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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1945
Page
2
Park baseball players trained in the afternoon under Coach Sandy Baker. Mentzer, based in Hagerstown, will start on the mound tomorrow as Park seeks to extend its four game win streak, with game time set for six oclock.
Be es beat Star Office Jrs 18 to 1 in a lopsided game. Keller allowed six hits as Bees hitters posted 22 hits and 14 opponents errors led to the rout. Regulars D Smallwood W Seldon E Solomon and P Pappas were sidelined.
Jefferson City’s J. W. Brumback and Joseph Brumback are named among two brothers who died, with links to I Brumback Middletown and former supervisor leader, plus sisters Bettie E. and Ella M. Brumback. Funeral at 2 30 PM Monday near Middletown conducted by Elder J T Powers. Burial Mt Carmen Cemetery with nephews Fred David Ashly Brumback Raymond Brumback of Winchester Robert Brumback and Cletus Brumback of Washington as pallbearers.
Answers printed on Page 1 include names and facts: Adr ia Locke Langley under 2 square miles famous opera singer prequency modulation Alfred Nobel a four sided figure with two parallel sides modesty Quaker Society of Friends and about ten percent.
The Associated Press explains meat fats and processed foods stamps with book four red stamps K2 to P2 valid through July 31 and Q2 to Y2 through Aug 31. Sugar stamp 36 for five pounds valid through Aug 31 with next stamp Sept 1. Shoes stamps 1 2 3 valid indefinitely per OPA. other lines list coupon validity through Sept 21.
Washington reports civilian meat supplies will fall to the 1935–39 average for 1945, about 16.245 billion pounds, despite wartime demands. Production expansion kept civilian stocks above prewar levels, while higher personal purchasing power aided meat purchases.
Carson D. Hulver aged 35 of 609 South Kent Street died yesterday at 3:30 PM in Winchester Memorial Hospital after two years of failing health. He was born September 6, 1911 and married Sylvia May Walker of Linden, who survives with one son, David Robert. He left four brothers Homer, Russell, Stewart, and John and two sisters, with funeral arrangements set for Mountain Falls Methodist Church. Rev. C. H. Anderson to officiate. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers named.
O'Sullivan introduces dark brown non marking heels and soling materials for men women and children. After wartime carbon black limits and reclaimed rubber usage, synthetic rubber became available and 60 000 shoe repair shops will receive the new brown products through 1 000 findings jobbers nationwide.
Northern Wisconsin farmer Arthur Birnstengel asks Congressman Alvin O'Konski to help find a wife. He lists his assets including 600 acres, 30 head of cattle, a 5 year old son, and says he is strong, healthy, sober, and ready for partnership. He notes failed matrimonial clubs and scarce marriage prospects locally.
Umpire George Magerkurth had assault and battery charges dropped in Municipal Court after Dayton officials requested dismissal. Prosecutor Thomas Longo, who said he was struck at Crosley Field after Reds vs. Red Sox, refused to press charges. Longo received a written apology and a $100 medical expense payment.
Aboard the McRae Maj. Orlando Ward leads the 20th Armored Advanced Detachment with Brig. Gen. Wayland B. Auger and Brig. Gen. Edmund B. Sebree among officers. The transport carries 687 high critical-score discharges, 50 rotational troops, plus 200 men from the 13th Armored Division Combat Command and other units. Atlantic City is noted for arrivals scheduled Monday, with eight army men aboard and personnel from William B. Giles and the 276 Base Service Squadron, 544th Air Service Group onboard.
The article notes the three powers may conduct a lengthy Sunday session due to Mr. Truman's reluctance to work on special days. It highlights his early rising routine and says sessions often start in the afternoon, reflecting a cautious stance toward flattery and formalities.
The Navy begins talks with St. John's College officials in Annapolis Maryland to buy the historic 32 acre campus for Naval Academy expansion. Rep Vinson says any deal awaits House and Senate naval committee approval and may wait for October before a full panel can meet. Senate action could come before summer recess.
Donald Ray Smallwood seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Earl Smallwood of Clarke county died early yesterday morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital He was rushed to the hospital Thursday after being suddenly stricken and lived less than 24 hours Survived by parents brothers and sisters Hazel Lock Thos Braithwaite and Elmer Freda Elwood and Joan Lee Smallwood All services were held at 10 this morning with burial at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville Rev George S Lightner officiating
Local markets listing notes daily accuracy but The Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may occur.
