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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1945

Page

4

Publication office rules and subscriber notice text

Sees pare published every day except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Co of Winchester Virginia. All advertisements must be in this office by 9 P M the day before publication. Transient rate 50 cents per line in an application. Contract rates. NOTICE Subscribers to The Star will confer a favor if they advise the office of any delay or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Prompt action on the part of readers will materially act in maintaining a perfect delivery system. Member of Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation.

Evening Star Puplishing Co Winchester The Star Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation

Romans Verse on Freedom From Sin and Death

A brief quotation from Romans 8 2 emphasizes the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus setting believers free from the law of sin and death, highlighting spiritual liberation through faith.

Christ Jesus

Government pledges to salvage and scrap surplus wartime motors

Three officials vow no repeat of postwar waste by scrapping obsolete Liberty engines while distributing some planes to schools for study. Former Senator Gillette, Robert Lovett, and Undersecretary Bard urge hardboiled policy to avoid hindering air progress and accelerate modernization.

Liberty United States Gillette Surplus Property Board Robert A. Lovett Air War Department Navy Bard Army

Civilian production in postwar Pacific shift

The speaker argues civilian output will rise as wartime supplies wind down but notes a key difference with Europe. In the Pacific, the US must build new infrastructure from rock and sand, including highways, water systems, power grids, telephones, and housing, using factories that would otherwise serve civilian goods.

United States British Isles Pacific Europe

War adaptations reshape Pacific civilian life and supply

The text notes changes in clothing and food as civilian production gains after America’s multi-front war effort. It emphasizes war making as a specialized job for varied climates and latitudes while predicting month by month growth in civilian output as wartime production scales down from lend-lease and two front needs.

America Pacific

Von Rundstedt and B 29 raids urge Japan to surrender

The editorial endorses Marshal von Rundstedt’s call that Allied strategy aims to destroy German industrial capacity and communications. It argues the 400 Superfortress raid damaged Japanese oil stocks naval stores and engine works, warning Japan faces Berlin’s fate if it continues. Unconditional surrender now would save something. fighting on risks total devastation.

Danville von Rundstedt Wehrmacht Luftwaffe Europe Japan Berlin

Oranges in Houses Covington Virginian Practical Builders

Practical Builders surveys building trends across the country outlining gradual evolutions in home design. Expect one story houses to grow in popularity, interior centered design, larger kitchens, built in storage, more natural light, bigger windows, and garages integrated with houses as basements fade in warm climates.

Covington Virginian Practical Builders

Writing Will Begin After War Ends, Beatty Says

Raleigh readers recall Admiral Beatty bidding farewell to American sailors and urging the press to honor valor, initiative, and courage shown by military men from generals to privates as history judges the war years.

Raleigh News and Observer Admiral Beatty Admiral Rodman

Seaman’s postwar status on merchant vessels debated

A seaman in the Merchant Marine may stay after a voyage ends if the master objects, though employment ends with the voyage. Typically a seaman can sign on for another voyage and often continue in service indefinitely through successive articles. The duration commonly does not exceed twelve months per term.

Handley High School team tops State Track title again

One year ago the Fifth War Loan Drive set a 1 300 000 quota for Flag Day. Nine Shawnee District troops camped at Handley grounds for a weekend encampment inviting public inspection. Handley High School cin dermen won the State Track Championship for Class B for the eighth time in ten years. Winchester Park beat Williamsport 5 to 2 in season opener.

Shawnee Frederick Clarke Handley Grounds Handley High School Winchester Park Williamspore

Williams to Speak at Stonewall Confederate Cemetery Program

Edward McC Williams, a Berryville lawyer, will deliver the address at the Turner Ashby Chapter U D C annual exercises at Stonewall Confederate Cemetery. Arthur Wooten of Greenville North Carolina drew a small crowd by playing three instruments at once in front of the courthouse, guitar and banjo with his feet while fiddling to produce mountain harmony.

Edward McC. Williams Berryville Stonewall Turner Ashby Arthur Wooten Greenville N. C Court House

Hospital Reports Deficit and Relief Campaign Underway

The report of superintendent Lillian Anderson notes a deficit of over $6,000 as directors explain the cause. A central relief campaign raises $2,532 in a day toward a goal of £6,000 to begin.

Lillian Anderson Central

Kiwanis Host Draws 200 From Area Clubs

The Winchester Kiwanis Club hosted 200 Kiwanis members from Hagerstown Cumberland and Frederick with a 30 minute Winchester tour luncheon at the George Washington Hotel and a later business meeting.

Winchester Kiwanis Club Kiwanis Hagerstown Cumberland Frederick Winchester George Washington Hotel Cr. W. Snapp Fawcett Gap Citizens Band American Legion Geo. Washington Hotel Harry H. Gardiner the Humani'ly

Gangs Target Horses as Fire Lights Up Fairfax Area

Forty five years ago reports describe gangs buying horses from intoxicated country men at low cost and selling for large profits. A star reader advocates tar and feathers, while D H Potter’s stable near Fairfax School caught fire overnight but no animals were killed.

Star Reacer D. H. Potter Fairfax School

Strength for the Day on Democracy and Freedom

An essay by Earl L. Douglass discusses the heritage of democracy from ancient Rome and biblical times. It argues freedom requires active effort, education, and patience to inspire others, noting rulers and tyrants struggle with liberty throughout history.

Tax trimming program falls short of real relief

Washington dispatch critiques the announced tax relief as limited and temporary. It notes refunds up to 10 percent come sooner but lacks permanent Treasury impact, with exemptions for smaller earners and revised excess profits rules. Ambiguity about cabinet changes and Treasury leadership hints at no strong 1946 tax reduction.

Washington Treasury Senate George Japan The Morganthau Treasury Department House Ways and Means Doughton White House Truman Congress Bretton Woods Morgenthau New York Tuman Missouri John Synder

Surplus Property Board War Preference Question

The prompt asks true or false about veterans preference in surplus property purchases, and mentions Ramadan as a month name in a calendar, then requests correcting a sentence beginning "President Truman will".

Surplus Property Board Truman

Trigeminal neuralgia may stem from dental infection

Doctors Murray and O Ferrell of Cincinnati report that trigeminal neuralgia can be caused by irritation of the fifth nerve from infection in the teeth or surrounding bone. They note that removing infected alveolar bone and decayed teeth produced permanent relief in many patients, while injections of alcohol offer only temporary relief.

Maynard Murray Fileen O’ferrell Cincinnati Murray and O'Ferrel

Quiz Style Trivia From A Historical Newspaper Snippet

A set of trivia questions covers geography religion and history such as the location of Jibouti an ecclesiastical diocese head the messenger of the gods in Roman myth and the fate of Gloria Van derbelt in Mexico The text notes a pension rate of $57 50 per month for a 50 percent disability.

Gloria Vanderbelt Mexico

Love and plans collide at wartime town event

Zoe and Mike discuss marriage while planning a Florida dream as Zoe weighs divorce from Paul for true union. In a plant town, Miss Minerva drives a push for a grand award ceremony with the senator present, stirring tensions among Helen Aggie and Philip amid wedding rumors and wartime duties.

Philip Helen Paul Minerva Miss Minerva Zoe Aunt Minerva Washington Corespondert Rio

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