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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia lists publication details, postal status, ad rates, subscription options, and reader notices. It includes a Psalm quotation and references to national representatives and agencies, along with carrier and motor route service notes.
Senator Taft of Ohio, head of the finance committee, says postwar taxes must be realistically high to balance the federal budget and begin debt retirement. He notes 1943 national income near 148 billion, double 1939, and argues a high sustained income and reduced government payrolls are needed to restore private enterprise and revenue.
The latest American Medical Society bulletin reports Dr Joo se Huang of Weilin Kwangso China treated 22 cholera patients with sulfaguanidine and 21 were cured quickly with only one death in 73 hours. He compares with 26 percent death using standard treatments and calls his finding a 95 percent cure potential for the disease.
Readers are urged to support the national effort by purchasing war bonds. The notice emphasizes collective sacrifice and the importance of funding military needs through bond sales. It calls on families and communities to participate promptly.
Seven questions cover politics language Canada flag colors croquet Cuban crops and literature. The item directs readers to page 2 for the correct answers and lists topics including delegate strength for a Republican nominating convention and a 19th century work titled The Curtain Rises.
At Grace Methodist Church special Mother's Day exercises Mrs. Jessie Reely was named oldest mother while Mrs. Nellie Carter was youngest. A tie for most children among three-mommas, each with three, earned gifts. The column lists weekend visitors and relatives from Washington, Fairfax, Berryville, Harrisonburg, Winchester, and other towns, plus local moves and a Navy promotion.
A serviceman reaches Bainbridge Maryland after a nine day leave spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Lloyd Crosman. The weekend featured a visit to Church Street home by Mr Carl O Leary and daughter Miss Jane O Leary of Washington.
New York May 19 It was a selective investment day with rail shares favored and several industrial issues gaining modestly After an active opening advances to fractions near the fourth hour and notable names including Santa Fe Atlantic Coast Line Southern Pacific Southern Railway Lackawanna Du Pont Johns Manville Anaconda American Telephone General Motors Bethlehem U S Rubber led gains Intermittent declines appeared in Chrysler U S Steel General Electric and Texas Co Some gains supported by Brill preferred Cuban Atlantic Sugar Pennroad International Petroleum and Technicolor International Harvester rose on a directors action while Lackawanna and Morris Essex merger plans drew ICC approval.
Baltimore and Chicago livestock and produce quotes show steady to slightly mixed prices. Cattle and calves hold near prior levels, hogs steady to firm across weights, sheep lambs mixed with lambs strong for shorn wool numbers. notes on eggs butter and apples indicate dull or unchanged demand.
Grains opened steady to higher on May 19 with wheat bought by commercial interests. Trading was moderate. Opening prices: Wheat May 1.73 3 8, July 1.66 7 8, Sept 1.62 7 8 to 3 4, Dec 1.62 3 4 to 5 8. Oats July 77 7 8, Sept 72 1 4 to 1 2, Dec 70 7 8 to 71. Rye May 1.21 7 8, July 1.19, Sept 1.15 3 4 to 1.16, Dec 1.16 7 8.
Rev Joseph Duckwall will preach at Opequon Presbyterian Church Kernstown on Sunday May 21 at 11 00 a m in the absence of Carlyle A McDonald minister of the Opequon Group of Presbyterian Churches The guest minister heads Highland Avenue Presbyterian Chapel Winchester Va
Rev R K McDonald of Berryville and Stone's Chapel will substitute for his brother Carlyle McDonald at Opequon Union Presbyterian Chapel on Sunday evening May 21 at eight o'clock. Carlyle resigns effective June 7, with event at Opequon Memorial and Opequon Chapel.
Miss Gregory invites fans to attend a meeting where others will help solve the problem. Further information is available from the Winchester Recreation Department at 113 N Loudoun street and telephone 4946.
Capon Springs West Virginia hosts special services on Saturday night May 20 at 8 p m Rev C H Anderson pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle announced today Special music will be provided Everyone is invited to attend these services
A meeting is scheduled at the Young Men's Sport Shop in the George Washington Hotel on Tuesday May 23 at 7 30 p m for anyone interested in playing or organizing a softball league. Miss Virginia Gregory of the City Recreation Department urges participation noting softball’s national prominence and suitability for all ages and skill levels.
Ellery Queen arrives in Wrightsville under the alias Ellery Smith to rent a furnished six room house linked to the town’s jinx. J.C. Pettigrew, Hermy Wright, and banker John Wright drive the arrangement as Ellery surveys Calamity House and the surrounding family history while Patricia Wright and local gossip swirl around the unsettling past. The lease terms set a six month rental at 75 dollars monthly with early vacate rights if the house sells.
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