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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1944
Page
4
The Star requests subscribers notify the office of any delay or irregularities in delivery to maintain a perfect system. Psalm verse included for guidance.
A CIO affiliated Amalgamated Clothing Workers convention with 1,000 delegates met in Chicago alongside the CIO Political Action Committee. Sidney Hillman led a $700,000 fund and urged Roosevelt’s fourth-term renomination, which the Amalgamated delegates supported. Philip Murray noted the PAC is not a party but aims to guide voters.
Fragments indicate a Jefferson Day dinner in New York where a deal or settlement was reached. The OCR text is incomplete but implies a gathering and resolution around fifty dollars.
National Chairman Hannegan and Senator Barkley spoke to Jeffersonians in Chicago outlining their view of the coming campaign. They endorsed a Dewey nomination for the Republicans while leaving the Democratic convention to finalize its choices next July. Farley introduced the toastmaster as the administration prophets spoke.
The Christian Science Monitor editorial questions the reverberating courtroom scenes in the sedition trial of 29 defendants in Washington. It urges the jury to focus on the evidence linking defendants to Nazi propaganda and cautions against letting tumultuous theatrics obscure the case’s core issues.
The Richmond News Leader notes Allied confidence despite talk of invasion jitters. It argues Germans fear the advancing Allied forces and the fighting spirit of Allied troops in a righteous cause, stating the hour marks only the beginning.
Quiz prompts list questions about income tax relief bean town Filipinos Asiants Zweig biography queen skinning tanning art LST fire dogs Sherlock Holmes and a travel query. The jumble asks for details on tax reform city nicknames nationality classifications a French queen disaster Japan 1923 defines LST and fire dogs and references Sherlock Holmes.
Detroit May 23 The Chrysler Corporation strike that idled nearly 12 000 war workers was halted by Local 490 United Automobile Workers C I O. The local executive board ordered strikers back to work a day before facing the UAW CIO councils with facts and witnesses.</s>
Roanoke Virginia May 23 The Independent Order of Odd Fellows and affiliated bodies surpassed their 1944 goal to sell one hundred million dollars in war bonds Grand Sire J Paul Kuhn Batavia Illinois announced at the Virginia Grand Lodge session led by Erle Edwards Winchester Grandmaster The order also pledged blood donations to the national Blood Bank and reported about 1 750 000 members worldwide with Axis confiscations of property in several occupied countries Sessions of the Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly continue with a public installation of Rebekah officers scheduled for 8 p m.
Washington May 23 defense attorney told the sedition conspiracy trial jury that Communists control the government and the United States is on the verge of becoming a Communist country. He named Justice Frankfurter CIO head Hillman and Harold Laski as chief instruments of Communism and claimed Roosevelt ordered the case to cover government crimes.
An essay by Earl L. Douglass argues that misfortune drives people to God, revealing the hollowness of earthly pleasures and pleasures, and showing reality lies in the spiritual realm under God. It notes pain binds hearts to divine power and prompts reliance on God's arms.
Washington reports the Birmingham Alabama Teachers Association bulletin portrays the progressive education trust as destroying discipline and scholarship. Theodore R Wright, assistant superintendent, attacks the advocate’s views at a First Methodist Church forum, claiming self-indulgent education harms religious and civic values.
The writer attacks editorial manipulation and political machine tactics used against him over New Deal criticism. A Birmingham Teachers Association poll shows mixed support among high school and elementary teachers for Mallon's views, with overall 56 percent agreeing and 24 percent disagreeing.
Dr. Clendening argues the modern American breakfast of orange juice toast and coffee is energy deficient. He notes breakfast should provide about 500 calories and suggests adding eggs cereals sausage bacon or continental pastries to boost calories and nutrients for a balanced start.
A Treasury statement shows higher revenue in ten months of the fiscal year with individual income tax at 15.11 billion and corporate taxes at 4.09 billion, exceeding the prior year. Excess profits taxes reach 6.86 billion, while total internal revenue through April hits 31.94 billion, nearly double the year ago total.
Ellery Queen posing as Ellery Smith rents the so called Calamity House in Wrightsville amid local gossip about the Wrights and Nora Haight. Nora's fiancé vanished before her wedding and the town hosts a tense dinner with Judge Martin Tabitha Wright and publisher Frank Lloyd as dynamics heat up around Nora and Carter Bradford.
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