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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1943
Page
4
Local notice from Winchester Virginia newspaper details post office origin and publication rules. Mentions Associated Press and Audit Bureau affiliations, ad deadlines by 9 PM, and contract rates. includes pricing and circulation notes in jumbled form.
A quotation from John 14 2 3 speaks of Jesus preparing a place for believers and his promise to return to bring them to his dwelling. The passage emphasizes assurance of eternal home and access to God through faith.
Patent No. 2,318,713 issued to Andrew Y. Preble of El Centro, California details crating ears to preserve sweetness. Ears are placed side by side on a moist sugar solution pad, aiming to shorten the time from stalk to pot and boost market sweetness.
Federal red tape slows a city case over 750 metal wheelbarrows worth about 5000 dollars found rusting in a WPA yard. Officials sought to use them, but transfers and earmarks shifted ownership between WPA roads administration and Treasury, leaving the cargo in dispute and Treasury uninterested.
Reprinted editorial lauds Juan Trippe for advancing American foreign trade via Pan American World Airways. It notes his leadership since 1927 from Key West to Havana, extensive overseas routes, 120 million miles flown, current service to 60 countries, and plans for fifty giant Clippers enabling New York to London in ten hours at $100, with 24 hour service to Australia or China. It frames the effort as a realization of Wendell Willkie’s one world vision.
New Virginia product prospects surface as wells near Ewing, Lee County yield 20 to 35 barrels of oil daily. Geologists view small pay dirt as possible, but warn against heavy investment due to lack of geological structures indicating large crude reserves. Oil is already shipped from Virginia to West Virginia refineries.
Richmond Times Dispatch argues the War Labor Board may be pressuring operators to concede on portal-to-portal pay and other terms to United Mine Workers leader John Lewis. It notes wage comparisons, past increases, and questions the board's adherence to the Little Steel formula while predicting further concessions contingent on operator resolve. The piece also mentions the Army Judge Advocate General's Department.
An advertising agency urges clients to focus on outcomes over methods. The Star emphasizes direct contact and measurable results as key to campaigns.
Alyfays and Yafiana report on a tense evening at Rancho Casolina where Steve Landis, Jean Marsden, and Curley mingle with the Parkinsons. A planned secretive dinner, a factory stakeout, and a sabotaged train carrying vital rubber formula set up a dramatic cliffhanger.
Dr. H. H. McGuire wins election as president of the American Ophthalmological Society at Hot Springs in what is described as the highest honor of his career.
Paul Tyler Grant died at his home on South Cameron street. The report notes his death occurred at the residence with no further details given. Named individuals: Paul Tyler Grant. Location: South Cameron street.
A plague of 17 year locusts is expected in Frederick county. A new building at Western State Hospital is to be named for Shir ley Carter, member of the Board of Visitors. Mrs. M. L. Kremer, 91, dies at 501 South Market street.
In a 24 hour clash between Skaggerack and Hornriff ten British warships were sunk by the German fleet. Verdue received 60 000 reinforcements from the Hons Col John H Mosby whose funeral was held at Warrenton yesterday once troubled General Sheridan in 1864.
Forty years ago Mr. Newton Guthrie is married to Mrs. Mamie B. Guthrie. A buzzard is seen on the farm of Mr. John M. Silver near town. Hugh Russell returns from University of Virginia for summer year.
The report recalls John E. Snapp being seriously injured when a drayman collided with his carriage, throwing him out. A.L. Shearer is seen on the street in a double tally-ho drawing attention. Navy slang and Army Signal Corps roles are noted, including amphibious training and Ordnance procurement.
The article outlines how physicians take a patient history, record it, and use it with exams and tests. It details subdivisions: history, chief complaint, present illness, past illnesses, and family history, plus the aim of documenting social status and occupation.
Meadville Pennsylvania May 31 194? An observer argues rationing boards struggle under point system and national rules. He critiques local boards long tenure and warns injustices and waste in gasoline and fuel sharing. He calls for simplification and humanizing rules with empowered local leaders.
A recluse survived on a single brand of canned ham while ration points ran out, prompting days of calls to secure an exception. A college rationing official denounces national rules as incomprehensible and calls for decentralized, locally trusted judgment. A grocer offers points free succotash, illustrating the system’s flaws and local improvisation.
Richmond District Office of Price Administration lists June allocations for tires and tubes. Truck tire quotas drop 1 cent below May. truck tubes down 42 percent from May. Grade one passenger car tires up 18 percent. grade three down 10 percent. Passenger car tubes up 10 percent. J Oscar Morgan notes mileage rationing officials announced the changes.
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo June 2 mock warfare is waged daily by the 89th on its Camp Carson maneuver grounds recreating Beauclair with land mines dummy Nazis and improvised booby traps. The troops advance reach the courthouse tear down swastikas and are declared victors.
A printable quiz asks seven questions on U S history science geography and language. Topics include the Congressional committee for defense, gas lighter than hydrogen, Africa’s two prewar incident states, Aesop’s fable author, Moscow subway, normal body temperature, Iraq capital, Marathon horse race, spelling choice in accuracy, and pectin in tart apples.
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