Local People Await Big News on War End Status
At 1:30 pm Winchester residents gathered outside ABC Store on South Loudoun Street and across businesses as radios crackled with reports of a possible Japanese surrender. Citizens hoped for V‑J Day while public opinion split on keeping Japan's emperor. Police official Set Francis Funk anticipated an official telegram from Richmond.
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Winchesterians
Japan
U.S
ABC
South Loudoun Street
Egoe
Elates Porta Mg
Francis Funk
Richmond
Betty Hendrie
Mary Washington College
Elsie Coates
A. Slaughter
Gibson Baker
Ryland Conner
Blanton McFarland
Hirohito
Edward Lewis
George Masters
Bertha Slayton
Pacific
Raymond MacMillan
England
Roy Johnston
Leggett’s Department Store
Roosevelt
Ethel Whitacre
Jack Wilkens
G. C. Helsley
John W. Rice
United Nations
Olivier Swanson
Elliot Marshall
Front Royal
G. Frank Gearing
Henry T. Goode
Winchester
G. Frank Butsler
C. P. O. Carl Campbell
S. Larrick
London
Truman
Byrnes
State Department
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Potsdam
County Bred Hogs Bring Top Prices
Two Duroc Jersey hog breeders in Frederick County sold high priced stock at three sales over 10 days. Nelson Carpenter and Edward O. Carpenter of Northwestern Grade along with Lucien Brumback of Cedar Creek Grade posted top bids from $50 to $127.50, with notable gilt and boar prices at Staunton Winchester and Suffolk auctions in August.
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Frederick County
Edward O. Carpenter
Nelson
Lucien Brumback
Cedar Creek
Staunton
Nelson Carpenter
E. O. Carpenter
Winchester
Edward Carpenter and Son
Carpenter
Suffolk
Edward Carpenter
Auto Larceny Suspect Held For Grand Jury
Vetter F Milton of Pensacola Florida, arrested in Waynesboro Pennsylvania for auto theft in the city Monday, arraigned before Judge John Rice and held for the grand jury. The stolen car belonged to Paul Ebersole of Winchester. Other police court cases include Elmer McFerland fined five dollars and costs for disorderly conduct fighting Melvin Whitlock fined costs for disorderly conduct Arthur Lewis fined twenty dollars and costs for reckless driving Herman Garrett fined ten dollars and costs for drunkenness.
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Vetter F. Milton
Pensacola
Fla
Waynesboro
John Rice
Golf Club
Paul Ebersole
Rt. 1
Winchester
Elmer McFerland
Highland Avenue
Melvin Whitlock
Arthur Theodore Lewis
N. Kent Street
Herman A. Garrett
Millwood
More Trucks For Farming Areas Allocation Expanded
Washington August 11 The Surplus Property Board allocated 1 928 trucks to farming areas in 20 states. Trucks will be available for purchase by farmers cooperative associations and by farmers certified by the Agricultural Adjustment Agency county offices.
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Washington
Farmers’ Cooperative Associations
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Devastation in Nagasaki City and Mitsubishi Plants Hit
Reports describe massive destruction across Nagasaki 24 hours after the blast. Spaatz notes about 98 of a square mile of the built up area, roughly 30 percent of the city, destroyed with damage spreading along the Urakami River and coast.
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Hiroshima
Spaatz
Nagasaki
Urakami
Nagasaki Bay
Mitsubishi Steel
Mitsubishi-Urakami
Mitsubishi Woodworking
Naval Air Sweep Routs 523 Japanese Planes in Final Strikes
Allied forces led by Admiral Halsey swept northern Honshu in the last naval push of the war, destroying or damaging at least 523 Japanese planes over two days. The operation stretched across Niigata to Yokohama, with seven cargo ships and several escorts hit, signaling continued pressure despite peace talks.
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Nagasaki
Thomas F. Farrell
Atomic Chief
Pacific
Admiral Halsey
Honshu
Niigata
Sea of Japan
Yokohama
Tokyo Bay
Ominato
Aomori
Japan
Third Fleet
Halsey
Develoing
Public Opinion Split on Japan Terms and Leaders
A survey of residents and officials voiced varied views on postwar handling of Japan. Opinions ranged from unconditional surrender to keeping Hirohito under Allied oversight, with several calling for punishment of war leaders and others urging restraint or future handling.
Chicago Grain Quotations Opening Prices Mixed
Chicago grain quotations show slight declines from yesterday with light trade. Wheat prices for Sept Dec and May mixed, corn Dec and May around 1.15 and 1.14, oats Sept Dec May July between 58 and 60. Rye values for Sept Dec and May also listed with small movements.
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Chicago
Rye
Eee
Returning Vets Cheer Surrender Offer of Japs
In New York on August 11 returning service men greet the surrender news as the Queen Elizabeth docks with about 16,680 U S troops aboard. The ship carries 12,719 army personnel including Eighth Air Force units slated for redeployment, plus 1,081 Navy and 974 Netherlands Marines. Harbor whistles and cheers echo as more ships arrive, including the Brandon Victory 1,193 and the Nicholas Gilman 419.
