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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1944
Page
5
City playgrounds under Winchester Recreation Department host a checker tournament at Handley Playground this afternoon. The summer program also features archery, croquet, badminton and softball tryouts, with hours set for Virginia Avenue and Handley locations.
Allied air forces pressed raids over Normandy and southern Germany as only three Nazi planes were shot down. Eleven Allied bombers and seven landed in Switzerland. The German loss included seven bombers and two fighters. Radio Paris reported a major strike on Toulon by the Italian-based 15th U S Air Force causing very grave damage.
The Winchester Rotary Club will hold its weekly meeting led by Vice-President L G Sjos Trom. The agenda includes committee appointments and the year's work plan. Fred Glaize will present the new budget for consideration. New Rotary officers were installed last week.
Clarke County School Board set September 8 1944 as opening day for the 1944 session. All six year olds by September 1 may enroll after smallpox vaccination. Bus routes return with Kent extending to Providence Chapel. Providence Chapel elementary will not open. A full teacher list across Berryville Boyce Millwood and White Post districts is announced with principals and staff for high school elementary and colored schools.
Frederick County Pomona Grange welcomed six new members at the bi monthly meeting held at White Hall Subordinate Grange. Newly admitted were Harry Murphy Charles Murphy Mrs B D Dye Mrs Ada Smith and Mr and Mrs Hildren Blandford. Ashby Brumback representing Panama Grange on the Post War Planning Commission was appointed. Miss Ethel Barrett gave a lecture as the literary program. The meeting was conducted by Baron Brumback, Master.
Bersaglieri motorcycle patrols of the Italian Corps of Liberation spearhead pushes in the Adriatic sector with Polish troops also active. Poles report 1,700 Germans killed or captured, 1,300 captured, 3,900 wounded, and 81 guns taken. Allied air forces flew 800 sorties including a heavy bomber attack on Toulon. Enemy behind the front faced attacks. fighters conducted sweeps over Yugoslavia and Albania. four planes reported missing.
The American delegation pressed the Soviet representative for a firm reply on quotas for an 11 billion dollar currency stabilization fund at the United Nations monetary conference in Bretton Woods. Moscow may respond by nightfall with Russia seeking a quota above one billion and a smaller gold contribution, while the U.S. reportedly offered to raise the Russian quota to 1.2 billion with a gold condition.
Mrs Julia Ann Royston 78 widow of J F Royston died at her Clarke county home after an extended illness. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 pm from Berryville Baptist Church with Rev L A Parker officiating. Interment in Green Hill Cemetery. She was born September 3 1865 in Clarke county and survived by children LaFayette Royston Florence M McDonald J F Royston Jr O G Gallow S Beatty Monty Royston Edward H Royston and J C Blake. She also leaves a brother W W Smallwood Sr and sisters Mrs Columbus Carroll and Mrs Je Fewell.
Rites for the late Arthur L Roberts who died at his home in Takoma Park Md will be held from Mount Chapel Thursday at 2 oclock Officials include a Takoma Park minister.
It was estimated that 3 100 capsules are in the History Bowl at the Capitol Theatre. The winning capsule will be drawn tonight by Specialist Rowe a WAVE recruiting officer and will be awarded 300 in war bonds donated by the O Sullivan Rubber Company. Lamar Keen estimated the bond represented about 59000 in bond sales during the Fifth War Loan Drive.
German forces face pressure near Viipuri as Soviet Stormoviks and bombers attack retreating columns. An Allied observer notes forests and swamps in White Russia favor airstrikes, likening Stormoviks to bees over honey. More than 100 communities fall ahead of the Red Army westward push toward Kaunas and Wilno.
The weekly crop report notes drought sweeping Virginia, with near normal temperatures but hot dry spells. Corn alfalfa soybeans and tobacco show declines while pastures and peanuts suffer. dairymen face fodder shortages as early corn tassels.
Herbert Brownell Jr the national Republican chairman charged President Roosevelt uses the title Commander in Chief as a pretext to seek a fourth term. He spoke at a press conference while staying with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and said Roosevelt’s 1940 remark about 1944 and being a “good soldier” was improper. Dewey offered no comment.
The War Food Administration announced it will requisition turkeys to supply Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year dinners for overseas forces. An order effective July 17 requires turkeys in major producing areas be set aside for government purchase until the desired quantity is reached. Production this year totals about 480 million pounds.
Allied forces push through marshy areas toward firm high ground in Normandy. German resistance slows local gains but Allies maintain initiative as weather hampers air and sea supply, while expanding control of lateral roads to ease traffic at Carentan.
Two local storage plants report dividends in the last ten days. Virginia Apple Storage declares 10 percent for the year ending June 30 amid heavy government stock in storage. Winchester Cold Storage pays 3 percent for six months ending June 30 with 521 carloads handled and 100 carloads on hand to clear for fall apple crops.
July 12 dispatch reports flying bombs gliding silently over southern England and London. A bomb smashed a house killing an occupant as witnesses described a feather like, slow glide. government reopened four coastal areas Weymouth Torquay Bournemouth to aid evacuation ahead of holiday season.
Golden Grain floods mills and granaries as harvest overruns capacity. Senator Clyde Reed and representatives from railroads mills and government agencies meet to tackle boxcar shortages and unloading delays. Reed cites army labor as a potential aid and probes why half the normal 1500 cars a day are not being unloaded.
Secretary of War Stimson arrived in Britain from Italy for an inspection of the European theater of operations. He is accompanied by Harvey H. Bundy Maj Gen Thomas KirkSurles and Army public relations director as part of the Allied Expeditionary Force mission.
Joseph Jan Van Hove a former Antwerp waiter who arrived from Belgium as a refugee was executed at Pentonville prison as a German spy. He was the 16th person hanged in Britain for espionage since the war began. Convicted May 24 he was sent to Britain to obtain information on Allied invasion plans for western France. His mission failed.
John F. Snyder of East St. Louis Illinois was fined ten dollars and costs after a reckless driving charge stemming from a Monday afternoon crash on Braddock Street involving his International truck and a 1940 Buick Sedan driven by Roy Carper of 7058 Loudoun Street. Also listed were Adam Myers fined five dollars and twenty five cents for fighting and Wilson McDaniel fined five dollars and costs six dollars twenty five cents for drunkenness. Windhell DeHaven received a one hundred dollar fine, costs, 60 days suspended, and license revocation for three years for driving under the influence.
Allied forces report heavy fighting across Caen and St Lo with American offensives south of La Meauffe and near Vire River. US ground and air actions destroy and damage dozens of German tanks and vehicles.
Hollis F Brill died by his own action after despondence over personal affairs. Born July 14 1912 he would have been 32. Survived by his mother father ex wife and one child Betty Jane with three sisters. Funeral set for Mt Olive Methodist Church with rites at 3 o clock tomorrow.
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