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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1944
Page
4
Subscribers to The Star urged to report delivery delays to improve service and keep a perfect system. Advertising deadlines 9 P M day before publication. Rates listed for transient and contract ads. A World War II era commentary mentions Goebbels and a changes theme reflected in Allied expectations.
A biblical verse from Psalms 78 55 reflects on God casting out heathen before Israel and dividing inheritance by line so that the tribes of Israel could dwell in their tents, illustrating covenant boundaries and divine protection.
A radio broadcast by Lieut. Gen Kurt Dittmar, long used by Goebbels to temper German mood, criticizes the high command for misjudging Russia and overestimating reserves. He warns of three fronts, with the Western Front as the focal point and a call to strengthen defenses on a major scale.
Reprinted editorial from the Christian Science Monitor questions thrift and price controls in the postwar era. It argues a two pants suit fuels costs, urges a broad review of OPA rules, and worries about bureaucratic excess harming the farm vote. It notes support for thrift and criticizes wasteful regulation.
The Staunton Evening Leucer notes wartime news shifts stock prices differently this time as big firms anticipate peace gains. United States Steel rises from 52.5 to 61.75 and United Aircraft climbs from 27.5 to over 29 while the Dow Jones moves 142.14 to 150.19. The president predicts business leaders prefer peace and the public hopes for a healthier postwar economy.
The New York Times notes Caen’s capture marks Allied success but laments civilian casualties in Caen and La Haye du Puits. It cites estimates of four to five thousand dead in Caen and up to twenty thousand in Salvados, urging effort to minimize civilian harm while defeating the Nazis. It praises Eisenhower’s strategy to avoid costly attrition and to outmaneuver German forces in Normandy.
A terse wartime appeal urges readers to support the war effort by purchasing War Bonds immediately. The message pushes citizens to act now to sustain military operations and national financing during the ongoing conflict.
News of Other Years reports B F Davis Jr advancing to captain while C P McVicar resigns as local ration board chairman criticizing O A rules as illogical. Miss Mary Lois Bean to represent Winchester at Berkeley Springs Tomato Festival this fall. Four men remain employed at Virginia Woolen Mill from 1904 machinery work. S M Lane resigns from Boyce Town Council without motive.
Thirty years ago Star correspondent N C Hensell enjoying a Washington Baltimore vacation reports the City Water Department bans sprinkling after 8 pm citing water waste. Captain Charles H Hardy a prominent citizen dies at his S Washington street home. Forty years ago Winchester society thrives on teas luncheons and card par ties while the Has Beens beat Hagerstown 9 to 7 and farmer John McDonald is killed by a falling barn door near Summit Point.
John K. Schaeffer was struck by lightning and killed while thinning corn near the Shenandoah River. The Seal brothers finished a fence around Mount Hebron Cemetery. Lewis Miller caught a bass weighing 4 pounds 12 ounces and measuring 21 inches in Capon River.
The Trinity Church in the financial district stands as a beacon amid crowds and commerce. The pastor L Douglass reflects on God’s empire beyond human plans and questions whether business wisdom should bow to righteousness and charity under divine justice.
A set of ten quiz prompts asking who spoke about not swapping horses mid river which fleet Halsey was ordered to command who invented the lightning rod which writer studied marriage and morals which composers used ff in music Roosevelt Bull Moose era which term is the study of insects MacArthur’s age options Aramis Porthos and Athos identification and the famed plant tied to Ceylon all framed as a page turn for correct answers.
Captain Whitman Pearson and four officers supervise the St. Laurent sur Mer cemetery where over 2,000 Americans 56 British and 719 Germans lie. Identification aims include dogtags fingerprints dental records laundry marks and physical measures with a flagpole and wreath honoring the war dead. French workers assist landscaping as families may visit this garden of crosses after the war.
A medical column outlines migraine signs including aura and unilateral head pain, notes prevalence and family links, and reviews treatments such as ergotamine tartrate and benzedrine sulphate. It discusses proposed mechanisms and cautions seeking medical guidance, plus a related Q and A on compensatory pauses in the heart.
Local brief from the Star highlights ongoing events and developments. Readers are directed to follow continuing coverage for complete local, national, and world updates.
Muddy red soil from this Normandy hillside weighs on soldiers buried here. A veteran reflects that locals who complain of gas would not have much to beef about, as grey rain slants over wet graves of men who needed no raincoats.
Twelve cars of an 81 car eastbound freight train derailed Friday in front of Huntingdon PA main station. The incident tied up traffic on four tracks toward Chicago and the west.
George Resseguie son of Mr and Mrs L B Resseguie of Clearbrook is promoted from Captain to Major serving with the Army Services of Supply in the South Pacific Area. He directs publication of reorganization orders and movement directives in the Transportation Division under Major General Robert G Breene. He is married to Dorothy Scott of Woodville Mississippi and they reside in Clearbrook with their three month old son George Jr. His brother Lt Walden Resseguie serves with the Army Air Corps in Island America. He received reserve commissions at V P I and went on active duty June 10 1941 after graduating from the Command Course at Fort Leavenworth and attending War Department staff courses.
Wealthy widow Mary Norman faces changes as Judith Lambert visits en route west, recounting Matthew Norman’s marriage to Irene Murray and the plan for Matthew’s medical practice. Judith probes family ties while Mary hosts Irene and Matthew at her apartment before a move to the office.
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