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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1942
Page
4
The May 18 1942 issue of The Star prints a Bible verse from Acts 10 15 to inspire readers. The page lists circulation policies and rates and notes delivery notices for Winchester Virginia with editorial by F BYRD JR.
The Nazi offensive on the southern Russian front marks the first year’s shift to offense and aims at the oil fields vital to both Hitler and the Soviet war effort. Sevastopol remains Russian, but most of Crimea and the oil routes are in Nazi hands, underscoring a high-stakes test of Russian resilience.
News account notes submarines operating along the Atlantic coast attacking ships in daylight. British freighters and two American vessels are reported sunk in Saint Lawrence and near New Orleans. Coastal lanes pushed farther to meet the threat as battleships and patrols face Navy constraints.
The statement argues that choosing where to act for greatest effect is not only prudent but the sole viable path. It emphasizes decisive planning and action aimed at meaningful outcomes rather than scattered efforts.
The article describes government limits on breakfast beverages with coffee cut 25 percent tea 50 percent cocoa processing 30 percent and sugar already rationed. It argues the measures reflect wartime supply constraints from distant sources and submarine threats and aim to strengthen resolve for victory.
Reprinted editorial urges strict enforcement of wartime rationing and prosecutions for profiteers hoarders and illegal tire sales. It calls for inspections and lawful action by rationing boards and authorities to maintain peace and democratic standards.
Announcement lists Miss Alice Flickinger and Mr Kenneth Stahl of Iowa City Iowa as engaged. The note accompanies other items from News of Other Years including Field appointed to a defense post in Memphis and a Chicago quadruplets tragedy.
Ten years ago both West Virginia and Virginia dental societies in joint session at a hotel urged that a member of their groups be on the state boards of health. John Curtis a Norfolk shipbuilder who duped the Lindberghs about contact with the kidnapers is arrested and held for trial. Shenandoah county officers join in the search for missing Mrs. Orndorff.
Twenty years ago President Harding aimed to join the Winchester event for the Canton Ohio McKinley chapter. Miss Margaret Brewster’s Handley school class organized its annual picnic. The United States planned simultaneous talks with France and England on war debt funding.
Twenty five years ago all units of the national guard were drafted for federal service by President Wilson. Eugene C. Weems Jr and Bernard Groves join the ambulance service as fires sweep the Bloomery area destroying timber and acres.
A Staunton bicycle relay team rode 118 miles to Martinsburg West Virginia in just under six and a half hours. Mrs H D Puller hosted a formal social event. Merchants consider a Board of Trade proposal to close stores one hour earlier this summer.
Berlin reports German submarines sunk 17 enemy merchant ships totaling 105000 tons and damaged two others in American waters. The attacks occurred off the east coast of the United States in the Caribbean and at the approaches to the Mississippi River. The period covered was not given.
German high command reported Red Army remnants on the Kerch peninsula staging desperate resistance but nearing annihilation. On the Kharkov front they claimed counterattacks caused tank losses totaling 56 Russian tanks and five more abandoned. Bombers hit Russian barracks and supply columns in Lake Ilmen. Hungarian forces advanced in Lapland, and German planes struck five large transports off Murmansk.
Norfolk Va May 18 The city’s new water use ordinance restricts hose or sprinkler drawing with fines from 10 to 500 dollars. Violations include lawn sprinkling car washing and window cleaning. Second offenders face court fines water shutoff and meter removal.
A U S department report shows 15.1 percent of gross payments to Virginia farmers under the soil conservation program goes to county associations. Virginia counties vary from 5.8 percent in Clarke to 55.1 percent in Prince William with nationwide administrative costs at 42 million dollars. Senator Byrd condemns the uneven costs and questions the expenditure while Senator Bankhead defends county committees and farmer election influence.
Walker McC Bond chairm of the Frederick County Board Agriculture announced a meeting Thursday night May 21 at 8 15 at the county house in Winchester. A representative from V P I Extension will outline the government program. Nine agricultural community executives and advisory members are invited. County Home Demonstration Agent Miss Elizabeth arvoaie and County Agent I Pred Stine will attend a conference in Richmond Tuesday to study the program.
Cairo reports a fresh Libyan front flare with small Axis tanks and cars dispersed in the south. RAF bombers raided Benghazi and fighter strafing hit Axis camps in El Mechn Sengali and Tengeder. Roads behind front near Tobruk raided. Eight Axis planes shot down over Malta.
London reports Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham named head of the British Admiralty Delegation in Washington. Rear Admiral Sir Henry H. Harwood has arrived in Alexandria to serve as commander in chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet.
Byrd urged voters to trim extravagances but warned that no one can dictate Virginia farmers' choices. The quote underscores tension between reform rhetoric and local autonomy in agricultural communities.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains there are two diabetes types. One in children due to degeneration of pancreatic cells and not hereditary. the more common form in middle age links to arterial changes and possible heredity. He warns there is no proven diet or exercise to prevent diabetes and notes overweight relates but not causation.
In a May 13, 1942 note to a columnist, Harold L. Ickes defends petroleum data sharing and warns rationing may extend to the Midwest and Southwest. He cites Atlantic demand around 563 million barrels, with stock draws and tanker shortages impacting supply, and notes plans to shift pipelines and barges to meet year-end needs.
Paul Mallon urges secretary Ickes to publicly justify wartime gasoline rationing and to avoid censoring figures. He argues the action deeply affects life and demands frank, full disclosure to restore public confidence. Mallon claims alternate sources exist despite censorship and promises further efforts to publish usable petroleum figures.
A wartime appeal asks readers to send letters and packages to servicemen and preserve morale by ensuring soldiers receive messages from home. The Star advocates regular communication, noting addresses and the value of personal notes to boost spirits during service.
Mr John D Morriss Staunton Social Security Board warns men should not apply for a social security account number card merely to show an account number on occupational questionnaires Farmers required by the Selective Service need not have a social security card Those who have lost a card may obtain a free duplicate at Room 7 Hogshead Building Staunton or nearest Social Security field office
In Evansville Indiana Harold Baggerly the meter reader and Mrs Louis S Taul confronted a dog barking at him from a basement. The dog Ranger whom the reader had lost five years earlier appeared and followed Baggerly home after being found by a neighbor.
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