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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1941
Page
4
In wartime 1941 this piece urges citizens to defend freedom of speech, religion, and the press as core to democracy. It recalls the Constitution and Jefferson's belief that a free press sustains liberty, arguing that without free channels of expression tyranny can prevail.
In a column republished for National Newspaper Week, Harry F Byrd Jr argues that destruction of press freedom enabled Hitler Mussolini and Stalin and warns government censorship would corrupt democracy. He cites Huey Long Teapot Dome and Harding era scandals and stresses competition and public choice guardrails.
Local teamsters and truck drivers threaten to strike at midnight if negotiations with four trucking companies fail. London braces for invasion as German planes attack the English Isles. Clarke County schools in Berryville and Battletown reopen after a paralyzing infant illness scare.
A crowd of 45 000 fans see the New York Giants defeat the Yankees 6 to 1 in the opening game of the World Series at the Polo Grounds. Evacuation of children begins at Madrid as rebels assemble for a major assault on the Spanish capital. A 500 000 bond issue to fund a new Winchester water supply is defeated by 165 votes.
The article notes Vincent Hollis seeks twenty thousand dollars in damages for injuries from an automobile crash. It also recalls the Philadelphia Athletics defeating the St. Louis Cardinals six to two in the opening game of the 1931 Series and reports the death of C. E. Clarke from a long ago wound in Bloomery.
Twenty five years ago British and French forces push on fronts while England tallies 19000 dead and officers in September on the Western Front. The Star prints the Virginia prohibition law. Miss Elizabeth Armentrout and Samuel L Burgess, both well known in Winchester, wed at the Raleigh Hotel in Washington.
Forties-era notes claim Winchester attorneys press to move the Corporation Court away from the city. Miss Alice Gibson leads a Braddock Street church social hosted by Epworth League. Rouss Hook and Ladder Co wins top prize at Staunton Firemen’s Convention drill. The Gentlemen’s Agreement limited Japanese emigration to ease U S Japan relations.
A page 2 quiz asks seven questions: matching Army slang to meanings, Delilah hair myth, dead letter term, city of McKinley’s shooting, convent dining hall term, type of opera, World Series victory rule, Uncle Remus creator, initials R.A.F., and the unique trait of Manx cats.
The passage explains how to form plurals for letters and numerals by adding an s after the letter or numeral as in B's 10's I W W's and CIO's. It notes common practice for abbreviations and initialisms to indicate plural form.
Washington voices from Sept. 30 warn inflation cannot be tamed by universal price ceilings and that wage limits are excluded. Nelson, Odlum, Morgenthau, Henderson point to late actions and mounting profits taxes, defense contracts, and food costs driving small business and families toward higher prices.
The piece argues delay in applying proven World War I strategies stretched over a year. It criticizes a New Deal administration for resisting nonpartisan advice, claiming old recommendations are now reluctantly accepted only when circumstances force it, and effectively too late.
A column notes a growing stream of mail about the impact of errors on the small buyer. The discussion labels the issue as a consumer cost and urges awareness of faulty practices.
A critical column denounces a policy seen as a hidden tax harming the poor while sparing the rich. It argues civilian morale matters in war and warns leaders to heed rising resentment over mismanagement and lack of planning.
Windsor Locks Conn Oct 1 Soldiers at the army air base face heavy hospitality as locals insist on giving rides and offering favors, base chaplain Lieut George Dinwiddie told a Hartford church group. He cited soldiers saying they cannot even take walks without aid being offered.
Public health note promoting the Home Doctor Book from the Winchester Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin. It advertises a small handbook on cold treatment and prevention available for ten cents with a mail subscription coupon. The offer urges readers to send a coin and provide their name address and routing details to Washington D.C.
Richmond October 1. Warren County supervisors voted to name the Shenandoah River bridges near Riverton and Front Royal for William C. Carson, former chair of the state conservation commission. The largest bridge over the South River will open to traffic Thursday.
The quiz asks who wrote the Rikki-tikki-tavi tale. The answer identifies Kipling as the author in Jungle Look. It also provides the water distance from New Orleans to New York as 2 001 statute miles.
Readers can obtain factual answers by writing to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin. Include three cents for reply.
A mixed trivia page lists the seven classical follies of science including squaring the circle and perpetual motion. It then offers a rapid Q A on famous men, geography of tunnels, military dress, mail volume, education versus vice spending, six mechanical principles, Joseph Chamberlain’s marriage, Bob Feller wins, and early clinical thermometers in America.
A reflection on fatness as an inherited trait and a call for dieting reform. Nina Wilcox Putnam is cited suggesting law punishment for obese women, while others argue self control and popular reducing diets can curb weight. The piece notes a two month diet cutting waist size and a Q A about eye conditions.
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