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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1943
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia announces publication details with delivery notes and office cutoffs. This issue includes a Bible verse from Acts 13 38 39 and standard advertising and circulation statements.
Robert E Smith of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad told a Congressional committee that postwar prosperity for American business is likely after the present conflict. He argued that economic collapse after war is erroneous and cited the prewar eleven-year rise in business volume and railroad traffic. He downplayed truck and airplane competition, noting only about 20 percent of rail freight faces truck substitution and that air costs remain higher for freight. He suggested rail will retain much mail and long-haul freight, with short-haul passenger travel more at risk from air competition but offset by airport time.
Early August in Ellis County Kansas marks a commemorative event for the Aberdeen Angus on the plains seventy years since their arrival. A monument will be dedicated and the day observed, recalling the 1873 colony led by George Grant that brought Angus cattle to the American prairies as cattle industry shifted from bison to longhorn in that era.
A historical column notes the shift from buffalo and longhorn cattle to the Hereford Angus breeds. It cites buffalo extinction by bullets and blizzards, then praises the Angus for half a century of dominance and calls for a monument to mark the first Angus arrival in cattle country.
The Roanoke Times editorial cites Public Roads Administration data showing May traffic at 46 percent of May 1941 levels, with April 47 percent and earlier months near those figures. It compares national trends and stresses careful use and preservation of the national emblem amid wartime conditions.
War Production Board warns of dwindling flag stocks as nations mobilize resources. Virginia colleges suspend football for the duration while broader public concerns shift to crisis needs. Gasoline rationing further reduces traffic as new priorities emerge in wartime.
Times Dispatch reviews the 1943 football schedules as universities weigh abandoning play due to the war. The War Department confirms trainees may participate in intercollegiate sports, but the immediacy of military training and transport burdens raise questions.
Market quotations from Baltimore and Chicago show cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry trends. Slaughter steers and heifers steady to lower, hogs 10 to 25 cents lower in parts, calves and sheep mixed in demand, with various weight ranges and prices noted by local yards and the W. F. A. report.
Pittsburgh July 15. Salable hogs 250 active with prices unchanged. Salable cattle 125 steady. Salable calves 125 steady. Pa Dept Agri notes market activity remains firm with steady pricing across hogs cattle and calves.
The market opened with mild gains and uneven advances as leaders retreated slightly while some favorites rose. Trading was light with overall activity below Wednesday, top issues for 1943 or longer included Ohio Oil Du Pont Allied Chemical Santa Fe and Pennsylvan ia Pepsi Cola American Telephone American Can Anaconda International Nickel Pure Oil and J C Penney. Lagging stocks included Bethlehem Great Northern A Rubber J I Case Douglas Aircraft Westinghouse Dow Chemical Montgomery Ward and Chrysler.
A captured Nipponese bombsight shown by American forces after the Attu battle in the Aleutians. A bullet hole is marked by an arrow. U.S. officers have not disclosed whether the device works.
A brief price listing shows multiple bag sizes priced per unit and per barrel. Entries include a 10 lb bag at 4.50 per 100 pounds, a 24 lb bag at 48 per barrel, a 48 lb bag at 98 per barrel, and references to one 10 lb bag and one 24 lb bag. It resembles a commodity pricing snippet with typographical glitches.
Prices steady for most sheep types with 250 salable sheep noted. Choice lambs range 15.25 to 16.00 while choice and other categories see modest declines and rest hold.
Fruit growers from Augusta Rockbridge Nelson and Albemarle counties are invited to a Staunton meeting next Tuesday at 8 p.m. County Agent James M. Gorsike says F W Laffette who heads the federal state inspection of apples and peaches will discuss proposed changes in grades of apples for processing and freezing.
About 130 million Americans participate in the Shangri La $1 plan promising to cover each citizen's share. The program frames the purchase as a national benefit and hints at broad participation across demographics.
Readers urged to send copies of The Star to servicemen abroad and at home, to sustain contact with families and hometown news. Campaign emphasizes steady mail as morale booster and link to community during deployments.
Washington reports discuss Sicily as pivotal to the Italian front, noting Mussolini’s 300,000 man defense and Italian will to fight. Analysts warn airfield control could shorten the campaign, with Sicily enabling air coverage over Italy and Rome. Observers also reflect on Kursk and the Russian front, arguing the promised second front remains unsettled amid Nazi moves and Stalin’s concentration.
In Southeast Sicily during the early Sicilian campaign, Italians surrender in droves and towns capitulate with little resistance. Canadian frontline troops push through vineyards and olive groves with American and British forces enjoying early victories, while fields and chalk roads mark a rapid advance.
News brief reports 13 year old Charles Messick dragged six stories by an elevator at Winchester Cold Storage. Also mentions renewed Russian push for a second front in Europe. War Department lists 156 more American civilians missing in action by Japan, raising total. W G Spiegelberg, 35, arrested in New York but found to be carrying airplane plans.
Five years ago Japanese beetles were detected in Winchester for the first time as over 280 traps were placed citywide to capture the pests. A Szeged University faculty meeting in Hungary ended in a duel and may prompt two more. Hughes and four globe circling companions tour in a triumphal parade in New York City.
Ten years ago the local militia readies to depart for an encampment at Virginia Beach. Wiley Post begins a world solo flight. Jes Town is discussed as a race site. Purcellville Garden Club forms with Mrs. Kenworthy as president.
Three soldiers died when lightning struck a tent in Baltimore during a storm. A separate item notes upcoming professional motorcycle races scheduled for Saturday at a fair in Frederick, Maryland. An obituary honors Winchester’s oldest, best known Black resident born in May 1830.
Twenty five years ago Dr Hans Heinz Ewers president of the Society of German Authors was arrested on charges of pro German activities.
A brief prompt invites readers to turn to page 2 for the correct answers to seven test questions about intelligence and problem solving.
Answers: hemp flax sisal coir cotton. Anthropropoph ginians are not recognized. likely misprint. Wedge shape moves with wide end forward for easier air passage. true. Opera daughter of the regiment composer unknown. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House. 1940 World Series winner: the Cincinnati Reds. SoMa cannot travel thru a vacuum. true. Legal inquiry into a death by coroner is an inquest. Fabled monster with horse head is cantaur. Virginia creeper grows on low ground, not mountain tops.
Dr Clenden Clendening discusses World War I lessons on tuberculosis detection and control. He notes X rays reveal latent TB better than stethoscopes, describes prewar declines and postwar risks from malnutrition and crowding, and urges vigilance against a global TB rise.
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