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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1945
Page
4
Winchester Virginia post office masthead and adv rate card for The Evening Star Publishing Co. show circulation rules and delivery notes. The 1945 June 22 issue includes subscription pricing, advertising deadlines, and a Biblical proverb from Proverbs 12 1 about listening to instruction.
The Seventh War Loan drive ends June 30 and aims to exceed $7 billion. The Treasury notes that urgency grows when war setbacks occur and urges Americans to buy bonds now. Marines on Okinawa already show 64 percent participation on pay allotment, supporting the effort.
The article notes American forces lost 865 056 weapons and 81 379 vehicles in eleven months on the Western Front from D Day to VE Day. It adds that this tally excludes many engineering and special purpose items such as steam shovels and bridges, underscoring total costs of war beyond personnel casualties.
The passage lists immense wartime losses including 2 263 artillery pieces and 12 056 tanks, with 69 698 motor vehicles and 1 625 amphibious craft damaged or destroyed. It notes the futility of war but stresses that matériel can be replaced, while the men who died are gone forever.
A reprinted editorial argues for humane postwar treatment of returning veterans. It condemns sensationalism and questions about wartime experiences, urging support without prying, while invoking Abraham Lincoln’s 1865 stance of treating former enemies as if never conquered.
James W. Gerard argues the new German government may need strong leadership and considers Louis Ferdinand, grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm, as a suitable monarch or figurehead. He notes Germany’s shift from Nazi era thinking, the limits of a republic, and the possibility of military or presidential roles, while warning monarchy would be a backward step.
About 200 delegates attend the 38th annual Eagles meeting where a FBI agent urges postwar leadership roles. O Sullivan Rubber Co opens downtown office at 169 1 2 N Loudoun St as Americans launch a major assault intended to pierce Cherbourg defenses.
The Senate Naval Committee summoned Col. Knox to testify as foreign policy tensions rise. The hearing signals increased scrutiny of U S policy and defense strategy amid mounting international pressure.
The wedding is planned for July 2. The First Baptist Church trustees B M Carter and G N Hansbrough estates report a $10,000 reduction in church indebtedness.
Henry W. Boyd a city native is named General Manager of Armour Co Chicago with a reported $20 000 yearly salary. The Winchester baseball club reorganizes naming Red Weems captain and plans to raise funds for uniforms.
W H Crawford meets with the Board of Trade to discuss locating a woolen mill here. William McKinley is renominated for president by Republicans with Theodore Roosevelt slated as vice president. James Dusty, reel team runner for Friendship Fire Co., trips while racing with teammates.
An inspirational sermon urging readers to defend inner faith against life’s troubles. It argues that outer hardship cannot defeat the true self if faith places the inner life in God's hands, asserting that spiritual strength is the only lasting defense.
A reader in Salzburg Austria writes to the Winchester Evening Star recalling the April 24 1945 article about low voter turnout in the election for a constitutional convention and urging citizens to defend the secret ballot as a vital American privilege won with blood and lives.
Nebraskans cite a Christmas Cactus owned by Mrs. Martha Heinzler of Osmond blooming out of season. The plant normally flowering in winter burst into full bloom in mid June, prompting locals to notice the unusual timing.
Washington observers say the court majority led by Justice Black aims to remake the United States into a union controlled system. The minority, led by Chief Justice Stone, argues for equal protection before the law without special privilege. The rulings on Florida Labor Law and New York Electrical Workers case are cited as examples.
Dr Gail Benton faces a heated confrontation over a new treatment as Reyna Thayer's trial looms. Anemia risk linked to the drug emerges after Benton realizes she failed to check Reyna’s medical history, risking public scandal and professional ruin.
The writer argues Congress empowered the Attorney General on deportations but the Black Faction overruled this to save Harry Bridges. They claim unions, even criminal led, escape antitrust and press under law, attack Associated Press autonomy, and warn of a future union autocracy via CIO PAC steering courts and government to serve union interests.
A fragmented passage discusses the creation of a legal authority and suggests its completion depends on union leadership. The text implies tension between legal structure and union influence, with scant specifics on names or dates.
A reader questionnaire asks seven trivia questions including the dog star Sirius the Preakness racetrack location the author of Ballad of Reading Goal and terms like the cats friendly herb and greenbacks plus a tailor's goose and a Mexican peon hat.
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