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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1945
Page
4
The paper notes the rapid Christian advance and cites Acts 19 20, contrasting it with what it calls the immortality of American traders. It suggests traders hinder religious growth both abroad and at home. The piece frames commerce as a competing influence to faith.
The article argues a near complete aerial blockade has reduced Japan’s access to Asia, with mines by Super Fortresses closing harbors and crippling merchant shipping. It warns Japan may face famine and unemployment as its imports shrink, though some ports remain partly open.
Reprinted editorial argues Britain’s Labour win signals a social revolution beyond Churchill’s defeat. It notes wartime leadership excites demand for strong governance, while peacetime brings calls for change in domestic policy and economy, honoring Churchill’s legacy as a world figure.
The piece notes a changed U S cabinet under Truman and a new American government while asserting continuity of policy. It remarks that Stalin remains among the Big Three at Yalta and suggests little impact on Soviet or British policy. It also laments the loss of Roosevelt and Churchill voices on the air.
Army Navy surplus commissioner Thomas S. McCabe says 4 000 000 items are needed to fight a war and they all must be sold or allocated. Disposal of European war matériel is tackled by swapping surplus for foreign rights and concessions to avoid domestic glut and unused transport space.
Paterson NJ editorial urges preparation for future wars with advanced weapons like buzz bombs rockets and fortresses. It endorses Senator Byrd’s bill for a civilian headed National Security Research Board pairing Army Navy with civilian scientists to direct and correlate military research and monitor foreign developments.
The article notes Detroit factories are producing new automobiles for war use and to aid war workers, doctors, and officials. It emphasizes that despite trains planes and buses, cars are essential to keep the country functioning during wartime.
City residents sweated through a record 99 degree day as inspections by Mary Gerace and J Kirchner from Richmond checked local establishments for possible child labor law violations. Paris airfields were hit by bombers as Berliners endured mosquitos preventing rest.
Police urged Saturday night to search for four convicts believed to have escaped from Camp 29. Kenneth Cather won a feature race before about 4000 spectators at the event in Winchester with near perfect traffic record.
Will Chamblin reports 75 Rhode Island Reds stolen from his chicken house. L. V. Watson receives an 80 pound watermelon from a friend in North Carolina.
Fifteen years ago a large crowd gathered at the Court House with heads bared for a rain prayer service. Hugh S. Duffey resigns after 19 years leading Handley Schools in Winchester. Ed Stone and Logan R. Fay reach the golf championship semi finals at the club.
Thirty years ago the Kaiser did not enter conquered Poland to avoid assassination by spies. Mrs. Allen Potts rode at Berryville Horse Show and won ribbons. Forty five years ago F H Jackson was appointed building supervisor at city hall. Hobo Sam Johnson, jailed for vagrancy, escaped from a street cleaning gang. A G Bentzel’s horse was stolen from the county yard, the second horse lost there in a month.
The essay recounts the life of Johnny Appleseed who paddled chained canoes across western Pennsylvania planting apple seeds and sowing the Word of Life. He cleared land, built brush fences, and left Bibles or pages with needy families. Memorials honor his century old deeds, and the piece urges acts to make the world better by planting seeds.
A fragment from a quiz page asks about Zaragoza in Europe and names past Secretaries of Agriculture. It asks true or false on SHAEF abolition, Okinawa commander, AF of L phrase, pigment colors, female fox, and grammar fix. It ends with USS Highlands commissioning date October 5 1944 and builder California Shipbuilding.
The piece argues Tokyo uses peace rumors as propaganda to divide allies, warns of possible separate peace with China or Russia, and critiques U S policy including Truman's ultimatum and selective bombing. It cites military views on shifting alliances and predicts a spring completion of forces transfer to the Orient.
In Washington rumors float about Japan near surrender within weeks amid atomic bomb reverberations. Analysts flag no ready postwar plan, caution over misread signals from Tokyo and Moscow. Sato’s talk viewed as propaganda, not peace offers, as U.S. aims to pressure Japan.
Terry slips from the peon league cottage to the observatory where she meets Brooks Kimberly by moonlit rail. Their near intimacy stirs emotions she cannot recognize or admit. He hints at returning to his work as she weighs her loyalty to Corinne and fear for the workers.
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