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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1944
Page
4
The text presents a church passage from Matthew about the resurrection, noting the angel rolling away the stone and telling the women that Jesus is risen. It appears in a newspaper issue along with subscription and publishing details for Winchester Virginia.
Brigadier General Rankin reports 97 percent of battle injuries saved, abdomen wounds saved at 70 to 80 percent with prompt surgery, plasma, antibiotics, immunization, and rapid evacuation. Air Transport Command moved 73 000 ill and wounded. 3 260 sent to the United States. War spurred vast medical knowledge and global training shift in New York emerging as a world center after the war.
The people of Central and South America and the West Indies, deprived of European clinical access, will turn to New York for medical training opportunities and education.
The Baltimore Evening Sun notes a season of renewed interest in traditional cures from Russia and Europe. It cites doctors in the United States and war veterans endorsing paste forms and petrolatum based ointments for burns, contrasting them with tannic acid. The piece discusses the uneasy boundary between witchcraft inferred remedies and science, mentioning asafetida bags and aging skepticism toward sulfur and molasses tonics.
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard voiced alarm over a rising farm land boom fueled by record incomes and abundant funds. He warned that aggressive credit purchases and high mortgage levels threaten future debt difficulties as farm foreclosures mount, noting 1943 farm sales set records and land values rise sharply.
A Staunton officer seeks a music outlet amid theater noise, church rules, and cold venues. He rents a music studio and quietly practices on an electric organ with many manuals and stops. He also handles traffic and other police duties, turning leisure into private enterprise with flair.
A brief roundup notes one year ago 37 Japanese planes shot down by American fighters over the southeastern Solomon Islands. Also 364 farm labor deferments recommended. The Salvation Army budget for 1943 totaled 6964 dollars. Five years ago Italian troops entered Tirana, Albania. Charles Whitlock of Highland Avenue died in an auto train crash near White Post, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh departed France for the United States.
Ten years ago local Presbyterians welcomed Rev. E. B. McGukin as pastor and 3000 county school children were set to march in the Apple Blossom parade. Twentу years ago Rev. J L Neff was named Market Street M E pastor and a slim margin vote raised the school levy. Girls nationwide rushed to beauty parlors for the new short bob hairstyle.
Thirty years ago Rev. Dr. James R. Graham pastor emeritus of the Presbyterian Church died at his home on N Braddock Street after several years of illness. William H. Baker resigns from the city council. Randolph T. McGuire died in a Richmond hospital from heart disease.
Forty years ago Mrs James Curl lay critically ill at her home on S Main Street while John Milton died after a brief illness. G Clarence Miller bought Spring Gardens.
Forty five years ago a local banner donation by P H Gold marked a school achievement with Gainesboro School taking the prize. John W Keffer was named justice for the Stonewall district and Rev E Olin Eldridge delivered a talk titled What Every Virginian Should Know at a community gathering.
The page lists ten trivia prompts on government officials ancient writing river geography scripts titles languages and common knowledge with a call to turn to page 2 for correct answers. It includes questions about Jonathan Daniels a Norfolk government aide the Irrawaddy River and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
Letter from L Bertha Carpenter condemns liquor sales after a large arrest tally last Monday near Winchester. She urges officials and church groups to curb the trade, protect youth, and promote total temperance, citing scripture in support of reform.
Washington hears mixed signals on Sakhalin deal with Japan as Moscow talks, Pravda editorials, and Tokyo radio offer scant official detail. Hull and State Department avoid commentary, keeping wartime discussion limited. Analysts say the agreement signals prestige impact but little immediate practical effect on coal, oil, or fishing.
The piece argues Stalin seeks a friendly postwar policy toward Japan, offering oil deliveries after the war to recover losses from the Russo Japanese conflict. It notes Sakhalin oil and coal figures suggest declines from 1933 peaks, with uncertain current stocks and war impact on U S and Axis dynamics.
A Detroit reader letters in asking about high blood pressure and the writer Dr. Clendening offers his view. He notes many over 50 show readings over 150 and cites insurance data. He describes his own routine and philosophy on management while stressing that most cases are not crippling and treatment rarely alters long term pressure.
The report notes the Sakhalin water agreements being terminated while other fisheries to Japan were extended and suggests Moscow linked actions to a public China dispute over Mongolia. Victor Kravchenko resigns as a metals purchaser, denouncing Kremlin diplomacy as double faced and warning of future war, calling for Russia to have four freedoms.
Bloom Virginia April 8 there will be a program for Peace at the Friendly Grove Community Hall Friday evening April 21 at 830 o'clock After the program there will be games and refreshments Mr and Mrs Edgar Kern and three children visited Mr and Mrs Irvin Kern at Kerneysville West Virginia over the weekend Mr and Mrs Gilbert Lineweaver and children of Zepp Mr and Mrs Vance of Strasburg and Landon and Elmer Kerns visited Mr and Mrs CE Clowser and family last Sunday As Thomas LeRoy Cooper now stationed at the US Army Air Force base in Santa Anna California writes that he is enjoying the sunshine there and the orange groves are loaded with fruit
Inspector Grange confronts Dancer Martinelli and the Whitsun Club set about Syria Verne's murder. Argus Steele questions Dancer, Mabel, and other insiders while clues surface at Martinelli’s mansion. Grange hints at a driver scene and possible state evidence as the Red Top club mentions pinning the crime on the dancer.
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