Shortage of Men's Suits Under CPA Scrutiny
Washington April 23 government eyes new emergency steps as the CPA analyzes reports from 80 manufacturers on why cheap suit output lagged nearly a million below a 3.5 million first-quarter goal. Erskine urged action to help veterans and restore clothing supplies with price increases and renewed production controls.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Graves B. Erskine
Erskine
OPA
Miners Weigh UNRRA Coal Output Amid Strike
Washington reports quote K C Adams saying soft coal miners lack authority to resume production for UNRRA. F H La Guardia appeals for 500000 tons monthly for export while Ezra Van Horn stays silent. The 23 day Lewis AFL strike idled about 100000 more workers in allied industries. London New York debate over reopening mines continues.
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Washington
K. C. Adams
United Mine Workers Journal
F. H. la Guardia
The
Relief Agency
Ezra van Horn
National
Bituminous Coal Conference
Adams
John L. Lewis
LaGuardia
New York
Lewis
AFL
Allied Industries
Pit Gap A
van Horn
UNRRA
Death of Chief Justice Stirs Speculation As to Successor
Chief Justice Stone dies after a massive cerebral hemorrhage. News of his passing halted the Supreme Court session and prompted widespread speculation about his replacement. President Truman called it a national loss and naval maneuvers near Virginia were noted. Prominent Democratic judges Douglas Jackson and Frankfurter were among suggested successors. Republican names were also floated. The final dissents Stone penned yesterday closed a storied 21 year tenure.
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Washington Cathedral
Washoe
E. Waggaman
Supreme Court Marshall
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presgentett
Virginia
Stone
William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson
Felix Frankfurter
Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed
Frank Murphy
Wiley Rutledge
Robert P. Patterson
Rioting Convicts Threaten Hostages in Milan Prison
Rioting inmates in San Vittore jail threaten to hang 29 hostages if liberty demands are unmet. Police surround with guards and fire, while a night of gunfire leaves one jailer and two prisoners dead and about 30 wounded. Nuns and 150 women prisoners are moved to safety during a brief truce.
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Milan
Italy
San Vittore
Calyx Spray Time for Apple Orchards in 1946 Season
About 85 to 90 percent petal drop signals calyx spray start. Spray orders favor scab-susceptible varieties first and adjust timing for low ground late bloom. Recommended per 100 gallons: lime sulfur six quarts or flotation sulfur paste twelve pounds plus lead arsenate three pounds. adjust lime depending on product.
Viscose Plans Acquisition of Sylvania Corp
New York April 23 directors of Viscose Corp and Sylvania Industrial Corp approved a proposal to merge. Sylvania assets valued around 15 million dollars as of 1945 end, with exchange set at 3-4 share of Viscose common stock for each Sylvania share, for the wrap of wrapping material maker.
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New York
Sylvania Industrial Corp
American Viscose Corp
Sylvania
Unknown Persons Remove Body of Benito Mussolini
Milan authorities reported that Mussolini s body was removed overnight from Maggiore Cemetery by unknown persons. An inquiry is underway. Mussolini had been buried in a pauper s grave after his 1945 execution, with Petacci and five henchmen nearby.
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Benito Mussolini
Milan
Maggiore
Mussolini
Border
Claretta Petacci
Lake
Como
Switzerland
Italy
Unsurrendered Japs Reported Raiding Eating Victims Towns
Father Ed ward Haggerty S J reports in Mindanao raids where villagers were killed and bodies cut up for food. He cites 151 dead in Sumalao Bukidnon since August as Philippine Army seeks to round up 400 to 1,000 Japanese in central Mindanao amid difficult terrain.
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Manila
Mindanao
Edward Haggerty
S. J
Charleston
W. Va
Haggerty
Sumalao
Bukidnon
Philippine Army
Railroaders to Meet on Strike Issue
Cleveland reports say 175 general chairmen of the Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and Locomotive Engineers will meet starting tomorrow to decide if the rail system will stay in operation. They consider a fact finding board’s recommendation for a 16 cent hourly wage boost and changes in working rules amid a possible 293000 member strike.
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Cleveland
Brotherhoods of Railroad On
A. F. Whitney
Alvanley Johnston
Truman
Chicago
Strike Ties Up Richmond Trucks
In Richmond Virginia a sympathy strike by about 1,600 drivers and warehouse workers idled most motor freight. Unions voted to strike until a 20 day walkout by shipping staff at Richmond Dry Goods Company ends. Perishables were moved to ease shortages but milk and bread remained unaffected.
