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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star newspaper of Winchester Virginia provides subscription and delivery details including daily publication except Sundays and pricing for mail and carrier routes. It invites reader notices of delivery delays and irregularities to maintain service quality, dated Monday August 28, 1544.
A Maple Leaf dispatch quotes a Canadian war expert praising American troops in northern France. He credits Lieut. Gen. Omar Bradley’s armies with the decisive breakthrough and notes Canadians and British aided by pinning German forces and repelling the Mortain counter attack.
The article notes cutbacks in some aircraft lines to favor B-29 and B-32 output. It describes B-29s operating from China and soon bases planned for the Marianas and possibly the Bonins near Tokyo. The piece emphasizes rapid U.S. factory buildup to back Pacific advances and highlights air attack’s role against Germany and Japan.
The Atlanta Constitution calls for practical journalism on farm life, urging editors and reporters to study a real Georgia 1000 acre farm. It argues farming's future may be large mechanized estates or small family units linked by cooperatives, stressing hands on observation.
The piece urges constant cleanliness to guard against polio and typhus, noting baths and handwashing as protection. It recalls Uncle Peter Beaugrand, an Ohio pioneer who observed clean homes boosted recovery, and contrasts past practices with modern medicines like penicillin and sulfa drugs.
Garland R Quarles declares the staff of the city schools for the upcoming term. The list details educators assigned to all grade levels and administrative roles in the district.
Miss Catherine B. McVicar will represent Winchester at an anniversary celebration in Orange County. The Blue Ridge Bus Lines introduces a fleet of ten new buses. Shirley Temple appears in Baby Take A Bow and is widely adored.
Mrs. W. A. Baker becomes president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Virginia Department of the American Legion at a Danville meeting. Plans are laid for a Labor Day outing at Castleman's Ferry by the Friendship Fire Co with attendees from Frederick and Clarke counties. Six thousand people attend the Winchester Fair, the day said to be the largest yet.
Thirty years ago the Bowles Brothers from Millwood take first and second in the harness class at the Berryville Horse Show. The Berryville Common Council meets in a special session to handle routine business from the July session. Henry McVicar departs for Mexico to tend his business interests.
The piece argues against lenient postwar treatment of Germans aside from Nazi leaders, warning that forgiving the populace risks future war. It urges punishment for those who supported or enabled the leaders and cautions that mere re education would foster false peace and global danger.
Reader questions cover paint needs for a 35000 ton ship about 40000 gallons. Edict of Milan granted religious liberty to Christians in 313. Personal income tax revenue in 1944 was eighteen times prewar. Fuji the volcano has slept since 1707. Lung fish estivate up to four years, longest animal fast. Navy discharge rules set by Congress and interpreted by Navy Department. Jiujitsu known since at least seven centuries before Christ era.
Bern Switzerland August 28 dispatch reports German forces in Greece cut off by events in Romania and Bulgaria were preparing to abandon the country. Small units were gathering to regroup for a possible attempt to fight their way through Yugoslavia back toward Germany.
A scanned column lists ten true false and short answer prompts about WW II era facts and general knowledge. Included are questions on King George VI, soap by products, corrected grammar, Lindbergh, Adjusted Compensation, Masurian Lakes, Mackinaws and Mackintoshes, Tannarive as a capital, a spice staff term me, and whether a male mosquito can bite.
Paul Mallon reflects on how Democratic senators attacked Governor Dewey over small nations protection after World War II. Hull’s stance shifts alliances while Welles and Lippmann debate sovereignty in Japan and Germany, stretching a simple aim into a complex political issue.
Dr Clendening answers reader questions urging routine child vaccinations for smallpox diphtheria typhoid fever scarlet fever and whooping cough. He warns against lax enforcement and notes vaccines reduced deadly diseases though occasional cases remain a reservoir. He also explains umbilical hernia treatment and addresses coffee caffeine lemon juice and anemia questions.
The article contrasts Hull and Dewey positions at Dumbarton Oaks on safeguarding small nations. Hull favors sovereign guarantees and separation of security from trade, while Dewey argues for keeping military power separate from economics. The piece notes Russia and the United States as primary postwar powers and suggests Dewey’s approach may shape the conference's outcome.
Oklahoma City August 28 Sen Elmer Thomas predicts the greatest sea force in history will form in the Pacific after Germany falls. He says Allied powers would join at the Hawaiian Islands and push west to crush Japan, noting Tokyo will be unable to stand against the inevitable.
Judith frets over love and friendship with Matthew as Mary presses about Lynn Mortimer. The trio grapples with desire, secrecy, and the cost of passion in a Connecticut home turned roadhouse.
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