15 Dec 1945
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1945
Page
1
London authorities deploy 2 000 police with allied military police to round up about 10 000 deserters from the United States Britain and Canada in a city wide dragnet. The operation blocks major arteries aids theaters clubs and transit as identity checks flood stations and streets.
MA Winchester recounts a neighbor’s effort to prepare Christmas gifts for the Fellowship Club. Boxes were torn open and ribbons crushed by neighborhood children, causing extra work and a call to teach youngsters respect for others’ property.
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz assumed the role of chief of naval operations in Washington, taking over from Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King who retires after leading since 1942. Nimitz pledged to meet the new responsibilities, while King thanked Navy Army and Allied forces for defeating the Axis.
Chicago police hunted the so called lipstick killer after the slain secretary Lawrence A. Lange 36 was found with 14 wounds including a 10 inch throat slash in his third floor apartment. Investigators compared prints and eight knives to a print from Miss Frances Brown’s hotel room stabbing.
Senate and House members said Congress will not finish action this year on a substitute for the full employment bill. A conference committee will draft a final version defining policy to maintain employment. The House passed a federal program for a high level of employment and purchasing power and an economic council would advise the president.
Chelsea Massachusetts December 15 a 23 year old mother Rose Carlan was arraigned on a murder charge in the death of her six month old son found in a dresser drawer. She did not plead and the case was continued to December 24 with her committed to a psych hospital for observation.
Pittsburgh file reports Old Bill the scissors grinder left $175000 in cash stocks and bonds in his safety box after his death. He owned bonds in Brazil and Chile and held accounts totaling about $60,000 in Pittsburgh banks with smaller Boston and Lynn holdings. Blanche, his daughter found alive in Cleveland, stands to about $40,000. remainder to relatives with Commonwealth Trust Company and Burton as executors.
The fundraiser for Thomas Wayne Fadeley, the Winchester infant known as the Blue Baby, has collected over $900 by noon today with promises already received to push past the $1000 goal. The effort, sparked after The Evening Star published his story, mobilized donations via the Legion service officer and local workers, ensuring treatment at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
At a Frederick County Board of Supervisors meeting the board unanimously endorsed the creation of a Winchester Frederick County War Memorial Community Center Building. The minutes record the board’s intent to formally back the project.
Tokyo report quotes Joseph B. Keenan stating Japanese officials have destroyed altered or secreted documents that could prove guilt in the Tojo trial. Keenan plans to send Otto Lowe to Germany to obtain war crimes materials and aims for trials to start around February first. He notes Japan’s secretive policy complicates evidence gathering.
Edwin W. Pauley, returned from an aerial survey to the Orient, says the United States will gain little material profit from war with Japan. He estimates total war costs at about 100 billion dollars and hopes to recover only around 1 billion in Nipponese assets.
Sixteen year old Walter Davidge was held without charge for questioning in the death of his father Willis D. Davidge known as William O'Davage. District Attorney Stanley J. Fehr said the boy admitted shooting his father with a .22 caliber rifle as he beat Walter's mother Gladys, 45.
Official bulletin from Frankfurt reports Gen. George S. Patton Jr. in excellent condition with slight improvement in sensation over 24 hours. It notes he remains alert and cheerful despite neck injury from last Sunday’s crash. Temperature 100, pulse 60.
Advertises AT WIENERS in Winchester and Front Royal offering gifts for women misses and girls. Includes pricing and items across a department store layout with jewelry toys and fashion accessories.
Chaplain John A. McAfee of Newton D. Baker General Hospital Martinsburg W Va will speak Sunday December 16 at 7 30 p m at the First United Brethren Church The White Christmas program now in its 12th year is inter denominational and attendees will bring food and clothing gifts for Winchester's needy families Special music is planned and the public is invited.
In Erwin Tennessee a divorced husband killed his ex wife and three others then wounded one before fatally shooting himself after telling her brother of the deaths. Victims are Ted Edwards Mrs Lincoln Edwards a sister Juanita Edwards and Wade Blankenship. Wayne Foster is seriously wounded.
DETROIT December 15 A weekend lull is seen as bargaining sessions pause until Monday in the GM UAW CIO dispute. The union plans two front talks with General Motors and Ford for a 30 percent wage rise, already idling 175000 workers in over 60 GM plants. An initial Kaiser-Frazier meeting is also on the docket, related to the Willow Run bomber plant takeover.
Cambridge Maryland reports former Governor Emerson C chief executive of Maryland during World War One died at his home after weeks of illness. He was 81.
Gen. George C. Marshall departed from Washington by plane for a new diplomatic post in China. He will reach Chungking mid next week and carries a policy directive from President Truman. The mission aims to harmonize Communist and national forces under Chiang Kai Shek and to shape China as a UN peacekeeping partner.
Washington expects price ceilings on additional auto makes as OPA finishes listing ceilings for Ford Mercury models. Mercury ceilings rose 4 percent plus 30 to 65 dollars, while makers like General Motors Chrysler Packard Hudson Nash await ceilings. Dealers’ war discounts drop 2.5 points to curb full manufacturer increases.
John Thomas Moneymaker a 98 year old lumberman and Rockbridge county native died at his daughter Mrs Grace FE Ricks home in Richmond. He left 111 known direct descendants including two sons two other daughters 60 grandchildren 45 great grandchildren and at least one great great grandchild.
Ralph Pifer president announced that Winchester Retail Merchants Association members voted to keep stores open until 9 p m nightly next week starting December 17 for pre Christmas shopping They also voted to close Monday December 24 Christmas Eve at 6 p m A total of 164 members were polled Readied Christmas decorations fill the business district as laurel garlands colored bulbs and a community tree were installed in front of the County Court House with lights to be turned on tonight
Mrs. Ethel Jolliffe Rinker reports partial results from Winchester Frederick County women groups in the Victory Loan Drive. Cadet Nurse Corps at Winchester Memorial Hospital leads with 44175 in sales. other totals include GAA 18175, Quota Club 19475, Civic League 11100, Junior Century and Little Gardeners United 3025, Beta Sigma Phi 3000, Legion auxiliary 27025, Garden Club 31085, and bonds from O Sullivan Rubber Company. Handley High School winners to be announced. top Handley room honors Enith Garrabrandts with free Capitol Theater tickets from Lamar Keen.
Washington sources report Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt may join the United Nations Organization delegation. Officials say the appointment could be announced soon and that the widow of Franklin D. Roosevelt is a possible member of the group.
Green Bus Lines, Inc. reports 84 of 96 buses on the road as regular drivers quit at midnight over contract provisions. Stockholders took to driving duties to cover routes in New York City amid the union dispute.
In Bedford County Virginia William Edward Luck 70 was released on $1 000 bond pending a January 8 preliminary hearing on a murder charge in the death of his 19 year old son Seaman Lee Buford Luck. Deputy Shields said the son returning drunk threatened family with a combat knife and lunged for a shotgun prompting the fatal shot to the chest with burial planned in Harrisonburg.
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin arrived in Moscow for the Big Three Foreign Ministers conference. James Byrnes and Molotov met in Moscow while Bevin and Byrnes planned informal talks, with the Tehran Iran and Japan issues likely on the agenda and atomic energy control shaping the discussions.
Cold snaps sweep the nation with snow in the north and subzero readings from Montana to Illinois. Winchester reports 35 at noon and 26 low last night as officials warn of lingering frigid conditions through Monday.
The Star welcomes home veterans and former residents who have received discharge and are resuming civilian life. Hershey Lunsford James H Himelrizht Howard J Grubbs are named.
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