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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1941
Page
12
A devotional quotation from Luke 22 32 about faith perseverance amid cynicism is presented as a moral reminder. The line emphasizes steadfast belief when doubt arises and echoes a biblical teaching on resilience of faith.
Merchants report growth in Father Day purchases and telegraph firms foresee more Father Day messages. The piece notes Father’s humor about jokes on his day and contrasts with Mother’s Day sentiment, arguing Father’s Day was a practical sales idea.
The article highlights Charles F. Kettering as the innovator behind a claimed submarine detection device. It would detect submarines while resurfacing to recharge batteries, targeting the vulnerable moment before they can threaten shipping. It contrasts US Navy submarine engines, enabling 17 to 20 knots on the surface, with prior speeds of 10 to 11 knots.
Mr. Kettering, head of General Motors research, says his new invention will be ready soon after six years of work. He notes collaboration with the US Navy and cites 40000 ideas offered to the National Inventors Council while warning that most war inventions are copied once used. He adds submarines pose unique challenges for a destructive device.
Oregon approves a pioneering reseeding law to sustain timber lands. The act requires leaving seed trees in pine logging and reserving a portion of Douglas fir stands, backed by loggers and lumbermen to curb past overharvesting.
A California housewife’s seedless apple core provokes debate over whether removing cores harms human relations. The piece argues apples and their cores symbolize friendship and social trust, warning that a heartless fruit mirrors a less considerate society.
A column from the New York Times discusses why seven is a woman's delightful age. The Dionne quintuplets are seven, and the piece notes a seven year old’s ease with adults and curiosity about a man’s hair and finances, paired with affectionate gestures like bear-hugging spectacles.
The play Tobacco Road ends its lengthy New York run as Erskine Caldwell’s work is praised for humor that transcended regional depictions. The piece notes its exposure of Southern poverty and its challenge to Yankee stereotypes, while acknowledging lasting tensions between North and South. The author argues the drama helped Southerners move past fears of Yankee opinion.
In a University of Virginia commencement address President Roosevelt denounces Italy for allying against France. Percy Miller leads the ticket in city council elections as voter turnout remains light.
Ten years ago Leo Cather of Winchester, a 15 year old, was commissioned as a second lieutenant after graduating from West Point and joined the Air Corps. Andrew Babb gave the salutatory and Charlotte Powers the valedictory at the commencement exercises for 63 Handley seniors. A four inning Rotary Club versus Kiwanis game lasted an hour and a half, Rotary winning 23 to 9.
A page presents seven quiz prompts and two pages for answers. Questions cover the Ink Spots group members an Italian Duke in Ethiopia Elizabethan lineage Rhode Island settlement ius prefixes Dolly Madison age two score and ten and the number of Continental Congresses.
The piece ponders shifting monarchies and global upheaval as WWI aftershocks loosen thrones. It notes George of Greece moving via exile to Cairo, Carol of Romania possible in Cuba, Leopold of Belgium missing, and Christian of Denmark remaining in Denmark amid a changing world order.
A historic note recalls Man o War's quirky habit of eating cabbage before races. Trainers historically relied on empirical vitamin knowledge well before modern scientific sorting of nutrition.
A letter from R. A. B. in The Star criticizes a proposed union drive among workers. The piece uses fable imagery with a bumble bee and honey bee arguing over organizing, strikes, dues, patriotism, and national defense in a chaotic country.
After prior rumors and a broad denial from the Interior Secretary, Representative Jack Dempsey has succeeded Alvin J. Wirtz as Under-Secretary of the Interior. The swift transition ends weeks of speculation about the vacancy and signals Dempsey’s rise within the department.
Dr. Logan Clendening reflects at state and national medical society gatherings on enduring health threats, past fears, and the shifting landscape of disease prevention. He notes typhus and other old foes reappearing and contrasts past methods with modern prevention and communication advances.
An essay reflects on current exiles of European royalty including Norway Netherlands Luxembourg Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria noting Boris remains a captive figure while Alfonso and Ibn Saud show varying fates. Dickens history book is praised for humanizing kings and critiquing pretenders while predicting the decline of monarchies.
The former King of Bulgaria, Ferdinand, sidelined after siding with Germany in the war, now lives in a tavern with diamonds he salvaged, receiving a modest pension and birthday congratulations from Hitler. He recalls youthful botany dreams, bird imitations, and a guarded past as a Hussar lieutenant. Meanwhile Haille Selassie is poised for a return in Ethiopia with dignified conduct.
A modern rewrite corrects the archaic phrasing in the prompt example. It replaces "Hadn't you ought to ask' your mother?" with "Ought you not to ask your mother?" to improve literacy.
The Official Base Ball Rules define a bunt hit as a legally batted ball not swung at but met with the bat and tapped slowly within the infield by the batsman. If the bunt attempt results in a foul not legally caught, a strike is called by the umpire.
Readers can obtain factual answers by writing Frederic J Haskin director to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington DC. Include three cents for reply.
The cost of firing a large shell from a 14 inch naval gun is about $1,000. The text covers questions about bones in infants, daylight saving time adoption in New York City, Carl Sandburg on liquor licenses, Fort Knox naming, leather care, and Kentucky Derby betting field formation.
The Winchester Star advertises an elaborate 32 page Flags of the United States booklet. It includes eight pages of colored flags, two pages of black and white flag display guidance, and history of national and state flags. Price is twenty cents postpaid and orders go to Washington, D. C.
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