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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1945
Page
4
Daily newspaper notice from The Evening Star Publishing Co. Winchester Va outlines mail, advertising, and subscription rates. It includes mail deadlines, transient ad rates, and carrier/office policies plus a dated October 9 1945 Bible verse.
The Army plans rapid demobilization with Truman proposing a 2,000,000 man force by June next year and a $28 billion military cut, then Patterson suggesting even lower figures. Postwar policy shifts reflect ongoing reassessment of occupation needs and congressional pressure accelerates civilian soldier returns and reduced spending.
The Council of Foreign Ministers left its London meeting without any major accords as Russia blocked progress. Washington and London offered concessions for the common good, while the Soviet leadership insisted on its so called rights. The outcome confirms the hard line Moscow stance at both San Francisco and London.
The piece argues that Russia has failed to grasp the goal of stopping aggression and promoting justice. It concedes peace treaties take long to form yet warns success looks bleak when a major state repeatedly pays lip service and then blocks agreement on minor issues.
Reprinted editorial notes that maple syrup and sugar production extend beyond New England to Maryland Virginia and the Appalachian and Midwest regions. It highlights Virginia maple syrup markets Montery foliage tourism and potential for growth emphasizing local promotion and Virginia branding.
Heinrich Stahmer, Hitler's ambassador to Japan, reveals a planned Nazi Japanese junction defense strategy. He says Hitler urged Japan to strike Russia, envisioning German forces through Africa and Japanese forces via India. Neither side shared full plans, and mutual suspicion doomed the uneasy alliance.
Senator Byrd pushes to bring federal corporations under congressional control as the House passes a bill aligned with Byrd and Butler proposals. President Truman supports the principle. The bill would subject most federal corporations to annual GAO audits.
One year ago two local men were charged with first degree murder by city police after the death of Erskin Roy Sisk in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Wendall L. Willkie as sympathy pours in from many parts of the world. Handley Judges won their second straight game by defeating Warren County High School 20 to 0.
Emergency rates take effect on apple shipments from the region to southern states while the U S and Germany renew their 1925 friendship and commerce pact. Rose Hill estate near Charlottesville burns for an estimated 100000. Miss Virginia Bywaters and Luther Kremer wed at Stephens City. Philadelphia Athletics win World Series game six over the St Louis Cardinals.
Mrs John W Morgan wife of Riverton duck rancher falls ill suddenly. Bulearia issues manifesto declaring siding with the Titanic nations and vows to fight the Allies. Little Miss Mary E Sartelle wins pony and trap in city merchants popularity contest with Edith Marloe as runner up.
Forty five years ago Sheriff Perry C Gore heads Round Hill Democrats of Iredell county with Charles H Harper as vice-chairman. Walter Kelso and Minnie Lockhart of Gore are wed at Bethel Church. Two men from Pittsburgh ride slowly through Winchester in their locomotive 575 miles to travel.
The piece argues Woodrow Wilson was a pioneer whose 1918 era ideas were ahead of his time. It credits his League of Nations foundations to his stance on world peace and notes his failure to lead the U.S. as a catalyst for later consensus on global governance. It cites his 1915 remark on preserving judicial temperament as guiding principle.
The questions ask about a copper zinc alloy called brass, Wellington as capital of New Zealand, last wartime Prime Minister of Japan, UAW CIO strike fund size, Singapore’s fall dates to Japan, the Slough of Despond in a book, and the U S Pacific naval commander at Japan’s surrender, plus a true false wedding timing item and a quote attribution about old fashioned Americanism.
A reader’s Q and A column offers facts on music tuning and glaciers, emigrant versus immigrant, a World War II era naval anecdote, and Shelley’s Keats elegy pseudonym Adonais. It cites The Winchester Information Bureau address and postage details.
The frock coat developed from the Prince Albert style named after Queen Victoria’s consort as formal wear evolved from 1837 onward. The War Department states no Black serviceman has received the Army Medal of Honor in World War I or the current conflict.
A receiving ship is a vessel moored at a navy yard and unfit for sea used for new recruits and men in transit between stations. The kea is a sheep eating parrot that attacks sheep by sinking its bill into the flesh to reach the kidney, its preferred food.
Theron Doris and Chief of Detectives Plant question Mamie about Eleonore words while a search unfolds on November Mountain. Worried siblings and townsfolk, vigilantes prepare for action as Beulah Ted and locals join a raid on the Nazi threat at dawn. Carlotta finds a love letter guiding her role in the perilous day ahead.
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