Busy Morning In Police Court
In a police court session Judge John Rice found McCarty of Berry guilty of disorderly conduct and fined 10 dollars plus costs. a 11 month 165 day jail sentence was suspended in February. Other defendants included Shirley Tracey, Allen Fawcett, Elsie Whitacre, Homer Whitacre, Herbert J. Franklin, Helen High, Leonard Whitley, William Settle, Clayton Mason, and Winston Hutton for drunkenness, disorderly conduct, reckless driving, or public intoxication with fines and costs.
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Winchester
Clayton Mason
Winston Hutton
81 Year Old Man Faces Worthless Check Charges
W. M. Fisher alias George H. Nelson and Clinton Carson described as a check artist. He faces charges arising from 1942 for two or three bad checks totaling 50, 25, 20 and 5 dollars. Fisher was brought to jail after an arrest in Burg.
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W. M. Fisher
George H. Nelson
Clinton Carson
C.W. Hollis
Fisher
Winchester
J C. Penny Company
Yge
Burg
Legion to Expand Meets Amid Travel Limits
Richmond Virginia August 20 The executive committee of the State American Legion voted to replace the planned one day meeting for September 10 with a three day session starting September 23 due to travel restrictions. Transportation department officials say attendance may be limited to about 150 per post requiring regulatory revisions to allow unlimited representation. The last convention held in 1935 drew about 3 000 attendees.
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Richmond
W. Glenn Elliott
Rounding Up Continues As Japanese Surrender Talks Proceed
The Australian and Allied forces report ongoing surrender processes in the Solomons and New Guinea areas. Major Japanese leaders including Lt Gen Otsu and Lt Gen Nakai seek or receive instructions on surrender terms. An admiral at the base cites illness but pledges cooperation and signups, while some envoys defer to Singapore command for final authorization.
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S. Savige
Otsu
Solomons
Wewak
Adachi
Singapore
Nakai
New Guinea
Rationing Details Update From OPA Policy
The OPA notes no plans to cancel existing ration stamps for meat fats sugar shoes and fuel items. The calendar specifies stamp validity through late summer and autumn with stamps 4 and 5 extending into November and indefinite validity for certain airplane shoe stamps.
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OPA
Mrs. Eloise Glover Stevens Dies in Berryville at 72
Mrs. Eloise Glover Stevens of Berryville and Chatham New Jersey died at her Berryville home at 3 15 this morning after a six month illness and injuries from a hip fracture. She was 72, born February 26 1873 in Clarke County. Funeral rites at Green Hill Cemetery conducted by Rev Henry G Lane. Survived by husband H Montague Stevens and two brothers Lewis N Glover Berryville and Thomas L Glover Williamsburg.
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Eloise Glover Stevens
H. Montague Stevens
Berryville
Chatham
N. J
John B
Eugenia Crow Glover
Clarke County
Mr. Stevens
Glover
Buckmarsh Street
Stevens
Swift and Company
Grace Episcopal Church
Lewis N. Glover
Thomas L. Glover
Williamsburg
Reginald Morrison
Samuel Thomas
C. Newcome
A. P. Osborne
Award P. Berlin, Sr
H. B. Harris
Trial Court Disposes Several Local Cases
The Court of Trial disposed of cases including Wu Bne Edwards speeding 15 dollars costs, Walter Hilghman disorderly at Lemleys Store 25 dollars costs with 30 day jail sentence suspended, Oliver Brill Star Tannery postponed to Friday 10 o clock for a hearing.
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Aoe Wu
Bne
Edwards
George
Smarr, Jr
Stewart Street
Walter Hilghman
Stephens City
Lemley’s
Oliver Brill
Star Tannery
Communists Demand Role in Japanese Surrender and Peace
Communist commander Chu Teh declares 240 million Chinese dissatisfied with Chiang's one party rule. He lists six demands including participation in surrender of Japanese and puppet troops, rights to join Allied and UN talks, and a multi party conference to end one party dictatorship.
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Nanking
Chungking
Chihkiang
Hunan
Yasuju Okamura
Chiang
Ho Ying- Chin
Japan
Chu
Commissioners Qualify in Northern Virginia Power Case
Five Frederick County men Jolliffe Braithwaite Eagle Snapp and Lemley qualified as commissioners in Frederick County Circuit Court today for the condemnation of a right of way sought by Northern Virginia Power Company against Canter and Eva Mil. They left to view the property and determine just compensation.
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Frederick County
Northern Virginia Power Company
Canter
Eva Mil
Joseph Jolliffe
Max Braithawaite
George Eagle
Robert Snapp
G. W. Lemley
V J Day Date Set After Japan Surrenders
The White House announced V J Day would be proclaimed on Japan signing surrender terms with Truman to air a brief radio address. MacArthur in Manila suggested surrender could take about ten days more. V J Day won t be a legal holiday and pay overtime questions linger from Truman s earlier holiday declaration. Secretary Ross said a statement on last week s holiday status would come tomorrow.
