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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1945
Page
4
Advertisement office deadlines and rate card for The Evening Star Winchester Virginia outline display ad costs. Transient rate fifty cents per inch plus contract rates and motor route zones. Subscribers urged to report delays to maintain circulation accuracy.
A dated religious excerpt references Matthew 2 23 and the claim that Jesus would be called a Nazarene. The text cites prophecy and places emphasis on the hometown Nazareth as part of the fulfillment narrative.
A home front tribute extols American fighters on the Western Front notably the infant Tyman and the brave frontline troops who endure grim battles. The piece contrasts civilian and soldier halves to honor the patriotism and world acclaim of U S troops and to urge greater home front effort.
A crisis looms as crude rubber supplies plummet worldwide. Losses from Malaya, Netherlands Indies, and wartime disruptions leave stocks under 100 tons, jeopardizing heavy tires for military and civilian use. Natural rubber is in critically short supply.
An editorial note discusses sailors traveling to ports and soldiers in France, reflecting on how equipment and morale affect jobs and the urge to forget birds and other distractions during wartime travel.
A pilot views a flock of about 60 flamingos from 100 feet above a marshy area off the north coast. The writer notes soldiers momentarily away from combat and reflects on peaceable bonds amid nations after wars end.
Fragmentary 1919 notes recount Woodrow Wilsons world peace ideals with multiple quotes from San Diego Helena and Salt Lake City events. The Woodrow Wilson Foundation announces a new headquarters in New York City with remarks by Josephus Daniels. Open house at his Staunton birthplace closes the piece.
A young man from Vaucluse faces suspicion in a robbery of two filling stations. Arthur Field begins a second term as city manager, while bids are invited for a $62,600 post office remodel. The Junior Auxiliary hosts a successful New Year Eve ball with 265 attendees.
Police report a quiet New Year's Eve with fewer drunks and much less firecracker activity. Jacob Rudolph's residence on the Valley Pike, south of here, was damaged by flames.
Earl L Douglass discusses New Year resolutions linking peace goals to action. He urges citizens to influence Congress and lawmakers to pursue world peace through writing talking and praying throughout the coming year.
A reader asks about how to get factual answers via the Information Bureau. It explains ATR on a naval vessel means rescue tug and recalls Sir Robert Peel’s creation of the London Metropolitan Police in 1829. It notes inquiries about claims for balances due a deceased veteran should be directed accordingly.
Washington observers describe domestic and international unease after the election. Bernard Baruch defends capitalism. Ham Fish calls for a third party. Voter turnout among service members was uneven, with Roosevelt winning about 60 percent of the service vote. The CIO asserts majority influence, pushing federal controls as a new idea of freedom, opposing individual liberty under old American notions.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains frostbite physiology the dangers of snow rubbing on frost bitten skin and how to recognize onset. He cites New York City street cleaner data and outlines heat methods and gradual circulation restoration to prevent complications.
The speaker criticizes CIO-PAC for political action seen as a bid to control individuals and the state under the banner of freedom. It claims secret campaigns against southern congressmen and a broad voter mobilization behind a new theory of freedom, with soldiers and others lured into supporting organized minority action against business groups. The piece promises continuation with further analysis.
The report lists war front distances in miles from key locations: Western Front 301 miles from near Duren, Eastern Front 304 miles north of Warsaw, Hungarian Front 364 miles from the Hron river, Italian Front 547 miles from near Alfonsine.
The World’s smallest monkey is the South American marmoset, two of which can fit in a hand. In Britain, about one quarter of 4,500,000 houses were damaged or destroyed by enemy action, with most damage from air raids after D-Day.
A short quiz asks about Albania’s capital, the king who said I am the State, the six New England states, the US poetic name, Ford Motor Company leadership after Edsel, a British faucet term, Eastman’s war agency, Solomon’s mother, whether lightning strikes twice, and whether Hibernians are Spaniards.
Mt Rainier is a volcano long regarded as extinct though it still vents steam and sulphurous fumes from small craters around its summit. The mountain's volatile activity is minimal but present in fumaroles and gas emissions.
Daphne Willoughby, a widow eight years, travels from Paris to North Winridge for a new life. She recalls past lives and contemplates independence while facing a career setback and a plan to live solo after receiving a letter from Kate Jynson confirming a potential future.
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