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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
4
The page lists post office conformity notices for Ester Virginia, rate schedules for the Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia, and Wey-mont routes. It includes subscription prices: annual, six months, and short terms, with in advance payment options and an added note about Bible verse Psalm 52.
Allied reports note Romania and Russia cutting deep into Nazi holdings in Romania and the oil-rich Polga t area while German fuel production falls after Allied raids. German forces struggle to sustain mechanized operations as oil supplies dwindle and rationing tightens.
Reprinted Newport News Times-Herald editorial condemns Germany as incapable of self-government and urges that after surrender the nation be placed under Allied control until stability and sanity return, warning against premature independent governance and stressing immediate Allied authority.
A cautious view on postwar Germany calls for a permissive government with military oversight and political aides, led by the United States and Britain with France, while cautioning against entrusting power to Germans who faced past regimes.
The Navy reports American submarines on extended patrols have sunk 706 ships definitely and 37 probably with 115 damaged, driving Japan's supply lines into strain as surface ships and planes add to the attrition.
The piece notes Lt Gen George S Patton Jr gains permanent rank amid past temper issues. It credits President Eisenhower and supports his command of the new Third Army while acknowledging critics. It argues war demands tough leaders and that a single lapse could be forgiven with remorse.
Staunton Evening Leader argues that 32 500 civilians died at home in 1943, mostly in accidents, including many children, and warns that in wartime a nation cannot afford such losses. The piece emphasizes improving home safety to protect manpower and prevent tragedy.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises a 15 cent booklet summarizing presidential facts and White House hostess histories. It promises biographies and pictures of every president and hostess, urging readers to mail in with name city and state.
Clarke County hunter A. M. Fowler claims the season’s first white squirrel sighting. The Clatterbuck trial faces jury issues as the court cannot obtain a jury from the approved panel.
The second annual Cooper family reunion drew a large crowd at Hagerstown Maryland city park. Separately Handley Virginia Avenue and John Kerr schools report 2 093 students registered for the coming session. The Board of Supervisors appropriated 250 dollars to the Stephens Ssa Company for equipment.
J. O. Miller of Bentonville is elected president of the Shenandoah Valley Tri-County Odd Fellows Association at the bi monthly meeting held at the hall in Middletown. Jean Harlow, famed Hollywood star, appears at a local theater in The Girl From Missouri.
Miss Mary Miller takes first prize in a Winchester Golf Club handicap event with Mrs. Delmar Robinson finishing second and Miss Louise Cooper third. Two Charley Rouss Fire Company engines collide head on while rushing to the same alarm at different streets nearby.
Story mentions a near drowning of Miss Belle Faulkner at Camp Dutty in Page County during a house party. It also notes a major war battle with Allied forces defending from Mautysil to Verdun and reports Winchester public schools opening with seven hundred sixteen pupils registered for the fall session.
Visitors to the Rouss Fire Hall praise the newly decorated interior. A man caught stealing watermelons on the Shenandoah River receives a light sentence.
A horse runs away when frightened as two children dressed in costumes dash across its path. The incident causes no injuries. A picnic, the last of the special season, is enjoyed by younger social set members.
Washington voices question U N R R A as army censorship limits reporting on European hunger and overstocking. The piece notes war authorities and officials blame or defend Unrra while European leaders claim control over their own relief efforts and Paris and Italy report varied conditions.
Dr. Clendening outlines psychosomatic medicine as the view that many chronic illnesses arise from a blend of bodily derangements and mental state. The essay traces development from infancy to adulthood, noting five stages of growth and how early environment, ego, gender awareness, and adjustment shape future health. Tomorrow the author will examine psychosomatic patients in more detail.
A columnist notes Gandhi in no Christian sense yet praising Christ as the world’s hope. A Calcutta gathering impressed by Gandhi’s brief speech, declaring Christ as the influence shaping leaders and movements in non Christian regions. Christianity is described as a rising influence across distant lands.
The list presents ten trivia prompts including natives of Gaum, Senate details about Truman, snake tail behavior, Herbert Brownell Jr moves, the body bone, British PMs before Churchill, Volga river drainage, hippo sweating blood, population ranks of states, and a grammar correction about a brave soldier, all in a quiz style.
The piece questions a larger postwar Danish dairy herd and credits suspicions that Roosevelt favored Lehman with relief work to avoid unemployment after his New York governorship. It notes limited appropriation and ongoing government buying through UNRRA like bureaus shifting roles without folding.
The Star provides comprehensive updates on local events along with national and world news. Readers get timely reporting, analysis, and context across communities and major happenings.
A reader inquiry column explains how to get facts by mailing to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau with 3 cents. It answers questions on soldier mail postmarks and notes the first presidential nominating convention occurred in 1831 with William Wirt as the nominee.
A Q and A from a science trivia column explains bladderworts are the only plants that trap fish, using tiny green bladder-like traps. many creatures are captured and digested. It also notes near 7,000 fps experimental cartridge velocities and the fastest commercial round at 4140 fps, with winds tied to Wind Cave air flow. It lists Chicago, Boston, New York, and Brooklyn as the largest Catholic dioceses.
A young, independent nurse candidate arrives in Talbot to care for Mrs. Eunice Reynolds on her 80th birthday. The elderly woman weighs finances, loneliness, and her wish for a quiet life as the nurse seeks a peaceful country posting away from New York.
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