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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1944
Page
2
Plans outline reconversion of wartime truck output to civilian passenger automobiles and commercial vehicles. About 1,200,000 units planned this year with roughly 125,000 earmarked for civilian use, but military needs may limit civilian allocations. Experts warn of fleet-service difficulties and a looming peak in the commercial vehicle market as war ends.
John Edward Eddie Shull Jr., 17, son of Mr and Mrs John E Shull of 118 South Kent Winchester, enlisted at the Navy Recruiting Station in the Post Office Building Winchester. He was sworn in on the 14th and reported to training on the 24th for boat training. He was born in Winchester, attended Handley High School, has one younger brother, no sisters, father a local building contractor, and was employed by the Virginia Woolen Co at enlistment.
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A civic plea echoes in public notices urging citizens to support the war effort by purchasing war bonds. The message stresses collective urgency and national solidarity during the conflict.
Ration updates from the Associated Press detail indefinite validity for several red stamps A8 through Q8 and R8 T8 with May 7 start for some. Processed foods stamps A8 to K8 now valid indefinitely, with additional L8 to Q8 valid May 1. Sugar stamps 30 and 31 cover five pounds. 40 covers five pounds for home canning through Feb 28, 1945. Shoes stamps and gasoline/oil provisions updated. 1 and 2 air stamps remain.
In April 1945 a Fifth Army advance in Italy features Lt. Howard M oper and soldiers of Captain Hugh Bigley’s mechanized unit. Crashes of machinegun fire and mortar rounds frame vivid recollections of close combat, pinned positions, and prayers amid river crossings and creek banks.
Admiral Ernest J. King reports the U S Navy has rebuilt from Pearl Harbor losses and is prepared to roam the seas unchallenged. He warns Germany is near collapse while Japan faces a dark, threatening Pacific as the war progresses with long roads ahead for victory.
London reports Allied military chiefs dismiss the idea of potent German secret weapons for invasion. They say shore rockets gliders and radio planes would fail against air superiority and expect heavy defenses including underwater barbed wire mines concrete emplacements and entrenched gun positions across beaches and inland.
MT. MORAL ES Pa. Fire Chief Fred J. Lemley calls on citizens to take extraordinary brush fire precautions amid manpower shortages and gasoline rationing. He notes the state law requiring at least five volunteer firemen aboard the truck before it can roll is hard to meet under current conditions.
Frederick Clarke Baseball League action sees Middletown’s H Dennis Hoover report six of the starting nine are juniors, preserving a youthful core for next season. Pat O Leary, 16, stands as pitching ace with a no hit and a one hit bid recently, while Cleary contributes both pitching and uncommon hitting. Gore, Boyce, and Berryville prep for a tighter race as the season nears its end and the standings shift. Berryville is forecast to win soon.
A guide to obtaining a week ahead forecast from the U S Weather Bureau. The district forecaster can provide temperatures day and night, wind, frost retardation, and moisture conditions within a couple of degrees for your area. The service is praised for its accuracy and detailed insights valuable to growers and specialists. On Tuesday, the district forecaster was to speak further.
The forecast shows cool conditions through Thursday night with frost risk, then gradual warming but remaining cool into midweek the 26th. Temperatures stay below normal into later week, slowing apple development and delaying bloom to around May 3 to 5 in the Martinsburg area.
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