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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1945
Page
4
Notice outlines office deadlines for advertisements by 9 PM and lists national representatives and delivery acknowledgments. Includes subscription pricing by year, six months, three months, and monthly, with weekly single copy details. Highlights reader assistance to prevent delivery issues and mentions Associated Press and Audit Bureau affiliations.
A January 8, 1945 report cites Matthew 3 3 prophetic passage as the voice crying in the wilderness to prepare the Lord a way. The excerpt frames the scripture as fulfillment and guidance for believers.
President Roosevelt warns Americans not to expect full Allied unity at the upcoming conference with Stalin and Churchill. He notes persistent European political and territorial issues likely unresolved, and urges firmness in American views to prevent an arms race after the war. Elmer Davis warns enemies may exploit dissent to delay victory.
Reprinted editorials say two Nazi spies on the East Coast and possible balloon landings in the West show Germany fights hard and that saboteurs are in American territory. FBI Director Hoover urges reporting suspicious activity and keeping enemy plans secret while submarines operate in the Atlantic and ships and trains remain at risk.
A letter from Aubrey T. Mussen dated January 3 1945 argues for stronger Allied cooperation amid Europe war. He defends British actions in Greece against ELAS and German influence, cites Piraeus security, and contends the Atlantic Charter is a guiding principle not an immediate liberation pact.
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E W Argenbright will continue as city fire chief. David Hottle leads Rouss Fire. Marion Anderson elected captain of Friendship Company. Three county volunteers leave for Roanoke induction. Boy Scouts provide food for birds feeding 65 pounds of grain and suet. Ma Winchester hopes for safe landings on icy pavements. A failed attempt to flood pall park from Rouss Spring overflow. About 200 skaters use Shenandoah north branch during the day. Chief Hollis reports 1934 arrests total 1 083 with drunkenness leading offenses. Dick Brown reelected head of Sarah Zane Fire Company with L M Crabill as first lieutenant. Robert Burwell, Winchester native and Annapolis resident, is a Rhodes scholarship candidate for Maryland.
Daniel McIlwee, manager of a city garage, dies suddenly after a ten minute illness. The Standard Gas and Oil Co. informs the City Council the Supreme Court suit is dropped as the council already issued two building permits for a gas station. People plan to save money for Empire Theater shows in the next two weeks including The Ten Commandments Kiki and The Vanity Box.
German railways are menaced by French troops in Alsace as tensions mount between Greece and Turkey. German planes are driven from the English coast by land batteries, signaling a widening European crisis.
John E. Newlin shoots his fourth deer of the season and bags a 350 pound bear. A rifle bullet felled the arizzly after seven loads of buckshot. Nelson Page Hugh Russell and Marshall Russell return to the University after holidays. Broaddus Chamberlain resumes studies at a Baltimore business college after holidays with hometown parents.
Forty five years ago Lewis F Cooper becomes head of the Sarah Zane Fire Company succeeding Robt L Gray. Hunter Kerr named head of the Rouss succeeding M T Reed. Plans announced for a permanent business college to be located at Market and Water streets.
A religious column argues that God seeks orthodoxy of the heart over belief alone and that judgment hinges on the soul’s condition, not creed. It contrasts life conduct with doctrine and urges daily closeness to God for genuine faith.
Washington analysis by Paul Mallon accuses the government of using political excuses to justify returning to rationing and credits unexpected wartime crops with improving supply. Mallon argues the main motive remains election-driven and questions the stated reasons for policy shifts.
The piece critiques wartime rationing shifts arguing unspent reserve points must be used to enforce limits. It notes OPA left wingers and Mrs. Roosevelt criticizing Bowles as speeches dubbed dull. It questions official claims on food supplies and cites inconsistent statements by government officials including the war food administration.
The drive to control cancer is the next major public health effort. Education is needed to overcome fear and encourage early treatment. Cancer differs from infections with unchecked cell growth. areas of concern include skin exposed areas, the breast, and the tongue, where persistent lesions require medical advice.
Agricultural economist Mr. Trolley and army officials clash over food in storage. An officer from the quartermaster general’s office told a New York victory garden club that surplus army food would not last a week, while public doubt grows as secrecy and conflicting statements plague official statistics. Households face tighter butter sugar and processed foods as government delays and election considerations influence ration plans.
A mild bubonic plague outbreak near the Burma China border is being fought among a quarter million people with mass inoculations and preventive measures. Cases likely under 300 with about 100 deaths so far, as Chinese and foreign agencies including the U S Army medical department and a Friends ambulance unit aid containment. no American personnel have been reported ill.
Daphne Willoughby Abruzzi a widow with Paris London and Naples years returns to North Wintridge after twelve years. She plans remodeling Cousin Ella's home with a tacitly hired gardener named Steve while memory of her musician husband Carlo lingers in her letters. Neighbors gossip about a Bronner family and a mystery gardener as Daphne settles into a fine May afternoon of quiet renovation and intrigue.
Daphne frets as Buff the painter’s romance with Perry Dawson grows amid a quick paint job. Buff defies Miss Turner, while Steve and the village dressmaker’s son stir local tensions and Daphne worries about money and motives.
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