Virginia Woolen and Royal Crown Prep For State Tournament
Virginia Woolen and the Royal Crown Battlers head to Richmond for the state softball tournament opening games. Twenty-one men's teams and 11 women's clubs enter, with Woolen facing Port of Embarkation and Crown meeting Arlington Asphalt in Saturday’s pairings. Reynolds Metals defends the men’s title. Dr Pepper does not defend the women’s.
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Hampton “Roads
Parker Field
Byrd Park
Emoon
Fiemals
Moore’s Park
Reynolds Metals
Richmond
Dr. Pepper
Danville
Virginia Woolen
Dan River Cotton Mills
Hampton Road
Port of Embarkation
Winchester
Hampton
Charlottesville
Moon
Roanoke
Pennington Motors
Arlington
Portsmouth Elders
Lynchburg
Newport News Moose
Fredericksburg
Sylvania
Newport News Coppershop
Camp Lee
Portsmouth Maroons
Hope-Woolen
Portsmouth Navy Yard Aces
Zampton-De
Guard- Welder
Friedman-Marks
Lynchburg-Moose
Four Juveniles Ordered to Appear Over Property Damage
Four youths aged 11 to 16 have been ordered to appear in Juvenile Court next week on a complaint filed by Esther Perry of 817 Loudoun Street. Mrs Perry says the boys threw grease at her front door and porch, causing the paint to peel.
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Esther Perry
Loudoun Street
Ration Calendar Dates and Stamp Validity After Aug
The notice lists food and commodity ration stamps with their book numbers and expiration dates. It covers Meats Fats and Processed Foods stamps in Book Four blue and red stamps, Sugar stamps, Shoes Book Three airplane stamps, Gasoline and Diesel oil coupons, and period one through five fuel coupons with their respective through dates. It notes OPA has no plans to cancel any stamps and announces the new 1945 46 season up stamps.
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OPA
President Truman backs peacetime training plan
President Truman said he will urge Congress to pass a peacetime military training program after Congress returns on Sept. 5. He also said the draft will continue to supply replacements for veterans and that occupation forces in Germany and Japan will stay under General MacArthur with possible political advisory ties if needed.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Germany
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Japs Fire On RAF Plane Over Burma
In Burma near Moulmein a C-47 RAF cargo plane releasing leaflets about Hirohito’s surrender was fired on by Japanese forces. British commanders along a 300 mile front warned they would respond if Japanese resumed firing, despite a 12th Army Group order not to halt all actions locally.
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Phgu
Burma
Hirohito
Japan
Moulmein
12Th Army Group Headquarters
Truck Stolen in West Virginia Recovered in City
Mrs. Arthur Seabright reports a truck parked in front of her home. Officer Lowery discovers the vehicle, a 1940 Chevrolet, stolen Monday in Martinsburg from the Martinsburg Steam Laundry, by a soldier.
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Arthur Seabright
S. Cameron Street
Oficer Lowery
Martinsburg
Lowery
MacArthur Named Supreme Allied Commander for Nippon Surrender
Reports from Manila detail General MacArthur designating a Tokyo radio station for Allied surrender communication and issuing orders to cease hostilities. A follow up message instructed Japanese leaders to halt fighting immediately and to coordinate an surrender date with Allied forces, with acknowledgments arriving nine to eleven hours after transmission.
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Tokyo
Signal Corps
Manila
Japan
MacArthur
Nippon
MacArthy
Answers to the Daily Quiz Revealed
The page lists quiz answers with names such as Maurice-Gustave and figures including Hitler and Webster. It also mentions the Holy Grail and the Office of Naval Intelligence Acconuts and notes July 1 as a date. The source closes with a promotion for The Star’s coverage of events.
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Office of Naval Intelligence Acconuts
Adolph Hitler
Daniel Webster
Henri Bonnet
True
Holland
Virginia Peacetime Speed Limit Restored to 50 MPH
Governor Darden announced that Virginia will revert to a 50 mile per hour peacetime speed limit, clarifying earlier confusion with a 55 mph rate. The change follows a 1944 act and will take effect tomorrow after a conference with State Police Superintendent J. R. Nunn and a forthcoming proclamation.
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Virginia
Richmond
Darden
General Assembly
J. R. Nunn
Victory War Loan Expected This Fall
Washington reports an 8th Victory War Bond drive may begin in early October to wind up the war. Treasury Secretary Vinson says the campaign aims for 10 to 14 billion dollars and should crown the series of drives that financed the war at home.
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Washington
Treasury
Vinson
Restrictions on Fairs and Conventions Eased
The Office of Defense Transportation lifted its ban on state and regional fairs and relaxed convention limits. Conventions may now draw up to 150 out of town attendees, up from 50, while the fair ban remains in place for the 1945 season as congestion concerns ease.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Third Fleet Poses in Unified Warship Photo Off Japan
Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet staged a victory-era photo shoot as carriers battleships cruisers and destroyers joined in a single armada under a bright Pacific sun. Photographers and planes surrounded the fleet as an official snap captured the unified battle force.
