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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1944
Page
2
Virginia news briefs report varied items from across the state. Topics include Democratic party coordination ahead of elections, local business initiatives, a hospital wing fire causing damages, and upcoming civic events in Warrenton and Charlottesville regions.
The article notes six U S warships are lost with mine ships destroyed to prevent capture. The total of ships either lost or destroyed rises to 217.
Answers to the daily quiz printed in the newspaper include: 2 Deaf. 3 Armed police force. 4 He is one of the Assistant Secretaries. 5 Yes. 6 September 27. 7 Eugene ONeill. 8 Horse racing. 9 Italy and Austria. 10 Ford's Theater.
Meats fats and processed foods stamps cover inventories from books four blue and red stamps with indefinite validity through late 1940s. Sugar stamps 30 to 33 remain valid for five pounds each with stamp 40 for home canning through February 28 1945. Shoes airplane stamps 1 and 2 extend indefinitely with new stamps arriving. Gasoline coupons northeast region extend through November with various 11 A 13 A B 4 B 5 C 5 stamps valid for five gallons.
Extended outlook for Saturday October 28 to Wednesday November 1, 1944 describes zone four and zone five with fair cold conditions, hard freezes in mornings, frost along the coast, warmer Sunday and Monday, then colder again, and possible snow flurries or showers in Pennsylvania New Jersey and northward.
A Berryville drive to fund a permanent Rock Enon Scout camp runs October 30 to November 3 with a $2000 county goal. Hobson McGehee notes committees from Berryville and Boyce will canvass. supper panel expected includes Col. Ashby Miller Basil Starkey and other council leaders.
Moscow reports Reich marshal Herman Goering's favored hunting lodge in the Rominten Heath East Prussia was captured nearly intact. The mansion held a stocked wine cellar with French champagne topographical maps on Goering's desk with suspected handwriting, and the bronze two story lodge was in good order with a prepared meal uneaten.
Stockholm Oct. 27 Finnish troops thrust behind German lines and captured Kittila about 80 miles north of Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle cutting one Nazi escape route the Finnish communique announced today.
A note explains that a small amount of soft coal moistened with a 4 percent sprinkling reduces dust as fine particles cling to larger bits, increasing air flow in the fuel bed. It also states that most soft coal tends to burn slightly when damp.
The Stephens City Lutheran Parish will host guest speaker Rev. Raymond L. Booze of Knoxville Tennessee this weekend. He will preach at St Pauls Lutheran Church on Cedar Creek Grade at 11 o clock Sunday morning and at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stephens City at 8 o clock evening service. The public is invited.
Clarke County war fund drive nears deadline with only four or five days left and about $1,500 raised of a $3,750 quota. Eustace Jackson, drive committee chairman, hopes the goal will be met as Clarke County Junior Woman's Club members solicit donations. Of the quota, $1,827.59 will support the WSO, with the rest allocated to other war agencies. The drive ends in November.
Churchill spoke for about 30 minutes noting the last lap of the European war and urging unity among the United States Britain and Russia. He said Polish-Russian disputes remain but expressed hope for resumed talks and a strong free Poland allied to the Allies.
The origin of smart aleck is unclear with authorities citing variants like Smark Aleck and Smart Ellicks. Earliest use dates to 1873 meaning a conceited fellow. It may have started as a label for a specific person and then spread.
Pfc. Frank Atkins of Martinsburg West Virginia son of Mrs George Tobin and the late John W Atkins and husband of Lillie Snow is slightly wounded in action in France telegram received by Mrs Tobin states the accident occurred on October 9 with no further details Atkins entered service February 1944 and arrived overseas in August he attended Highview West Virginia public schools
Dr. Sidney Trattner of the Light Conservation Commission for Virginia will visit to examine school pupils in need of glasses. County pupils are slated for Tuesday and city students for Wednesday with a large turnout anticipated. The Winchester Lions Club sponsors the clinic as part of its civic program.
Allied forces expanded a bridgehead near Hoedekenskerke with British landing craft and armored units. Canadian spearheads advanced from Nijmegen toward the Maas and Holland Diep while Tilburg and Tilburg area towns faced encirclement as German headquarters shifted north of the Maas. Further north American First Army patrols saw minor gains, and Allied reports claim limited progress along the western front amid German counterattacks.
The battle sequence pitted Halsey and Nimitz forces against a Japanese carrier and battleship group. Losses included carriers and battleships sunk or damaged, cruisers and destroyers hit, and Japanese ships fleeing through Surigao Strait and San Bernardino Strait while Allied escorts claimed light losses. MacArthur noted casualties among escort carriers, destroyers, and PT boats.
Sgt Funk tracked a suspected fraudster who allegedly posed as a federal official and collected money from beauty shops in Winchester. A Rosemmas Beauty Shop owner paid 11.85 by check later cashed, prompting a bank stop and police action. Ellsworth was arrested at a South Loudoun tavern and booked for fraud with possible federal impersonation charges.
Caroline Elizabeth Bumstead 87 died Thursday at her niece's home in Frederick County. Born September 29, 1857 in New York City, she taught school and was a Methodist Church member. Funeral services are set for Monday at 10 30 AM at Cyprus Hill Cemetery in Brooklyn. body to be moved from Omps Funeral Home Sunday night.
Soviet forces linked fronts across northeastern Hungary from Transylvania and enveloped two thirds of Ruthenia. In two weeks they seized 18 000 prisoners and over 4 886 square miles. Velke Berezne and Tura Remete fell near Ungvar, while Munkacs, an industrial hub, was captured amid a Moscow victory salute from Stalin.
President accuses farmers of bureaucratic domination while rivals attack Truman and Dewey on policy and labor issues. Senator Butler blasts civil policy disorder, Desperate for Truman defends isolationists, Dewey criticized for tax and labor plans. AFL CIO and CIO leaders denounce Roosevelt era labor record and war leadership.
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