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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star notes delivery delays and proposes steps to stabilize staff. It outlines morale improvements within plants including staggered lunch hours wider recreational facilities and showing war zone films and war heroes returning home to curb turnover.
The text lists subscription prices for different delivery methods and durations. In advance options include one year 35.00, six months 2.75, three months 1.50, and one month 0.60. Outside zones add 1.00. Additional lines show similar rates for other zones and weekly or single copy options.
The item presents a biblical quote from Psalms 43 3 centered on a 1944 newspaper page with religious text and a date. It lacks other news content or named entities and appears as a devotional line rather than a news item.
The column accuses the administration of surrendering to labor demands by overruling the War Labour Board on steel and seizing railroads, arguing the president won only a temporary peace and politics rather than a firm labor stance. It warns 1944 holds high stakes for the President.
The War Manpower Commission and war Production committees launched a drive to cut high turnover in over 3,000 plants. They cite wages, transport, housing, recreation, and Wanderlust as causes, with women workers especially pulled by husbands in service and child care concerns.
Reprinted editorials urge simplifying tax forms to remove complexity for ordinary taxpayers. Randolph Paul notes the public wants forms that read like an ad, while Ways and Means leaders list simplification as 1944 priority. Proposals by Robertson and Carlson seek to merge rates or limit required filings, and critics warn forms must be clear to align with congressional intent.
The Danville Register urges the public to fund wartime needs through War Bonds as Congress shuns new taxes. It argues banks hold idle savings, taxes on the tax barrel are near exhausted, and borrowing or taxation will pay for equipment, food, and munitions. The call is to invest during the Fourth War Loan.
Ten fatalities occurred on football fields in the United States in 1943. Dr. Floyd R. Eastwood of Purdue University reports none were due to college games. Nine deaths were among high school players and one among an athletic club. The issue warrants investigation to reduce tragedies through supervision and coaching improvements.
News items from the year show Dr Roy A Barlow opening an office in the Medical Arts Building. Lions Rotary and Kiwanis clubs hear L F Livingston of DuPont Agricultural Division speak on research. Five Japanese vessels sunk by U Boats noted.
Five years ago the Junior Board laid plans for the sixteenth Apple Blossom Festival. Miss Gladys Cochran spoke on the Beginning of Opera to the Euterpian Club. Tom Baldridge acted as Area Chairman for National Boy Scout Week.
Ten years ago state and local police investigated gasoline bootlegging. A typhoid fever outbreak in Montain Falls killed a school teacher. Dixie Collegians, the local basketball squad, planned a Hagerstown Moose game.
A fire at Winchester Memorial Hospital was contained with all 33 patients abated safely. Empire Theatre announces a hospital benefit movie screening. Mrs. William L. Whisson is elected president of the tri state Teague of Red Men and Daughters of Pocahontas.
Dr. Von Witt of the town suffers injuries after a fall at his shop. The incident follows a strike by five thousand Delaware and Hudson Railroad workers. A surprise party honors Miss Edith McDonald at White Hall Virginia.
Winchester youngsters narrowly escape injury while coasting on Jail Hill. A photo of Gen John B Gordon is presented to Gen Turner Ashby Camp Confederate Veterans.
Forty five years ago Senator Martin introduced a bill in the Senate to reimburse George W. Rosenberger for beef and other provisions used by the federal army during the War Between States. Patton and Pingley open a grocery at Water and Braddock. A four wagon caravan travels toward Essex County Michigan seeking the Old Commonwealth.
British report from London says Tito announced Yugoslav Partisans trapped a German motorized division near Lipovac in western Bosnia with heavy fighting in rugged terrain. A relief column reached Jajce, 30 miles south of Banja Luka, but fighting continued to decide the outcome.
Baltimore market shows steady hogs and cattle with top hogs at 14.30 for 200-300 lb, sows 10.60 to 11.00, vealers 44.50 to 15.50, and calves mixed. Cattle and calves mostly steady. slaughter steers 10.75 to 14.50, heifers 8.50 to 14.00, cows 5.50 to 7.00, bulls 7.25 to 11.00. Chicago quotes hogs 12.40 to 13.75 for various weights, cattle 11.50 to 13.25 for prime grades, and sows around 12.10.
New York trading today showed heaviness in industrial leaders pulling the market down along with the rails as carriers wage disputes influenced sentiment. Heavy declines spread across majors including U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Western Union Eastman Kodak J C Penney and Southern Pacific while some issues like American Telephone and others hovered around or just above prior finishes. Curb declines were noted for Carrier Corp Glen Alden Coal Nia gara Hudson Power and International Petroleum.
Yearling heifers active and strong to 15 cents, most 10 to 15 higher. Cattle: steers 14.00 to 16.25, several loads 1171 to 1498 lbs at 17.00, some 12.75 to 15.00 with choice. Cows fully steady with cutters at 7.75 down. beef cows 8.25 to 11.00. Bulls steady with heavy offerings to 11.50. light and medium bulls 8.50 to 10.50. Sheep: salable 10,000, total 11,500, slow bid. slaughter lambs 25 lower, natives good at 15.25, mixed medium/good lambs 15.00 down. Deck good/choice lambs around 15.75–15.85, grade lambs 15.50, wethers 13.75. Dealers scarce. firm at 15.00 down.
Dr Clendening discusses wartime mental stress in civilians and veterans, noting 67000 psychiatric casualties in World War I era veterans hospitals and 10000 monthly army discharges. He explains that neuroses are wartime extensions of peacetime issues, describes symptoms and slang, and outlines rehabilitation through rest, nutrition, therapy, and preparation for civilian life.
Local markets list varied feed items and retail goods with prices for 10 and 24 pound bags, 98 and 48 pound bags, and multiple per hundred weight figures. Also includes cattle, hogs, and lambs price ranges, and creamery butter at regional retail values.
A playful quiz prompts readers to turn to page 2 for answers. Questions span geography botany literature and folklore, asking about Kirovograd location Eve's eldest son Vesuvius the CCC true or false Bunker Hill Ursa Major nickname Dickens autobiographical work coal mine ownership the Headless Horseman Sleepy Hollow and chantey meaning sailors song.
Beth and Dennis have a wary, intimate late night talk about happiness and separation as Dennis reveals his wife plans a divorce. Beth, trying to be prudent, weighs future possibilities while praising Dennis' character and contemplating Andrea and Bess as part of a hopeful circle.
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