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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
4
The Evening Star announces mailing details for Winchester Virginia with second class status and AP and Audit Bureau affiliations. It lists advertising deadlines, transient rate per inch, and subscription delivery notes including reader tips and a charitable giving caution regarding ration points.
The notice lists subscription prices for various terms with a weekly single copy price of 96.50 3.50 2.00 and dates a Thursday in December 1943. It closes with a Bible verse from John 12 32 about being lifted up to draw all men.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals highlights animals and birds serving with troops as camp companions and morale boosters. Historical examples include a Civil War eagle and a 19th century game cock, with various species aiding on land sea and air.
The OPA requires donors to collect ration points from recipients for baskets of provisions. This system may curb Christmas charity traditions, as baskets once shared with red ribbon may be hindered by red tape. Donors must tally points for each food item, identifying the recipients themselves.
The Tonawanda Evening News published a full page ad backing a Democratic candidate, aiding the defeat of Mayor Warren who had opposed housing war workers. Warren sued for libel and the paper for cross libel. both suits won. The editor’s action boosted circulation from 4,296 to 7,146, illustrating free press as a democratic bulwark.
The piece argues German public opinion shifts toward peace as Allied advances and political rumors shape belief that victory is unlikely. It cautions against hopeful fantasies and urges the Allies to pursue a decisive war policy while avoiding harsh terms that delay peace. It notes the need for clear German postwar terms and rejects complacency about the war's end.
One year acc ept Lewis M Castleman spends a furlough with wife and parents Mr and Mrs Merenes Castleman. Mrs Herbert Cather is honored by a shower from sister Mrs Claude Gore Clearbrook Virginia. Cadet Stephen Rosenberger returns to Virginia Tech after holiday visit. Five years ago Game Warden F W Pingley quarters a large deer in West Virginia. McKinley Turner John Myers and William Hiett bag three deer in Pennsylvania. Henry Mitchell elected president Clarke Junior Board of Trade.
Ten years ago Anne Brooke Kern headed the Little Theatre movement for the 1933 34 season. Mountain Widow a four year old of Clinton Farm stables owned by Dr. Lewis Allen wins the ladies class at Farnley trials. The Rev Geo A Copp aged 15 dies suddenly.
Twenty years ago Mr Charles Wingfield won a pig at the annual Reuss carnival. James F Smith died suddenly of paralysis at 73. Mrs Rose Lee Bayliss aged 35 of Berryville succumbed to an operation.
Twenty five years ago President Wilson informs Congress he will travel to Versailles for peace talks. The Elks Memorial Service features Mrs. H Clay DeGrange Mrs. J R DuShane Prof Hugh Duffey and Dr Hunter McGuire singing. Sergeant Marcus Copenhaver receives honorable discharge and returns home from the army.
Forty years ago Col Harry Baker sails to Vera Cruz Mexico. Joseph Wright Jr is called to Petersburg due to his father’s injury. D B Dinges of Middletown is slightly injured when thrown by a horse.
A quiz prompts seven questions about history science and language. It asks about Allied command in North Africa, solar eclipses, a Pennsylvania Army game score, the Sargasso Sea location, a Japanese flying boat nickname, Pandora’s box remaining virtue, saccharin sweetness, wow meaning in slang, currency and weight name overlap, and three names common in fishing or horticulture.
Roosevelt recalls Pershing’s wish for Allied forces to march on Berlin in 1918 and notes his long caution about Philippine defense funding. The columnist suggests Pershing offer another timely remark to capture public attention.
Italian POWs in Greely Colorado helped harvest a sugar beet and potato crop under a blanket contract with the Army. They produced thousands of pounds of beef and fed 500,000 people for a year while organizing their own labor units in a local schoolhouse. They learned quickly, worked thoroughly, and impressed farmers with discipline and efficiency.
Beir ut Syria Dec 2 3000 men under the British Ninth Army chief engineer completed a four and a half mile by pass in Lebanon in 100 days. Landslides blocked the old coast road so a hill was leveled to construct the new route expediting troop and supply movement.
The Rev. Daniel Shenk, 90 and a pioneer settler and organizer of the Mennonite Community, died at his home near Denbigh after coming to Newport News from Elida Ohio in 1900. He was the first minister ordained here and is survived by his widow Matilda and seven sons and five daughters. Funeral services set for 2:50 P M Friday at Warwic River Mennonite Church with Bishop T H Brunk officiating. Burial in the church cemetery.
The Blue Star Mothers urge readers to buy war bonds in November to support servicemen. They frame the effort as patriotic duty and highlight national solidarity during wartime.
Dr. Adrian Gibbs recalls family patterns from the 1880s, noting Uncle John who would not eat fish while others crave liver and sausage later. He cites research by Selling in Detroit on gender food preferences and suggests diet affects social outcomes from riots to marriages, ending with a judge who slept after heavy meals.
Robert Welton Graves of Winchester 16 enters the Navy at Bainbridge Maryland via the local recruiting station. He is the fifth Graves son in uniform following brothers James Hugh Frank Louis. one in the Army. Graves has Salvation Army work ties and was employed by H W Butler Co. in Winchester.
Community leaders urge residents to participate in the War Fund Drive running November 15 through 20. Organizers ask for double donations from each participant to maximize aid for service members and families.
Roommates Beth Kinnan and Andrea Barnes clash as Jim Ronald's wartime leave exposes a love triangle. Andrea accepts engagement to Jim while Beth faces heartbreak and a plan to escape the pain, fearing a future with Andrea. Beth recalls loving Jim first and contemplates leaving.
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