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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1944
Page
4
Mailed under P. O D. Order 19687. The Star of Winchester Virginia published daily except Sunday. Readers asked to report delays or irregularities to ensure perfect delivery. Rates listed. Psalm quotation ends notice.
A Hartford blaze at Ringling Brothers destroyed the main tent with a death toll above 150 and hundreds injured, highlighting safety risks in crowded venues during wartime. The piece traces circus industry troubles, labor issues, past disasters, and calls for fireproof tent material to prevent future tragedies.
The piece condemns the Barnum and Bailey disaster in Hartford as a costly lesson in lax safety. It calls for fire proofing tents proper exits and ready firefighting gear and urges municipal inspectors to scrutinize itinerant shows. It notes arrests and negligence charges against circus management.
Mrs Annie D Miller wife of Dr H B Miller dies at her Richmond home. Lt Comdr Vredenburg is reported to have shot down 3 to 5 Japanese planes in furious action. He is a Naval Academy graduate and a top Naval pilot.
1 024 licenses issued during the first six months with couples from Hollywood and Ontario. Weather cools from the low eighties to the low sixties. Timber Ridge orchards suffer 20 percent damage from a hail storm. District Nurse Association logged 501 visits in June. Miss Josephine F Arthur and Miss Evely C Dean listed as nurses. Winchester Concert Band to perform at the playground lot by John Kerr school. Pure silk chiffon hose selling for 59c a pair locally.
Attorney H S Larrick recalls studying under John W Davis at Washington and Lee in 1896 97. A local Lions Club chapter enrolls 35 members. Mr and Mrs Robert Ward sail on the Acquatania to England for the American and British Bar Association convention.
A period editorial argues networks ban campaign songs during elections, noting “Don’t Change Horses” is paused until after November. It questions censorship, compares to other tunes, and imagines a satirical rebuttal song about Dewey while defending free expression in politics.
Thirty years ago U S Senator Joseph Randsell of Louisiana visits friends here. He recently fought fiercely again st free sugar in the south. Mr J Olin Faulkner is elected head of the Catlettsburg Ky Schools. Julian F Ward mayor of Winspe se favors the city managed plan.
Invitations issued for the first German of the summer to be held in the Winchester Inn ballroom with ices served in the evening. A lively season is expected at Jordan Springs and Winchester's cemeteries are admired by a New York visitor.
Street cleaner John A. Henry is beaten on the third ballot by Edward Ward during the election. Hensell, president of the City Council, appoints Public School Committee members E. Holmes Boyd, Dr. William P. McGuire, C. A. Heller, and H. D. Fuller.
A speculative piece envisions postwar businessmen forming barber shop firms to hire and train barbers, creating exclusive salons. It suggests women may imitate the model, leading to new social circles built around beauty services and a shift in patronage patterns.
A reader argues that religious instruction cannot rely solely on home life. The church offers essential guidance and support to parents shaping their children's secular and spiritual education. Loyal parental attendance and church involvement help instill lasting values.
Chicago grain prices opened higher on government crop forecast optimism. Wheat July 1.58 1-2 Sept 3.58 1-2 to 1-4 Dec 1.60 to 1.59 3-4 May 1.61 1-4 to 1.61. Oats July 77 1-8 Sept 73 to 72 3-4 Dec 72 7-8. Rye July 1.14 Sept 1.14 5-8 to 7-8 Dec 1.16 3-4 May 1.19 2-8.
A quizzical column lists ten questions covering geography history and science. It asks about Cherbourg peninsula the U S Army emblem a capital country blood relations Lisbon true or false the Tin King Simon Patino a merganser a Sun earth rotation Hawaii leadership and top US decoration plus Brian Ahern's birthplace.
New York stocks paused on a softer market with most leaders slipping after an even start as US Steel fell a point. Several big names showed gains while others resisted, bonds were uneven, and wheat futures softened on a record crop forecast. Notable movers included Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, Santa Fe, Southern Railway, US Rubber, Western Union A, Eastman Kodak, Kennecott, Texas Co, DuPont, Air Reduction, Goodrich, American Can, Dow Chemical, and International Harvester with Republic Aviation and Pantepec among gainers.
Pat O Leary and Judy Sunday shared pitching duties as the Midletown Minks beat Woodstock 3-1 in Middletown. Woodstock scored in the first inning, while the Minks tallied all three runs in the third. Both teams had five hits. Cooley supported O Leary and Judy behind the plate. Helsfey and Ornorf were the catcher battery.
Baltimore July 11 market notes show dull apples and variable prices across Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia. Poultry firm on colored fowl and young chickens, eggs firm, butter ample. cattle slow with limited outlets, cows steady, calves and hogs up to 15 a hundred, sheep slower with good spring lambs around 15.50 and common lambs 10.00-14.00.
Salable hogs 20 000 total 26 500 slow with some declines up to 10 cents. top hogs 180 240 pounds around 14 13 90 while 240 270 and 280 300 pound ranges show 12 65 to 13 59. Cattle and calves offered 6 500 and 1 000 respectively with mixed strength. beef cows 8 00 plus, bulls 8 50 10 50, calves steady to higher for fed steers and yearlings. Sheep 1 500 total 5 600 mostly steady with early sales of good spring lambs around 15.00 and 14 50 for good springs.
A wind shift probably saved the Clayton Carbaugh farm near Bartonsvill yesterday as fire swept tinder like stubble through a hay and wheat field. The blaze, burning toward a yarn fence, nearly reached the barn and damaged orchard trees. Fire crews from Winchester, Friendship, and Stephens City responded to protect the buildings.
Ellery Queen analyzes Jim’s web of lies in Wrightsville. Rosemary Haight posed as Jim's sister to blackmail him over a bigamy past and a hidden divorce. The poisoned drinks reveal Rosemary's true fate and Jim's reluctant silence.
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