Bible verse and ad policy notice from The Evening Star
The Evening Star publishes daily except Sunday under The Evening Star Publishing Co Winchester VA. National Representatives Inc New York prints ads by 9 PM. transient rates per inch. contract rates apply. Readers urged to report delivery delays or irregularities. associates AP Audit Bureau of Circulation. January 17, 1945. Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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Thevening Star Publishing Co
Winchester
Jesus
Matt
Progress On Luzon Shapes Pacific War Outlook
A discussion of Luzon as the pivot of Allied strategy against Japan, noting its size, past defeats, Clark Field, and the Lingayen Gulf landings. It outlines how liberating Luzon could open paths to Formosa, China coast, and potentially Japan, while warning of Japanese attempts to reinforce the garrison and the broader strategic stakes in the Philippines. It briefly shifts to the Greek king’s exile history.
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Battan and
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MacArthur
Manila
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Lingayen Gulf
Formosa
Sweden
China
Pacific
Navy Yard labor turmoil fuels critique from North Carolina reader
A Greensboro News letter details chaotic Norfolk Navy Yard practices with upriver anecdotes. He cites overstaffing, idle time, slow labor, and low wages while a high turnover sinks efficiency. An official Portsmouth dispatch confirms mass hiring and losses, with 80 percent of 4-F applicants and many separations due to drunkenness and draft into the armed forces.
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Virginia Shipbuilding and Rep Center
Greensboro News
Norfolk Navy Yard
Eden
Portsmouth
Cr. Burke Hewitt
James Byrnes
Yard
Hewitt
United States
Snow Deluge Slows Traffic as Melt Continues
The heaviest snowfall of the season is reported with 5 inches depth and slow melting. Driving conditions remain treacherous. General Eisenhower says in a press interview he is pleased with invasion setup. Dr. H. S. Pifer and Andrew Bell attend the Capitol District Kiwanis International mid winter conference in Charlottesville.
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H. S. Pifer
Andrew Bell
Kiwanis Club
Capitol District
Kiwanis International
Charlottesville
Gone With The Wind Coming To Capitol Theatre Week Of Feb 12
The much publicised film Gone With The Wind will screen at the Capitol Theatre in the week beginning February 12. Clarke county’s measles scarlet fever epidemic is now under control after a period of worry. Handley Judges win their first game of the season defeating Staunton 33 to 31.
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Capitol Theatre
Clarke County
Handley Judges
Staunton
Piedmont Hunt rider breaks leg in jump mishap
Ten years ago Dr A C Randolph of the Piedmont Hunt at Upper vile breaks a leg when his horse balks at a jump. He previously fractured the same bone last year in a coast ing accident. In a separate item President Roosevelt urges Senate to ratify American adherence to a World Court in a special message to Congress.
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Piedmont Hunt
Uppervile
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Address on General Lee Delights Local School Children
R Gray Williams delivers stirring remarks on the character of General Robert E Lee to cheering students. Citizens urged to feed birds to prevent starvation while a large turnout of 300 to 500 fruit growers is expected for the 29th annual Virginia State Horticulture Society convention in town.
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R. Gray Williams
Robert E. Lee
Virginia State Horticulture Society
Young Grimes Welltown youths attend mast party at Printrocks
John Thwaite wins the international cup for apples at the 19th annual Virginia State Horticulture Society convention here. German forces push into France at Argonne, capturing 35 new Allied guns.
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Grimes and
Welltown
Prayer Week messages highlight America as God’s nation
Forty five years ago the Rev W L Seabrook led Week of Prayer services proclaiming America as God s country. Aunt Betty Hartgrove a longtime Winchester resident born 1798 dies at 401 South Braddock Street surrounded by her two daughters.
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W. L. Seabrook
Betty Hartgrove
Winchester
South Braddock Street
Wildcatting as a branch of geology spurred oil reserves growth
The Ohio Oil Company drilled a 5568 foot test well near Salisbury but struck bedrock with no oil, ending the well. The article defends wildcatting as a scientific effort fueling exploration in Alabama Georgia Florida and the Gulf coast. It notes U S proven oil reserves rose from 13 to 20 billion barrels between 1937 and 1942 while consumption neared eight billion barrels, and warns future finds may be harder and costlier. A spokesman says further drilling nearby is under consideration.
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Salisbury
Ohio Oil Company
United States
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Gulf Coastal Plain
Texas
Ohio Company
Ickes
Strength for the Day devotional reflection with quote
The piece reflects on living day by day and trusting that small good deeds contribute to a larger triumph. It cites Clive Schriener on the value of pulling at the oar and notes that even leaders contribute modestly to world outcomes.
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Clive Schriener
How's Your I Q Quiz Answers Page 2
A reader exercise lists seven questions covering Sewell Avery’s company, grammar correction, Melagasians, Norway’s government, Dutch peace conferences, Audubon, Stalingrad river, boot shaped country, paratroops in WWI, and a proverb from a book. The final clue hints at plaster lath deposit above laths.
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Sewell Avery
Melagasians
Norway
Netherlands
John James Audubon
Stalingrad
Don
Volga
Dneiper River
National Budget For Jobs Soon To Have Airings
James D. White reports a revived push for a national job budget to estimate and fund employment as a peacetime goal. Sen Murray leads a War Contracts subcommittee study linking full employment to postwar economic policy with President Roosevelt and Truman connected to the proposal.
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Washington
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Congressional
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Harry Truman
Chapman Bevercomb
R.-W. Va
Murray
Roosevelt
Ing
Congress
Reconditioning the Serviceman by Dr Logan Clendening
Dr Logan Clendening outlines a four phase Reconditioning Program for returning service members. Physical rehabilitation includes bed exercises and active recovery with games and massage. Education and occupation focus on resuming schooling and skilled trades to fit a postwar U S job market. The article stresses mental recreation and civilian readiness amid national reconstruction challenges.
Answers to common questions from servicemen and family benefits
The text covers roles of the Secretary of State and foreign affairs, film title registration begun in 1925 by MPPA, initial and regular allowances for dependents of enlisted men, II B selective service classification, wax yield from bayberries, home loan eligibility under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, and the meaning of Det Pat in a soldier's address.
Romantic Masquerade Chapter Fourteen
Daphne awakens to intense emotion as Steve shows romantic interest and a kiss changes their relationship. The night storms and loneliness mix with memory of Alan, Kate, and a sense of home found in a man’s embrace. Daphne battles guilt and longing while contemplating consequences.
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Perry Dawson
Steve
Daphne
Miss Buff Turner
Perry
Miss Turner
Alan
Kate
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