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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star prints a subscriber notice detailing delivery accuracy and how readers should report delays or irregularities. It lists annual and shorter terms, with rates for ads and motor routes, and carrier options including monthly and quarterly payments.
A devotional text from Psalms 76.11 is cited with a call to vow and present offerings to God. The item appears as a religious quotation on a 1944 newspaper page dated Tuesday June 27.
At Princeton University Forrestal argues peace requires a strong Navy and allied power. He warns Americans cannot rely on idealism alone and must maintain existing naval strength and the ability to expand it until a global peace guarantee is widely accepted.
War Production Board chief Donald M. Nelsch announces moves to release aluminum magnesium and promise steel and copper for civilian output. Bans lifted to avoid war production interference. Working models and tool orders authorized to speed conversion. Plants ready for peacetime production will retain workers and capture long postwar demand.
An Associated Press letter from U S S Coos Bay crew criticizes the Wright plant walkout by 15 000 aircraft workers over transfers of seven Black employees. It stresses wartime production, cites union leaders urging restraint, and calls for responsible labor action to support soldiers and war effort.
The U S State Department grants belated recognition to Bolivia's Villarroel government after a six month probation and investigation. The regime's stance toward World War II powers is clarified as Bolivia breaks with Germany, Italy, and Japan, aligning with Allied commitments and regional neighbors.
Roanoke Times notes Sergeant William R. Croswell wounded in France urges troops to keep heads and legs down on beaches. Writing in Stars and Stripes he says rear injuries stem from overconfidence and failure to maintain low posture during invasion training.
One year ago reports show Baltimore Wheat at 1.51 per bushel and corn at 1.10. Winchester quotes list Wheat 0.65 and corn 0.60 per bushel. An expert warns profit requires at least 75 million bushels in apples. Miss Rebecca Kern leads the Winchester Park recreational program.
Ten years ago Winchester quoted spot wheat at 84 cents per bushel and corn at 65 cents. Consumers Utilities Co. spent 11000 dollars on plant improvements. A Frederick County man invented a potato planting machine with 100 percent efficiency.
Twenty years ago the County Clerk's office undergoes a thorough cleaning with all old records vacuum cleaned. Aubrey Weaver is named the best dressed man in the Virginia delegation at the national Democratic convention in New York.
A heavy rain saved crops from scorch. Merchant Tom Spates uses snow to chill drinks, packed in a shed last winter. Four decades ago Clinton Grim nearly drowned at Rouss Spring. Chester Ogden now runs a Berryville Star branch. Oscar Littleton, Berryville’s first auto owner, lost control and hit a fence with minor damage.
Forty five years ago John Kerr School is painted and both white and colored schools will be improved this summer. The first carload of watermelons arrives in Winchester for a Harpers Ferry merchant. Steam heat is installed in the Taylor Hotel making it the area’s most modern lodging.
A religious column argues that six cents per person weekly funds religion while over two dollars per person is spent on crime suppression. It urges redirecting funds to spiritual work, claiming crime costs are tied to societal moral decline and that faith-based initiatives could improve the nation.
How's Your I Q? asks seven questions from geopolitics to history including who led Japan’s puppet Indian government, Port Moresby’s island, Knudsen’s army rank, Lady Hamilton’s admiral, Oslo’s former name, the agency for price controls, Vargas’s UN role, MacArthur’s escape duration, Lew Wallace's The Fair God figures, and Alfred E Smith's middle name.
The American Mercury traces field artillery from the late fifteenth century to modern times. Early guns moved on sledges with limited mobility, while today’s light and medium units ride on pneumatic tires hauled by vehicles. Three main classes exist: light up to 105 mm, medium up to 155 mm, and heavy up to 240 mm, with the 75 mm now replaced by the 105 mm howitzer.
Uncle Sam asks farmers to avoid cutting milkweed in pastures and roadsides to supply floss for life jackets. Virginia and other states must harvest undried and dried pods for sale to the government at 15 to 20 cents per bag, with plans for distribution by the State War Board.
The Star records daily events from Berryville Boyce Clarke County with dispatches on local happenings and notices affecting residents.
Funeral services announced for Edward Robinson a well known man of Stephens City. Services from Jones Funeral Home on Wednesday June 28 at 2 00 pm with Rev Ralph Lawes officiating. Pallbearers listed: Ellis Turner Willie Young Clarence Robinson James Washington Frank Menefield Tom Payton. Interment will be in Stephens City.
Chicago June 27 grains opened firm with fractional gains. Wheat July 1.57 3-8 Sept 1.57 1-4 to 1-2 Dec 1.59 to 1.59 1-2 May 1.60 3-4. Oats July 75 3-4 Sept 70 to Dec 69 May 69 5-8. Rye July 1.10 to 1.10 1-8 Sept 1.10 7-8 to 1 Dec 1.12 7-8 to 1.13 1-8 May 1.15 5-8 to 7-38.
Wholesale prices listed for Patent Brand flour bags of various weights and bags per 100 pounds, including 10 lb, 24 lb, 8 lb, 12 lb, 48 lb, and 25 lb options with per barrel or per hundred weight pricing. Butter fat and mixed feed figures appear, along with stray phrases about bonds and bombs.
The Star presents daily local market listings and notes it does not assume responsibility for typographical errors. Readership is advised to verify details directly with market providers and check for corrections.
Dr. Logan Clendening highlights the significance of Robert B. Woodward and William Doering for the first laboratory synthesis of quinine. The piece traces malaria's impact, quinine's history, and prior attempts, noting the wartime urgency and chemistry advances enabling a 14 month solution.
The Evening Star Daily highlights local sports with brief game summaries and standout players. Teams, venues, and scores are noted to capture the day’s athletic action for residents.
In a tense family gathering Nora Haight seeks a solution as Ellery Queen probes hidden motives and a key paycheck trail. Roberta Roberts defends Jim while Lola Wright’s involvement surfaces amid a courtroom subpoena and a one hundred dollar check endorsed to Lola by J C Pettigrew.
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