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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1943
Page
4
Public notice text outlines publication schedule delivery guidance and advertising deadlines for The Evening Star Winchester Virginia and regional representation details. It includes a Bible verse citation and postal timing notes as part of the masthead.
A dated war report declares Hitler’s regime started the war and prepared colossal arms. It notes mass mobilization, bombings of Holland Belgium France Poland and later Britain and Russia, with devastation of Ruhr and mass Italian flight. The piece calls for destroying the Axis with all weapons for civilization’s survival.
The piece compares Hirohito and Hitler’s prestige regimes, noting Japan and Germany rely on belief in divine and superhuman leadership. It argues that public perception of leaders as godly or extraordinary sustains military confidence, and that defeat undermines that prestige in both nations.
The piece argues Hirohito escapes blame for the Doolittle raid while Tojo faces trouble for letting planes over the palace. It contrasts Nazi belief in Hitler’s invincibility with disillusion as blitzkrieg falters from England to Russia and Africa, noting prestige as vital to holding regimes.
Reprinted editorial notes the Office of Price Administration dropped plans for uniform grade labeling on canned foods in 1943. It argues labeling would aid price ceiling enforcement and assist housewives, but faces pushback from packers and processors wary of branding being grouped with lesser products.
The piece notes the unusual naming of the US cruiser Canberra after Australia’s capital and discusses the tradition of US ship names. It questions whether naming a US warship after a foreign city signals a shift toward a world peace fleet and a future United Nations governance.
Washington reports 189 U S soldiers named in Japan held prisoner lists from the War Department. Among them is Pic. Aldo W. Hanger of Waynesboro and his next of kin, Mrs. Bettie Alice Hanger, revealing the status of the local serviceman.
Jean Marsden, a Paris model turned secretary, accepts an invitation to stay three days at the Parkinson ranch in Mexico while Steve Landis manages a factory reopening after a robbery. A police chief interviews Jean about suspects, and tension rises as she weighs professional duty against luxury temptations.
Two hundred Scouts are expected to attend Camp White Rock this season. Cpl. Ernest Stotler is reported missing in the Philippines. Bremen is heavily bombed as Commandos scout the Boulogne area gaining experience.
The Rev W F Locke D D longtime pastor of Braddock Street Church and presiding elder of the Winchester District dies at his Washington home. The Winchester Park announces plans for a tennis tournament with W Alan Perry as committee chair. Mrs John Payne of Long Island visits Miss Gwynne Harrison in Clarke county.
Ten years after his world flight, Jimmy Mattern arrives in Moscow from Norway. The Handley High School class of 1928 plans a reunion with Edna Lamb, Henrietta Cornwell, John Glaize, and Stewart Bell on the committee. Mrs. Austin Sloat hosts a violin pupils recital.
Mrs H Hable dies in a retrospective note as a local scene recalls a Park victory over Strasburg 10 to 4 and mentions Shriners invading Washington in a brief year-ago roundup.
Miss Lucy Russell says Scouts will collect on June 6 to support a Confederate monument fund. Merchants announce early closing at 6 PM starting June 7. Louis D Brandeis takes oath as Supreme Court associate justice.
Forty years ago Mrs. Young Pike of Washington found her brother's burial site in Stonewall cemetery. Mr. Charles B. Goscorn and Margarete Collins of Washington wed. Funeral services were held for Dr. A. C. Byrne.
Forty five years ago Fred Rinker was struck with an axe during play and seriously injured by boys. Rev Dr Rawlings delivered an annual baccalaureate sermon to young lady students of Valley Female College. Miss Gertie Barnett suffered when three gnats entered her eye. Virginia’s state motto Thus Always to Tyrants.
Provisional plans set Mountain Lake Biological Station at University of Virginia for a fourteenth summer session starting June 21 in Giles county. Dr. Ivey F. Lewis says the program will focus on student needs with two sessions from June 21 to July 24 and July 26 to August 28. The station, founded fourteen summers ago, recently expanded with a new stone building.
Paris radio quotes Marshal Petain calling British American air raids a form of warfare with no excuse. He urged patience, stubborn courage, and total discipline for France, and reportedly refused Hitler's offer to let him return to Paris.
Elizabeth Jones of Petersburg Virginia and Leon A Milhouse of Winston Salem North Carolina telegraph company employee married last night at the Hot Springs Presbyterian Church after meeting at the United Nations Food Conference which is addressing international food supplies.
Fort Belvoir hosts 72 top oil executives for a 24 hour military immersion. William R. Boyd calls the visit a grand impression, praising training thoroughness and soldierly spirit amid trots through mud and rifle ranges. W Alton Jones is noted as the sole casualty, losing a shoe in a foxhole during night maneuvers.
The War Production Board urges saving used tin cans for two main reasons. Tin provides much needed metal previously imported in declining supply, and steel beneath the tin plate is also valuable for war needs. Clean, flattened cans are the recommended preparation.
A garbled nostalgia quiz lists ten items about glass, geography, science, and history. It asks for correct answers on topics from Edison’s birthplace to Liechtenstein, Latin American tours, and Navy tanker naming conventions, but the exact questions are unclear and mixed with typos.
Dr Clendening answers readers questions on chest pains and angina noting many cases are misdiagnosed as heart attacks. He warns against unscrupulous practitioners and details examples from an electrocardiogram misread and other noncardiac causes such as muscle and neck issues.
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