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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1945

Page

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Five Nazis Hanged In Comrade Death

Five German prisoners of war executed at Fort Leavenworth for the 1943 murder of Johannes Kunze. The Rommel era Afrika Korps members faced the first U S foreign war prisoner executions, with Beyer first to die at 12 06 AM and others at half hour intervals.

Fort Leavenworth Kan U. S United States Camp Gruner Okla Johannes Kunze Tonkawa, Okla Rommel Afrika Korps Walter U. S. Army Berthold Seidel Hans Demme Hans Schomer Willi Cq) Shcolz Beyer William E. Eley John Sagar C.W.T Schumer Col. Eley

For Sale Ten-Piece Mahogany Dining Suite

For sale a ten piece mahogany dining suite from J. W. Grove Furniture Co located at 125 S Loudoun St. Item listed with storefront tag T-10-1p-2t.

J. W. Grove Purniture Co S. Loudoun St

Just Received Split Bottom Kitchen Chairs and More

Just received at J. W. Grove Furniture Co. 125 S. Lou doun St. split bottom kitchen chairs porch rockers and metal utility cabinets. Furniture store update for upcoming sales and stock arrival.

J. W. Grove Furniture Co S. Loudoun

Meeting of School Trustee Electoral Board

The School Trustee Electoral Board will meet in the School Board office at ten o clock on July 18 for the purpose of appointing a school trustee for Stonewall District. Cla E Lemley Chairman.

Stonewall Cla E E. Lemley

Public Sale of Edward H. Grove Orchards Notice

Edward H. Grove public sale of orchards is set for Wednesday July 11 1945 at eleven o'clock A M. See advertisement for details 47-7-10-1p-21

Edward H. Grove

Spotted Fever Cases Increase Reported in Virginia

Virginia health officials warn of rising Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases as tick numbers grow. Eighteen cases have been reported across 14 counties this year, with outbreaks in Lynchburg and multiple counties including Amherst, Charlotte, Nelson, Albemarle, Arlington, and more. The vaccine is available at no charge through the State Health Department.

Richmond Rocky Mountain State Health Department Lynchburg Amherst Charlotte Nelson Albemarle Arlington Essex Fauquier Halifax Bedford Spotsylvania Henrico, Henry, King George and Loudoun

Millikin Named Chief Charter Critic in Senate Hearings

Eugene Donald Millikin, a Colorado Republican with a strong bass voice, emerged as the chief critic of United Nations Charter provisions before the Foreign Relations Committee. He is expected to influence potential reservations to ratification while Senator Taft dodges leading such proposals. Discussions include possible authorization of the American delegate on a proposed world security council.

Washington Eugene Donald Millikin Foreign Relations Committee State Department San Francisco Millikin Taft Ohio World Security Council Barkley Senate Connally D-Tex Edward R. Stettinius, Jr Leo Pasvolsky United States Vandenberg

French and Syrians In Fresh Clash In Aleppo

Syrian gendarmes and civilians and French guards exchanged fire for an hour in Aleppo. The clash defied British orders to cease fire and one British soldier was reported killed. Other casualties were not disclosed.

Beyrouth Aleppo

For Sale Sencendiver Farm 167 Acres

Notice of sale of the Sencindiver home farm consisting of 167 acres. Administrators Turner B. Sencendiver and Charles M. Sencindiver list the real estate for disposition. Auction details not specified.

Sencendiver Home Farm Turner B. Sencendiver Charles M. Sencindiver Adms

Supervisors Agree to Sale Of County Home

The Frederick County Board of Supervisors at their July meeting move to sell the county farm and note the immediate need for a new jail. They also consider inspecting the Amherst County Jail before appointing architects and report findings to Winchester officials.

Frederick County Board of Supervisors Amherst County William Carpenter Amherst Winchester Common Council Carpenter H. C. Light G. W. Lemley Lemley Hennet and Smith Winchester C. M. Rosenberger Aboive W. L. Hoover Ruth McNeil Fred Stine F. W. Pingley Harry McCann J. Sloan Kuykendall

Fuel Gas Workers Begin a Strike

A strike by United Fuel Gas workers began affecting transmission lines across six eastern states. About 1,000 workers walked out, possibly expanding to 2,500, with the Regional War Labor Board taking jurisdiction. Gas supplies to industrial customers were cut, main valves were shut, and compressor stations in West Virginia and Kentucky staffed by C IO workers were down.

Charlestown W. Va United Fuel Gas Company GJO Oil and Gas Workers’ Union Regional War Labor Board Cleveland West Virginia Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia New York Harry A. Wallace, Jr United Fuel Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company Texas Wallace

Sinking of Allied Ship Disclosed

Paris reports the S S Empire Javelin carrying U S Army HQ to France was sunk in the English Channel December 28 by a German mine or torpedo. Of 1483 aboard 13 were missing and 28 injured. 268 officers and 1 215 enlisted men survived after French frigate L Escarmouche evacuated crew before a second explosion sank the vessel.

Paris U. S. 15Th Army France English Channel Supreme Headquarters

Second Deluge Of Rain Hits City Yesterday

A heavy rainstorm drenched Winchester yesterday afternoon at 3 15 pm dumping 2 31 inches in 35 minutes per Winchester Research Laboratory. Streets in downtown flooded as water surged along Cameron Boscawen and Piccadilly. hail damaged windows and crops near Gore and Timber Ridge. A barn on John W Herrells near Gore burned after a lightning strike. Rainfall to date July totals 6 29 inches with an additional .18 inch later. The flood marooned theatergoers and water spread into some stores but caused limited damage overall.

