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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1944
Page
3
City police report a theft at National Avenue Service Station. A 1935 Ford lost two tires and a wheel. the nearly new tires were recently bought from Cammer Tire Company.
Governor Dewey in Pittsburgh says the nation, with one quarter of its steel and coal from Pennsylvania, has unlimited opportunities after the war. He warns against surrendering liberties to a totalitarian New Deal and plans talks with local United Mine Workers officials only, not with John L. Lewis.
The Navy states the overall production program remains rising through early 1945 while eight key munitions are urgently needed including aircraft carriers cruisers assault ships tankers rockets 440 millimeter guns and high octane fuel. It notes Pacific area advances shrink Japanese shipping and hunting grounds for submarines, prompting a reduced submarine force despite high crew achievements in evading and resisting attacks.
The Frederick County School Board will meet tomorrow at 10 o clock to fix the opening date for the 1944 45 term. The board will also consider the teacher vacancy situation with 25 vacancies reported by County Superintendent Leslie D. Kline last week.
A tropical disturbance near Nassau in the Bahamas was detected by the weather bureau. The 10:30 a m advisory said it is small but has squalls and winds of 50 mph or more east of the center, centered about 175 miles northeast of Nassau and moving northwest at an undetermined rate. Caution advised for northeastern Bahamas and nearby ocean areas east and north of Nassau. The position was roughly 275 miles east of Palm Beach Florida.
Allied forces pierced the Brest peninsula area forming a 105 mile arc toward central France. Avranches became a key anchor as 10 000 German prisoners were taken and multiple enemy divisions ground down. Montgomery's British Canadians advanced seven miles on a seven mile front from Caumont taking Galet and other towns as American spearheads pushed toward Granville.
Virginia military hospitals receive Normandy casualties by sea and air. The Navy ship Refuge discharged 105 army cases at Hampton Roads. 500 navy casualties went to Naval Hospital in Norfolk. 17 more soldiers arrived by air. McGuire General Hospital at Richmond treats first arrivals, while Woodrow Wilson General Hospital near Staunton-Waynesboro handles extra cases. Community groups funded 42 days of lodging and a fund supports free home telephone calls. Twenty more casualties were flown to Woodrow Wilson Hospital last Thursday.
Soviet forces push Cherniakhovsky’s cavalry and tanks deep into the Suwalki triangle near East Prussia as Rokossovsky’s troops threaten Warsaw. 1,144 towns captured along a 1000-mile front from the Baltic to the Carpathians. Gluda near Jelgava and Kaunas southward advances noted.
Majority Leader Barkley and Senator Reynolds telegraphed absent members of the Senate Military Committee to return to Washington at once to act on reconversion, demobilization, and surplus property disposition bills. Senator Vandenberg said Republicans want early action on post war business and employment programs. The telegram urged proper committee consideration and set a Thursday session.
The Virginia health department reported 13 new polio cases and one extra death, bringing totals to 129 since June 1 and 135 since January 1. The Rockingham county case marks the county's first polio case, with broader spreads in Henrico, Tazewell, Charlotte, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, and Roanoke.
London notes Prime Minister Churchill will address the Commons with a sober warning that Germany may ready new terror weapons. The speech could outline steps to meet threats and include an official Allied report on inside Germany, amid Allied advances and Axis unrest. If we’ll buy the bonds they’ll drop the bombs.
Groove Schlack chairman of the Curb Market says farmers will offer plums blackberries tomatoes and dressed chickens this week. The market operates Wednesday mornings from 8 o clock in the city parking lot under the Frederick County Board of Agriculture.
Judge John Rice presiding awarded jail terms to Lawrence Moreland of Waldorf Md and Bernard Murphy of Benedict after guilty pleas for petty larceny stealing gasoline. Each received 12 months, suspended except 10 days, with one year probation and costs. Other defendants faced fines and short terms for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
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