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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1944
Page
4
Notice from The Evening Star Winchester urges subscribers to report delivery delays or irregularities to maintain service. The paper lists subscription and advertising rates and provides office contact details, with a Bible verse from Psalms 88:2 dated Wednesday September 6, 1944.
Allied power builds toward a swift Pacific push as heavy raids against Japan intensify. In the Southwest Pacific, large scale preparations proceed while European operations advance. Commanders anticipate using Europe freed forces for major attacks once Germany is defeated.
Allied commanders monitor possible German use of chemical or biological weapons as precautions rise after reports of chlorine gas incidents in the Netherlands and gas bottle shipments and widespread gas mask production. The cautious mood reflects anxiety over a potential Hitlerite retaliation.
Edouard Beneš says Hitler will not surrender and the German army will fight in small units to the end. He terms the war as a Wagnerian Gotterdämmerung, predicting a terrible, destructive finale for Germany.
The 1930 to 1940 decade saw 486 new village incorporations and 40 towns reverting to villages while 316 villages grew to town status and 364 disappeared. The South accounted for 43.6 percent of new incorporations and 71.2 percent of villages dropped, yet overall village life remained a stabilizing national factor.
The Star notes city council retires J William Stryker as active fire chief. Taylor Barr is named fire warden to fill the vacancy, while Sarah Zane is elected to the post. Flour and sugar prices rise citywide, with flour up one dollar per barrel and sugar up 1.10 per hundred pounds. City Manager Lee Grant is reappointed for the year ahead.
A Northern Virginia baseball showdown opens with O Sull ivan Rubber facing Park in a five game set to crown the regional champion. Walters Shade reports 871 area residents found work in August 1934 through the National Redeployment Service district office.
The Virginia Woolen Company acquires the rights to Abram's Creek to serve as an outlet for its plant at a price exceeding $11,000. A report notes more than $2,000,000 is generated for the community by Shenandoah Valley tourist visitation. The Market Street Playhouse opens the season with Meet the Wife, a New York hit expected to draw a sizeable audience.
Olin Lambert leaves to resume his studies at Randolph-Macon. He is the son of Rev. and Mrs. T. Lambert. Final plans for the Winchester Fair which begins next week are being perfected. All entries, except racing entries, must be in by tomorrow. A delightful dance is given at Rouss Hall with many popular young people in attendance.
The Covington Virginian reflects on Adolf Hitler’s ambitions as a harmful, recurring tyrannical pattern. The piece warns against hollow promises and calls for treating such regimes as medical cases, diagnosing symptoms to prevent future global harm.
The newly decorated interior of the Rouss Hall presents a gorgeous sight. The Sunday School of the Market Street Methodist Church holds a picnic at Rouss Springs. J Olin Faulkner and Walter Gore leave to attend Washington and Lee University and the University of North Carolina respectively.
The Martinsburg team beats Winchester by nine to one as Ed Baker drives in the lone run. Plans emerge to build the Handley Library soon, not after twenty years as previously decided. A Clarke County man is on trial in Berryville courts for wheat theft.
The writer recommends a city wide Armistice Day celebration in Winchester Virginia to channel public excitement after World War I. He urges churches civic groups and industry to plan in advance to prevent unruly behavior and promote decency on November 11 1918.
The piece contrasts pre Christian fear of death with Christian teaching on the soul’s immortality. It cites Christ’s assurances that believers have eternal life and encourages faith to face death, especially for Christians serving abroad. It emphasizes strength through faith and the promise of a heavenly home.
Twelve poliomyelitis cases were reported to Virginia health officials, bringing the total since June 1 to 416. Theday's cases include a 17yearold white girl from Alleghany, several young children from Franklin, Goochland, Roanoke, and Prince George counties, plus four Richmond city cases and a 43yearold man from Roanoke with a 22yearold Arlington county case.
Washington reports a complex scramble over the 1944 ticket. Jimmy Byrnes rose as a leading candidate before Ed Flynn opposed him over southern and race concerns, while Wallace was publicly endorsed but deemed unwinnable. The piece traces private discussions with Roosevelt and party figures shaping Byrnes or Wallace as running mate.
Drs Clendening Gibbs and Log items examine the psychiatric boards and the high rate of draft disqualifications for mental reasons. They argue most rejects are neurotics or neurasthenics, not dangerous, with pensions and wartime policy debated. They note shell shock and army testing terms influence civilians.
The piece recalls a July 13 letter and a later July 19 endorsement amid internal CIO opposition to Byrnes. It cites Chicago meetings, Hannegan, Hillman, Murray, and Flynn, noting Byrnes’ withdrawal and Truman's rise. It hints at postwar demobilization and Byrnes’ possible retirement after election.
A compact item frames a political stance about funding defense as a public priority. It asserts that purchasing bonds will enable military action and deterrence, reflecting public debate on fiscal policy and national security.
A set of trivia items covering military command by Lt Gen Somervell Murillo nationality true false macaroni hollow polonaise gown or dance William of Orange Roosevelts vice presidents and patent term names of the Roosevelts’ running mates across three terms.
A tiglon is the offspring of a tiger and a lion. A tiglon was born at the Hannover Zoo in Germany in 1934 to a Siberian tiger sire and an African lioness dam.
An 80th birthday parade for Eunice Reynolds winds from Talbot Inn down Morris street past a sailboat on the Tred Avon river. Neighbors praise her vitality while recalling old Talbot life and its stubborn memory of the past as she longs for youth and a peaceful nap after the party.
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