressure of water, Mussolini symbols, Postmaster General options, bullion coinage place, a king granting Beans Chasta, and a 1940 prize for distinguished serial writing.
Reader notice highlights a common error in phrasing and stresses replacing where with that in quoted contexts. It cautions about omitting unnecessary locational words and improving clarity in past reports.
The E Lafrick scholarship medal at Middletown High honors Margaret Mathews valedictorian of the senior class. Miss Lavenia Ogden becomes a bride of Mr Raymond Camp. The item recalls past years with brief notes on notable figures and events from one, five, ten, twenty, and twenty five years ago.
A compiled Q and A feature from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau answers queries on topics from acrostics to postage stamp revenue Liechtenstein, Archibald Wavell, and General Grant are named in the responses. The piece ends with a salary statistic noting about 62 percent of 1940s income as salaries and wages.
An advertisement promotes a compact Webster Dictionary and Word Book with 20 000 words 382 pages Bible paper and flexible imitation leather binding. It invites readers to order by mailing 25 cents postpaid with a coupon to Frederic Haskin Washington DC.
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