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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1944
Page
4
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Indicators show rising wildcatt ing activity with new Alabama discoveries and a Florida strike hailed as significant. Kansas pools gain potential while Russell County opens a new producing area. Industry asserts domestic output meets demand despite wartime strains and 70 percent of global oil after reserves.
Across the United States firms are prebooking orders for postwar shortages. Buyers place deposits or rely on priority lists for items from airplanes to nylon hose. Deliveries will use factory prices with taxes and rationing rules. Automobiles show strongest demand with hundreds of bookings and large war-bond backed deposits.
Reprinted editorial notes a 600-member cross section of Americans who saw Germany from inside after 13 months in captivity. They found no sign of imminent internal collapse despite bombings and defeats in Russia, urging caution against wishful thinking and stressing the need to plan for a long push to defeat Germany.
The piece describes how a massive USAAF and naval bombardment razed Cassino to holes, likening it to 80 blocks of 5,000 pounds of explosives per spot. It links Pacific tactics at Tarawa Kwajalein Eniwetok to Europe, arguing heavy, obliterating strikes break German strongpoints and boost advance.
The piece argues that while the ODT urges travel restrictions and freight conservation, the Traffic Movement Division fails to curb use of steel horse cars for racing consignments. It notes soldiers on furlough seeking seats, and suggests repurposing horsecars for munitions transport or converting them to coaches for military moves.
One year ago Gafsa fell as Allied forces, aided by French troops, completed a thirty mile advance. The U S continued pressure on the Jap U boat base at Kiska while Lt Jack Pennypacker returned home on leave after two years in the Caribbean. Germany faced U S condemnation for aggression in Czechoslovakia and Japan shut its legation in Prague. Mrs Annie S Cooper died after years of ill health.
NRA heads warn the automobile strike may occur as managers offer concessions. GA A hosts a St Patrick day party at Tokus Inn. Dr Hugh Clark’s office is under renovation after a recent fire.
Twenty years ago the New Commercial and Savings Bank building was nearly finished and ready for occupancy. Postmaster Hunter Kern was recovering after an operation at Memorial Hospital. Laurette Taylor starred in Happiness at the Empire.
Thirty years ago S. H. Sayre addressed a Royal Arcanum meeting while John Kiger lay near in a Washington hospital. Harry Thatcher won prize money in the clay pigeon shoot event.
Forty years ago Mr. John Ral died of pneumonia followed by John Lawson at 81 from pneumonia. "Spring Gardens" changed hands as Robert S. Smith sold the estate.
Joseph E. Kiger secretary of Rouss Fire Company tops Star Watch with 101 votes. Rev E Olin Eldridge becomes pastor at Market Street Church. J W Ketter resigns as Shenandoah Institute trustee, replaced by S K Wine.
Washington reports Chairman Dies of the House Un American Activities Committee accepted an invitation to follow Walter Winchell on radio March 26. Dies said he would answer what he calls a smear campaign while pledging no "lies" in his 15 minute speech.
A reader quiz covers topics from Congress bills to national figures including the Austin Wadsworth bill, Felix Frankfurter’s role, the Gold Ring, capital of Thailand, and U S Navy vessels named for fish. It asks true false about Earth’s distance to the Sun and locates the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena California.
The dispatch urges disavowal and halt of this waste of equipment, motive power, and trainmen's time in moving switching and loading, whether organized or for boys on furlough.
Local Star newspaper notes daily events in Boyce and Clarke County with brief summaries of community happenings, weather notes, and public notices. The compact items reflect civic activities and everyday life in the region.
Washington reports Germany may assemble 50 to 100 planes for nightly raids on London three to four nights weekly. British defenses and limited German air resources suggest a short burst capability, with raids aimed at psychological impact rather than sustained industrial damage.
Dr. Edmund Jacobson promotes physiological relaxation to reduce muscular tension and aid health. The method starts with tense-to-relax cycles, relaxing left arm, then right, legs and neck, with emphasis on facial muscles and eyes. Regular practice improves sleep quality and daytime readiness.
A historical diet outline from Dr. Clendening detailing a Lenten reducing diet with menus for Sunday and Monday. It lists breakfasts lunches and dinners featuring lamb, cauliflower, bean soup, fruit, skim milk and crackers with no cream sugar or butter, plus beverages like coffee or tea.
War dispatch notes that British civilians suffer while raids over Germany faced little enemy air opposition. It credits weakened German fighter forces after two weeks of combat and highlights Chinese strength in North Burma when supplied and trained.
The Chinese forces routed the famed eighteenth Japanese division taking Singapore a symbol of Japanese strength. They killed 2,500 Japanese and scattered the rest into the jungle. American tanks aided by Colonel Rothwell H. Brown and planning by General Stilwell showcased bold jungle warfare and a decisive drive toward the road into India.
Mallory and the opera singer Carlos tour Mexico visiting the Shrine of Guadalupe and Xochimilco on a sea of canals. They share moments of romance while their future is framed by Carlos's family and a strict code of conduct.
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