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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1944
Page
4
The Evening Star announces subscription and advertising rates for mailed and carrier delivery in Winchester Virginia. It lists prices for one year six months three months and one month and notes submission deadlines for ads. The issue date is Tuesday September 26 1944 and includes a Bible verse from Psalms 90 15.
The President directs Budget Director Harold D. Smith to begin planning for civilian personnel demobilization after World War II. The Byrd Committee disputes Civil Service payroll cuts, citing July 1944 employment at 3,112,965, 17,502 above June 1943 peak, and urges an immediate 300,000 reduction without harming the war effort.
The article warns that rising mental illness figures strain psychopathic hospitals with full beds and lengthy lists. It links fast paced life and stress to the growing toll and calls for public action beyond medical suggestions.
Dr I C Rigein cites health data linking syphilis to mental hospital admissions and general paralysis. He urges moral conduct and early treatment to prevent tragedy, and cautions that poor living habits and sleep loss contribute to mental breakdowns.
Reprinted editorial outlines a three zone plan by the Allies for postwar Germany with U S in the south Bad en Bavaria Wurttemberg and other areas while Russia runs territory east of the Lubeck Elbe line and Britain handles the north Berlin is to be jointly occupied and Austria will have a three-way commission. The piece notes the plan is not ideal but may foster closer cooperation and reduce future tensions as aims include stamping out Nazism and preventing rearmament with a decade or more needed for moral reconstruction.
The railroads press safety after recent wrecks and push intensive tests of train-phones to let engineers conductors and dispatchers talk across moving trains. With wartime wind down likely, widespread installation of this safeguard may follow though human error remains a key risk to negate even the best systems.
The text states Sidney Hillman was born at Zagare a village in Lithuania, identifying his birthplace with that Lithuanian location.
The War Bond event at the Palace Theatre seeks to raise about one million dollars in Winchester and Frederick county over the weekend. Officials note government urges to cut school bus stops to save gas and tires.
The article notes there are no definite federal plans for developing the local airport. It mentions community group discussions and potential timelines but no official approval or funding details.
Twenty years ago the Winchester Kiwanis Club entertained the Handley faculty with Dr. Walter Cox as toastmaster. State motorcycle cop K Baylor is assigned to duty on the Winchester Staunton highway. A group of Philadelphians buys the Capon Springs Water Company mineral water rights.
A society item reports Berryville hosting auction bridge games with several bridge parties. Nemo, staff writer, writes about the Fort Loudoun Seminary girls described as gay youthful voices brightening passers-by.
Forty five years ago a young woman sustains a wrist cut from broken glass and another injured by boiling water in a day of accidents. The Winchester Presbytery discusses disolving the pastoral relation of Rev. R W Carter who will relocate to Davis.
Seven quiz items traverse geography myth history language and military ranks. Questions cover Cafe de la Paix city, Atlas bearer in myth, grammar correction, reveille usage, author of The House of Mirth, top U S railroad hub, Molotov origin, oak leaf insignia colors for majors, Hanoverian rule country, and a pirate patriot aiding Jackson at New Orleans.
Walter I. Priest from Bluemont Virginia reports on a growing split in the Democratic Party as left wing groups including CIO and the American Labor Party endorse Roosevelt for a fourth term. The piece notes radicals may influence the party, with fears conservatives have about a potential labor-party shift and a dramatic political realignment in 1944.
Washington dispatch notes Dewey drawing large crowds in California while Roosevelt’s opening teamster speech lacks bite. columnist doubts poll certainty, cites voter secrecy in South Carolina, and predicts apathy may fade as Dewey gains visibility.
The medical draft board report shows about one in five young men aged 18 to 37 unfit for military service. Many defects like eye issues or dental problems can be corrected for civil work, while preventable diseases and cardiovascular issues raise broader health concerns. Poverty, lack of sun, and diet are linked to rheumatic fever, a major cause of heart disease, with questions and answers on urinalysis specifics and the effects of eating while reading and coffee on digestion.
The piece notes a shift in political rhetoric around the New York governor and President Truman, moving from isolationist attacks to questions on foreign policy and relief. It also explains the third piano pedal, the sustain pedal, and its effect on prolonging notes.
The Star pledges full coverage of local, national, and world events. Readers can rely on timely reporting, in depth analysis, and up to the minute updates across beats, with emphasis on community impact and global context.
A reader receives factual answers from the Information Bureau. Topics include baseball batting averages, coal formation time, and triple yolk eggs. The column notes a thousand years to form a one foot coal bed and lists queries about literacy in Mexico.
The text explains the French Croix de Guerre decoration for US Army units in World War I, requiring two French citations and two palm devices, describing the cord colors. It defines jet propulsion as a reaction motor emitting a jet rearward to produce forward thrust. It notes the Green Bay Packers as a famed Wisconsin football team and lists the names Oceanus and Peregrine for the Mayflower children.
In the Chesapeake Bay village of Talbot, Mrs. Eunice Reynolds employs Anne Wilson as nurse while Laura Reynolds longs for Dan and Russell Smith weighs choices after Dan’s abrupt return. Miss Withers probes motives and Dan’s whereabouts as town gossip swirls around a river incident involving Anne.
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