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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1945
Page
4
National Representatives DeLisser Inc advertizes in Evening Star for ads in this office by 9 PM the day before publication Transient rate 50 cents per inch Contract rates on application The item notes Acts 8 3 describing Saul making havoc in the church and imprisoning men and women.
The National Victory Garden Institute credits four war years 1942 to 1945 for 72.5 million vegetable plots tended by civilians. They produced 24 million tons of produce valued at 3.36 billion dollars. Government leadership, community support, and media guidance fueled this home front effort. The piece argues strong selling campaigns boost other war efforts as well.
Government keeps red point rationing in place through November while many wartime controls ease. Beef pork and lamb stay scarce or high in points, but poultry is plentiful and producers fear a surplus. Butter point value has fallen as controls edge toward removal.
The piece argues Americans tire of funding Europe’s food needs and notes Europe’s need to produce to eat. It claims rationing is losing meaning as postwar plans unfold and hints OPA officials may prefer the security of federal payrolls amid announced cuts.
Perry M. Shepard, 62, former U S Army lieutenant colonel, enrolls at Hobart College Geneva N Y under the GI Bill to finish a BA begun 44 years earlier. He served in two world wars, built a manufacturing career, father of two, one in Austria, and plans to graduate in 1947, proving learning can continue at any age.
The 47 room J P Morgan mansion at Glen Cove Long Island has been leased by the Soviet Government for two years as an entertainment and recreation center for Purchasing Commission members.
Cumberland Times notes Americans view with surprise the sweeping powers voted by Parliament for the labor government. Premier Attlee proposes in peace time economic control as sweeping as wartime powers. Government frames it as a new war against ignorance poverty and disease and will use all resources. The move follows a prolonged dock strike signaling ongoing national conflict.
A Raleigh News and Observer piece urges extensive tree planting to replace pine forests. It notes Louisiana's laws on cutting and planting, applauds forward thinkers, and highlights Dr. R. L. Caviness with 4,000,000 feet ready for saw and 175,000 pine plants set out.
Observance of Girl Scout Week underway in Winchester with the local group stressing service to hospitals. County students collect Milkweed pods to aid the war effort. Dr Dabney B Lancaster of the State Board of Education will speak at the first Town Meeting hosted by the Junior Board of Trade.
Unofficial reports indicate number 158 drawn for national peace time draft belongs to Sterl ing W Walker Winchester William M Bayliss Frederick County and Garland Ray Lloyd Clarke County Local citizens plan to travel to Martinsburg West Virginia to hear Wendell Wilkie Republican candidate The Cold storage companies operating plants in Winchester and nearby towns expect close to 2 million bushels on hand by October end.
Ten years ago Frederick county voters approve continuation of the national corn hog program by a wide margin. Weekend traffic toll rises with three killed and three injured in two auto accidents at Sunnyside. An out of state picker achieves a record by gathering 167 bushels of apples in one day at Clarke orchard.
Fifteen years ago Major Walter Simpson resigns as Superintendent of Winchester Memorial Hospital. Sheriff Pannett raids Frederick county sites seizing 13 slot machines and arresting five filling station operators.
Iran S. Capper writes to the editor opposing the erection of a mon terete at the County Court House. The piece notes Premier Vianine and the entire French cabinet resign, with Aristide Briand to form a new government for France. Buick-Saxon valve head automobiles are advertised by R. E. Lincoln.
Forty five years ago Charles E. Miller, speaker at a Democratic rally near Rock Enon, was thrown from Stuart L. Forney’s buggy on the way home. Second prize went to Frederick county apples from William Heitt James Robinson and S L Lupton at the Paris Exposition, first prize went to Missouri apples.
A Pacific island chaplain recounts Sunday morning prayers as nine bombers roar down to the runway and into the air. An Army Air Force officer asked to keep worship the same, yielding a liturgy of nine pauses. Soldiers praying, crews heading to missions, and millions at home join in solemn supplication.
A reader quiz appears on page 2 asking which team won the Navy Duke football game this fall. It also asks about nitrogen percentage in ordinary air and the pronunciation of corps. Other queries cover Senator George’s committee, Civil Service back pay, Kodiak location, Tomoyuki Yamashita trial city, World Trade Union Conference site, what still life paintings depict, and a grammar correction.
Washington dispatch reports Dr Horace Greeley Schacht provides the clearest picture of Nazi leadership. He pinpoints Hitler’s refusal to face defeat, massive armament budgets in 1937 38, and inflation driven debt. Schacht argues Nazism reflects defective minds in power and arithmetic cannot be cheated.
Maj Gen Jens Doe commander of the 41st Division in Japan today became the most decorated divisional commander in the Pacific receiving the Distinguished Service Cross for planning last spring's Sulu Sea campaign in the southern Philippines. He already holds the DSC Silver Star with two clusters Purple Heart Bronze Star and Air Medal.
A medical overview explains fibroid tumors of the uterus, their muscle and connective tissue makeup, and typical onset ages from twenty to over seventy. It notes irregular bleeding as the main symptom, possible anemia, and the risk that large tumors press on organs. Treatments include surgery or X-ray therapy, with X-ray often unsuitable for younger patients. Of 300 cases, 290 received X-ray or radiation, with few failures. some patients required surgery after failed treatment.
A reader service explains that La Traviata translates to the Lost One in English. It notes the opera is based on La Dame aux Camélias, The Lady of the Camellias, and provides a contact address for the Winchester Even in Star Information Bureau with a three cent return postage fee.
Answers clarify that demobilization point system applies to Naval Construction Battalions Seabees and other naval personnel. The GI Bill eligibility depends on service length and disability. Great Salt Lake freezes only on spots near inflows. general freezing not observed. USS Genesee AOG 8 is a gasoline tanker. ships of this type are named for rivers.
Sandra Edwards shelters 11 year old Spenser Withington at a Western ranch where Belinda Adams endures a lonely life. Belinda resents Spenser and hides her hunger for attention behind stubborn mud covered pride, while Spenser quietly observes the world around the cliff house and the strained family dynamics unfold.
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