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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1943
Page
4
The notice outlines subscription pricing for The Evening Star with motor and carrier options, mentions delays in delivery, and requests subscribers report irregularities. It lists rates for local and outside regions, with advance payment terms and single-copy pricing.
A concise record notes Luke recounts Jesus beginning to do and teach until his ascension and the sending of the Holy Ghost to the chosen apostles. The passage cites Acts 1 1.
The Allied food outlook brightens with expected large crops in vegetables and fruit due to farm programs and the Victory garden drive. Wheat supplies remain ample and flour should be available until the 1944 harvest. Potatoes may recover as new crops come in and meat shortages ease with rationing evident. Only sustained bad weather could spoil the favorable outlook.
Allied forces close on Bizerte and Tunis with American British and French troops preparing to crush remaining Nazi resistance in Tunisia. Analysts predict the June 1 end of the North African campaign as Hitler’s delays fail and Opera Overlord readiness advances toward a second front in Europe.
The picture in Europe grows steadily more encouraging as the Allies retain the initiative and build the power of their attack. The battle is not won, but it is progressing in the right direction.
Spencer D. Irwin warns that the United Nations may have lost a potential army of 8 000 as slaves in occupied lands are conscripted for labor. The piece argues slave labor boosts the enemy’s efficiency and risks overwhelming free powers if Nazi and Japanese forces continue, threatening civilization.
The article traces elephants used in history from Hannibal marching into Italy with 200 elephants to their later roles as workers in India and America. It notes training for warfare, fear of trumpets, and strong bonds with keepers, with elephants serving in teak forests shipyards and circuses.
A trivia prompt lists eight to ten questions about geography history and presidents asking readers to turn to page 2 for the answers. It asks about the Dutchess of Windsor girlhood city Barawak locations fifth column origin Montevideo climate zones misquoted phrases and presidential spouses.
A South Carolina ration book error gave a customer two complete sets of A B C coupons. A store cashier questioned the double set and asked where it came from. The customer appeared puzzled. The local ration board is expected to correct the mistake.
Washington dispatch notes a flood of letters reacting to a April 23 column criticizing Wendell Willkie's One World. Readers argue distance does not equal unity and urge a nuanced wartime plan based on shared ideals and cultural bonds.
A readers’ forum discusses alleged deficiency diseases amid wartime food shortages. Dr. Clendening answers general health queries while Mr. Hendrickson critiques food administration. The piece cites Dr. Parran and Dr. McNutt on nutrition and calls for increased farm production.
The author argues that peace must rest on realism and warns that an air plane driven peace risks rivalry and war. He notes postwar commercial and military use will rise, but political unity cannot be assumed. Stalin and Churchill shape future views, while smeared rhetoric harms democracy.
Editor C L Wood recalls Winchester’s water heritage noting springs and a network of mills around the Opequon and Redbud Run. He lists towns like Middletown and Millwood, names families such as Littens and Carters, and notes about forty mills a century and a half ago versus none today.
A Winchester resident states the saying Love me Love my dog captures her view on dog ownership. Mrs Carter May Tomney of Valley Avenue emphasizes bond with pets and asserts ownership rights in a simple, direct message.
Agatha and Clemantine scheme to enter the president's office via the belfry using a skeleton key borrowed from the janitor. They plan a brief, quiet break in to steal a radio tube, weighing risks of discovery as they climb to the tower and inspect the campus view.
Washington officials express elation over preliminary reports of a great naval battle in the Coral Sea. A Chevrolet sedan owned by Ian C. MacCallum, stolen from 5168 S. Stewart St., is recovered by West Virginia state police in Clarksburg. Governor Darden names William Tayloe Murphy as state treasurer to replace Edwin B. Jones. Ten years ago, Policeman George F. Miler, based in Winchester, attended the Virginia Motor Vehicle Dept. school at Virginia Beach. Mrs. Evelyn M. Southard, 27, wife of Clarence W. Southard, formerly of Frederick County and Winchester, dies in Seat Pleasant, Md., from chronic pneumonia and heart trouble.
Al Jolson and Madge Evans appear in the motion picture Hallelujah I’m a Bum at Hable’s Palace Theater, drawing crowds to the current show.
Mrs Virginia Faulkner Maynard passes away at her West Water street home after a long illness. The report notes a gradual health decline spanning several years.
Bell Brothers at the Main and Water corner announces acceptance with C. H. Bissell and Co Socce Conn. J. BE. Kiger is re elected secretary of the Cumberland Valleys Fireman's Association at Hagerstown Maryland.
Forty five years ago Commander Dewey reports to Washington that his fleet met the Spanish and destroyed or captured eleven vessels. William R. Alexander returns from Florida after months there for health reasons.
A Kansas City housewife asked grocer Jack Brisboise for a peck of seed potatoes. An hour later she returned with a platter of sliced potatoes saying she had cut all of one peck and there isn’t any left.
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