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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1943
Page
4
Notice from The Star of Winchester Virginia about delivery and publication details. Encourages subscribers to report delays or irregularities to maintain a reliable delivery system. Includes a biblical quotation from Ephesians.
The FBI urges Americans to stay calm amid sabotage fears and enemy propaganda. It notes past incidents from sabotage scares to coded messages and warns hysteria would harm production and national unity.
A Texas drought survey shows that no more than 25 percent of the states wheat crop thrives, with the Panhandle and West Texas most affected. The next year goal was 5,000,000 acres but only about 2,700,000 acres have been seeded as nearly 100 North and West Texas counties face critical moisture.
The article notes long drought since June with migratory pests consuming wheat, making it physically impossible to grow the 5,000,000 acres in Texas. Last season's 47,500,000 bushel harvest, mostly in the Panhandle, relied on subsoil moisture now depleted. Similar drought is seen in western Oklahoma and western Kansas, with Kansas short by at least 2,000,000 acres.
Reprinted Richmond Times Dispatch argues lack of a positive Allied plan to rescue Jews from Hitler. It notes a House Foreign Affairs hearing on a Senate resolution to create a government driven plan for immediate action to save millions in Europe. The piece backs pooling Allied resources under U S leadership to establish temporary havens and aid persecuted Jews without exceeding current immigration quotas.
In Linn County Missouri communities gather for pie suppers at schoolhouses and crossroads churches. Families bring box suppers while auctions let boys bid for the chance to eat with the pie-bakers. Gasoline rationing barely alters the social custom as rustic gatherings continue.
The piece contrasts Genesis 400 words and the Ten Commandments 297 words with the Gettysburg Address 266 words and the Declaration of Independence 1321 words. It notes the Office of Price Administration used 2500 words to announce cabbage seed price cuts.
The Danville Register reports Germany claims a retaliation weapon is ready for use. Dr. Goebbels admits tremendous destruction of "our city" and hints at poison gas. The piece suggests Hitler may employ gas to counter Allied bombings as brutal assaults on peaceful peoples continue.
B P Harrison named judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit and Winchester Corporation Court. Howard K Grove Jr stationed in England writes a country home letter. December 7 declared Pearl Harbor Scrap Day. Miss Mary Lois Bean crowned Miss Shenandoah Valley 1938. Miss Agnes Pickett Smith dies in Baltimore. Fred S Hunt becomes Ranger Express Agent at Charles Town. Four Winchester Banks report 58000 dollars in Christmas Club deposits. November issued 583 hunting licenses and 25 marriage licenses. Forest fires scorch over 100 acres in the county.
Miss Mary Robinson visits Baltimore Maryland. The Rev and Mrs Earl Haydock of California stay with Mr and Mrs B F Davis. E J Nathanson makes buying trip to New York.
Dr. John P. Campbell long known locally died in Baltimore. Mrs. Holmes Conrad relays that her son Col. Bryan Conrad is en route home with news of a broken leg from France. Washington announces no candy restriction this Christmas.
A list of ten trivia prompts asks about a Bahamas indictment, the Terrapin War, Camp Mackall location, Stetson University, the WPB, Monticello, the Census Bureau, Lafayette’s French officers, Palestine’s largest river, and the Forty-Niners.
Harrisburg December 2 The Yellow Cab Company of Pittsburgh asks the Public Utility Commission to permit an aerial taxicab service using helicopters downtown Pittsburgh. The plan envisions ground facilities and one or more choppers to cut travel time to Allegheny Airport by 20 to 25 minutes and to the Coraopolis airport by about 30 minutes.
New York reports that Japanese radio outlets spread a rumor that Gen Cheng Chen resigned in disgrace over Yan nan Burma reverses. It was later shown he attended the Cairo conferences as part of Chiang Kai Shek's staff, and Berlin radio relayed the Tokyo report before the Cairo revelation.
Senator McKellar, acting chairman of the Appropriations Committee, condemned federal price control subsidies as enormously costly and un-American and voiced support for the House approved subsidy repeal bill. He said subsidies would raise taxes and urged ending them.
Washington December 1 Treasury Secretary Morgenthau argued for a 10 billion dollar new tax to fill war costs. Senate committee members advised him not to appear as revised estimates show war costs partly funded by taxes. He warned against inflation, but critics cite excess wartime money and price controls as factors in high prices and black markets.
The discussion argues taxes should sober the public, noting most are already sober about war and taxes. It cites Mor genthau’s idea as unlikely to soften opinions and suggests tax cuts would better influence public mood. The strongest point from experts concerns married taxpayers calculating nine options under the House bill.
In Europe the war is seen as nearing a swift end with expected sharp drops in expenditures next year. A House committee member privately questions the justification for the $2,000,000,000 bill amid the stated hopes for a rapid conclusion.
The text contrasts Morgenthau’s $36 billion inflation gap with the House Democratic committee’s estimate of $10 to $25 billion. It notes the discrepancy stems from Morgenthau counting savings as inflationary while the committee excludes them as unused to bid up prices. The discussion questions the theory that taxation can curb inflation.
Dr Clendening explains how modern blood tests aid diagnosis guiding on red and white cell counts sedimentation rate and blood chemistry. He notes anemia from low red cells and infection signs from white cells and discusses sedimentation as a rough sickness index.
The bill was pushed mainly because Treasury pressure for higher taxes created urgency. The current law on victory withholding etc needed simplification and a hurried revision. The general was seen calmly shifting his bed to adjust its placement, explaining the change.
Soldiers guarding General George C. Marshall during the North African conference reported hearing violent screeching noises from his room late one night. They were on guard with guns ready, fearing an urgent threat to the Army chief of staff.
In St Louis Roscoe Turner vice president of the National Aviation Training Association proposes giving two jeeps and a plane to every returning veteran. He argues jeeps will serve as postwar farm tractors and many pilots will find work in the air to earn a livelihood.
Navy flier Lt N E Jacobs from Arkansas endured 10 002 narrow escapes in three hours as Camp Callan training sent 10 002 rounds of .50 caliber fire. Lt Robert Harley spotted color on the mountainside and found Jacobs semiconscious after a crash and rifle range danger.
Andrea Archer, Beth Kinnan, and Jim Ronald shape a wartime romance in a small town. Andrea flees Bennington memories for a week with Jim while Dennis Archer watches from afar, and Beth navigates jealousy and loyalty as their entangled relationships unfold in wartime scarcity.
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