Frost Threat Tangles Virginia Maryland Fruit Crops
Frost and potential freezing temperatures threaten blooming fruit trees across Virginia Maryland and nearby regions as growers assess frost damage to 1946 apple and peach crops. Forecasters predict clearing skies and colder nights with frost in interior areas and light snow in West Virginia while Ohio and Maryland expect similar conditions and rising temperatures by Saturday.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
McFarland Recaptured in Knoxville Transit Outlaw Returns to Washington
Earl McFarland, the nation s most hunted criminal rapekiller, was captured in Knoxville by two FBI agents and held on a $100000 bond awaiting extradition to Washington. He claimed innocence but said he would not fight removal for execution in the electric chair. McFarland escaped from a District jail on April 3 with Joseph Medley and faced a Washington rape slaying case from 1944.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Earl McFarland
Washington
City
FBI
Norman H. McCabe
McFarland
District of Columbia
Joseph D. Medley
Knox County
Medley
McCabe
Nee
Guadalcanal
First Marine Division
Veterans Return to Work in Winchester After Service
After honorable discharges, veterans have returned to work in Winchester and Clarke County. Ammie M. Locke served three years in the Ordnance Department and has resumed his job at Peoples Drug Store. Employers of veterans are invited to phone the Star with names of recently employed veterans.
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Winchester
Clarke County
Ammie M. Locke
Ordance Department
Orvet & Gens Ee
Peoples Drug Store
Massed Franco Troops on French Frontier Alleged
Exiled Spanish Republican leader Dr. Fernando de Los Rios claims Franco massed 450000 troops on the French border and European power disputes over Poland's charges at the United Nations Security Council. Madrid denies the accusations and reports of an German atomic plant near Toledo are rejected.
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New York
Spain
United Nations Security Council
Franco
Fernando de Los Rios
University of Madrid
France
de Los Rios
Paris
Security Council
Council
Poland
Truman
Washington
Russia
Madrid
Foreign Office
United Nations’ Security Council
Toledo
Warsaw
Moscow
33 Members of Tojo Diet Win Reelection in 1942 Japanese Vote
Tokyo reports that 33 members of the 1942 Tojo Diet were reelected and 40 former members returned to the House of Representatives as results from most districts came in. Conservatives likely hold a clear majority though the leading Liberal party does not yet control. With 394 of 468 seats decided, Liberals 116 Progressives 86 Social Democrats 78 Communists 3. Three others appear set to win, including minor parties 39 and others.
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Tokyo
House of Representatives
Liberals
Progressives
Social Democrats
Belgian WWI figure Dr August Borms executed by firing squad
Brussels reports that Dr August Borms, leader of a movement to partition Belgium during the first World War, was executed today by a firing squad. The sentence ends a controversial campaign linked to anti Belgian aims.
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Brussels
August Borms
Belgium
Wave Will Roll Apple For Part in Festival
Festival officials disclosed that Lyn Coar a blue eyed Navy Wave stationed in Washington offered to roll an apple with her nose from Washington to Winchester for an official part in the May Festival. Director general Tom Baldridge has accepted the offer and promised an official place in the festival, day to be determined.
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Navy Department
Washington
Winchester
Seaman
Lyn Coar
Delaware Hall
G 119
Arlington
Festival
Tom Baldridge
Seek to Stretch Food Supply
Government officials seek ways to extend food stocks over the next 90 days the critical period in the world shortage. The Agriculture Department paused an order cutting flour use by rationing but barred distillers from holding more than 7 1 2 days of grain. If excess grain is found after Monday it will be barred from use in beverages or spirits. President Truman said relief depends on keeping the line against famine for three months. Secretary Anderson and the OPA resist calls to lift meat subsidies and price ceilings arguing it would disrupt orderly conversion.
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Washington
Truman
Agriculture Department
United States
India
North Africa
France
Clinton P. Anderson
OPA
Anderson
May Fights To Bar Induction Of Teenagers In Draft Debate
In Washington on April 12, Representative May leads a House military committee clash over extending the draft for nine months. He plans an amendment to bar inductions under age 20, citing army data and March voluntary enlistments to argue teens are not suitable for occupation duties. Opponents warn of insufficient manpower and long service concerns. Rep Hoffman questions timing before Easter recess and urges broader constituent discussion.
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Washington
May
D-ay
House Military Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Egermle Army
Rep
Hoffman
R-Mich
House
Coal production dips in week ended April 6
The National Coal Association estimated US bituminous coal output at 845000 net tons for the week ended April 6, down about 70000 tons from the same week last year.
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Washington
United States
National Coal Association
General Doug Leads Truman In Vote For Jap Diet Seat
In Tokyo reports of the Japan general election show General MacArthur leading President Truman for a seat in the diet. Early returns from scattered precincts indicate MacArthur with a commanding margin and Truman far behind. the totals reflect a city-wide scramble and small ballot numbers amid postwar conditions.
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Doug
Truman
Tokyo
Japan
General MacArthur
McArthur
Nylon stockings still a year and a half away says DuPont executive
Washington April 12 DuPont hosiery sales head Warren A Beh said production of nylon stockings will begin in February and reach full swing by mid-summer with shortages likely to delay abundant supply until late next year. He noted DuPont supplies over 90 percent of nylon yarn to hosiery makers and warned nylon is not the perfect answer for every use.
