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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1944
Page
4
Publication notice for The Evening Star Winchester Virginia with post office filing details readers should report delivery delays. Advertising deadlines state 9 PM prior day. transient rate fifty cents per inch with contract rates available. Includes a Bible verse from Psalms.
The article argues B-29s and Liberators will dominate in the Pacific, making long range bombing the norm and suggesting Iceland’s strategic air link must stay secured. It also questions odd spellings and language quirks in a humorous aside.
Reprinted editorial notes the New York Times backed Roosevelt in 1940 and now supports him in 1944. It contrasts the first New Deal with the later deficit financed second term, opposes court packing and purges, and argues Dewey could improve domestic policy while maintaining tariff reforms to boost trade and world peace.
The text notes Republican uncertainty over tariff policy. It states Dewey earlier supported and then opposed the Hull trade plan, and now avoids the tariff issue. It argues no current evidence Dewey or the GOP will take constructive domestic action to spur jobs and solidify the international economy.
Alleghany defeats Handley 27 to 25 in a local game. Winchester hosts a fifth blood donor clinic ending with the quota filled. Twelve local men are to be sworn into the Navy in a public ceremony here.
Officers project 1 900 000 bushels stored by week end across four local plants. Howard M Hoge will speak at the Frances Willard Centenary convention of the WCTU in Bridgewater. The Star runs a complete history of the Frederick and Warren counties Baptists by Dr. E B Jackson.
The Annefield Cup races will be run October 31 at the Clarke county estate of W. B. Watkins. Mrs James Jamelright is honored at a surprise party hosted by Miss Irene Clowser for her eighty ninth birthday. A night crash of Big 4 Dinne limited near Earl Park injures thirty two people.
A Star reporter witnessed a disabled auto on B. and O. tracks as a passenger train ran nearby. Mrs. Georgie Cather and her child were rescued amid fear. Bandits robbed a local man under street lights but his attackers remained unknown from behind.
Thirty years ago reports note German north of Dixmude progress and air activity over Dunkirk harbor. Frank Campbell of Northern Virginia Power Co. suffers severe shock from a live wire. A deadly cloudburst at San Antonio, Texas leaves twenty five dead.
Attendance exceeded 16,000 over four days as the Winchester Fair ended. T. S. Chamblin called the event financially successful. At Chambersville office, Mr. Sherman, the Sear's correspondent, delivered a jug of homemade apple cider.
Forty five years ago contractor McKim Diffenderfer is injured while adding to the Crittenden residence on West Cork street. The Rice Harlee Blues Coal and Tron Company of Gainesboro prospecting for coal at the site. A third opening is being made. R T Barton reads memorial resolutions for the late John J Williams former commander of General Turner Ashby Camp.
The article argues real California wealth came from enduring business pursuits after 1848. While many sought gold, few struck fortunes. those who established stores, transported miners, or farmed near reliable water ultimately prospered. It extols storekeeping, farming, contracting, and professions as stable economic foundations. The key message: success lies in practical, local opportunities rather than chasing gold.
A medical column explains amblyopia can result from unfamiliar chemicals or plant products harming the retina and optic nerve. Alcohol and tobacco are top culprits, with cases showing vision impairment from salicylic acid and quinine, and even in the florist worker who changed jobs.
A crossword style clue set lists items from scorch to fragments and other terms with provided answers. The quiz includes questions on punctuation history and whale biology, noting Aldus Manutius and deep-water oxygen stores as key facts.
The text lists ten questions and asks to turn to page 2 for answers. It covers topics from Dewey speeches to Korea status, edible oysters, boiling point, infant mortality, Pietro Caruso, Cervantes, Nazi saboteurs, Daniel Willard, and a grammar correction.
A reader asks about two front doors in Hanover Pennsylvania homes once used to funnel guests from the kitchen to the parlor. Other Qs cover Gov Bricker’s ancestry, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier guard purpose, Mexico population makeup, and submarine tender vessel counts.
The largest gun in the fleet is a 16 inch weapon. It fires a projectile weighing one ton.
In a moonlit porch scene, Dan and Russell plan a possible California trip. Russell offers help to start anew while Dan reveals a troubling marriage joke and mentions Anne and Dr. Raynor. The men confront love, loyalty, and the possibility of a fresh start.
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