Japanese Admit Damage By Allies To Home Island
Japanese Imperial Headquarters acknowledged that Japan’s home island ties factories and shipping suffered considerable damage from Allied air attacks last month. It claimed 1 021 Allied planes and 25 warships destroyed or crippled in reprisal, and listed large and small aircraft losses, sunk warships, damaged submarines, and burns at 26 airfields. The communique said dispersal of munitions plants was nearly complete and noted Japanese counterattacks in Borneo and actions along the French Indo-China border.
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San Francisco
Comunique
Radio Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Domei
Borneo
Four Days Walkouts Across Nation Reported In 1949 Sting
The article details widespread labor action including a Crosley plant stoppage by 650 office workers and 30 total walkouts nationwide. It notes 7,600 shipyard workers idle at Savannah and 6,500 Cuban cigar makers in Tampa. The International Molders and Foundry Workers Union in Chicago faced a nine day strike, ordered to end by Friday with ongoing wage negotiations.
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WLB
Crosley
Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp
Savanah
Tampa
Fla
The
Shipbuilding Corporation
CPA
International Molders and Foundry Workers Union
AFL
Chicago
War Time Ration Schedule Notes and Stamp Validities
The notice lists ration stamps for meats fats sugars and aircraft fuel with validity through specified dates. It notes stamp ranges K2 to Z2, A1 to Hi, T2 to T1, and airplane stamps 1 to 4, detailing usable periods and quantities.
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Associated Press
OPA
Kirkwood Shows Opening Tonight With 20 Rides
Bill Schneider chairman of the Elks committee says Kirkwood Carnival opens tonight in this city through August 10. Workers completed setup days ahead and all attractions will be open to the public. The carnival features 20 shows and rides including the Great Zacchini the human cannon ball.
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Bill Schneider
Elks Committee
Kirkwood
Inc
Women of Britain Demand Equal Rights Campaign Grows
In London on August 1 a mass meeting of more than 1,000 women urged the new Labor government to act for equality with men. Organized by the status of women campaign committee the rally pressed for equal pay job access marriage bar abolition in government services and equal social insurance benefits for married and single women.
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London
Britain
Status of Women Campaign Committee
Arab Party Leaders Open Conference
Arab party leaders open their conference on Palestine at Amman as the Zionist World conference convenes in London. They demand that Britain bar further Jewish refugee immigration to Palestine and halt additional land transfers to Zionists or colonizing groups.
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Jerusalem
Amnan
Transjortan
Zionist World Conference
London
Palestine
Speculation on Lord Halifax Washington Post Absent Change
London reports brisk speculation over Lord Halifax British Ambassador to the United States possibly remaining in Washington after the Labour victory. He departed Washington for a holiday before the parliamentary elections outcome was announced that toppled the Conservative government.
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London
Lord Halifax
United States
Washington
Halifax
Veterans Organize Independent Taxi Association
A delegation of 62 ex servicemen formed the G I Taxicab Association to buy and operate their own cabs in Philadelphia The group met with Mayor Bernard Samuel who said he would seek Office of Defense Transportation approval for the plan
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G. I. Taxicab Association
Samuel
Office of Defense Transportation
France invasion contact described by Utah officer and interpreter
Laval William Gleason of Ogden Utah in the 65th Division headquarters reports on the Vichy chief’s query about French politics and forbids further talk. Cpl Leo Mayer of Port Arthur Texas acts as interpreter while Lt. John Hildebrand of Kingston Nay leads the prompt radio call to headquarters after Le Val lands at the 79th Fighter Group airstrip.
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William Gleason
Ogden
Utah
France
Gleason
Cpl
Leo Mayer
Port Arthur
Tex
John Hildebrand
Kingston
Nay
Leval
79Th
Hildebrand
Rainy July Brings Record Rainfall and Chilly Nights
The month totaled 11.19 inches of rain, far above the 3.60 average, with two deluges of 2.69 and 2.49 inches on the sixth and tenth. Temperatures were mild overall with 90s on only a few days, a high of 97 on July 1 and lows around 49 at night.
Three Held For Grand Jury In Winchester Robbery Case
Three Winchester youths Henry H. Brooks Willie Johnson and Lewis Preston were held for the grand jury after arraignment in Police Court Judge John Rice noted the suspects faced charges of snatching a pocketbook from Everett Meadows containing 10 dollars and confessing to other thefts including 35 dollars from Elmer McDonald 40 dollars from O B Strosnider and 82 50 from a sleeping or drunk man plus chicken thefts at the Kerfoot property in Clarke county.
