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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
4
The notice outlines delivery expectations for The Star with guidance for readers to report delays and irregularities. It lists the editor H F Byrd Jr and the publishing office in Winchester along with advertising deadlines and rate notes. It quotes a Bible verse from Matthew 2 14.
The German general staff believes it cannot win but may salvage something by delaying a breakout on the Western Front. It aims to open peace after this winter, counting on UN fatigue and costs to sway public will, echoing 1918's hope for a future rearmament.
War cripples birth rates, posing a hidden threat to national vitality. The piece cites estimates of birth deficits during World War I, noting Russia’s 41 percent fall and heavy losses among German and French young men.
The passage questions how France's aging society and population shortfall in the 1930s contributed to national decline. It notes that manpower losses in World War I likely hampered France in the second conflict and asserts that war evils extend beyond visible damage.
The New York World Telegram laments the rise of the “regular customer” rebuff in shops as clerks turn away nonregular buyers. It jokes for a Gilbert and Sullivan anthem and hopes shelves crowding ends the snubs when shoppers can buy without insult.
Fredericksburg report notes gradual Allied gains and prisoner counts but no march on Berlin yet. British troops in France to be furloughed one week, while Russia plans a winter campaign aiming for Vienna by April 1. Enduring confidence in victory remains, with final victory not expected before summer.
Charlottesville Progress urges frank direct handling of differences among United States Britain and Russia to preserve wartime unity. It warns against concealment and delayed discussion arguing for open explanation of policies and motives to avoid tragic misunderstandings and preserve Allied cooperation.
Thirteen Clarke county men are to be inducted at Roan. A blood clinic on January 13 and 14 seeks 550 volunteers. Winchester residents can speak for or against the 1944 city budget at a public hearing tomorrow night. Earthquakes in Turkey with blizzards and strong winds have left about 42,000 killed or injured.
Ten years ago Robert M. Ward, a longtime member of the Winchester bar association, died suddenly of a heart attack. A New York Times correspondent praised Virginia highway marks as the best in the country. The item also notes a 1924 Virginia apple output of 2,520,000 bushels, with Washington and New York producing 6,650,000 and 3,733,000 bushels respectively.
Thirty years ago Miss Hattie Hooper killed a hawk that alighted among her chickens during feeding. The report notes both gains and reverses for the Allies in official news releases.
An editorial discusses radicalism amid global upheaval. It contrasts good radicalism aiming to reform from the root with destructive rot. The piece urges peaceful change and warns against opposing all reform to avoid empowering extremists.
A reader questions seven items from a page 2 quiz with topics ranging from World War II theaters to grammar corrections and historical details. The list asks about Yamashita’s war area, a grammar correction, largest Chicago hotel, a quoting line, WAVES acronym, boiling point physics, authors of Christ life, Windward passages, and Wind Sor Castle chapel.
In Washington era reflections on freedom, the piece critiques the Atlantic Charter four freedoms, contrasts democratic liberty with state controls, and questions if wartime aims justify curbs on wages, work, and unions. It warns against propaganda pushing a state defined liberty.
Moscow dispatch reports that Tass confirms exchanges of representatives between Gen. De Gaulle's French government and Polish authorities, reflecting shifting diplomatic contacts amid postwar European alignments.
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The five month old Polish regime at Lublin is expected to declare itself the provisional government of Poland before the new year. De Gaulle's emissary Christian Fouche has arrived in Lublin. Stefan Jedrychowski, ex-Moscow representative, now acts as Lublin committee contact in Paris. Polish sources in Moscow say Czechoslovakia may follow France's lead.
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