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Admiral Halsey
Japan
Pacific
Halsey
Defends Use Of Atomic Bombs In Oxford Talk
St John Ervine, novelist and dramatist, deplored what he called trash and twaddle in arguments about atomic bombs at a conference in Oxford England. He said he would rather be killed by an atomic bomb than by a rusty bayonet into his intestines urging reasonable discussion.
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Oxford
England
John Ervine
Conference of
Two atomic bombs end war and save countless lives
A quoted reflection emphasizes how the two atomic bombs ended the war and saved vast numbers from death and disease, enabling the world to begin a faster recovery process. It underscores the profound impact of the bombings on global peace and postwar reconstruction.
Fix Cause Of Bomber Crashing Empire State Bldg
War Department attributes July 28 Empire State Building crash to bad weather and misjudgment by pilot and ground crew. Lt Col William D. Smith Jr departed New Bedford with contact flight clearance for LaGuardia. Tower allowed Newark leg under three miles visibility. crash occurred two minutes later.
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Washington
War Department
Empire State Building
New York City
Manhattan
William D. Smith, Jr
New Bedford
Mass
la Guardia Field
New York
New York Area
la Guardia
Newark
N. J
Victory Celebration Continues In New York
New Yorkers kept the victory mood alive in Times Square where about 1,200 delirious revelers filled the area. The peak crowd last Tuesday night reached two million, and yesterday 10,000 sanitation workers cleared paper streamers bottles and tape, estimating about 5,000 tons of debris thrown from windows.
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New York
New
Man Leaps From Empire State Building
An unidentified man climbed to the 86th floor observatory of the Empire State Building and plunged to his death on 33rd Street near Fifth Avenue during the peace holiday. A Canadian soldier shouted a warning to pedestrians as the 1000 foot leap was described as the longest on record in New York. Police reported no identification on the victim.
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New York
Empire State Building
33Rd Street
Fifth Avenue
Ernest de Bassige
Ottawa
Buried in Winchester Bayliss Widow Mrs Mintie Bayliss
Mintie M Bayliss wife of C H Baylis was buried in Winchester after dying in a Baltimore hospital following a 17 week illness. She leaves her husband, her mother Mrs Sarah J Larrick, two daughters in Maryland and Washington DC, and five brothers from several Maryland and Virginia towns.
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Mintie M. Bayliss
Frederick County
C. H. Baylis
Winchester
Car Crash In Sunnyside Involves Two Cars
A 1936 Chevrolet driven by Gladys Carper of Winchester struck a parked 1941 Buick with Rick Nicholas McKee of Gore Virginia at Rt 522 Sunnyside. Damage was slight. An earlier report incorrectly listed Robert McKee of 40 E Piccadilly Street as involved. the error is acknowledged.
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Gladys Carper
Rt. 3
Winchester
Sunnyside
Buick
Rick Nicholas McKee
Gore
Robert McKee
Piccadilly Street
The
Star
An Early Fall Is Seen Here
Weather forecasters and Winchester Research Laboratory report unusually warm daytime readings with a noon high near 76 and a night low around 57, hinting at an early fall. Officials note yesterday morning was 12 degrees warmer than today’s low, and while Virginia may dim slightly tonight, West Virginia and Maryland forecast fair, cooler weather ahead.
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Star Office
Winchester Research Laboratory
Associated Press
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
The Star Reports Berryville Boyce Clarke County events
Berryville and Clarke County residents are updated on local events as reported by The Star. The page outlines community happenings, meetings, weather, and notices affecting Berryville, Boyce, and surrounding areas with concise summaries.
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Berryville
Boyce & Clarke County
Detroit Almost Hit By Balloon Bomb in May 1945
State Civilian Defense officials said Detroit area narrowly avoided a Japanese balloon bomb in May. The bomb was found ten miles northwest of Detroit, with a second explosive near Grand Rapids. A third balloon carrier was sighted over Sault Ste. Marie. a navy plane failed to shoot it down. Unexplained forest fires in northern Michigan were suspected as caused by such devices.
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Detroit
Donald 5. Leonard
Grand Rapids
Leonard
Sault Ste. Marie
OCD
Three-Way Crash Causes About $600 Damage
Approximately $600 damage resulted from a three way crash Tuesday night beyond the Old Mill on the Berryville Pike. David Lee Ruffner of Route 3 Winfield was involved.
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Berryville Pike
David Lee Ruffner
RFD
Collision Involving 1937 Buick On Route 7 In Maryland
Chester driving a 1937 Buick traveling west on Route 7 collided with a trailer truck driven by John Duvall of Westminster Maryland. The truck struck a parked car owned by R L Cullens of 440 Highland Avenue, damaging Cullens vehicle about 100 dollars. Ruffner car suffered 300 dollars in damage and the truck 200 dollars.
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Chester
Buick
John Duvall
Westminister
R. L. Cullens
Highland Avenue
Cullens
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