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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1944
Page
4
Public notice from The Evening Star Publishing Co. Winchester Virginia outlines delivery, billing and advertising details. Readers are asked to report delays and irregularities to aid a perfect delivery system.
A wartime newspaper page reprints a biblical verse from Psalms 95 6 stating Let us worship and bow down before the Lord our maker.
The commentary argues the Western Front deadlock is briefly passing as Allied strategy aims to break barriers and drive a movement into Germany. Eisenhower’s base position is stabilizing while Nazi counterattacks decline, with 15,000 tons of Allied bombs hit in a single day targeting German transport and supply networks behind the lines.
Reprinted Clarke Courier recalls 1931 Seventh District nominating convention in Harrisonburg with Frank M. Wray as Clarke county favorite. A Willis Robertson wins the ballot and becomes Democratic Congressman in 1932 launching a national profile. He backs economizing in government and opposed large relief appropriations including a 4.8 billion relief fund and a 3 billion revolving housing fund, aligning with economy over expansive relief measures. Pearl Harbor era context noted.
The passage praises Major Robertson as a long-serving member of the Seventh District with 12 years in Congress. He is Ways and Means ranking member, a national authority on conservation, and a veteran advocate who supported serviceman pay, liberal family allowances, CCC, soil conservation, and a broad postwar national defense program.
Dr Horace K Giffin says rumors of dire plagues from returning servicemen are unfounded. Only three diseases pose real danger malaria amoebic dysentery and leprosy though outbreaks are unlikely in the United States physicians remain vigilant and ready to prevent and treat tropical diseases.
Mrs. B. M. Roszel accepts the chairmanship of the Children’s Home Society annual campaign. Ed Molden heads the War Fund Drive with opening set in the city on November 15. Mrs. McSherry Lupton attends the Girl Scout Conference in Cleveland.
Five years ago Miss Martha Richard was named president of the Stephens City Home Economics Club. J William Stryker, a veteran member of the Friendship Fire Company, is seriously ill at his home and was recently named honorary chief of the fire department.
Ten years ago Mrs B M Roszel returned from Miami where she attended the national convention of the Legion Auxiliary. Dr and Mrs F J Marshall entertained guests at Pembroke near the city. Snow drifts a foot deep in the mountains between Winchester and Romney and winds damage trees in the city.
Twenty years ago a Our Gang comedy is showing at the Empire Theatre. Our Gang seems the most popular of all the comedies in the movie world. A Hallowe en party at the Market Roller Skating Rink offers prizes for skilled skaters and best costumes. A county man is fined 50 dollars for striking an officer.
Thirty years ago Captain George H. Kinzel, city boss, is reported critically ill. Hagerstown endures a $385,000 fire loss amid ongoing war news including German offensives in Belgium. Lord Kirchner orders 100,000 to the front as fighting rages on the Yser.
Dr. T Clayton Williams is critically ill with pneumonia. S R Atwell wins a gold watch. Mrs H Douglas Fuller enters the Ladies Bridge Whist club.
Telephones are installed at the office of Dr. P. W. Boyd the Oscar Barr store and the Joseph Massey store. Lemuel K. Larrick's home burns at High View. Ira Keeler dies at his home in Millwood.
The phrase indicates assignment to the flag officer's staff aboard the vessel serving as the flag ship.
The piece surveys letters and editorials arguing for Roosevelt over Dewey in 1944. It notes Republicans and Democrats critique policies and leadership, mentions Joseph Ball’s Roosevelt support, and cites unions like the Businessmen's League for Roosevelt criticizing Dewey. It reflects wartime politics and media stances around a fourth-term debate.
A mixed newspaper quiz item listing ten questions on history law politics geography and literature. Topics include German peace cabinet, punctuation, Baltic Gulf Par nu Parnu location, dairy income accuracy, US antitrust acts, Roosevelt dog Fala breed, Izaak Walton fishing book title, Star Spangled Banner last stanza line, Ironsides horsemen, and Pretoria capital of an African nation.
Washington reports reveal Baruch voicing election worries and analysts weighing state by state. Predictions hinge on Pennsylvania New York Massachusetts and Kentucky with Dewey potential wins balancing Roosevelt hope alongside CIO and Tammany dynamics. A late sighting of vision claims from N S T A notes most lack perfect eyesight.
Dr. Logan Clendening surveys transfusion history from early experiments in the 17th century to modern typing. He explains blood types and agglutination, the dangers of cross species transfusion, and the Rh factor discovered in 1940 with implications for pregnancy and transfusion safety.
A reader asked about the first regular electric streetcar line and was told Richmond Virginia in 1888. The capybara is the largest living rodent at about four feet and 75 pounds with webbed feet. The first jumping race in the United States was a hurdle race for gentlemen riders at Jockey Club Park Washington DC in 1834.
Russell contemplates Dr. Raynor's generous offer to place Dan in a bank or brokerage in New York. Dan resists being bought, insisting on honest work and a modest life in Los Angeles if needed, while clinging to loyalty to Anne and pursuing his own path.
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