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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1946
Page
4
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A Senate floor debate centers on a bill to grant terminal leave pay to enlisted men, aligning them with officers. The measure, costing about 3 billion dollars, aims to end decades of unequal treatment and would outlaw future terminal pay for all ranks once enacted.
The Pan American Union board approved and sent a draft declaration on nonintervention to American governments with an October 15 comment deadline. Eleven nations oppose the Uruguayan proposal, while the United States backs it but may let it be pigeonholed as Washington contends with failed Argentine policy.
An American military court at Dachau sentences 43 Nazi elite guards to death for the massacre of 900 Allied prisoners and Belgian civilians during the Battle of the Bulge. Thirty defendants receive lesser sentences as the grim trial unfolds with live testimony pointing to broader leadership culpability. The core leaders at Nürnberg style proceedings await verdicts, with updates till September.
The piece notes that organizations formed in Nazi Germany face trials for war crimes and that members could be tried if found guilty. It cites one million Germans with a stake in the outcomes, recalls 900 murdered at the Bulge, and cites 10,000,000 murdered elsewhere awaiting atonement.
The current Opinion Page defends Senator Byrd in the Virginia primary, disputing claims of labor opposition and misdeeds while praising his fiscal record and pro free enterprise stance. It argues Republicans seek Byrd’s defeat to weaken the Democratic party and cautions against falsehoods.
Intermittent showers and thunderstorms added 1.13 inches of rain to a heavy Winchester precipitation total, bringing the month to 9.01 inches. Dr. E W Miller, veteranarian, celebrated his 68th birthday at a dinner. George Doc Trenary, 16, slept through a fire alarm and rushed to join the Fort Loudoun fire crew. Everett D Kline, a main carrier, received a Post Office Department medal for one year of mishap free truck operation.
Miss Emma Ginn Baker of Winchester was named maid of honor for Warren county centennial events. H W Ebert announced installation of new equipment at his garage located at 28 North Braddock Street. The Rev Daniel C Buchanan and Katherine Baetjer left Winchester for Japan. Bishop Denny of Richmond preaches at Braddock Street Church with Rev and Mrs Richardson hosting.
A 1945 account argues Mihailovitch’s wartime resistance and actions against the Nazis were undermined by a Moscow influenced show trial. It claims the court favored Tito aligned communists, with testimony and verdict shaped for Soviet propaganda to discredit Mihailovitch and the Yugoslav resistance.
Reuben Markham discusses alleged Soviet domination in Bulgaria and Romania and criticizes a Belgrade trial of Mihailovich. He condemns Communist methods, asserts mass arrests and staged justice, and links the events to broader peace treaty ratifications and UNO enforcement.
A reader question list asks seven items on topics from history and literature. Questions cover the U S purchase of the Virgin Islands, Sino-Japanese terms, Iran's famed poet, a deceased heavyweight champion, exiled royalty in Egypt, a bomb fleet vessel, and a grammar fix plus a definition of the Reign of Terror.
The remains were moved at seven this morning from the temporary resting place to the vault beneath the new monument. Reverend A T Graham and his family left today to visit friends in Romney. A large drop in ginger ale at Moling and Grant's caused several bottles to smash.
European church life suffered a war dislocation and devastation with demolished buildings and broken congregations. Denominations seek 118 million to rebuild Europe’s shattered religious life and American Christians must aid spiritually, beyond loans, as a moral duty.
War Assets Administration begins sale of about 265000 rolls of burlap imported from India at a cost over 200000 dollars. Sale starts July 30 and runs through the Richmond Regional War Office under Regional Director A H Graham for interested bidders.
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