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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1944
Page
4
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Text references a decree by Caesar Augustus taxing the entire world as recounted in Luke. The historic note highlights imperial taxation and the era’s administrative reach across regions.
Posta and express workers push through mountains of holiday packages despite manpower shortages. Railway Express suspends some New York City shipments to relieve a jam as Christmas deliveries stretch toward the new year, yet both services still operate with notable vigor and speed.
The piece asserts the journal lacks official sanction from armed forces and misplaces blame for Allied difficulties. It argues authorities should repudiate the view to preserve the Army and Navy’s reputation and avoid fueling public suspicion.
As the Nazi sun sinks, surviving German literati face scarce material to retell the Hitler era. They cannot easily craft romance or heroism from Hitler, Himm goring, and their cohort. The note argues a truthful history would not glorify these figures, and suggests no literary winds or epic journeys will emerge to honor them.
Senor Antonio Icaza testified in the Tommy Dorsey trial and earned favorable publicity, a return trip to Panama, and possible perjury charges if he returns to the United States. He helped break the trial’s focus on the Balcony affair, saving California taxpayers money and setting a tone against sensational reporting.
The article argues that Eisenhower and Somervell urged immediate upscaling of ammunition production to avoid delaying victory. It notes Aachen’s demand of 300,000 rounds for one caliber in a single engagement and explains the policy to sacrifice munitions to save manpower. American casualties are low relative to the enemy, but more ammunition is essential to ensure lasting battlefield superiority until final victory.
The article notes that trained Reich soldiers are in unhampered command while Hitler's military genius is questioned. Faith steadies on the old junker command, morale shifts up slightly, and German strategy shows mixed tactical quality with some sectors improved and others hampered by poor use of tanks.
The Winchester post office announces Saturday late hours to handle accumulating mail. Funeral services were held in Berryville for H. J. Russell a retired farmer who died Wednesday at his home near Berryville.
Ten years ago Capt. and Mrs. Paul Rutledge moved to Winchester and made their home on Shirley street. The Chicago Bears captain Harold Red Grange was reportedly seeking a coaching post at Illinois University to replace Frank Carideo.
Rear Admiral Louis McCoy Sxul ton of Winchester is appointed superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. He will assume duties in February. Mrs Elizabeth Rae Miller of Winchester dies after a three day illness. Robert T Barton of Frederick County announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the Virginia House of Delegates from this district.
T H Ritter and L W Fries are elected regent and vice regent of the local Royal Arcanum chapter. Mrs T W Steck wins the Potato Club’s first prize in the county with a yield of 245 bushels per acre. Over 1050 dollars raised in Winchester by a Belgian Relief Fund committee.
In Stephens City smoke and flames engulf the home of Mr. Gray Silver after a Civil War relic detonates. James Lockhart is named constable of the Back Creek district. Gabriel Anderson operates a small hall in Stephens City damaged by the incident.
William Booth, the Salvation Army founder, faced Whitechapel’s brutal slum and its scorn with steadfast love. He believed Christianity means love, sought to win the degraded with mercy, and preached the saving power of Jesus to heal souls and uplift the lost. His life dramatized gospel power in reforming the spir it.
A quiz feature lists seven questions on rivers royal family a plane crash term chemical decomposition by electric current grammar correction prisoners of the Vatican RAF and Soviet Russia Stalin birthplace Marine Corps recruit slang hand grenade food.
The body of a fish is covered with slimy mucus that enables it to glide through water with less friction. The text then veers into unclear, incomplete phrasing about lit fee and Jimnery.
The article notes near total support among Congress to open Palestine to Jewish immigration, but House rules and Senate Foreign Relations opposition stall action. It cites geopolitical risks, Saudi oil hopes, and Britain’s mandate as factors, plus a wary view of military plans propelling long postwar planning into 1946. It also discusses broader wartime fatigue and uncertainty shaping policy and defense forecasts.
Dr. Clendening debunks hair color restoration claims, stating no endocrine or cosmetic remedy can restore gray hair. He cites a handbook noting graying is unexplained and warns that dyeing may mislead and alienate others. He jokes about Santa Claus, Monty Wooley, and Hollywood hair therapies in a light tone.
Report says main Japanese force in the Philippines is being routed on Leyte, with Allied defense and counteroffensives pushing back Japanese units and disrupting their lines of retreat. The action centers on key landing areas and inland advances by U S and Filipino forces.
An advertisement offers a red letter New Testament with printed words in red and a special section listing Bible named trees waters mountains musical instruments and birds. It notes 254 pages with a black cover and price twenty five cents postpaid from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
The Veterans Administration says parents of a veteran killed in service or who die from service related disability are eligible for a pension if they are dependent. Dependency must be proven.
Craig and Nugent probe canceled checks linked to his father Conrad Brent. The money traces to 1938 and may connect to Bund arrests. Alexia Brent denies knowledge as investigators search a rifle and scrutinize possible blackmail amid family tension and war era politics.
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