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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1944
Page
4
Public notice in The Evening Star cites post office records and delivery guidelines. It lists subscription policies and rates and urges readers to report delays to maintain service. The page also contains a Bible verse from Psalms 91:1, and identifies national representatives DeLisser Inc. in New York.
The piece surveys growing French unease as De Gaulle struggles to govern without full legislative action while Vichy authority remains gone. It warns of possible Allied intervention if civil strife arises, notes leftist demands and wage pressures, and predicts months before a representative government functions amid prisoner and worker voices in Germany.
Manufacturers plan to restart car production after a three year lapse with no radical changes to pre war models unless buyers demand it. They note last models met demand in price ranges and sold in thousands, with emphasis on safe economical transport over added trimmings as cars regain availability.
English cars have declined to a motorcycle-like status while American autos may rise slightly in price. Manufacturers expect demand for smaller cheaper models but public reaction must be studied before new cars differ much from those built before the wartime ban.
Editorial argues Congress delays on Pearl Harbor inquiry risk political distortion. It notes Army and Navy probes, wartime secrecy, and calls for a thorough public airing before public confidence erodes further as elections approach.
The piece contrasts returning veterans finding America alien with a carefree Atlantic City and Miami scene. It notes Rome’s grand pre war entertainments, French fashion like shoes and hats, and public attitudes toward labor and government. It concludes America backs its service members with equipment while nations reflect on their front line feelings.
The OPA begins a survey of cigar manufacturers amid sharp price increases and declining quality. Consumers report stocks exhausted and higher prices, with popular brands rising from two for 25 cents to three for 55 cents, while buyers insist the cigars are inferior.
Movement of apples to storage plants slows but gains pace while the city anticipates Clark's Fifth Army victory in Naples. The county school board debates bus shortages and salary changes. Berryville National Guard unit shows 16 vacancies.
The sign on a drayman's wagon proclaims Miss Minnie and her boss O. H. Swanson are operating under the NRA. Bruno Hauptman denies involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping and death. President Roosevelt calls a unified business attack on the “old man low mood” in a conference on Human Needs.
Osmar Swanson praises a film saying The Arab is a great picture witnessed at the Stanley Theatre in Philadelphia. A national report from the American Bankers Association estimates US crime costs exceed three and a half billion dollars.
The Rev. G. W. Stover is returned to the Winchester U B Church at the annual Virginia Conference. The Winchester Ministerial Association says peace prayers will be offered in all local churches on Sunday as recommended by President Wilson. The 17 day battle of the Aisne River is among the fiercest and deadliest, nearing a climax.
Morning notes report a temperature of 36 degrees at the site. George W. Kremer Jr. is ill at his home in town.
Inclement weather and muddy roads hinder Rev. Julian Broaddus from delivering his sermon at the Baptist Church. Reports say much fighting occurred at the Star Fort dance with several arrests. Braddock Street M E Church will be remodeled starting today, a two month project.
A reader quiz asks about a prominent American actress born in Alabama who is the daughter of a Speaker of the House, true or false dam questions on Niagara Dam Washington presidential inauguration US citizenship foreign marriage Shakespeare fourfold wedding states touching only one other state Congress proceedings published as a report Roosevelt or Dewey in the August Gallup Poll wartime theater association with Admiral Nimitz and Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s alma mater.
Hayfield Virginia September 29 Mount Olive Sunday School will reorganize for the coming year with a meeting on Sunday morning October 1. All are asked to be present. Visitors last week included Mrs R T Jackson Mrs W C Mills of Altavista and Mrs Laura Atkinson of Washington.
Miss Ellen Oates spent a few days at her home. Mrs D S Miller visited Mr and Mrs J B White on Tuesday. Mrs J B White, ill for weeks, is slowly improving. Master Robert McKee called on Mr Woodrow Line Sunday afternoon.
Washington opinion weighs Morgenthau and breakup schemes. Lawmakers fear mass dislocation and slave labor risks, debating whether Germany should remain economically viable, demilitarized, or partitioned. Some favor self sustenance with Allied verification, others cite long occupation costs and a need for an economic WPA style support. No clear consensus emerges.
In Los Angeles on September 28, friends report 74 year old Minnie Kennedy mother of Aimee Semple McPherson collapsed at her Redondo Beach home upon learning of her daughter Helen Monroe's death in Oakland. If able, Mrs Kennedy will attend the funeral.
The article explains how modern drugs are studied from initial discovery to human use. It cites historical remedies, illustrates the evolution to synthetic compounds like Demerol, and outlines testing methods from animal studies to patient trials. It notes time to onset, dosage, and safety considerations.
A compilation of Q A items answers on a range of topics including baseball strikeout records, Venice as Bride of the Sea, Liberia flag, Fleet Marine Force, wine color, Acts of the Apostles, Alaska temperature, Siegfried Line, U S courthouses, tire air loss in heat, Manx cats, and prolate spheroid shape.
In a warmly improvised reunion, Warren Howard Russell welcomes Dan back to his office and home. He frets over Dan’s safety, plots a stable job for him, and notes Anne’s recent return from Washington while Laura worries from afar. The scene closes with plans for mulligan stew and a promise of a steadier future.
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