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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
7
Los Angeles dealers predict up to a million Christmas trees may remain unsold after December 25 as prices plunge from a peak of 1.50 per foot to about 25 cents per tree. Many entered the business after last year’s scarcity. The city licensed 50 sellers last year and 350 this year.
Hal Boyle recounts scenes from aDecember base mess in Italy where Tina a native girl, is hired to serve officers. The piece notes her brisk efficiency stages and the light banter about a hazardous mixed drink dubbed Nelsons Nightmare created by Major Roy Nelson.
Sydney reports the commonwealth government dismisses claims General MacArthur plans a U S trip next spring. Prime Minister Curtin says Australia will be consulted and MacArthur has denied political ambitions in an Oct statement. Official circles note MacArthur’s military directive role and responsibility to the government.
Washington dispatch discusses army discipline amid modern mechanization and democratic shifts in the U S Army. It notes initiative in units, social lines between officers and men, and reforms in punishment with examples including AWOL cases and a Morocco group sentenced to 20 years but later reinstated after proving themselves.
Rev M L Fearnow and Mrs Fearnow announce the marriage of their daughter Verna Louise to Lieut Aubrey Russell Jones on Thanksgiving Day in Santa Anna California. The couple's nuptials are noted as part of local connections with Washington and Roanoke College student Anna Jane Cooper home for Christmas.
The Association for the Advancement of British Songs says eighty percent of BBC songs are by American composers and asks Parliament to require BBC to include fifty percent British songs in its programs.
Stanley Munro of the Food Distribution Administration announced the reactivation of the Southern egg marketing program for 1944. The plan guarantees a support price for eggs, with government purchase if dealers refuse, and aims to boost production and improve quality through contracted dealers and grade based sales in Virginia.
Doris Duke Cromwell 31 year old heiress known as the richest girl in the world received a default divorce from James H R Cromwell former U S minister to Canada. In Newark New Jersey Cromwell says measures will be taken to void yesterday decree. Mrs Cromwell must appear by December 30 to defend the New Jersey action.
In Italy on December 23 Sgt. Lawrence E. Joiner and his Fifth Army crew were eating a chicken dinner when German bombers appeared. They fired a barrage that knocked one enemy plane down and forced the others away, then returned to their meals before the chicken cooled.
A humorous clash over collective noun usage between American and British press is illustrated. Stars and Stripes and American weeklies debate whether British plural verbs should appear, while British papers cling to their own style despite American headlines.
Complete car health check offered at George Washington Garage with 24 hour service. For details call 3848.
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