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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1943
Page
3
Washington December 6 1944 campaign strategy shifts to wartime pattern with fewer presidential appearances and more radio newsreel appeals. Republicans plan limited travel while Democrats expect Roosevelt to lead via radio and statements. Conventions likely mid June for Republicans and January 22 for Democrats.
Swiss radio quoted Swedish advices that an Allied landing party blew up a foundry at Arendal in southern Norway during a raid the night of November 20. Reuters recorded the broadcast.
The Office of Price Administration announced a three to four cent uptick for a 28-ounce jar of apple butter from the 1943 crop due to higher apple prices.
By Hugh S Falleren Jr from New York December 6 1930s style roundup covers basketball coach Elmer Ripley living at Staten Island home for first time in 30 years in the business. Cal racehorse lore. baseball rule change extending visiting team batting practice. Armstrong and Angott boxing plans. Carl Hubbell retirement with 298 ERA. Arabian barb origin debate in racing circles. Saudi princes Feisal and Khalid visit Bay Meadows with five of eight winners.
Prep patter notes Lynn of St Christophers Richmond with 106 points in seven games placing him among leading schoolboy grid stars. The 17 year old is Billy Chewning’s brother who played Navy in 1941. Leonard Gilbert of Leon High School is credited with 19 points after TDs in 26 attempts, Tallahassee writer Elton Creamer suggests Ansonia's unnamed kicker may surpass him.
Corp Bob Nestell, a California heavyweight, is reported on the way to recovery after being seriously wounded in Italy. At Camp Davis North Carolina anti aircraft officers listened to the Army Navy game, while Lieut James M Jenkins rooted for the Navy because his nephew Bobby was playing for the Midshipmen with some nifty ball toting.
RUS SELL LaFOLLETTE led with 793 across six games as GAA girls won the opener against Bell Clothes. CORRINE CARSKADEN and DOROTHY MICHAET helped Elks Club sweep Star Office while HANDLEY and Berryville teams posted wins. Williams posted a 348 for Cadillac in three games at Clearbrook.
Navy officers at an anti aircraft training school instruct new gunners to miss a moving red rayon sleeve towed behind a slow plane. They emphasize leading the target since enemy bombers fly faster, so trainees avoid wasted fire in dives.
Veterans and service members from Winchester area are listed with assignments promotions and furloughs. Pvt James Robert Lowery stationed at Camp Gruber Okla seeks correspondence. Petty Officer William E Woolingham recently returned from leave and is now at Camp Endicott R I. Apprentice Seaman Carlton R Gatewood assigned to Stewards Training to become a merchant seaman. Serman Charles Thomas Hancher attends Naval Reserve Midshipmen School Notre Dame. Pfc William A Taylor Jr on furlough and writing from Guard Unit Houston Maine. 1st Lt Walter Massey graduates Parachute Rigging and Packing Course at Fort Benning. Col Roy T Wright promotes John Walker Greene to S Sgt. Pfc Lester E Johnson and wife depart for Marysville Calif after Thanksgiving visit. Johnson stationed at Camp Beale Calif.
Australian troops with artillery and air cover advance toward Wareo on the Huon Peninsula New Guinea after repulsing three Japanese counter-attacks. Units near Sattelberg and Bougainville meanwhile unleash heavy air and bomber operations across the Pacific theater.
Fanweed or stinkweed a mustard plant over a foot high, usually a pest, can now be raised as a valuable war oil plant. State College researchers Howard O. Triebold and John R. Clapton note its seed yields 1,500 pounds per acre and oil yields 500 to 1,000 pounds per acre per season, with potential use in lubricants paints and edible oil.
Secretary of the Navy Knox predicts some of the war’s heaviest naval battles will unfold in 1944 as U S forces confront Japanese units yet to see action. He notes Allied naval gains in 1943 included U boat defeat, heavy Japanese surface fleet losses, and record ship production.
Raymond J. Golightly a 42 year old Winchester resident enlisted in the U S Navy Ship Repair Unit as Machinists Mate second class. He will remain on inactive duty until basic training. Golightly served five years in the regular Army and is married with three daughters.
A beachfront block burned destroying 16 boardwalk buildings including two apartment houses. 150 residents became homeless after a $500000 blaze. Fireman Harry Yard, 60, died later at Atlantic City Hospital from a heart ailment worsened by exertion. Coast Guards helped dampen smoldering roofs as investigators search for a cause.
Dispatch from aboard a carrier off Mekin Gilbert Islands notes a censor censorship delay. Sailor writes home about making history while asking about Gilbert and Marshall schooling. The message underscores morale and concerns during wartime.
A Omaha woman who last year turned in three explosives for rewards has obtained permission to buy a single explosive. She paid $5, checked the serial numbers, and found one matching the surrendered device.
British and German long-range batteries on opposite sides of the Dover Strait engaged in a spirited 45 minute duel starting at 3 a m. Shells fell in the Dover area with initial reports of no casualties. British guns opened the bombardment aimed at ships beyond the strait. German outfits on the French coast replied at once.
Count Alfred de Marigny and his companion Nancy arrived in Havana aboard a small freight chartered vessel, following the murder of Tan Sir Harry Oakes. They will stay in a Nacional suite and plan to return home later to the suburbs.
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