Public notices and delivery reminders from The Evening Star
The notice outlines daily publication except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia. It warns ads due by 9 PM the day before publication and notes transient and contract rates. Readers are asked to report delays or irregularities to maintain delivery quality. It cites AP and ABC affiliations and includes a Psalm verse.
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Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester, Va
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Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation
First Big Test of Postwar Labor Shift Ahead
The nation faces a major test in moving from war to peace with unemployment kept low. By mid-summer 2 000 000 workers may seek jobs if reconversion proceeds smoothly, while 950 000 unemployed exist now and many industries move to civilian production by fall. The period offers lessons for shaping a broader postwar employment program.
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WPB
Japan
Army boots in 1945 total nearly 31 million pairs
The 1945 Army shoe order calls for 30 986 000 pairs as marching miles test the Doughboy. Troops fight mostly from planes, tanks, trucks and jeeps, yet vast boot usage shows heavy foot travel amid muddy fields and debris filled towns.
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Doughboy
Army shoe needs rise with theater shifts in Pacific
The Army faces heightened shoe requirements as troops move from Europe to the Pacific. Desert Arctic tropics and volcanic dust at Iwo Jima demand specialized footwear. Civilians also wear shoes after three years of war and rationing.
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Arctic
Tropics
Iwo Jima
Truman's War Plan Outlines Victory Path and Nationwide Effort
Reprinted editorial lauds President Truman for presenting a clear war plan to Congress and the public. It emphasizes joint national effort, overwhelming Pacific power, and the aim of unconditional surrender. The piece warns against complacency and stresses production, transport, and civilian support to speed a decisive finish.
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Truman
Congress
Pacific
Tokyo
Germany
Mr. Truman
Homefront duty and veterans aid for the war effort
Veterans returning from Normandy, the Ardennes, and Italy study civilian efforts to ensure fair government and business treatment. They seek square dealing, rationing, and continued work. strong homefront support is urged to speed victory in the Pacific and V-Day tomorrow.
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Christian Science Monitor
America
Japan
Normandy
Ardennes
Italy
John
Pacific
Admiral Nimitz Denies US Refusing British Help
Admiral Nimitz publicly rejects the rumor that the United States seeks no help from the British Fleet in the Pacific. He stresses Britain is needed and welcomed, calling the suggestion insulting and politically driven, and hopes no one revives it.
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Martinsville
Admiral Nimitz
Winchester notes and election results from local areas
One year ago G Fred Yeakley, prominent Frederick county businessman and fruit grower, died in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Blood donor shortages alarm officials and threaten the clinic. A Victory Pageant by 600 Handley students opens the Fifth War Loan Drive. Miles Music Company to open gala site tomorrow. Herbert Schutte, Winchester businessman and sportsman, is at sea in Coast Guard reserve training. Miss Helen Lane elected city recorder in Boyce. H C Smith elected mayor. other nearby towns elect mayors by write‑ins. Mayors named include C R Anderson Winchester. Leonard H Bell Berryville. W Lomax Parker Stephens City. J Fred Larrick Middletown.
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G. Fred Yeakley
Frederick County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Handley
Miles Music Company
Herbert Schutte
Winchester
U. S. Coast Guard Reserve
Helen Lane
Boyce
Clay B. Carr, Jr
H. C. Smith
Dr. C. R. Anderson
Leonard H. Bell
Berryville
W. Lomax Parker
Stephens City
J. Fred Larrick
Middletown
Local youths vie for FFA degree at Blacksburg state meet
Rolfe Derflinger and Staige Brumback are local candidates for the third FFA degree at the state meet in Blacksburg. Other items note the S S Normandie arriving in New York after a record crossing from France, a boy injured by a wheel passing over his head with a skull fracture, and city projects for water pumping and telephone line upgrades in the Winchester area.
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Rolfe Derflinger
Staige Brumback
Blacksburg
S. S. Normandie
New York
France
Leadership by Youth and Great Achievements of the Young
An essay-style piece argues youth often drives major strides in history. It cites Alexander the Great Hannibal John Smith Calvin Joan of Arc Patrick Henry and Hamilton as examples of young leadership shaping civilization while condemning sentimentality about youth.
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Alexander the Great
Hannibal
Carthage
John Smith
America
Calvin
Joan of Arc
France
Patrick Henry
Hamilton
Madison
Younsters
Let Us Have Peace Keynote of Grant Campaign 1868
The slogan Let us have peace was the keynote of Ulysses S. Grant's 1868 presidential campaign. He used the phrase in his May 29 letter accepting the Republican nomination to calm Civil War era tensions.
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Grant
How's Your I Q Quiz Answers Page 2
A list of ten quiz questions asks for specifics across history, geography, and literature. Topics include demobilization thresholds, a book author, Spezia location, William M. Jeffers post, Choice of French port, Roosevelt siblings, bimetallic monetary system, a nursery rhyme object, Chinese Foreign Minister, and veterans mustering-out pay tiers.
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Germany
Spezia
William M. Jeffers
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Diddle
Truman signals party driven federal judges in early picks
Washington reports President Truman beginning to choose federal judges on a Democratic party basis rather than purely for New Dealism. The shift appears to reflect a line of selections where local control by New Dealers or Democrats guides nominees, with compromise picks otherwise. Gilliam’s nomination shows the dynamic at play as Attorney General Biddle resists ideological routing.
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Washington
Truman
Biddle
Donald Gilliam
North Carolina
Gilliam
Bailey
Justice Department
Rival to My Heart 2 Percent
Agnes hosts a terrace supper as Lucienne flirts with Dr. Kramer while Gail weighs a Springdale day nursery project. Lucienne and Ralph Kramer dance at Sunrise Pavilion as Gail contemplates love, career, and Lucienne’s future with Kramer.
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Howard
Lucienne
Gail
Kramer
Bunty
Mark
Tom
Springdale
Ralph Kramer
Reyna
Howard Thayer
Ralph
Burke
Palisades
Lily Lanahan
Stephen McCormick
Army
Stephen
Father
Truman's judicial picks and party clashes over Biddle era
The piece outlines Truman's nominations to eastern Michigan and Minnesota federal benches including Daennis Donovan and Arthur A. Koscinski amid factional battles led by Bob Hannegan. It notes Biddle's opposition, labor reactions, and broader shifts as Congress shows resistance to Roosevelt era policies.
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Bailey
White House
Truman
Biddle
Minnesota
Bob Hannegan
Daennis Donovan
Duluth
Oliver Iron Mining Company
Hannegan
Roosevelt
Victor Anderson
Michigan
Arthur A. Koscinski
Detroit
Koscinski
CIO
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