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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1945
Page
4
The Evening Star Winchester Virginia announces ad office deadlines and transient rates of 60 cents per inch. Readers urged to report delays or irregularities to maintain delivery. Publication date January 16 1945 includes a Bible verse from Matthew about Jesus baptism.
New Jersey inventors John W. Haefele and John McGavack received patent 2,365,950 on a process to extract rubber from goldenrod. They assign the patent to United States Rubber Company, noting prior methods failed due to foaming. their approach uses a dilute alkali hydroxide to disintegrate leaves and remove binding lignins and resins, promising rubber content of 5 to 6 percent. Thomas A. Edison previously explored goldenrod as a rubber source.
NYC consumers urged to eat more fish as meat cuts grow scarcer. Ten fishing boats set sail for Chesapeake Bay after porgies fluke seabass and whities, preferring that over a nine day coast of New England cod trip. New York ships also regularly reach Florida and Canada with trips yielding 70 000 to 190 000 pounds. Averaged daily fish imports total about 750 000 pounds despite ample cod poll and Florida mackerel supplies. The market shows a large frozen stock build up at present.
A report notes 15 million pounds of fish stored cold. Propaganda campaigns urge beef-preferring consumers to choose frozen fish instead.
Reprint discusses President's push for more nurse volunteers and argues against forced service. It cites global fronts as evidence of courage while urging政府 to improve recruitment by cutting red tape and relaxing age and marital restrictions. Compares civilian and military nurse ratios at home and abroad.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch asserts canaries molt at the drop of a hat and sing rarely, provoking Canary supporters while Virginia and South Carolina notes highlight regional bird lore. The piece explores whether canaries truly sing and if they can perform bass while noting official state birds and local preferences.
In Charleston, West Virginia, Municipal Judge Harold Neff adopted a policy of punishing parents rather than youths who run the streets at night. He fined five mothers twentyfive dollars to ten days in jail suspended for offenses tied to juvenile parking meter violations and delinquency charges. One custodian received a fifteen dollar fine with a ten day suspended term, another a ten day suspended sentence, and a sixth case kept open for medical review. the judge showed little leniency toward parental negligence.
The Coast Guard counts as naval service only during war. Wartime service began November 1, 1941 by Executive Order 8929.
Pie Hamilton, current superintendent of nurses at Selchester Memorial Hospital since April, will replace Mrs Beulah M. Brown who has resigned. Handley loses to R. M. A. 22 to 16, but the team continues to improve.
Randall Ridgeway at Winchester Memorial Hospital obtains President Roosevelt's signature on the Scottish Rite patent confirming him as a 32nd Degree Mason. Goose Creek near here lies frozen five to six inches deep, creating a skater's paradise. A letter addressed to Prof. Garland R. Quariesinnipal at Handey High School, Handey, Va., arrives.
C Vernon Eddy notes a drop in library attendance and book circulation. G M Martin reports killing the first bobcat of the 1935 season on North Mountain near Gore.
George E. Keller of Fishers Hill suffers serious injuries after his motor truck collides with a train at Strasburg Junction. The Standard Oil Company announces a half cent gasoline price increase in Virginia and Maryland due to high European and Canadian demand.
Thirty years past, a catastrophic Sara quake claims more than 20,000 lives as reports circulate from Italy. In Baltimore, Miss Gertrude Barton attends a relatives hosted tea as the city hosts a guest of honor. German forces push five miles into French trenches in a bold wartime advance with Paris remaining a possible target.
Forties era note records Holmes Conrad taking the editor role at the St Louis Star. Scott H Hansbrough returns from a Virginia business trip.
Forty five years ago a telephone connection between the local office and Gerrards town West Virginia was completed. A minister at the Week of Prayer services denounced gambling as one of the citys worst vices. A winter fashion trend for women featured trains for formal dinners and ball gowns.
A passage notes that true world conquerors are those with dynamic enthusiasm that rejects defeat. It cites Pasteur, Christ, Columbus and St. Paul as examples whose ideas or faith prevailed despite opposition, comparing unwavering zeal to a sodium fire ignited by water and intensified by adversity.
The page asks seven quiz questions with an instruction to go to Page 2 for answers. It includes queries on the end date of the Sixth War Loan Drive, fugue composers, the meaning of alibi, the first white child born in America, the Hymn of Hate incident, Yorktown wreck, Seward's folly, a pancake-eating character, Kaiser's death country, and the Booker T. Washington ship type.
Excerpted remarks arguing the Cold War era shift to immediacy in money politics education and diplomacy. The speaker laments fading honor and traditional values, urging a return to sound moral and financial principles through wartime and postwar reflection.
Dr. Logan Clendening discusses public fears about heart attacks and angina, noting many live active lives after episodes. He cites treatment rates and exercise tests showing improved outcomes, and offers practical advice on managing gifts for siblings to avoid fostering selfishness.
An essay argues revolutions pass through extremity before sense returns and urges steadfast duty to nurture light for the future. It stresses compromised ideals, alertness, and sound morals in money and peace, and outlines military and naval welfare questions on communications and dependents.
Daphne shelters from a storm as Steve arrives soaking and the storm amplifies the loneliness she feels. Their uneasy dynamic hints at hidden loyalties and possible espionage while past letters from Alan haunt her night.
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