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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1941
Page
4
Advertisement rates and policy details for the Winchester Evening Star include classified pricing two cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, cash with copy, and a prepublication deadline the day before. The notice lists Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates for various periods and delivery methods.
A British-era note discusses Prince Edward Albert now Duke of Windsor seen golfing in the Bahamas while Britain faces crisis. The column questions whether Wallis Simpson’s influence led to abdication freeing the throne from a monarch content to play golf amid turmoil.
Governor Price refused to appear before the Moore Reorganization Committee to share views on reorganization proposals. Testimony from department heads showed confusion and apathy, with four opposing and one indecisive, while the Budget Director doubted overall savings despite the governor's claim of substantial annual savings. The invitation aimed to clarify the foggy situation, but Price chose not to provide further input.
Fritz Thyssen and Rev. Martin Niemoeller, once supporters of Hitler, have been interned at Dachau. Thyssen fled Germany in 1939 after breaking with Hitler over the Soviet pact and was arrested by French police at Cannes. Niemoeller also faced internment. Both are cited as powerful backers now victims of Nazidom, illustrating the perils of dictatorial rule and the subordination of legislature church and people to the omnipotent state.
A major bond drive is planned for May 2 with the participation of the United States Secretary of the Treasury leading nationwide efforts. Officials say the drive aims to raise funds for public works and national development projects across multiple states.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau will lead a colossal campaign to sell defense bonds savings certificates and stamps with a budget of 3 million dollars half for advertising. Over 250000 channels will distribute securities and at least 48 regional offices will be created with state supervisors.
The editorial warns that while citizens paid high income and defense taxes, government nondefense spending is rising. It argues budget plans favor pensions, subsidies, canals, and bureaucrats over defense, urging immediate cuts to nondefense programs to preserve national existence and morale.
The Petersburg Progress-Index lauds Wisconsin Senator Alexander Wiley for opposing the lend-lease bill but then urging reconciliation and support for its administration. The piece calls his stance a rare example of patriotism and predicts it strengthens democracy.
American travelers to Europe and the Mediterranean spent over 250 million dollars annually in the late 1920s but last year expenditures dropped to about 6 million. Receipts from European and Mediterranean visitors to the United States surpassed all prior records for the first time.
The Emporia Gazette columnist notes sixty days of roaming from Tuscan to New York with a dash of Mexico. He reflects on a large rich country and urges readers to remember it as it is today before it changes.
May 2 3 selected for the Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom festival. Stephens City School Age plan boxing tournament finances baseball team. Mr and Mrs Alexander Green receive congratulations on birth of a son.
Forty years ago local residents raising funds for a Daniel Morgan statue in Mt. Hebron cemetery warned they may disband if urgent steps aren’t taken. The notice also announces the forthcoming marriage of Miss Lillie Sale and Mr. Benjamin F. Anderson.
A compiled Q and A feature from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. The questions cover topics from soldier drill angles to Ford ancestry, diabetes origins, the Adams family, Lowell Thomas faith, wood coloration, Pal Joey origin, and Girard College policy on clergy on campus.
The Star editor lauds Senator Byrd for courage and clear judgment in demanding swift curbs on strikes in the defense industries. He criticizes committees with no real power and urges heroic action by red blooded Americans, praising Byrd’s insistence on decisive measures to protect the public welfare.
A list of ten questions tests general knowledge from rattlesnakes to US presidents and trade history. Topics include state names starting with W and a Royal charter for India.
An archival item records guidance to substitute the word as for like in quoted speech. The note emphasizes precise language usage in reporting and writing, reflecting editorial standards of the period.
In a glass cage RAF leader Sir Frederick Bowhill known as Ginger directs Coastal Command defense from Africa to Iceland. Across the pages General Sir Archibald Wavell, Britain's supreme commander in the Middle East, earns fame for improvisation and timing, challenging Nazi forces with bold strategy.
The Distinguished Cross in Britain, also known as the DFC, is a silver cross worn with a violet and white diagonal ribbon. It honors officers and warrant officers for acts of valor or devotion to duty during active operations against the enemy, with bars for subsequent acts. Instituted by King George V in June 1918.
Dr. Logan Clendening discusses peptic ulcers, their causes, and seasonal recurrence. He explains ulcer definitions, infection factors, gastric acid role, and potential stomach or blood vessel deformities, followed by dietary notes and reader questions on neuralgia and proper diagnosis.
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