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Washington
Warren A. Beh
U. S
Beh
DuPont Co
Senate
DuPont
Truman Attacks Navy Over Armed Forces Merger Fight
President Truman charged Navy leaders with lobbying against the unification plan and warned that top resignations could follow. Secretary Forrestal and Fleet Admiral Nimitz were expected to comment, but offered no immediate response as the Navy withheld reaction.
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Washington
Navy Department
Truman
Secretary of the Navy
Forestal
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
Navy
War Departments
Navy Headquarters
Forrestal
Uniformed High Command
Governor Tuck Arrives for Front Royal Caverns Opening
Governor Tuck arrives in Front Royal for a two day visit. He will cut the ribbon at Skyline Caverns and address Warren County High School as the Front Royal chamber of commerce holds its annual meeting. A parade and barbecue follow with cavern tours for the public.
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Front Royal
Vernor Tuck
Skyline Caverns
Hotel Royal
Warren County High School
Pront Royal Chamber of Commerce
Tuck
Caverns
President Signs Vets Housing Bill
Washington reports the president signed a veterans housing bill allotting funds for temporary dwellings for wartime veterans. Most of the homes are described as portable barracks and temporary shelters.
Pravda Praises Late U S President
Moscow dispatch notes Pravda lauding the late U S president as opposing neo isolationists who push for U S forceful global rule and dominance of American interests worldwide.
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Pravda
U. S
Moscow
Pravda Today
United States
Near Riot as Nylon Sale Is Canceled in San Francisco
In San Francisco on April 12 a crowd of about 15 000 working women gathered after police canceled an after hours sale of 10 800 pairs of nylon hosiery. Police cleared the street with 27 officers taking about an hour. One window was broken and one man was arrested.
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San Francisco
Edward Parrell
Canveiteiae Co
Ort Tagert
Admiral Nimitz Accepts Winchester Crown Invitation
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, chief of naval operations, will crown Queen Shenandoah XIX Nancy Anderson at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester on May 2. The event draws over 100000 visitors as Nimitz arrives at noon and joins the afternoon program following a coronation set for 3 p.m.
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Chester William Nimitz
U. S, Naval Operations
Tom Baldridge
Admiral Nimitz
Winchester
Nancy Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Harry F. Byrd
A. Willis Robertson
Fredericksburg
Annapolis
Nimitz
Naval Operations
Congress
Bruce Fraser
Penre Deak
Husband of Clarke Woman Killed In France
Berryville Virginia reports Pvt Vernon Richard Frock, husband of Mrs Mary Louise Prock, was killed in France on April 8 when struck by a train. He had served overseas since November 1945 with A Battery AAA Gun Battalion and was about a year in the army. Survived by wife, daughter Patricia Ann, mother Myrtle Prock, and brother Norman Frock.
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Clarke
France
Berryville
Pvt
Vernon Richard Frock
Mary Louise ‘Puller Prock
Myrtle Prock
Hagerstown
Pvt. Frock
George Puller
Berryville, Pvt
Prock
Patricia Ann
Norman Frock
U. S. Navy
Wildcat Strike Claims By Winchester Mill Manager
John L. Wanner, general manager of the Winchester Knitting Mill, calls the Monday walkout by union workers a wildcat strike and says it violated federal law due to lack of advance notice. He reports the mill is quiet today.
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The
Star Today
John L. Wanner
Winchester Knitting Mill
Frederick County Farm Acreage Grows Steadily in War to Peace
Advanced results from the U S Agriculture Census show Frederick County rising from 1 674 farms in 1940 to 2 004 in 1945. Total farm acreage increases from 199 123 to 225 499 with more orchards and cultivated timberlands. Cattle hogs and poultry rise while sheep turkeys and mules fall, impacting milk egg and meat production. wheat oats and corn acreage shift amid drought and postwar reconversion plans. I Fred Stine notes figures are preliminary and may be revised.
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I. Fred Stine
Frederick County
Stine
Fred Stine
Local Banks To Close Saturday For Jefferson Birthday
Winchester banks will close all day Saturday in observance of Thomas Jefferson's birthday. Local officials announced the statewide holiday shift and banks will reopen Monday with normal hours.
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Winchester
Thomas Jeferson
Truman vows to continue Roosevelt path at Hyde Park
President Truman pledged to carry on Franklin D Roosevelt's fight against tyranny abroad and the New Deal's humane principles at the Roosevelt estate dedication in Hyde Park. He linked his program to New Deal reforms and vowed to advance foreign and domestic policies in line with Roosevelt's legacy.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Truman
Franklin D Roosevelt
Roosevelt Estate
Republic
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
America
Roosevelt
Ly Truman
Alexander Becomes Governor General of Canada
Alexander becomes Governor General of Canada as King George VI appoints him to the vice regal post. Official duties and ceremonial duties accompany the appointment, with details of the transition and expected impact on the dominion.
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Alexander
Gov.Gen
Canada
Bank Stock Auction At Court House
Shares of Shenandoah Valley National Bank to be sold at auction Saturday April 13 at 3 noon in the Court House. Dunn and Duvall are the auctioneers handling the sale.
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Court House
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Dunn & Duvall
South Bad Fire Co. Tonight at 8 30 PM
A fire company event is scheduled for this evening at 8 30 PM. Details from the notice reference a local fire unit and timing. The brief entry emphasizes the display or gathering time without additional context.
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South Bad Fire Co
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