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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1943
Page
4
Subscribers to The Star are urged to report delivery delays to the office. The note also discusses lard and shortening demand, with packers noting reduced home use as baking slows. In April five major markets held 17 million pounds of lard stock, down from 57 million a year earlier. The passage references a biblical quote and mentions post office notices in Virginia.
Reprint of Warm Springs scene shows 43 country representatives, 140 soldiers at the Homestead, MPs from 48 states, and a heavy press presence at the Casino. Guards, band, and foreign staff create an international atmosphere amid ongoing inspections and restricted press access.
The piece notes quinine shortages on tropical fronts after Japanese advances cut off supplies. It discusses the limited effectiveness of substitutes, Rockefeller Foundation and Harvard efforts to develop a potent anti malaria synthetic, and records that 80 percent of front line troops near Bataan suffered malaria as quinine ran out. A synthetic quinine is described as having huge military value.
Officials struggle to regulate food supply as wartime lard remains in short stock despite higher hog output. Authorities note attempts to replenish lard reserves in the United States while stores grow slower than slaughtered hogs.
Melvin Marsden is missing. Jean Marsden leaves work to become secretary to Steve Landis at a new Eppberlant in Mexico. Chief Manzanares questions them about the train wreck as Landis plans rubber plant hiring. Jean contemplates a three day stay at Rancho Carolina at Mrs. Parkinson’s invitation.
Winchester air raid wardens plan a meeting tonight to elect a chief. Senator Byrd endorses the USO in a letter to Clifford Grim. Gasoline siphoned from two cars of local salesman Ricker McKee. Five years ago Winchester Lions offered Sam Preston as district governor. Dr F Berry Plummer to address Handley High School graduates Sunday June 5. The Sabbath Glee Club to sing at Milton Valley.
Ten years ago Dr James Miller resident physician at Memorial Hospital and a New Market native begins general practice. Maurice Duffy eight is hit by a car at the avenue and Loudoun. The Baltimore and Ohio show at the Century of Progress in Chicago is highly praised.
Twenty seven years ago shells fell near Verdun as reports note. Winchester and Frederick county delegates depart for Roanoke to attend a state convention. Weverton bans liquor sale along the B and O from Washington to Cumberland. Robinson returns from Baltimore visit. Voting machines to be installed in the Richmond capitol.
Members of the 12th District Judicial Circuit of Virginia in Frederick Warren Clarke Page and Shenandoah counties led by Judge Harrison present Miss Nellie Cover with a handsome silver service as a wedding gift. Miss Frances Page returns from Staunton. A marriage license is issued to Miss Fanny G. Janney and Mr. Wm Schulze of Frederick County.
Forty five years ago John H. Crebs is ill. Mr William Smoot and Miss Tacie Orndorff are married at the rest home ceremony.
The document mentions Mrs. Emilene Wright on South Braddock Street, the legacy of $15,000 for Mr. and Mrs. Atwill Ritenour, and a statement that the British Government pays the natives of Tirah, India, with 240,000 reindeer in Alaska owed by 4,600 natives.
A doctor explains why there is no single asthma cure and why history taking is essential. A patient case shows perennial asthma likely infectious, not pollen or dust related. He warns against home treatments like argyrol swabs in children and notes color blindness cannot be cured.
A critique of policy ideas trading wheat for influence warns that pricing goods to make other nations dependent could curb aggression. The piece likens plans to Wallace era milk subsidies and suggests Britain’s aid to India would entail agreements on birth control as populations grow.
London June 1 The Ministry of Pensions reports that in 1942 over 1,700 English widows remarried and 1,000 had children. Among 100 examined cases, 48 percent chose husbands from the military forces.
A barber in Alsace was sent to a Nazi concentration camp for six weeks for speaking French. The detention was described as intended for his education by Strassburger Neueste Nachrichten.
Seven quiz prompts ask about December 1941 war declaration date Germany and Italy on the United States, pediatrics scope, Japanese bases, "The Master Builder" author, Easter date, Cape Henry versus Cape Hatteras, the devil quote proverb, and gastronomy.
Gasoline rationing and tire shortages kept locals away from Locust Grove Church near Carlisle Ky. Renewed attendance follows a decision to renovate the 99 year old structure after its services were suspended when it consolidated with a Carlisle church.
A 21 year old Danish student confessed to slaying a comely woman after police traced a letter signed Henry to him. He had written a short story for a Danish weekly foretelling the case two days before the murder, ending with death by suicide rather than capture.
The statement asserts that pure beryllium is three times lighter than aluminum and harder than steel. It presents a comparison of density and hardness without sourcing.
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