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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1944
Page
6
War Food Administration plans remove frozen fruits and vegetables from ration points in April to free cold storage space. Many beef and pork items reduced this month. March values to continue through April. Apples and rhubarb remain non rationed. certain berries allowed. Cold storage occupancy stood at 86 percent with meat stocks at record levels.
Tokyo radio reported that Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu met yesterday with German envoy George Stahmer to discuss the international situation. The broadcast was captured by U S government monitors.
In Independence Washington a 3 year term draftee murdered his wife and four children aged 6 to six weeks then killed himself. Sheriff J W McIntosh said Bernard Arends acted from fear for his family and farm in the Grays Harbor region. The children were Mary Frances 6 James Michael 4 Robert Otto 2 and Elizabeth 6 weeks. Mrs Arends was hanging laundry outside when the shooting began. She wrestled with him as he shot her on the porch then killed himself, collapsing beside the slain children and the house.
Moscow dispatch reports Izvestia urges Romania and Bulgaria to join democratic nations to preserve sovereignty or risk German occupation. The editorial cites foreign press estimates of 15 Romanian divisions and 20 Bulgarian divisions as proof they can resist Germany.
Lt Col Pierre Cristofini was found guilty by a special French military tribunal in Algiers and sentenced to death for treason. He was charged with recruiting Frenchmen to serve with German armies on the eastern front during late 1942 and early 1943 in Tunisia.
The Red Cross canteen course schedules an initiation at 10 30 a m on March 30 in the Home Demonstration room of the Northern Virginia Power Co. Applicants must hold a Nutrition course certificate. With the Blood Donor clinic recurring, the canteen corps seeks additional workers.
Baltimore reports firm poultry demand and steady overall market with 2,817 eyeing sales, cattle and hogs showing moderate to active trading. calves vealers 16.00-17.00, hogs up to 14.50 top, sows down, sheep scarce with lambs around 16.50-17.00. Chicago notes hogs 10-15 lower, cattle steady to higher on fed steers and yearlings, vealers strong, calves 14.75-16.50, sows 13.65-13.90, sheep 6.25-16.25 for various grades.
Jamestown New York March 29 The city tax bills prepared for next month carry two cent stamps though one cent stamps were intended The change in postal rates and the forehandedness of City Comptroller Donald W Swanson have the staff suffering the impact as they add a one cent stamp to almost 8000 bills.
British railways adopt jeeps fitted with flanged wheels to run on tracks. The vehicles can travel up to 42 miles per hour despite poor alignment or grade crossings, according to a British army announcement.
Chicago grain quotations show early price declines tied to cotton and securities downturns. Wheat May at 1.73 1 4, July 1.69 1 2, Sept 1.67 7 8 to 3 4. Oats May 81 1 2, July 77 7 8 3 4, Sept 75 3 4 to 5 8. Rice May 1.38 7 8, July 1.28 1 4 to 1 2, Sept 1.27 1 2 to 5 8.
Renewed weakness in rails brought further selling with leaders posting fresh losses up to about 3 points. Whisky groups held firm early but ended with slight declines, while steels and merchandising showed limited resistance. Notable losses included Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Chesapeake & Ohio, Park & Tilford, Goodrich, Chrysler, Douglas, Aircraft and Goodrich. Bonds eased, commodities mixed. Curb declines appeared in Cities Service, Electric Bond & Share and Republic Aviation. Calite Tungsten and Pantex Oil steadied.
Harry Wrighter Potter a respected colored citizen of Millwood died this morning after a long illness He was born and lived his life there a former merchant and horse and dog breeder He was a deacon of Shiloh Baptist Church survived by widow Louise Hartgrove Potter and sister Mary Dorsey Funeral at Shiloh Baptist Church Friday March 31 at 3 30 Rev E E Baylor officiating interment Love and Charity Cemetery.
Red Cross War Fund campaign workers must finish reports by Friday or soon after. The drive ends on Friday March 31 but contributions continue until the goal is met. Headquarters on Court Square stays open through Saturday April 1 for report submission. post that, reports should go to the Red Cross Office City Hall or Andy Bowen at Northern Virginia Power Co.
Irene Waters age 25 died Tuesday at 1 a m at Hopemont Sanatorium West Virginia after a lingering illness. She is survived by a sister Mrs Bada Cufter of Martinsburg and funeral services are set for Thursday at Refuge Church with the Martinsburg Salvation Army leading. Relatives Mr and Mrs J A Hartley will travel to attend.
Berlin radio said German patrol vessels clashed with eight or nine British speedboats off Dieppe last night sinking two and severely damaging a third with no immediate British confirmation. A later broadcast claimed British speed boats attacked a German convoy off the Dutch coast before dawn but were beaten off.
Senator Clark proposes a domestic lend-lease program to loan surplus war materiel to states counties and municipalities for land improvement soil conservation flood control road construction and health betterment. He cites vast postwar stock and suggests hospital units in military camps could aid poor communities. The bill would create a surplus property administration for two years unless Congress extends it.
Word spreads through the jungle islands that 127 American Navy nurses have arrived in the Solomons near Tulagi. For many fighting men they are the first white women seen in over a year and a half. The nurses, after travel from the United States, begin immediate duties washing and drying voyage clothes and tidying barracks.
Clarke transfers S Frank Baughman and Ver non Parshall executors of Mary Elizabeth Parshall estate to Maurice F Wisecarver for a Berryville lot abutting West Main Street. Miles Feltner Carrie Feltner A Garland Williams grantor rights in 52.32 acre tract in Chapel District Adolphus Feltner property. Emil E Feltner Minnie E Feltner to A Garland Williams transfer of rights and interest in parcel.
The Berlin radio reported two Dutch farm hands, Peter Heelhoed and Henrik Buursma, condemned to death by a German special court in Cologne for stealing and slaughtering cattle and selling meat. Relatives accused of aiding them faced severe penalties of penal servitude. The broadcast claimed food needs in the fifth year of the war are secure but justice must be ruthless against food distribution crimes.
Middletown High School presents two one act plays Friday night under the baseball team auspices. Casts include Monkey Shines In A Doctor's Office with Hounshell Cooley Keeler Dicks Ross Dalton and Bill Henry's Mail Order Wife featuring Barr Borden Cooley Thompson and Shiley. Coach H Dennis Hoover oversees, with Mrs. Carrie Lee Brumback directing the musical portion.
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