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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1945

Page

2

Aachen Shows Theories On Reeducation Of German Youth

In occupied Aachen, American authorities pilot school reopening for first four grades with 600 pupils. A mixed German Jewish school director leads a citizen panel, 20,000 new texts printed, and debates swirl over how reform should proceed amid Allied policy disagreements and German resentment.

Aachen Germany Weimar Chicago Magnitogorsk Birmingham Lyon SHAEF Oberbergerminster Jack Bradford St. Paul Minn Toto Democratic Party Social Aachener Nachrichten

Wartime Ration Calendar Highlights Stamp Validity

The AP notes ration details by category. Meats and fats stamps Y5 Z5 and A2 to D2 expire June 2, other groups extend to June 30 July 31 or Aug 31. Sugar stamps 35 valid through June 2, 36 through Aug 31 with next stamp Sept 1. Gasoline coupons 15 A through period through June 21 and others through Aug 31.

OPA

Coaches Pick All Stars for Frederick Clarke League

H Dennis Hoover president of the Frederick Clarke Baseball League says coaches must name a first and second choice for every position totaling eighteen players. Selections exclude Middletown who leads the league. All Stars will face Middletown at Rouss Park at two o clock on May 30 with five points for first place and three points for second place.

H. Dennis Hoover Frederick Clarke Baseball League Middletown Hoover Rouss Park

Radio Stars at Hable's Palace Winchester Thursday

Salty Dog Holmes from the National Barn Dance Chicago appears in person at Hable's Palace Theater Winchester on Thursday with Melody Rangers and Jimmy Swift. The comedian impersonator and singer performs with harmonicas, whistles and novelty instruments in a high energy musical show.

Salty Dog” Holmes National Barn Dance Chicago Columbia Pictures Hollywood North America Hable’s Palace Theater Winchester Melody Rangers Jimmy Swift

President Jace plans Independence visit as home reburnished

President Jace and Mrs Truman's mother set to depart for Independence around June 1. Ross notes the President hopes to visit Independence whenever possible. The Truman home is being refurnished ahead of the trip.

Jace

Americans See Slight Improve as Slaughter Costs Rise

Americans note a small improvement in September with grass fed cattle marketed and spring pigs sent to slaughter. Washington faces a tight meat supply as army demand reduces poultry output in the Delaware Maryland Virginia region. Egg supply remains short due to no backlog meeting higher demand.

Washington Delaware - Maryland - Virginia

Prisoner of Germans Freed Pvt Isaac Moore Report

Pvt Isaac Moore son of Mrs Sally Moore Hayfield announced he is no longer a prisoner of the Germans. His wife Mrs Marguerite Moore in Washington learned the news from him yesterday. Moore had been reported missing in action October 30 and wrote in December that he was a POW. He says he has been liberated and asks no letters as he returns home. his small daughter lives with grandparents in California.

Pvt Isaac Moore Sally Moore Hayfield Marguerite Moore Washington Moore U. S. Army Pvt. Moore Sma California

Rotarians to View Industrial Movie at Winchester Luncheon

Wilkie W. Hunt leads tomorrow's Winchester Rotary Club luncheon program. A Libby Owens Ford film will show glass usage in the canning industry.

Wilkie W. Hunt Winchester Rotary Club Libby-Owens-Ford Company

France accused over use of Senegalese troops at World Security Conference

Delegations at the World Security Conference charged France with using Senegalese troops as political pressure. French spokesman Raymond Offroy said Paris would use Levant states for bases depots and ports in the war against Japan, speaking at a San Francisco news conference.

Nese France Raymond Offroy San Francisco Levant Japan Syria Lebanon Raymond Offrey

Mountain Ridge Holdouts On Luzon Face Heavy Japanese Resistance

Mountain Ridge scenes show Japanese entrenched across ridges and mountains as US forces push north of Balete Pass. The 43rd Division reports 300 dead and about 1 964 trapped Japanese, while the 24th Division nears Licanan airfield in southeastern Mindanao and the First Cavalry advances toward Infanta. Naval air power and Liberators support operations across Luzon and nearby regions with multiple bombers striking targets in Balikpap an harbor and Hangchow Bay.

Azo A8th Marikina Wava Dam 43Rd Luzon 25Th Balete Pass Cagayan Valley Roscoe Woodruff 24Th Licanan Minanao Ilang Davao Gulf First Cavalry Division Verne D. Mudge Port Real Infanta Manila 13Th Air Force Balikapapan Harbor Borneo Balikpapan Bamiber Hangchow Bay China Fifth Air Force Formosa

Calpino Promoted as Treatment for Itch and Skin Ailments

An advertisement from Rhodes Drug Store urges readers to buy Calpino a remedy claimed to relieve itching from poison ivy poison oak eczema and athlete's foot at local drug stores.

Rhodes Drug Store

Britain Urges Big Powers to Trim Veto at UN Conference

May 23 report from San Francisco details British push to limit veto rights in a future world league. Delta among big five remains over veto scope for dispute investigations, with Russia and U S Senate ratification as key hurdles. France faces criticism over troop actions in Levant, while debate over broader Soviet admission to the league stirs speculation.

San Francisco United States Russia United States Senate Stettinius Truman Washington

Miley Protests Middletown Game

Co. E. Miley Jr coach of Boyce high school protests a 9 0 forfeit to Middletown by umpire Stuart Pope after Boyce refused to continue the May 18 game with the score tied 4 4. Spectators say Eugene Clem scored the tying run as Boyce argued over a bases touch and time out. The protest will be heard by league arbitrator Snag Sargent at the Winchester Star office Friday at eight.

