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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1945
Page
1
Daylight B-29s from the 21st Bomber Command attacked Nagoya Osaka and Hamamatsu on Honshu. The Japanese claim 90 bombers involved with heavy losses, while U S reports note fires and limited damage to non vital facilities. The operation follows MacArthur's Formosa outset and Ki tte Nimitz reports Iwo Jima and Saipan air activity.
Palm Bureau Insurance Co. represented by Lewis McDonald. Acorn Herits phone 4962. Wood for sale at Oates Lumber Yard stove length call 6414. Peoples Ice Cream Store to stay closed Mondays until further notice. Amos Mauck.
Sgt. Garvin L. Carper, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Magnus Carper of 305 Virginia Ave, is missing in action over Italy with the 15th Air Force. A nose gunner on a B 24 Liberator, he has been overseas since October 1944 and was last known to have sent a December 5 letter. He trained at Sheppard Field and in Casper Wyoming and Lincoln Nebraska. A Handley High School 1943 graduate, he was active in school activities.
American forces moved 50 miles northeast of Bastogne along the diagonal rail line toward St Vith, pushing into Michamps and Maistre as German units launched widespread diversionary assaults along a 70 mile front from the Saar to the Rhine. The line held despite limited gains, with snow falling in the Belgian bulge and rain further south.
James F Byrnes called on Selective Service to induct men 18 through 25 with agricultural deferments. 364 000 in this group hold deferments as War Mobilization aims to tap this pool for fighting forces. Other groups to carry on agriculture and war industries as needed.
About 90 Saipan based Super Fortresses bombed the aircraft center of Nagoya and neighboring industrial cities of Osaka and Hamamatsu today, the Japanese communique reported. The claim said 17 Super Forts were shot down and 25 damaged with four downed listed as probables and three as destroyed by body crash attacks. The report noted some incendiaries fell but vital facilities suffered little damage.
Winchester officials approve 60 000 from 1944 surplus for postwar capital projects. They authorize adding 10 000 to an incinerator fund and transferring 50 000 to a new reservoir, citing transparency and no bond issues for now. Welfare relief and municipal light plant discussions follow, with committee guidance and future investigations by City Manager Grant.
Sir Stafford Cripps urged repatterning Europe’s boundaries to a safer pattern to preserve peace while warning against wholesale German punishment. He spoke at the Baptist Union advocating practical Christian idealism, insisting Germany be stripped of power to wage war and war criminals punished. He urged a period of absence from war to allow a lasting peace structure.
Mrs. Emma Carroll of Berryville reports her nephew Pfc. Robert Hewell son of Mrs. Ira Hewell of Round Hill Va was killed in action in Germany on December 15 His wife and two children live in Washington DC Hewell had many relatives in the area Also notice of Friendship Fire Company meeting on Thursday January 4 at eight o clock with all members urged to attend led by Captain Marion Anderson.
Sub freez ing temperatures dominated Virginia weather as the Associated Press reports a weak bureau forecast warmer air but possible snow in parts. Richmond saw 25 degrees last night with a 10 A M rise to 27. Petersburg lingered at 23 this morning after a 22 degree low. Norfolk hit 25 at the airport with a new winter low noted yesterday. Covington was 22 with overcast skies at 9 40 this morning.
Russian storm troops claim steady progress in Budapest with fierce house to house fighting. Moscow reports 232 blocks seized in Pest and 53 in Buda as estimates of German and Hungarian losses rise. Complicating actions include German assaults near Komarom and a failed breakout by Budapest defenders.
Gen Nich Plastiras, a veteran Greek soldier and politician, agreed to form a new government after meeting Archbishop Damaskinos who was named regent by King George II in London. The move comes amid civil strife and ELAS opposition, with Russia reopening its Athens legation and Plastiras returning from exile.
General MacArthur reports Formosa attacked for the first time as air forces from the Philippines strike in Lancaster theater. Liberators from Leyte bomb Clark Field and target Formosa while fighters duel with Japanese interceptors. five ships set afire and four planes downed.
War Department engineers released a long range plan for multi purpose reservoirs in Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia to boost recreation and sports facilities. The report lists locations on the Potomac Shenandoah and nearby streams and suggests abandoning current flood control projects at Harper s Ferry and Moorefield West Virginia.
Frederick County draft board orders 72 young men to report to Roanoke for a Monday physical examination. The list includes George W. Lofton James M. Hodgson V Emory Cooley Leonard W. Snapp Cory McKee Jamney Lee Adams Ray Miller George McParland Willard Lee Riley and others. Continued on Page 3 Col 1.
Describes a conservative Soviet tally of losses as five armored tons one armored division and five Volks divisions severely mauled by American forces.
Allied and German units remained locked in heavy fighting as Patton’s forces pressed northeast from Bastogne and pilots reported air activity over the area. Reports claimed thousands of prisoners and substantial U S casualties since December 16, with German movements eastward signaling a contested front on the Allied line.
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