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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1943
Page
4
The Evening Star publication in Winchester Virginia advises subscribers to report delivery delays or irregularities. Readers are urged to notify the office promptly to help maintain a perfect delivery system and ensure timely newspaper delivery.
Rates show by mail or motor route a one year advance price of 5.00 and six months 2.75. Three months 1.50 and one month 0.80. Outside zones add 1.00. Carrier rates and weekly single copy details are incomplete.
A 1943 church page quotes scripture Matthew 2 10 and marks December 18 as a day of contemplation and celebration. The note centers on the nativity theme and shared faith.
An Army dental officer writes in Collier’s that 95 per cent of air crash injuries are facial. He suggests a light mask combining a catchers mask and boxer faceguard to prevent disfigurement, usable when prior warning allows. He notes helmets exist for other workers and asks why pilots shouldn’t be protected.
Reprinted Richmond editorial cites Virginia state police traffic summary for the first half of 1943 showing a lower toll than 1942 mainly from reduced travel. Fatalities hit 515 by midyear, with 1942 total at 7044 deaths and 1941 a record 1110. rural fatalities are the bright spot amid injuries and millions in property damage.
The pattern of road accidents shows about 70 percent result from guilty motorists not obeying laws in the first half of the year, a figure matching 1942 and 1941. Exceeding speed limits remains the leading factor and road conditions contribute similarly. The report warns of a rising death toll and calls for expanding the State police after the war.
The note argues 150,000 war workers will be laid off in three months due to production cutbacks. It stresses rapid redeployment to vital industries, a looming need for half a million workers in heavy industry, and calls for planning and postwar legislation guided by a joint House Senate committee and Baruch role in readjustment.
Admiral Gatch, judge advocate of the navy, warns in Alabama that two years of Pacific fighting have yielded only supply line gains and small advances on the edge of the Japanese empire. He notes Germany rebuilt 60 divisions after Stalingrad and predicts no near collapse, urging unity and warning against wishful victory talk.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University argues that freedom of individual enterprise should be added to the four freedoms. He says this fifth freedom is the cornerstone for liberty in economic social and political life and that Americans exemplify it through upward mobility from private to leadership roles.
The Winchester USO seeks donations of furniture and household items to support soldiers stationed nearby. Community members are urged to donate beds, chairs, tables, and kitchen supplies to outfit the USO center.
War Department informs Mr. and Mrs. John Hoover that their son Private Charles L. Hoover of the field artillery was killed in action November 29 while defending his battery position against enemy bombing. Mrs. Laura B. Hensell resumes work after a brief illness. Merchants urge suspending a pre Christmas blackout due to injury risk to shoppers. Fellowship Club lists about 120 families on its master list. W P A Community Chorus, directed by Edith Brenton, performs. Dr and Mrs A T Mussen, formerly of Winchester, are injured in an accident.
Meredith DeHaven a student at Ashbury College in Kentucky is home for holidays. Miss Margaret Amick of 404 N Kent Street accepts a holiday position with Stern Brothers in Palmer Moyer and moves to the new A&P Store from Strasburg.
James R. DuShane recovers his stolen car after a daytime incident on a crowded holiday shopping street. Three girls staged impromptu hair pulling during the scene. Rev Father McVerry, former Sacred Heart Church pastor, visits the parish.
Twenty five years ago officials announced a plan for a 500000 city school system supported by the Handley Board and City. Mrs. Sallie Russell died today in the community.
Forty years ago a Civil War relic exploded as the home of Gray Silver burned. James Lockhart qualified as constable of Black Creek District. Gabriel Anderson's small launch at Stephens City catches aw
A retrospective note recalls Sarah Zane Company receiving a new harness for fire horses forty five years ago. Dr. W J Best of Brucetown is listed as addressing teachers while A J Copenhaver marks his final birthday in the same item.
A reader quiz lists ten questions on government war agencies stars borders and history. Questions cover Chester Bowles agency, eels hearts, Pacific naval base names, closest star, Josip Broz nickname, Yugoslav capital leader, Bahamas governor, Mason Dixon Line spelling, first poetic place with inscription, and Dempsey world title winner.
Chicago scientist Dr James Shelby Thomas predicts dramatic future gains from medical chemistry and diet science. He foresees a “perfect man” 6 feet 3 inches tall, no gray hair, no fat, and a life span of 125 years. He also envisions millions of new houses costing 1600 dollars after the war and many home and industrial innovations from wartime research.
At an American air base in Italy Major I Louis Hoffman reports aviators suffer head wounds from ill fitting steel helmets. He devised a hand operated screwjack to stretch helmets, adjust earphone fit, and install a detachable sweatband, improving protection without cutting circulation. He aims to save lives with the new design.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains cold sores arise from a virus similar to the common cold, not riboflavin deficiency. He notes winter prevalence and historic use of potassium chlorate, now limited, with gentian violet for lips and mouth and potassium chlorate dosed to children for a few days.
J H Meek state agriculture market director said Virginians pay 25 to 30 percent more for some foods than they should due to a hidden black market. He warned ceiling prices mask quality differences and push inferior foods at top prices, limiting proper premiums for high quality.
Two does found refuge on the large military reservation around the Denver ordnance plant during hunting season. Officials relocated a buck to join the females and issued orders that the small deer group is not to be disturbed.
Marion Ellet of the Blade Empire reports a farm woman who keeps 54 ration books for her family. The collection includes four books for each of 12 family members, plus fuel oil kerosene two gasoline truck and non-highway gas books.
Orientation officers at Camp Van Dorn Miss have officially recognized the pin-up girl as part of the 263rd Engineer Combat Battalion display. The pin-ups appear in the section titled this is worth fighting for within the unit's exhibit.
Navy staff instructors in New Orleans say trainees exposed to loud civilian noise adapt faster. A boiler factory worker’s experience helps him distinguish an instructor’s commands over the roar of a Navy plane engine, sharpening ability to pick out voice amid bedlam.
In Washington Beth and Jim reconnect as Andrea and Eunice plan a weekend with Eunice. Jim expresses care for Andrea and Beth contemplates their past bond. Beth wonders about Vernon and the future while Andrea welcomes Jim before Beth departs. To Be Continued.
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