The listing shows market quotes for eggs by grade and color. Grade A white and brown eggs priced at 41 cents, Grade B at 39 cents, Grade A medium and Grade C unspecified. The fragmentary text indicates a local eggs market with graded categories.
Calcutta July 21 Jap anese troops strengthen positions northeast of Pegu and vigorously resist British probing. A front report says a large scale break out attempt toward the Rangoon Mandalay road was launched yesterday. The enemy command reportedly ordered evacuation by end of July or to be written off.
The OPA announced expanded ration relief for workers doing heavy manual labor. Longshoremen, stevedores, foundrymen, and strenuous construction workers may receive supplementary meat, fats, and sugar points, with a new program starting August for coal and ore miners and other eligible laborers.
Advance units of the Ninth Army left Le Havre by ship for the United States. Army units arriving in the United States include groups in New York and Hampton Roads, with various divisions, regiments, and support units listed, and Boston and other depots noted.
In Saint Charles Virginia Reverend Bill Parsons leader of Stone Creek faith healing group announced the first snakebite victims of the season. Bill Gibson of near Tazewell Tennessee and Luther Myer of Cleveland Tennessee were bitten in services last Sunday. Gibson’s condition was described as not good and Myer as serious.
Three hospital attendants at St Elizabeths Hospital are in custody after a coroner jury found probable cause they struck and kicked Seaman 2 C Clark J Leeper who died from a ruptured liver. Attendants Fred A Brown Lloyd L Lacey and Samuel H Siegel were bound over to the Grand Jury with bonds set at 1500.
The first peaches from about 2 000 acres in the county are arriving in local markets. Peak harvest not until August 10 but early varieties like Golden Jubilee already available. Yield from over 100 000 trees down from 1944 yet expected quality to beat statewide crops. Surplus fruit is shipped to other markets and processed locally, with Zeropack taking a large share.
Mrs Alice R Sumption 47 wife of Joseph Warren Sumption died at home 435 12 North Lou doun Street at 3 PM after 11 months illness She was a Winchester resident 17 years and had no children Funeral services are set for 2 PM Monday at Jones Funeral Home Rev Roy F Shhumacker to officiate Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers named W A Orndorff Earle Jones George Mc Farland Stanley Hawkins Carroll Hawkins and Eugene Newlin
The Weather Bureau said a small tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico was centered 100 miles south of Beaumont at 9:30 a m and expected to reach the coast near Freeport this afternoon. Winds were 35 to 45 mph and tides would remain high along the Louisiana and upper Texas coast as storm warnings stretched from Matagorda Texas to Morgan City Louisiana.
U S air units pounded Kushikino Miyar onojo Iwo island and targets in Honshu Kyushu Formosa Hainan Island Indo China Canton and Tokyo. Liberators destroyed ground facilities and rolling stock while Tokyo denounced American bombings as unexpectedly effective and deceptive tactics caused confusion.
Australian air forces mounted major strikes on Sandakan on the northwestern coast with over 25 Spitfires and Kittyhawks bombing and strafing. Liberators damaged a small freighter and river craft in the Mahakani River estuary while neutralization missions continued over Rabaul and Kavieng in the Bischark archipelago.
Livestock and produce prices reported for Baltimore and Chicago markets. Apples and butter steady. cattle and hogs show mixed moves with index prices and top lots noted. Slaughter steers and fat cows near previous levels. hogs and sheep activity varying by grade and lot size.
Chicago July 21 Wheat futures showed mixed moves while oats and rye led gains. July rye extended yesterday’s advance to rise 1 1 2 cents a bushel. Prices listed for July, Sept, Dec, and May contracts across Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley with small fluctuations.
General Franco completed a cabinet shake up appointing five monarchist sympathizers and replacing two Falange foes. Jose Lequerica and Eduardo Aroz were ousted while Jose Arrese left as minister without portfolio. Alberto Marti Arrajo named foreign minister and Raimundo Fernandez Cuesta became head of foreign affairs. Franco signaled Spain’s preparatory move toward monarchy.
About 90 000 workers in Baltimore and Lawrenceburg quit their jobs, saying they would go fishing while a new contract is negotiated. Milk deliveries in Kansas City may start at 25 to 50 percent but should hit 100 percent by tomorrow as a truce follows widespread stoppages. In St Louis 1,500 striking workers urged federal seizure. in Fort Wayne 1,750 CIO unit workers at International Harvester walked out, halting truck production for government use.
The motto Justitia Omnibus or Justice to All is tied to the District of Columbia. Adopted in 1871 it may reflect newly extended male voting rights on municipal matters, though the origin remains uncertain.
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