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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester announces subscription and advertising rates with delivery guidance and carrier options. Readers are urged to report delivery delays to maintain service quality and ensure accurate circulation figures.
A May Day feature quotes Psalm 52 1 declaring the goodness of God endures continually. The verse is printed in the newspaper as a devotional header for the day Monday May 1 1944.
The article discusses how wartime experience changes soldiers and the evolving distance between military personnel and civilians. It notes a barrier formed by shared trauma, yet asserts that postwar life and family ties can resume, despite lingering resentment and envy.
The United States has spent about 1.5 billion dollars on air bases worldwide and is deeply established in the Pacific through Hawaii, Alaska, and the Aleutians. It could trade air rights with nations, while Atlantic air rights spark congressional concern over submarine base deals in the West Indies, Bermuda, Newfoundland, and beyond.
The text discusses Britain’s entrenched position in the eastern Atlantic and Indian Ocean and claims of lease payments in Africa. It argues the United States, with numerous exclusive bases and global air routes, is unlikely to be denied rights on continents it seeks, with Russia as a possible exception.
The War Food Administration released a forecast stating civilians ate more meat in the first quarter than in a decade. Meat should be plentiful for six months, with a possible drop in late year but still ahead of 1943. Vegetables and potatoes stay abundant while fruit remains scarce. poultry normal, eggs cheap, butter and cheese normal, milk limited, ice cream down. Farmers and livestock men are praised for strong production amid manpower shortages. Millions of tons have gone overseas to troops and Allies.
The Danville council welcomed youth led by the area teen age clubs as they sought municipal space and support to run their own programs. The article argues adults create the delinquency problem and praises youth organized efforts in Jacksonville and Raleigh models with cooperative city backing.
This item lists seven trivia prompts from Rage 2 covering geography mythology language and science. It asks about Schaffhausen location, a Windsor widow, Odessa sea, Bermuda type, Iris symbolism, grammar correction, diamond hardness, Volga river delta, pimpernel species, and last German Emperor.
Berryville Star covers daily happenings in Berryville and nearby Rem and Clarke counties, detailing community meetings, school activities, weather, and public notices with emphasis on local residents and organizations.
New York May 1 slow market opens with widespread apathy as D Day fears in Europe keep cash in hand. Schenley leads gains while United States Steel Bethlehem Motors and New York Central show firmness. Sears Douglas Aircraft Texas Co and American Smelting lag, bonds steady, commodities mixed, and curb gains seen in Callite Tungsten and Puget Sound Power.
Produce firm for good stock with dull ordinary and small stock across Md Pa Va and W Va. Winesaps Romes Ganos 4.00 to 4.15 per 50 lb, small lots 2.00 to 2.50. Poultry receipts slight, market firm. roosters to broilers 34 to 35 cents, fowls 28 to 30, leghorns 24 to 25. Eggs 4,254 cases. market dull. Butter not reported.
Baltimore livestock prices show cattle steady to higher on select runs with 600 head in cattle and 3,000 hogs offering. Steers near 1150 pounds traded around 16.60 top with several lots 15.50 to 16.10 for good and choice. calves 16 to 17 for dealer stock. hogs active with tops near 14.30 for 200-220 pound barrows and gilts. Sheep scarce with spring lambs around 18.00 for 75 pounds and ewes 7.00 to 6.50 for medium to good grades.
Salable hogs 17 000 with total 27 000. prices steady to mixed across weights. sows and light weights unevenly lower. Cattle salable 1 600, calves 800. fed steers and yearlings up to 15 higher, most up 10-15, top 16 85, bulk 13 50-15 75. Heifers steady, choice to putme 1065 lb at 16 65. Cows mostly 9 25-12 00. vealers 16 00 down. Sheep 10 000. slaughter lambs 15-25 lower. some wooled lambs up to 16 50. light lambs 14 50. No early action on shorn lambs.
Senator Byrd demanded a Senate judiciary committee inquiry into Attorney General Biddle personally commanding the seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company offices in Chicago. He argued the act used military force against a non war business, warned of dangers to constitutional rights, and compared Biddle to a Gestapo and Himmler while urging court and congressional oversight.
In Topeka Kansas a West Tenth Street bus turned off onto West Eighth. Passengers scrambled for exits thinking they boarded the wrong bus. The driver admitted a mistake and checked the route, after which passengers settled back in.
A brief note records a person wandering off path but later regaining direction, returning to the intended route. The concise event centers on the moment of recovery and continuation of movement.
Chicago May 1. Activity light and prices mixed at market open as traders wait for European invasion. Wheat May 1.73 3-8. July 1.70 1-8. Sept 1.67 1-8 to 1-4. Dec 1.65 1-2. Corn May 1.30. July 1.28. Sept 1.24 1-8 to 1-4. Dec 1.24 3-4.
Judge John Rice presided as Richard Woodson of 803 Stewart Street was fined 100 dollars and 5.25 in costs for driving while intoxicated with a 30 day jail sentence suspended. Massas Roberts of Fronton Pike Winchester charged with drunkenness paid 5 dollars and 5.75 costs. Harrison Burns of 434 N Kent Street fined 5 dollars and 5.25 costs for drunkenness. Josheah M Thompson of 702 N Loudoun Street released by Shenandoah County authorities for violation of the support law.
A fragmented OCR item urges broad backing for a war bond drive as part of a public fundraising push. The readable portion emphasizes collective support and patriotic action without detailing dates or organizations. The text hints at civic duty and financial pledges.
Inspector Grange investigates a shooting at a studio where Pierre Sturgis and Flagg are linked by a bloodstained letter and a missing newspaper column. Elevator workers and Redbeard’s machine plots surface as Argus and Ellen seek the killer, while Sturgis emerges as a possible suspect in a tangled murder case.
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