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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
4
The notice provides delivery and subscription information for the Evening Star, including rates, deadlines, and zones. It cites a Bible verse from Psalms 51:17 and mentions offices in Winchester Virginia and New York.
A miniature postwar furnace weighing about 20 pounds, made of stainless steel and designed to heat a 10 room home, could use gasoline or fuel oil fed automatically from an in-ground or lawn tank. The device, already used in war production for tents and equipment, may become standard with low wartime prices.
A fragmented account from Attu describes Japanese information picked up by a U.S. sergeant and the portrayal of Japanese officers. The report notes a discrediting of bravado and a death by self harm rather than facing combat. The Attu narrative, censored for publication, is presented in readable English with dramatic tones.
A Japanese survivor recounts the retreat on a Pacific island, detailing the first American flight, mass suicides by officers, and a grim siege. As attacks intensified, wounded were treated with morphine and soldiers clung to a grenade. Food ran out and the writer, one of the last remaining Japanese, faced execution by self-inflicted death. The diary closes with the line Only 33 years of living and I am to die here.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reprints a Chicago Tribune critique of the phrase strictly from Dixie used by RAF and USAAF pilots. The piece questions the accuracy of the claim, mocks the expression, and defends Southern speech against foreign and hostile usage while noting Midwestern pride.
An editorial urges writing letters to soldiers and reporting local war efforts. It stresses sharing hometown bond information such as bond drive progress, Red Cross campaigns, blood plasma donations, and job support for discharged soldiers to rally community support and lift morale.
Milwaukee Journal notes two conservation questions will provoke inevitable outcomes. Proposals to improve or strictly enforce rules face strong opposition from fishermen and much of the press in the Fox River basin.
113 men depart for medical examinations at Richmond as King Queen Shenandoah XVI is crowned in a year’s inaugural festival. Parliament faces a conscription vote while five White Post churches hold a long service.
The article notes a boxing program planned as a special feature of the festival. Also reported is a Justice Department denial that any Lindbergh ransom money had surfaced at a Federal Reserve Bank. Handley pupils attend a special service at Braddock Street Methodist Church.
Loyal order of Moose conducts memorial services at the Empire theatre. Skating rink planned on N Market street. T D Kenney opens an office as a public accountant.
Rear Admiral C. Cowles now commands the Pacific Fleet. Maxwell Car, 25 horsepower, offered for 750 dollars at Huntsberry's.
Forty years ago John Boyd served as Chief Marshall of the firemen parade. Miss Mary Slagle resigned as manager of the Dempsey store on North Main street. Union Station at Harrisburg Pennsylvania was destroyed by fire.
A reader asked seven quiz items about wartime broadcasts presidents and proverbs. The list includes Churchill radio address dates first White House death proverb completion Jackson nickname tax rates long distance calls moire fabric meaning Arthurian wife choices Walton fishing and theThomas Minton industry link.
Local markets are presented as correct for daily business but the Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. The notice notes editors compile market figures but errors may occur in print.
A fragmented OCR listing shows prices for patent brand feeds in bags per hundred pounds and per barrel. It includes 10 lb and 24 lb bag rates, with various per hundred or per bag figures and references to mixed feed and scratch feed, largely unreadable.
The comeback road was smoother for selected stocks though the market showed little speed with gains at fractions to near four hours. Investors reinstated holdings in Santa Fe Southern Railway Standard Oil U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Schenley Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Westinghouse Johns Manville Oliver Farm U S Rubber Eastman Kodak. Backward were Boeing Douglas Aircraft Air Reduction American Smelting. Bonds steady. Commodities slipped. Curb resistance by Cities Service Carrier Cuban Atlantic Sugar N J Zinc American Light.
Field dispatches describe night naval battles in the Adriatic with two enemy destroyers damaged and a corvette sunk by U S naval craft and Allied planes. Attacks south of Canosa and west of Ortona intensified shelling on German lines as Rome reports prisoners from Panzer divisions.
Baltimore and Chicago market quotations show cattle active with steadier steers and higher cows, hogs mixed by weight, and lambs scarce. Cattle tops and dairy cows display gains while calves and feeders hold steady amid moderate receipts and regional price spreads.
Dr Clendening presents a study by J Rosslyn Earp showing correlations between smoking and athletic and academic performance. The report notes smokers tend to have lower scholarship and suggests parental tobacco use influences son habits, while no clear physiological mechanism explains athletic differences.
The market notes steady to uneven conditions across cattle and hogs with top prices around 16.65 for heavy steers and yearlings, mid ranges 12.00 to 15.75 for various grades, and limited sale of cows and bulls. Salable sheep and lambs total roughly 7 to 9.5 thousand, with strong interest in fed lambs at 16.75 to 19.00 and scarce native ewes around 8.00.
Chicago April 27 Grain quotations show a steady start with light interest. Wheat and oats futures moved within narrow ranges including May wheat at 1.73 and July at 1.70 to 1.71, oats Sept at 0.751 to 0.758, rye May around 1.29 to 1.30.
Northern Burma operations by Gen Stilwell and allied forces push into a third Japanese division as two divisions advance. In India a steady supply flow to China and Stilwell’s troops continues despite the invasion. A captured prisoner from the Chindits complains of poor rations and harsh conditions behind the front.
Inspector Grange and Ellen chase a web of suspects tied to Syria Verne. A red beard disguise, a missing alibi, and a phone triggered killing point to Carstairs Sr. and others while Pierre Sturgis and Dancer loom as possible players in the unfolding intrigue.
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