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Winchester
Everett Meadows
John Rice
Henry H. Brooks
West Leicester Street
Willie Johnson
N. Kent Street
Lewis Preston
N. Cameron Street
Meadows
C. W. Hollis
Brooks
Elmer McDonald
Indian Alley
J. H. Napaier
Lewisburg
W. Va
O. B. Strosnider
Stephens City
Jack
Hollis
Walter Heflin
Clarke County
Johnson
Preston
O. B. Stross Rider
Fifteen Register With City Draft Board In Winchester
Fifteen persons registered with the Winchester draft board during July. Names include Albert D. Kane of 640 Virginia Avenue Charles C. Spitler of 400 N Loudoun Kenneth L. Orndorff 803 S Kent Clarence E. Catlett 601 N Cameron Eugene D. Shiner 19 W Cork and William H. Whiting 415 W Clifford Web Cameron Jenkins 115 S Washington Virgil L. Maphis General Delivery Winchester Elwood M. Orndorff 720 S Braddock Loring S. Conrad 411 N Kent Jack T. Shumaker 218 E Fairfax Lane Garland K. Mason 308 Highland Avenue Charles E. Cather 115 N Cameron Douglas A. Orndorff 20 E Gerrard Ray Hinkle Jr 511 S Loudoun Street.
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Winchester Draft Board
Albert D. Kane
Virginia Avenue
Charles C. Spitler
N. Loudoun
Kenneth L. Orndorff
S. Kent
Clarence E. Catlett
N Cameron
Eugene D. Shiner
W. Cork
William H. Whiting
W. Clifford
Webb Cameron Jenkins
S. Washington
Virgil L. Maphis
General Delivery Winchester
Elwood M. Orndorf
War Update Reports Turn in Pacific Battles and Rail Disruptions
Nimitz reports eight ships and 89 planes destroyed or damaged at Maizuru, total now 68 ships and 227 aircraft. Ground factories at Hiratsuka suffer major damage including Kanto Special Steel and Japan International Aircraft. MacArthur notes FEAF sinks or damages 24 ships off Korea and Kyushu with Sendai and Kyushu rail centers under heavy attack.
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Philippines
James O. Guthry
13Th Aaf Fighter Command
Army Air Forces
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
William P. Blandy
Pacific
Nimitz
Maizuru Naval Base
Honshu
Maizuru
Nagoya-Osaka
Kanto Special Steel Company
Japan International Aircraft Company
Hiratsuka
Onslauger
Korea
MacArthur
Kenney
FEAF
Kyushu
Sendai
Local and World Briefs Highlight City Events And Global News
The Star reports on regional happenings and major developments around the world, outlining local impacts and national context. Readers get swift summaries of key events, with continued coverage inside the newspaper.
Era Of Common Man Is Here
London reports Prof Harold J Laski chair of the Labor Party national executive committee declares the era of the common man has arrived in Britain He says labor's victory equals the 1830s middle class rise and that the people will gain progressive change within the constitution.
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London
Harold J. Laski
Labor Party
Britain
Labor
England
Laski
Seven Germans to be hanged for killing airmen. one acquitted
A German military court near Darmstadt sentenced seven defendants to death for the beating deaths of six captured American airmen last August. Two sisters were among the condemned. others received long terms, while two men were given 25 and 15 year sentences. One defendant was acquitted.
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Darmstadt
Germany
Margaret Witzler
Kathe Reinhardt
Johannes Seipel
Joseph Hartgen
Friedreic Wust
Johann Opper
Philipp Gutlich
George Daum
August Wolf
Heinrich Bartel
Karl Fugmann
Big Three End Trip as Potsdam Talks Conclude
Big Three plan to depart Plymouth with Augusta and Philadelphia under British escort for return to the United States. President Truman will transfer from Renown to Augusta at Millbay docks after arrival from Potsdam, with Byrnes and Leahy accompanying him. A communique on Potsdam talks is expected to be issued Friday in Washington Moscow and London, though not guaranteed.
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Augusta
Plymouth Sound
U. S
Philadelphia
United States
Potsdam
Truman
Millbay Docks
Washington
Moscow
London
Attlee
Tran
England
James F. Byrnes
William D. Leahy
Lord Halifax
Alan Lascelles
Harold Campbell
In Memoriam for Mary Elizabeth Wigginton
In remembrance of our mother Mary Elizabeth Wigginton who passed away one year ago today. We love you and miss your soothing voice and loving guidance teaching us prayer, right from wrong, cheerfulness, songs, and God’s love. By her children and daughter in law.
