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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1945
Page
4
Daily publication by The Evening Star Co. of Winchester Virginia states it prints every day except Sunday and a few holidays. The note emphasizes regular circulation and local news coverage.
Edgar Burchell rose from New York Eye and Ear Hospital porter to honorary fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. He earned an honorary science doctorate from Roanoke College after a life spent studying in labs and contributing as a bacteriologist and serologist. The piece lauds his ascent as a testament to the American way and national pride.
The Washington Post editors urge clear limits on veteran loan guarantees to avoid false gifts while Richmond's Times-Dispatch argues Hitler should face trial. debates cover U S policy on loan guarantees and prospects for a postwar war crimes process.
Tele vision experts predict common use after hostilities end as coaxial cables linked like telephone circuits enable broadcasting networks. An AT&T assistant engineer describes laying 7,000 miles of cable with copper tubes that can carry 400 conversations or two programs per pair, signaling a bold future for linked stations.
J B T announces a Founders Day banquet with Major B Powell Harrison of Leesburg as guest speaker. Schools report 17,310 pounds of scrap collected in the first round. Lions Club ladies night promises a gala fair with an interesting program. Negrro baritone Robert Thomas Murray IT will sing at John Mann Methodist Church this week as part of a special program.
William Bell son of Mr and Mrs Stewart Bell wins first prize for an essay on Robert E Memorial Hospital Woman's Auxiliary re elects Mrs D W Ritenour as president Middletown Home Demonstration Club elects Mrs C C Bowen as chairman.
Twenty years ago a man was fined five dollars in the local police court for operating a truck without a muffler in the city. Plans were underway to raise forty thousand dollars for improvements at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Thomas Cover Sr. was honored at his eighty second birthday with a dinner party. he founded a tannery now called the Star Tannery.
Thirty years ago French and British aviators died trying to fend off a night bombing by German planes. Much property was damaged in the assault. Miss Marie Donaldson Ames of Boston wed Ensign Richard E. Byrd at Christ Episcopal Church.
A forty year old item reports Mrs Hunter Yeakley slipping on ice and breaking her arm. The note mentions Bedelia the latest song hit being sold at Huntsberry's. An elevator failure at Eddy Press injures Richard Wells badly.
Forty five years ago J T Brown won the prize for guessing the correct number of beans in a cookie jar at the Saran Zane bazaar. A cold snap keeps city and county residents at home as youngsters enjoy the best skating and coasting this winter.
A college campus tale describes students cutting corners at a grassy intersection. Grounds superintendent places four thornberry bushes at the corners to force walking on the path. The moral: without discipline and counsel, God or life will use consequence to keep us straight and deter wrongdoing.
A reader quiz asks 10 questions from a wartime issue covering topics from Persian Gulf Command purpose to the Babcock test and de Valera’s country. It asks about backbones in invertebrates, Kamchatka’s country, and presidential quotes, with notes on medical care for dependents of enlisted Marines.
Information Bureau provides Q A style trivia and guidance on military and historical topics. Questions cover horsepower of aircraft, Archimedes sun weapon at Syracuse, Uranus discovery by William Herschel, ice cream cone history, Blue Devils of France, dependency discharge procedures, Soubarissen, Mount Vernon original name, veterans employment, and small business publications for servicemen via the U S Armed Forces Institute in Madison Wisconsin.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains diabetes as a common age related condition caused by insufficient insulin production. He describes how sugars are metabolized, and outlines two treatments: reducing glucose intake or supplying insulin. He notes insulin’s discovery and the need for public medical education.
The four eyed Anableps dowei is a small Central American fish found in El Salvador's Lempa River. It averages six inches, rarely reaches a foot, and uses split eyes to scan above water and underwater for feeding.
William Dave Linkenhaker 17, VM I student of 338 Cloud street Front Royal Va passed the Eddy Test for Radar Training in the Navy. He previously attended Warren County High School where he played football and basketball and served as assistant scout master. He enrolled at VM I last year sworn into the Navy Jan 15 as Seaman First Class Radio Technician and will report for transfer to training when VM I Spring term begins.
A booklet titled What Do You Know About Your Flag presents historical material on the origin and development of the flag, includes stories about it, a complete set of flags in true colors, and a section on the Flag Code.
The notice advertises a booklet titled Flags of the United States, priced twenty cents postpaid. It invites readers nationwide to mail twenty cents with name address and city state to Information Bureau, Winchester Evening Star, 316 Eye St NE, Washington DC, for a copy.
Daphne presses Steve Fenwick on his secret work at the Institute and a serum for flu. He explains his cautious approach, the rival Calverton, and the risk of premature claims while she reveals interest and trust.
Daphne meets Dr Fenwick who has left his post and now runs a private lab filled with culture plates test tubes and animals. She offers to help as he speaks of learning and work while Dawson assists when available. The scene ends with a hint of future collaboration and lingering questions.
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