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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star notes potential delivery postponements affecting Winchester residents amid postal and route disruptions. It warns Imperfect distribution could reduce access to news while tying to reader support and timely reporting.
A February 17 1944 newspaper fragment quotes a psalm line about deliverance from death and walking before God. The text reflects religious language common in editorials or notices of the era. No additional context or attribution is provided.
House Ways and Means begins a tax simplification push to help the average taxpayer. Rep Harold Knutson says the current bill will be the last wartime revenue measure and outlines three return forms and consolidated tax types to ease computations. The plan faces a one year wait for benefits.
Officials tied to food rationing and the War Food Administration expect weather to impact crop output. J B Kincer of the Weather Bureau says the nation is in a wet cycle with limited drought risk, but insufficient rainfall could tighten belts in America if rains fail.
A Baltimore Sun dispatch from Switzerland notes influential circles in north Italy quietly advocate Arturo Toscanini as president of a potential future Italian republic. The piece contrasts music and politics, citing historical figures who balanced public life with musical pursuits.
The United States faces a dispute over union dues being sought from 165 German prisoners of war working under guard at Scarbrook Farms in New Jersey. The AFL affiliate Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen is demanding twenty five cents per week check-off, while War Department details confirm prisoners will still earn eighty cents per day. the method and payment source for any check-off remain to be resolved by employers and federal agencies.
The piece collects Irish reactions to Mrs. Shaw's will to fund a 400000 dollar program for Irish self control elocution deportment and social arts. Contributors from New York Boston Philadelphia Rochester weigh in on Irish culture and English manners with wit and satire.
The report notes heavy American casualties in the initial clash with Rommel as U.S. forces engage in broad fighting. The House Naval Committee critiques delays in ship construction. The House Military Affairs Committee backs a bill deferring fathers.
Gen Craig, Army Chief of Staff, backs sale of aircraft abroad while FBI agents encounter a man sneaking near the President's special train. The president issues world notice on defending and maintaining self-governance.
Ten years ago Albert I of Belgium died after plunging 36 feet during a mountain climb. Charles Douglas was forced to land a plane in Rockingham. A new reservoir for Front Royal was completed that day.
President Coolidge accepts the resignation of Edwin B. Danby as secretary of the Navy. Apple shipments to British ports are halted by a dock strike in the United Kingdom. Dr. F. T. McFaden is elected grand junior deacon of the Masonic Grand Lodge.
Thirty years ago President Wilson appointed G. H. Kinzel as postmaster of Winchester. American forces captured Mexican bandit Castillo. Rev. J. P. Hyde died in Clarksburg West Virginia.
Forty years ago reports say a Japanese base of supplies formed at Elliott Islands off Port Arthur. A telegram found in Shenandoah Valley National Bank in Winchester marks a wartime trace. Robert Reed dies at his father's Roanoke area home.
This appears to be a quiz page asking seven questions about politics geography language science and astronomy. It includes queries on Republican candidates in 1944 a homonym for way a title for King George VI before his accession insular group Mili the Melody in PF insulation materials the best electrical insulator among glass silk paraffin country initials VUSA three Roosevelts vice presidents Christmas Day weekday pattern and Sirius star location in Cassiopeia Canis Major or Ursa Major.
A plea for a simple peace formula based on democracy and Christianity. Proposes a United States of Europe with a common army and open trade, plus a defensive U S policy of bases, self sufficiency, and mutual aid while wary of totalitarian regimes.
Home emergency guidance covers burn care including water soluble jelly with tannic acid and sulfadiazene for most burns, vaseline as backup, and cooling in lukewarm water for extensive burns. It also stresses evaluating fractures before moving victims and seeking doctor aid, with brief Q&A notes on rheumatic fever and colon irritation diet.
The author argues complacency in peace risks defeat. Maintain superior armed forces and political vigilance against any global authority that could erode lifestyle. Caution against international bodies and secret treaties that invite stealthy aggression and undermine national strength. End.
Mallory Baker meets a large Mexican press gathering in a capital cafe while her companions insert themselves into the interview. Manuelita translates the questions as Mallory answers, guarded, while an admiring lone man across the table shows quiet interest in her.
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