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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1944
Page
4
The Winchester Star requests subscribers report delivery delays to improve service. It lists rates by mail and carrier for 1944, including annual and monthly options, with a note about ads due by 9 P M the day before publication and a Saturday issue dated September 30 1944.
War time guidance urges restraint on V Day celebrations with a national Safety Council warning. Reflecting on sacrifices, it advises Americans to avoid reckless revelry and instead celebrate with gratitude and prayer for continued victory over Germany and an end to the Pacific conflict.
Across the world nations aim to copy United States industrial methods and mass production. They admire American war output, including 215000 aircraft and 55900000 tons of shipping, and seek postwar access to U.S. processes, with technicians accompanying machinery to Russia and other nations.
The text notes that wartime cooperation has eroded the secrecy of production methods, suggesting observers from other nations would have faced objections, yet the conflict has dismantled this barrier and may keep it broken for a period.
Reprinted Greensboro editorial lauds Judge R D Dixon urging grand juries to recognize public libraries as vital to intelligent citizenship. The piece praises state aid, notes libraries expanding at crossroads, and calls for every child to have access to reading matter beyond school books. It stresses libraries complement the教育 system and benefit adults too.
A U S Navy orchestra will provide the rhythm for a War Bond dance at the armory tonight. W B Pingley receives an emblem for 30 years of service with the C P Telephone Company.
The Bureau of Mines clarifies chestnut-size anthracite tonage with weights of 52.5 and 56.5 pounds per cubic foot, translating to 38 and 35.4 cubic feet per 2000 pound ton. Psychology studies show basic intelligence rises little after age 16, with more experience than capacity gains.
Berryville will host a mammoth carnival for a week organized by the American Legion. Handley High’s Handiian year book editor is Paul Bourjailly. John Knight becomes senior class president. A B Hummer marks his sixteenth year as Berryville Horse Show Association secretary treasurer.
Miss Edna Kremer reports to police that a man robbed the A C Oates Lumber Company office. Arthur Hamman dies at Martinsburg hospital, owner of four department stores. Dr L M Allen moves his office to Braddock and Amherst. Valley Airways receivership plea denied by Corporation Court. Rainfall totals three inches in 36 hours and may hurt late fall crops.
The Star notes Christ Episcopal Church will dedicate its Sunday offering to the American Red Cross. Mrs. Frank J. Russell shows cotton specimens grown in her yard. Plans to issue a splendid historical and Seabee boom Winchester exhibition are mentioned in the period’s pages.
Reader letters critique vitamin deficiency claims in the United States and Canada. They challenge reported widespread insufficiency, cite questionable symptom links, and call for a panel including Dr L Emmett Holt and Dr Paul Wosika to review evidence and potential harms of vitamin treatment.
Forty years ago J W Phineas Smith a 34 year old local school teacher died after a brief illness. An auto party drove from Winchester to Martinsburg West Virginia in 65 minutes setting a local speed record. The Rev C D Bulla aided in fighting a fire at neighbor Mrs Juliet A McCaw's home with most of the furniture saved.
The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration leads a nationwide non political drive this week to donate clothing and bedding. Americans are urged to declutter bulging closets and send suits coats and blankets to aid liberated peoples in Europe and other regions recovering from oppression.
Forty five years ago reports warn of imminent war between the Transvaal in South Africa and Britain. The 13th annual convention of the Virginia State Fireman's Association adjourned at Roanoke. Phil D. Mackey, formerly of Winchester, appointed manager of the Atlantic Georgia Standard Telephone Company.
The prompt lists ten quiz items asking for U S Senate candidates in New York Form of government Coast Guard boundary Amur River Pakistan or Russia rank with one star Army Porto Rico vs Puerto Rico archipelago of the Philippines Liberty ships produced by Britain or the United States Correction of a phrase and author of Burma Road.
Roanoke Times notes General Eisenhower cares about winning the war over party politics. Congressmen who dined with him were guests regardless of Democratic or Republican affiliation. The piece emphasizes his duty to the American people and the nation's war effort above party lines.
An old notice discusses a booklet Common Household Pests and how to combat moths ants mosquitoes flies termites fleas silverfish rats and mice in the home. It urges readers to order the ten cent postpaid pamphlet from Winchester Evening Star Washington D C and includes a fur care tip advising cold storage and protection from moisture heat and friction.
A reader asks if three or more glasses of water on waking harms. a response notes no harm and cites army guidance of four quarts daily at 95 F. It explains morning water can start peristalsis along the digestive tract aiding digestion.
Reader questions answered by The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Topics include mining depths in Michigan, presidential succession, jack rabbit development, blood plasma pricing, age proofs for pensions, Wyoming nickname origins, naturalization, herring bone digestion, and a query about Indiana’s final letter.
A compact set of questions and answers covers topics from Latin place names and statute of limitations to famous quotes World War participation and key biblical manuscripts Vaticanus Sinaiticus and Alexandrinus with locations in Rome and Britain
Russell wrestles with loyalties as Laura and Anne both occupy his evenings in Talbot. He plans a serious talk with Anne about her troubles, while avoiding hurting Laura and preserving his engagement to her. The old lady Mrs Reynolds obsesses over Anne’s return. Russell’s longing grows as Dan’s stories liven the house.
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