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Mary Elizabeth Wigginton
Mail Coupons For 182 290 Lbs Of Canning Sugar
A Frederick County rationing spokesman said coupons totaling 182 290 pounds of canning sugar were issued during May June and July to all who applied in the public registration. About 500 late applications are still being processed. county sugar remaining is under 9 000 pounds, about half of 1944's quota.
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Frederick County
Parliament Hails Mr. Churchill in New Labor Parliament
In London the parliamentary session opened with a Labor majority and Winston Churchill returning as opposition leader. King George VI will open Parliament on August 15 with a speech outlining the Labor program. Attlee’s government holds 388 seats, Churchill’s Conservatives 195, with possible 210 votes for opposition.
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London
Westminister
Winston Churchill
George VI
Britain
Commons
England
Attlee
Churchill
Woodrum to Quit Congress for Business Post
Roanoke Virginia August 1 1945 Congressman Clifton A Woodrum after 24 years in the House will resign when current business is concluded He plans to become president of the American Plant Food Council Incorporated a trade group for fertilizer nitrate and potash makers He will keep Roanoke as his home with headquarters in Washington and finish House duties before leaving.
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Roanoke
Clifton A. Woodrum
Virginia
House of Representatives
American Plant Food Council. Incorporated
Congress
Woodrum
Corporation
Washington
If We’ll Buy The Bonds They’ll Drop The Bombs
A bold wartime slogan graces a political appeal urging bond purchases to fund defense. The banner frames public finance as a direct line to military action, reflecting anxieties about looming conflict and collective civic duty.
Congress Action On Home Front Plans Is Light
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley notes Truman era home front plans saw limited action in first 100 days. Foreign policy measures like monetary agreements trade revisions and the UN charter moved, while domestic proposals lingered unacted. He plans to present a October return briefing addressing Roosevelt era ideas and reconversion proposals.
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Washington
Barkley
Congress
Truman
Roosevelt
Senate
Tuck outlines six plans to aid Virginia seafood industry
Lieutenant Governor William M. Tuck, seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, outlined six measures to expand Virginia’s seafood industry. They included expanding the fisheries laboratory, boosting James River seed bed production, adding new seed areas in York and Rappahannock rivers, planting more oyster shells on public rocks, strengthening oyster ground management and enforcement, and addressing pollution with Hampton Roads sanitation efforts.
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Richmond
Virginia
William M. Tuck
Moss Plunkett
Roanoke
Virginia Fisheries Laboratory
Department of Agriculture
James River
York
Rappahannock
Hampton Roads
Miss Ann Yost Writes Virginia Teaching Retailing Article
Miss Ann Yost of Winchester authored an article in The Commonwealth detailing Virginia’s distributive education program. A Handley High School graduate and Richmond Professional Institute student, she cites curriculum, practical training, and the need for coordinators at R I P in Store Service.
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the Commonwealth
Ann Yost
Starstaff
J. H. Yost
Kathryn Yost
Miss Yost
Winchester
Handley High School
Richmond Professional Institute
College of William and Mary
Commonwealth
Virginia
New Wage Plan Details Guarded
Washington August 1 public members of the War Labor Board decline open hearings on a proposed wage policy withhold details while labor and management prepare dissenting reports. The public group aims to relax controls on voluntary wage increases not raising prices and drafts points for President Truman’s consideration.
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Washington
WLB
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
Truman
Gen Alexander To Govern Canada
London report says Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, famed for Dunkirk Burma and El Alamein leadership, named Canada's 17th governor general by King George VI. Alexander, 54, becomes successor to Lord Athlone whose term ended last June, after a long career as Allied commander in the Mediterranean.
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London
Harold Alexander
Britain
Dunkerque
Burma
Ft Alamein
Canada
Mediterranean
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Lord Athlone
France
Alexander
Army chaplains may receive medals and decorations
Army chaplains may be awarded various medals and honors. Many chaplains have already received different types of awards for their service and contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Miners and doctor threaten uproar over sanitary water in Pennsylvania town
In a northern Pennsylvania coal town miners and Dr Elizabeth O Hayes threaten to strike over intolerable sanitary conditions and water supply. Officials report private wells contaminated by sewage while the company resists sewer and water system improvements saying the town is too small for such work. The doctor compares the workers to the 13 colonies and warns of another Boston tea party.
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State Department of Health
Pennsyyvania
Elizabeth O. Hayes
Grenfell Mission
Labrador
Harrisburg
J. Moore Campbell
Division of Sanitary Engineers
Ross Pentz
State Health Department
Hayes
Pennslyvania
Frank Lambert
Dr. Hayes
Boston
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Mr. Churchill
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