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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1945
Page
4
The Evening Star printer's notice outlines postal status, circulation details, and submission deadlines. It lists national representatives and advertising requirements, plus subscription and carrier rates for 1945. The date August 13 1945 appears with a biblical verse from James 1 27.
The piece contrasts August 1944 progress in Europe with August 1945 outcomes. It notes Allies steering toward victory in Europe, Japan’s cities bombed, and forces entering Tokyo Bay. It calls for justice and a complete, not negotiated, peace.
A Radford News-Journal reprint offers wartime housewives and food shoppers guidance as OPA hints that Ration Book 5 may be the final issue. It urges reconverting marketing methods to peacetime needs and recalls prewar life, stressing quality and prudent spending.
The piece discusses prewar shoppers distinguishing value between produce and meat, notes new approaches like smiling clerks, and predicts renewed competition among merchants. It mentions casual flirtation signals and a cautious cashier, implying evolving retail dynamics and customer education.
Martinsville Bulletin reports that Fabein Levitzky proposes an international board of psychologists, psychiatrists, and musicians to supervise Germany’s cultural recovery for 20 years. Sevitzky, conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, backs supervised music restoration and urges reverent, nonpolitical listening and singing for constructive purposes.
The piece surveys Churchill's historic premiership and the rise of organized labor and labor governments. It argues stability fades as the old order yields to new ways, echoed by a Tennyson allusion and reflections on life, change, and direction without a fixed end.
The piece warns that R J Thomas head of the United Automobile Workers vows general strikes once Japan is defeated. It argues such a stance endangers postwar adjustments and calls for cooperation among government management and labor to resolve reconversion challenges.
The Governor of South Carolina and a senator warned a Senate committee of a critical shortage of fat salt meat and lard. They cited past shortages of corn grits and the distress caused, noting renewed scarcity and stampedes as fatback again becomes scarce.
The structure was officially opened to the public on May 1, 1931 marking its debut in New York.
One year ago in the hottest spell, the thermometer hit 102 as Allied fliers bombed retreating Nazi legions. The raids forced daylight movement. In Gore, Mrs. Mattie Hook urged blood donors while a woman declined donation, determined not to surrender to her own limits.
Residents push for a recount after the 1940 census allegedly shows a 62 person loss. A welcoming committee of one policeman turned away Gypsies at Winchester doors. Jom Brill, 76, did not return to his Loudonh Street home after a berry-picking trip. Parkway residents ask council to close the local quarry.
Fifteen years ago President Hoover cancels his western tour to oversee drought relief actions in Washington. The Patriotic Order of Sons of Americans holds its annual state convention locally.
Berlin reports that the heavy losses on the Eastern Front may drive Russia to sue for peace. In a parallel development the newly formed Chamber of Commerce meets and pledges to collaborate with city council for community improvement.
A preacher reflects on balancing prayer with action. He cites a religious leader who prays first then works as if outcomes depend on him. He argues God provides guidance yet humans must use reason and effort to pursue righteous aims. Shakespeare is cited on using God given reason.
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower toured Moscow collecting factory visits and the subway during a social visit. He and Stalin reviewed a 40,000-strong parade from the republics and stood atop Lenin's tomb as the first foreigner granted the honor. He was accompanied by his son Lt John Eisenhower and other U S officials.
Heavy rains in late July badly damaged Virginia crops, especially tomatoes, some grains, and hay. Harvesting and cultivation slowed, with limited grass for pasture in peanut, sweet potato, sod, and tobacco fields, though corn remained vigorous and soybean hay benefited.
Washington August 13 a peculiar uprising is taking shape within the Truman administration as arch New Deal politicians in the Senate prepare warnings and pressure aimed at provoking a leftward shift. They accuse Truman of not fighting for the Roosevelt program and seek to mobilize labor and anti left forces to influence the fall elections.
Vitamins are essential for health but the best source is an adequate diet. Supplements matter during pregnancy fever or after operations and when drugs interfere with absorption. A physician can diagnose deficiency and specify which vitamins and amounts are needed.
The piece suggests patronage deals with senators may fail to satisfy the left wing groups, with pressures and internal tensions risking waste of efforts.
Listings show transfers in Winchester and Frederick County with parcels along S Cameron Street Tennyson Avenue near Opequon and Kernstown areas. Consideration amounts range from ten dollars to seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. Titles indicate improved properties and multiple adjoining land tracts transferred among local residents.
Public land transfers list several deeds from Naomi E. Jenkins to Cilton H. Clark for 23 acres near Meadow Mills with improvements valued at 4515 dollars. Other transactions include Roy N. Cook to Eldridge M. Lemley for six parcels in Stephens City, and C H Anderson to Charles E. Lockhart covering five tracts across Frederick County Virginia and Hampshire County West Virginia totaling 870 acres. Additional transfers involve Marion H. Anderson to Charles S. Milton along Martinsburg turnpike, Carl W. Sirbaugh to Victor D. Bryant near Front Royal Pike east of Winchester, Harry W. Hicks to J. Rinard four acres southwest of Winchester, and P. W. Plumly to Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative for 10 acres at the northern end of North Kent Street.
Manila August 12 General MacArthur declined to comment on whether he would be named to command in Japan if Japan surrenders It is presumed the role would follow the joint chiefs of staff designation of him as supreme ground commander for homeland operations Headquarters is busy with contingency preparations as word of Japan s reply to the surrender offer circulates Officers and men await formal peace while questions linger about field Japanese surrender recognition and continued fighting by fanatical commanders
In a tense scene Raff, Terry, and Brooks race to quell a saboteur strike as tucura swarms threaten the field. Brooks pleads for workers while Sandy and Raff set fires to clear the pests, revealing growing tensions behind the dispute.
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