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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia announces subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery, the office hours for notices, and policy details. The front page carries a Bible verse from Psalms 74 10 and a date of Monday June 19 1944.
Clarence Francis, chairman of a major U S food company, predicts postwar expansion in the food industry driven by new products, packaging, and transportation. He expects aggressive competition, innovative packaging, air shipping of perishables, and use of waste into distribution as dietary habits shift after the war.
The gibe of soldiers shows grumbling as a symbol of G I Joe independence. Service men vent about food billets weather and details and even invent subjects for gripe to share discomfort with others.
The piece discusses Staff Sergeant George Baker's Sad Sack character in Yank and how the private's constant misfortune and resigned spirit mirror enlisted men. It notes readers' desire for promotion yet the creator keeps him a private, fearing a promotion would bring swift demotion.
A Washington dispatch notes the House committee reports that now is not the proper time for detailed consolidation legislation. The editorial warns against Pearl Harbor style disunity and favors unity of command as essential for national defense, though postponement may be defensible while Navy opposition exists.
Last summer a large number of city women toiled on farms to harvest crops amid a manpower shortage. About 55,000 held year round farm jobs, and 350,000 participated as volunteers. They proved capable and boosted morale, changing urban views of the farm problem and likely influencing future attitudes toward farming.
Magistrate Thomas A. Matthews ruled that engagement and wedding rings become the wife’s property upon the marriage ceremony. In a domestic dispute he advised the wife not to hide her husband’s shoes to keep him home and cautioned the husband to return the wife’s keepsakes.
Russell Penn used a power mover to cut the lawn before City Hall to a small admiring audience. Sgt. Joe M Stickles from Berryville has returned from overseas to report to OCS and is visiting at home. Five years ago Queen Shenandoah XVI Genevieve Garner appeared in the Manila Bulletin. John R Cooper drove 36 miles daily to Handley High School and recently graduated. Charles J Carron of the Virginia Planning Board criticizes hot dog stands and filling stations for distracting Winchester charm. F F A judging teams depart for Blacksburg with Mgr Charles C Beard. Rev J M Carr opens Berryville Vacation Church School with 200 pupils.
Twenty years ago the George Washington Hotel opened formally. Migeot, famed French chef, prepares a sumptuous menu in the new electric kitchen. Heavy hail storms ruin crops in Frederick and Clarke counties with only one percent of the apple crop spared. Senator Carter Glass is considered the likely Democratic presidential nominee.
Thirty years ago Miss Mary Bush and Miss Clem L Richardson joined the faculty at Fort Loudoun Seminary. Several local men returning from the University of Virginia alumni reunion were halted by Staunton police who mistook their convict outfits for escaped road gang prisoners. The costumes were explained and the men continued on.
Clarke county workers start construction on the Shenandoah River bridges at Berry's and Castlemans ferries. A Warren Sentinel report claiming Winchester saloon owners are fleeing to Front Royal to run speakeasies is denied by the Evening Star.
In 1899 Miss Lena Ritter leads a popularity contest among Winchester businesswomen by about 300 votes. Mr Joseph S Denny dies at 74 at his Amherst street residence. Miss Gertrude Jones from Berryville visits Winchester for a day.
A moral column arguing selfishness brings misery in family life business and society. It cites Abraham Lincoln and Jesus to urge selflessness and denies happiness from self focus, urging readers to stop seeking happiness and to turn outward.
A reader quiz asks for the supreme Allied commander in Europe, Florence’s English city name, correcting a sentence, Canada versus the US in area, a set menu term, the term down under, a South American country in both world wars, Roosevelt sons in military service, Celtuce, and tetanus.
From March 1938 Hitler marches into Austria to the so called peaceful expansion. The maps outline the Nazi dream of empire and world supremacy, its rapid expansion, and the turning tide as democracy united to defeat the common foe.
Dr. Clendening explains dyspepsia as a symptom group not a diagnosis and stresses locating underlying causes. He favors psychotherapy as a primary treatment for functional dyspepsia and cites reflex origins for common symptoms like fullness heartburn and belching. He notes lifestyle frustrations and advises simple explanations over heavy psychoanalysis. The column ends with a brief medical Q and A on ankle swelling causes.
On the Salween front in China June 19 Associated Press war correspondent William F Boni borrowed a carbine to hunt small game. After an hour he aimed at a crow but forgot to load the gun missing. A second crow flew out of range as Boni struggled to reload. Two hours later he returned footsore but triumphant.
A lone note describes a return to camp after a day spent in the woods collecting wild flowers as trophies for the experience.
Marines on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands maintain laundry by two simple methods. Some hang garments on rocks and let surf wash dirt away, while others use washing machines powered by a windmill. In a rush, Marines wade into the water and swing clothes over their heads to rinse them clean.
Residents in Spearfish South Dakota organized a deer drive after a mass meeting at City Hall led by game warden Dave Harris. About 40 residents used tin pans and noisemakers to herd 40 to 50 deer from yards into Spearfish Canyon. The herd returned to gardens two hours later and again the next day.
Nora Haight faces police questioning as Ellery Queen uncovers a web of letters and a toxicology book. Chief Dakin, Carter Bradford, and Jim Haight clash over alleged poisoning while Nora learns she is pregnant. The investigation shifts as Nora’s letters and hidden evidence drive arrests and motives.
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