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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1943
Page
4
The Evening Star informs subscribers to report delays or irregularities promptly to help maintain a perfect delivery system. Advertisements must reach the Winchester Virginia office by 9 PM the day before publication. Rates include a transient 50 cents per inch with contract rates available on request.
Subscriptions listed by mail or motor route with annual semiannual quarterly and monthly options in advance. Carrier prices shown for one year six months three months and one month. Weekly single copy and date December 13 1943 included with biblical verse John 1 14.
The Army Air Forces honor the Women's Army Corps with a day of ceremonies at over 150 installations. Air WACs perform vital tasks from radio and instrument flying instruction to weather forecasting and parachute rigging as General Arnold lauds their record and service in training and overseas roles.
Eric Johnston president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States speaks in Washington urging the federal housing program to focus on essentials and practical measures for national housing. His remarks outline streamlined approaches and targeted action by government and business.
A speaker argued for removing national government from housing, favoring municipal or state funded slum clearance with local standards and laws. He urged backing private small business, warned of postwar unemployment and inflation, and urged employers and workers to cooperate for steady progress.
Reprinted from the Roanoke Times the piece notes the Navy’s rapid growth in 1943 with 817 combat ships and 419th warship, vows stronger 1944 construction, and claims the Japanese fleet is in retreat. It asserts the Navy is on the offensive, targeting Marshall Islands Wake Island and the Carolines, and remembers Pearl Harbor.
Governor Darden urged Norfolk Sunday school groups that the church must lead in building a postwar world of peace. He linked world wars to attacks on religious belief and argued Christianity and aggressive war cannot coexist. He urged continued church support amid wartime limits to foster world peace and goodwill.
The Star pledges full coverage of local, national, and world news, aiming to inform readers with timely reports and informative analyses across communities and beyond.
Allied air leaders forecast intensified bombing of Germany to cripple resistance before a European invasion. General Henry H. Arnold tours the Italian front with Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz and Maj. Gen. James Doolittle, coordinating a broader winter air campaign from Italy and England.
At a two day regional conference in Salt Lake City eleven western states discuss 1944 president prospects. Clarence Buddington Kelland Arizona national committeeman says Republicans hold 60 percent of electoral votes and plans to end the New Deal bureaucracy. He declines to name candidates including Wendell Willkie.
Pupils in the High School plan to send letters to former students now serving in the armed forces. They hope to have these letters reach the troops by Christmas. An entire rehearsa l of the Xmas program will be held Friday in the assembly. Reporter Lorraine Turner.
In Boonton a store clerk, a young girl in charge, guides Theodore Steinmetz from the Boonton rationing board to a ceiling price list posted above the top shelf. The girl explains the list is as high as they could reach, reflecting compliance with OPA rules.
Field Marshal Smuts described the Cairo meeting of Russia Britain the United States and China as the most significant conferences in a century. He warned reporters against prying into secrets and urged caution amid postwar political shifts in Britain France and emerging democratic blocs.
In postwar analysis British power appears diminished even alongside Russia's strength on the continent. Smuts challenges the empire's ability to rebound in a freer trading world free of monopolies and cartels. Teheran offers no clear path to solutions, and no authority suggests how democracies can be erected in Italy and France amid intense competition with socialist and imperial blocs.
A Los Angeles era feature notes a small typhoid fever outbreak totaling 21 cases with 11 carriers, 10 of them grandmothers. It urges typhoid vaccination for all and highlights Mary Mallon as a historic carrier.
Community organizers campaign for a Christmas bond issue to fund local projects. Residents are urged to approve the measure to support schools roads and public services in the coming year. Officials say the vote could shape city priorities and budget planning.
A reader is asked to answer seven quiz questions covering topics from repatriates and Bedloe’s Island to U S history and grammar. The item hints at page 2 answers and lists questions on statues dates names and time zones.
In a three year wartime tension story Beth and Andrea reunite in Washington for a weekend. Andrea, attracted to a wealthy married man, pursues nightlife while Beth worries about Jim. Their city outing includes shops, tea at the Mayflower, a roof dance, and late nights at the Willard before Andrea delays her return.
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