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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
3
The article surveys occupied France and Poland amid Allied bombings. It notes German reallocation of labor including 12 million foreign workers, widespread police surveillance, and limited sabotage. It portrays Polish resistance underground and rising French anti-Nazi bands, while Germany struggles with food rationing and morale.
Mrs. Julia Clark 85 wife of George M Clark died after a six month illness following a recent arm injury. Born May 25 1859 in Rappahannock county she married George M Clark Sept 25 1875 in Washington VA. Funeral Friday at 2pm from Braddock Street Methodist Church with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Berlin radio said Nazi motor torpedo boats attacked British shipping off the southern English coast and in the Thames estuary last night, engaging destroyers and speedboats but claiming no sinkings. It also reported a skirmish with light coastal craft off Le Treport near Dieppe. the British admiralty had no comment.
A Winchester man’s vehicle struck a stray horse Tuesday night on Valley Pike about 200 yards south of Mills Service Station. Maurice Lewis McDonald said he slowed but could not avoid the animal. damage to the car was about $15. The horse, thought to be the core of Rev. C. Worthington, continued down Route 11.
Wardensville West Virginia kicks off graduation week with the senior class play Red-Headed Step Child tonight. Diplomas will be awarded May 24. rector R B S Dispanet supervises. Rev Fred B Wayand will give the vesper address. Dr W H S White delivers the graduation address. salutatory by Cecil Haycock. valedictory by Marvin Ely.
Marshal Tito announced a broadcast that Yugoslav partisans killed about 1,500 Axis troops in eastern Bosnia with continuing battles in Croatian sectors. German reinforcements were rushed into western and central Bosnia as the fight persisted and in Dalmatia the enemy was driven from Kistanje.
In a patient scarce era the essay extols simple home care with running water and bandages to ease pain. It recounts Vincenz Priessnitz and his water cure and notes practical applications from cold compresses to hip baths and hot water bags.
Washington May 18 Undersecretary of War Patterson testified that any wartime strike on war production is inexcusable. He cited a Detroit foremen strike as an example and urged work or fight legislation with Forrestal and Nelson before the Senate Military Committee. The bill would draft men 1845 into military or work units if they leave essential war jobs without draftboard approval.
General Malin Craig aged 69 former army chief of staff is seriously ill but improving according to the War Department. He has high blood pressure and has been a patient at Walter Reed Army Hospital for a week after retiring in 1939 and later serving on the personnel board.
Mrs. Alice Mildred Haines Nixon, wife of local businessman John Nixon, died yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at her residence 1010 Amherst Street extended after a prolonged illness. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Haines of Winchester and was born in Capon Bridge, West Virginia. She was a Ft. affiliated graduate.
Dutch priest Father Willem Van Baar reports that a Rom an Catholic bishop and 59 other missionaries were killed outright or died of injuries when Allied planes strafed a Japanese prison ship off the New Guinea coast. The account appears in an official Netherlands news bulletin from Australia.
Mrs. Nixon, married December 4 1913, active Braddock Street Methodist member, survived by husband three daughters Evelyn Miss Betty and Miss Janet Nixon two brothers Bryan and Lester Haines Winchester and sister Mrs A C Lovett Capon Bridge. Funeral at home Friday 5 PM with Rev T J Hawkins officiating. Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery.
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