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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1945
Page
3
Rails resumed gains with steels and low priced motors as leaders lagged. Idle funds supplied buying yet fears of a technical correction to eight year highs drove selling of pivotals. Dealings quickened at intervals but overall slow. Bonds and commodities showed mixed results.
Market reports from Baltimore and Chicago show unchanged fruit and fowl prices in Baltimore, with detailed cattle, hog, and sheep quotations. Chicago lists salable hogs and cattle, noting steady to higher prices for good and choice meat cattle and lambs, with various ranges for beef cows and bulls.
The article explains direct war production labor demands excluding agriculture. Employers will train unskilled workers in plants due to a shortage of skilled staff. Only four male job applicants remain in the Employment Office, aged 61 to 76, needing special consideration. Workers not involved in essential war work are urged to inquire at the Employment Office about eligible positions.
Chicago Grain Stations reports a sharp price drop in early trading after Board of Trade margin increases from 10 to 20 cents on rye and widespread declines across grains. Opening quotes show mixed movements with wheat at about 1.70 for July and corn near 1.17 for December as rye leads losses.
U S Tenth Army reports on Okinawa civilians streaming from caves toward rear area camps amid ongoing battles. War-weary residents, many with sores, bare feet, and ragged clothing, carry meager bundles along dusty roads as Marines advance toward the island’s southern tip.
Steve Sammis will speak at the Winchester Rotary Club meeting about Uncle Sam's work for wounded at Woodrow Wilson General Hospital Staunton. He recently toured the facility as W. M. Richards reports the club's Seventh War Loan Drive has raised about $438000.
A political note argues that funding bonds will provoke harsher military actions. The statement links bond purchases to potential bomb threats and escalations.
The 7th Army led by Gen. Patton and later Gen. Patch pursued a path from Sicily through Italy into France and Germany. It fought at Messina Etna and Stagata Cape Dorlanda Barcelona then advanced in France via Durance Valley Montelimar and Saverne Gap into the Alsace Plain, crossing the Rhine to seize Ludwigshafen Mannheim Worms and Heidelberg and advance toward Nuernburg.
A White House draft seeks Friday noon signing with translators and experts assembling a charter. Stettinius presses for compromise as Evatt and Gromyko push options to define the assemblies powers within the world organization scope. A fresh Big Five session is set for another attempt to settle the open forum issue without a split vote.
Japanese prisoners aboard an LCI fled with 300 Okinawan civilians to surrender to American forces. Near Mabuni on the south eastern coast Maj. Gen. Archibald W. Arnold’s Seventh Division infantry faced a slow advance through coral heads brush and caves as enemy troops fought fanatically with machine guns rifles and grenades.
The Star presents concise updates on local happenings and national and world developments. Readers get quick takes on notable events, with emphasis on clear, timely reporting and accessible context for ongoing stories.
The House considered a succession bill with Vera and others. Proposals by Representatives Monroney and Kefauver seek temporary succession provisions. The discussion touched on when WAC members receive flying pay and overseas personnel receive additional pay, tied to duties and skill level.
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