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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1945
Page
1
Stalin announced Prague’s liberation by the First Ukrainian Army after a night maneuver from the north. German resistance collapsed as operations continued beyond the scheduled armistice, with reports of bombings and continued hostilities around the city.
Hermann Goering and Albert Kesselring have been taken into U S Seventh Army custody. Goering said he was sentenced to death for proposing Hitler's leadership takeover. His wife Emmy Sonnemann and their child were captured. Goering last saw Hitler April 22 in Berlin.
United States seeks an agreement on trustee ships of lands seized in wars to permit bases worldwide. Debates divide the American delegation over Pan American security integration while Molotov departs, leaving big power harmony and questions on world security council authority.
Effective May 7 the cleaners will operate five days a week Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Open Friday night and closed all day Saturday.
Ambulance service resumed by the Friendship Ambulance. Phone 6824. WANTED Presley, 5 days a week. Apply Peninsula Pingley and Carpers.
The members of Madison Lodge No 6 I O O F are asked to meet at Jones Funeral Home Thursday at 1 30 PM to attend the funeral of our late Brother H L Orndorff Holmes Newsome N G
At the annual meeting in Winchester Memorial Hospital three new directors joined the board: Harry McCann, Hobson C. McGehee, and Mrs. Homer E. Alberti. Several existing members were re elected for three years, and officers were elected with Dr. Hunter H. McGuire as president and Homer E. Alberti as treasurer after Sara Hamilton left the post.
Washington May 9 government hesitates on reconversion and manpower controls. McNutt warned War Manpower Commission may seek compulsory labor limits to keep workers in war jobs. MPs worry over peacetime shifts as Vinson outlines reconversion plans with topics including a racing ban and midnight curfew.
Richmond reader suggests sending two million bushels of surplus Virginia apples to Seabees in the Philippines. J G Diewerson Jr argues the Seabees would enjoy fresh fruit while aiding Virginian growers facing surplus.
Vidkun Quisling and six cabinet members were driven to Oslo jail for an imminent public arraignment amid mass roundups of pro-Nazi leaders. Home forces detained 400 Quislings while Allied plans moved German troops to central assembly points. An Oslo skirmish at Aftenposten left three dead and the regime’s top officials held at Moellegatan 19 prison.
U S war leaders openly discuss plans to invade Japan as American pilots report the enemy air force has collapsed its intercept capability. Nimitz says Navy carriers could provide air coverage if forces are expanded. Japanese forces score a minor counterattack in the southern Philippines while Okinawa holds.
FOR SALE 92 ton Pennsylvania screened coal left from my allotment. Phone 3085 from 8 to 10 p m. WANTED Cider apples Ridge wood Fruit Industries 5938.
In Moscow crowds flood Red Square to celebrate the end of the European war as Uri Levitan broadcasts the news of Germany’s crushing defeat. Russians cheer, sing, and praise Stalin amid dawn celebrations. Kalinin orders follow.
Lt. Gen. Barney Giles, new commander of the Army Air Forces in the Pacific, said U S European air forces will transfer to the Pacific for operations against Japan. He forecast a higher tempo and more bombs than used in Germany, and noted European crews will redeploy as air attacks intensify before any invasion.
London May 9 German garrisons in Rochelle St Nazaire and Lorient surrendered after sieges of nine months. About 79 000 Germans believed held the three ports with the largest force at St Nazaire 35 000 under Gen Werner Junck. Dunkerque Sark Jersey Guernsey remained held. Explosions were heard at St Nazaire. Continued on Page 2 Col 7.
Washington reports that 390 plus Japanese planes were destroyed or damaged in three weeks of raids on 17 Okinawa range airfields by Marianas based B 29s. The missions hit hangars, repair shops, storage, and barracks, with large runway holes temporarily grounding airfields.
An unconfirmed Czechoslovak broadcast claimed Prague and three other sites were bombed by air. Melnik Kralupy and a Terezin concentration camp north of Prague were said attacked. The report offered no source for the German planes and suggested a possible German ruse to provoke Allied action.
Robert B. Tunstall of the University of Virginia Alumni Board voices strong opposition to a proposal for a full-time rector to liaise between the university and the public. He says no person of presidential caliber would accept shared duties, warning it would dilute leadership.
President Truman signed legislation extending the selective service act for a year from May 15 or until the war ends. The act bans combat service for 18 year olds until six months training and imposes restrictions on War and Navy Departments. An extension by Congress would be needed if the war with Japan continues past May 15, 1946.
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