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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1945
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia outlines advertisement deadlines 9 P. M. the day before publication and transient rates. It requests subscribers report delivery delays and irregularities to maintain service quality. It also includes a devotional proverb about avoiding temptation.
The Navy releases the story of the carrier Bunker Hill bombed off Okinawa and saved by its crew. It notes 4,907 naval dead or missing and 4,824 wounded through June 20, with total Allied casualties at 11,897 dead or missing and 34,422 wounded. The piece frames the long sea and air battle from March 18 to June 22 and honors the sailors and pilots who fought and died.
The army aims to discharge soldiers quickly as needed and transport permits, with eligibility set at 85 points or age 40. However, many eligible may not leave service within a year from May 12 due to transportation shortages and vital-area replacements, with discharges averaging about 100.
The plan calls for 000 a month rising to 200,000 by January 1 and 2,000,000 men released by July 1, 1946. During this period 800,000 youths will be inducted. A year later 4,000,000 men over seas are projected, with 5,500,000 now serving, mostly in the Pacific. If Japan is defeated soon, overseas numbers may be smaller. end of the Pacific war could boost discharges beyond the plan.
Reprinted editorial lauds Arthur Vandenburg for a noble Senate speech urging bipartisan peace policy. It contrasts 1919-20 opposition to the League of Nations led by Lodge with current Republicans like Butler and Dulles, warning of future chaos and vast debt if party unity fails.
The appointment of Col Benjamin O Davis Jr as commanding officer of the 477th Composite Group marks a historic achievement for the Davis family. He is the son of Brig. Gen. Benjamin O Davis Sr, the first Black general in the Army, and he becomes the first to lead such a high command in the Army Air Corps. The Davises are praised for advancing equality within the service and for inspiring colleagues and future cadets.
The piece explains that installment credit limits were tightened to curb inflation as civilian goods lagged postwar. It notes down payments increased and term lengths shortened, dropping credit volume from over 6 billion in 1941 to under 2 billion now, with a new risk as goods reappear on the market.
Col R E Goodridge will inspect and train Company 115 Virginia State Guard at the Elks Lodge Winchester Friday night. A bond caravan tours Frederick and Clarke Counties tomorrow to boost E Bond sales after shortfalls in surrounding communities. A Red Army artillery barrage signals a new drive.
County and A. B. C. officials raided a still south of DeHaven, recovering 125 pounds of mash. Meanwhile the British admiralty reported bombing attacks against Italian warships in Tobruk Harbor, Libia.
Former assistant district attorney Thomas A. Dewey is described as having unrestricted authority to tackle crime in New York. In sports news Helen Wills Moody makes a comeback and defeats Helen Jacobs to win her seventh all English championship.
Field laboratory expert warns spraying to control cooling moth soon with ideal timing July 13 to 18. The Handilian earns second honorable mention in state contest. local high school publication wins honors. June sees large uptick in water use as citizens waste precious fluid.
Russian War Office acknowledges some German advances and prisoners as possibly true. Funds are being raised by Dr. George Heist for Winchester Boy Scouts summer camp. A Winchester Frederick county delegation attends a large Anti-Saloon League meeting in Atlantic City. Forty five years ago C W Hensell appointed council members to study city road conditions. Mr and Mrs Warren Ginn celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Miss Bertha Carper hosts a birthday party.
The piece discusses St. Augustine and Alypius converting to Christianity and questions why education and birth do not guarantee virtue. It argues that learning does not ensure moral restraint and that character often comes from humility, not intellect. It notes educated people may ignore temperance, honesty, and chastity.
Philip M. Kernan of Local 22770 AFL endorses an industrial chest X ray clinic at the O Sullivan Rubber Company on Monday July 9. He notes a similar clinic at the Virginia Woolen Company where 484 chest pictures were taken and urges union members to participate in the Winchester Tuberculosis Association and Frederick County Tuberculosis Committee survey.
Washington July 2 The office of censorship has kept out of American press any speculation on Russia joining the war with Japan since April 25. An official directive cited military reasons, later echoed by a confidential note from chiefs of staff. A columnist protested, noting prior coverage of Yalta agreements and lend lease policy. The piece highlights a foreign letter service claim that an agreement at Yalta existed and that Truman reversed Crowley to reinstitute lend-lease to Russia.
A writer denounces wartime censorship, arguing censorship of a May 23 column and broader suppression in diplomacy. The piece contrasts military censorship of the second front with suppression of the broader subject after April 25, citing Mr. Crowley and a business letter service as pivotal developments.
Mrs. E. P. Brown returns home after visits with relatives in West Virginia. J. K. Nesmith visits Pete Nesmith near Ynger's Store. Catherine Dick spent days with kin in Berkeley Springs. Purcell Dick and family of Sunnyside call on Walter Moore. Susan B. Lewis returns home after weeks at Winchester Hospital. condition satisfactory. Eddie O Fine of Charles Town and sister Bobbie Brown of Winchester visit E P Brown. Paul and Mrs Shenk of Canton Ohio visit E D Shenk's family. Walter Moore and S J Catlett dined with Mrs Cc W Moore.
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