Evening Star Winchester Ad Policy and Delivery Note
The Evening Star requests readers report delivery delays or irregularities to aid the city paper. Ads must reach the office by 9 PM the day prior. transient rate is 50 cents per inch. contract rates available. published daily except Sundays. associated press and audit bureau of circulation member.
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Faith and Power Wonders Among People
A religious note quotes Acts 6 3 praising Steven for great wonders and miracles among the people on Saturday September 1 1945.
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Steven
End of Lend-Lease Shows Postwar Policy Debate
The article argues for extending lend-lease materials abroad to aid Britain and the Soviet Union while avoiding factory closures. It notes Truman’s order to terminate the program and suggests selling remaining goods to maximize returns, asserting the program’s cost at $39 billion to the U.S. and emphasizing its wartime impact.
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America
Germany
Japan
Truman
Great Britain
Russia
United States
England
U. S
Vigorous Production Plans Signal Strong Postwar Output
The text argues postwar unemployment will be lower than feared and rebirth plans for reconversion threaten the sixty million jobs scheme. It cites a 41 percent rise in 1947 production versus 1939 and an output value around eighty billion dollars, with over 13 million workers involved.
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Congress
Manufacturing Employment Forecasts and Job Security
The passage discusses predictions on output and employment beyond 1939, noting a group’s projection of increased production and jobs. It argues that while not universal across all U. S. manufacturing, plans resemble broader efforts to sustain work for many years, given widespread shortages in housing and consumer goods.
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Perish or Prosper Lynchburg Editorial on Gasoline Waste
Reprinted editorial uses biblical metaphor to warn that fuel abundance tempts people to push old cars on old tires at high speed. It argues that continued neglect of tires and safety, not speed limits alone, fuels a rise in accidents as roads fill with traffic.
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Lynchburg
Questioning Bomb Casualty Figures and Postwar Plans
The Richmond News Leader questions Japanese casualty figures and ponders whether publication of such numbers aims to shape alibis. The piece notes distrust of the reported civilian losses and reflects on responsibility for wartime deaths. It cites General Bradley’s plan to “get them back and give them jobs” and discusses postwar employment for returning service members.
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Richmond
America
Russian
Siberia
Pearl Harbor
Malaya
Japan
Britain
Raleigh News and Observer
Bradley
Veterans Bureau
Armed Services
Uncle Sam
German prisoner of war camp eyed on town outskirts
Interest grows in building a German prisoner of war camp on the town outskirts as prisoners would help alleviate local labor shortages. Officials say the ninth blood donor clinic will likely succeed as citizens answer urgent appeals. An American advance moves through Sedan Verdun toward the Belgian border, threatening to spill into Germany before nightfall with German forces pursued along a 270 mile front.
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Sedan
Verdun
Germany
Messinee Band to Attend Tobacco Festival in South Boston
The Messinee Municipal Band plans to travel to the Tobacco Festival in South Boston Virginia this month after earning second honors in the feature parade at the Tomato n in Berkeley Springs West Virginia. John R Rhodes became the nation s first paperman to report on the Douglas airliner crash near Lovettsville claiming 25 lives in what was termed the nation s worst air tragedy to date. The Virginia Military Board allocated fifteen thousand dollars to Winchester armory for a new building.
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Messinee
Boston
Berkeley Springs
Associated Press
John R. Rhodes
Lovettsville
Virginia Military Board
Winchester Armory
Hurricane disaster and park lake plan announced
Over 500 people are believed dead in a hurricane and tidal wave that struck the Florida Keys. The council will seek funds to create a lake at Rouss Park for boating and swimming.
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Florida Keys
Council
Rouss Park
Sanitary Grocery opens new branch in city corner
Fifteen years ago the Sanitary Grocery Company of Washington opened a branch store at Piccadilly and Loudoun streets. A Santo Domingo hurricane left over 1,000 dead and 900 injured as inhabitants faced terror from the big wind.
