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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1943
Page
4
The notice lays out delivery expectations for The Evening Star readers in Winchester Virginia including call for timely ad submissions and 9 PM deadlines. It lists subscription rates for inside and outside zones and mentions national representation and circulation audits.
A biblical passage from Acts 16:23 describes a crowd rising against defendants, magistrates tearing their clothes, ordering flogging, and demanding the jailer guard them securely. The record presents the verse as quoted from the Tuesday July 27 1943 context.
The piece describes shifts in American life as federal power grows from the New Deal onward. It notes increased Washington contact, rising regulatory presence, and a loss of local independence through agencies like NRA AAA FSA WPA NYA CCC and wartime controls by WPB and ODT.
A sweeping wartime overview criticizes agencies from the OPA to the manpower commission for overreach and confusion. It argues price controls and rationing distort markets, erode public trust, and separate citizens from government as Washington disputes undermine national unity.
Reprinted piece notes mounting Allied power from Sicily to the Pacific while warning planning lags on morale and political fronts. It commends Eisenhower's Sicily operations, urges clearer Allied policy toward France and Italy, and questions Western unity with Russia on a future war plan.
Crossword clues list shows across and down items with numbers and partial phrases. Readers fill answers for a themed puzzle including common musical terms and everyday objects.
Labor unions including the A F of L CIO and railway brotherhoods push political action to change Congress toward labor. They target the September session to defend the subsidy price rollback and oppose hostile legislation. Union leaders urge members to vote, review voting records, and consider picketing lawmakers to boost labor influence.
Labor arid consumers are discriminated against unless food prices drop. Congress must protect the public or labor will demand wage increases. A large majority of House Democrats who voted to override the veto were from southern, southwestern, or border states. Southern factories employ many workers, shifting the political balance in primaries. CIO unions seek to end the poll tax to mobilize new voters, while pressuring Republicans to back subsidy price ceilings against farm blocs this fall.
American troops at a South Pacific base enjoyed a new menu item as the quartermaster detachment bought live turtles weighing 200 to 300 pounds each to provide meat for the force.
Charles L. Coffeyville is hailed as a one man army at Coffeyville Army Air Field after stopping a runaway horse and a car rolling toward a tire. He grabbed the bridle and then jumped to brake the second vehicle in time.
Steve Landis and Curley Chandelor face FBI agents led by Sanderson and Manzanares as Curley reveals the Parkinson gang’s hidden instructions and a raid hinges on Miguel’s cooperation. A note from Senorita Madsden shows a crush, not a getaway, altering plans.
A chlorine cylinder, believed lost in junk, burned vegetation in several gardens and barely affected two local residents. J. E. Kuykendall dies suddenly at Winchester Golf Course. War Department asks Red Cross for largest surgical dressings quota. YEARS AGO plans armory. Herbert Schutte catches a 34 pound bass in Chesapeake Bay winning first prize. Winchester police seek identity of a two year old boy found on a street. Roosevelt message and wheat control were noted.
Twenty years ago two thousand one hundred fifty nine Winchester citizens paid poll tax. Police searched Montgomery County Maryland for bodies of two decapitated men. A new Chevrolet touring car was stolen from N Carbaugh of Stephens City while he watched a ball game.
Lieut Claude R Cammer of Winchester is wounded in France as Franco American forces along the Aisne Marne front reply German aggression. Gray Williams is appointed Examiner of Records for the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
Forty years ago Hugh A. Funk a prominent citizen near Stephens City entered a bid for the legislature. Roger Jones age eighteen of Winchester suffered a third broken arm. Captain George W. Kurtz received an honorary memorial in Missouri.
Forty five years ago government begins peace negotiations while Georgia is depicted as being invaded by Mormons. Thirty six elders evangelize Mormonism amid reports of a recent Brussels sugar conference failing due to France and Russia rejecting the proposed meeting scheme.
Seven obscure questions appear in a test page with garbled terms. The items ask to identify Mediterranean lands, correct a sentence about fruit, define a cage or enclosure, and state nationalities and a biblical reference.
Shepherdstown, W V July 27. Jack Foultz was hired to replace a man who quit five months ago. Foultz now handles police duties and operates a municipal truck, earning $100 per month, double the prior officer’s pay.
An advertising contact pitch from The Star emphasizes direct outreach and measurable impact. The message highlights streamlined campaigns, prominent placement, and proven results to attract clients seeking effective local promotions.
Maryville Tenn July 27 Constable R E Bales lives in Sevier County while his wife stays in Blount County both within twenty feet of each other They arranged the setup to keep his Sevier job and leased land on the county line adjoining his 300 acre farm The arrangement is legal though his small shack is unusual He eats at his wife's house.
A reader note claims a bullet fired from a gun at peak muzzle velocity would take about seven years to reach the sun. The statement exaggerates travel time and ignores space conditions and physics.
Dr. Clendening discusses dietary acidification as a treatment for epilepsy, noting that a mildly acid blood condition can soothe seizures and reduce attacks. The ketogenic diet shows about 30-40 percent seizure control after six months, with best results in children and young adults beginning to have seizures.
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