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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1944
Page
3
The state AAA office urges farmers to spread lime on permanent pastures and fields planned for forage. Lime now and superphosphate later can raise pasture yields, aiding milk, egg, and beef production for war needs. Details available at the county office and through AAA programs.
Wolfe Franklin Leon Wolfe son of Mr and Mrs Leon L Wolfe of Bloomery Star Route Sunnyside enlisted in the Navy through the Winchester recruiting office. He is 17 born May 22 1927 in Weston Lewis County West Virginia and has lived near Winchester six years. He captained Sunnyside baseball last summer and pitched for the team. He attended Weston High School and worked for H W Butler and Brother in Winchester at enlistment time.
A column highlights Seaman Miller Arnold stationed in California with training at Great Lakes and Camp Peary, and notes his Maryland pre indiction work, plus family details. It also covers Seaman John R. Violet stationed in New Guinea, former Delmar drugstore manager, and Private John F. Hoover recently overseas with an infantry unit in France. A Seabee poem by Harry Vance Taylor from the South Pacific is printed, and other service updates include Cpl. Carroll G. Willis in Italy and Seaman Kalafat’s Navy assignments from Camp Peary to Treasure Island and New Caledonia.
Private William B. Magruder of an air-borne signal company recalls jumping into France and fighting behind German lines in July 1944. He describes landing in a sweet pea field, crossing by French underground aid, and engagements that left tanks and vehicles knocked out, with multiple German casualties and four prisoners. He notes missed drop zones, scarce food, and a rear-tire mishap, ending with plans to share more on returning home.
It is estimated that over a million dollars annually is spent on remedies for piles yet druggists praise Peterson's Ointment for soothing cooling relief in minutes. 35c a box, 60c in tube with applicator. Money back if not satisfied.
Pvt Emmett A Boyce is transferred to Buckley Field Colorado for basic training. The article also features Lee Crump of Strasburg recounting his terrifying near miss when his LST Lae landing faced torpedo and air attack in Huon Gulf during the New Guinea operation. Crump served since 1942, his brother William serves in the Atlantic Fleet and his sister Gloria Pingley lives in Strasburg.
Staff Sergeant Fussell Jefferson Swimley and Mrs Swimley visit Evansville relatives. Mr and Mrs T Burleson celebrate birth of a son on August 11. Mrs Leo Price spends weekend with Johnstown relatives. Walter Hardesty and Rodger Hardesty visit Swimley family in Berryville Friday evening.
Mrs Julia Carter of N Cameron Street was charged with abusive language and fined 5 dollars with costs. Sentence included 30 days suspended pending payment and compliance with court terms.
Control Your Weight offers a simple authoritative guide on foods and weight management without medicines or fad diets. It covers vitamins calories proteins and carbohydrates with a table of weights for men and women. Ten cents postpaid to Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau 316 Eye St NW Washington DC.
Claude B. Stickley of Vaucluse Virginia a longtime setter fan and field trial figure dies from angina at Winchester Memorial Hospital on August 1. Services were held August 3 at Jones Funeral Home in Winchester. The American Field mourns the loss and extends sympathy to his family.
The Virginia AAA office says crimson clover seed will be scarce for a winter cover crop. Farmers should use other cover crops, with Austrian winter peas available from the Pacific Northwest for dealer orders, to ensure adequate stock.
Dr. J A McMurray announces a congregational meeting at Opequon Memorial Church on Sunday August 27 at eleven o'clock. All members are urged to attend.
The report provides four fronts with distances from key reference points: Russian Front 322 miles from Warsaw suburbs, Northern France 525 miles from a point near Sens, Italian Front 601 miles from Florence outskirts, and Southern France 610 miles from Grenoble.
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