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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
1
Halifax area was rocked by four huge explosions and a long series of blasts at a naval munitions depot in Dartmouth. 12 injured and one missing as 17 000 Dartmouth civilians were evacuated. a 50 000 depth charge magazine threatened but did not explode.
Detective Captain Patrick Hayes announced a confession to a $40,000 jewel robbery at the Pioneer Loan Co in San Francisco. The suspect Delbert H Mayes 31 of New Lebanon Ohio allegedly implicated Cincinnati Newport Ky police figures and a local pawnbroker. The crime involved binding the owner Sol Riskin and taking diamonds watches and $1200.
Washington reports Senator Vandenberg received from the State Department a Grew letter confirming U S aims for equal participation in supervising Poland's proposed elections under Yalta terms. Questions covered press access and full diplomatic representation as Poland forms a provisional government.
Chinese high command reports Japanese and puppet forces attacked across the Indo-China border, then driven back into China after July 14 operations. Chinese units push toward Kweilin from Liuchow while separate columns advance on the former U S air base city. Communists drive Japanese from two towns in the far northeast as the front shows renewed activity.
Australian forces advance on western and eastern Borneo amid oil centers. Marudi and Balikpapan Bay areas tighten control while raids destroy enemy craft along the Riko river and near Balikpapan. U S 7th Fleet shells Tempadoeng Point and PT boats strike Telur island and Halmahera waterway craft.
The sun appeared this afternoon after a cloudy morning with a brief shower and no certainty rain would end. The Virginia forecast calls for scattered thundershowers tonight in both west and east regions, with Friday remaining cloudy and peaking showers. The city temperature reached 80 after a low of 64 last night.
President Truman directed the Petroleum Administration for War to take over and operate the Sinclair Rubber Company plant in Houston Texas after workers voted to strike. Officials reported the plant was functioning normally with a full workforce as the seizure was executed at 7 AM local time, amid broader labor disturbances threatening butadiene production.
Army and Navy leaders plan the war against Japan to run at least until late 1946. They assume Japan will fight to the end and outline clean up campaigns in China depending on Russia. If Russia enters soon, Western Allies may face little fighting on the Asiatic mainland. No unconditional surrender terms beyond the broad idea remain.
The Associated Press reports a surge in labor unrest with 14 000 Detroit area workers idled as 200 lumber yards closed. The CIO Oil Workers Union Local voted to strike 361 to 129, prompting an executive order declaring an immediate emergency. Across Detroit 22 100 idle, with 34 225 more nationwide. A strike disrupts United States Rubber and Graham Paige plants, plus 6000 Detroit city workers. Milk drivers in Kansas City face stoppage. 1 200 member producers group threatens to withhold supply pending settlement.
A massive force of over 600 B 29s strikes four Nipponese cities including Hitachi and an oil refinery as part of a three day incindiary campaign. The U S Third Fleet pounds Tokyo Bay area with shore bombardment and carrier air strikes amid heavy weather and reports of Japanese ships hit or damaged.
With the Democratic primary less than three weeks off the campaign in this section has attracted only slight interest and there are few indications it will speed up before August 7. In Winchester only one municipal office is at stake the city sergeant. Gibson G. Baker and Taylor Barr USA are seeking the post. Incumbents of the other offices James P. Reardon city solicitor W A Baker treasurer P J Marshall city clerk and Charles P McVicar commissioner of revenue have no competition and are assured of renomination. H Blackburn Moore is also unopposed for the Democratic nomination for member to the House of Delegates from Frederick Clarke county and the City of Winchester. A party nominee for governor will be decided between William M Tuck and Moss A Plunkett in the August 7 primary, and the three-cornered race between State Senator Leonard Muse of Roanoke and Delegates Charles R Fenwick of Arlington and L Preston Collins of Smyth for lieutenant governor attracts attention. All state candidates are campaigning. Attorney General A P Staples is unopposed for the nomination. WANTED High school boy to cut grass. Apply 326 Amherst St.
The Senate may approve by nightfall a $2.75 billion contribution to an $8.4 billion fund and a $3.175 billion capital subscription to a $9.1 billion bank to stabilize currencies and finance postwar reconstruction. Export Import Bank capital would rise to $3.5 billion to spur Europe US trade, with broader hopes pinned on a wider economic program by Truman Churchill and Stalin. Senator Russell backs Bretton Woods and the overall plan.
Carrier planes strike Yokosuka base and Nojima cape south of Tokyo while transferred airmen join Far East forces. Seventh Fleet hits Balikpapan shore positions as Aussie troops push west. China reports 1300 Japanese crossed into territory then routed. Japanese move toward Swa Tow and Kweilin. Japanese mass for Sittang bend offensive as cruisers and destroyers bombard mainland Japan.
Allied air forces from Europe reinforce Pacific operations as bomber fleets hit Kyushu targets including Miyazaki Nabeoka Fukushima and Tomizaki. New A 26 bombers enter combat under Col Joseph R Holzapple while Marine Wings strike Tokuno Okiniyerabu and Palaus. Operations extend to Paramushiro Yap Formosa and the Carolinas with attacks on ships docks and factories. continued action noted.
Potsdam July 19 President Truman urged allies to win a quick Pacific victory to accelerate postwar Europe reconstruction and global peace. The Big Three met for their third day with secret agenda set by foreign secretaries. Berlin papers stressed rapid liquidation of war effects and close peace cooperation.
Ralph Earl McClure of Winchester was placed on 15 years probation by Judge Burr Harrison after a jury found him guilty of attempted rape of a six year old. Court action delayed pending a psychiatric evaluation at Southwestern State Hospital, which the court accepted as showing McClure was not sane.
Riteway Cleaners will close for vacations with no deliveries from July 30 to August 4. Customers should call to arrange clothing, and items left after 30 days may incur storage charges with a minimum of 25 cents. Winchester notice dates appear in the listing.
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