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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
2
In East Douglas Massachusetts on December 2 a car containing Mrs Anna Palmer and her son in law Weszaro was struck by a moving freight train at a crossing. Palmer suffered a fractured jaw and shock but was pulled from the wrecked car by railroad crew and Weszaro who leaped to safety as the train started. Weszaro had a cut lip.
The Rev C Worthington Lowe declined a call to the Church of the Good Shepherd in Washington DC and will remain at his current post. He has led the Lutheran Church of Our Savior since it was established several years ago.
Allied air forces pounded Toulon naval base catching German vessels in harbor and causing heavy damage. A week earlier Solingen in the Rhineland endured a second day of heavy bombing as Marauders struck German air fields in northern France and Belgium. RAF mined German waters. 27 Fortresses and Liberators failed to return.
Leslie D. Kline county superintendent said no decision yet on extending Paul D Beable Gore school principal deferment beyond 30 days. Kline appealed to the State Draft Board in Richmond seeking deferment until term end. Beable, registered with Stafford county, was slated for examination and granted a 30 day deferment.
A fragment mentions Dwight D. Eisenhower and Atlantic connections to Great Britain, referencing a figure and a fish project. The readable text hints at cooperation or correspondence on a mid 20th century science topic, but lacks full context.
County Superintendent Leslie D. Kline announced all schools would close at 2 p m Monday December 6 so teachers could attend a four o clock meeting at the Winchester courthouse. George J Oliver director of instruction from the State Board of Education will speak on improving cooperation between teachers and patrons. He is sent by State Superintendent D S Lancaster. Representatives from many city and county agencies will attend, with some others expected.
H. G. Richardson, assistant state director of physical education, spent Tuesday and Wednesday visiting Frederick County high schools and several grade schools to stimulate interest in the physical education program.
The report lists Winchester Cold Storage with 149 255 barrels, C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Cay with 77 975 baskets 32 549 boxes and 2 328 barrels, and Old Mill Storage with about 25 000 bushels. It notes current holdings are about half of last year’s levels.
Baltimore December report lists wheat at 1.64 to 1.68 per bushel and corn at 1.15 to 1.36. Prices shown reflect mill livery and rail transit ceilings.
American ships moved north of Vitiaz Strait and hit Madang shore targets while sinking a small enemy craft in Dallman Passage. Bombers struck Kai Islands Langgoer area with fires visible for miles. Australian troops advanced from Bonga toward Wareo, as Bougainville coastal strongpoints near Empress Augusta Bay were strafed and bombed to aid Marine and Army advances.
The War Department defended before a Congressional committee its August seizure of the S. A. Woods Machine Company commercial unit in Boston. Brig. Gen. Greenbaum said the action followed presidential orders and a War Labor Board dispute. Col. Gow argued a split takeover was impractical, while critics alleged overreach and linkage to strike-related issues at a Montgomery Ward store and costs at a New England shell plant.
Chester A Bowles told the Senate Banking Committee that ending subsidies could lift living costs by about 10 percent within a year, equating to a 10 percent sales tax on consumers. He warned that removing subsidy price controls could threaten wage and food price controls through broad price pressures.
Two building permits were issued in Winchester during November totaling $2400. C. Lt. Glover of 218 S Braddock Street is allowed to erect a frame building on Orchard Avenue, and E. L. Smith of 204 E Piccadilly Street is permitted to build a brick garage.
Hilda H. Fanning is granted an absolute divorce from Walter A. Fanning. Judge Harri son of Frederick Circuit Court merges the former partial decree into a full divorce. Neither party may remarry within six months.
James W. Good of Gore Virginia was arraigned in the Trial Justice Court and held for actions of the Grand Jury. He is charged with illegally manufacturing an alcoholic beverage without a license under the ABC Act. The case goes before the Grand Jury at 10 o clock January 17.
Allied dispatches report German forces pulling back toward Gasoli as U S troops of the 34th Infantry Division push into the Fifth Army front. In Italy the 44th Infantry Division, largely Austrian, debuts with the German line while American air forces hit Turin Fiat works and Villanova airfield amid ongoing operations along the Rome road corridor.
The report notes a major strike disrupting a key Führer device, repairs since, and widespread troop concentrations near San Ambrogio Rocca San Giovanni. Allied night bombers hit Pontassieve yards near Florence as 50 German fighters attacked the Eighth Army, with our planes all returning. Navy torpedo boats clashed with German Ei boats near Bastia damaging one.
George McFadden known as Elbows, former light weight boxing champion and longtime Winchester resident, says he will be leaving soon after spending a furlough here. He wishes friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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