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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
4
Postal notice from Winchester Virginia edition notes publication as a daily except Sunday. Includes ad deadlines and rates, asks readers to report delivery irregularities, and closes with a biblical verse from Luke.
Washington acts swiftly to unwind wartime controls and restore consumer goods. With rubber timber and lumber still scarce, inflation and deflation threaten the economy while by products of peace pose the tougher challenge. The aim is free industry and stable prices as Americans expect radios refrigerators and cameras again in months.
The Enterprise, known as the Big E, earned wartime fame from Pearl Harbor through Tokyo raids to battles at Midway and Coral Sea. Damaged by a kamikaze off Okinawa, she is under repair at Bremerton Navy Yard, missing the victory parade. Veterans among her crew hold 18 of 22 possible combat stars.
The ship sailed 275000 miles during wartime service and, after heavy battles, she is one of the few carriers left afloat beside the Saratoga. She stands alone among carriers with the Presidential Unit citation and is praised as a great fighting ship in a proud lineage.
The Memphis Press Scimitar editorializes on M. Field's departure as chief engineer for the Charleston Development Board, noting higher pay and Field's assistant Peete taking over. It condemns losing a leading Memphian to Charleston while praising Field's potential to benefit Charleston's growth and noting possible future Memphis opportunities. The piece contrasts Charleston's charm with Memphis’s loss.
One year ago General Eisenhower announced the impending battle to crush Germany as the Reich Frontier fell to a 30 mile depth. Final preparations were under way as city schools prepared to open. Mrs Annie V McKericher of Winchester marked her 100th birthday at her daughter’s home in Bristol Virginia. Her husband helped initiate President McKinley into the Masonic order in Winchester.
Officer Tom Starrett praises boxing students as they learn. Adam Myers wins first for best vegetable garden. Mrs. Cecil Fletcher tops prettiest flower garden. Mrs. V. L. Pope earns for sanitation of backyard. Federated Council of Church Women gives annual awards to Highland Avenue residents.
Lt. Lawrence Hollis clinched the individual rifle championship of the 116th Infantry in a match held in Virginia Beach. County officials seek 26000 federal funds to build a market house and expand the county clerk’s office. Heavy rains raise fears of storage rot in apples with 3.95 inches of rain recorded in the first five days of September.
Charles R. Anderson Jr the son of Dr Anderson dies of pneumonia contracted on his return from England while he represented the Shenandoah Area Boy Scouts at an international jamboree. George Pingley appears in court with both eyes blackened and a head wound from a barrage.
Thirty years ago Arthur Robinson became the first local Boy Scout to qualify for the First Class merit badge. Expositions were billed for appearance at the Fairgrounds on September 9. Forty-five years ago Sandy Baker and Kernard Baker executed a triple play in a game with Martansburg. Miss Lena Kern presents the annual report of the W. C. T. U.
Earl L. Douglas argues sport vs. sportsmanship with reflections on fatherly memory. He praises Americans and English for resilience and the role of clean sport in wartime victory, contrasting with German and Japanese militarism and noting Stalin's Moscow parade honoring Eisener.
Questions cover: prisoners in Japan or occupied territories. governor. Social Security Act age. commander of Army Air Transport Command. Kellogg Pact pledge. westernmost Chinese province. grammar correction. baseball term for an infield tapped ball.
Quiz prompts request page 2 answers and ask for the city of publication for the Asahi newspaper. It hints at more questions about Hiro- likely a biographical or historical clue.
Eleonore Lawrence, an air raid center worker in Sweetsburg, receives an anonymous spy message and a convincing neighbor offer from B Stead Jones while dealing with rumors of Fifth Columnists. She resists relocation as Jones pressures for a lease and questions linger about espionage amid wartime nerves.
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