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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1941
Page
4
A biblical verse echoes the opening of Genesis with the claim that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The line emphasizes belief in a divine creator.
Frederick News reports a driver pled guilty to drunken and reckless driving after a wrong side pass and was fined 110 dollars. The magistrate equated intoxicated driving with gun violence, criticizing the light penalty. The piece recalls a Winchester case with a $100 fine and suspended 30 days for aggravated drunken driving.
The article notes Ramsay MacDonald met U S presidents twice in Washington. The first meeting in 1929 with President Hoover helped set the stage for the 1930 London Naval Conference. The second meeting occurred on invitation from President Roosevelt to discuss World Economic Conference agenda topics.
Reports show defense orders lifting traffic and retail in cities with orders. Boston area leads with over 1 billion in contracts since 1840, New England surpasses 2 billion overall. California’s Los Angeles aircraft and shipbuilding surge, Alabama’s Birmingham area strong with 350 million in orders.
The article notes Americans resist reduced candy consumption as government limits on durable goods strain raw materials. With higher take home pay, workers switch to richer foods, sustaining candy demand even as wartime measures rise.
Army posts report sweets sales surge as per capita candy intake rises from 12 pounds in 1920 to 19 to 20 pounds this year. Estimated national spend hits 350 million dollars as consumption grows across all ages.
Richmond editorial notes 49 towns labeled one-industry victims of the defense priorities plan, with most in the North and West and few in the South. It questions the label’s accuracy and cites towns like Newton Iowa Racine Wisconsin and Lorain Ohio. Some towns gain relief from defense orders, others face unemployment before such orders flow in. Virginia towns are spared so far.
The piece condemns Nazi occupation in Paris, detailing mass arrests and executions of civilians. It argues terror dominates the city, collaboration falters, and resistance grows as Hitler’s control collapses, predicting a historical paradox if Hitler is defeated by the disarmed populace.
The Banks County Georgia journal urges dropping the courtesy title Mr from everyday names. It argues the term adds no dignity, wastes typesetting funds, and is unnecessary for all but the exceptional figures like Jesus Christ, Washington, Jefferson, and Watson who impacted history.
It was figured that 166 draftees will be drawn from Frederick and Clarke counties and the city of Winchester between Oct 16 and January. The Axis powers renew efforts to draw Spain into the war on their side. Parents of three year old Marc DeTrisani kidnapped last night from his Hillsborough California home have $100000 ransom ready.
Miss Carry Harrison and Henry Post Mitchell of Millwood plan to marry September 26. Alf Landon promotes crop insurance as a key platform plank. Spanish forces gain ground in the attack on Alcazar near Toledo, a fascist stronghold.
A three-day religious gathering at Millwood colored Baptist church ends in a shooting and free for all. President Hoover urges American Legion members at Detroit convention to join the peace time economy drive. Chalmers Bageant, longtime clerk at Farmers and Merchants Bank, enrolls in YMCA physical education school in Springfield.
Twenty five years ago Peter Winchester Rouss presents the Commercial Bank with a portrait of his father Charles B. Reuss dubbed the merchant prince. The state department is notified that Germany agrees to pay for lives lost in the Lusitania sinking. Local growers sell apples at two dollars a barrel despite efforts to hold prices. The Star advertises Buffalo Bill to appear here soon in a Wild West Show.
More than one hundred young men respond to a Star advertisement seeking two vacancies at a local manufacturing company. Suits for 10000 dollars are begun against the Electric Light Co. over the accidental deaths of draymen Thomas Houck and Lewis Price, electrocuted by a fallen Water street wire.
A mixed set of trivia prompts asks about flora and fauna genders, meanings of Coeur de Lion, Bainbridge Colby tenure, definition of a carafe, Roosevelt Churchill meeting location, the composer of the Austrian or Emperor's Hymn, mythical islands, army rank versus naval ensign, ice temperatures, and the five things in a nursery rhyme.
A guide notes that subject verb agreement is not altered by phrases like together with or in addition to. It explains that the verb should agree with the main subject, not the intervening phrase.
Hugh S. Johnson cites House hearings on the price control bill as crucial, arguing its flaws. Baruch testifies that exemptions for farm products and lack of wage controls risk inflation without tied priorities, while Henderson's testimony fails to defend parity limits. Johnson calls for price control paired with production and defense priorities to shield ordinary Americans.
A brief item notes calls to restrain wage levels tied to a cited set of aeration evidence. The passage outlines concerns about payroll policies and economic impact, mentioning unnamed officials and agencies evaluating measures. The text remains fragmentary and lacks clear dates or places.
The column urges passage of the bill in acceptable form. It argues delaying or opposing it attacks Mr. Henderson's suitability. After long experience with Henderson, the author asserts he is the best choice in America for the job.
Advertisement for a 32 page booklet with eight pages of color flag inserts and two pages of black and white illustrations showing flag display. It includes flag history and general flag information. Mailed from Washington with twenty five cents enclosed. requests name address and location.
New York September 20 The Special News Service reports a radio drama depicting Adolf Hitler without his own voice. Actors portray his associates and enemies while a child cries at the start and a background speaker ends with a Hitler style speech. The program is part of These Four Men series and will conclude next week with Roosevelt.
Peeping Tom was a tailor from Coventry, reputed to be the sole townsman who peeped at Lady Godiva as she rode naked through the streets to relieve the town from oppression.
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau offers readers answers to factual questions. Send inquiries to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC with three cents for a reply.
A quiz listing various historical queries and concise answers. Topics include the first German bombing of London in August 1940, land area of the USSR, leaders of Britain’s armed forces, Roosevelt family naval service, office noise impact, hearth money tax, first printing use of amoe, Japan’s fish consumption, Fort Humphreys renamed Fort Belvoir, and Old French as medieval language.
In a visit with Nobel laureate Dr. Logan Clendening, the giant cyclotron being set up at the University of California under Professor E. C. Lawrence is described for its potential to advance medicine and physics. The smaller cyclotron aids atomic research and cancer treatment, with plans for a medical physics lab near Lawrence’s facility.
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