Co. E. Miley, Jr Boyce Frederick-Clarke Baseball League Middletown Stuart Pope Eugene Clem Miley Pope Snag” Sargent Winchester Star Cooley Berryville Clarke

Answers to the Daily Quiz From Torgau

The list provides correct responses to quiz items printed on 1 in Torgau. It names 2 Against us, 3 Third Army Gen George 8 Patton, 4 August first, 6 Greenland, 1 the process of renunciation of citizenship, 8 Jack, 9 Clare Boothe, 10 a calking material.

Torgau Third Army George Patton Greenland Jack Clare Boothe

Churchill Resigns As Prime Minister Amid Election Push

At Blackpool labor delegates urge ministers to step down if needed, as Churchill signals early general election to settle postwar issues. Parliament dissolution follows three weeks of wartime measures, with Labour opposing a continued coalition until autumn and arguing for a July vote.

Labor Blackpool Labor Party Churchill Attlee Britain Japan Laborites Commons

Venice Star Daily Highlights Local Sports

The Venice Star Daily showcases regional sports action featuring local teams and athletes in concise game reports. Readers get quick scores, standout performances, and upcoming schedules from the city’s high school and community teams.

Venice Star

Many Troops To Return Soon

Paris May 23 Army and Navy personnel to America will total 87 500 by month end with 255 500 more in June. The redeployments include sick and wounded liberated prisoners and Pacific transfers. June plans call for 180 000 redeployed units plus 35 000 potential discharges and 15 000 liberated prisoners with 20 500 sick and wounded and 5 000 navy men.

Paris Army America Pacific United States Navy

Mrs Baker And Miss Casey Lead In Bond Contest

Mrs Zorpha Baker and Miss Candy Casey top a retail clerks bond selling contest for $100 War Bond prizes. Baker at Worths has sold $500 in bonds to date, Casey at Montgomery Ward has the most sales with three. Early returns are weak but expected to rise as the contest continues.

Zorpha Baker Candy Casey

Star Praised For Bond Activities

The Winchester Evening Star editor Harry F. Byrd Jr receives a letter from Dr. Francis P. Gaines chairman of the Virginia War Finance Committee praising the paper’s service in the war bond drive. Gaines expresses gratitude and acknowledges Virginians carrying on the responsibility.

Harry F. Byrd, Jr Winchester Evening Star Francis P. Gaines Virginia War Finance Committee Mr. Byrd Virginia

Granted Divorce for Hilda Roe from W W Roe

Hilda G. Roe was granted an absolute divorce from Jr. W. W. Roe for desertion dating from May 1942. Judge Burr P. Harrison delivered the decree in Frederick Circuit Court. The couple wed March 1941 in Rockville Maryland. Mrs. Roe may resume her maiden name Hilda G. Hamilton. The circuit court also merged a partial divorce for Georgiana DeHigen Edmonds and John Edmonds into an absolute decree.

Hilda G. Roe Jr. W.W. Roe Burr Pp. Harrison Frederick Roes Rockville Roe Hilda G. Hamilton Georgiana DeHigen Edmonds John Edmonds

Police Court Dispositions Involving Drunkenness Disorderly Conduct

Judge John Rice presided over recent Police Court cases including Clayton Mason Opequon Va Carl Dunlap Rock Enon Gore Va charged with drunk and disorderly conduct receiv ing six months to 10 days probation for one year fines and costs Manuel Johnson Paris Va disorderly conduct serving five days plus costs Virgie Mack Paris Va disorderly conduct serving five days plus costs James Ash East Lane assault and battery $5 and costs Frank J Perry Altoona Pa reckless driving $10 and costs Thurman Harvey Giffin 545 Fairmont Avenue drunk and vagrancy six months suspended fine and costs Eugene Walter Willingham Charles Town W Va drunk $10 and costs Mable Strasnider Stephens City drunk and disorderly conduct $10 and costs Frank Yates 23 W Cork Street disorderly conduct and larceny $10 on first charge and six months jail plus costs Floyd W Newlin Opequon Va driving under the influence $100 and costs thirty days suspended.

John Rice Clayton Mason Opequon Carl Dunlap Rock Enon Gore Manuel Johnson Paris Virgie Mack James Ash East Lane Frank J. Perry Altoona Thurman Harvey Giffin Fairmont Avenue Eugene Walter Willingham Charles Town W. Va Mable Strasnider Stephens City

Biddle Cabinet Speculation Gathers Pace on Capitol Hill

The piece notes Biddle as a top Capitol Hill cabinet prospect tied to possible attorney-general or labor secretary roles. It mentions Truman’s July 1 staffing change with Walker’s resignation and Hannegan taking Postmaster General, plus talk of a diplomatic post for Biddle and Indiana figures backing Sam Jackson for attorney-general.

Capitol Hill Truman Roosevelt Frank C Walker Robert E. Hannegan National Democratic Committee Biddle Paris Indiana Jackson Ruman Biddie Missouri Sam Wear Kansas City Maurice Milligan Milligan

British Delegates Quit At Frisco Conference

Five members of the British delegation to the world security conference resign in San Francisco after Prime Minister Churchill's government falls. Lord Halifax remains accredited in Washington. Lord Cranborne is expected to join the new government and stay on for the conference.

San Francisco Churchhill Lord Halifax United Kingdom Anthony Eden Churchill Washington Lord Cranborne London

U S Flank Drive Imperils Nippons

U S forces strong along Asato river near Naha as Maj. Gen. Shepherd s Sixth Marine Division holds positions. Okinawa raid by 12 plus enemy planes ends with eight shot down and others retreating without damage. British carrier planes hit Sakishima group. Iwo and Honshu actions yield casualties and ship sinks.

Sakishima Ryukyus Iwo Honshu

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