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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1943
Page
4
Official notice lists mailing details for F Byrd Jr and verifies second class matter at Winchester Virginia post office. Rates show subscription costs by mail or motor route with annual and short terms and advertising deadlines noted for the Star publication.
A devotional fragment recalling the moment Jesus revealed himself to two followers on the road to Emmaus. It quotes Luke 24 31 32 and reflects on heart burning within as scripture is opened.
The nation will allow circus trains to roll again but with wartime restrictions. The war remains the greatest show on earth and circuses will perform as an after show once all passenger and freight trains move. The public awaits the thrill of elephants clowns acrobats and wild animals in a morale boosting return.
The 1778 letter from General George Washington from White Plains notes landlord troubles and urges tenants to pay rent promptly. It contrasts rent struggles with a later remark on tax payments, highlighting ongoing financial pressures for both renters and taxpayers.
A historical quip imagines General Washington facing today’s income taxes and suing for slander over a claim he threw a silver dollar across the Potomac. The remark frames 18th century currency and modern tax harshness in a wry comparison.
A reflective meditation on buds and growth from winter through spring. The essay traces how a bud contains potential life, from leaf to flower, likening natural growth to cosmic scale and human invention, ending with awe at the lilac bud's mystery.
The Washington Government Printing Office and contractors consume thirty three carloads of paper daily to meet war agency needs. Last year required 7 500 freight cars to move all paper. volumes now exceed double those from two years prior. Costs rise across agencies with 1943 bills near 60 million dollars and congressional publications alone totaling several million.
The Hopewell News cites a famed authority on rationing advising careful dietary limits. It stresses proportionate food to stomach capacity, avoiding excess, and tailoring intake to youth age illness and complexion.
Washington reports clash over ship sinkings and troop delays as Knox Truman and Somervell offer divergent views. Ickes flags oil exports to North Africa and losses, while Forrestal cites no recent sinkings near Britain. Somervell says ground force logistics delayed by material shortages, boosting war weariness and fears of a delayed invasion. Stalin rejects peace with fascism, insisting Nazism must be eradicated.
The Senate foreign relations committee meets intermittently to discuss the Ball Burton Hatch Hill bill and then shelves it. After reading the Russian Polish controversy the panel pushed it further back. Some isolationists seek a postwar policy statement but any action seems unlikely given India Russia Poland tensions.
A medical column discusses fainting habits from past gentility to modern resilience, explaining causes as brain blood withdrawal under stress. It shares two anecdotal observations of fainting during pulse checks and blood pressure readings, notes serious heart or brain vessel issues, and warns about convulsions and breathing pauses.
A roundup of distant past items notes Hitler's Rome visit for a conference with Mussolini five years prior. Other items mention a drought threatening city water and crops, a birth in Winchester, and local services.
Twenty years ago Handley High defeated Harrisonburg 8 to 6 to capture the Valley baseball championship. The item also notes a Virginia General Assembly special session enacting a bill on highway contractor associations and other miscellaneous notes from the era.
A crowd gathers at Shearer's window to view a large picture of all U. S. ships. Mayor Blackburn Smith resigns from the town council to enlist in the Harrisonburg military company. Mr and Mrs George Eberly of Mount Olive arrive to buy summer goods from Cooper Bros.
Capon Bridge reports Phyllis Oats confined to home with mumps. Nearby visits include Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Sirbaugh and son of Sunnyside with F. I. Sirbaughs, and Maurice Kefauver with daughter visiting A. C. Lovett family. Ruth Eaton hospitalized at Winchester Memorial. Additional Sunday guests from Hagerstown and Winchester.
Agatha and Clemantine suspect a hidden microphone in Clemantine's room. Hans Putnam helps trace the wires to the Marsh lunchroom and confirms the device is not connected. They uncover a possible listener tied to the upstairs tenant Willard Bacon the blind boy.
Mrs. J. T. Punk Houser hosts at home. Miss Marie Cross visited sister Mrs. Kenzel Sirbaugh. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ramsburg of Hagerstown spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Ramsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Welford moved to Kenzel Sirbaugh's property. Mrs. Raymond Davey visits with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hiett.
Rest Virginia May 4 The sunrise Easter service led by Rev John Teter featured choir music and Easter flowers around the altar with white candles until sunlit rays filled the quiet church. The valley’s apple trees and fruit varieties were in full bloom filling the air with fragrance. Miss Frances Ridgeway has re-
Miss Ruth Trimble of Alexandria Va visited friends here during Easter. Esther Ridgeway hosted a misc shower for Miss Jane Dailey on Saturday as she wed Rev. John Teter. Laura Snyder of Stephen Lyn stayed with G L Snyder family. Mrs Amos Prince of Stevenson visited Mrs E W Smallwood. Marguerite Clark of Marshall Va spent Easter at home. Elias Ghent returned to Bainbridge Md after weekend with family. Alvin Barrett of Pittsburgh visiting Ethel Barrett and Henry Barrett this week. Surgical dressing group met at the Snapps home Wednesday.
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