War Crimes Charged Mainly Against Nazi Chiefs
Lord Wright told the United Nations War Crimes Commission that 2,657 individuals faced charges, with 2,524 Germans. France led with 1,116 Germans charged and ten Italians. Britain filed 127 Germans, 27 Italians and two Romanians. The list also includes 110 Italians, 17 Bulgarians, two Hungarians, two Albanians and two Romanians.
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London
Lord Wright
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Com
War Crimes Commission
Wright
France
Britain
Rusns
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Yugoslavia
Mrs Good And Miss See Lead In Bond Contest
Mrs Gladys Good, of Bell Clothes Store, leads the Retail Clerk's bond selling contest in the Seventh War Loan drive with 20 bonds. Christie Pansler, of Margaret Hodgson's, is second with 10 bonds, while Fansler has $2,525 and Faye Lee of McCrory's has $5,000 in sales.
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Gladys Good
Bell Clothes Store
Good
Christie Pansler
Margaret Hodgson’s
Fansler
Faye Lee
McCrory’s
County to Give Teachers Bonus Based on Salary Percentages
County superintendent Leslie D. Kline announced a $3,500 bonus plan for teachers to be distributed at term end. Each teacher would receive 3.20 percent of their total salary, with the average bonus check estimated around $35.
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Leslie D. Kline
Kline
Popularity Contest At Miller School
Seventh grade students at Miller School in Virginia vote for top honors. Grace Harnen reports Virginia Bilman as prettiest girl and William Wolfe as handsomest boy with other winners named for best dressed and most polite, among brightest girl and boy.
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Miller School
Virginia Bilman
Grace Harnen
William Wolfe
Jores Coffelt
Iam Wolfe
Esther Williams
Charles Keckley
Betty Brill
Dean Baughman
Ration Calendar Details for Meats Fats and Staples
This calendar lists ration statuses by category. Meats and fats stamps A through Z, Bue Book 4 stamps, with various through dates in June and August. Processed foods stamps from Book Four show valid through dates into September. Sugar Book Four stamps cover five pounds with dates in June and August. next stamp valid September 1. Shoes Book Three airplane stamps numbers 1 2 3 valid with new stamp August 1. Coupons for gallons of fuel and B rations set with June and August expirations.
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OPA
William Harris Succumbs At 70
William Harris a respected Black man of Clarke county died Tuesday at 5 PM on the Dr Knight farm near Pile town. Age 70, he had long lived in Clarke county and worked 25 years for Floyd Derflinger before farming ended. A Page county native he leaves several brothers and sisters. Funeral services were held yesterday at Little Chapel in Clarke county with Rev Lawrence Ford officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery. Pallbearers included George Lockley Alfred Grigsby John Harris Jack Harris Coey Harris and Will Ash.
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Wiliam Barris
Clarke County
Dr. Knight
Piletown
Floyd Derflinger
Little Chapel
Lawrence Ford
George Lockley
Alfred Grigsby
John Harris
Jack Harris
Coey Harris
Will Ash
Local W. O. W. To Have Guest Speaker
Hickory Camp No. 34 Woodmen of the World invites members to a Friday evening meeting at 8 o clock with guest speaker T. G. Smoke of Richmond as State Manager. Attendance is hoped from all members.
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Hickory Camp
Woodmen of the World
T. G. Smoke
Richmond
W.O.W
Lodge
Police Report Shows Quiet Memorial Day Holiday
Police reported no disturbances over Memorial Day and one case heard in police court Edward Sargent of Winchester was found guilty of drunk and disorderly conduct and fined five dollars plus costs.
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Edward Sargent
Rt. 2
Winchester
Revival Services To Continue At Home Mission Tabernacle
Revival services at the Home Mission Tabernacle will continue through June 2. A baptismal service is planned at Charlie Clark's bottom six miles west of Winchester on the Gainesboro pike Sunday afternoon June 3 at 2 30. The Rev. George Helsley is pastor and invites the public.
