Jewish Exodus Sparks Underground Call To Arms In Palestine
British troops guard unsettled Palestine as deportations to Cyprus inflame tensions. Irgun Zvai Leumi urges Jews to join a single Jewish Army and stop paying taxes, while Haifa and Jerusalem see violence and a thwarted harbor incident amid the Cyprus deportation convoy.
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Palestine
Cyprus
Haifa
Trgun Zvai Leumi
King David
Cret
Irgun
Hagana
Irgun Zvai War Fund
Holy Land
Jin
Yekutiel Yaffe
General Post
Jerusalem
CIO Maritime Union declares Great Lakes strike to scale
President Joseph Curran says the CIO National Maritime Union will push the Great Lakes strike to the limit with a one million dollar strike fund. He cites ship operators’ arrogance and states readiness to negotiate, while noting 25 organized and 15 unorganized ships tied up and the strike starting at 12 01 a m. Curran plans a Detroit strike HQ and says NMU lake membership is about 4500 with Canadian seamen backing the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curran
Cleveland
Joseph Curran
CIO National Ol Maritime Union
Great Lakes
Detroit
NMU
Washington
Jack la
William McCarthy
NMU Lake
Gore Home Damaged By Fire Near Gore
A very old two story log home belonging to George and Lee Smith near Gore was damaged by a fire about seven o clock this morning. The fire started in an upstairs room and attic and was brought under control by a bucket brigade before the Friendship Fire Company arrived. Loss was covered by insurance.
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George and
Lee Smith
Gore
Friendship Fire Company
Kaiser-Frazer Garage Nearing Completion In Winchester
Henry P. Kern Jr reports 42 Kaiser Frazer cars already sold with 23 Frazers and 19 Kaisers. The 87 by 88 foot building nears roof completion with showroom offices parts and service on first floor and nine apartments on the second floor. A public showing in Washington drew enthusiasm and prices are expected soon.
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Kaiser-Frazer
Winchester
Henry P. Kern
Young Kern
Richard Kern
H. P. Kern, Sr
Frazers
Kaisers Bricklayers
Kern
Willow Run
Kaiser and Prazer
Washington, D. C
Henry
Pittsburgh Man Wins Waltonite Automobile Here
John Masters of Harrisburg won the 1946 DeSoto sedan in a Winchester chapter Izaak Walton League drawing. He bought the ticket Saturday July 27 from Raymond Saxe and was notified that he won. Little Miss June Putnam drew the winning number 911-1. Proceeds support building an ice skating pond at the city park.
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John Masters
North 3Rd Street
Harrisburg
DeSoto
Winchester
Izaak Walton
Bob Newlin
Saxe
Heatwale Motor Company
Escaped Berryville Prisoners Still At Large
Arthur Rowles and William Jackson remain free after escaping Berryville jail early yesterday. Officers scoured the area with state county and local units but found no clues as they potentially split up. Rowles had a Milwaukee connection with a house trailer and faces six indictments for breaking and entering and grand larceny.
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Arthur Rowles
William Jackson
Berryville
Rowles
Milwaukee
Wis
Muncy Becomes New Examiner for State Police
Examiner Minor Muncy Jr. joins the Winchester district staff after service in the South Pacific. He began duties August 1 conducting road tests for operator permits at the Winchester Armory on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A World War II veteran, he lives in Front Royal and plans to move to the city soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Minor Muncy, Jr
Bland County
Virginia
Examiner Muncy
Muncy
South Pacific
U. S. Army
Front Royal
Winchester Armory
Fun Frolic at Stephens City Fire Co Grounds
Games and refreshments sponsored by the Independent Hose Co. of Stephens City on the Fire Company lot each evening from August 14 through August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Hose Co
Stephens City -On- Fire
92 Area World War II Dead Are Paid High Honors
Reverend William J. Hadden of Cork Street Christian Church delivers tribute to WWII fallen, condemns Nazi racial creed, and warns against moral and spiritual decline after war. Eugene Dearing, commander of the American Legion post, serves as master of ceremonies at Shrine ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sar Lee
William J. Hadden
Cork Street
Eugene Dearing
American Legion
Attorney General Clark Drives VMI Fund Campaign
Attorney General Clark announces a $1 500 drive by the VMI Foundation to support the Virginia Military Institute. Maj. Gen. R J Marshall, new superintendent, notes the need for funds to maintain facilities and offer more scholarships while highlighting VMI’s war-time leaders including Gen. George C Marshall. The foundation sketches plans for faculty retirement, sabbatical leaves, new courses and expanded scholarships.
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Aeontocacan
Charto Aa
Lex
Clark V. M. I
Virginia
George C. Marshall
Gen. Marshall
V. M L
Fleet Movements Stir Speculation Over Mediterranean Role
Washington reports the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt is due at Lisbon for a Mediterranean training cruise amid Turkish crisis talks. Officials insist the voyage is for training, but observers see a show of force as Hewitt's cruisers and destroyers join in, with Bieri's fleet already deployed.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lisbon
Mediterranean
Turkey
Dardenelles
United States
Portungal
Houston
Little Rock
Adm
Henry K. Hewitt
European
Hewitt
Bernard H. Bieri
Fargo
Huntington
Bieri
Jack Lillis Elected Big Scribe At 4-H Camp
About 130 campers attend the 4-H camp with Jack Lillis of Round Hill elected Big Scribe and Freddy Stine named camp bugler. Carlton Ramey heads Sioux Tribe and Harold Philips leads Cherokees. tribes elect chiefs and scribes as classes in leather craft rope tying nature study and gardening proceed.
