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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia presents a 1944 front page with editor note, postal info, advertising rates, and subscription prices. The issue lists daily publication except Sunday and includes a Thursday March 23 1944 date with a Bible quote from First Timothy.
The piece notes a shift back to the Solomon Islands as Allied forces press the last defenses of Japanese troops on Bougainville where about 22 000 soldiers remain trapped and facing starvation. It also reports wheat prospects improving in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas due to recent snows and planting.
The report notes Kansas wheat output could be up to 50 percent larger than the Department of Agriculture’s January 1 estimate of 100 million bushels, signaling a strong grain season and larger statewide yields.
The piece argues counterfeit gasoline coupons fuel bootlegging and urges public accountability. It cites Bowles noting a 25 percent price impact and 750000 daily illegal gallons in New York area. Editors warn buyers and users to stop supporting racketeers or face punishment.
Representative A Willis Robertson, a Ways and Means member, champions a plan to simplify income tax statutes and end the withholding tax for 30 million taxpayers. The proposal would reduce returns for those under the threshold and offer simpler forms, facing scrutiny from Treasury and White House opposition.
In Naples a U S Army colonel wounded at Anzio and Lt Col Viac omir J Dedier of Belgrade now lead Tito’s partisans. Dedier compares their operations to Stonewall Jackson's tactics with forced marches, wireless HQ readiness, and stealth night moves. Local partisans praise Jacksonian strategies and study them as they fight resupply and mobility challenges.
The report notes Patton's forces pushing east of Maknassy with Kursk named as Germany's next objective. An allotment of 14,000 pounds of meat is allocated to Frederick County.
Ten years ago Shenandoah County signed a petition opposing liquor. Labor backs President Roosevelt in the rift with automobile manufacturers. Death summons Harry Hardesty at Berryville after pneumonia attack.
W. Spott White is named new president of the Society For Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as part of twenty year commemorations and leadership changes.
Thirty years ago General Villa’s army of 12 000 men bombarded Torreon. Mrs. Robert Smith is dangerously ill at her home in Kernstown.
Forty years ago Mrs. May Tucker, bride of only a few months, died suddenly in New Orleans. Dr. R. W. Gover of Gainesboro is in with the measles.
A quiz listing ten questions on war areas rulers dates ambassadors and biblical symbolism. It asks about Nimitz World War II theater Valois France wartime entry date in 1917 grammar correction Adrian Escobar ambassador post Churchill army truth or false Grand Old Man nickname Japan military spirit bsho first ten amendments to the US Constitution and the biblical symbol of old age.
Washington reports outline Senator McCarran's bill to form a single All American flag line to handle inter oceanic air business with private ownership and government direction. Pan American and domestic carriers may join or resist as the Civil Aeronautics Board splits on extending competition abroad.
A medical column debunks teething fears from past eras noting dentition was once blamed for fever weight loss and convulsions. It traces tooth eruption timelines from six months to two and a half years and stresses early dental care and wisdom teeth concerns. It also mentions sleep aids with barbiturates as a modern remedy.
Friday to Friday calorie reducing menu outlines breakfast lunch and dinner. Breakfast includes orange without sugar, rusk no butter, coffee black. Lunch features baked beans raw spinach salad with vinegar oil, tea black. Dinner promotes baked or broiled fish, boiled potato, cucumbers in sour cream, toast, fruit, coffee black with no cream. A note allows one cup clear consommé.
The piece weighs McCarran style limits on international air movement against a broader postwar plan that would bind nations while allowing state department oversight. It notes Stalin’s recognition of Badoglio and speculates on a three-front bombing strategy, with New Hampshire results seen as inconclusive.
Argus Steele, a former detective, pieces together a suicide intrigue set after a quarrel with Pierre Sturgis and the appearance of Syria Verne at the Penguin Club. Intertwined are Ellen Curtis, a model, and Dorry, a performer, while Syria hints at needing Argus’s help as a dangerous web of passion unfolds.
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