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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star, Winchester Virginia, publishes daily except Mondays. Readers are urged to report delivery delays to maintain service. Subscription rates apply with ads due by 9 PM the day before publication. Psalm 74.22 is cited in a religious inscription.
The Office of Defense Transportation urges the public to forego vacation plans requiring rail or inter city bus travel to ease wartime strain. The appeal notes evacuation, hospital transport, replacements centers, and furloughs demand added carriage and warns against long distance trips while encouraging near home getaways.
Army logistics paid damages after losses in combat or accidents. The article notes a jeep incident in North Africa where a widow received $200 for her husband and $250 for a donkey under a local custom. It explains how the dollar detail determines payments in such cases.
The War and Navy departments deny a revived WWI rumor that American advances were followed by French peasants demanding rent for trench land. They state AEF did pay rent behind the front for training grounds and that claims are paid promptly in goodwill, though some may later be charged to the enemy.
The piece argues strategic bombing targets Japan's major urban industrial centers rather than cities themselves. It notes Japanese preparations for air raids, fire suppression, and drills, while warning that cities will not vanish quickly and forecasts gradual erosion of war potential through steady, selective strikes.
Roanoke Times criticizes 117 Dodge tool grinders in Chicago who walked out over a co worker’s firing. It argues such a strike harms war production as Japan and Germany fight the Allies, calling for medals from Hitler and Tojo for the strikers’ loyalty to the Axis.
Bond leader Harry James and his band join Van Johnson June Allyson Gloria DeHaven and Jimmy Durante in the MGMs Two Girls And A Sailor. The War Bond Premiere comes to the Capitol Theatre Sunday July 9. Admission is by War Bonds only.
Miss Evelyn O. Ritenour becomes the first woman to enter Army service through the focal recruiting station and will depart early in July for training. Dunn Woolen Mills receives the Army-Navy E for excellence.
The old Jordan Springs building faces demolition as other structures receive upgrades. Reported cattle rustling at Llangollen Farm near Up erville totals $1 000 in value. Winchester Research Lab notes 7.70 inches of rain. June 1939 may be the wettest month in 26 years. Local youths and the Handley Band return from a FFA convention trip at Blacksburg. Bridgewater endures losses from a severe hail storm.
Baker and Shryock urge immediate insurance of corn and apples against air. The Star asks readers to swat flies now swarming. Richard Dix stars in Ice Bound at the Empire Theatre.
Middletown postmaster B. B. Parker was a business visitor in this city yesterday. A bumper apple crop is expected in Virginia Maryland and North Carolina. War Is Hell shows at the Empire Theatre a four part photo play colored by the electric natural process hailed as the greatest war picture yet.
Forty years ago Nathaniel Burwell of Page in Boyce and Clarke counties received a diploma at final exercises. Braddock street will be extended north to the Fair Grounds by G Clarence Miller, noted real estate man. Hon Marshall McCormick of Berryville rested at Atlantic City before heading to the Democratic convention in St Louis on July 1.
Forty five years ago local figure Thomas H. Shearer of Millwood passes away. The report notes his prominence in business. Also reported is the sale of the Sarah Fritts farm for 930 dollars to Judge Atkinson, a 300 acre property. Supt. Thomas Savage shows two cactus plants with forty blooms.
An Earl L Douglass sermon highlights differing wartime views from three sons. The eldest urges extreme punishment of the Japanese, the middle calls for baptism and destruction, while the youngest urges sending teachers to foster right thinking. The sermon argues lasting peace requires global education.
Local congregations including Church of the Brethren Salem and Gainesboro Methodist announce Sunday School at 9 30 to 10 30 a m and worship times, with revivals and special services planned. Notices list pastors, service hours, and cordial invitations to all residents.
Minister S J Goode leads at Walnut Springs Bible School with morning worship at 10 a.m. Holy communion follows at 11 a.m. A baptismal service is scheduled for 3 p.m. and a special musical service at 8 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
United Brethren in Christ minister L. P. Tederick leads Reliance and Ridings Chapel services with Sunday schools at 10.30 and 10. as well as an 8 p m worship. Rev Arthur Carper to preach at Stephens City 3.30 p m. Public invited to all events.
John E. Oliver, Pastor leads Mt. Pleasant with Sunday School at 10 a m Worship at 11 a m C E Society 730 p m Valley with Sunday School at early time Society 730 p m Worship 8 p m
Macedonia 10 15 a m church school E E Hall general superintendent 8 p m vacation Bible School program Round Hill 2 p m church school Miss Myra Payne general superintendent 3 p m afternoon worship with sermon by the pastor Greenwood 2 30 p m church school R O Daugherty general vacation Bible School begins Monday June 26 at 1 30 p m to attend these services
Pastor F T Fulcher leads Brucetown Methodist charge with morning worship at 11 a m at Brucetown Church School 10 m and sermon. Bate Valley and Factory churches offer services with worship, sermons, and youth fellowship in the evening inviting all to attend.
