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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1941
Page
4
A brief listing of candidates on the Democratic ticket for the November 4, 1941 election: Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr., Lieutenant Governor W. M. Tuck, and Attorney General Abram P. Staples.
The piece recounts President Roosevelt's Sept 11 1941 radio warning to shoot at sight German vessels in U S waters. It lists four American merchant ships sunk in six weeks plus losses from 1941 and parallels with 1917. It notes U S destroyer Kearny damaged and Greer attacked, and compares wartime merchant ship losses in 1917.
The OPM defines a 51 percent January reduction in passenger car output as a maximum limit manufacturers may reach if they can secure sufficient materials. Material shortages could force a larger cut. Reductions for August to November run 26 percent and December 48 percent as the industry moves toward an allotment.
The plan emphasizes the role of passenger cars in defense, noting many plants are distant from transport networks and workers rely on autos. With half of US cars used for business, any cutback could slow defense. OPM warns limits are provisional amid material shortages and potential political pressure on car output.
The editorial notes North Carolina September gains but 857 highway deaths in nine months vs 622 last year, and Virginia's 30 percent rise. It cites per mile rates by state, highlights high fatalities in the South, and blames open-road speed and lax enforcement as the nation faces a grim year of road deaths.
The Richmond News Leader reports Marshal Petain urging French citizens to surrender assassins of Lt Col Holtz and a German officer in Bordeaux. German reprisals threaten 100 hostages per German killed, with executions and mass detentions warned to deter attacks. The piece argues occupation indelibly stains Germans and schoolmasters resistance through fear.
In Albemarle a group of bachelors enjoyed a fox hunt and a practical joke at a local barracks. They slept with false teeth, which the host juggled as a prank. Morning effort to restore the proper teeth caused much cussing and laughter.
President Roosevelt tells reporters he will serve his full four years if returned to the White House for a third term. London and Berlin endure overnight bombardments by enemy air fleets. E. R. Rat Coffey wins the Mid Atlantic PGA tournament.
Insurgent planes bomb Madrid as the city sinks into ruins. In Washington workers protest low W P A wages with a march on the White House. Germany recognizes Italy's conquest and annexation of Ethiopia.
Col Henry W Anderson rebutts Lee Trin Gle speech saying Democrats lack a platform. Federal agents prepare to reroute passengers freight and mail amid railroad brotherhood strikes. Income tax set at 4 percent on 4000 and 8 percent above. Verdun falls on Western front as German forces fail to reclaim two miles. Chicago wheat at 2 per bushel not seen since Civil War era. President Wilson travels via Martinsburg en route to Cincinnati for a brief address from his train.
The Philadelphia American praises the Reuss firemen for their conduct at the Pennsylvania State Firemen's Convention last week. The War Department reports about 3 483 U S army officers and men killed in the Philippines since June 30 1898. The 32nd annual Fair enjoys perfect weather with 5 000 visitors on the midway. Havana means harbor in Spanish.
A reader is invited to turn to page 2 for answers to seven quiz items. Questions cover music history identifying Stephen Foster as composer of My Old Kentucky Home, fruit sugar content, Grand Rapids industry, Sabots as wooden shoes, Saddle Mountain location in New England, common term for pyrotechnics, and details about U S government officials and notable births and events including Wendell Willkie’s Indiana birthplace and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire city. Edith Kermit Carow’s marriage to Theodore Roosevelt is noted.
A brief note on the distinct meanings of beside and bee sides. The phrase beside my wife appears in examples about position. The unrelated be sides appears as a miswritten phrase in a second sentence.
Hugh S. Johnson reports labor in defense sectors faces strains from high taxes and living costs as employers and government resist AFL closed shop demands. He warns of potential steel production disruption due to captive mine strikes and union dues collection by employers.
A political speaker accuses organized labor led by Sidney Hillman of obstructing war production. He claims Hillman allowed and aided an underbid by a contractor tied to a CIO union to prevent a strike that would jeopardize the defense building program. He cites AFL building trades contracts prohibiting strikes in defense work.
Mr Hillman argues contracts are invalid citing navy history of strikes after such agreements. He warns that even a small welders strike could halt large-scale shipbuilding and repair across the Pacific Coast, jeopardizing production and operations.
The passage argues steel production depends on a special coal from mines owned by steel makers. It claims a defense mediation board forced Kearny Shipbuilding to fire any worker not aligned with a specific union, effectively sustaining that union. The plant was taken over by the government and operated by the navy, mirroring expected outcomes if the Hillman decision in Currier proceeds.
The piece argues wage and price stabilization is essential to prevent inflation, condemning government attempts to justify excluding wage control as an affront to workers and households. It frames labor leaders as opposing the needed measures.
The Winchester Evening Star promotes Everybody's Song Book a 144 page collection of 205 songs for voice and piano with notes on patriotic airs hymns carols Stephen Foster songs and sea songs. Priced at twenty cents mailed to home orders with payment and recipient details.
The speaker questions how long favoritism and injustice will endure at the nation's expense. They express uncertainty yet insist it cannot last forever.
A three-alarm fire swept through two Robins dry dock facilities in Brooklyn harming Numbers 4 and 6 and threatening two ships under repair. The British merchantman Empire Coral and the 9,310 ton tanker F. W. Abrams operated from Wilmington and owned by Standard Oil of New Jersey. Fire officials said damage to docks was extensive though the ships avoided major damage.
A promotional note states readers may obtain factual answers by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C with three cents enclosed for a reply.
The fences and gates around Buckingham Palace contained 20 tons of metal. The notes cover various trivia from hospital schools to famous monuments and historical questions.
In the second week of a fall reducing plan readers are urged to maintain weight with a maintenance diet. The column explains that all foods have caloric value and emphasizes portion control over food type, listing allowed and avoided items and noting fay fat foods to limit.
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