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Home Mission Tabernacle
Charlie Clark
Winchester
Gainesboro Pike
George Helsley
Warns of Heavy Penalty for Aiding PWs to Escape
Third Service Command warned that aiding Prisoners of War or interned enemy aliens to escape or harboring them after escape carries heavy penalties. Convictions can bring up to 10000 dollars in fines and up to 10 years in prison, or both. The law applies to prisoners held by Allied Nations and by the United States. Prosecutions are handled by the Department of Justice.
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Third Service Command
Service Command
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Department of Justice
Friend in Army Medical Corps Killed in Italy
Miss Minnie M Royston of Boyce received word Saturday that her friend James A Spencer of the U S Army Medical Corps serving with General Mark Clark s Fifth Army was killed April 29 in Italy.
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Minnie M. Royston
Boyce
James A. Spencer
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Enlisted in Navy Radar Seaman First Class Robert Keesler
Robert Milton Keesler aged 17 of Front Royal passed the Navy radar test and enlisted as Seaman First Class Radio Technician in Winchester. He is Warren County High School senior and president of the Science Club and Student Council, with four sisters and a brother at home. He has 42 flying hours under Mr Rhodes at the local airport and will transfer to Great Lakes Naval Training Station after the current term.
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Robert Milton Keesler
William F. Kesler
Front Royal
Wichester
Post Office
Kesler
Warren County High School
Wm. F. Kesler
Robert
Warren County
Sigma Delta Phi
Winchester
Rhodes
Saeman
Great Lakes
How To Overcome Sleeplessness
Sleeplessness affects many, especially older adults, but fear of harm often worsens it. Four to six hours of deep sleep can be sufficient, with reassurance that lack of sleep will not cause death. Improving attitude, routine, and habits alongside cautious use of sleep aids can restore natural sleep.
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Laurence Hughes
S. Evan Jones
Australia
20 City Men Take Preinduction Exams
Twenty local men ordered to Roanoke for preinduction exams have returned to Winchester. Those examined at the reception center include Frank Allison Collins on, Robert Eugene Brill, Kenneth Frazier Armstrong, Berlyn E Moore, Godfrey E Lake, Edward Thomas Clark Jr, James Frederick Teets, James A Stonesifer, Phillip A LaRue and Carroll Walton Morrow. Wade Hampton Guard Jr, Donivan Wilson Jr, Ralph Major Milburn, Edward J Brennan, James Cameron Knee, Chester Lee Rittenhouse, George Oliver DeHaven, Benjamin Godfrey Clark, Okey Lee Greathouse and William Harrison Everhart.
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Roanoke
Winchester
Frank Alice Collison
Robert Eugene Brill
Kenneth Frazier Armstrong
Berlyn E. Moore
Godfrey E. Lake
Edward Thomas Clark, Jr
James Frederick Teets
James A. Stonesifer
Phillip A. LaRue
Carroll Walton Morrow
Wade Hampton Guard, Jr
Donivan Wilson, Jr
Ralph Major Milburn
Edward J. Brennan
James Cameron Knee
Chester Lee Rittenhouse
George Oliver DeHaven
Benjamin Godfrey Clark
Okey Lee Greathouse
William Harrison Everhart
Summer Playground Program Plans In Winchester
Miss Virginia Gregory, director of Winchester recreation, announced plans underway for the city playgrounds opening June 25. The nine week program runs daily Monday through Friday 9:30 to 11:30 am and 8 to 7 pm at Virginia Avenue Handley and Douglas schools with doll flower and pet shows dress up day and parade plus activities like checker tournament bubble blowing hopscotch rope jumping and crafts for all ages.
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Virginia Gregory
Winchester
Virginia Avenue
Handley
Douglas
Local Markets Corrections and Market Listings Note
The Star cautions readers that local market listings are correct daily but may contain typographical errors. Readers should verify figures and details with the source. The notice emphasizes the newspaper’s non responsibility for minor mistakes in market data.
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The
Star
Local Wholesale Market Flour Prices With Animal Feeds List
The Star provides a local market list detailing wholesale flour prices for various bag sizes and CWL units, patent brands, and corn meal rates. It also lists feed categories including mixed feed, middlings, dairy and egg mashes, starter and grower formulas, poultry and turkey feeds, and live animal prices for broilers, fowls, ducks, and cattle. The notice concludes with a prompt to read The Star for complete local, national, and world event coverage.
