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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1944
Page
3
In London on February 24, reports describe thousands of flutterers strips made of black paper bound to thin metal foil mixed with bombs and shell fragments to jam aircraft radio location gear. Allied bombers have dropped similar material on Germany for months.
In the Court of Trial Justice W. E. Edwards William T. Mauck of Stephens City was fined $25 and $4.25 costs for permitting an unauthorized person to operate his vehicle. Margaret Deavers of Stephens City received $30 and $0.25 costs for reckless driving and no operator's license.
Chicago church women organized by the Chicago Church Federation advocate a World Community Peace Plan. They propose converting planes and ships into Armadas of Goodwill to aid the needy, urge cooperation over secret diplomacy, and call for personal commitment to peace in daily life. They note British women in war industries and latchkey children, urging church youth work and early sex education. Miss Simonds, a Fayette Iowa missionary to India, reports progress in Tandur District Hyderabad State where Christian presence grew from 300 to about 20,000.
John Porters of R. F. D. No 3 Winchester was found drunk and disorderly in Civil and Police Court presided by Judge John W. Rice. He was assessed 10 dollars and costs totaling 5.25 dollars.
The last will of Ella W. Bray Brown, deceased, has been admitted to probate in Frederick Circuit Court. Irene Neterton and Cephia A. Aae ten attested handwriting. Dora Lee Brown is named beneficiary. Ciparins Funk is administrator under a $1,500 bond. Appraisers named: Harry McCann, Dorothy McCrice, Earl Bailey, Earl Rinker, and J. P. Reardon.
Telegrams and calls keep the local Red Cross busy as war pressures strain resources. A soldier with pneumonia is sent to Walter Reed, a love affair patch is resolved, funds aid a stranded sister, a sailor is ferried home, and shoes are bought to secure ration compliance. The staff notes there is always something to do.
PVT Carlton Patterson son of Mrs Amiel Clowser Hayfield spent ten days furlough with his mother and returned to Camp Murphy Fla where he serves in the Signal Corps SGT Shirley J Simpson now a patient at Deshon General Hospital Butler Pa recuperating from a prior thyroid operation in Algiers North Africa in August 1943 Set Simpson has overseas service of a year and hopes to see friends soon Mrs Simpson has just returned after a week with her husband SGT Elmer S Cooky Trenary has received the Sergeant's rating and is stationed somewhere in England PFC Loring R Cather is spending a 13 day furlough with his parents and friends in the city Cather was inducted January 1942 and is now at Fort McClellan Ala
Reporters back from battlefronts say London is unsafe after stepped up raids. Ross Munro, veteran correspondent at Dieppe and in Africa Sicily and Italy, quips that he will dig a slit trench in the park in front of his home.
The United States reports that Japan has removed its Army and Navy chiefs after Pacific strikes. Observers question if an old order may lead to Hara Kiri, though current Japanese officers reportedly prefer life to self destruction.
The analysis notes Nagano and Sugiyama’s removal as military advisers to the Emperor and describes officers’ view of the divine emperor. It observes officers respect for the imperial family yet doubt divine origin, and that many prefer life in service over returning home. Harakiri is seen as a grim option, not a common requirement.
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