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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates including 2 cents per word for classified ads and 45 cents per inch for display ads, with borders. Subscription costs are 52.50 per year in advance, 2.50 for six months, 99 for three months, and 29 for one month, with delivery by carrier.
A religious notice cites Mark 16 15 urging believers to preach the gospel to all creation. It invites readers to engage in mission work and spiritual outreach during the upcoming event.
A reflection on Paul Hutchins statement that poor boys should attend college and work to fund it. The writer argues teens rarely take sports or work seriously, but working while studying fosters classroom responsibility. They contend most scholastic failures come from students avoiding study rather than working through college.
Daniel Carter Beard era leader and cofounder of the Boy Scouts dies at 91. He built a movement shaping thousands of youths with lessons in patriotism, good conduct, and faith. His work, alongside Baden-Powell and Don Beard, left a lasting impact on boyhood virtues and civic character.
The text dismisses Benito Mussolini as a feeble, self important figure under Berlin's control. It argues his threats against the United States are hollow and that Italy remains a dependent Axis ally facing military humiliation. The piece minimizes his influence and portrays him as harmless to enemies and only marginally useful to friends.
The piece questions public indifference to a two million dollar annual tax from out of state oil firms via higher gasoline prices while demanding scrutiny for a similar in state levy toward desirable goals. It notes Virginia's five cent gas tax yields about twenty million yearly and warns future price rises if oil is moved by rail.
The S. S. Robin Moor, a 000-ton American ship, was sunk May 21 between Brazil and Africa with about 46 aboard. Eleven survivors were rescued 18 days later. White House officials urged calm while commentators speculate on a German torpedo attack and a possible push toward entering a new war.
A Richmond based AP dispatch notes Viscount Halifax will place a wreath on the Stonewall Jackson statue in Capitol Square after a Governor's Mansion luncheon. The nearby Hunter McGuire statue honors the surgeon. English donors funded the statue and the Jackson Hope medals awarded annually at the Virginia Military Institute for academic excellence.
The era reports German forces pushing into France from both sides as Troopers pour in. Union chairmen Thwaite and Ray Rob resign from the School Board and Frederick County School Trustee Electoral Board respectively. Virgil Smallwood, 35, is shot to death on Route 50 near Berry's Ferry on Shenandoah.
Guy Duff secures both ends of a Park doubleheader against Wills, adding another pair of victories to his eight wins this season. The United States Post Office service begins distributing bonus bonds to World War II veterans. A car crash near Double Toll Gate kills three colored men who were occupants. Mrs Jemima Anderson dies while gardening. Coast Guard seizes $300 worth of imported liquor from rum-running boats off Long Island. Margaret Frances Richards is elected president of the Virginia Christian Endeavor Union at its convention.
Miss Nora Duttrell, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Luttrell of DeHaven, weds Mr Melville Lawrence. Apple exports to Europe this fall should rise despite war and limited shipping, says an English broker. Wilson’s administration praised as Democratic convention opens in St Louis.
Forty years ago Theodore Polhamus and his nephew Elmer were killed in a Lackawanna Railroad wreck in New York. The Lewis Jones Knitting Mill rejected a 25000 dollar order due to limited local facilities. Directors discuss expanding the Winchester plant and building a new facility in Brunswick.
In Topeka on June 14 a Kansas flood halted W. E. McIntyre, a newspaper deliveryman, as he prepared for a Lawrence golf tournament. He retrieved his No. 2 iron and bagged a dozen carp from the rising water in a calm, ironic turn.
Edwin C. Hill discusses hypnotism in everyday life and medicine. Andrew Salter outlines self hypnosis with soothing phrases to induce calm or sleep. Hypnotism aids memory recovery in amnesia and eases childbirth pain in clinical settings.
Geddes Smith reviews Plague on Us from 1941 detailing historical epidemic theories, progress in understanding contagion, and the ongoing human factors in outbreak control. It cites cases from typhoid to cholera, notes the shift from miasma to water and sanitation, and highlights vaccination as a key safeguard alongside public health vigilance.
The article argues hypnotism is not mysterious or dreadful. It notes public fear due to sensational writings and cites cases of criminal use under hypnotic influence. Doctors contend artificial sleep does not override normal instincts. only a predisposed murderer would act on such suggestion.
A nostalgic look at stage hypnotists in vaudeville and medicine shows. The piece recalls “The Professor” and hypnotic feats, noting staged tricks, dangers from a tragedy in New Jersey where a subject died during a trance experiment, and scientific caution about hypnosis influencing behavior.
The quiz asks if Vulnerable is a term in poker bridge or five hundred, locate Asia versus Africa or South America, identify Lindbergh’s resigning military commission, choose the ex king Carol voyage ship Aquitania Excambion or Star of Bermuda, and several historical and tech facts about radio addresses, feudal terms, James I timing, Murmansk’s country, and retractable landing gear in aircraft.
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London reports May air raids killed 5,394 people in Britain and wounded 5,181. Seventy five missing and believed dead. The dead include 2,512 men 1,994 women 753 children under 16 and 135 unclassified. Injured include 2,930 men 1,835 women and 416 children.
Annapolis announces a Maryland state guard of 150 officers and 2 177 men will be recruited immediately with 1 863 Enfield rifles provided by the War Department. Governor O Conor confirms total strength at 2 327, while the War Department approves donating much equipment through the army quartermaster corps at no cost to the state.
In Albuquerque on June 14 Julian Chevez laments a steady string of refrigerator thefts, noting six incidents in two weeks as he inspects his icebox. Police urge residents to secure food storage and report tampering.
Readers are warned that European war news is censored before reaching the United States. An etymology note explains the phrase to pull the wool over his eyes as coming from English judges who wore wigs, a wig lowered over the eyes hindering sight.
Reader can get factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information. Send three cents for reply and enclose the question details. The notice outlines how to request information.
A reader quiz lists presidents George Washington James Madison James Monroe William Henry Harrison John Tyler Zachary Taylor Franklin Pierce Chester Arthur and Franklin D Roosevelt as Episcopalians. It also asks about Helen Keller education age and other historical facts with short answers.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises a booklet titled Household Pests offering guidance on eradicating moths ants mosquitoes flies termites fleas earwigs rats and mice. The notice urges readers to order for ten cents postpaid and provides a mail-in form to Washington D C.
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