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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia publishes daily except Sundays with subscription rates for mail and carrier service. Readers are urged to report delivery delays or irregularities to maintain proper service. Bible verse from Psalms 51 10 is printed for the day.
Readers note the shift to a unified spelling style for foreign place names based on the National Geographic Society guiding usage. Examples include Bucharest, Milan, and Warsaw, with several Anglicized forms retained to avoid confusion. The article also discusses wartime context and stock market reaction amid anticipation of major Allied actions.
Editorial notes explain wartime subjects with a focus on the looming invasion of Europe. The piece mentions a “death Watch” as a stark, ongoing news flash for the year and traces how readers encounter war reporting in daily life.
At Staunton annual meeting Shenandoah Valley Inc president E. E. Keister warned against industrial overreach. The group aims to keep the Valley stable and tied to regional resources, favoring balanced growth in line with Governor Darden’s push for harmony between industry and agriculture.
Seven quiz items ask about Tom Sawyer manuscript ownership, the city of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, bullfighting roles, Henry A. Wallace birth state, Washington middle name truth, Ledo Road purpose, and two South American countries with no seasons plus a quote completion. It includes true/false and multiple choice prompts plus a statement about Australian war factories.
British Eighth Army presses forward amid heavy fighting as forces push to breach Rommel's defenses. Navy reports Kiska raided fifteen times in one day, signaling intensified action across theaters.
Coal strikers near agreement as tensions ease. Stephens City High School announces valedictorian Robert Russell and salutatorian Jack McAboy for the graduation class.
Mayor Anderson proclaims a city-wide clean-up week in Winchester. Dr. William F Laucke speaks at the Kiwanis Club meeting. Margaret Hansbrough is named Miss Winchester in the local beauty title event.
Twenty years ago stroke proved fatal to Annie Bowen a member of an old Frederick county family. Ex mayor Luther Hurn dies at Strasburg. President Coolidge stresses precaution of forest fires.
Thirty years ago Police Chief Charles Feltner of Berryville was seriously wounded during an arrest. Gamble G. Baker, city sanitary inspector, dies at his home near Opequon. Reports say American Marines landed and seized Vera Cruz amid port blockades. No news available for 40 and 45 years ago today.
The navy reports a Catalina flying boat crashed at sea on April 6 in the Caribbean. Fourteen crew and passengers are missing while one crew member is dead. Fourteen survivors and the deceased were later picked up by a merchant vessel.
Chicago grain prices open lower on light Canadian wheat arrivals by steamer. Wheat May 1.73 3 8, July 1.69 1 8 to 1.69, Sept 1.66 1 8, Dec 1.65 1 2. Oats May 82, July 78 3 4, Sept 74 1 2, Dec 74 to 73 7 8. Rye May 1.28 1 2, July 1.26 7 8 to 3 4, Sept 1.24 3 8 to 1 4, Pe 125.
Col. Mills Cotes distributes guidance clarifying a 26 and over induction rule. The circular explains processing priorities for registrants under 26, delinquents, and those leaving agriculture, with volunteers and local boards to act promptly and report under state director. It covers preinduction exams, calls for induction, and temporary postponements for specific cases while aiming to complete processing of all under 26 registrants.
Dr. Logan Clendening discusses recurring illnesses from youth into old age, noting appendicitis and whooping cough show in the elderly. He explains appendix atrophy after 40, misdiagnosis risks, and the need for proper diet and vitamins as geriatrics emerges with rising life expectancy.
Colonel Neal urged rapid action to order all under 26 registrants in classes 1-A 1-A-O 1-V-E 11-A 11-B 111-A who have not had a preinduction exam in 90 days for induction to test fitness. He said 11-C or 111-C agriculture cases should be reviewed for possible retention or reclassification, and no one fit for general service should be kept in 11-A or 11-B without Form 42 or 42-A Special filings.
In Columbia South Carolina on April 21 the six day extraordinary Legislature session adjourned after enacting laws to bar Negroes from voting in the Democratic primaries. A total of 147 bills were passed, separating political parties and letting them set their own rules to deter legal action demanding Black voting rights.
WARRENTON Virginia April 21 Wm D Pawley a noted figure in American aircraft exporting has bought Belvoir estate the late Mrs Hetie Pairfax Harrison widow of the owner It covers 685 acres one of Virginia s show places and sold by the executors for 110000 Harrison died last spring Pawley known as the China Swashbuckler may move here He owns a 20 room home in Miami Beach
In New York Ellen visits Roger Flagg a model agent with Argus Steele and Donna at lunch. They discuss police work the Syria Verne case and a possible movie contract for Ellen. Flagg hints at calls to Verne and poker partners while Ellen and Flagg depart. Argus reads about himself in the newspaper as the redbeard sleuth continues the mystery.
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