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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1945

Page

3

Gore Shutout by Gainesboro 12 to 0

The Gainesboro Packers blanked Gore 12 to 0 Sunday as they plated 10 runs in the fourth inning and cruised to the win. Omps Phillips and Thompson combined for three hits allowed and two walks while Secrist and Cave took the mound for Gore, yielding 10 hits and eight strikeouts. Box score details follow.

Gainesboro Packers Gore Omps Phillips Thompson Secrist Cave RH Anderson Lineberg Triplett B. Foreman T. Foreman C. Foreman RH Taylor Luttrell Grove Bayliss Baker Loy

Nations Not To Falter In Peace

President Truman urged continued unity in the postwar United Nationsand called for removal of artificial trade barriers to raise living standards worldwide. He warned that remnants of racism and Nazism could again divide the UN and threaten global peace.

Truman United Nations

National baseball gear shortage hampers youth programs

Roundup notes equipment gaps slowing kid baseball growth from Dubuque Iowa to Hazelton Pennsylvania. League expansions strain fielding, with eight dozen balls needed for summer programs while Armed Forces supplies curb availability. Also mentions Red Barber career start and boxing memories.

New York Carl V. Riley Dubuque Hazelton Bill Morgan Bill

Today’s guest star quote from New York Mirror

Ben Epstein quotes Bill Tilden on worldly generosity and ham as a light comment. The remark reflects playful comparison to wartime rationing with OPA prices hinted in the background. The piece preserves a period voice and notable figures.

Ben Epstein New York Mirror Bill Tilden

Lions Fullback Ace Gutowsky Highlighted in Overseas Memoir

The piece notes Cpl Ace Gutowsky praised as Detroit Lions best fullback ever while he describes a year and a half overseas. It cites his New Guinea letters requesting clippings as the U S Gilbert Islands basketball team defeats a Gene Lorendo led quintet once of Oshkosh stars with a tank ramp and improvised court. Don Belk formerly Clemson outfielder stars in Fort Benning league with a 20 game hitting streak.

Cpl Ace Gutowsky Detroit Lions Ace New Guinea U.S. S. Gilbert Islands Gene Lorendo Fromerly Oshkosh Wis Lst Don Belk Clemson College Fort Benning, Ga

Market Quotations and Livestock Prices From Baltimore and Chicago

Baltimore and Chicago livestock markets report steady to active trading on June 27. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep show firm prices with top grades and grain fed stock noted. hogs ceiling at 15.36 for good and choice barrows, sheep lambs around 16.50 to 18.00 for light weights, and cattle values varying by class from canners to prime steers.

Baltimore Livestock Baltimore Chicago Livestock Chicago

Stock Market Report from New York June 27

Steels aircrafts and selected industriales gained modestly while most leaders slid as selling orders increased. Traffic slowed and ticker activity waned. Aviations such as Boeing Grumman Lockheed and Pennsylvania Central Airlines reached new 1945 highs. U S Steel and American Telephone hit yearly peaks.

New York Boeing Grumman Lockheed Pennsylvania Central Airlines U. S. Steel American Telephone

Laundering Distance Record Cited By U S Seventh Division

Pi-Cpl Mason McCoy of Portland Oregon claims a world long distance laundry record in Germany during World War II. He sent home a single worn sock as filler last March. two months later the sock returned clean with a note from his wife asking for more items to wash, saying it helps life feel normal.

U. S Germany Mason McCoy Portland Ore

Shortages Rally Over Wholesale Price Ceiling Fight

In New Jersey a poultry trade group protests high wholesale price ceilings and tie in sales. The Live Poultry Dealers Association voted to close shops from Saturday noon to Wednesday morning while shortages persist, with about 50 percent of New Jersey outlets already shut.

New Jersey Live Poultry Dealers Association

Grain quotations show mixed futures in light Chicago activity

Chicago grain quotations from June 27 indicate mixed futures in dull early trading. Opening prices for Wheat, Corn, Oats, and Rye varied by month with minor fractions from yesterday's close as orders remained light.

Chicago Rye

Have you bought that Extra E Bond for Winchester’s Seventh

A cheeky prompt asks if readers purchased the Extra E Bond supporting Winchester’s Mighty Seventh, hinting at a local war bond drive and community participation.

Winchester Mighty Seventh

Allied Invasion Forces on Rome and Pacific Skirmishes

Allied invasion forces claim an allied cruiser sunk and another damaged in air attacks off Balikpapan. Japanese air activity is scarce in the Indies as a Seventh Fleet Liberator is attacked near Kuching Shipyard. Australian Spitfires claim a torpedo boat and several small craft sunk off Halmahera. Australian forces occupy the Miri oil fields in North Borneo after a rapid overland push from Lutong.

Balikpapan Indies Kuching Halmaheras Halmahera Ternate Island Moluccas Ternate Miri North Borneo

Airbase near Singapore Opens After Brunei Advance

Finery center near Mirt airfield, captured days earlier, provides Allies an airbase 90 miles closer to Singapore than La buan Airfield in Brunei, boosting air operations in the region.

Mirt Singapore Labuan Brunei

School Board To Meet Saturday In Frederick County

The Frederick County Board will hold its final meeting of the fiscal year Saturday morning, according to County Superintendent Leslie D. Kline.

Frederick County Leslie D. Kline

President About To Break News On Postwar Charter

French texts were ready today with more to come as leaders from the United States Russia Britain China France Mexico Brazil Saudi Arabia Czechoslovakia and South Africa signed. Delegation chiefs praised the San Francisco conference for producing a stronger charter though its peacetime use depends on nations. Ambassadors Gromyko and Halifax spoke on overcoming main difficulties and forging an instrument toward peace.

Quatemala Truman United States Russia Britain China France Mexico Brazil Saudi Arabia Czechoslovakia South Africa San Francisco Andrei Gromyko Lord Halifax V. K. Wellington

World leaders urge unity and mutual trust in wartime hopes

Koo of China and Joseph Paul Boncour of France argued for continued mutual trust and collaboration to make the wartime experiment a success. Boncour urged steadfast unity in peace, saying it was our strength in war and must endure after the fighting ends.

Koo China Joseph Paul Boncour France

Winchester Junior Board of Trade to honor five Jaycees

Five Jaycees will receive certificates for outstanding work over the past year at the Winchester Junior Board of Trade annual banquet and the sixth certificate will honor a local citizen for notable civic contributions. The event, at the Country Club, begins at 6 30 with ladies’ night.

JBT Winchester Junior Board of Trade Apse William H. MclIiwee Country Club

Unblock Your Digestive Tract with Carter's Pills

Slanderous ad claims relief from indigestion by unblocking the intestinal tract. Text promotes Carter's Pills as the cure for headaches sour stomach bad breath caused by constipation. The ad urges purchase at drugstores for 25 cents and promises gentle thorough cleansing to resume normal digestion.

Nature Carter

JBT to Install Officers with Major Jordan Address

A ceremony will install new officers and feature a special address by Major George R. Jordan U S Army. Gavin T. Binner Jr will assume the presidency succeeding Robert Grove. Major Jordan will speak in Russia after spending 28 months in the country as a member of the Alaska Wing DAS AGE.

Casion George R. Jordan U. S. Army JBT Gavin T. Binner Robert Grove Jodran Russia United States

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