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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1941
Page
4
Amid wartime constraints the Derby moves from Epsom to Newmarket drawing a sparse crowd of about 30 000. A Cockney announcer voices the race as England endures bombings and fuel shortages while maintaining its traditional event over 1780 to today. The favorite fails to place and a long shot wins.
The city forestry department started in 1915 to plant and care for shade trees along Lansing streets. Ninety percent of 200 miles are planted and the program aims to finish in 1945. The department employs 10 to 25 workers seasonally for planting and care, inspects trees for pests, trims to clear lines, and removes hazardous limbs. Since 1930, 14 126 trees have been planted, with about 8 000 removed with owner consent to date.
Reprinted from Charles Town Virginia editorial pages the piece critiques cigarette companies arguing they push milder products while nostalgic memory favors strong tobacco and traditional pipes. It laments modern coffee and wartime changes, hoping war will forge a stronger virile race.
New York Herald Tribune notes Mr Frank Gruber in The Publisher's Weekly discusses the tricks of his trade and the gap between writing and medical skill. He recalls a scene in a safe apartment where a doctor offered to read a manuscript and jokingly cut out an appendix, illustrating that writing requires training even when inspiration strikes.
Observers assess Berlin bulletins by source. High command items are usually accurate for positives but omit reverses. Nazi spokesman notes reflect Foreign Office bias. DNB and German-controlled outlets show Goebbels propaganda influence and are not trustworthy.
An analysis contrasts U S defense measures with what an anti Hitler regime would have done. It argues taxes would rise, industry expanded, prices controlled, wage disputes limited, production redirected, and military forces mobilized including navy air force merchant marine and an American army in French West Africa.
A Florida bill expands grounds for divorce and eases residency to 90 days, prompting critics to joke it aims to cash in on snowbird divorces. The piece notes Miami’s attractions and compares Florida to Reno as a venue for quick separations, with lawmakers considering a 60 day minimum but facing opposition.
A retrospective column recalls events from 5, 10 years ago in Winchester and nearby areas. Notable items include Gladstone era reflections, political shifts with Col. Frank Knox’s Navy post, local marriages, church anniversaries, and historic sports results such as Max Schmeling defeating Joe Louis.
Forty years ago local women's groups organize matinees to support a hospital fund. Lieut. L. M. Nulton from Winchester Virginia transfers within the U S Navy from New Orleans to the S S Solage. Grover Hahn aged nine breaks his arm while playing at J. W. Affleck's farm nearby.
Caldwell Idaho June 20 Ben Ross retired to his ranch in 1897 after three terms as Idaho governor. In May the 70 cows he milks yielded 813 dollars, nearly double his best monthly governor salary.
In a talk with Edwin C. Hill, the article lauds Charles F. Kettering as a leading inventive mind at General Motors and a safeguard of future defense tech. A French engineer praises Kettering and warns that wartime science will surge advances, urging fewer brass hats and more freedom for innovators to power national safety and progress.
Dr. Logan Clendening presents a three year Ohio county study showing pedestrians most often cause fatal accidents. Crossings at signals, midblock crossings, walking between cars, and backing vehicles recur. Pedestrian fault, not driver error, emerges as key pattern.
An excerpt discusses wartime focus on ballistics and communications, noting Germany and England advancing in radio and tech. It highlights England's disadvantage from Germany's lead, and mentions magnetic beam concepts as potential weapons, with England previously pursuing such lines before the war.
A seven item trivia list asks for American slang for dollars and the missing Executive departments, the author of The Faerie Queene, the Peacemaker, the Bill of Rights amendments, the religion of William Penn, a four sided figure with two parallel sides, Crete’s country, and Vatican City area.
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In Caroline County Maryland farmers battle the Japanese beetle with milky white disease dust and University of Maryland chemistry mix to treat 172 properties. A wasp colony of tphia vernalis, bred locally, helps reduce beetle grub numbers. Free distribution in Ridgely Denton Preston and Federalsburg and 20 cent two year leases for rural residents at Marydel Henderson Greensboro Ridgely and Denton stations.
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Wartime concerns over detached territories accompany an advertisement for a five color map of the United States on 21 by 28 inch paper. The reverse contains geographic and statistical data, priced at ten cents with a coupon and payment enclosed. The notice directs readers to order via the Winchester Star through Frederic J. Haskin, Washington, D. C.
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