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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1944
Page
4
The Hudson Valley dental study compares Kingston and Newburgh with Kingston receiving no fluoride in its water for ten years while Newburgh uses fluoride. Dr Harry L Chant notes low decay with fluoride in water. Kingston acts as a control to gauge effects on cavities.
Newspaper entry prints a Bible verse from Psalms with a plea for deliverance from bloodguiltiness and a pledge to sing of righteousness, dated Tuesday April 25, 1944.
A wartime overview notes three years since American workers built up Northern Ireland bases and the Allies prepare for a land assault from Britain. Allied air power devastates Germany while the full invasion remains unguessed and planned by field commanders on the spot.
Reprinted editorial traces Virginia’s motor vehicle regulation origins from 1910 through recent safety acts. It notes key milestones including the 1910 ownership provisions, 1918 highway system, 1923 fuel tax, 1924 DMV establishment, and the 1928 drunk driving reporting law. The piece highlights the 1932 county road act and the ongoing Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, plus future emphasis on postwar safety campaigns as rationing ends.
Plans in Newburgh New York to add sodium fluoride to the Hudson river water supply for the next ten years aim to study public health effects in a city of about 32 000 residents. The proposal envisions fluoride as a preventive treatment in the municipal water system.
The Virginia Forest Service reports 1686 acres burned in Henrico County from 129 fires last year. Smokers started 14 blazes and most others followed careless actions. Forest fires destroy vast areas annually. many are preventable with simple precautions.
Pete McBrian’s parked car rolled from the curb and traveled five blocks through downtown traffic without collision. Officials of the Eagles Club sought a hitching post for the wayward vehicle.
Germans retreat under American air and artillery pressure as Axis yields southern mountain strongholds. Russians sever relations with Poles in exile while fronts shift in the longer war in Europe according to dispatches from the period.
Three new agencies are planned by the President as part of a broad reorganization program. Coal supply rationing has begun. A contest is underway for Civic Betterment.
Suspected Dillinger group robbed an Ohio bank and abducted four people. Authorities pursue suspects as federal and local agencies coordinate to resolve the case.
Murphy, leader of Tammany, suffers fatal attack of indigestion. Local golf course opened today.
Report states 800 American citizens are held by Huerta's regime in Mexico City while local theaters feature the current stage hit Girl of the Golden West at the Audi Theater.
George W. Trice dies from complications. Parker Club formed by local Democrats. John W. Naf discovers a 1833 copy of Kercheval's History of Virginia in his home.
Sol Friedman shows a vest more than fifty years old. Mrs. Casperes remains ill at home on National Avenue.
Seven trivia prompts asking for author of Total Peace and other facts. Questions cover Westinghouse inventions, Beau and Jacob parents, precursor to the National War Labor Board, Leeward Islands location, Lincoln successor, grain for hominy, first federal building in Washington, truth about births versus deaths, and seas bordering China.
The author rails against L. B. Carpenter for advocating prohibition, arguing soldiers in battle would scorn such concerns. The letter claims prohibition endangers servicemen and mocks narrow provincial views while urging progress toward liberty and experience rather than rigid prohibition.
Seaman James T. McMillon of Nashville recalls his near sinking when the merchant vessel he served on was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean. He said moments before the ship disappeared he thought only of one thing I wish Id stayed home today.
In Wrington April 24 Nat ional Chairman Harrison Spangler secretly secured Warren as the Republican convention keynote. Spangler quietly pushed the pick through Chicago after discarding public squabbles and seeking opinions from Catherine Kennedy Brown and Russell Sprange before Dewey’s camp. Warren won consensus despite initial speculation for Luce Vandenberg Martin or others.
The piece notes Mr. Spangler’s influence in unifying Republicans at Mackinac with Warren’s status debated as a possible Dewey ticket risk. It contrasts dissent records and new GOP vitality, signaling that precedent may not constrain keynoter choices while MacArthur remains a looming factor in the Willkie era's trajectory.
A reader letters column argues feeding babies with a cup aids jaw development and eating regularity. Notes Dr Frizgen's support, reports of weight gain in cup drinkers, and cautions about stomach position and infant comfort.
The piece outlines a proposed Republican leadership lineup featuring Bricker as attorney general Warren as vice president MacArthur as war secretary Stassen as agriculture secretary and others alongside Dewey to present a united government vision. It notes the appeal of a cohesive slate over mere promises and mentions the appointment of a national chairman. Richmond reports on a Virginia state committee studying a grading system for employees under the state personnel act with members Rhodes Hart and others to meet again.
The William Wrigley Jr Company announced that starting May 1 all chewing gum it manufactures will be sent to the army and navy for service members overseas. Only existing stock will remain for civilians and U S consumers.
In Honolulu the Hawaiian Victory Gardeners select a dust and spray warden in each district to monitor bug invaders and sound the alarm for spraying blackouts. The move aims to protect crops through coordinated insect control.
Detective Argus Steele and Ellen unravel a web of blackmail and family conflict surrounding a missing check. Bill Carstairs confronts accusations about Syria Verne’s murder while Dorry defends her husband, as Inspector Grange drops a bombshell on a gun‐in‐machine theory.
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