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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1944
Page
4
The item outlines subscription rates and delivery policies for The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia. It lists mailing and carrier options with prices for various terms, advertisements deadlines, and requests subscribers report delays or irregularities to improve service. It notes association memberships and national representation details.
In Acts 1 1 2 the scriptures recount how Jesus began to do and teach until he was taken up after through the Holy Ghost he gave commandments to the Apostles whom he had chosen.
Dr. Ernest Berle of Carnegie Tech reports a process to convert crops forest and sea plants into coal and gasoline. The method promises cheap, simple production and could fuel peacetime needs with minimal land use, even from farm wastes, reshaping postwar energy and industry.
Attention centers on restoring world fuel stocks through new natural science methods. Dr Berl’s reported findings in this field carry vast significance for energy science and policy.
The Allies focus bombing on war plants and transport to disrupt Nazi supply lines. The Balkans may escape major destruction unless Germany wrecks targets there. Russia expects rapid recovery by mobilizing German workers to repair war damage and outpace Germany’s reconstruction burden.
The piece discusses Washington’s attempt to revive the 16 unit farm production measure for Selective Service. It questions how units were valued for crops and livestock, noting inconsistent rules for tobacco wheat peas cows and rutabagas. Farmers doubt the system as a civilian eligibility gauge and Washington ends the effort.
Fredericksburg news urges readers to address letters to soldiers with full names and complete addresses, not just APO numbers. Maj Gen James A Ulio emphasizes timely delivery and morale benefits, calling for careful writing to avoid extra mail handling by the armed services.
Pigeons released from Allied aircraft drop thousands of birds into Greece Crete Yugoslavia and other Nazi occupied areas to relay messages to partisans aiding the Allied war effort.
British 8th Army advances as Rommel’s forces reel under heavy air and ground attacks. A massive war bond drive seeks thirteen billion dollars to fund the war effort. the campaign underscores renewed Allied pressure in North Africa.
Ten years ago 62 tool and dye shops refused demands raised by the machinists society. Dr H D Campbell noted educator died. City receives a loan of 30000 dollars from local banks to support municipal needs.
Rev. Dr. F. T. McFaden addresses Clarke teachers meeting at Boyce while H. G. Shirley forecasts a highway system ready in eight years. Clayde Messimer, supreme lodge officer, visits the local Moose organization.
Thirty years ago David Glaize a retired businessman died at his home on E Piccadilly Street after weeks of illness Reverend H G Spencer pastor of Market Street M E Church arrived today William Lewis sixty six lifelong Clarke resident died at his home near Boyce
Quiz prompts readers with geography spelling and history questions asking which river lies in Poland or Russia, woodchuck vegetarian truth, author of Prometheus Bound, introductory opera music, Luzon’s island group, Andrew Jackson middle name, first Congressional Medal of Honor in Italy, nursery rhyme kiss who cried, Guido’s scale usage, and which state named for Elizabeth I.
In Portsmouth Virginia CIO leaders rally for labor political action. Dan Boone urges replacing Har ris with Byrd and forming action committees to mobilize qualified voters. Speakers warn of a potential special session on a sales tax and call labor to awaken to its political rights and duties.
War diary style notes describe blackout nights in London with humor and hardship. The writer recalls editor Harry Meller trapped near a bombed churchyard pub, food and drink scenes amid rationing, and daily wartime routines. He observes queues, underground shelters, and quirky cultural tidbits from a city under siege.
Dr. Clendening explains hypnotism as a real scientific possibility and describes how rhythmic stimulation can induce trance. It notes misconceptions about consent and control, cites Andrew Salter’s work on treatment of nerves and self hypnosis, and discusses autohypnosis for fear and pain in military use.
Ruth Mitchell's book recounts her espionage years and thirteen months in German prisons and concentration camps. The narrative covers Belgrade war escape and her time with the Serbian Chetnik guerrillas. The work may be borrowed from the Handley Library.
Vivian Horace Mae Shaw plans to marry Major Clarence T. Foster a Washington D C based U S Army Air Forces member in New York after obtaining a marriage license yesterday.
In Washington on April 11, Senators Johnson Wilson Bridges react to Australia’s plans to shrink its army. Johnson calls it startling amid global troop deployments, Wilson says it worsens U.S. need for manpower in industry and agriculture, Bridges notes shared fate with the United Nations.
In a New York ballroom, Argus moves between the crowd and models during a fashion show. He chats with Dorry, learns her secret marriage to Bill, and notes Ellen’s flirtation before a note from Cynthia Lane summons Argus to dressing room 304 during intermission.
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