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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1943
Page
4
Rate card and delivery notice from The Evening Star Winchester Virginia outlines advertising rates and submission deadlines. It lists transient per inch charges and contract rates, with carrier and subscription options. It urges readers to report delivery irregularities to maintain a reliable service.
Verse from Acts 16 33 cited in a July 31 1943 entry noting a baptism after washing stripes. The brief religious reference appears as a devotional snippet without additional events or names.
Residents praise merchants clubs scouts and military units for surpassing the War Stamp quota by over five times the city average based on the 1940 census. They urge Winchester to buy extra War Stamps and compete to win one of nine bombers for the Shangri La in the final week of the campaign.
Uncle Sam employees of the Virginia Woolen Company in Winchester donate funds to buy army pep rather than saving stamps or bonds. The company and its workers are praised for patriotism, supporting war bonds Red Cross Salvation Army and other wartime causes.
The Virginia Woolen Company advocates practical patriotism with claims that war duration could be shortened and many American lives saved, presenting a hopeful public stance amid national conflict.
Reprinted editorial reviews Mr Graves viewpoint as a Southerner educated in the North who examines the Confederacy region. He argues two key points: the South mobilized well for war and its people show high physical fitness. The author uses geography economy and history to explain regional distinctiveness and its impact on national strength.
Danville editorial denounces Pierre Laval as a coward and Axis collaborator who claims his aim was France’s preservation. It condemns his fear of assassination and predicts intensified French accountability after Allied victory, urging no future French patriot repeat of his fate.
The Staunton News Leader argues that absenteeism signals deliberate job avoidance to extract concessions. It calls the term genteel and questions its legitimacy, suggesting the older word shirking may be more accurate in wartime contexts.
New Orleans ghosts from the Lalaurie Mansion are displaced as war workers fill the city. The historic French Quarter house, once famed for spirits chained to its slave quarters, is renovated into apartments and occupied by families amid a booming wartime industrial area.
Los Angeles July 31 Charles B Breed Massachusetts Institute of Technology civil engineering professor predicts postwar air travel will open two week vacations in distant lands and regular North and South American air service with tropical fruits shipped for out of season use. He foresees a surge in Western Hemisphere and Europe Africa passenger movement and notes freight planes will not face strong competition from Dearing Planes for heavy freight.
Curley and a Mexican guard fight off a patrol boat gunfire then escape a wrecked submarine. Coast planes aid the chase as Curley returns to a Spanish hacienda with Jean and Rosita, where she declares love and asks to marry him that day.
Hamburg Germanys greatest port and most heavily go city battered again by 600 war ships. Dan J Hince manager of Mc Crorys store here and chairman of sale of War Bonds and Stamps accepts position as manager of U S Army Post Exchange at Camp Butner NC.
A five year old item notes the French press excitement over Mme Lebrun's curtsy to the Queen of England. It mentions a claim about mechanical perfection and champagne made in sixty days by a scientific method.
Ten years ago Winchester department stores planned hour changes. The N R A Credit Administration aimed to speed refinanc ing farm mortgages. A mass meeting about the N R A code drew many local attendees.
President Harding rests well after a restful night. physicians express hope for speedy recovery. In a notable development two priceless books, a Gutenberg Bible and a Shakespearean First Folio, arrive in America. The Catholic press directory cites 20,000,000 Catholics in the United States.
Twenty five years ago state fuel administrations are advised to halt coal sales in areas with abundant wood. Von Mackensen is reported to replace Ludendorff as German offensive moves against Italy and Austro Hungary.
A reader quiz asks to name U.S. presidents since Harding, identify Flavius Josephus, and the Latin American country still allied with Axis. True or false statements cover beaver tails, tax theory Single Tax, Attu longitude, and 6 2 as Army or Navy intelligence.
In Lynchburg Virginia 800 workers of the C S O union employed by Consolidated Textile await a federal conciliator to settle a pay raise and back wages dispute. Company officials and union leaders plan to meet with the War Department conciliator Monday if no settlement is reached. the walkout has reduced active looms to about 300 of 16000.
Boston report recalls Major Frank Cavanaugh sending a book to Coach O'Donnell as Holy Cross later trounced the Eagles. A wire from Cavanaugh the next day asked to cancel his subscription after his prank was repaid.
The French Committees of National Liberation ban Sacha Guitry works for allegedly advocating collaboration with Germany. Motion pictures based on his stories are also prohibited. Guitry was last reported in Paris where he performed on stage after the occupation.
The column explains facial neuralgia arising from the trigeminal and facial nerves, describing classic cases like Sluder's neuralgia and spheno palatine involvement. It notes electric shock bouts, age predominance, and cautions against unnecessary tooth extraction. Treatments include nasal drainage relief and inhalation therapy. modern neurosurgery offers options for stubborn cases.
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