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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia with H. F. Byrd Jr. as editor and entry filed with the post office.
A religious motto cites Matthew 10 25 that disciples should expect hardship as part of following the master. It frames tribulation as a test of faith and implies endurance and fidelity under pressure. The phrase presents a devotional exhortation rather than a narrative event.
The piece depicts a split among major networks over FCC authority and ASCAP copyright disputes. It notes a new contract with ASCAP at lower rates by one network while others push rival groups and challenge federal regulation. It warns the industry may seek court and congressional action to gain charter freedom.
The survey shows motorists favor leniency for first offenses with warnings or light fines but support harsher steps when reasons are explained. It finds two thirds support booking non residents and a similar share of violators call it unfair. It notes approval of random inspections and juvenile privilege suspensions with traffic school.
Hall argues arrests and convictions are justifiable while a second conclusion urges better police public relations to prevent lag in acceptance of improvements in police administration.
Senator Byrd, speaking on the Senate floor, urges President to remove Secretary Perkins for delaying certification to the Mediation Board. He cites coal stock declines, looming plant closures, and warns immediate action to back Defense prep, even if opposing leaders resist. He also proposes the board gain original jurisdiction and arbitration enforcement in labor disputes during national defense.
The piece argues Mr. Knudsen pressed labor leadership to act, naming John L. Lewis and William Green as heads. It urges Roosevelt to publicly accept full moral leadership over all labor to restrain reckless minorities, foster responsibility, and avert compulsory labor laws, claiming such leadership would boost national safety and production.
Notices report crops plans in Gainesboro county Alpine improvement focus and Carper's Valley school renovations. A Leesburg man barricades with liquor charges, later surrenders. A Berryville Baptist ceremony honors Rev James Ireland with monument. Anna Seabright and Orville Hoover wed. Fire department buys a $6500 Seagrave engine. Episcopal leader W D Smith named for Virginia General Convention in St Louis.
Vance Yeakley trains members of the Sarah Zane Fire Care team for the upcoming state meet. The Star proposes a two night a week band concert series on City Hall Plaza during the summer. Jane Sloan Helen Sloan R Wright and J A Vaneline are injured when Wrights horse runs away overturning the vehicle they rode.
A digest from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau answering common queries. Topics include differences between alligators and crocodiles, Lincoln and La Follette farms near Hodgenville, women playing softball, scalps paid in wars, straw hat origins, WWI draft deserters, Hello as telephone greeting, and the XY Zeal affair envoy names.
A 48 page booklet titled canning and preserving offers over a hundred tested recipes and the latest methods from federal and state home economics departments. Priced at ten cents postpaid, the guide aims to help households cut winter food costs and includes a coupon offer through the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
During the season’s last concert Easter program, commentator Taylor urged Americans not to repeat 1917 18 bans on Beethoven Bach and Wagner. He reported a 325 to 1 letter response supporting the idea that genius transcends nationalism and warned against bigotry and intolerance as democracy’s enemies.
A reader test sheet asks seven questions on topics from stam merers to icebergs and hats. It includes queries on Sherlock Holmes, state capitals, golf terms, boxing bouts, and a Swedish Nightingale, plus a grammar note about incorrect usage.
In Paris near the Seine an Invalides tomb of Napoleon glows with a blue light sparking reflections on a dreamlike scene. Dr Alexis Carrel argues in Reader’s Digest that prayer is a real power as essential as gravity and must guide nations and private life for a better world.
In a reflection on May 5 1821 the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte died at Longwood Farm St Helena. The piece lauds his impact on France praising the Civil Code and reforms that ended feudal abuses and defined property and human rights while shaping nations’ laws.
The passage extols a ruler who kept an empire solvent with a balanced budget amid warlike upheaval. It lauds liberalization for common people and portrays the administrator as a peerless military mind. It connects this figure to France’s enduring virile genius and future resurgence.
Francis Scott Key Smith great grandson of the Star Spangled Banner author speaks at Fort McHenry during the regional DAR convention. Delegates pause business meetings to visit the historic site as a national guard airplane drops flowers overhead.
Dr Newman argues that twin studies and brain wave research hint at a form of mental telepathy, though most scientists remain skeptical. The column includes reader questions on topics like bath salts, burning eyes, and sciatica with brief, practical answers.
Reader asks about nonoperative cures for piles and bleeding piles. The editor notes that injection treatment is effective for both ordinary and bleeding piles. Dr Clendening offers seven pamphlets on indigestion, constipation, weight changes, infant feeding, diabetes, feminine hygiene, and hair care, each priced at 10 cents. Send 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to request.
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