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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1944
Page
4
Winchester Virginia weekly notice outlines second class mail, post office entry, and P O D 19687. Rates include transient 50 cents per inch and contract rates on request. Friday September 58 1944 features Psalm 89 5 verse.
Treasury data show only 2.29 million dollars kept from 121.4 million in War Bond sales in the first 12 days of August. Redemptions exceed those of the prior year as experts in Paris train Army finance officers to revive bond sales and offset a 119 thousand dollar redemption in this period.
The article cites Allies suspicions that Germany may use V-2 rockets to disperse poison gas. Reports claim large gas cylinders, and a bombed train incident in the Channel area released gas causing panic. German boasts on gas weaponry are treated as possibly more than propaganda.
The text argues poison gas retaliation would be swift and terrible, but the Axis powers delay the V-1 and V-2 programs due to Allied bombings. It states the German failure to deploy forces fully stems from production setbacks and timing, with no weapon able to save Germany from defeat.
The editorial argues Germans will resist fiercely as Allied forces close on Berlin. It portrays German society as decayed under Nazism and predicts death and destruction if the invaders push deeper. It contrasts German fear with Allied aims to defeat Nazi power, not occupy for sustenance.
The American Red Cross shipped the first 500 pint lot of whole blood by air to Europe, marking a major step in transfusion science. Plasma alone cannot meet all needs, especially in severe bleeding, and war-driven research has accelerated blood banking and collection techniques led by Russian pioneers.
News notes from years past report Italy surrendering to General Eisenhower signaling end of hostilities. The item mentions licensing 1135 bicycles in the community as gas shortages loom and notes other unlicensed bikes. Reverend C Worthington Lowe and Marshall Snapp arrive in New York after fleeing Paris.
A local notice recalls a moonlight dance at Castleman's Ferry and a campaign to promote proper flag courtesy led by the Robert Y. Conrad American Legion Post. An abandoned Ford touring car was found at Rouss Springs amid a column of past events including fairs and census data.
A young colt, ridden for the first time in the city, bolts and dumps its rider amid noise and crowds. After a lengthy pursuit, the frightened animal is captured and secured.
The piece argues that faith alone does not make a Christian. Like military indoctrination, true belief requires training in doctrine and discernment to stand against evil. It warns untrained faith harms the Christian mission and personal resolve.
A prompt-style quiz asks seven questions covering topics from chemistry and military terms to literature and science. Items include pentolite, WAC, Carrie Nation’s weapon, an elderly myth about diving to cure deafness, a spelling correction, island references, and planetary sizes.
Citizens rally for war bonds urging immediate purchase to support military efforts. Leaders praise national unity and call on families and workers to contribute through savings and government bonds during the campaign.
Dr. Logan Clendening outlines psychosomatic medicine linking mind and body in chronic disease. He discusses circulatory and digestive disorders as expressions of personality patterns, with examples on blood pressure, colitis, and reactions to substances like sugar and silver tarnish.
A reader question and answer feature covers topics from German V-1 terminology to Sears Roebuck catalogue origins and George Washington Carver poetry. Included are casualty totals for US military services through 1943 and notes on a U S S Elkhorn vessel and basic English vocabulary.
A fragment from a quiz style page lists a question on diamond carats per pound with answer 2,268.3, notes Gluck and Mozart receiving the Golden Spur from the Pope, and explains a mother may claim family allowances from multiple sons in military service if dependent and each son applies.
The Associated Press reports daily distances to Berlin by front. Russian Front 12 miles from outside Pulatsk. Western Front 362 miles from Breda, Netherlands. Southern France 510 miles from Arbois. Italian Front 585 miles from Riccione Marina.
Mrs Eunice Reynolds a bedridden owner with a lively mind hires a New York nurse Anne Wilson. Russell Smith a solitary Talbot lawyer confronts his estranged brother Dan recently released from jail and seeking a place to stay and food. The scene mixes domestic tension with hints of family guilt and small town life.
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