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Washington
White House
Japan
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Ross
Edward Koons 1912 Death in Winchester Area
Edward Koons son of the late John Koons and Catherine Haddox died after a prior Army service and employment as a postal clerk in Winchester. He had served at Fort Knox and worked with the Adjutant General's office in Washington. He married Cornelia Sutphin in 1933 and resided at 201 Parkway. He was a Braddock Street Methodist member with surviving relatives including his wife, grandmother, sisters, steps, aunt, and cousins. Final rites at Mount Hebron Cemetery conducted by local ministers.
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John Koons
Catherine Haddox
Woodrow Wilson
Bell Telephone Company
George W. Haddox
Handley High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Coyne Electrical School
Chicago
Ill
Cornelia Sutphin
John E. Sutphin
South Washington Street
201 Parkway
United States Army
Fort Knox
Adjutant General's Office
Washington
Winchester
Koons
Braddock Street
Edith Mitchell
Dorothy Lewis
Washington, D. C
Robert M. Barnes
New Orleans
George C. Haddox
Jane Haddox
Care of the Feet booklet offered by Winchester Star
The notice promotes an illustrated 36 page booklet Care of the Feet for 15 cents postpaid. Readers are asked to mail name address and payment to the Information Bureau in Washington DC. A brief Q and A explains widows of veterans lose pension upon remarriage.
Fewer Farms In Clarke County
Clarke County Virginia shows 523 farms in the preliminary 1945 Census, down from 567 in 1940 and 584 in 1935. Total farmland reaches 95 038 acres, up from 92 325 in 1940 but below 99 049 in 1935, with an average farm size of 182 acres. Final figures to be issued by the Bureau of the Census.
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Clarke
Virginia
Walter M. Harris
Staunton
Clarke County
Bureau of the Census
Washington
Harris
Navy and Marine draft calls cut for September
Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs announced reductions in September draft calls from 22 000 to 13 000 overall. Navy calls drop 17 000 to 10 000 and Marine calls 5 000 to 3 000. Coast Guard had no inductions. Army calls fell from 80 000 to 50 000 as part of a broader discharge plan.
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Washington
Navy
Marine
Randall Jacobs
Navy Bureau of Personnel
Coast Guard
Army
Jacobs
War-time gas restrictions lifted by WPB nationwide
Washington August 20 WPB ends all war-time limits on natural gas use and gas burning equipment. Order U-7 is revoked allowing new gas uses by natural companies, and enabling integration of gas operation and consumption curtailment during shortages. Restrictions on space heating in several states are removed and gas firms may promote campaigns to boost space heating and industrial demand.
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Washington
WPB
Agency
Office of War Utilities
U-7
District of Columbia
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Big Lend-Lease Likely Near End As Talks Fail
The United States and Soviet Union failed to reach an accord on continuing lend-lease aid for heavy industrial equipment. About 8.41 billion dollars of lend-lease aid has gone to the Soviet Union, ranking behind Britain. Washington officials reviewed the Anglo American economic situation but no capital earmarking for the Soviet Union was discussed.
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Russia
England
United States
Capitol Hill
Soviet Union
Will Clayton
London
UNRRA
Market Quotations and Baltimore Livestock Prices
Produce unchanged with eggs firm and light receipts. Baltimore cattle and hogs quoted with steers, heifers, and cows showing broadly lower prices. calves and feeders mixed, hogs steady, sheep and lambs active with solid demand. Chicago and other markets report steady to lower trends across hogs cattle and sheep.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
Stock Market Rallies Then Slows Amid War Earnings Outlook
In New York on August 20, rails and industrials showed some recovery but leaders stayed weak amid liquidations. Prices rose early but gains narrowed near the fourth hour as deal activity slowed. Declines were common while issues with a peacetime outlook drew some investment demand amid caution over unemployment.
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New York
Chicago Grain Quotations Buoyed by dull start on Aug 20
Wheat and oats held firm in a dull opening trade as corn and rye slipped. Wheat Sept at 1.63 3 8, Dec 1.62 1 8 1 4, May 1.60 7 8 1.61. Corn Dec 1.13 1 4 1 8, May 1.11 3 4 1 2, July 1.10. Oats Sept 57 1 2 5 8, Dec 58 1 4 1 2, May 58 3 8 1 2. Rye Sept 1.38, Dec 1.33, May 1.1 2.
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Chicago
Oats
Zie
Formal Surrender Terms Discussed At Pacific Conference
A headquarters spokesman described orders for unconditional surrender of Japanese forces under Allied command. MacArthur indicated surrender lines would be issued directly to Japanese commanders with occupation terms set, while delays and procedural stumbles arose as Japan reviewed documents. The 16 Japanese delegates cooperated, and talks focused on occupation terms and transmitting data for Allied forces to enter Japan.
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MacArthur
United States
Chinese Republic
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
China
McArthur
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Fish
Japan
Takashiro Kawabe
Kawabe
Answers to the Daily Quiz
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