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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1942
Page
4
The Evening Star asks subscribers to report delivery delays or irregularities and notes all advertisements must reach the office by 9 PM the day before publication. Transient rates are 45 cents per inch and contract rates are available on request.
A religious exhortation quotes 1 Timothy 4 7 urging believers to refuse futile myths and worldly tricks and to build lives on faith and discipline. The message stresses steadfast practice over superstition and urges moral purification.
Charles F. Schnabel of Kansas City is honored by Rockhurst College for discovering the value of grass as food. He quick dries and powders grass for his family milk, finding twelve pounds of powdery grass supplies more vitamins than 340 pounds of produce.
Lowell Yerex of Tegucigalpa describes a flying tramp ship itinerary from Miami to Winnipeg then Trinidad Georgetown Rio de Janeiro and back to Miami. He notes these cargo planes lack fixed schedules and highlight growing importance of air freight postwar transport needs.
Air power offers rapid reach over vast distances and safer routes high above seas, where enemy submarines pose a threat.
The Newport News Times-Herald reports on the Army Navy Medical Procurement Board in Virginia outlining wartime civilian medical care rationing. Dr. Frank Lahey notes many doctors and dentists are needed for the armed forces and civilian care must be adjusted as servicemen leave civilian practice.
Richmond Times Dispatch reports Japanese raids on Dutch Harbor appear hit and run with limited early details on destruction. Analysts warn of the tactical purpose to probe defenses and pressures Alaska mobilization, while stressing the Aleutians as a gateway toward targets in the Pacific Northwest.
Bernard Baruch recalls arriving in New York 64 years ago and walking to success. He sends a chauffeur back for an A ration card with higher weekly allowance. The interview asserts Baruch’s belief that more of his kind is needed in business.
In a Massachusets clergyman’s letter to Paul Mallow he argues that armed peace is preferable to perpetual armed conflict and questions the push for international leagues. Mallow replies that his view seeks security rather than empire and notes the long history of chaos in international order.
A speaker argues that U.S. disarmament left the fleet idle enabling Japan to grow to three fifths of U.S. strength and attack Pearl Harbor. Citing scrap metal and oil shipments, the speaker blames treaties and peacetime policies for the Far East crisis and warns the same errors could renew war.
The speaker argues treaties are often ignored when against a nation's interests. He urges building the largest army and navy, warning against disarmament and reliance on others. He asserts trust in national power as the path to peace and security.
The speaker argues for a self sufficient Christian nation with a strong military and a stance against conquest. He recalls the 1922 disarmament conference plus Japan's rise after mandates and promises, noting how Allied policies helped fuel aggression and the naval balance shifted to 3 to 5 in Japan's favor.
Adjutant General S Gardner Waller announced the second Minute Men company would be organized in Goochland county tonight with more formations planned in Middlesex and Powhatan. Botetourt county organized first and eight or ten additional companies are in development for muster soon. The State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries advisory council directs the effort, aiming for at least one 50 man company per county and city.
Roosevelt directs the army to seize the North American Aircraft plant in California as labor strife continues. The Navy may need Selective Service recruits to fill growing fleet needs.
Clay B. Carr presides as toastmaster at the annual meeting of the Boyce High School Alumni Association. A barbecue outfit was stolen from R. T. Bryarly’s backyard on Fairmont Avenue during the night. Dr. C. R. Anderson is the freed mayoral candidate in the municipal election. Twenty years ago Shirley Carter left for Mexico to visit a sugar plantation tied to local businessmen. Admiral L. M. Nulton appointed to the Naval Examining Board for officer promotions. Shawnee District Sunday Schools convention adopts a resolution condemning motion pictures as evil.
Twenty five years ago General John J. Pershing commander of the A E F arrives with his staff at an English port on the way to France. Miss Mollie Creighton Tabb and Alexandria Parker Lyon wed in Presbyterian church as recruits pour in for Company I after draft registration.
Forty years ago Little George Barrie is bitten by a dog owned by Master Philip Williams. Peter Miller of Romney and James Keller of Petersburg return home after visiting for the Sixth of June celebration which they say they missed.
A vintage quiz asks on page two about a volcano eruption and lava diversion, OPA price ceilings, a National League sale, alma mater meaning, Soviet ambassador, James Oglethorpe, transubstantiation, loom free cloth, author of the Declaration, and a film or cloth term.
Guidance on positioning adverbs such as almost merely just nearly hardly and scarcely next to the words they modify. Emphasizes avoiding misplacement to ensure natural syntax.
Fred E. Demarcus reported two tires and wheels stolen from his automobile in Knoxville on June 9. Days later the thiefs incident reversed when Demarcus obtained the auto jack used to raise his car and took ownership of it.
EL RENO Oklahoma June 9 Merle Woods reports a neighbor uses a niblick as a garden hoe in a tale about golf ball rationing.
The War Production Board released 9 753 bicycles to production plants for messenger service and transportation of workers. over half go to Douglas Aircraft Co. in Santa Monica California.
The Star offers free factual answers to readers questions via the Washington Service Bureau. Send a clearly written inquiry with name and address and a 3 cent stamp to 1013 Thirteenth Street, Washington DC. Medical or legal advice cannot be provided.
A compilation of Q and A covering war era topics. Questions include where to send war contributions funds, list of U S generals, reasons for travel restrictions, uses of industrial diamonds, gasoline card plans, the first WWII Medal of Honor recipient, pole star precession details, Dowager Queen Emma of Hand's death, and authorship of the song Ida Sweet as Apple Cider.
Spokane county sheriffs office halted its hunt for a missing man named Spot until Buckley, en route home with a hitchhiker, learned the man was the passenger. The encounter ended the search with the identification and reunion.
New York reports Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Carlin will receive a doctor of philosophy degree at NYU commencement. He served as Brooklyn principal and minister in Flushing while pursuing 39 years of spare time study, earning B S, M Pedagogy, and M Orthrines before the Ph D.
A Kansas man reports to the sugar board that 30 pounds of sugar are stored in his Colorado mountain cabin, inaccessible until snow melts. He asked for a ration book but was denied and appealed to Washington for relief.
Mr and Mrs Fred Lutt returned to their farm home southwest of Wayne to find it burned to the ground. They had gone to town to buy matches, an ironic twist that left them bereft of shelter.
In Phoenix on June 9, the Pryor siblings Mary Ellen Eddie Nancy Lee and Ernest set up a lemonade stand and gave free drinks to service men. A sign over the stand declared Sailors and Marines drink free Soldiers have to pay.
Dr. Clendening explains foot strain as foreleg muscle weakness rather than arch failure. Strengthening the foreleg muscles via exercises is favored over new shoes or devices, with arch supports offering only temporary relief during training. The piece discusses varied foot shapes, heel height debates, and a note on child handedness and stuttering.
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