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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1944
Page
4
Public notice describes delivery safeguards for The Evening Star Winchester urging readers to report delays and irregularities. It lists advertisement deadlines, rates, and contact details, noting postal and agency affiliations and a Biblical quotation from Luke 1 35.
Navy Secretary James V. Forres tal argues that Japanese plane production is rising and planes are improving, warning against American complacency. He notes a projected mid-1946 end to the war with Japan, but warns of a year and a half of costly fighting and heavy material losses ahead.
Allied reports from Europe and the Pacific claim continued air superiority. The 20th Air Command based on the Asian mainland and Saipan flies regular missions over Tokyo targeting war factories, with heavier bomb loads than earlier raids.
Staunton News Leader argues the western front winter offensive advances despite rain and mud and calls for a breakthrough to prevent a German stalemate. It notes German V weapons and submarine threats, Allied air losses, and the need to keep up manpower to defeat the German armies this winter.
The Internal Revenue Office in the post office building will remain open tonight to assist farmers with income tax filings as the deadline approaches tomorrow. City health officials act to prevent a flu and cat fever epidemic. Dr. J. M. Casey is named adjutant of the Berryville American Legion Post to fill the late Harold Scheuer’s term.
Robert Wadlow the world’s tallest man at 8 feet 9 12 inches aged 21 spent the night at the Geo Washington Hotel and could not ride the elevator. Ten Odd Fellows receive first degree honors at a Tri County Odd Fellows meeting in Front Royal. The Star today runs the paper’s second largest regular edition advertising total.
A deep south cold snap lowers temperatures to eight degrees injuring vegetable and citrus crops. In Cross Junction, Miss Harriett Adams is elected president of the Junior League. P W Plumly Company of Barnesville Ohio plans to build a lumber mill locally.
Patrons invited to hear warping canines as a Christmas gift. The Reuss Bazaar and carnival close tonight after ten nights. Live turkeys awarded at Colonial Theater. Misses Ambrose, Raper, Totty, and Druary receive Nurse's College diplomas. Shenandoah B and O HQ moves from Winchester to Brunswick. Germans retreat on the western front with heavy casualties. Japanese move siege guns into Russian lines for an eastern assault.
W H Pierce of Ridgeway reports three hogs weighing a total 1275 pounds. Twenty five of Mr Arme’s sheep are raided by dogs. Dogs also attacked sheep owned by C W Crawford near Kernstown.
The Dutch Premier Dr. Pieter Gerbrady said his cabinet will resign once Holland is liberated. He cites a world crisis since the election and a changed public mood. The piece notes gaps between exile governments and occupied populations in Belgium and Greece and argues for the people's free expression.
An underlined Bible in a hotel room highlights Eph 6 13 having done all to stand. The piece reflects on seeking strength amid temptation fatigue and life’s ups and downs. It argues the Bible speaks to wanderers dreamers and strivers offering guidance and hope.
A Greensboro resident urges the Washington Post to broadcast Madam Schumann-Heink singing Stille Nacht to German troops on Christmas Eve. The letter argues it could remind older soldiers that part of Germany was Christianized, while noting gunfire music should remain a priority.
The reader is invited to check Page 2 for correct answers to a set of seven trivia questions. Topics include Ormoc Island, William Saroyan's profession, lead as a metal, Communist China provinces, Ottoman terms, Salmon P. Chase cabinet role, and Menelik lineage claimed by a royal ruler.
Washington observers note muted scandal as Dies Committee records are moved to basements and Byrd faces a deficit in inauguration funding. President Roosevelt jokes about economizing while White House clarifies the $25,000 appropriation could not cover the event, prompting a cautious apology.
Weather and climate affect health through circulatory changes and body temperature balance. Dr Clendening notes correlations between barometric shifts and heart events, citing Herrick and Coolidge cases, and urges long term studies with daily symptom and weather records. Milk of magnesia discussed as mild laxative and stomach neutralizer.
Readers debate CIO influence after the election with warnings of potential government disruption. The page also answers reader queries on soldiers personal effects, GI Bill educational benefits, early football broadcasts, and mustering out pay.
In a tense night sequence Craig asks Alexia to marry him after ordering Miss Keate to fetch her. The next morning police arrest Craig on murder charges as Drue vanishes, leaving only her shoes and cape behind while the detective hunt begins.
In the tense sequence, police search leads to Craig's room while Drue’s fingerprints surface on a desk. Nugent questions Nicky and Beevens deny involvement as family danger looms and alibis blur between Craig’s shooting and the patriarch’s murder.
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