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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1945
Page
4
The Evening Star announces delivery and advertising terms for Winchester Virginia readers. It lists rates by route and carrier plans, with prices for major motor route and outside zones, plus a note urging subscribers to report delivery irregularities to maintain service. The issue date is Tuesday May 1, 1945.
The UK proposes postwar Geneva conventions to standardize treatment of prisoners of war, citing wide variation in rations and living standards. Britain notes American soldiers receive high pay and clothing, provoking jealousy and debates on pay, exchange rates, and postwar global living standards.
Europe faces a diphtheria surge as troop movements spread the disease. Hungary and England show relative immunity due to vaccination. Norway the Netherlands Belgium and Czechoslovakia suffer with Germany rising from 49 900 cases in 1937 to 228 000 in 1943. Norway reports 50 000 cases since 1940 with 17 in the six months before invasion.
The health division of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration urges systematic immunization to cope with the epidemic, citing 150 000 cases and stressing broad vaccination effort.
The Washington Post recounts the seventh in a series of special war loan campaigns. It urges restraint on consumer spending to prevent inflation, emphasizes bond purchases via payroll deductions, and notes a planned May 14 drive to raise four billion dollars in E bonds with half from individuals.
A Danville Register report notes war’s health aftereffects as American troops return from the Pacific with fevers and jungle illnesses. It discusses European relief work, a health survey by UNRRA, and rising tuberculosis deaths in Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Rome.
The War Department via the Judge Advocate General says an Army officer cannot consent for a minor without parental or guardian permission. Civil law in the states would govern such a consent.
L D Kline, superintendent of county schools, says the 1944 45 term faces a serious shortage of teachers. Handley track team defeats Fairfax High cindermen 58 to 57 in the season’s first meet at home. One county man and one city man leave for induction into the armed forces.
Four five years ago George Bywaters was named to succeed Ansel Solenberger on the Frederick County School Board. Laurens Jones becomes Reuss Precinct registrar, succeeding Thomas Kremer who resigns to run for city council. Berryville defeats Shepherdstown 3 to 2 in Berryville's first non league game. Clarke hurler Dickie Potts throws a no hitter.
Hundreds of school children celebrate the 12th annual festival with a parade despite threatening skies. Nella Veverka is crowned but the pageant is halted by cold. Stockholders from the Bank of Clarke County and the Boyce State Bank hold a merger discussion.
Twenty years ago Cho Cho famed health clown visits Handley students with clever antics and jokes. The S H Hable establishment in the city celebrates its 53rd year in business. Harrisonburg State Teacher's College to honor H F Byrd as commencement speaker on June 9 with 150 women earning certificates and 16 earning bachelor of science degrees.
The passage argues that strong anger and personal vituperation harm rather than help. It cites Edmund Burke's impeachment speech against Warren Hastings, showing how personal hate undermined a strong case. It warns that hatred fuels sympathy for the target and ruins one's own position, proving hate unprofitable and immoral.
The son must apply through his immediate commanding officer. If the discharge is granted on basis of dependency arising since enlistment and is honorable, he would be eligible for benefits provided by the GI Bill of Rights.
American soldiers have been moved to England on English vessels and allied ships where available. Military expediency decides which ships are used and costs are tracked in Lend-Lease reverse accounts.
In San Francisco on April 26 Paul Mallon reflects on world power diplomacy and media access during a gathering of statesmen and propagandists. He notes tensions over photo rights for Molotov, hotel accessibility for overseas guests, and American officials warning that war or peace hinges on this conference.
Reporters note Polish freedom seems already constrained as the question shifts to whether Parliamentary Poles can secure seats in the Lublin cabinet under Moscow. The Washington talks with Stettinius and Truman falter, reflecting broader postwar bargaining rather than clear peace plans. The piece highlights realpolitik at the conference and contrasts ideals with practical action.
Article explains how vitamin K supports prothrombin production to aid blood clotting, notes newborn deficiency risk and injection use, lists foods and gut bacteria as sources, and warns against excessive mineral oil. It covers related disorders, liver disease impact, and testing for prothrombin before treatment.
The text muses that world happiness rests on nations' honor and notes that keeping treaties and ending sneak attacks would create a secure world. It then shifts to a set of trivia questions about Ulysses S. Grant, the Father of Medicine, a biograpy query, and scientific basics including blood circulation rates.
A question asks which nation recently repudiated its neutrality pact with Japan. The prompt directs readers to Page 2 for the correct answers, implying a quiz format in a newspaper section. The item presents a single factual inquiry likely tied to a historical or current events context.
The exchange asks if there are bones in an elephant’s trunk and answers that there are none. It ends with an unrelated question about the speed of blood flow, introducing a second unspecific prompt.
The Rehabilitation of the Security Agency notes 44 000 civilian men and women with prior disabilities now earning about 150 per month after vocational rehabilitation. This excludes other income such as disability pensions that a disabled veteran might receive.
Philip arrives at eleven in a new tweed suit and takes Helen on a scenic drive through pine woods. They compare the forest to a cathedral, discuss poetry, and hint at tensions about Zoe and Paul Wentworth as they head toward a setting at the Wentworth plantation.
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