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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1944
Page
4
The notice sets subscription rates for The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia with by mail and carrier options for various periods and a request for readers to report delivery delays. The piece closes with a biblical verse from Psalm 50:14.
Dr A R Mangus of New York State University challenges the belief that farm youths are healthier than city youths. He cites selective service data showing 18 to 19 year olds from farming areas face 62 percent higher rejection rates than the national average, with defects including vision, mental balance, bone and muscular issues, heart disease, hearing, and hernia. He notes cities rely on rural populations and questions why farm life would cause such defects and why city factories draw the healthiest away.
Five Cleveland Press reporters filed identical income tax statements with five Internal Revenue deputies and received five different results. One reporter got a $13.88 refund while another faced a $246.10 tax debt, highlighting the tax system confusion and variability in handling returns.
The speaker argues Congress should focus on easing taxation by simplifying the tax return so that it becomes intelligible to the average citizen with a university education, regardless of the new revenue bill's provisions.
A House bill would grant Army recognition to local draft boards serving since 1940. The measure would start at lieutenant and rise to lieutenant colonel after five years of service. Commissions would not include pay, pensions, or retirement benefits. After the war, members would gain a month of active status to become eligible for veterans organizations.
The piece argues General Marshall bears a terrible duty to save lives amid jungle warfare acts like flame throwers. It contends American protests clash with harsh Pacific reality and notes German operations near Rome threaten the Italian front. It urges Americans to accept the brutal realities faced by troops and face the cost of victory.
Richmond Times Dispatch notes Wolcott Gibbs of New Yorker critiques Broadway in February issue calling a play dreary. The piece argues critics misjudge February while birds migrate northward and crocuses appear signaling spring despite cold weather uncertainty.
The USA launches a four-site drive to support the war fund, inviting donors to sponsor homes for troops stationed abroad. Organizers emphasize community involvement and rapid fundraising to bolster morale and aid military families.
News of the year reports Allied troops pressing Japanese positions on Guadalcanal as the campaign intensifies. Other brief items note the Philadelphia death of Mrs. Ruth L. Carrickhoff and Areell DeHaven returning to Gainesboro, with a five year old item on plans to fight tuberculosis and local hospital treatment for Annie Wigginton.
Premier designate Doumergue stops Paris riots while Varley Pike near Winchester is slated for landscaping. Rev. T C Page of Berryville receives the Silver Beaver Award at a Scout meeting.
A historical brief notes the Prince of Wales sustained a broken color bone two decades ago. Nevada State Prison reports success using metal gas for treatment. A. S. Dandridge dies after a fatal head injury from impaling stake while crossing Cove Run during a survey.
Race riots flare in Georgia while government forces seize Beedings. John C. Cammer is buried today in a solemn ceremony.
The item lists ten quiz questions covering elections, quotes, Napoleon birth, composers, time zones, Catherine the Great, early printers, a South American news service, and military ranks. It asks who wrote Hedda Gabler and other specifics.
At Sing Sing three former Murder Inc. figures Louis Buchalter Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone await execution for Rosen murder. A Protestant minister visits the death house while Catholic services are held in the corridor as March 2 approaches.
Buffalo Courier-Express urges Franklin D Roosevelt as a Republican running mate for a fourth term with an outstanding Republican as vice president. The paper proposes a 1944 holiday from party politics and Roosevelt’s resignation after a European armistice to lead the peace conference delegation. It suggests his successor handle the Asiatic war and postwar domestic issues.
Bern Switzerland February 3 17 French frontier dispatch to the Gazette De Lausanne said today that the Nazis had picked 22 Frenchmen at random and shot them in retaliation for an attack against three German soldiers January 14 at Lyons.
In Washington on February 6, talk swirls around a Senate vote to ban food subsidies and President Roosevelt's next move amid the fourth term campaign. Farm leaders pledge to bend him, subsidy programs quietly expand, and Wickard's postwar plan promises broader production shifts. The dispute splits farm sector support, while the White House faces pressure over prices and political risk.
A reader explains hyperinsulinism, its relation to insulin and diabetes, and how excess insulin lowers blood sugar. Symptoms include hunger, weakness, trembling, and sweating. management includes small frequent meals during attacks and a high fat, low carbohydrate diet. Surgical removal of pancreatic islet tumors has cured some cases.
The candidate faces a choice between raising wages for Phil Murray, boosting farm prices, or pleasing consumers. Each option risks alienating main voter blocs and provoking labor or consumer friction during a tight wage price period. The usual tactic of small concessions may not satisfy anyone.
Cherish Autographs shows Claudine Anderson age 10 and Ann Boyd age 9 seeking Miss Leslie Brooks autographs at the Bond Rally. Claudine, daughter of Mrs. Virginia Grove, is in second grade at John Kerr School. Ann, daughter of Mrs. Mary Boyd, is in third grade there. Both keep Miss Brooks's autograph and say she was nice.
Mrs Judith Rebecca LaFollette 86 died at 1 pm yesterday at the Capon Springs home of her son Julian LaFolette Capon Springs West Virginia after a long illness. Survived by two sons Julian and Oliver, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral set for 2 pm Wednesday at Hebron Lutheran Church Intermont with burial adjacent cemetery.
Mallory Baker travels to Tamazindale for market day, enjoying tropical scenery and local hospitality while haunted by a white-scarfed man and his companion. Flashback to a tequila induced fear mirrors her feelings as she senses scrutiny and danger ahead.
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