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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1945
Page
4
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES DeLisser Inc invites subscribers to report delivery delays or irregularities to maintain a perfect system. All advertisements must reach by 9 P.M. the day before publication. Transient rate 50 cents per inch. Contract rates on application. End with admonition to love enemies as in Luke 6 27.
Allies doubt Nazi figures claiming four million German war dead and estimate total military casualties at fourteen million with civilian losses undercounted. Berlin denies, Britain lists sixty thousand home casualties. Allies vow a transparent tally despite German attempts to conceal losses.
The article contrasts French court methods in the Petain trial with American procedures. It notes juror questioning, judge led telegrams, and liberal witness remarks as unique French features, alongside American sensitivity to courtroom interference and witness opinions.
The text hints at a reprimand, noting it would be easy to send Pe tain to a firing squad in the United States and suggesting the French might achieve a similar result by their own method.
The text notes that postwar air traffic will rise and that the 1945 B 25 crash into the Empire State Building spurred calls to ban planes from flying over cities. It warns urban flights threaten human life and civilian damage will grow with heavier traffic.
Reprinted editorial notes James Byrnes influence on consolidation moves and a proposed cabinet reshuffle. It argues for a single manpower agency, a Department of Armed Services, and broader labor service consolidation under a reorganized Labor Department. Mentioned figures include Byrnes, Byrd, and Truman.
One year ago King George VI arrived in England by air following a 10 day tour of the Italian battle fields and reviewed Allied forces there. Chairman Harry S. Truman resigns from the Senate War Investigating committee to seek the Vice Presidency. Dr Lewis M Alien city health officer will discuss polio on the local radio at 6 15 this evening.
Report states religious smoke charmers began a hunger strike inside a Georgia jail while lawmakers in Virginia prepare to debate conscription fee plans next week. Also at Memorial Hospital 41 couples underwent required physical examinations under the new Virginia marriage law.
Ten years ago Emperor Haile Selassie announced from Addis Ababa that his delegates to the League of Nations have been instructed to accept the League’s proposals for arbitration with Italy over the border dispute. Russian flyers begin nonstop Moscow to North Pole to America flight path.
Announcement reports Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines named to assume the presidency. Also notes the marriage of Miss Hazel Hoover to Mr. C Lester Lewis. A barn and outbuildings belonging to Arthur Lee burned in Clarke County with a loss around $10,000.
Kenneth N. Gilpin is nominated to the House of Delegates representing Warren and Clarke counties. Mayor Ward proposes a council ordinance to require woolen mills to install waste diversion plants to curb stream pollution. Also notes a 1940s item about a mail carrier’s stolen coat and pants.
A visitor recalls a cave encounter where a sunlike light shone beyond candles, inspiring the speaker to believe in a divine home of souls. He notes moments when such illumination appears after loss or recovery, a light brighter than reason.
A compact quiz page lists ten questions with an ethics filled answer section. Items ask about Balikpapan oil center location presidential 1907 figures and more including a diva rubber tree cradle VENUE. The quiz includes true false rain formation and historical building uses at Independence era Philadelphia.
Washington notes Britain's electoral revolution led by Clement Attlee shifts toward state ownership of fuel power inland transport iron and steel and the Bank of England. It warns the world remains confused by forecasts while Britain appears weakened as a global force with postwar inflation and wage pressures shaping policy and profits.
The piece argues that national production drives wealth and praises the U S wartime system for generating global output under freedom. It contrasts Britain’s labor program with Russia and credits the United States with leading material production and economic strength, noting postwar challenges like strikes, shortages, and reconversion.
Terry wanders a moonlit path to the Norman castle while Brooks Kimberly balances work and a complicated romance with Corinne Arti gas. Jime offers frank help as Terry faces a dangerous attraction and a betrothal entanglement in Brooks’s household.
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