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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1944
Page
5
A Song Service will be held at the Methodist Church in Stephens City Sunday night at eight. Various songs will be sung as solos duets or congregationally. The story of how each song was written will be told in a very interesting manner inviting the whole community to attend.
The Army Air Forces have resumed recruiting for gunners pilots bombardiers and navigators. Eligible young men of seventeen may take the mental and physical exams at the Winchester Post Office on July 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tech Sergeant Clarence Biehn will conduct the tests and advise on entry into the Army Air Forces Reserve until eighteen.
Dr I C Riggin state health commissioner warns seasonal sun exposure dangers and urges restraint. He cites a case of a young woman with second degree burns and kidney complications after a day in the sun to illustrate risks. He says a fifteen to thirty minute initial exposure should start, gradually increasing thereafter.
Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles lists changes to the Motor Vehicle Code and related acts enacted in 1944. The updates cover license tags per vehicle, transfers of title for estates and armed service members, refunds for unused license terms, trailer and vehicle weight rules, emergency speed authority, credits for service-induced license inactivity, restrictions on licenses for repeat offenders, age limits for instruction permits, and temporary licenses for armed forces personnel. Effective dates include June 24 1944 and wartime provisions extending licenses during service.
George Tucker reports from Rome on baritone Giuseppe De Luca and tenor Beniamino Gigli, both in good health and intent on returning to the United States after the war. De Luca recalls living in a bomb-raked home, avoiding public singing, and cherishing his villa while planning for a postwar reunion with audiences.
Regulation of motor vehicle dealers salesmen manufacturers and distributors by the Commissioner. Establishes safety standards, license and permit provisions, and penalties including suspension and revocation for unsafe operation. Sets financial responsibility requirements for auto accident involved persons. Effective dates July 1 1944 and January 1 1945.
T E Clarke executive director of the Game and Inland Fisheries Commission said bass fishing starts June 24 west of the Blue Ridge while east of the mountains began June 15. He noted the General Assembly intended June 20 start in both areas but an emergency clause was misplaced. Next year both regions will open June 20.
Vice President Henry A. Wallace toured China visiting areas with his party. He privately commented that the Chinese Russian frontier could become a friendly region like the U S Canada border and attended a luncheon with General Ho Ying Chin. He had a Red Cross welcome at an enlisted men's club despite rain.
The president played three games in a men versus Bee volleyball match at an Army headquarters. Jace played with the Ed g Men's team and stripped to the waist for the game. Chinese papers gave substantial space to Wallace's visit with editorials praising him as a "warrior for democracy." The army mouthpiece Sao Tang Pao claimed ignorance of the journey's real purpose but suggested links to the war effort and post war plans. It urged China to stay determined to fight to the last and help maintain world peace.
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