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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1941
Page
4
A 1941 Winchester Evening Star item reflecting on scripture Luke 10 27 and the call to love God with heart soul mind and strength. The brief column ties religious reflection to daily life and moral stance. The piece appears amid the paper’s wartime era content and editorial voice.
State Auditor L McCarthy Downs released a plan to end the per prisoner fee system in Virginia jails. The proposal substitutes a two thirds state one third locality salary and meal funding based on actual costs, with decentralized oversight by local boards and monthly reconciliations.
Radio stations across the United States Canada and Mexico plan a March 29 switch to new assigned wavebands. Stations will move up about thirty kilocycles and listeners will find favorites at a new position on the dial. Stations prepare new crystals monitors and equipment to meet the revised band plan. Neville Miller president of the National Association of Broadcasters explains the transition.
Industry leaders and government officials say the change eliminates objections from international misunderstanding and regulation, easing confusion. Filings note the update is a simple adjustment to shore up the dial thirty ke, with managers eager to learn how stations will operate under new assignments.
A reprinted editorial criticizes Zather Winchester council for slashing the trial justice salary from 2400 to 1200, arguing it reduces candidates and weakens the court. It contrasts with another city that raised the police justice pay to retain a capable, socially minded judge. The piece warns against part time or political appointees and touts the court as essential to directing daily life and solving social problems.
The Petersburg Progress Index notes Congressional fiscal experts discuss a proposed five percent weekly tax on wages with similar levies on investments. The plan would raise about 3.5 billion annually but faces strong opposition and extra employer burdens. The piece links defense aid to Britain with domestic tax costs and warns of growing national indebtedness.
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot notes the House quickly passed Senate amendments to the lease lend bill and Roosevelt signed it. Senator Van Denberg argues the key fact is that 90 of 95 senators supported aid to England, showing broad national unity over the method of delivering aid.
Sam Braithwaite celebrates his 78th birthday and retires as postmaster at Cross Junction on the same day. Flooding ends in the East with Johnstown isolated and Shenandoah 30 feet above normal as Potomac bridges fail. German and French tensions persist over the Rhine.
Mr and Mrs James of Kent Street are named as the parents of a child identified by the initials 50n in a local birth notice.
Phil Meade is thrown from his buggy and injured when his horses collide with those of Charles Solenberg on the Berryville pike. Work on installing machinery in the Virginia Woolen Co progresses rapidly.
The Star recalls Jacob Garver Baiter as a Christian gentleman marked by gentleness fairness and readiness to speak plainly. A longtime friend and co worker shares memories that celebrate his life and the values he embodied. A reader letter from Berryville Virginia notes an 1877 Hagerstown Almanac in possession and invites inspection.
Question set asks who among Washington Jefferson and Van Burner was the first President born in the United States.
A baby toppled from a chair in a local incident, with witnesses reporting the fall occurred during play. The child was treated at a nearby hospital and released later that day.
Edwin C. Hill reflects on Thomas D. Campbell leaving for England. The piece traces Campbell’s vast Montana wheat holdings and dinner-table influence, his shift to factory farming, and the broader move from pastoral farming to large scale, mechanized agriculture amid economic forces shaping American food production.
Governor O Connor discusses recreation for enlisted men with legislators. He says Maryland needs immediate facilities in Baltimore and other communities where soldiers sailors and marines stationed in the state can find recreation and shelter on weekends.
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