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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1945
Page
5
Fragmentary text references a July election and a warning about voter timing but provides no identifiable names places or concrete actions. Further readable details are needed to produce a factual item with proper entities and dates.
Mr Lee E Pinley is ill at this time. Dinner guests for Sunday at Mr and Mrs J J Keller included Mrs John B Bowman and daughters from Stephens City and Mr Dolan Teets. Mr and Mrs John Meyer visited Mr and Mrs W H Bowers recently. Mrs Claude Keller of Harrisonburg spent the weekend here. Several residents called on neighbors including B Knicely Branson Mille W H Bowers and Uriah Brill with Mary Agnes Clem visiting Middletown family.
In the Frederick County Circuit Court Virginia on June 19 1945 Marion H Anderson and wife seek to remove a cloud on title to about four acres of land on the Martinsburg Turnpike near Winchester. Unknown heirs and non residents are ordered to appear within ten days after publication to protect their interests.
The Office of Naval Officer Procurement announces another chance to apply for the Naval Aviation Preparatory V-5 program. Enlisted candidates begin inactive duty until 1 November 1945, then join Navy V-12 college units for four month terms. Qualified civilians must be 17 to 18, be in last high school semester or in college, and no limit on college semesters. Interested men should contact the local office immediately.
Wendell Barney will speak at the Winchester Rotary Club weekly luncheon. His topic is The Origin and History of the Purple. The item also explains in a notice about National Service Life Insurance terms 120 months certain meaning payments continue to be made to beneficiaries for 120 months even if the first beneficiary dies before all installments are paid.
Gen H S Simpson led the U S 9th Army the youngest in Europe in late World War II action. The unit played a pivotal role in the Ardennes, Roer crossing, Ruhr encirclement, and Rhine assaults, overcoming shortages while coordinating with 1st and British forces under Montgomery.
The 2nd Armored with the 30th and 83rd Infantry Divisions reached the Elbe within 69 miles of Berlin after a 57 mile final day run but were halted by Eisenhower's orders. Simultaneously Simpson sent the 13th Corps to the Elbe northward, while the 16th Corps pressed the Ruhr, capturing Hamm and Essen and destroying Model's 15th Army Group in what observers call an odd campaign.
The Ration Board Office will be closed on Thursday July 12 due to increasing demand on the clerical staff and to allow completion of office work.
More than 200 Belgian fishing craft that fled the German invasion five years ago for exile in Britain are sailing for home this week, the London Daily Herald reports.
New York reports a $1,000,000 spiral shaped building by architect Frank Lloyd Wright planned for upper Fifth Avenue after the war. It would house non-objective painting like a Guggenheim, rising three quarters of a mile in spirals to ten stories with a 24 foot overhang and a glass dome for floor projection. Visitors would view from reclining chairs in a dust controlled, air conditioned environment with a vacuum dust remover at the entrance.
A provocative caption suggests a stance on defense funding and nuclear threat. The line implies spending on bonds will trigger missile use, reflecting Cold War era rhetoric and public anxiety about military escalation.
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