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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1941
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates: 2 cents per word, include name and address in headings. minimum charge 25 cents. cash required with copy. Published daily except Sunday by The Star Publishing Co., Winchester, Virginia.
A devotional note cites biblical verse Genesis 25 5 about giving all one has and leaving nothing. The piece reflects on surrender to God and the meaning of possessions in life.
Washington weighs a massive food transfer to England as British agriculture falters. Since March the United States has shipped increasing amounts, reaching 200000 tons monthly, with Secretary Wickard seeking 1.9 billion dollars to buy and rush food by February. England faces declines in milk eggs and fish. Canada also falters on deliveries.
A Census Bureau report on 1941 state tax collections shows highway user taxes will total 1.326 billion dollars, 8 percent of state revenues, with gasoline taxes at 910 million and registration and license fees at 416 million, while noting an average tax of 60 dollars per vehicle per year and citing England's similar high vehicle taxes.
The American Automobile Association warns rising motor vehicle taxes threaten troop and war material movement. It says federal levies and higher state taxes divert funds from highways and could replicate England’s defense funding problem, urging states to avoid nonhighway uses.
Reprinted editorial warns that in a national crisis many abandon long term planning for better wages. It argues trading stable positions and trust in a corporation for uncertain temporary gains is penny-wise and pound foolish. A future readjustment may leave trained workers jobless, underscoring the value of faith in enduring opportunities.
The Richmond Times Dispatch argues that U S policy toward Soviet religious freedom is unlikely to bring real change. It notes Marx's view of religion as opium, Lenin and Stalin's use of religion, and says Roosevelt's push has heightened public doubt, possibly reducing support for aid to Russia.
A U S Chamber of Commerce analysis argues Americans bear a heavier tax load than Britons. Total U S taxes this year run about 22.5 billion or 25 percent of national income, while UK taxes total about 7.9 billion or 22 percent. Per capita taxes are 168 dollars in the United States and 165 in Britain.
Washington Post notes cold reception for Secretary Morgenthau's six percent profit plan covering all industries. Senator George, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, predicts Congress will reject the proposal, calling the plan unsound and akin to confiscation of normal profits essential to free enterprise.
In a National Labor Relations Board election five hundred and sixty five workers at the Virginia Woolen Co vote today on whether to join the CIO. Mrs Fred Bame is elected president of the True Blue class at the Presbyterian church. Melvin Bayliss son of state officer Raymond Bayliss is badly hurt when a truck overturns. The Round Hill Methodist Church elects Miss Myra Payne president. England advises Britons in the Far East to return home amid regional tensions. Russia threatens action if Fascist nations enter the Spanish conflict.
A Grand Jury is urged to investigate the political activities of Bishop Cannon. The Palace Theatre on Main Street, Herman Hable's new entertainment and movie house, nears completion. Ocean freight rates for Virginia apples reduced by 10 cents per barrel.
Wilbur E. Cather a local lawyer and fruit grower seeks the House of Delegates seat. Clarence Oates lies in Martinsburg hospital after injuries from a Cumberland Valley R R boxcar fall. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is premiering at a nearby theatre.
The city of Winchester witnesses the first court session of newly appointed police magistrate W L Filtz. In major league baseball the Boston Redsox defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers 6 to 5 in game one of the World Series. Rumors disrupt New England as submarines reportedly raid merchant shipping off the three mile limit.
Co B Rouss presents the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society with a $1000 check to defray Winchester Fair expenses set for Oct 22 25. A wild man from a cave near Charles Town is captured and placed in hospital for observation after subsisting on roots herbs occasional game and fish. Question asks how many churches exist in Soviet Russia. C D A A reports 8338 churches mosques and synagogues in the region.
The page lists seven questions: British gasoline term, Carlsbad Caverns location, meaning of dud in soldier slang, industry linked to Charles Cramp, ermine species, author of Ivanhoe, and a true/false about Sunday baseball in Major League cities.
A brief discussion explains that words like each every everybody anybody either neither no one nobody take singular verbs and pronouns as in the examples each of the boys paid his share and for himself.
Washington dispatch reports Premier General Smuts from South Africa says US entry into the war is inevitable. Smuts argues that for any role in shaping peace the United States must also secure a victory in the war despite deterrents in a democracy.
The piece notes General Smuts a key Boer and World War I figure, alongside Wavell and Auchinleck, arguing American power is needed to defeat Hitler in Europe. It ties this to Commons debate on Britain’s manpower split between war and industry and Churchill era policy.
The author argues that despite German internal pressures and uncertain battle outcomes the Allied victory hinges on an American expeditionary force. He asserts the U S would participate regardless of law promises or public opinion, citing how the nation has been pushed into underwriting all out British effort.
The column argues against large overseas armies under a unified command while noting the U S Army under Pershing retained tactical independence. It warns current preparations are insufficient in training, equipment, and leadership should war pressure rise, comparing to Greece Yugoslavia Denmark and Britain before Dunkirk.
ANKARA Turkey October 8 Germany and Turkey reached a trade agreement to be signed today neither side gets its top demand Germany will go without chrome Turkey will not obtain the airplanes it asked about an authority said.
When he became Premier of Poland the renowned musician Ieen Paderewski gave 1 200 000 dollars to his starving countrymen, a record of generous relief attributed to his leadership.
This 48 page booklet offers over 100 tested recipes for canning and preserving including grape and damson jelly and pickle methods. Order by sending ten cents postpaid to Washington Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC.
Dr. Irving R. Hardy of Columbia University dental school reports new denture teeth reduce eating noises. The teeth use a resin called acrylic, related to synthetic rubber, which prevents clicking during meals.
On execution day Leon Czolgosz said he killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people. He expressed no remorse for his crime.
A reader can obtain the answer to any factual question by writing to The Winchester Evening Star Information Desk and enclosing eight cents for a reply.
A compiled Q and A list covers Gren Guards height six feet two, religions at conscientious objector camps about seventy, Ellis Island one mile southwest of Manhattan, Churchill’s 1931 Eastern Front history The Unknown War, Philadelphia leading in single family dwellings, North Carolina state song Old North State by William Gaston, aliens cannot own DC property except by inheritance or treaty, 1789 voting about six percent, New York to Bermuda air distance 774 miles, Vice President William Rufus King sworn in Cuba March 4 1853 by act of Congress.
Eye problems in people aged 20 to 40 arise from developmental issues focal infections systemic disorders muscle imbalance and drug or beverage effects. Key factors include astigmatism severe refractive errors iritis and retinal changes from high blood pressure diabetes and tobacco or alcohol induced amblyopia.
The readable fragments include phrases about coin values dieting diabetes feminine care and general instructions. The text appears as garbled OCR with incomplete phrases and no cohesive narrative or named entities.
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