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Richmond
Richmond Dry Goods Company, Inc
Warehouse Employees Union
American Federation of Labor
Russell Brown
Edward A. Marks, Jr
Law and Equity Court
Richmond Dry Goods Company
Kidnap Rumor Haunts Philippines Presidential Candidate
Manila election day reports say Manuel Roxas hid after rumors of a kidnapping. Armored grounds and a Philippine Army detachment surrounded his residence while voters proceeded to elect leaders for independence. Roxas claimed a 300,000 vote edge. Osmena offered no campaign.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Roxas
Philippine Army
Alfredo Jacinto
Bulacan
Territorial Senate
Sergio Osmena
Repo
Malacanan Palace
Islands
Osmena
Nationalist Party
United States
Cancer Control Quota Sets Local Share at 1700
Winchester and Frederick County share of the twelve million Cancer Control quota is 1700 dollars. The local committee notes theatres participate in the fund drive and Girl Scouts will collect offerings. A Spencer Tracy subject will precede the collection, highlighting cancer’s appalling need. The motion picture industry sponsors this week’s drive.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Girl Scout Organization
Spencer Tracy
Apple broker to visit Winchester in May
Joe L Lyons of J and J Lyons the London apple brokers will visit Winchester in May arriving about May Lyons and his wife Mrs Lily Lyons arrived April 19 aboard the Steamship Washington at New York plans to contact apple and fruit packers to buy their produce for export to England Lyons firm has imported apples from the Shenandoah Valley since 1922 Mrs Lyons worked with the American Red Cross at Scarsdale New York from 1942 through part of 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe L. Lyons
London
J. and
J. Lyons
The
Star
Winchester
Leadership talk on management employee relations at Shenandoah gathering
Edward J. Robeson Jr. of Newport News Shipbuilding spoke to about 70 Shenandoah Valley Manufacturers Association members at a George Washington Hotel dinner. He urged leadership self discipline, fair treatment, and a charitable attitude to foster team play and worker engagement, citing an apprentice school and the need for leaders to set a good example.
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Shenandoah Valley Manufacturers Association
George Washington
Edward J. Robeson, Jr
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Robeson
Ove White
Stephens Lee
Help Wanted at Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Help wanted notice for a young man to work in the dry cleaning department and a position for a presser at Pingley and Carper Cleaners. Published in the local classifieds on April 22.
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Pingley & Carper
Thrift Auto Store closes for two days then antiques auction
The Thrift Auto Store will close Monday and Tuesday and reopen Wednesday. An antique auction proceeds Thursday at 10 a.m. on April 25 at 7 S Braddock St second floor by Headley Auctions.
Headley's Auctions Sale Notice by Miles B. Dean
Auctioneer Headley announces a sale beginning 10 a.m. Thursday April 25 at 7 S Braddock Street second floor. Items collected for this sale by Miles B. Dean plus pieces from the auction house collection will be offered.
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Miles B. Dean
S. Braddock Street
Headley's Auctions
Tragic 9 seamen killed aboard LST 172 in Yangtze
LST 172 in the Yangtze River sees a 19 year old seaman L B Smith of Asheville North Carolina go berserk killing nine shipmates and wounding a tenth before stabbing himself. Kenneth M Stalnecker 18 of Reading Pennsylvania disables him with a metal bench. George E Simpson 18 of Waterbury Connecticut is wounded. Navy plans a court of inquiry.
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Shanghai
Yantze River
Navy
L. B. Smith
Asheville
N. C
Smith
Kenneth M. Stalnecker
Reading
LST
Stalnecker
Aan
George E. Simpson
Waterbury, Conn
Bright Apple Blossom Parade to Feature 30 Plus Bands May 3
More than 30 bands and six American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps will march in the Apple Blossom Festival Parade on May 3. The event will include U S Army Navy and Marine units and cadet corps, with bands from military academies and high schools. Miss Gloria A Dorsey will serve in the Queen Shenandoah XIX Court for the festival.