Baltimore market notes report mixed receipts across fowl eggs cattle calves hogs and sheep with prices largely steady to firm in places and slow activity seen in several categories. Chicago figures show hogs steady to up, cattle at low prices, sheep slow, with details on weights and grade spreads.
New York June 23 Buyers showed interest in a few blue chips and specialties but overall action was uneven with large moves in some low priced issues. Mixed rounds held bids until developments on major fronts clarify business in coming months. U S Steel General Motors Chrysler Dome Mines Home Stake and others drew occasional support while Eastern Rolling Mill Sears Roebuck American Bureau Park Tilford and Curtis Publishing touched new highs and laggards included Cuban Atlantic Sugar and Creole Petroleum. Bonds were steady and commodities fluctuated amid cautious trading.
A reader quiz asks about tax law reducing returns, Eboats type, pintail meanings, Hofman renomination, Iceland capital, two foods of Greek gods, rural Ireland fuel, Plato's Apology future, Bismarck’s status, and grammar correction of Rev
Soldiers rely on frontline supplies as citizens back victory. War bonds fund weapons and equipment essential to sustain operations in the invasion, linking home front finance to battlefield success.
Chicago June 23 reports of rust damage in Kansas prompted shorts to cover in the wheat pit at the open. Oats were steady and rye firm with early prices for Wheat July 1.57 1 4 Sept 1.57 to 1.57 3 8 Dec 1.58 1 2 to 7 8 May 1.60 1 4. Oats Sept 69 1 8 Dec 68 1 8 May 68 3 8. Rye July 1.10 to 1.09 7 8 Sept 1.10 1 8 to 3 8 Dec 1.12 to 1.12 1 4 May 1.15.
London reports that Lt Gen Heinz Hellmich, cited in a German communique, is the third German general killed since the Normandy invasion began. Earlier announcements named Artillery Gen Eric Marcks and Maj Gen Pritz Witt of the tenth Hitler Youth panzer division as killed on the invasion front.
Delwyn Allamong, 18, aviation cadet training at State College Mississippi, nephew of Mrs. M H McDonald of East Piccadilly, former McKinley High School graduate. Albert H Hamilton Ward’s mother reports his overseas arrival. address via sister in Winchester. Sgt James B Shull, 29, has returned from 31 months in the Caribbean as a transport sergeant and awaits再redistribution processing in Miami Beach. Ensign Velma Lee Pannett, naval nurse, transfers from Bethesda to Camp LeJeune field hospital. Lawrence R Pannett and wife return to Camp San Luis Obispo after a furlough.
The Riding Chapel Children's Day program is scheduled for Sunday at 8 30. The event features recitations by Cary Alcie Burcham Thelma Evans Cecil Hill Barbara Jane Hammock Freddie Leggitt Winnie Grim and others A choir will sing Praise the Lord and Summer Lessons among acts The superintendent of the Sunday School is William S. Sargent.
Ruth Googins Roosevelt of Fort Worth, former wife of Col Elliott Roosevelt, married Lt Col H T Edison of the Lawson General Hospital Atlanta at St Andrew's Episcopal Church Fort Worth.
Siler Virginia June 23 The Sunday School at Howards Chapel is growing under Mrs Harry DeHaven. Sgt Elmer DeHaven returns from Camp Carson Colorado after a ten day furlough with his parents. Howard DeHaven is in Italy. Cpl Harvey L Maury moves to Dalhart Texas. Address for mail: 62nd Bomb Sqdn 39th Bomb Gr AAF Dalhart Texas. Set Nelson Beard arrives in England. Whitacre foster son of Mr and Mrs A P Whitacre. Visitors include David LeFevre Gerrardstown Ollie Summel Ruth Kerns Ruth Mauzy Parker Mauzy Bruce Whitacre. Mt Hebron Church memorial services July 2 with Rev Hinkle Dayton VA as musician and Rev J R Collis Martinsburg WV as speaker. Services at 2 30 pm all invited.
The Minor Melody Chorus of Washington will appear Sunday at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with two performances at 3 00 p m and 8 00 p m. Sponsored by the Helping Hand Club, Rev A T Gaskins leads Mt. Carmel Church as public admission is charged with refreshments available.
A brief notice indicates a real Fourth of July event prompting readers to buy an additional fireworks bond or related celebration funding to support the Independence Day festivities.
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