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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1945
Page
3
Washington weather records show July rainfall surpassing the 1886 mark as rain fell last night, but the official total paused due to timing. The Weather Bureau logged the event at 12:15 a.m. as rain continued from July into August, leaving many soaked commuters and a delayed measurement.
Mr. Robert Rawson will conduct a free Better Hearing Clinic at Hotel George Washington in Winchester on Wednesday August 2 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event showcases the new Hearing Lenses and Acousticon devices developed from war discoveries.
Fortley brothers Chuck and Eddie Hartley sons of Clarence and family, with updates on their Navy training and Pacific assignment. Douglas Butler reports to Sioux Falls Army Air Base after leave, while Sgt. Butler served with 15th Air Force in Italy. Two local men Dailey and Payne begin Naval indoctrination at Great Lakes. Incoming home for Sgt. Ray Burke of the 459th Bomb Group after eighteen months in Italy with 244 missions against German targets.
Pvt. William G. Boden of the 338th Infantry Regiment Fifth Army 85th Custer Division is cited for combat action in Italy and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. He is the son of Mrs. Sue J. Boden of Clearbrook Minnesota. The badge recognizes actual participation in combat against the enemy.
The fragment honors an infantry soldier noted for proven fighting ability in combat. It underscores battlefield merit and valor without detailing the specific actions or unit.
Brucetown Virginia notes list visits and guests including Miss Reva Carter and Mrs Roy Renner at Camp Shelton Norfolk, Florence Carter accompanying, Mrs Charles White Sherner and Susan and Charles III of Philadelphia visiting E J Swimley family, and several local residents hosting dinners and social calls across Brucetown, Summit Point and surrounding areas. Arnold Gordon shown improving after Winchester Memorial Hospital treatment.
The trial hearing features Gen Weygand blaming Petain for collusion with Laval and Nazis while Petain’s lawyers push Laval’s testimony as key to exonerating the aged marshal. Laval’s arrival in Austria from Spain is reported as court officials seek supplementary information. Weygand testifies he alone championed the armistice on military grounds.
New York Aug 1 report reveals a secret Jersey City pier as the major World War Two munitions loading point. The 1800-foot facility loaded 2,696,811 tons of bombs and ammunition from 54,000 freight cars into 1,800 ships over three years, with strict safety measures and multilingual warnings.
The Rock Enon church holds an all day service next Sunday August 5 with morning and afternoon sessions. Bible school starts 10 30 worship and communion follow dinner 12 30 cot lunch bring a box lunch. Afternoon service 2 30 includes songs fellowship hours and visits by ministers and laymen with music and hymns.
A collision at 7 50 this morning on National Avenue near the Smithfield intersection caused 250 dollars damage to a 1939 Ford sedan driven by Walter O Anderson of Berryville Pike Winchester. Another 1938 GMC truck owned by Glaize and Brothers and driven by Russell Lee Lineberg of Hayfield backed from a driveway when the crash occurred. No injuries or arrests. Truck damage 25 dollars. In another incident a 1938 Oldsmobile driven by John Ashby Patterson of Opequon and a 1935 Plymouth at the Front Royal Remount Station side swiped on S Loudoun Street. Patterson car damage about 100 dollars.
Market notes show recent climbers among low quoted motor stocks faced realizing today while rails and industrials edge into recovery. Investors awaited Japanese war news and outcomes from the Big Three parley as earnings and dividends support optimism.
Chicago grain prices opened lower on August first with December wheat down as much as 5 8. Most other grains slipped slightly in brisk trading. Opening values: Wheat Sept 1.65 1 8 to 1.65 Dec 1.64 7 8 May 1.64 1 4. Corn Sept 1.18 1 2 Dec 1.18 1 2 May 1.18 1 4. Oats Sept 64 17 8 Dec 65 May 65 July 62 1 2. Rye Sept 1.49 1 2 to 3 8 Dec 1.43 5 8 to 1 2. Barley Sept 1.13 3 4 Dec 1.13 3 8.
The Twelfth U. S. Army Group under Gen. Omar N. Bradley will be dissolved tonight. The unit fielded 1,233,000 men and fought across France the Low Countries Luxembourg and into Germany. It suffered 416,406 casualties including 74,237 dead and 297,509 wounded with 44,660 missing or captured.
Baltimore and Chicago market notes show mixed gains and steady to active trading. Prices for cattle calves hogs sheep and eggs are reported with variations across regions and weight classes, reflecting a broad livestock market snapshot.
Several packages of good and choice native spring lambs sold firm to steady with prices around 15.25 for top lots, 15.00 for other good lambs, and 12.00 to 13.50 for common and medium kinds including bucks. Short loads of yearlings arrived with medium to choice quality and a few common offerings.
The letters YAG indicate an unclassified yard craft. Included in this class are barges scows tugs and tenders. They serve in Naval Districts bases and at advanced bases worldwide.
A compact political piece argues that financing through bonds will spur military action and threaten escalation. It frames public debt as a lever for war policy, urging voters to oppose funding that increases defense spending and potential bombing campaigns.
Seventeen members of Troop 34 Colored are in camp this week at Rock Enon. The Scouts listed include Lanier Turper Wiles Beverely Christian Clifford Brooks Lawrence Tinley Morris Brown William Brown Theodore Ash Hubert Burkes Franklin Ash James Walden Leon Boles Roy Rhodes Albert J Grimes Kirk Gaskins Linwood Williams. This is the sixth and final week of the camp for Negro troops in the Shenan area. More than 400 boys had attended the first five weeks.
Superior grain drill McCormick mower with 3 sets knives hay tedder buggy rake John Deere 17 tooth harrow 60 tooth lever harrow Oliver 40 plow double shovel plow single shovel plow 1 good wagon bed feed grinder and crusher leather belt wheat fan Cyclone seed sower sickle grinder new 800 lbs fertilizer two 15 ft chains 3 pairs trace chains pair breast chains tie chains 4 scales 1000 lbs 500 ths 250 ths and 24 lbs lot of iron pipe from 1% to 5 inches elbows connections several good oil cans grain cradle and rake.
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