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Gloria A. Dorsey
Lawrence F. Dorsey
Martinsburg Pike
Queen Shenandoah XIX
B. B. Dutton
Miss Dorsey
Handley High School
VPI
American Legion
U. S. Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Auto Industry Faces Shutdown Without Coal Settlement
DETROIT The nation’s auto industry, struggling to reach volume production, could close within three weeks unless the coal strike ends. Ernest T. Weir of National Steel Corp warns the industry may halt operations if no settlement occurs. Washington reports Ethiopia offers UNRRA 100000 tons of wheat and foodstuffs for famine relief over the next year and a half.
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Detroit
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corp
Washington
Ethiopia
UNRRA
Byrnes departs for Paris to seek European peace treaty accord
Secretary of State Byrnes flew to Paris for a ministers meeting aiming to break the deadlock on European peace treaties. In Tiestsin, Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey reported the destruction of a large narcotics ring by the U.S. Maine Third Amphibious Force as part of wider wartime policing efforts.
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Washington
Byrnes
Paris
Tietsin
Keller E. Rockey
U. S. Maine
Hughes Resigns From MPA Over Damages Suit
Howard Hughes quits the Motion Picture Association of America after suing for damages potentially totaling five million dollars. The action centers on MPA rejection of Hughes advertising for his controversial film The Outlaw.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Motion Picture Association of America
Deb
MPA
Hughes
American Legion Flag Sets For Walkway Displays
The American Legion offers standard flag sets suitable for sidewalk or lawn display. Orders may be placed through C. F P. Schenck, Post Finance Officer.
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American Legion
C. F P. Schenck
Dr Adams To Speak At Winchester Luncheon
Dr T P Adams of the First Baptist Church Richmond will speak at a 12 15 luncheon at the George Washington Hotel about the World Council of Churches meeting in Switzerland and Europe’s needs as seen on his trip He will be accompanied by invitations to church members and others to attend with reservations due by nine thirty tonight Services follow at 3 30 in Loudoun Street Presbyterian and 8 00 at the Baptist Church with Adams noted for last year’s Union Week of Prayer In Winchester public is invited to attend.
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Winchester
George Washington
T. P. Adams
First Baptist Church
Richmond
World Council of Churches
Switzerland
Adams
Southern Baptist Convention
Europe
George Washington Hotel
Baptist Church
Jesus
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Christian Home
Presbyterian Church
The
Grace Lutheren
Warning on expired auto licenses through April 15 1946
City and state auto licenses expired at midnight April 15 1946. Plates must be displayed immediately or court action will follow. C. W. Hollis, Chief of Police.
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C. W. Hollis
Report On Strafing Episode Reaches General Marshall
Chungking April 23. A message from the Mukden field team says Chinese air force planes over Sze pingkai were strafed by United States fliers. Communists claimed a pilot was American. U.S. sources denied any American-owned aircraft in the area. The note urges planes be clearly marked with National Airforce identifiers.
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Chungking
Sze~pingkai
United States
Marshall
Mukden
Ease Ng
National Airforce
United States Forces
Railway Express Strike Forecast
Cincinnati April 23 A nationwide walkout of 65000 employees of the Railway Express Agency was forecast today by the George M Press Agency following the 16 cents an hour raise to railroad workers by the national mediation board. Albert M. Hartung, VP in charge of public relations, said there was no definite strike notice and that the agency has offered 10 cents an hour in line with the pattern for the express industry.
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Cincinnati
Railway Express Agency
George M.press Agency
National Mediation Board
Albert M. Hartung
Express Agency
New York
Express
Welcome Home Veterans of Frederick Clarke and Winchester
Former Frederick Clarke and Winchester residents who served the country are discharged and resuming a new life. The community welcomes these veterans back and invites support for their reintegration.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Star
Oan
Public seeks help naming men who served discharges
The Star requests readers aid to supply names of loyal men who have served and discharged. The list will be supplemented daily with names including John D Dodson Bean Nathanial Buzz DeHaven and others as they are verified.
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John D. Dodson Bean
Nathanial “Buzz” DeHaven
Star
Big Party at Sarah Zane Fire Heil
Readable text describes a large social gathering at a location named Sarah Zane Fire Heil with minimal accessible details and no clear date or participants. Further information is needed to produce a complete summary with identifiable entities and concrete facts.
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Sarah Zane Fire Heil
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W. 8. Hough
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Gloria Dorsey
Associated Press
Dr. Adams
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