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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1944
Page
3
Marvin Jones told a House subcommittee civilian food shares in 1944 may match 1943 levels with 73 percent for civilians and higher production goals adding 16 million acres. Milk cheese eggs fats and oils projections. livestock inventories rose while farm supports totaled 350 million dollars to curb price rises.
The Loudoun News endorses Lieutenant-Governor William M. Tuck of South Boston for Virginia’s next governorship. The Leesburg paper predicts his election if he runs and pledges support, naming Stanley, Stuart, and Robertson as potential rivals. The gubernatorial race is expected to reach the August primary.
Hal Boyle in Britain reports on naval leaders and war news. Admiral Harold Stark, Admiral Ingersoll, and Admiral Hall feature in candid remarks about invasion plans, Atlantic convoys, and shipboard life. The piece blends humor with frontline resilience and personal anecdotes from navy crews.
The War Price and Ra ce Board approved tire and tube purchases as of March 17 1944 listing numerous individuals and towns in Virginia and surrounding areas such as Stephens City Middletown Winchester Clearbrook Stephens City Stuart and City of Winchester. The items include 1 to 6 tires and 1 to 3 tubes per purchaser.
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals weighs a House resolution asking retirement for Norfolk County Circuit Judge A B Carney. If not retired, a special General Assembly session could seek removal by joint resolution or impeachment. The court will reconvene April 24 after hearings on his health and conduct.
A community appeal urges residents to donate goods and furnishings to the Winchester USO to support service members. Organizers call for practical items and household gear to create comfortable spaces for soldiers visiting or stationed nearby.
American bombers dropped leaflets over Berlin with messages urging Germans to repudiate Nazi leaders in the name of peace. The leaflets describe Soviet victories, critique Hitler, and boast of future bombings, with images of a flying fortress and captions about Stalingrad, Stalingrad, and enemy casualties.
A Nazi message argues that surrender would enslave Germans, claiming peace ends their power and privileges and threatening that others will fear peace through capitulation.
A wartime poem by Nola I. Chapman dated March 14, 1944, reflects troops longing for home and peace. It speaks of boys abroad wishing for freedom from tyranny and a safe return across the sea to homeland shores, conveying homesick hope and faith.
Washington March 21 Agricultural wage stabilization programs will be needed in a dozen or more states this year. George W Hill of the War Food Administration told a House Appropriations subcommittee. He said the wage ceiling program prevents a few growers from paying far above neighbors' wages. Last year California paid workers as much as 25 a day in asparagus fields and Florida citrus groves. In irrigation areas mountain states Oregon Washington and heavy canning areas New Jersey Maryland New York and possibly Idaho Maine require such programs.
City and County Realty Transfers list recorded deeds with the Commonwealth of Virginia for road right of way. Fe. BA. Stephenson to J. E. Bucher etc nine properties, parcels and improved lots with stated cash consideration.
A wartime appeal urges readers to support the USO as a home away from home for service members. The request highlights comfort, care, and morale programs funded by public gifts to aid troops and their families.
J T Kremer grants power of attorney to Mary Ruth Kremer while Ernest George Metcalf and Joseph Lyons appoint Julias Tons. The notices outline legal acts transferring authority and designation of agents.
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