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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1942
Page
4
The Star informs readers to submit advertisements by 9 PM the day before publication. It notes delivery delays and irregularities should be reported to aid a perfect delivery system.
Subscription rates listed by mail for one year six months and three months with prepayment amounts. The page notes weekly content and features a devotional motto quoting Hebrews 1 14 about ministering spirits.
The text outlines a wartime plan to allocate 10 000 000 additional workers, largely skilled, into munitions and war production. It discusses competition for talent among Army Navy and factories, raids by employers offering better pay, and the need for massive training and housing to support regional deployment. It asserts the United States will meet the immense production challenge.
The House Banking Committee backs a bill to authorize federal loans to holders of rationed stocks. The Office of Price Administration manages rationing to support the war effort and the public. Auto dealers faced losses from the rationing order as contracted cars were shelved, tying up capital and prompting credit appeals.
The article argues for a bill to lend RFC funds to holders of frozen rationed stocks until sold or nationalized. It stresses the aim to prevent losses and satisfy public demand, noting the proposed measure would discharge an existing obligation and be perceived as fair by the people.
The Richmond Times Dispatch editorial notes the War Production Board cut from 2.8 to 2.1 cups daily will hit consumers hard. It argues coffee has fostered philosophy and civilization, cites Brazil and Europe for contrast, and laments the loss of leisure and thought sparked by coffee as rationing takes effect.
The Baltimore Sun reviews Major De Seversky’s theory that hammering cities forces the enemy to come up and fight. It notes RAF confidence, Germany's focus on Russia, and the idea that attrition could shatter Luftwaffe power if Britain maintains air superiority with ships and men.
Governor Darden advocates a 40 mile per hour speed limit in Virginia stressing safety and road longevity. He notes tire rationing will push most drivers to travel slowly, while older recaps allow only 35 mph, leaving few with reason to exceed 40 mph.
Adam Karges of Duncan Nebraska reports his short horn Holstein cow has produced six sets of twin calves over seven years. He notes the cow also yields about 24 quarts of milk daily when not nursing calves.
The 18th annual Apple Blossom festival returns as Allen Gray announces candidacy for Commissioner of Revenue and Mrs. Wallace Simpson is free to marry her ex king. Robert Harper joins Hampden Sydney debating tour while a group buys a Waco bi plane to form the Winchester Aero Club. Washington Senators take the American League lead from the New York Yanks as Helen Ames Washington arrives to reign at the festival.
The House Ways and Means committee backed a flat 94 per cent excess profits tax for corporations and agreed to restore the 24 per cent normal tax for incomes over 25 000. They also eyed new surtax schedules of 6 or 7 per cent and revised the excess profit credit on invested capital with tiered rates up to 8 per cent on the first 5 million and diminishing rates beyond.
In Sleepy St. Loul on May 2 an 18 year old smashed a bakery window, ate cake on the floor and slept. Police awoke the suspect and took him into custody.
The note distinguishes vexed from aggravated noting aggravation means making worse. It states aggrav ated is used for worsening as in disease worsened by climate and clarifies the difference in everyday usage.
The Star's Washington Service Bureau will answer questions of fact or information free of charge. Send a clear question, sign name and address, and enclose a three cent stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be provided. Address to 1013 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
The Winchester Ku Klux Klan No. 18 outlines a re organized group. The Federal Paid Road Bill in Washington will give Virginia 2 500000 for road construction next fiscal year. Boy Scouts of Winchester choose Smith's Mill on Cedar Creek for their summer camp site.
City council debates widening West Water street by purchasing Bell estates at Main and Water. Local Chamber of Commerce reports 117 members as the live-wire group drives business activity.
A Q and A column discusses whether alcohol harms diabetics or may reduce carbohydrate intake. Alcohol adds calories, may raise overall intake, and can affect insulin needs. Experts warn diabetics who drink risk coma, neuritis, and impaired judgments, while controlled alcohol use could replace some carbs.
George Hainey presides at a Winchester Republican committee meeting to choose council candidates. Police warn cow owners in the Fairmont Avenue area that loose cattle roaming streets will be impounded to the city pound.
Parkinsons disease is described as a nervous system illness with continuous tremor. The text claims some forms can be cured by bella donna root and advertises Dr Clendening's seven pamphlets available for 10 cents each.
A compiled Q A set covers US 1941 and 1929 automobile registrations 28 804 793 vs 23 121 589 prisoner of war contact procedures via the War Department and Red Cross ship speeds and torpedo effects Ronald Colman and Benita Hume marriage date 1938 British Empire origin 1876 and German Strunk surname meaning.
The Voice of the People eulogizes Judge A J Tavenner, praising his fairness and civic spirit. He loved the outdoors and sports, seldom missed football games, enjoyed fishing, and was a respected trial justice whose sentences reflected his thoughtful judgments. He longed to see the United States and its Allies win the war.
A reflective social piece argues that a man’s worth is measured by kindness and character not wealth or status. It emphasizes how the true measure lies in the obligations he has fulfilled and the friendships he has earned.
Mrs Benita Guait witnessed a man collapse on a downtown street and rushed to aid him before he was taken to a nearby facility for treatment.
Two year old Drew Dinsmore wandered onto the railroad as a train halted in St Paul. The engine separated from the train and the child was knocked to the ground. Medical teams attended but the details of injuries are unclear from the fragment.
A May report by Paul Mallon analyzes President Roosevelt’s wage stabilization aim and the Civilian Defense friction. It notes 43 of 45 labor cases yielded wage increases, mostly by board negotiations, while the White House offers no clear plan for future rulings. The Little Steel, GM, Aluminum, and Bethlehem Shipbuilding cases loom, with demands for about a dollar a day rise and debates over retroactivity and cost of living.
A policy discussion argues that Roosevelt aims to stabilize grower prices by fixing retail costs and enabling subsidies, but congressional law blocks price fixing until farm parity reaches 110 percent. The piece notes impending Senate amendments to curb surplus sales and questions broader side effects of subsidies and commodity programs.
A newspaper page teases a seven question test with topics from film history to world geography. It asks about the first actor sent to a conscientious objectors camp, a new U S coordinator for rubber, cabinet duties on stockpiling strategic materials, locations of the Elysees, our nearest Latin American neighbor, polar versus equatorial circumferences, rank equivalence to Second Lieutenant, meanings of U S P on labels, and whether saccharin is a coal tar product.
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