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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1942
Page
4
The Evening Star alerts Winchester subscribers to report delays or irregularities in delivery. Readers’ prompt notification helps maintain a perfect delivery system and supports the paper’s service standards.
The notice lists subscription rates: three months in advance ninety cents, one month thirty cents, one year four dollars and fifty cents, six months two dollars and twenty five cents, three months in advance one dollar twenty cents, one month forty cents, and weekly ensarsy ten. It ends with a Bible verse from Proverbs 3 13 about wisdom.
William B. Ziff argues in American Mercury that the United States can destroy Germany through a sustained air offensive using Britain as a base. He envisions 5000 heavy bombers up to 300 tons, over 400 mph, with 2000 lost monthly as a necessary investment to force a decisive Axis defeat.
Wright W. Gary of the petroleum coordinator’s office says postwar cars will run on 100 octane aviation gasoline with smaller engines and tanks for higher efficiency. A lighter car means less tire wear and reduced fuel use, aided by the $500 million facilities for developing superior gasoline. Motorists may see benefits after the war.
A majority of Indianapolis stores announce new hours as a wartime precaution. The changes, effective from Monday, signal potential nationwide adjustments in retail schedules during the conflict.
City officials say stores will stay open noon to 9 p m one night weekly to aid war workers on day shifts. Merchants consulted with workers and employers and chose Monday for extended service. The plan aims to help those who cannot shop at normal hours and may be tested in other cities if successful.
The editorial notes growing American interest in India while Gandhi worries about British intentions and American troop presence. It cites Nehru and Gandhi favoring nonviolent resistance urged by the Congress Party, and questions British plans for rapid Indian self rule amid looming Japanese threat and Moslem opposition.
Washington May 5 Russia’s strategy in the war is praised as a clever diplomacy. Stalin reportedly told Japan he would stay neutral if attacked and warned Tokyo that U S action would follow if Japan struck Russia. Production surges ahead, but shipping lags. supplies to the Russian front stay slightly ahead of schedule while Allied missions are kept from Siberian bases, delaying potential attacks on Japan.
Mormon missionaries returning from Japan aided government plans by locating industrial sites such as steel mills foundries and oil refineries. Similar data on Germany and Japan is being quietly gathered by the board of economic warfare with engineers and businessmen who worked in Europe and the Far East. European information is shared with the RAF.
A quiet reflection mark on convoy news, urging readers to recall a pivotal moment in frontline logistics and community resilience reported across local papers. Officials note ongoing safety checks and historical context shaping remembrance events this month.
A portrait of General George C. Marshall painted by Leslie Emrey, formerly of the WPA art project, was shipped to Virginia Military Institute. It will be presented to VMI on May 14 by C Bascom Slemp of Big Stone Gap, with N Clarence Smith chairing the presentation. Major Frank McCarthy will represent Marshall at the ceremony.
Norfolk reports the navy land plane crashed on the North Shore Road in Algonquin Park killing two crewmen. Ensign Leroy Grow, 24, of Lenzburg Illinois, pilot, and Aviation Machinist Mate Dennis Haas, 21, of Lenoir North Carolina, died in the noon accident. Surviving relatives are listed.
Green wood delivers 10 percent to 35 percent less heating value than dry wood, reducing energy output and efficiency in combustion. The moisture content of green wood lowers calorific value and increases smoke and heat loss during burning.
The Star’s Washington Service Bureau offers free factual answers. Send your clearly written question signed with address and a three cent stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be provided. Address 1013 Thirteenth Street Washington DC.
A Q and A-style list covers travel allowances for officers’ families on first transfers, Gandhi’s resignation as Congress leader, Leon Henderson’s birth and ancestry, Civil Air Patrol under civilian defense, pineapple origins and harvesting, oldest universities in North and South America, whether scissors dull more cutting paper or fabric, Census Bureau birth records scope, and Kipling’s famous line from The English Flag.
W. B. Watkins a master of Fox Hounds for the Blue Ridge Hunt Club is appointed a steward at the Charles Town Jockey Club. The engagement of Miss Virginia Steck and Mr H R Kern Jr is announced. City Council postpones parking meter vote again due to absent full membership.
Fair weather boosts attendance as a large crowd fills the city on the eve of a two day festival. The council orders engineers to study Merriman's Spring as an extra water source. Bruce Cabot visits from the Whitney’s and attends a local theatre with his hostess in Upperville.
Mrs. R. T. Barton hosts a large buffet during the festival weekend. East Clifford Street showcases a blooming tulip garden cared for by ra and Mrs. Joseph. Brucetown School pupils stage a Tom Thumb wedding with little Jack McAboy serving as minister.
A motorless glider stays airborne for nearly a minute in Bern Switzerland. Luis Firpo the South American champ and Jim Tracy the Australian champ arrive in New York to challenge Jack Dempsey, the World heavyweight champion. August Schroeder a local contractor survives a $22000 volt shock at a substation and is hospitalized.
Twenty five years ago the article notes the need for centralized control of war preparations amid delaying problems. Henry H. Baker Jr. is named to Omicron Delta Kappa at Washington and Lee. Apples drop in price since the U S entry, with Ben Davis apples $1 per barrel lower than in January.
Forty years ago the Winchester Nursery Co a real estate venture is characterized here with H S Lupton as president capital stock limited to 50 Roy T Marshall of South Market Street and Miss Marion Bray of Richmond are married in a surprise ceremony in Washington DC excur sionists are arrested for being drunk in Mt Hebron cemetery.
In Richmond on May 6, Judge Robert N. Pollard ordered a perpetual injunction against salary discrimination by the city school board and Superintendent Jesse H. Binford. The ruling, final in Antoinette E. Bowler v. Richmond, enforces equal pay for Negro and white teachers and provides back wages with a June lump sum, effective Sept 1, 1945, if violations occur.
Richmond May 6 Glenn Thistlethwaite longtime head football coach and athletics director at the University of Richmond is named as a candidate for the new state division of ton and parole director. Other contenders include William Shands and Gov Colgate W Darden Jr said the appointment remains in the lap of the gods. Thistlethwaite will leave UR on July 1.
Richmond reports 247 150 Virginians aged 45 to 64 registered April 27 as part of the fourth selective service group. City totals show Richmond with 22 483 and Norfolk 18 510. Col Mills F Neal notes the lists will guide non combatant service needs. questionnaires will determine skills for eventual classification.
Test items ask about Australia’s largest city and WWI French president plus topics on Pacific warfare and white potatoes. Other questions cover percussion instruments, US railroads daylight saving 1918 19, planet largest among Mercury Venus Earth Mars, Erie Canal waterway ends, and Virginia city restored by John D Rockefeller Jr. as colonial example.
A brief note explains that words like death, action, suspicion and clerk are often misused as verbs. The discussion highlights how this noun verb conversion creates ambiguity and suggests keeping standard verb forms to maintain clarity in writing.
The data presents counts for several Virginia locales including Portsmouth 6 907 Danville 2 939 Hopewell 885 Roanoke 7 042 Richmond 22 483 Buena Vista 427 Harrisonburg 803 Fredericksburg 1 118 Newport News 4 902 and Bristol 1 415.
A discussion stresses that infant and child abdominal operations are not rare when performed by qualified surgeons with suitable hospital setup and proper anesthesia. It notes conditions requiring early surgery such as diaphragmatic hernia and early intestinal obstruction, and highlights acute appendicitis as a major risk needing prompt intervention.
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