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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia. It is entered at the post office as second class matter.
A reflective biblical verse emphasizes ambition versus spiritual worth, citing Mark 8 36 about gaining the world and losing the soul. The quotation urges moral restraint and inner values over material achievement.
The piece discusses a likely relaxation of Britain's blockade to allow U S wheat shipments to unoccupied France under Red Cross supervision. It weighs risks: aiding the enemy versus winning French goodwill, noting Goebbels would exploit continued refusal and that the United States acting humanely could preserve American public support.
Westbrook Pegler praises the U S Army during a Fort Bragg visit. He admits reluctance to write on the Army yet lauds General Marshall and believes leadership will guide a strong defense amid reforms and challenges.
The Richmond News Leader lauds Auditor of Public Accounts reports showing Virginia now has a per capita debt of 5.67, down from 8.88 in 1937. The piece recalls historic burdens from Civil War losses and Reconstruction, contrasting past poverty with today’s improved fiscal position.
The piece argues the defense effort requires full public cooperation and transparency about progress. It notes February deliveries of 972 planes and compares with January 1,036 and December 799, urging separate reporting for commercial versus military planes and clearer breakdowns by training and combat aircraft.
The federal government employs over a million civilians earning about a billion dollars annually. Most are under competitive civil service, but the President's civil service report urges extending merit system principles to high level roles requiring initiative and flexibility, not just exams.
The article mocks California rain as unprecedented after two months of nearly continuous rain. It contrasts California’s usual mild views on weather with the current heavy pattern, noting Florida’s mockery and urging national unity despite the conditions.
One year ago British bombers returned with photographs showing the destruction in Germany. Miss Louise Moore named a Maids of Honor in the 17th Apple Blossom festival. William Mack Brown, 26, of Albin, killed or his car struck by a train near Bunker Hill on U S Route 11.
Ten years ago the Park Association began its 1931 season with the election of W. A. Baker as president. Miss Patricia Morton of Winchester England prepares to leave Germany where she is in school to be queen of the festival.
Luther Brill and his brother buy 3000 dollars worth of machinery to equip a new flour mill to be built at Marlboro. John Murnan, a clerk at Reardon's, knocks himself out after colliding with a post en route to a fire on Piccadilly street. Turner Ashby Camp Confederate Veterans reports 83 active members following a recent membership drive.
A reader asks facts from the Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin director Washington D C. Questions cover awards distances agriculture voter counts festivals etiquette baker s dozen oil yields and cosmetics. Answers note Victoria Cross air mile figures a Seattle dairy record 80 528 000 potential voters 49 818 995 voting dates April 17 18 Washington NC Tulip Festival and origin of a baker s dozen.
A Winchester Evening Star information notice promotes a 10 cent postpaid booklet titled Successful Public Speaking. It urges readers to enclose ten cents and mail to Washington D C for a copy, with space for name address city state.
A humorous note advises omitting the words about and at when quoting a late meeting finish. It plays with the rhythm of a courtroom or council record and highlights a common editorial caution.
Questions cover Wallace middle name, animal classes, Montevideo as capital, presidential son in law who was Speaker, adult teeth count, sailing propulsion by wind device, Constitution signer who became President, comic character in The Merry Wives of Windsor, lighter gas helium or hydrogen, and a French play with a monstrous nose.
In Edwin C Hill's Human Side of The News the piece argues that modern warfare demands self-reliance and independent thinking at all ranks. It praises the U S Army's shift from mass tactics to open, initiative driven operations and notes training in mechanization while condemning mere automatons.
The Homestead Law signed by Abraham Lincoln on May 20 1862 granted a head of family or 21 year old citizen who filed intent the right to obtain a quarter section of land free of charge after living on it for five years and paying a small filing fee with weather and cultivation conditions.
Dr Clendening outlines comprehensive diabetes care focusing on foot health and circulation, exercise, skin and eye monitoring, and heart artery spasm risks. He warns against tight footwear, stresses regular chiropodist awareness, and recommends weekly foot massage and tobacco moderation for diabetics.
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