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New York
Japan
Europe
Eighth Air Force
Pacific
U. S
B 32 Bomber Details Wing Span 135 Feet
The B 32 bomber has a wingspan of 135 feet and a length of 83 feet 1 inch. It weighs about 60,000 pounds and normally carries a crew of eight. It was designed especially for operations in the Pacific.
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Pacific
Allies Weigh Emperor Role in Japan Surrender Plan
Allies propose to allow Emperor as nominal head while the supreme commander directs policy and occupation. Potsdam terms call for Japan to lose seized territories and for Manchuria to return to China with Korea becoming free. MacArthur favored as likely supreme commander if terms accepted.
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Japan
Potsdam
Manchuria
China
Korea
Allied Control Commission
Five Powers
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Leg
Woodruff Wallner
Foreign Service
State Department
Credit Association Directors Meet in Romney Conference
Cliftom Price of Berryville president of Shenandoah Production Credit Association along with J. H. Funkhouser of Frederick county and Julian A. Everly visited after attending a district group directors conference in Romney on the 9th and 10th. The meeting addressed credit policies operations and membership education with M. O. Wilson president of the Production Credit Corporation of Baltimore noting war effort duties. A banquet at the New Century Hotel featured soil conservationist Kuydendall as the principal speaker for representatives from Hagerstown Romney Warrenton Staunton and Winchester.
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Cliftom Price
Berryville
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
J. H. Funkhouser
Frederick County
Julian A. Everly
Romney
G. I
PCA
M.O. Wilson
Production Credit Corporation of
Baltimore
Wilson
Pca’s
Kuydendall
West Virginia
New Century Hotel
PCC of
Hagerstown
Warrenton
Staunton
Winchester
Raiders strike from Okinawa hit Japanese vessels
Western Allied air forces report strikes from Japan south along the Asiatic mainland sank or damaged 90 Japanese vessels on Wednesday and Thursday. At least 100 troops died as 52 small landing craft carrying 600 to 700 troops moved north off southern Indochina. Australian ground forces reported 953 enemy killed and 24 captured in New Guinea Bougainville and New Britain, raising totals for the year to 13,338 dead and 324 prisoners.
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Japan
Okinawa
Far East Air Forces
Asiatic
Indo- China
New Guinea
Bougainville
New Britain
Winchester urged to observe V J Day with worship and sobriety
Mayor announces end of war and urges churches to lead prayers for lasting peace. Ralph Pifer of the Winchester Retail Merchants Association wins stores to close as events unfold, with specific closure times depending on Japan’s surrender or peace declaration. Chief Hollis says police can handle celebrations and vows no tolerance for riotous behavior while urging calm.
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Winc
Winchester Star
Winchester
Ralph Pifer
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Pifer
Japan
C. W. Hollis
Red Army Pushes From Amur Ussuri Triangle
Reds smash forward as enemy troops rush the Red Army Navy fighters with grenades and knives. Pacific fleet torpedo planes and bombers strike ports in Japanese seas starting large fires. Armored units advance toward Kuachuan while the Amur Ussuri triangle sees steady gains near Vladivostok and Harbin highway.
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Red Army
Tass
Amur
Ussuri
Khabarovsk
Market Quotations and Livestock Prices Update
Baltimore and Chicago livestock quotations show a dull apples market with firm poultry and eggs. Cattle, hogs, and sheep across markets hold varied week to week with price shifts and limited demand, including top steers around 17.35 and hogs near 15.30 for 120 lb barrows and gilts.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Washington
Idaho
Notice of non-responsibility by John L. Romick
Public notice stating that the signer will not be responsible for debts contracted by anyone other than himself. Identified as John L. Romick with date August 11, 1961.
Mrs Bayliss Dies In Baltimore To Be Buried Here
Mrs Mintie M Bayliss wife of Charles H Bayliss died Thursday in a Baltimore hospital. She will be buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery Monday August 13 after a mass at St Edwards Church. She leaves her husband two children and several brothers.
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Mintie M. Bayliss
Charles H. Bayliss
Baltimore
Mount Hebron
North Avenue
St. Edwards Church
Answers to the Daily Quiz Posted for Page 4
Answers to the daily quiz printed on Page 4 are listed as Correct options for questions: 2 Short rein from bridle to saddle, 3 Dionne quintuplets, 4 No universal language, 5 Rider, 6 Fair Employment Practice Committee, 7 Herbert Hoover, 8 False, 9 Zafai Kossak, 10 John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
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Dionne
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Herbert Hoover
Zafai Kossak
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
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U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces
John W. Rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock ST
Dial
Sup TN AS
Brandon Victory
Nicholas Gilman
James Maccosh
John W. Brown
Army
Credit Association
Hollis
Reds
John L. Romick
Ruber
Robert Lee
Valley Pike
George W. Chappelear
Brookside Farm
Piedmont Hunt District
Upperville
Rge W. Chappelear
B. Curtis Chappelear
Agt
Delaplane
C. E. “Alo Ayre
C. P. Greyer
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