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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1945
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia outlines publication details, post office status, and advertising and subscription rates. It lists national representatives, submission deadlines, and rates for mail and carrier delivery, ending with a biblical quote from Matthew 3:13.
The article argues the war may end with a coordinated Allied push led by Britain and the United States while the Soviet Union weighs its next move. It notes uneven Allied drives risk a Nazi counterattack and questions whether the Russians will strike before Western forces can threaten Germany. It also reports U.S. farm income for 1944 at 21 billion dollars, with government payments around 800 million, and discusses the farm sector’s share of national income.
The piece discusses Carl Snavely’s proposed 12 000 annual salary at the University of North Carolina after a trustees approved boost, comparing it with other university salaries. It questions whether teacher salaries are too low, notes big money in college athletics, and urges earlier faculty pay increases amid faculty exodus.
The budget message notes estimates for 1945-46 are guesswork tied to battlefield outcomes. It warns against premature tax cuts, stresses the need to limit postwar debt, and urges restraint on spending despite projected war cost declines. It reflects wartime uncertainty and the President’s confidence in a peak of war spending passing.
The Winchester and Frederick County War Memorial Association plans a drive in April or May to raise 100000 for a memorial for all who served. City students run a scrap drive led by Ben Belchie. Dentists donate 600 dollars in care for needy schoolchildren. Virginia Sutphin named superintendent of Charles Town Hospital. Handley defeats Massanutten Academy 26 to 22 with Winkfield as top scorer. Mrs. Isabelle Perry dies at 91 in Mt. Pleasant. Winchester Tire Corp reports a strong year serving five states and 2300 dealers. William Massey becomes secretary of the Virginia State Horticulture Society. Detective John Massey narrowly survives a shot while pursuing a freight thief. Rheims endures shell-fire as French protect the cathedral.
Two players, a famed expert and an amateur, face off in a chess match. The amateur wins the first night, then realizes he is doomed as a trap set twelve moves earlier binds him. The expert simply waits for the moment the amateur sees his downfall. Maeterlinck notes that actions reflect one’s character shaped over years. Defeats today stem from past neglect and choices.
A letter from Norwood Virginia dated January 12 1945 to The Winchester Star asks why teaching as a life work attracts fewer refined intellectuals. It argues teaching damages health longevity and personal life and calls for major changes to improve educational opportunities for children.
A New York economist argues inflation is absent due to price setting by supply and demand driven by wartime production gains. The piece critiques reliance on statistics, highlighting hidden inflation from cut portions, deteriorating quality, and reduced service value across bread, meals, gasoline, meats, and other goods and services.
Dr. Clendening debates coffee’s safety noting it aids circulation and alertness but warns evidence on ulcers is inconclusive. He cites Roth Ivy and Atkinson on stomach secretion, observes animal data, but doubts practical ulcer prediction. He records personal stance for now and answers reader questions on smoking with high blood pressure and cold water intake.
A reader quiz asks which way Mimroro island lies relative to Luzon north or south and counts ranks of generals in the U S Army after Pershing, plus asks about laughter from insults, sieve water trick, wombat type, Hawthorne novel with Colonel Pyncheon, Angkor location Indo China Persia or Afghanistan, correcting a sentence, whether the U S declared war on Hungary, and Robert G Ingersoll's stance as atheist agnostic or infidel.
The author argues wage statistics mislead by omitting real changes and warns of hidden inflation through the black market. He says postwar policy favors high wages and price levels, delaying relief, and asserts restoration of sound values is needed as quality and purchasing power decline. He cautions that inflation is already present and only clear reforms can restore balance.
The Percheron Association of Frederick County Maryland plans its eighth annual draft horse sale for Monday March 26 1945 at the Frederick Fair Grounds. Three registered stallions and thirty seven registered mares will be offered with consignors including William D Powell Tyrconne Farm L C Powell Harvey Working Monocacy Farms Woodstock Farm Ben Watkins NT Mr Tuttle Bernie Harmon Mt Ararat Farm Crebilly Farm and Rush Valley among others.
A sale offers good breeding stock ready to work with price set by buyers. Featured are a Junto Champion filly from the Chicago International and a first prize yearling filly from the 1944 Great Frederick Fair. Glenn Trout and Emmett Bowlus act as auctioneers with M. M. Vial discussing pedigrees. Committee members include Messa Shoemaker E. N. Derr Thompson and Wight.
A Dutch medical student recently arrived in London estimates that Germany is producing about 1800 aircraft a month in large underground factories, based on observations in occupied Holland. The figure suggests intensified war production.
An assertive line presents a stance on military action and fiscal support. It frames a pledge to drop bombs if necessary while backing a government bond strategy, signaling bold, decisive policy language.
Daphne Willoughby, who eloped at seventeen, returns to North Wintridge after years abroad with her violinist husband’s death. While she navigates a stylish replay of town life, Buff Turner probes Daphne about a mysterious man named Steve and hints at hidden war work and social tensions that could affect Daphne’s future.
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