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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia asks subscribers to report any delays or irregularities in delivery. Readers are urged to notify the office promptly to help maintain a perfect delivery system.
Advertisement rates listed include transient at 50 cents per inch and contract rates available on application. Deadline note states submissions must reach office by 9 PM the day before publication.
A religious excerpt reads Galatians 5:13 16 urging brethren to embrace liberty in Christ and to walk by the Spirit. The text emphasizes freedom with responsibility and warns against fleshly desires.
A Japanese Domei correspondent reports that Japanese pilots did not take flight to counter night American air raids, believing the enemy would miss their targets. The piece notes such confidence may not reverse the overall good American score and improving results.
William Karl Loughborough of Madison Wisconsin receives Patent 2.343.016 for an improved method of making wood flexible. The process saturates wood with an aqueous solution, applies high pressure and temperature, cools under pressure, shapes the wood, and resinifies with a aldehyde ether. The inventor dedicates the patent to the free use of the people in the United States.
Reprinted editorial notes postwar conferences will cover shipping, flags, and trading philosophy. It highlights American Liberty and Victory ships expanding tonnage, Britain’s reduced fleet, and small nations like Holland and Norway, with a conference planned to address subsidies and freedom of the seas.
A Richmond News Leader reflection on what truly matters in modern life. The piece notes readers overlook Congress and state debates while following trends in sports, fashion, courts, and daily conversations. It highlights a global view via parental pride and distant ties to Italy England and the Pacific.
The American Bible Society reports wartime distribution of 71,605 Bibles and over 2.2 million New Testaments to soldiers and 33,699 Bibles and 430,767 scripture portions to POWs and refugees. English and 38 language editions served in varied fronts, reflecting ongoing access to spiritual materials despite paper shortages.
A reader asks seven quiz questions covering topics from the Democratic National Convention month to the annexation of Hawaii and the origins of yogic terms. Answers likely appear on page 2 of the same issue.
One year ago J P Morgan, famed financier, died today at the Florida Inn. Postwar chatter swirled as preparations rose and Nazi efforts to curb the Tunisian invasion loomed.
Five years ago A. J. Novick was named chairman of concessions for the 16th Apple Blossom Festival. The House merchant marine committee considers adding a third set of rocks for the Panama Canals.
Investigations are launched to probe the Army's handling of mail flights amid concerns over mail transportation procedures. Dr. Hugh Clark's office and residence were damaged by fire with flames starting in the chimney and spreading throughout the building. Death Takes A Holiday is a major success presented by the Little Theatre group.
Clarke County endures heavy snow as power facilities in the city return to normal. Handley girls have won 50 percent of their basketball games with Charlotte Dee as captain.
Thirty years ago reports say war talk stirs Europe amid signs of an open break between Russia and Austria. In Meanilus Illinois a Chicago and Northwestern train was held up. the engineer was killed and the deputy sheriff fatally wounded. Winchester Steam Bakery opened today under F A Beck as general manager.
A Winchester based reader writes to The Star praising war relief efforts and urging community support for the Red Cross and USO drives. He cites blood plasma, sweaters, letters, and hospitality for soldiers, and notes three Virginia boys at the base in McCook Nebraska, dated March 7 1944.
Washington reports show friction in Anglo American Russian policy amid Humbert remarks on Russia’s shifting alignments. Officials acknowledge unsettled policy, with Hull viewed as more optimistic than others. The question of distributing captured fleets and Soviet gains remains unexplained amid wartime tensions.
The report notes rising British resentment toward Moscow diplomacy and questions progress by Mr. Stettinius on the Poland Russia Germany tri party issue. It mentions Churchill’s distant favoring partition of Germany and potential Poland compensating territory from Germany, with little public enthusiasm.
Dr. Clendening urges parents to study childhood habits as they mold both physical form and behavior. He cites Plato Epictetus and Erasmus to stress that habits create destiny from posture to sleep, with examples like nail biting and dawdling at meals.
Diet plan outlines a Tuesday menu under Dr Clendening supervision. Breakfast features grapefruit toast and black coffee. Lunch includes oxtail-vegetable soup toast crackers and skim milk. Dinner offers meat balls onions and a cinnamon French toast with black coffee. A note allows one cup clear consommé.
Officials privately favor ending monarchical rule and forming a republic with a broad legislative assembly upon reaching Rome, while Stalin’s stance could alter plans. Moscow London differences appear unless a Finnish peace offer shifts views, and Britain’s bases and trade disputes complicate alignment after Moscow Teheran talks.
Libertyville report says Arnold P. Benson a Republican State Senator halted a woman while campaigning here offered her campaign literature and criticized William G. Stratton as a rival in the secretary of state primary election.
Local exchange records a playful yet pointed moment as a woman declares her relation to Bill Stratton and questions whether others will vote for him, highlighting neighborhood political heat and family dynamics in a simple street scene.
Washington reports that period five heating oil coupons become valid tomorrow in the east and far west and will be worth 10 gallons per unit, same as earlier periods. They are already valid in the midwest and south, and will extend with period four through September 30. Period three coupons expire today in the east, midwest and far west.
Mallory, a young singer, clashes with Manuelita during a rehearsal with Carlos and Blythe observing. Manuelita flaunts wealth and influence, Mallory panics over rivalry and nerves while preparing Vereda Tropical and Lohengrin pieces. Carlos hides banking plans as tensions rise.
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