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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1942
Page
4
The Evening Star from Winchester Virginia lists publication details, pricing by mail or motor route, and reader delivery instructions. It includes national representation, circulation bureau note, and a Bible verse about bearing one’s cross.
The piece warns Americans that Allied victory is not assured as Rommel advances toward Suez and Tobruk falls, with German, Japanese forces pressing toward Egypt, Sevastopol, Kharkov, and Alaska. Churchill's government faces upheaval while Allied resolve must strengthen to win the war.
A favorable report by Mayo Clinic surgeons on the new synthetic drug dicoumarin suggests its potential to prevent blood clot formation. The compound was originally found in spoiled sweet clover and has been synthesized by a university.
Veterinarians and cattlemen long noted a fatal hemorrhagic disease linked to spoiled sweet clover hay. Karl Paul Link of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station identified the hemorrhagic agent and traced its origin to clover. The substance, now made synthetically, prolongs clotting time and prevents clots from forming. Dicoumarin is administered by mouth and is cheaper than earlier antidotes like hep arin derived from horse liver.
The editorial argues against alarm over Rommel’s threat to the Nile and Suez. It notes past Allied setbacks in Greece and Crete, the Tobruk siege, and current losses of tanks, but counters with U S power growth and German divisions tied in Russia. It recalls Rommel’s 1941 boast and points he may not reach Suez.
Washington reports criticize Texans for electing W Lee O Daniel to the Senate. The former broadcaster-turned-senator sends Sunday radio messages praising women children cowboys and home life from Washington. A broadcast features Home Sweet Home and lines on motherhood creation and governance.
Virginia projects a record 1,195,000 pigs this year, up 13 percent from 1939 and 29 percent from 1941, with the U S total near 105.5 million as a first over 100 million. Spring hogs reach 567,000, the highest in 17 years, with 90,000 sows farrowing this spring and 35,000 expected to farrow this fall amid wartime demand.
Philadelphia report says a six year old wore a coat valued at 350 dollars when a woman claimed money was sewn in the lining but could not name herself or husband. A reader asks if Pope Pius XII smokes. answer: no.
Medical columnist Dr. Clendening explains objective heart diagnosis methods. He contrasts stethoscope findings, X rays, blood pressure, and electrocardiographs with subjective reports, noting how each tool clarifies heart conditions and reveals heart size, position, wall weakness, and conduction patterns.
Readers may send factual questions to The Star Service Bureau in Washington. Submit a clear question with name and address and a three cent stamp for postage. medical or legal advice cannot be provided.
A compiled Q and A covers metals deemed vital to the national war effort, Polish military presence in Canada, gun recoil science, cigarette nicotine naming history, guard birds against vultures, a Children's Choir selection, Emerson on a Saxon phrase, and the feast day of St. John the Baptist.
The Handley class of 1931 reunion names its toastmaster Andrew Babb as president of the class. Claude B. Stickley of Vaucluse is reelected president of the Virginia Trapshooters Association.
CIO leaders press for higher concessions from manufacturers as labor strife spreads through seven states. A tablet in the ruins of the Mt Hebron Lutheran church cemetery will be dedicated by the D A R to Revolutionary soldiers buried there. Allan and Mrs Richards honeymoon in Massachusetts. Many Democrats at the Chicago convention push for full repeal of the 18th amendment.
The state fruit association urges local growers to allow early variety apples to mature fully before picking. Miss Grace E. Larrick and Clarence J. Emmart, both from noted county families, are married at the U B parsonage in a local ceremony.
Twenty years after a pitched battle in Dublin between provisional government troops and soldiers of the Trish Pree State, reports recount the historic event. C. H. Harper repurchases his former Main and Clifford street residence from E. C. White as locals note veterans canvassing for ex service men to join the Conrad post and aid disabled campaign.
Twenty five years ago four contingents of U S troops reached France to join Allied forces. Senate drys push to halt beer brewing pending a prohibition amendment. Dr B B Dutton organizes local appeals under the Selective Draft.
Navy reports revised Midway losses showing ten known sunk ships including four aircraft carriers Akagi Kaga Soryu and Koryu plus Mikuma and other vessels. Unofficial tallies put Japanese deaths at about 18000 with 275 planes destroyed. The updated figures contrast earlier brief notices of limited damage.
Berkeley researchers Groody and Groody report in Science that lack of pantothenic acid, part of the vitamin B group, changes chick feather color. Chicks with no pantothenic acid developed distorted feathers. those with insufficient amounts showed washed-out colors, illustrating vitamin A and B complex effects on plumage.
Washington reports that upcoming Eastern gasoline rationing will be stricter though overall stocks show improvement. Official figures were censored but evidence indicates a 25 percent drop from 20.6 million barrels on January 1 to 15 million May 16 with navy convoying, reversed pipelines, and expanded rail hauling boosting supply.
The new rules seek a 50 percent average cut while stock declines stay under 25 percent. Authorities do not deny Eastern stock improvements. Rumors say fuel oil conditions this winter will be poor, starting around October 1, rationing gasoline on a potential fuel oil shortage. A Maloney committee inquiry was hoped for, but a $10,000 resolution is stalled in the Senate committee pending the president's rubber collection results.
The Office of Price Administration announced a large volunteer effort to press gas dealers for rationed fuel by posing as worried motorists. Two thousand participants, including many women, attempted to obtain three gallons without cards. Officials claimed no pay and few dealers yielded, while critics alleged exploitation and manipulation during wartime policy debate.
Officials in Dade County uncovered an unused tire still in paper wrapping amid scrap. The 1922 model had been bought for 75 dollars twenty years earlier and was cashed in for the standard one cent per pound rate during the rubber salvage campaign.
Pulaski Virginia June 29 Sheriff C E Bones sent three Navy applicant names to Deputy Wiley Faw for investigation. One name Earl B Faw matches no known kin. Faw searched for an hour and suddenly exclaimed Benny is his boy. Earl B Faw is identified as Earle’s middle name. Fan lists official names of his 12 children.
In Po hannesburg on June 29 officials note wooden shoes regain favor to relieve scarce high class leather once reserved for army boots.
The page lists seven quiz items with multiple choice or factual prompts covering Army Corps Areas, a Chinese capital, the Marx Brothers, Spanish fiesta meaning, the first Mother's Day proclamation, Reformed Churches affiliation, Taoiseach title, Giuseppe Mazzini’s country, James Doolittle’s rank, Brig Gen Frank Hines and the federal agency he heads, plus a note on common usage and a diesel locomotive price range.
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