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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1945
Page
4
The Evening Star quotes biblical imagery and recalls John Ramsay who served a year after the war began and was recalled to active service. It notes Allied Supreme Command losses and mentions a worthy heir to a great tradition joining Drake and Nelson.
A tribute to Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, the Dunkirk savior and Normandy sea leader. The piece recalls his quiet rise, decision to serve, and pivotal role in saving Allied forces, with Eisenhower praising his decisive naval leadership on D-Day. Ramsay’s retirement in 1938 ends the brief portrait of a key wartime figure.
A recent Atlanta meeting of the Committee of Editors and Writers of the South urged elimination of poll taxes white primaries and other voting barriers. The piece argues new ideas rise from upheaval and notes the South benefits from cross regional mixing and enduring traditions.
Drew Pearson reports Madame Perkins plans to resign as of January 20 in a clash over labor authority amid CIO PAC AFL battles. The piece notes John L. Lewis remains influential and a successor would face divisions among labor groups.
About 1000 U S Rubber Co Detroit plant workers faced fines of 12 50 for an unauthorized fall strike. 480 have refused or failed to pay, risking suspension from the union and loss of employment under the maintenance of membership clause.
A reader asks about seven quiz questions and directs to Page 2 for the answers. The items include historical figures Palmiro Togliatti the Roman goddess of wisdom and other topics.
Twenty six county men head to final physicals before induction. A false alarm draws three fire trucks to Bickers Motor Company. C H Musselman, apple cannery leader and Geetyburg resident, is mourned in last rites. J P Sheetz remains South End Fire Company captain. Freemason Baptist pastor Dr Sparks Melton opens Union Week. Handley Judges lose both games to Charles Town Purple Panthers 32 to 12 and 19 to 6.
C C Gough is reelected cap pany with Charles Buhl and Edwin Lillis named lieutenants. Bruno Hauptmann is identified by two men as seen near the Lindbergh home the day of the kidnapping as trial proceeds in Flemington New Jersey. A new Congress begins organizing before Roosevelt program relief. Twenty years ago a Gore miller paid fines for buckwheat flour sold short weight. Will Irwin to speak as Kiwanis and Rotary meet. G A A vs Martinsburg High at Handley gym tonight.
Official report says no particular trouble when the power current failed overnight in Winchester and surrounding valley towns served by the Millville dam. Wheat climbs to 1.40 in Chicago, a wartime high with four exceptions. Carson Spillman elected captain of the Friendship Fire Company and W. C. Perry named first lieutenant.
Forty years ago James Haymaker won the presidency of the Friendship Fire Company for its 12th term. The report notes his election and the ongoing duties of the volunteer brigade amid a quiet civic year.
A provocative essay on income that expands beyond dollars to intangible values. The narrator cites John Fiske and Herbert Spencer, urging readers to count affection, family moments, friendships, health, and providence as true income alongside money and philosophy.
The War Department states that German prisoners of war in the United States do all their own cooking. In some cases they are used in United States enlisted men messes.
Washington reports a thinning fog on hopes for a postwar world peace organization. Observers note Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin may convene a big three conference to set principles, followed by diplomats drafting a charter aimed for April. The piece discusses competing pressures from Britain Russia and American policy.
The article argues the immediate concern is securing a sound charter before a two thirds Senate vote, warning against delaying over distant outcomes. It notes fog around the bridge, cites Russia extending military control in central Europe, and observes Britain moving similarly, shaping future regimes.
Dr Clendening discusses distinguishing breast cancer from benign conditions like cystic disease. He notes age as a key factor and explains symptoms such as skin dimpling, lymph node swelling, and nipple retraction. He advocates early diagnosis and describes simple excision for pathology.
The author argues that Allied wartime occupations in Greece Belgium Holland and Italy reveal divergent democratic ideals versus Soviet rule. He warns that military control will drive political domination, predicts a permanent division of Europe by April, and questions future Western roles and a Dumbarton Oaks style world order.
A Luxembourg radio broadcast reported 27 milligrams of radium and documents signed by Madame Curie were discovered by American authorities in a German hospital at Aachen. The items are held pending ownership verification.
Daphne Willoughby returns to her hometown after years abroad and a failed marriage, remodeling a family house and denying remarriage. A garden project and a surprise visiting party unleash a playful clash of personalities including Corinne Hollis and a lively group.
Daphne hosts a barn raising style gathering in her back lawn as friends unpack food in hampers and coordinate work for the new structure. Steve the gardening expert supervises plant transplants while conversations drift to old country quilting bees and coppery hair. (To be continued)
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