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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia announces daily publication except Sundays under editor Byrd Jr. and requests subscribers report delays or irregularities to aid in maintaining a perfect delivery system. Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation member.
A devotional line from Psalms 101 1 is presented as a vow to praise God. The text emphasizes mercy and judgment and is used in religious or liturgical contexts to frame worship.
Miss Edith Barber argues fancy names tempt men to eat stew. The response warns that men resist unpronounceable dishes and prefer hot, honest meat like stew, noting restaurants mislead with French labels but prefer straightforward dishes.
The Newport News Times-Herald reprints a forecast of a vigorous congressional fight over universal military training after the new year. It urges support from the American Legion and outlines a program for a year of military instruction, with postcourse service options, stressing health, discipline, and national defense.
The piece notes the United States fights two winning wars simultaneously while Germany abandoned its one front stance after America entered the war. Britain, initially resisting in Asia, weakened and now defends India as America drives Axis forces in both Europe and the Pacific. Australia provided some assistance.
The piece argues Stalin’s non-aggression pact with Japan freed Tokyo to threaten the United States as Germany falters. It suggests Japan could seize Vladivostok to deny air and sea bases and predicts Britain and Russia will shift toward Japan only after Europe’s conflict ends, exposing Nippon’s isolation.
The piece details air operations totals including 638,880 tons of bombs dropped and 15,210 enemy planes destroyed in Europe. It notes First Allied Airborne Army paratroops, 9,000,000 pounds of equipment moved, and 9,000 aircraft/glider sorties with 2 percent loss, plus vast cargo and passenger figures for Air Transport Command and Naval Air Transport Service and 2,200 Atlantic crossings monthly.
News items note the Red Bud 4-H Club elected Helen Warner president. Christmas Club checks mailed from local banks total 97 000 dollars. Handley grid squad lists twenty monogram winners, six seniors. Shenandoah Boxboard closes, 60 workers affected after sale to New Jersey buyer.
Twenty years ago Dr. Hunter H. McGuire was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia at Staunton. Five young Winchester men were injured when their car struck a telephone pole due to a tire blow out. Thomas Cover of Fairmont advertised four geese reported to have strayed from his home.
Thirty years ago Mr and Mrs George Wright of Mt Falls purchased the Joseph Savage residence in Kernstown. The new Hotel Jack opens today though fixtures will take weeks to install. Mrs Eula Lee Carver wife of Winchester's barber dies after an appendicitis operation.
Forty years ago Courtney Jane's barn at Mill wood Clarke county burned with an estimated 1000 dollars in damage Vigga Village was threatened by flames Miss Minnie Maybe aged 28 died at her home near Nain William Powers threshing machine and 600 bushels of wheat owned by Chas Welsh burned Forty five years ago firefighters cleared downtown streets of slush mud and snow underscoring need for an underground sewer system Trackmen found 10 ties on Cumberland Valley tracks near the city and removed debris Miss Elsie Dove of this city was honored at a taffy pull.
Essay notes a 51 foot metal calculating machine amazes in logic yet cannot guide moral living. It argues true answers lie beyond machines, in quiet reflection, worship, prayer, and Bible revelation, not in numeric precision.
The Last Man's Club was a dinner club for Civil War veterans started in St. Paul Minnesota. Each year the dinner set places for all original members even if they had died. Captain Charles M. Lockwood of Chamberlain SD aged 93 and the last surviving member died in 1935. Other clubs formed later for survivors of subsequent wars.
President Roosevelt selects Edward Stettinius for state secretary replacing Hull, despite push from Byrnes and Wallace. The choice preserves economic policy continuity, as Hull departs after steering postwar diplomacy with firm morality and unity. Stettinius praised for purity of purpose and diplomatic style, seen as fitting successor to Hull.
Logan Clendening M D explains cataract onset and progression for the middle aged. He notes ophthalmology’s advances and how early signs vary by opacity location, urging prompt medical consultation to prevent retinal damage and irreversible vision loss.
A contemporary view notes James F. Stettinius Jr. as a calm, realistic choice to guide diplomacy, yet warns he may struggle with the Senate and the weight of the peace treaty and whether he can fill the role without becoming a subordinate to the president.
Quiz questions about World War II and general history with items on dates, wars, and notable figures. It asks the reader to turn to page 2 for answers and includes questions on war declarations, geography, and terminology.
Dr Chivery arrives amid gunfire in the meadow while Miss Keate and Craig seek clues. Suspects include Nicky, Alexia, Peter Huber, and Maud Chivery, with a possible link to digitalis. Anna reports rabbits barking up danger as tension mounts on the Brent estate.
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