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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1945
Page
8
Old Fredericktown Garden Club will run the Bond Booth on Friday May 18 with a 15 minute broadcast starting at 3 15 PM. The event aims to raise funds and engage the community in the bond effort.
The Newton D Baker Hospital supplied gauze for bandages and workrooms at the Presbyterian Church will resume Friday May 18 at 9 30 am with all workers urged to attend. Also notes a hospital admission for E L Rush in Rockingham Memorial Hospital under Dr Derby and upcoming travel plans for several local families. A pressure cooker gauge testing event is set for May 19 from 1 to 3 pm at the County Court House in Winchester. Sgt V K Sirbaugh arrives for a 30 day furlough to visit family and friends.
County 4 H Club members finalize plans for a band booth and radio program on Saturday May 19 from 12 15 to 12 30. The broadcast will feature street interviews near the booth and residents are urged to pledge by calling in that day.
Maurice Murnan a dispatcher for the Yellow Cab Company died in his sleep at 408 North Kent street age 58 of a heart attack. Born October 15 1886 in Winchester he once worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Survived by three sisters two brothers. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church with interment in Catholic Cemetery.
A group of German prisoners of war arrived at the Front Royal Remount Depot in Virginia to assist in erecting stockade fences and do reconstruction work. Officials said none would be available for outside work until another group is assigned to the depot.
Garland Quarles chaired the committee to finalize details for a $300 one year Kiwanis scholarship for a Handley high school graduate. Selection will be based on financial need, academics and character with a committee appointed by Dr. R. H. Kerlin. Winner announced at Handley graduation on June 8.
Revival services will start at the Home Mission Tabernacle in Nain on Sunday night May 20. Services will run nightly at 8 oclock with Rev. George Helsley, pastor, conducting. The public is cordially invited.
The article notes Dr. Ley and other Nazi figures discussed, with Doenitz and Goering treated as war prisoners by Allied forces. It describes the Allied plan to maintain strict military control of Germany and to destroy Nazism, capture war criminals, and impose supervision as Germany seeks readmission to the world community. Kaltenbrunner was captured May 12 in southern Germany and admitted plans against the Russians. It also answers a reader question about transport pilots needing no fixed hours of overwater flight before returning to the United States.
AP News features lighthearted tips from students about school projects and fashion. A Central Commercial School roof garden fosters a flower show to aid wounded soldiers, while other ideas include prom escorts by fathers, beach wear, and a marriage proposal coded with Navy flags.
Fragmentary OCR lists items such as Platter Phonograph Record and V Male. Mentions Vivian Brown and a man in uniform. The text appears as a miscellaneous vocabulary panel and notes about a paper.
No special Seabee ratings exist. Seabees are enlisted in Navy ratings that most closely match the construction trades they perform, ensuring qualification in the required construction tasks.
Notices from the service include Aviation Cadet Samuel D. Mc Carty in San Antonio enrolled in pre flight training and listed with family address. Pfc. Daniel A. Doyle furloughing from Walterboro and moving to Kearns Utah. cousins Donald and Knighting serving in Ninth Army with moves through Europe. Navy Mail Service outlines policy for undeliverable packages to reduce family grief and details three delivery failure reasons.
The document states that valuable articles should not be marked Abandon If Undeliverable. Senders must insure or register such packages. Welfare officers will keep accurate records of distribution and inform senders when articles marked Abandon If Undeliverable are disposed of.
Frances F. Glaize of Stone Wall Avenue earned an honorable mention for an essay submitted to the E and R Church General Council committees on Stewardship. Mrs. Glaize, a former Handley High School teacher and Madison College alumna, has long been active in church women’s groups and missionary work.
Berchtesgaden report quotes Gerhardt Herrgesell as saying Hitler decided on April 22 to stay in Berlin to the end and would not retreat. He says Eva Braun stayed with him, Goebbels urged a last stand, while Hitler appeared listless and uninterested in saving any part of the regime.
The Grand Coulee Dam supplies power to war industries and normal markets in the Pacific Northwest. Electricity from the dam is distributed via the Bonneville Power Administration transmission system.
A light earthquake rattled San Francisco at 8 08 a m today causing brief alarm but no major damage or injuries reported.
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