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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester announces subscription prices in advance for weekly issues. Rates include 13.58 per year, 1.78 for six months, and 0.80 for quarters. This item appears as a header in the Thursday, March 14, 1940 issue.
A biblical citation from Isaiah 40 28 29 proclaims that God does not faint nor weary and gives power to the faint. The passage emphasizes divine strength for those with no might and the enduring nature of the creator.
The piece argues that democratic publics must shape war policy and fear losing political voice to censorship. It notes Britain and France eased censorship to allow political criticism without compromising defense and warns suppressing public participation risks dictatorship-like control. It contends democracy offers power dictatorships lack.
The London Times quotes Dr. Schieber predicting Reich labs will rely on synthetic products to replace imported materials. Beechwood cellulose dominates but shortages drive use of straw and sedge. artificial fibres from coal or lime are explored. a sisal substitute will aid 1940 reapers. Napoleon era science is cited as a historical warning.
The Scottsboro case dominates Alabama policy as the State Board of Pardons and Paroles announces five inmates are not yet eligible for parole. Each member cites independent reasoning, defending the board’s professional, technically sound decision amid a historically charged dispute.
The board rejects a blanket four year cut and will judge each inmate on personal merit. Dr Chalmers and colleagues praise their rehabilitation of four released prisoners and believe they could guide the remaining five if freed. The Advertiser regrets not letting them prove their program.
News of other years notes Roosevelt warning that relief in the country is very serious and requesting Congress funds to carry the WPA until July. Farley Massey and Anné Oakes receive top Girl Scout honors at a meeting marking the twenty seventh year of the movement started by Juliette Lowe. Frances Louise Riley and Grayson Sponseller of Boyce are announced to be married soon.
Five years ago the public and local improvement committee urged the county to swap its interest in the hitching yard property for the citys stake in the county home. The hitching yard would become armory and market place. Richard Harrison known for The Green Pastures dies preparing for an matinee. Irene Laura Wisecarver and Charles Willard Shade of Winchester wed in Charles Town West Virginia.
Ten years ago the Salvation Army in the area sought about $500 to continue its work through year’s end. Three Pennsylvania apple counties requested parade space in the Apple Blossom Festival. Historical markers along state highways awaited true history inscriptions as the Assembly voted.
Twenty five years ago wheat rose to 1.61 on Baltimore markets in a slight flurry. Charley Feltner Berryville police chief captured two escaped prisoners. Hoof and mouth disease checked by federal experts after rapid spread from nearby West Virginia. Allies expect evacuation of Amyrna within a week as fleet moves up the Dardanelles.
Forty years ago Miss Jacqueline Isabelle Trenary married Washington Sommerville Carper. Professor Harry Homer Frank Foldy and F Douglas Sheetz were elected officers of a new unnamed social club with rooms in the Faulkner building.
A concise quiz list asks seven questions about emblems instruments names fields and political groups, plus birth timing and beef cattle leadership. It ends with a federal agency role in slum clearance projects.
Text argues against the phrase he my auto and clarifies proper usage for repair language. It emphasizes correct attachment description and warns against using Etnaid for repair or preparation.
Dr. Clendening discusses pellagra a spring deficiency disease tied to diets lacking fresh foods. He notes rural areas relying on preserved fare still see cases, while modern diets reduce them. Treatment centers on fresh meat and potatoes with nicotinic acid as a remedy. the condition mainly affects middle aged and elderly.
A newspaper fragment lists a Lenten reducing diet for Friday. It cites a Bacon quote about excess and prescribes meals: Finnan haddie with toast and coffee for breakfast, macaroni and fruit salad at lunch, and celery olives fish parsley a small potato and bread at dinner with tea or coffee and lemon.
A 55 year old woman with musculoskeletal pain and nervousness improved after nicotinic acid. A 35 year old man showed ulcer stomach symptoms abated by the same treatment. A 40 year old woman disliked tongue color until it returned to normal with the dose. Spring fever signs described.
Letter asks if using equal parts black tea with rubbing alcohol and salt as a hair tonic harms hair or health. The answer states no.
The opera hat is preferable for a dinner suit, though a silk hat is sometimes worn. The discussion notes a black Hamburg style and lists related terms in a compact etiquette query from a historical column.
A reader quiz from the Winchester Bureau covers CCC camp origins, chameleon color changes, horse shoe luck, Roquefort cheese history, Social Security Board staffing in Baltimore, snow line concepts, mercerized cotton invention, Ulysses S Grant name mix up, and Alfred E Smith's editing stint at New Outlook.
A young jeweler Alfred Markham is found stabbed to death after a dinner dance at the Rio Vista club. Portrait painter William Strickland disappears after a quarrel with Markham. Police search the river district for Strickland while detectives piece clues from the garden scene. The body is taken to Curtiss parlors as inquest awaits.
A narrator describes being kidnapped after a murder at the Rio Vista clubhouse. Taken to a dim riverfront warehouse, he is bound and left among sacks and boxes. Dawn nears as he contemplates police guilt and the captor’s motives while waiting for rescue.
A Winchester Evening Star advertisement promotes a booklet titled Puzzles Tricks and Magic. It promises thirty two pages of puzzles word games enigmas a maze pencil tricks and simple magic with full illustrations. Postpaid price ten cents and a coupon form is provided.
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