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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1945
Page
4
The 1945 issue of The Evening Star from Winchester Virginia lists office details and subscription rates, with ad deadlines and delivery notes. It includes a biblical quotation from Matthew 4 19 20 and a Friday date. The text records miscellaneous publishing logistics rather than news content.
After a rapid push into German territory the Soviet forces threaten Berlin as German retreat broadens. Western pundits call the withdrawal a calculated disengagement while German commentators warn the front may reform with fortified rear positions along the Oder.
Fort Sill Oklahoma the largest field artillery school in the United States celebrates seven decades as a military post. Established by order of Gen Phil Sheridan it was named for Brig Gen Joshua L Sil later killed at Stones River. Custer and the Seventh Cavalry helped garrison the site, Geronimo and Apaches were held there before the post revived in 1911.
Field artillery school founded with plans for an infantry school in 1913. Fort Sill became the Army’s artillery training center during World War I. Fires after the war nearly wiped it out, but it was revived in 1933, graduating over 25,000 artillery officers and training thousands more gunners. No old Indian forts have had a more active role in American history.
A reprinted editorial from Lynchburg Advance denounces Senator Byrd for not campaigning for Franklin D. Roosevelt. The State CIO alleges Byrd failed to speak for Roosevelt and to endorse the fourth term, framing it as opposing the war effort and public welfare. It predicts CIO opposition in the primary and election, noting Byrd’s strong past service but questioning the impact of CIO strategy.
The Baltimore Evening Sun reports Albert Ralph Korn who formed a League for Sanity in Poetry to challenge Archibald MacLeish. Critics argue poetry resists prose sanity and cite Samuel Johnson Montaigne and Thomas Wolfe as examples. The piece suggests reading Housman for guidance and notes the officer who defied Nazis at Bastogne is up for promotion.
Philip Purtlebaugh of Rt 1 Winchester becomes the fourth Purtlebaugh son to enter World War II service. Sworn Jan 9 in Washington, he joins boot camp Jan 25 at Bainbridge Naval Training Station. His brothers serve in the Navy Armed Guard and Army, with Virgil earning the Bronze Star in Leyte.
Louis Macklyn Luttrell, 17, son of Herbert D. Luttrell of Winchester, reported for boat training January 25 at Bainbridge Naval Training Station Maryland. Born February 4, 1927, he attended Stephens City High School, played football, and belonged to the Future Farmers of America.
Earl J. Douglass discusses financial restraint and moral accountability. He contrasts those who live beyond income with those who meet daily duties, avoid debt, and face life with honesty, finding happiness in responsibility and goodwill.
The text lists ten quiz questions about wartime history and politics, including which U N declared war on Finland, the nature of steam, a foot locker in wrestling, the British national anthem, Europe’s war year in 1944, relative sizes of military units, Rockefeller age at death, the Director of Economic Stabilization, Mrs. John Boettiger to FDR, and the Speaker’s salary.
Eastern Front coverage cites 125 miles to Berlin per Red Star account from Stein au area. Western Front lists 310 miles from Linnich Julich Durin area. Italian Front notes 544 miles from Reno River.
Washington reports describe Roosevelt edging toward the Stalin Churchill meeting as lawmakers like Vandenberg Wheeler Connally and Dewey adviser Dulles offer varied plans. Each proposes a different path for free use of forces, postwar spheres, interim council ideas, and fears of a remilitarized Europe amid Allied aims.
Dr Clendening explains lymph nodes in the neck as stations in the lymphatic system. Swellings arise from infections in scalp, jaw, tonsils, ears, and limbs. treatment targets the infection source. In severe cases nodes may require surgery or drainage. boiled water has no special arthritic benefit.
The piece argues that European conditions stem from Russian and British policies and blames U S officials, notably Dulles and Wheeler, for the current stance. It suggests Roosevelt carries a mandate to end power politics in Europe, while warning that failure could doom his plan. It recalls isolationist notions from the last campaign, deeming them political rhetoric now obsolete.
A Berlin broadcast claimed U boats recently sank six Allied supply ships and two destroyers en route from Britain to France. The cargo ships were about 43,900 tons, including three large tankers. No Allied confirmation has been received.
Mrs Volga Cansino mother of film actress Rita Hayworth died after a week long illness at St Johns Hospital Santa Monica Calif Miss Hayworth was at her bedside A Washington DC native she belonged to the Cansino chant team with her husband Eduardo A Haworth descendant and the family name origin tied to Hayworths career Miss Hayworth later gave birth to daughter Rebecca in the same hospital last December 17
In chapter twenty two Buff pressures Perry toward love while Steve debates science versus romance. Daphne probes Steve about Buff and Perry as a crisis summons Steve to a medical emergency, revealing tensions between career ambition and intimate life. A doorway interruption abruptly shifts the moment.
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