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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1945
Page
4
Publication notice from The Evening Star Winchester Virginia dated January 29 1945. Includes advertising deadlines news of distribution reliability and a biblical citation from Matthew 4 23 25. Mentions DeLisser Inc national representatives and New York address.
A wartime column analyzes Japan's leadership shifts as Koiso faces renewed crises after Saipan and possible cabinet changes favoring industrial elites. It also cites France preparing a 1.2 million man army with American matériel to bolster Western Front lines.
The text notes France forming a large army increasing US conscription expectations. Romania forms work battalions of Germans aged 18 to 45 to rebuild Eastern Front destruction. Russia unveils a program to use millions of Germans for labor, mirroring Nazi wartime mobilization, with Britain and the US undecided on similar plans.
The Imperial Chemical Industries in Britain developed a synthetic wool fiber named adrion from peanuts after a decade of work. The material resists moths and can hang in a closet without yellowing. Virginia peanut growers foresee benefits, while Suffolk farmers celebrate versatile goobers. The wool industry in England may react with cautious interest.
An opinion urging the Government to negotiate coal contract terms with John L. Lewis before a strike. It argues that past labour disputes delayed concessions and warns a strike would cripple war industries due to coal shortages. It calls for preemptive surrender terms to avoid disruption.
Paris dispatch reports Stars and Stripes figures show over 18000 American soldiers absent without leave in the theater. Brig. Gen. P B Rogers notes most cases are brief, with many men rejoining on their own rather than via formal channels.
One year ago at the Virginia Woolen Mill a war bond rally honored by Postmaster Nelson Page drew praise for the plant workers. Miss Beulah M. Brown, former superintendent of Winchester Memorial Hospital, dies at the hospital after an illness of nearly a year.
Twenty six local stores join in a two day bargain sale this week. Shenandoah River ice in places can bear a four horse team load. A 70 stall barn at the Charles Town race track is damaged by fire causing about 5000 dollars in losses.
Ten years ago the Valley endured 9 below zero breaking a 23 year cold record. Mr and Mrs Victor Ridgeway hosted a turkey dinner for six at Ridgeway West Virginia. George W Komer was appointed Commissioner of Agriculture by Governor John Pollard after inauguration.
The Star publishes a photo feature of the grand Pan-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco showing its courts and buildings. Paris reports German losses totaling about 20,000 men over the past two days in the ongoing hostilities.
The current hit song By the Sycamore Tree is described as the year’s top local tune. The sale of Hotel Winchester is postponed until February 6. Mrs. James Leafe dies at her home on South Kent Street.
Forty five years ago George Lee shipped four thousand dollars worth of cattle to eastern markets from Stephens City. Local people feared a smallpox epidemic reported in the Harpers Ferry area of Jefferson county West Virginia. The clerical staff of J B Rus sell were entertained at a dinner and a party.
The Chinese word for crisis blends danger and opportunity. Each crisis brings risk, yet offers a chance to choose rightly. The only sure guidance in decisional crossways comes from God, whose providential plan leads through every life crisis.
A short quiz list asks which Patton commanded which U S Army in Europe and other facts. It includes questions on Mt Holyoke Smith colleges location, Cactus Jack nickname, Golden Age Greece or Rome, Red Cross HQ, American Legion and DAV, Louisiana Purchase leaders, dodo flight, and Byron Price's office.
The report notes positions on the Eastern Front with Berlin distances and fronts in Italy and Germany. It also states the Navy counts a man as 38 on his 38th birthday.
Reported harmony masked a factional struggle at the Indianapolis Republican meeting. John Bricker declined a bid for national chairman, leaving no clear successor to Dewey and a muted revolt with fourteen national committeemen involved.
Brownell and aide J Russell Sprague built a party majority to back continuance of leadership for 1946 congressional elections while avoiding Dewey endorsement for 1948. Bricker supporters expect him as the main future rival, though most Dewey opponents remain unaligned with any candidate.
Dr. Clendening explains that endocrine disorders are rare and outlines routine objective examinations: anthropometry fat distribution basal metabolism blood sedimentation X rays of the wrist and ankle bones chemical and blood tests including cholesterol creatine excretion glucose tolerance and calcium. He cautions against relying on personality or mental changes for diagnosis and emphasizes lab-based assessment.
The article notes limited opposition to the Dewey program at the National Committee meeting with Stassen and Kelland remaining as the main critics. It highlights Dewey's restrained national leadership attempts and his plan to speak on Lincoln Day, while outlining lender steps for veteran loan guarantees after payments fail.
The U S S Lenawee an auxiliary troop transport built by the Maritime Commission for the Navy was commissioned October 11 1944. At 455 feet length it carried standard armament and was named after a Michigan county.
The land in the Matanuska farming colony cannot be homesteaded as it is typically acquired only by purchase. For information on available valley land, contact the General Manager, Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, Palmer, Alaska.
Daphne confronts past guilt over a hidden child and fears. Steve urges trust and destiny. She prepares to adopt Juan as her own while Corinne offers a Washington career, stirring Daphne to consider a new life away from North Wintridge.
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