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Piccadilly
Loudoun Streets
Santo Domingo
Winchester Fair Preparations Prompt Merchants Decor
Thirty years ago Winchester readies for the annual fair as leading merchants and property owners answer a call to dress shop fronts. A North Mountain Brick Plant fire causes about 15000 in losses to equipment and mineral stock. President Wilson signals potential peace moves but reserves action until both sides seek early open talks.
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Winchester
North Mountain
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
Fairfax Hall Names A H Hobson Music Teacher Again
Forty five years ago Miss A H Hobson is reappointed as music teacher at Fairfax Hall School for Girls. The Rev Julian Broadus is elected president of the Shenandoah Baptist Association.
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A. H. Hobson
Fairfax Hall School
Julian Broadus
Shenandoah Baptist Association
Strength for the Day faith narrative from Doctor Earl L. Douglas
A preacher recalls divine provision guiding a minister with a wife and two children from two dollars and fifty cents to college completion. Stories of faith show God supplying amid debt, work, and education. The piece echoes Puritan resolve and the belief that faith can move mountains.
How's Your I. Q. Quiz Questions Page Seeks Answers
The reader is asked to turn to page 2 for correct answers to seven quiz questions about Sicily command in WWII quarts per bushel wartime surplus materials Africa Pacific Ivory Coast location truths about Air Force Cadets Paleozic geologic era Jane's Fighting Ships and a South American capital Lima.
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Sicily
North Africa
Europe
Pacific
Ivory Coast
Air Force
Lima
Changes in Latin America policy ripple through US State Dept
Aug 28 report notes Mr Braden replaced by Mr Rockfeller as Latin American Assistant Secretary amid broader Truman Byrnes reorganization. Analysts see shifts toward Democratic consolidation, Acheson’s congressional liaison role, and new dealers gaining influence. Observers question genuine democracy commitments and expect further policy realignment with Potsdam aims and Balkan election representation discussions.
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Braden
Rockfeller
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Argentina
Byrnes
Rockefeller
Latin America
Truman-Byrnes
Brynes
Dean Acheson
Will Clayton
William J. Dunn
Spain
State Department
Truman
Russia
Balkan
Britain
Stalin
Pravda
Private monuments in national cemeteries rules
Private monuments may be erected in older national cemeteries at private expense in place of government headstones if design and inscription are approved by the Quartermaster General. In newly established national cemeteries graves are marked only by regulation government headstones.
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Skin Ills During Pregnancy and Impetigo Herpetiformis
The article explains how pregnancy affects skin including chloasma and a serious condition impetigo herpetiformis. It describes symptoms such as widespread blisters mouth lesions chills fever vomiting weight loss and weakness, discusses possible causes and notes treatments like blood injections calcium and vitamin D and potential penicillin use.
Answers to Questions From The Winchester Star Information Bureau
A reader asks about arranging dental treatment for war injuries near home with VA permission via the nearest VA field station. The government does not cover board lodging or travel for veterans in education programs. only certain expenses are paid.
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Veterans’ Administration
Veterans
Veterans' Administration
Servicemen’s A
Policy on reinduction and benefits under postwar act
The article explains waivers for enlistment after dishonorable discharge require War Department review considering discharge reason service and future usefulness. If approved the registrant is treated like others and forwarded for reinduction. It also notes benefits for a childless widow of a service member killed in the present war including monthly $50 until remarriage, six months gratuity and National Service Life Insurance.
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War Department
Army
Portrait of Penn and Quaker conversion debated
A reader asks why William Penn is depicted in armor. The answer notes Penn’s Cork estate management in 1666, his volunteering during Carrickfergus mutiny, and his conversion to Quakerism at that time.
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William Penn
S. E. R. A. Penn
Admiral Penn
Ireland
Cork
Carrickfergus
Penn
Company of Foot
Night Farewell at the Windsmere Observatory
Terry contemplates departure from Windsmere as Brooks reveals he was framed and plans marriage to Corinne. She faces a painful goodbye on the pampas night, while memories and unspoken truths linger at the observatory balcony. Brooks declares drifting into love, and Terry asserts her independence as the station wagon timer nears.
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Senor Kimperly
Buenos Aires
Terry
Maria
Goodby
Windemere
Fitz
Observatory
Brooks
Corinne
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