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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1945
Page
4
The July 13 1945 issue of The Evening Star from Winchester Virginia lists delivery timing and advertising rates. It includes subscription prices for mail and motor routes, carrier options, and a Bible verse on the page.
Fred M Vinson outlines a postwar plan with a $25 billion peace budget and $7 billion in interest on the national debt. He predicts high wages and prices to sustain a $140 to $150 billion annual income, with massive public works and veterans costs to prevent unemployment.
Advertising Research Foundation reports seventy two reader ship studies from July 1939 show increased readership among men and women for national advertising in alcohol automotive food and transportation. Classified ads also gained attention. The report attributes the rise to wartime themes and strong newspaper presentation of editorial content and ads.
Reprinted editorialists critique the delivery of 400 000 pounds of Cuban sugar to Franco despite US government intent and sugar shortages. They condemn appeasement of Franco, link it to prewar diplomacy, and fault Secretary Anderson for not addressing tariff impacts and sugar policy errors.
Pvt. Clarence Bertucci, guard at Salina Utah prisoner of war camp, admitted planning and firing on sleeping German prisoners. Eight Germans were killed and 28 wounded before Bertucci was restrained. The incident, described as an American atrocity, sparked debate over responsibility and sanity amid war weariness.
Assumram Palperis, famed rubber tapper from Acre, Brazil, has joined the army as a draftee. He previously set a local tapping record at about 5,000 pounds of raw rubber in Acre’s jungle belt.
One year ago drought harms Virginia with sparse rain easing vegetation in the north. In Europe, France and Germany face heavy raids with Munish bombed again and railroad hubs blasted. London reports no robot planes tonight and attacks taper off after a week of escalating raids.
Five years ago W. O. Richards, owner of a Kent street store, was sentenced to 12 months in jail on three charges and held for a grand jury on another. he noted an appeal in Trial Justice Court. Seven injured in Route 11 crashes. Baltimore car snaps telephone pole north of Strasburg. Axis threaten Britain with surrender or destruction as ultimatum.
City Manager Field denounces a company building a Millwood road entrance as work lags by a month. A convict camp departs Route 50 east due to failure to secure property rights for a new road. P. G. Ireland and Rev G E Owen join Cub Scouts for an outing to Jordan Springs. Peyton Marshall succeeds D J Howard as president of the Winchester Rotary Club.
Fort Hoyle artillery unit secured by Winchester Fair officials for the annual fall celebration. J R Darington local railway telegraph dispatcher dies after a short illness.
Douglas Weems and Pat Dunn save two boys near Washington by pulling them from live electrical lines. The Handley Board of Trustees reports the fund is over $5,000 short. The Norfolk and Western Railway property at Briggs Clarke county, managed by Tom Spates, is burned to the ground.
Forty five years ago reports in New York papers questioned a World scoop on a proposed McKinley assassination as a hoax. President McKinley offered no comment. Byrd Fugett drives horses at a tallyho party hosted by A. C. Shearer’s young group.
A meditation on the link between sound character and successful economies. The author argues moral integrity underpins lasting wealth and warns that character failure can breach even grand defenses like the Great Wall of China.
A set of seven quiz questions covering Old Glory capital of Northern Ireland nickname Tree Planters State symbol olive branch author Dragon Harvest Dominion Parliament sessions in Canada radio address by Woodrow Wilson correction of a sentence Roger Williams colony link Dolly Madison relation to President Madison.
Washington report details expected moves in the Roosevelt era group as Harold Ickes nears exit and John Snyder and William H. Davis rise. It notes Henry Wallace may remain commerce secretary while shifts realign Treasury and War Mobilization roles amid a broader purge of Roosevelt appointees.
Terry Arnold, a Vermont newspaperwoman, eyes a second book in Argentina. Raff Cordoba’s invitation pulls her from Buenos Aires to the Kimberly estancia and a glamorous life among Brooks Kimberly Corinne Artigas and family. Raff arrives with roses signaling a planned early departure for the estate. Terry agrees to join them, hoping for a glimpse of that famed lifestyle.
Corrine abstains from the trip because of a meeting while Brooks, Raff, and Terry prepare for takeoff in Brooks' silver plane. The crew, with Manuela guiding luggage, comments on Brooks' light mood and a joke about serious minds. The plane climbs over the pampas, hinting at further events to come.
The article lists changes in Truman era cabinet posts with Byrnes Vinson Anderson Clark Hannegan and Schwellenbach replacing Stettinius Morgenthau Wickard Biddle Walker Perkins. It notes Stimson and Forrestal remain in war and navy posts due to emergency needs. Four newcomers were Roosevelt appointees in prior roles. others were longtime Washington figures.
The changes shift away from leftist reform theories while keeping the core Rooseveltite principles. A Truman associate notes privately that the effort preserves the better side of Roosevelt and dispenses with the other.
A compact crossword list featuring across and down clues with dates and partial word hints. Included are entries such as One who reads intently and River F with various lengths, plus several numbered clues for soil, vessel, and instrument terms.
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