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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1941
Page
10
The Winchester Evening Star lists advertising rates: 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum. copy must accompany the ad. Transient rate 45 cents per inch. border ads require office delivery by 9 P.M. the day before. Associated Press content rights noted.
A devotional note on September 15 1941 urges readers to seek God’s love and respect. It highlights that those who fear the Lord are his jewels and will be spared as a father spares his son. The excerpt reflects a religious reflection common to period church or community pages.
The text notes a $1.172 billion defense outlay last month, a 9.5 percent rise from the prior month, and cites a July 1940 total of $176.001 million as Britain fought. It states $9.282 billion spent from July 1940 to Sept 1, 1941, totaling about $9.25 billion spent against $56.357 billion authorized, stressing that authorization far exceeds actual expenditures.
The article traces how defeated presidential hopefuls like Wendell Willkie and others remained influential within their parties. It contrasts patterns across eras, noting how some leaders retain control while others fade, with examples from Hoover, Landon, Roosevelt, Taft, Roosevelt again, Bryan, Parker, Cleveland, and Harrison to illustrate enduring or ceded influence after loss.
The piece reviews past party behavior after defeats, noting Hancock, Blaine, and Tilden as extending influence post loss but adding that the GOP has never renominated a defeated candidate. It warns Willkie facing 1944 nomination limits.
The Waynesboro News-Virginian contests editorial wit from the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Raleigh News and Observer as untrue belittling of Virginia and North Carolina contestants at Atlantic City. Miss Jacquelyn McWin of Waynesboro is highlighted for Virginia in the Miss Virginia pageant aboard the S. S. Mt. Vernon, gaining applause and a future Queen Rockingham title in Harrisonburg.
The piece notes George Creel favors no domestic censorship in future wars while urging controls on international cables. Navy and War Dept leaders deny compulsory press censorship but hint at military control of outgoing communications, risking greater voluntary suppression and reduced public access to facts.
News notes from one year ago report the Old Fredericktown Club taking the progressive flower show title at the Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club event. Other items include registration action for men 21 to 35 following a presidential bill sign and London air raid aftermath.
Ten years ago Shenandoah Valley Academy began its 1931 32 term with 170 male students enrolled. Gabby Street secures the National League pennant for the St. Louis Cardinals for a second straight year. National Guard sergeants Blount and Seabright of Virginia are noted high in the President's 100 rifle match.
The Virginia deer’s young are called fawns while moose and caribou calves. A female deer is a hind or doe, but female moose or caribou is a cow. Males are usually stag buck or bull.
A list of seven test questions on topics including Jim Crow laws adjusting crows, drum majors hats, and where the Newgate Prison sits, plus queries about the Earth’s rotation, the Stars and Bars flag, William Blackstone, the shortest U.S. president, Pontiac’s 18th century conspiracy, and Everest climbs.
A brief note explains that collective nouns can be singular or plural based on whether the group acts as a unit or as individuals. Examples show “the committee has acted” versus “the committee have disagreed,” reflecting differing grammatical perspectives.
Hugh S. Johnson says there is little complaint about higher defense taxes and the Selective Service Act. He notes taxes fall within income classes and must be paid, while conscription demands sacrifice, including possible death, as an unavoidable civic obligation. He criticizes lack of a full survey of needs and cites war hazards as a defense.
The text critiques ruthless unstudied mobilization for modern war and protests by small businessmen over supplies and defense orders. It argues civilian services employment and property should not be sacrificed and notes SPAB under the War Industries Board in 1941.
Editorial argues that modern total war makes civilians and soldiers a frontline. It cites French practice of compensating war damage and French factory aid, notes British aid to air raid victims, and urges defense controls to protect business while sharing wartime sacrifice through compensation and broader taxation.
The Times Call promotes a 20 page Household Budget Booklet with monthly account pages and model budgets for different incomes. Send ten cents postpaid to the Information Bureau for a copy, directed by Winchester Evening Star. The piece also notes a historical query about music education in public schools, referencing Boston and Lowell Mason in 1838.
Mrs Louise Branson of Indiana aged 82 waded through knee deep water to save her chickens during a cloudburst then went upstairs to bed. Neighbors arriving by boat found logs inside the house and the foundation tilting while Branson remained asleep.
In 1931 Westminster Abbey adopted its own flag as the official ensign of the dean. It features the Tudor red and white roses, the cross and five gold martlets of St Edward the Confessor, and the royal arms.
Frederic J. Haskin directs the Washington DC information bureau offering factual answers by mail. Readers are instructed to enclose three cents for a reply.
A compilation of trivia with answers: physicians travel 12 932 miles yearly. Navajos largest tribe with 50 000 members. Brazil destroyed coffee bags total 69 866 789 by August 31 1940. swordfish penetration noted at 20 inches into solid oak. Virgin Islands governor earns 8000 annually. Oklahoma named Sooner State for early land entrants on April 22 1889. eight hour day origins 1866 1885 1886. motion pictures use split screen for dual roles. Angus McAskill famed Nova Scotia giant with Barnum show and a 2200 pound anchor feat.
A medical column weighs pros and cons of removing tonsils and adenoids in children about to start school. It notes lymphatic role, growth effects, and that removal is advised mainly when chronic infection harms development or causes repeated illnesses, with expert findings from Dr. Albert D. Kiser.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions infant care topics, feminine hygiene, skin care and medical treatments but lacks coherent events or names. The readable items reference health subjects such as indigestion and constipation, infant care, and skin treatment. No clear incident or outcome is present.
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