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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star Winchester Va informs subscribers to report delays or irregularities to maintain delivery. The paper prints daily except Sundays and lists advertising and publication policies and rates.
The notice presents annual and short term subscription prices: one year five dollars, six months two dollars and seventy five cents, three months one dollar and fifty cents, one month sixty cents. It adds outside zones 41.00 and includes a religious verse from Matthew 10 39 dated Friday January 7 1944.
The report details Lieut. Gen. Carl Spaatz to command all American strategic bombing of Nazi territory. It notes a split of the Eighth Air Force into two groups: strategic bombers against long range targets and tactical units targeting immediate combat objectives. The move signals U S air power has grown to dominate European air campaigns.
The Virginia Legislative Council urges raising the maximum small loan rate from two to three percent on balances of 150 or less. It notes 1942 cuts from 3.5 to two percent harmed profitability and loan volume, and argues improved employment and installment credit reductions reduce demand.
The article argues against high annual or per pay loan rates and recommends families build a reserve in war bonds to cover unforeseen emergencies rather than rely on small loan companies for future needs.
A New York Herald Tribune analysis discusses an open letter by a U S sailor on duty in the South Seas to Striker addressing wartime strikes. It links front line sacrifice to home disunity and urges a real no strike pledge from labor and all groups to support victory.
Richmond Times-Dispatch criticizes former Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge for aligning with Ku Klux Klan members in Porterdale. The Augusta Chronicle notes his attack on Hull and his denouncements of Jews Catholics and Negroes. Observers fear his return will employ rabble-rousing demagoguery.
Chicago scholars Ernest W. Burgess of the University of Chicago and Paul Wallin of Stanford examined 1000 engaged couples and report homogamy prevails. Heterogamy is comparatively rare, explaining why rare cases attract writers and readers of fiction.
One year ago a county balance stood at $86,985 and a student received five dollars in War Stamps. A city-wide event urged a slogan for blood drives. Mrs. Bessie May Rosenberger died near Lamps, marking a local obituary in this aged year’s brief.
Twenty years ago the mayor appoints committees for a valley gathering in Harrisonburg Virginia. Robert M. Henry dies suddenly and the mercury drops below zero in the valley.
Thirty years ago a modern Eve headline marks the Empire Theater season opening as a musical attraction. City Council approves Army Camp using city water next summer. Rev W H Carter urges emphasis on proper home life during Week of Prayer sermon.
Forty years ago Miss Katharine Glass resumes wedding attendance in New Broaddus while Chamberlain returns to Baltimore to business college after holidays with parents. John E. Newlin bags his fourth deer of the season and shoots a 350 pound bear. Seven loads of buckshot and rifle bullets needed to bring down a grizzly. Nelson Page Hugh and Marshall Russell go back to the University after holidays at home. Forty five years ago Charles Rouss mails a $1,000 check to Union Fire Company for banquet funds. George H. Kinzel elected captain at annual meeting. Robert L. Gray named captain of Sarah Zane Company. G P Rofler becomes Hotel Evans manager.
A reader quiz asks which is the oldest Catholic higher learning institution run by Jesuits in the U S The item notes Page 2 for answers and lists ten questions covering history geography and trivia including Jefferson on a current U S coin and Kropotkin figure roles.
Dr. Bryant preached at Rest Church in Winchester district and a quarterly business meeting followed. The W S C S plans its January meeting January 8 at 8 PM at the Ridgeways. Red Cross Surgical Dressing Group meets Wednesday at Mrs. Snapp’s. all helpers urged to attend. Guests included Miss Emma Ridgeway hosting at Winchester. Mr and Mrs Murchel Lamp of Washington DC visited Miss Ethel Barrett. Mrs. George Clark visits her mother in Washington DC. Miss Peggy Huber returned to University of Baltimore after holidays. Ethel Barrett visited Edwards at Albin. H Moulden and Robert Cromer of Hagestown visited H B Sell. They traveled from Harrisonburg where their daughter June and Hagestown students resumed studies at Nelson College after holidays. Philip O’Connell of Mar spent last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W A.
The article portrays President Roosevelt maneuvering through rail wage talks with Anné Rosenberg as a key adviser. It notes government strategy behind the scenes, the bitterness of the 15 non signing brotherhoods, and Byrnes’s interpretations shaping the final deal, viewed as a political maneuver rather than straightforward negotiation.
Dr. Logan Clendening outlines chronic headache types and causes, from ocular imbalance and sinus disease to systemic issues like high blood pressure and endocrine changes. He notes migraines and nerve headaches predominate, with examples of time-linked headaches and common misattributions.
Amid a labor dispute the government ordered road operation without inviting negotiation. Officials say the seizure was a legal device to deter a strike during wartime, not an intent to control. Brig. Gen. Guy S. Rowe was named commanding general at Camp Lee succeeding Maj. James E Edmonds.
Andrea reveals to Beth that she is pregnant as Dennis plans to tell Jim’s fate. Dennis intends to meet Andrea to discuss her ahead of Beth and to share the burden of the news. Beth prepares for the hardest talk as Andrea braces for what lies ahead.
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