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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1945
Page
4
The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia lists advertising and mail delivery details with 9 PM submission deadlines and varying rate plans for mail and carrier delivery. A Bible verse quote Romans 8 28 appears at the end.
An Army Navy order lifts mail censorship allowing GIs to express themselves openly. Authors expect more intimate homefront detail and heroism stories while critics warn of over sharing. The change ends the prior rigid code and may lead to a flood of frank letters, yet many will return to guarded laconic phrasing.
Reprinted editorial denounces Senator Pat McCarran’s 40 hour Federal work week proposal. It argues a shift to a 40 hour schedule would raise Treasury costs, spur private industry cuts, and risk France’s 30 hour precedent. It warns of two million dollars annual taxpayer loss and lasting debt.
The article argues the Army Navy inquiry shows conflicting opinions on accountability after Pearl Harbor. It suggests Secretary Hull bore little fault, noting he may have misjudged Japanese counter proposals but should not be blamed for the war or its consequences.
The Covington Virginian reports the old convict ship Success, a surviving relic of prison ships, is to be rescued by a firm that will repair it. The piece notes its past exhibitions and harsh conditions aboard, drawing comparisons to 19th century abuses and quoting Galileo about progress.
Flood waters from western Virginia rivers threaten the lower James River area causing damage despite only 0.64 inches of rain reported. Ruth Garber Ehlers of the National Recreation Association Institute will lead a Recreation Heroes Training Institute sponsored by Winchester Recreation Department.
Five years ago Clarke county closed schools until September 30 to guard against infantile paralysis. A 12 year old student Rixey Moore is alone at home as guards stand watch. London endures its heaviest air raid as RAF planes depart the French coast in flames. Walker McC Bond elected chairman of Frederick County Board of Agriculture, replacing E M Funk after three years.
County schools open with a heavy student influx and crowding. Dozen civic groups join with business and industry representatives and Headquarters and Company I National Guard to petition the City Council for funds to build an armory auditorium.
Homer Inskip, 23, of Stephens City is killed when his gun explodes during a hunting trip. The new Virginia Avenue School opens with 192 pupils, relieving crowding at John Kerr. A local couple returns from a honeymoon in Europe.
Thirty years ago Hugh M. Nelson a descendant of notable Massachusetts and Virginia families died at Long Branch his Clarke County home. England will not conscript if volunteers continue to arrive as they have. French shells pound German trenches on the Western front with heavy bombardment.
Veterans of the Confederate Army mark the 36th anniversary of Winchester battle as George W. Kremer’s delivery wagon nearly wrecks after a horse bolts down Main Street, stopped by Officer McCartney.
Emerson argues character reads the same forward backward or across like an acrostic. The essay praises independence of solitude, moral fiber over charm, and self reliance. It notes the strong role of moral character in true success and the value of the faithful servant mindset.
Turn to Page 2 for the correct answers. Questions include correcting a sentence, Argentina vice president, Army enlistment periods, Oliver Morosco's death, birth ratios in the U S, submarine sank Kongo, Mesquite, family name query, Messiah composer, and Cricket on the Hearth author.
Thousands of young men are returning from the armed forces and more seek civilian work. A guide, Twenty Careers of Tomorrow by Dallell and Huff, surveys twenty fields and outlines future outlook, required skills, and training sources.
Eleonore Lawrence, an air raid defense worker in Sweetsburg, uncovers a CID covert mission to collect coded messages left in cigarette packs. The Lawrence family, including grandma, Sukey, and siblings Arthur Eben, navigate wartime suspicions, Nazi agents, and a looming engagement as reports of a masked saboteur drill through their community.
The War Department confirms a single red chevron was officially issued around 1919 to honorably discharged Army members. It was required on the uniform after authorization, while other veterans likely were discharged before the chevron’s approval.
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