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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1945
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia announces its second class post status and daily publication excluding Sundays. Readers are asked to report delivery delays or irregularities to aid a perfect system. The notice includes rate and office details and a Bible verse.
The Willow Run plant completes its last B 24 Liberator assembly. Eight thousand six hundred eighty five planes were built with a peak output of 462 in March 1944. The method emphasized speed over flexibility, proving a costly but valuable wartime experiment.
Japanese press and radio commentary on the war crisis shows candid shifts as American advances and air offensives intensify. Officials previously hedged with euphemisms calling China a mere incident, but growing invasion fears push blunt reporting and altered messaging.
The article notes that American bombing undermines Japanese production and propaganda. It cites Tokyo outlets showing warnings while stressing fear of total collapse. It also reports a rising number of Japanese surrender on Okinawa, signaling a shift in wartime morale and tactics.
The 29th Virginia Maryland National Guard division ranks among the war’s hardest hit. It saw action from D day at Omaha Beach through München-Gladbach before Rhine crossing, with 20 668 casualties and 4839 dead, as it endured the war’s toughest assignments and high command confidence.
In Coblenz the historic stadium, once a Nazism rally site, hosted 20 000 GIs as the 35th Division beat the 106th 5 to 2 to open the 15th Army baseball league. Murray Dickson pitched the win and Lt Gen Leonard T. Gerow attended ceremonies. The piece frames baseball as a noble postwar use and contrasts it with war’s brutality.
One year ago bond pledges and sales totaled 1 458 475 dollars for the fifth War Loan Drive awaiting redemption to become official. American France resume talks today as General De Gaulle meets with President Roosevelt at the White House for the third day of conference to foster friendly relations. Lamar Keen announces Capitol Theatre has sold out all seats for the Bond premiere of Two Girls and A Sailor on Sunday, marking a first time complete sellout.
Five years ago a new marriage law requiring a certificate of physical examination becomes effective on August 1. Clerks seek state guidance as the measure raises costs. Forty car owners are summoned and a campaign targets delinquent licenses. W. O. Richards, of a Loudoun street store, was sent to the grand jury on charges of unlawfully receiving stolen goods.
Ten years ago Mr and Mrs Harry K Russell issued invitations to a dance in honor of their daughters Mrs John Carr and Miss Virginia and Miss Anne Russell. Heavy damage from high winds and rain afflicted valley towns while Winchester and county escaped. Police hold a Baltimore man for looting hotel guests rooms.
Thirty years ago William Miller a former post master lawyer and local hero dies in Montclair New Jersey from a heart attack. The City Council requests a detailed report on the Handley Fund’s financial condition from the Handley Board of Trustees. A powder and shell loaded ship is torpedoed and abandoned near the English coast by a German submarine.
The Star features a front page photo of Rouss Springs showing water could supply a city three times its current size. Republicans pledge over 15 million dollars to reelect McKinley with Theodore Roosevelt as running mate. Friday Night Cotillion Club meets at Mrs. Daniel Conrad’s home.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on Life After Death citing David Livingstone the Scottish missionary. The piece ponders immortality and the afterlife drawing on Livingstone's 1862 letter to Sir Thomas Maclear and the hope of fellowship with the lovable in heaven.
The quiz asks about the Preakness winner Pantelleria location of Appomattox the impact of pressure on boiling point and names Librarian of Congress successor to Archibald MacLeish plus definitions of a pachyderm and a misfiled quote about humanity.
Washington observers say Anderson cannot cure the food crisis with a wand. The new CPA bill offers little help, and a disrupted system plus black market pressures hamper progress. Crop prospects vary with wheat good and corn doubtful as weather and planting issues bite.
Terry, an American heiress living a fast rebellious life, wakes in a royal Buenos Aires hotel suite after arriving on impulse. A newsman Don de Vera pursues her with dinner and race reservations, while she insists she is not his story as the scene ends with a cliffhanger.
Terry Arnold, a young Vermont newspaperwoman, travels to Argentina to research the wealthy playboy set for her next book. She meets three Argentine reporters who mistake her as a wealthy heiress and she unexpectedly stays on at a Buenos Aires hotel to continue her work.
The text argues meat shortages persist as the Army absorbs 50 to 60 percent of interstate beef. Poultry declines and beef becomes marginally more available due to local handling. Wheat outlook favors steady acreage requests for 1946, with Europe shipments limited by ship availability and a large domestic carryover. Rye acreage may grow for rye bread. corn outlook remains uncertain. Farm labor, machinery, and Anderson's cautious wheat policy are noted.
Government moves to accelerate sugar distribution to armed forces allies and liberated lands amid drought cuts in Caribbean cane supplies. Rationing restrictions tighten for households institutions and industry. use sugar stamps wisely to stretch scarce reserves.
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