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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1943
Page
4
Advertisement policy and circulation notice from The Evening Star Publishing Co. Winchester Virginia. Details about second class mail, publication deadlines, and contact guidance to readers for delivery issues.
Rates list for mail and carrier subscriptions include terms for one year six months three months and one month in advance with separate charges for outside zones and a weekly era single copy price. The document presents pricing structures and payment timelines.
A Bible verse from Matthew 2 1 wise men from the east travel to Jerusalem during Herod's reign proclaiming the nativity context for Friday December 17 1943.
The Office of Price Administration urges coal mines and government suppliers to include the federal transportation tax in total bill amounts. It argues agencies object to separate tax items and suggests listing every tax embedded in costs. The piece contends higher taxes and bloated federal payrolls show public discontent and electoral risk for New Dealers.
The piece contrasts portal-to-portal pay for striking coal miners with the harsh realities faced by Marines in the Southwest Pacific. It notes pilots bombing Nazis, and soldiers in the Aleutians and deserts earning $50 a month, while requests for gas rationing back home create friction with wartime sacrifices.
The piece highlights a soldier who accepts low pay on a Sunday shift in a defense plant, insisting troops fight without sympathy and will finish the war swiftly. It lauds the American fighter as the best trained and bravest, noting his fairness toward civilians and gratitude for homefront support.
Reprinted editorial argues travel could curb postwar economic gloom by repatriating dollars via foreign trips and hotel and transport spending. It notes nearly 500 million dollars spent abroad in 1929 and says wartime purchase of War Bonds funds future travel, boosting demand for U.S. manufactured goods and a broad range of postwar items.
A Danville Register opinion piece notes public guesses on when World War II will end. It cites Lord Keyes and Charles E. Wilson predicting varying timelines and argues such forecasts are speculative and unreliable. Readers are urged to set their own date and stick to it until proven wrong.
News notes recall a Greyhound bus driver killed in a crash near Capon Bridge. Other items mention Major Leigh A Fuller announcing prisoner of war status, FE A Miller 66 dies from Tularemia, and assorted local history milestones from one to twenty years ago.
Twenty five years ago dry agents raided a Cumberland Valley train searching baggage. One man arrested carried eight quarts of liquor. The Dangerfield Morris family reported two dead and four ill from influenza. Sgt. Robert W. Smith reported from a hospital in France.
Horsey and Atwell display a 149 pound pumpkin offering a $5 umbrella prize to the person guessing the greatest seed count. J. B. Beverley Jr undergoes appendicitis. Mrs. Fielding H. Calmes of Clarke County releases the book Christmas Time and Old Rhymes.
Forty five years ago Mary Jane Jones daughter of William Robert Jones sustained facial burns from a baking pan. Ralph Savage returned from Harpers Ferry. R E Byrd leased Tines to take possession Monday.
The reader is asked to turn to Page 2 for the correct answers to seven trivia questions about geography history literature and sports. It covers items on rivers bases oceans, ship regions, plays authors, military roles, fossil periods, global opposites, lake sizes, biblical text and hunting calls.
A reader sends warm greetings to editor and Star staff and carriers. She extends best wishes to all readers and praises local boys and girls enlisted in service, noting the birthday on the 5th and hoping for peace and unity worldwide.
Governor Darden seeks 250000 in the next General Assembly for Piedmont Sanatorium expansion to relieve congested conditions at the tuberculosis hospital for negroes. Architects will draft a master plan for a 500 bed facility, alongside a 100 bed infirmary upgrade funded at last session. The plan includes emergency items and a revived mobile X ray unit to boost tuberculosis work.
Washington reports German forces sustain efforts near Kiev with tank and artillery use. Despite strong firepower, weapon types indicate stockpiled arms from earlier days and a withdrawal strategy. Russians saw limited destruction in Kiev core. planned German counterattacks aimed to seize winter targets before renewed offensives.
Berlin radio says no Russian winter offensive until ready to see and it may be right. German resistance to air bombings shapes view of war as American generals now urge weakening Germany from the air to ease invasion. Sixty Nazi cities destroyed or vulnerable, 17 bombed, 120 tons per square mile per hour, yet city life largely continues as residents shelter during raids.
The Tehran gathering of Russian British and American military leaders produced a formal agreement on synchronizing military actions. Non military outcomes of the meeting are acknowledged but not defined in this item.
Dr. Clendening extols modern hearing aids and urges acceptance despite stigma. He notes upkeep costs and service needs, compares aids to spectacles, and forecasts a lighter, more efficient future device weighing under an ounce.
The text discusses uncertain bombing effectiveness, noting 80 percent destruction with luck and 20 percent with bad luck. It explains temporary pauses to let German restoration begin, critiques William Shirer’s immunity theory, and suggests bombings may harden German resolve, as seen in London and Spain.
The article notes a new bombing strategy proving effective, disrupting transport and production. General Arnold plans a second front from Italy, with Russian options delayed by ship types. A three way air attack could topple the German economy, while Nazi defenses adapt to minimal resources. The emphasis moves toward invasion planning.
Illness keeps Rev. George W Ports Jr from Gainesboro charge appointments next Sunday. In his absence Rev. C. B. Larrick, former pastor, will fill Wes ley Chapel Gainesboro Ol Bethel and Red Land pulpits. Dr R O Bryant announces quarterly conference postponed to a later date.
Beth Kinnan and Andrea Barnes navigate love and loyalty as world events pull at their friendship. Beth clings to hope for Vernon while Jim’s absence and Andrea’s engagement stir tension amid autumn Washington life and the looming war.
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