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Madeline Myers
Jack Lillis
Round Hill Club
Freddy Stine
Carlton Ramey
Hayfield
Harold Philips
North Frederick Club
Frederick
Donald Ramey
Sidney Rogers
Roxanne Rogers
Harold Phillips
Gordon Phillips
Sarah Marie Smith
William Lee Whitacre
Rhoda Mae Whitacre
Deny Cole
Lynn Wolfe
Betty Swanson
Wayne Miller
Charles Warner
Dorothy Bell
United States Troops Confined to Quarters in Shanghai
U S and naval personnel in Shanghai ordered to quarters from 6 p m to dawn amid claims by Nationalist authorities of Communist plans for uprising in Shanghai. Some American ships remain. few troops serve in the China Service Command. Communist underground cited as source of tension.
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United States
China
Shanghai
Tientsin
Changchun
China Service Command
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Associated Press
Lanfeng
Kaifeng
Hichuang
Hsuchow
Yenan
National Fruit Co and AFL Labor Move Toward New Contract
Negotiations at the Winchester plant of National Fruit Product Co with AFL Local 22948, aided by government conciliator J. E. Palmer, enter day 10 with wage, vacation and overtime terms still unsettled. The contract expired June 1 and the union served a 30 day strike notice on June 18. the plant employs 200 off season and 1100 seasonally. Company representatives include W. W. Hunt B. O. Rouse and Ward Thresh.
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Winchester
National Fruit Product Co
American Federation of Labor
J. E. Palmer
Palmer
National Fruit
J. A Carnett
Ed Seal
Walter Anderson
E. W. Smith
AFL
W. W. Hunt
B. O. Rouse
Ward Thresh
Palestine Plan Not Approved By U S President
London report says President Truman rejected the British American federation plan for Palestine citing lack of American support. He advised Britain to proceed as it sees fit while talks continue with Weizmann and Jewish Agency reps. Whitehall plans emergency sessions to review policy and possible separate Arab and Jewish conferences.
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London
Truman
Palestine
Britain
Dr. Weizmann
Jewish Agency
George Hall
Whitehall
Washington
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Ridgeway Roller Rink Notice of Week of Closure
Ridgeway Roller Rink announces closure for repairs and vacation the week of August 19. Peoples Cleaners and Wiener's advertise summer dress sales with large sizes listed.
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Peoples Cleaners
Wiener
Bahamans to Arrive This Week for Wincheser Orchard Work
County Agent I Pred Stine says one hundred Bahamans are expected in Winchester to assist in apple orchards amid labor shortages. Growers must contract migratory colored workers and coordinate with crew leaders. conflicting requests for white and Bahaman labor complicate staffing. Some workers may be housed at the Emergency Palm Labor Center on Fairmont Ave Ext as officials plan outreach to crew leaders in the coming days.
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Winchester
I. Pred
Stine
Emergency Palm Labor Center
Fairmont Ave
State Labor Office
Mr. Stine
Secretary Byrnes Reviews War Costs and Potsdam Ties
Secretary of State Byrnes told the peace conference that the war cost the United States 4000000000 dollars and warned economic treaties contrary to Potsdam would cause enslavement. He praised Italy and Greece and urged reciprocal friendship, signaling firm U S stance against Soviet critiques.
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Byrnes
U. S
Paris
United States
Britain
Finland
Italy
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
V. M. Molotov
Greece
Truck Crash Spreads 180 Coops on Route 50
A large truck from West Virginia carrying 180 broiler chicken coops overturned on Route 50 last night after the driver said brake failure caused by locked brakes. The driver claimed he swerved to avoid a bicycle rider, and the coops were scattered along the highway edge.
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Ne Tract
W. Va
Berg
Army And Navy Spend Millions In Virginia For Defense Posts
Fort Eustis Fort Monroe and three naval installations receive about 5.5 million dollars for postwar defense work this year. The Transportation Corps Training Center at Fort Eustis alone accounts for 3 million, with 15 100 officers and men overall. Fort Monroe will host an Army Ground Forces HQ and related offices, while barracks and facilities at Eustis and other sites are being upgraded or rebuilt.
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Fort Eustis
Army
Navy
Virginia Peninsula
Fort Monroe
Naval
Naval Mine Depot
Naval Mine Warfare School
Yorktown
Naval Supply Depot
Cheatham Annex
Army Transportation Corps Training Center
Coast Artillery School
AGF
Transportation Corps Training Center
John W. Mott
Eustis
Transportation School
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Texaco
Pittsburgh
Little Miss
June Putman
Lovett’s
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Hadden
Clark
VMI
Roosevelt
Scribe
Sunghai
Harbin
Tsitsihar
Marshall
Emancipation Daily
U.S
Chiang
New Contact
Cross Junction
Ridgeway
Ag Byrnes
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