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Seer Na Ero Brollers Mashies Coseeee
Ernie
Opa
Ats
Mystery Shopper Probes War Bond Sales Across City Stores
A reporter details a week of visits to 17 North Loudoun and Piccadilly shops to find how clerks promote War Bonds. Only three saleswomen were eligible for War Stamp rewards. most clerks offered little incentive to customers, though some pledge cards were visible. The Mystery Shopper warns stores will continue the effort through June 14 with free War Stamps to encourage purchases.
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Loudoun
Piccaddilly
Katie Rhoden
J. C. Penney’s
Mildred Cole
Huntsberry’s
Mary 8
S. Gray
Colonial Art and Craft Shop
Junior
Army Going Slow On Discharges
Under-Secretary of War Patterson said the soldiers slated for discharge are all the army thinks it is safe to release now. He rejected proposals to discharge those over 35 or those with skills needed in civilian life, arguing such moves would delay releases or weaken wartime strength against Japan.
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Washington
Patterson
May
House Military Committee
Japan
Frederick Beats Front Royal 4-3 In Ninth Inning Thriller
The Viscose baseball team of Front Royal fell to the Frederick Md Hustlers 4-3. Marylanders won in the ninth after Front Royal tied 3-3 in the sixth. Viscose schedules a game against Williamsport Wildcats this weekend.
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Viscose
Front Royal
Frederick
WAC allows release for married members upon request
A question asks if a married WAC member can be released if her husband is discharged. The answer states married members may be released from the WAC at their own request if their husbands have been separated from the Army to return to civilian life.
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WAC
Chiang Quits As Premier
Chiang Kai shek resigns as premier and the central government is expected to gain stronger control of the military. Reports say an in principle agreement may exist with northern communists to wage a single war against Japan. Soong, Chiang's acting premier since December, has effectively carried most premiership duties.
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Soong
Chiang
France urges restraint as world body forms in San Francisco
Grew reports the proposed world organization asks nations to refrain from acts that could cast doubt on its aims. He notes no reply yet, and says President Truman backs measures to prevent further bloodshed. He confirms lend lease equipment is for France defense, not for Syria or other purposes.
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San Francisco
France
Levant
Grew
United States
Syria
Churchill Demands De Gaulle Cease Fire in Levant Clash
Britain seeks a tri such party talk in London after urgent calls for French troops to withdraw. Syria Lebanon and Damascus report heavy fighting and French bombardment as tensions between French forces and local troops escalate amid external intervention claims.
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Ing
de Gaulle
Levant
Middle East
Japan
London
France
Adnan Bey Atassi
Syria
U. S
Jefferson Caffery
Paris
Damascus
Cairo
Lebanon
Moscoj
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Correct quiz responses listed for page four include The New Testament, Egypt, Re deployment, Will you have an orange?, Ball Barton Hill Hatch, Stanford White, Patrick Henry, Are not, True, Benjamin Franklin.
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Egypt
Ball-Barton-Hill-Hatch
Stanford White
Patrick Henry
True
Benjamin Franklin
Virginia State Guard drill moved to Friday evening
Company 115 Virginia State Guard schedules its regular weekly drill for Friday at 7 30 due to visits by battalion officers from Richmond. A received letter from State Guard headquarters commends 1945 federal inspection results, urges continued training, and expresses pride in command.
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Va. S. G
State Guard
Richmond
W. A. Baker
Virginia State Guard
National Guard Bureau
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Fred Neher
Germany
the Star
Rhodes Drug Store
By Joyce Davis
Frederick Trips
Capfous Ee
Ron
Iron Fireman
TVA
Eee
Churchill
Ssilco
Carroland Farms
Bridgewater
Centerville Road
Jersey
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Holly Beach Farm
Annapolis
Westinghouse
Chas. Hilbert
A. E. Landvoight
Bridgewater, VA
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