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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1944
Page
1
Allied forces press on in the Leyte island fight as American infantry breach Limon defenses amid Japanese attempts to hold the stronghold. The 32nd division relieves the 24th as U S troops regain north coast positions.
Allied forces pressed toward Strasbourg as French and American troops overran Mulhouse and advanced within striking distance of the Rhine fortress city. Patton led U S troops toward Metz while German defenses dissolved on the Vosges front and Roer river drives continued.
All women 21 to 60 in the city and county are invited to a 8 o clock meeting at Rouss City Hall. The drive seeks Grey Ladies for service at Newton D Baker Hospital in Martinsburg and details of membership will be presented. Announcement by Mrs E E Harbaugh.
Virginia State Guard unit will debut new army trucks bicycles and machine guns at an encampment in Alexandria November 25 26. About 200 men will be quartered in the city armory and 250 at George Washington High School under Major John C Butler with a 4 pm parade along King and Washington streets led by Lt Col Everett A Hellmuth.
Sgt Richard E Owen, previously missing, is now reported killed during the D Day assault on the Normandy beachhead on June 6. He served with the 101st Airborne Division of the Parachute Infantry in France. His widow Ruth McCann, daughter of Charles R McCann, resides in this city. He was the son of the late Rev and Mrs George L Owen of Missouri. Before enlisting in 1941, he worked at the City Post Office.
Robert Collier 36 of Stephens City was given a 10 year sentence after a 12 man jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the October 7 stabbing death of Roy Sisk. The defense had argued self defense and his companion Lee Riley Franklin faced an accessory charge with no date set.
Maurice F. Castleman long noted Clarke county native and Harpers Ferry resident died at 8:15 last night in Winchester Memorial Hospital after seven weeks of critical illness. He was 74 and had run a stage line between Winchester and Bluemont. An orchardist and farmer, he and his wife Miss Neilie Osburn lived at Castleman's Ferry before moving five years ago to Harpers Ferry West Virginia.
Moscow reports say the Red army captured Verpelet near Eger and pressed toward the rail hubs of Miskolc and Matvan in northeast Hungary. Berlin notes a fresh push in Czechoslovakia southwest of Ungvar as heavy fighting and weather hinder advances.
House Appropriations Chairman Cannon predicts drastic cuts in non wartime agencies for the 1945-46 fiscal year while war spending remains high. He says total appropriations will dip below 67 billion dollars as capital outlays have largely been made for War and Navy departments.
Market analysts report a 20 percent portion of the current apple harvest is in cold storage for processing. Appalachian Apples Service, Inc. says about 850000 of roughly 4500000 bushels across Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia are allocated to processors, up seven percent from 1942.
Winchester council debated the 1945 budget with a proposed rise in school funding from 77,506 to 87,500 failing to pass by vote. Eight members supported the increase. one abstained. Special session set for next Tuesday to continue budget review.
Washington news reports a legal bar prevents Senator Guy M. Gillette from joining the three member Surplus Property Board while in office. President Roosevelt had named Robert A. Hurley and Edward Heller to the board, with Gillette slated for the third seat. Gillette’s Senate term ends January 3, delaying final appointment.
Washington reports time runs against Poland in its quarrel with Russia over Poland’s future rule. Officials doubt any new Roosevelt statement will alter policy urging Poles and Russians to settle their own dispute as Britain and Poland seek active U.S. help. Roosevelt shows no sign of intervention despite questions from Polish government leader Mikolajczyk.
Three year old Forest Hoff man of Cheyenne Wyoming has only a ten percent chance to live due to congenital obstruction at the neck of his bladder. A Denver urologist treated him last night and ordered a transfusion as a tonic. One kidney is destroyed and the other badly damaged.
The CIO weighing a formal vote to continue its Political Action Committee at its seventh annual convention in Chicago. President Philip Murray expressed guarded hope the measure passes before tonight’s session as Sidney Hillman leads the PAC push. The plan outlines tasks to sustain action by existing committees and expand labor led political collaboration into 1946 elections.
Seventh Army advances within 23 miles of Strasbourg on the Rhine as French armor reaches Mulhouse and the Third Army repels German counterattacks near Merzig. Russians seize Verpelet and push toward Miskolc and Hatvan while Berlin notes a new Red drive in Czechoslovakia. In Italy Polish troops retake Monte Fortino and on Leyte Americans continue steady operations, Brunei losses mount, and Japanese planes are shot down over Omura. A new Japanese commander is named for China fighting.
A Basler Arbeit reported from an extremely reliable source that Gestapo agents and SS men machine gunned Cologne workers during October uprisings, killing 220. The dispatch quotes a worker crying out that they have had enough of this dog's life and demand peace.
German broadcasts claim major tank battles from Aachen to the Swiss border with violence surpassing prior invasions of Europe. Von Rundstedt’s forces face a colossal task though local Allies gains persist. Belfort street fighting continues as French communique hints the citadel may fall. About 70,000 German troops are said to be moving to the Strasbourg area as coverage notes a weak Rhine crossing and desperate barge mobilization.
Used three piece living room suite with springs for sale at 47.50. J. W. Grove Furniture Co. lists item in local ad.
For sale on November 25 at 1 0 p m. furniture includes a valuable chest of drawers end tables kitchen utensils and antiques. Mrs Mab el Benner N Loudoun St Extd.
Male help needed for cider mill work at H. J. Heinz Co Valley Pike. Apply to workplace listing in 11 20 issue.
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