Winchester Gore Winchester Research Laboratory Boscawen Cameron Piccadilly Loudoun Braddock Hayfield Gainesboro Cross Junction Timber Ridge Della Lewis Gainesboro Pike John W. Herrell Cameron Street Capitol Theater Ieee

Stockholder Challenges B and O Debt Plan

A New York stockholder Randolph Phillips testified in a three judge federal court opposing Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's 500 million debt plan. He argued the program creates a synthetic crisis while the railroad cites past success and ICC approval to justify issuing collateral trust bonds to cover matured notes.

Baltimore New York Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Randolph Phillips Baltimore and Ohio Interstate Commerce Commission Railroad Phillips

Banks of Winchester to Close Wednesdays in July and August

The Banks of Winchester announce noon closures on Wednesdays during July and August. Customers are urged to plan early for banking needs and cooperate with staff.

Banks of Winchester

Chinese Capture Point In Heart Of Mining Region

Chinese forces captured Tayu in Kiangsi province, 175 miles northeast of Canton, isolating Kanhsien and severing Japanese communications. In a southwestern drive, Chinese troops pushed toward Kweilin and Liuchow, reporting casualties and prisoner captures after attacks on Japanese landing parties near Amoy. Major General Kuo Chi-Chih announced the Japanese abandoning the corridor to Indo China.

Spencer Moosa Chungking Tayu Wolfram Kiangsi Canton Kanhsien Chinese High Command U. S. 14Th Air Force Kukong Liuchow U.S 14Th Air Force Kweilin Liuchow-Kweilin Liuchow-Hengyang Indo-China China Kiangso Province

Evacuation Plans for Singapore Reported by Batavia Radio

A Batavia radio broadcast recorded by the Federal Communications Commission says Singapore’s Swiss community and Arab population are preparing to evacuate the fortress city to resist an expected Allied invasion. About 3,000 Arabs will move north to Malay peninsula towns in August.

San Francisco Batavia Radio Singapore Malay Peninsula Federal Communication Commission

Curtin Successor Eyes Labor Leadership in Australia

Canberra July 10. Treasurer and minister of post-war reconstruction announced he will stand for Labor party leadership to replace the late Prime Minister John Curtin. Observers think he will defeat Acting Premier Francis M. Forde and become prime minister.

Canberra Australa

1,000-Plane Tokyo Raid Hits Mikado Heartland

Admiral Halsey leads a massive 1000 plane strike on Tokyo from the Third Fleet with Vice Admiral McCain's carrier task force. The attack follows a dawn launch after a 550 plane raid, catching Japan unprepared and signaling a decisive Allied offensive. Nimitz names fleet units and vessels in the operation as carriers Lexington Essex Independence San Jacinto and battleships Indiana Massachusetts South Dakota Iowa.

Mikado Adm John 8 McCain Third Fleet Tokyo Chester W. Nimitz Nimitz Raymond A. Spruance Marc A. Mitscher Fifth Fleet Comei Domei Halsey J. F. Shafroth O. C. Badger J Cc. Jones L. J. Wiltse G. F. Rogan A. W. Radford L. Sprague Lexington Essex Independence San Jacinto Indiana Massachusetts South Dakota Iowa

Pacific Air Blows Hit Japan With Carrier Fleet

War brief notes Japan’s air onslaught with over 1000 carrier planes 550 Super Fortresses and other bombers. Dutch colonial troops stage two amphibious landings in Balikpapan Bay as British forces push through Burma village targets near Rangoon. Chinese forces seize Tayu in Kiangsu near Canton.

Associated Press Japan Okinawa Iwo Borneo Balipjapan Bay

Storm Killings In Lehigh Valley Reach Six

Six killed as electrical storm hits the Lehigh Valley. Houses crushed by landslide, rivers swollen, and four unidentified victims in Phillipsburg, plus deaths in Bethlehem and Allentown. Rescue crews saved 25 Girl Scouts stranded near Easton. Damages run to hundreds of thousands as bridges, roads, and rail lines suffered washouts.

Phillipsburg N. J Lehigh Valley Delaware River Bethlehem Allentown Easton Northampton Pennsylvania and Jersey Central Weather Bureau Phillipsburgh

Hospital ship Saturnia renamed and ready to take casualties

The 24,000 ton former Italian liner Saturnia, renamed Francis Y. Yanger and refitted as the world’s largest hospital ship, completed a nine day crossing from New York to Southampton to receive casualties. Col. Sherman L. Kiser said the return voyage would raise total casualties shipped from Southampton to the United States since D Day to 90,000, including 10,000 embarked last month.

Southampton Eng Francis Y. Yanger United States New York Sherman L. Kiser U. S. Army

Eden Returns to Foreign Office After Illness

Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, who has been ill with a duodenal ulcer for several weeks, returned to the Foreign Office in London on July 10.

London Anthony Eden Foreign Office

Nippon II Smashed In Pacific War Air Blitz

Guam July 10. More than 1 500 planes from carriers and American bases hit Japan in one day. B 29s from Lemay and Halsey’s forces bombed Tokyo area and five industrial centers. Tokyo radio claimed 230 additional planes joined the attack. A 2 000 000th ton bomb milestone was reached in WWII air campaigns.

Guam Carriers Japan Pacific Adm William F Bull Halsey Tokyo 21St Bomber Command Marianas Radio Tokyo Kyushu United States Chester Wa Osaka Honshu Kochi Shikoku Shikoku Honshu Henry H Hap Army Air Forces Saipan 72Rd Wing Sakai Dorer William Refinery C. Boone Lucy Washington Ave Kinston

Want To Learn KT T-1DaH Language

A brief note asks how to say or learn KT T-1DaH phrases. It seeks guidance on pronunciation usage and basic meanings for quick comprehension. The text appears as a fragmented request from a learner seeking linguistic help.

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