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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1945
Page
4
Public notice from The Evening Star Publishing Co of Winchester Virginia outlines ad submission deadlines Transient rates and contract rates are noted Readers are asked to report delays or irregularities in delivery The item ends with a biblical quote from Philippians 4 12.
The piece notes that surrender negotiations in the Pacific are slowed by Japanese delays and the retention of Emperor Hirohito. It argues the emperor staying on the throne matters temporarily, while full occupation and long-term peace will take years and depend on delaying tactics and mountainous warfare.
American science owes crippled veterans better artificial limbs than today. Thousands of legless and armless men rely on clumsy devices while other delicate mechanisms thrive. If scientists can design an atomic bomb, they can improve prosthetics by pooling knowledge and applying rigorous methods.
Scientists and engineers from multiple fields collaborated to accelerate artificial limb progress during the war. Their joint work achieved in a short time what might have required decades if done separately. The result is better hands arms and legs and faster future improvements.
The Roanoke Times quotes Kusuo Oya of the Japanese Broadcasting Corp and Genki Abe urging resilience but warn against the idea that the war is temporary. They say Japan must abandon militarism, pursue peaceful progress, and accept future standing only if not ruled by revenge, or face continued coercive measures.
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute selects Dr John R Hutcheson as president amid broad approval. He has long served the institute in key roles and brings proven experience and native ability to guide V P I through challenging years. Friends expect his leadership will yield continued growth and stability for Virginia Polytechnic.
Toscanini smiles at Salzburg as the festival opens free from Nazi influence for the first time since 1938. A makeshift orchestra and lesser-known singers fill roles, with Mozart and a Mozart opera as highlights. An American GI pianist performs, and a wave of international visitors is expected, aided by the American military government.
One year ago American troops severed power along the Seine as three Allied armies moved inland from the west in a vast pincers maneuver to trap disorganized Germans fleeing toward the river. Relief nears Winchester and nearby communities as a cool front brings calmer weather. Mary Jane McCone, former Winchester Memorial Hospital superintendent, now a captain in the Army Nurse Corps, has landed with a hospital unit on a Southern France beachhead.
The Handley Library celebrates its 27th birthday noting growth from 2 600 volumes to more than 27 000. In Dover Straits a German salvo hits a mile long English convoy but causes no damage. Clarke county farmer Robert Lee Withers reports wheat yields of 39 12 bushels per acre, 1 439 bushels from 60 acres and 791 bushels from 20 acres.
Over 100000 people attended the funeral for aviators Will Rogers and Wiley Post who perished in an Alaska air crash. A lightning sparked fire destroyed a large barn on R E Davis farm near Berryville Clarke County along with stored hay and a century old structure.
News item notes Clara Bow star power in the film Love Among Missionaries advertised by a local theater. A farm incident in Clarke county reports Wiley Weeks burned to death in a barn fire at White Post. Secretary Hyde visits drought stricken areas on tour.
Thirty years ago the city council discusses adopting the city manager form of municipal government. Two Americans are lost when the German torpedoes the Arabic liner. Over $10,000 is spent on Virginia Woolen Company plant improvements. Equal Suffrage is explained for the first time in Winchester by Mrs. B. B. Valentine, state chair man of that organization.
The piece recalls figures like Columbus Galileo Fulton Pasteur Edison and Ford facing ridicule. It argues new ideas meet opposition from supposed experts and urges humility since future ages may laugh at present beliefs. It emphasizes that we do not know as much as we think.
A reader quiz lists ten questions on wars, parties, geography, piracy, the Declaration, labor law, diets, paleobotany, a Kansas sage, and female form of comedian. It invites turning to page 2 for correct answers.
Virginia butter makers from the northern part of the state and Maryland will convene in Winchester at 11 a.m. Friday to plan a program to raise cream quality for butter making after butter and cream seizure by the FDA. S. S. Smith of the State Department of Agriculture will attend along with division inspectors to seek producer and manufacturer cooperation for better Virginia cream quality amid wartime transport and gas rationing challenges.
Thousands of miles from home a mixed troop of 24 boys ages 12 to 18 forms Troop 1 Tehran the only Iran unit accredited to the Boy Scouts of America Scoutmaster is Samuel F Skaff along with five GIs a British corporal and two Presbyterian missionaries Roosevelt issued the BSA charter to these Iran Iraq USSR Palestine Turkey United States India Lebanon Czechoslovakia and Sweden representatives after the December 1943 Tehran conference and a roster was sent to the New York headquarters two months later to obtain the charter.
Terry and Sandy weigh the peon labor trouble and a looming nationwide pressure as stoves arrive for the Kimberlys at the estancia. Brooks and Corinne loom in Jime’s scrapbook world while Terry seeks creative closure at the observatory before departing for the convention.
Scout week in Teheran featured a court of honor with 68 merit badges awarded. Mothers and tailors made uniforms, khaki caps came from the U.S. Army salvage department, and a mission basement coal bin served as a meeting room. Scouts from Mohamedeans to Zoroastrians shared activities and spoke English while emphasizing self-reliance.
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