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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1945
Page
4
The item is a 1945 front page from The Evening Star with publication details, circulation rates, and a biblical quotation from Matthew 3 12. It lists editor H F Byrd Jr and printing information for Winchester Virginia.
The Bureau of Transport Economics estimates postwar traffic will rise 38 percent above 1935–39 levels and 6 percent above the 1941 level due to war dislocations and returning service members. It warns of high travel in the first postwar year while car production resumes and many old cars remain on the road.
The Social Security Board says over 100000 people aged 66 and older stay at work and do not claim benefits. About 70000 retirees have temporarily given up benefits to resume jobs, seen as a patriotic effort to aid the war.
The piece compares a 1944 joint Army Navy warning to current buzz bomb cautions. It notes Admiral Ingram’s interview adds little new evidence of attack prep, stressing public awareness and panic risk. Goebbels copycat notes and newspaper sensationalism are discussed alongside the public’s steady concern.
A Moorefield reader recalls Crook Clower in Germany describing ammunition rationing and its deadly toll. The letter urges workers to stay on the job, buy bonds, salvage materials, and oppose strikes to support the war effort.
The piece argues for an income tax system where the taxpayer provides a list receives notice of due amounts pays with a receipt and departs, reducing fear of extended audits. It criticizes current IRS procedures demanding excessive detail and prolonged inquiries about minor financial specifics.
Frederick county and Winchester students invested 25 043 in war bonds and stamps during September December. Plans for the 25th anniversary of the Robert Y. Conrad Post of the American Legion are announced. Senator Harrison is assigned to five committees in the Virginia Senate. The 38 degree day is the warmest of the year, with 35 degrees last January. The Greenwood Methodist Church will reopen Sunday after years of closure.
William C. Alexander formerly of this city becomes a partner at Levy and Company Neckwear in Philadelphia. Amelia Earhart Putnam begins a solo flight from Hawaii heading toward the Pacific coast.
Isaac H. Lamp, a Confederate veteran, dies suddenly at age 91 after decades of good health for his age. The Winchester Milling Company pays $2 per bushel for wheat for the first time in years and notes rising prices, including lambs at 19 cents per pound. The local American Legion plans the comic opera Trial By Jury.
John Cartmell, born near the city, is a star performer in the Al Field Minstrels Shows and will perform here soon. The German cruiser Siemen struck a mine and is badly damaged amid a tense crisis as Italy and Turkey delay war declarations.
Roosevelt proposes a broad draft and public works program to mobilize labor for war and postwar needs. Congress remains hesitant, fearing expansion of government powers and impact on labor unions while England uses similar authority. The plan hinges on wartime crisis triggers to justifywide conscription.
Levi and Will Fletcher suffer a sleighing mishap near Whitacre as a dog spooks their team. Henry Schneider is named captain of the Rouss Fire Company. A racing reel is restored by the Rouss Fire Company, the same reel used by the Union Company to set a world record of 38 2 3 seconds.
Arthur Worthington writes from Johannesburg South Africa listing his believed causes of the Boer War. A crew of twenty men works on the foundation of the M J Grove Lime Company plant located just west of Stephens City.
A condemned man falsely imprisoned chooses rehabilitation after release. He joins his former prison’s board and uses wealth and time to aid ex-prisoners and families. His life broadens from bitterness to service guided by charity and resilience.
Questions cover military commands aviation Fatball law and history from RAF Belgium to wage rules. Includes geographic largest nation central America and flags of up to date U S legal holidays and rank insignia.
Dr. Logan Clendening discusses chronic bronchitis as a winter extension of year round infection. He links nasal infections to bronchial inflammation, urges early treatment of sinus issues, and recommends warm climates, postural drainage, and patient prevention to reduce bronchiectasis risk.
The piece argues that delaying action on the draft shows President Roosevelt seeking broad national support. It predicts a march toward extended compulsion for war and even peace, with individuals under increased federal control. It suggests Congress does not yet see conditions as dire enough to break traditions, while forecasting administration plans gaining public support.
A teletype operator recalls a man asking for a quarter for a steak dinner while carrying four dollars. The piece contrasts wartime questions on chaplains' repatriation under Geneva provisions and the status of Roma citizens, plus a War Department update: 701,678 Negro soldiers with 411,361 overseas as of Sept 30, 1944.
Military councils in Bucharest reveal plans to form 30 battalions of men and women of German origin aged 18 to 45 for reconstructing destroyed eastern front areas. The program aims to draft those with double citizenship.
Daphne Willoughby Abruzzi returns to her hometown after years abroad and amid new desires faces romantic pressure from Alan Pembroke at Kate Dennison’s summer party. Her past with Carlo and duty to help others challenge her guarded detachment as she wrestles with love and loyalty.
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