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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1942
Page
4
The edition lists subscription rates for mail and carrier service and includes advertising terms. It notes publication days, delivery expectations, and a 9 PM deadline for ads. A June 16 1942 date appears with a Bible verse and a note on reader service.
War Production chief Donald M. Nelson warns that wasting essential materials like iron steel resin and rubber will be treated as treason as shortages challenge the war effort. He emphasizes scrap must be saved and returned to production to speed victory, noting Germany and Japan had head starts and urging patriotic cooperation.
The Sea Otter, once deemed unseaworthy by the Navy, is reintroduced under new management and renamed the Seamobile. The vessel, about 270 feet in length and capable of roughly twelve knots, remains a freight carrier now overseen by a government board.
The article explains a shallow draft sea mobile built from narrow steel strips and powered by automobile engines. Its design aims to deter torpedoes, save regular steel plates, and avoid marine engine bottlenecks. The board expects it to reduce losses from Axis submarine attacks on coastwise vessels. The otter experiment informs the approach, and American ingenuity is trusted to solve wartime challenges.
The Civilian Defense Coordinator urges residents to stay indoors as a statewide dusk to dawn blackout will be observed next Wednesday. No one may be outside during the test raid except exempt industries. the public must cooperate to ensure a successful drill.
Richmond Times Dispatch reports 160 conscientious objectors would be employed at six state hospitals and their dairy farms. The plan, already tested at Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, offers board lodging clothing laundry medical care and $2.50 monthly.
Senator J. W. Bailey was re elected by a two to one com plimentary vote over Dick Fountain. Support praised his leadership and loyalty to the Administration in pre war foreign policy and wartime matters. Fountain attacked Bailey as unfaithful to the President and opposed to New Deal leadership.
Dr Charles F Deatherage of the Illinois State Council of Defense warns that bombs could create a vacuum causing dental devices to be swallowed or become dangerous projectiles. The advisory stresses removing false teeth before attacks to prevent injuries.
Paul Mallon argues government wartime management reshaped labor rights, noting Brewster Aviation and Kearny shipyard cases. He says the government lacked strike rights while in control, and unions gained or retained shops only after private operation resumed.
The text argues government owned firms like TVA and the T A and the federal barge line show unions exist but open shops limit strikes. It cites Roosevelt 1937 letter against socialism and asserts federal employees must serve the people, warning labor’s gains rely on private profits and freedom to strike.
The article argues that a company’s wealth equals its ability to produce and cash reserves, not fixed assets alone. It contends that labor, management, government, and public interests align on productivity and profits, and that responsible labor leaders recognize this consensus except in moments seeking concessions.
An army airplane crashed and burned four miles north of Berlin this afternoon. Three men aboard escaped with minor injuries. Lieut R. D. Hickson and Lieut Sieberling were treated, while Feichit went to the Georgetown armory.
Bobby Houghton earns his first start for The Park as local semi pros defeat Washington D. C. Mattos Club 6 to 4 in a summer Wednesday half day. Local merchants vote to keep half day Wednesday operations after summer.
Five years ago Miss Mary Katherine Huhts berry hooks and lands a 52-pound sailfish in Florida. The council votes against purchasing Merriman's Spring as an additional water supply for the city. Idle steel workers in Youngstown demand action on jobs, warning of trouble ahead.
Ten years ago President Hoover is renominated for the presidency at the GOP convention in Chicago on the first ballot. Gaston Means, a Norfolk man, is sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary for swindling Evelyn Walsh McLean of 105000 in the Lindbergh kidnap case. In Boyce an election yields only 11 votes cast for mayor recorder and four councilmen.
Twenty years ago the Rotary Club hosts a social for the Handley High School senior class boys. Miss Dorothy Wisecarver receives a 20th birthday party from her parents in Stephens City. Mr and Mrs James B Yates newlyweds attend a dance hosted by Mr and Mrs Michael Collins.
Twenty five years past report notes men aged 21 to 30 to begin September training for the army with Virginia youths to be inducted at Petersburg. The first Liberty Loan bond issue is oversubscribed by 500 million dollars. Miss Nellie Fahnestock and Mr. Charles H Hildebrandt are married.
George Kinzel, city treasurer, purchases the Fergusson estate on Fairmont Avenue for 11. Those planning the July 4th celebration aim to have the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association organized locally for the event.
This quiz lists questions on military world regions, a celebrity in the Army, patent terms, prior British leaders, U.S. state populations, William of Orange, Apolonaise attire or dance, hippopotamus blood sweating, shade clothing warmth, and the Volga River’s outlet to seas.
The note emphasizes avoiding a single verb supplying two distinct clauses unless both parts are grammatically correct. It warns against constructions like The fire was built and the potatoes baked and suggests ensuring each clause has proper subject and verb agreement.
The Duke of Windsor, returning to the capital after a Bahamas recall over labor unrest, meets President Roosevelt for lunch after a morning train arrival. He is to confer with Navy Secretary Knox and Admiral King and also meets Anglo American Caribbean alliance figures before possibly joining the Duchess in New York or Baltimore.
The Star's Service Bureau offers free answers to factual questions with a signature and address. Readers are advised to enclose a three cent stamp for correspondence and note that medical or legal advice cannot be provided.
In 1918 the per capita sugar consumption in the United States was 80.8 pounds. This figure covers sugar used at home, in public eating places, and in manufacturing processes.
The bulletin explains press time alignment across zones with 9 P M in London 10 P M in Berlin Rome 11 P M in the Balkans indicating a schedule of late news publication across regions.
Rich mond Va June 16 Chief Engineer C S Mullen said the state highway department still faced uncertainty over priority ratings from the War Production Board for finishing the U S Route 1 bridge at Falmouth. Officials met in Washington with WPB army and Public Roads Administration representatives but no firm assurances were given. Work has halted about six weeks due to lack of structural steel. A modern steam locomotive costs from 380000 to 100000.
Summer heat threatens flock losses and reduced pullet numbers this fall. County agent Fred Stine and V P I poultry men urge cooling measures such as removing glass, keeping doors open at night, shading ranges, and supplying clean cool water. Other tasks include controlling rice and mites, improving nests, and ample grain and greens for all stock.
Dr Clendening explains gallbladder disease common after age 40 due to infection and pregnancy related stasis. Gallstones, biliary inflammation, and referred pain to the stomach or heart are discussed with the Graham dye test offered as a reliable sign.
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