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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1943
Page
4
The Evening Star published in Winchester Virginia on June 16 1943 notes postal classification second class and requests readers report delays or irregularities in delivery. It emphasizes prompt reader action to maintain a perfect delivery system and cites Acts 2 41.
A Wall Street Journal forecast explores how war’s end will trigger competition among Western Hemisphere air carriers for passenger mail and freight routes. It notes the US may choose between monopoly efficiency or multiple lines for competition and mentions a proposed new air link to Britain with seadromes open to all lines. The piece stresses careful treaty and domestic-law regulation as peace-time air transport evolves.
Discussion centers on rapid advances in communication, transportation, and materials under wartime urgency. Experts warn against overoptimism while predicting widespread changes in work and recreation. The public, fatigued by constant promises, may lose interest if outcomes disappoint.
The speaker believes the rising generation will embrace this right, with new hardships spurring further scientific progress to address humanity's troubles. America will produce much, yet miracles of convenience mean little without mastery of living, citizen responsibility in government, and security through productive labor.
Lieutenant-Commander Harold E. Stassen arrives in New York for a two month naval training course at Fort Schuyler Bronx in navigation ordnance and seamanship. He attends as a student with no rank, the formal treatment matching other trainees. The Minnesota former governor, nearing 40, is seen as a rising GOP leader and potential future presidential timber despite naval duties.
The piece notes shifting roles for women in aviation from wartime ferrying to postwar prospects. It highlights Jacqueline Cochran’s early doubts, praises British efforts led by Pauline Gower, and argues women deserve real opportunities based on proven ability rather than concessions.
Southside Sentinel reflects wartime hardship and resource limits. It encourages reduced fuel use, walking, porch gatherings, and community singing as morale boosters, recalling past simple pleasures from molasses stew to hikes and arbutus hunting.
The Winchester market ranked high in wartime buying power with per capita income of 1231 dollars, 1.93 times Virginia and 1.41 times national averages. Retail sales reached 11,179,000 dollars, accounting for 0.20 percent of US business and 1.28 percent of Virginia’s retail activity, despite a merchandise shortage and war savings curbs. The survey values Winchester’s real money buying power at 14,157,000 dollars, with potential 1.27 times actual 1942 sales.
Indians in Canada are miners under the law and their affairs are administered by the Indian Affairs Branch of the Department of Mines and Resources.
By dialing 3424 you may inform friends when you entertain guests go away or return home. The Star will publish all such items on this page.
The article highlights Czechoslovakia as possessing extensive natural resources and significant industrial development, emphasizing its strong economic potential in Europe.
Jean wrestles with loyalty and desire as a mystery boat sighting at sea disrupts her plans to stay with Steve and her duties at Rancho Casolina. The night drive and moonlit shocks drive her toward independent investigation amid wartime tension and jealousies.
Article notes China gains a growing air force aiding ground troops for the first time, while Japanese offensives stall with no major operations in a year. It discusses Pantelleria’s fall as a sign of air power influencing future continental campaigns and questions Japan’s internal morale and strategy.
Quiz asks to correct a sentence and knowledge questions across topics. Topics include grammar, cuisine, geography, literature, history, and biographical trivia. Provides ten items covering sentence correction, dishes, locations, novels, monuments, operatic names, and family names.
Winchester dentists donate rubber mats from their cars amid wartime shortages. The USO campaign raises $4,468 in Winchester as Clifford Grim announces the total.
Five years ago the historic Springdale property with a colonial mansion and 286 acres sold to Van Meter Hack for 40000 dollars. The feature also notes the 18th annual Winchester convention of Post Office Clerks set for Saturday and Sunday with Rosemary Webster of New York relinquishing an inheritance of nearly a million to wed a youth earning twenty one dollars weekly.
George Crawford alleged slayer of Mrs Agnes Boeing Issey of Middleburg is remanded to Fauquier county authorities by the U S Supreme Court. Codling moth spray should be applied about June 20, Dr Hough announces. Mr and Mrs George F Miller of North Braddock street are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son Monte Mack.
Twenty years ago rites were held at Lamps for Fred 8 Lineburg. The Automobile Club of Maryland included Winchester on its tour route. Forty thousand three hundred forty six Fords were built in a week setting a record.
Announcement reports a $50,000 hotel project to be built in Winchester. Mrs. George Dakeman dies at her Berryville home. Dr. P. W. Boyd travels from Staunton to serve as groomsman for Dr. Holmes Yeakley at Ella Ranson’s wedding.
Kaiser Company and the War Production Board agreed on a decree enjoining Richmond ship yard No 3 from exceeding material quotas. Federal Judge A F St Sure signed the decree after Kaiser admitted it obtained materials beyond WPB authorizations from June 1942 to present.
Dr Logan Clendening surveys gastric juice analysis history from 18th century stomach brushes to Kussmaul’s tube and modern doubts about acid levels. He notes shifts in diagnostic reliance and contrasts with cerebrospinal fluid usefulness in brain and spinal disease.
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