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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star in Virginia ransom of delivery details requests readers report delays or irregularities. The message, dated Monday September 25 1944, urges prompt action to aid a perfect delivery system and references P. O. D. Order 19687 and National Representatives DeLisser Inc New York.
The Department of Agriculture envisions repurposing war surplus items for farming. Army smoke generators could spray insecticides in peace time, metal grill strips aid erosion control, pre heated engines help barns dry, and tank dozers may contour fields. Destruction of usable surplus is discouraged. farmers should receive usable war materiel to boost production.
A historical note argues Japan will not seek a frontal clash with the American Navy until U S forces threaten Japanese home waters. It traces Japanese sea warfare ideas from ancient times to the 1597 beachhead concept and contrasts Japanese training with Anglo American doctrine.
The piece argues Japan will avoid direct battle until the final moment, citing the Russo Japanese war as precedent. It suggests Japanese admirals who faced the American Navy and escaped face despair about an upcoming clash.
Stalin tells Eric Johnston that American businessmen are trustworthy and have staying power. The Kremlin leader, quoted through Johnston, envisions continued U.S.-Soviet trade with long term credits and vast raw material exports, including manganese and copper, while stressing Russia’s need for American technical help and road building at home.
An editorial and office symposia discuss who should wash dishes and wipe silverware, revealing mixed preferences. Nine participants split six for wiping and two for washing, with one undecided, noting practical jokes and evolving domestic roles in a maidless era.
Governor Darden and Senator Byrd will attend the unveiling and dedication of the Servicemen's Honor Roll Tablet in Berryville. The Montague Avenue Church is dedicated.
Twenty years ago a square dance will be held at the American Legion building tonight with free admission for ladies. The National Fruit Company seeks women workers. The South End Hose Company will attend its annual religious service in a body this week.
Thirty years ago the county Republicans held a mass convention in Harrisonburg to elect delegates. Funeral services were held here for Hunter K. Carper, a popular young blind musician. The United Brethren Church in the Virginia Conference reported a ten percent rise in finance and membership.
Forty years ago the salvage property sale at Berryville brings in $550. Thieves raiding homes while a circus is in town steal jewelry silver and a small amount of cash. A Clarke county saddle horse sells for $500.
Forty five years ago the John Dove Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons will hold their regular meeting. Charles Funkhouser buys the Double Tollgate farm on the Front Royal road. A corn cutting contest between two county boys will be held in a field midway between Winchester and Stephens City.
A reader exercise featuring seven questions about history and policy. Topics include Koror in the Pacific, Capone tax evasion, royal tenure during the Boer War, illiteracy standards, a Platte nickname, Marines service diversity, Goldsmith's stature, the Wilmot Proviso, Lexington sinking, and Trappist monks.
Elizabeth Crim, nursing student at Winchester Memorial Hospital, spent the weekend at home near Grimes. D. K. Russell operates a packing house with many workers, while Ada Russell leaves for Farmville State Teachers College to study Science. A White Hall Mite Society meeting, social gatherings for Ada Russell, and a surprise going away party for Ada Russell are noted along with local farm activity including a deep well drilled by George Gill and preparations for fall seeding.
William Cullen Bryant is referred to as the American Wordsworth, a label that marks him as a foundational transcendental moralist and early American poet laureate of nature and national conscience.
A Washington commentary argues against racial purity claims as biological fate. It contends history shows German and other national efforts rely on talent and energy, not biology, and urges leaders to emphasize intellectual standards and workmanship to keep a nation superior in the postwar era.
Dr. Logan Clendening highlights alarming fitness flaws among college-aged men with data on swimming, chin ups, obstacle jumping, and sit ups. He cites draft-board rejections and urges a nationwide physical fitness program integrated into schools and daily life. He notes conditioning, medical responsibility, and potential vision improvement via glasses.
The speaker argues that no matter a nation or its constitution, tolerance, equality, or armament, it cannot exceed its standards. They request readings of speeches addressing whether societal or national norms determine true superiority.
The 1944 Home Law Book edition offers 48 pages on marriage divorce naturalization copyright and trademarks compiled for laymen. Fifteen cents postpaid from the Information Bureau Winchester Evening Star 316 Eye St NE Washington DC. Mail to Washington DC.
A reader questions bureau offers factual answers by mail for a three cent postage return. Topics include Navy admiralship of Husband E. Kimmel and a New York Roosevelt monument dedication note. Louis career defeats count through 1942 noted with boxing context.
Alys McKey Bryant became the first woman to pilot an airplane in Canada, flying under her maiden name Alys McKey in Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 31, 1913. The text also notes infant mortality trends, UV transmission through windows, the Miss America pageant history, and the myth of red hail with dust-induced coloration.
In Talbot Maryland an aging resident Mrs Eunice Reynolds employs Anne Wilson as nurse. Russell Smith faces his liberal brother Dan’s sudden return and a possible reckoning over Dan's past actions including a drowning scare involving Anne. Russell contemplates his relationship with Anne and Laura as Dan disappears.
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