De Gaulle Seeks Full Power Status During U S Visit
Gen Charles De Gaulle provisional president of France arrives in Washington with a 20 member staff for a week long program including a White House reception and a state dinner. He hopes to secure U S recognition of France as a full power partner and avoid any new Big Three meetings. He will visit Hyde Park and inspect American plants in New York and Chicago.
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Graham Hovey
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Truman
United States
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Chicago
Mr. Roosevelt
United Nations Security Council
Council of Foreign Ministers
London
de Gaule
To Collect Tin Paper Saturday
Winchester salvage committee chair Ben Belchic asks residents to prepare waste paper and tin cans for city collection this Saturday afternoon. A Junior Board of Trade fleet with Boy Scouts will start at 1 PM. call 5414 or 3531 if not collected by 3 PM. Bag bundles and cans in boxes ready at the curb for drivers.
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Ben Belchic
Winchester Salvage Committee
Belchic
Junior Board of Trade
Boy Scouts
Remember Discharged Men Winchester City Veterans Record Discharges
The Corporation Clerk urges World War II veterans in Winchester to bring their discharge papers to the Clerk's office for free recordation using a Portagraph machine. This creates a permanent legal record of service accessible for all purposes. Veterans not residing in Winchester should have a family member present their certificate for recording.
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Corporation
Winchester City
Shenandoah Valley Poultry Industry Seen Sound After War
Harrisonburg Virginia August 22 The Shenandoah Valley poultry sector an estimated 19 million dollar business in Rockingham County will stay sound after the war says Charles W Wampler President of the National Turkey Federation and a banker and feed manufacturer He notes wartime expansion may halt with Japan's surrender and urges producers to maintain efficiency rather than expand.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Rockingham County
Charles W. Wampler
National Turkey Federation
Wampler
Japan
Byrd Leads Drive to Restore Federal Budget Balance
The Joint Economy Committee chaired by Senator Harry F. Byrd announces an inquiry into cutting wartime appropriations to restore balance. Byrd stresses unexpended war funds should revert to the Treasury as the government aims to end a 15 year deficit and tie future spending to tax receipts.
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Washington
Joint Economy Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Treasury
United States
Temperatures Reach 91 Degrees in Winchester
The mercury stood at 91 degrees at 1.30 this afternoon with forecasts indicating a rise of another degree or two before evening. Last night cooled to 64 degrees and a warm spell is expected to continue with considerable cloudiness and cooler weather later. Showers are forecast in the south tonight followed by more cloudiness and cooler conditions Thursday.
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Winchester
Virginia
Nipponese Will Sign In Nanking
Japan's formal surrender to China is to be signed in Nanking the cabinet announced. Chinese and Allied officials weighed timing with Gen MacArthur's impending signature and possible pre signing moves, as envoys discussed terms in Chinkiang and Ho Ying-chin coordinated capitulation areas.
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Chungking
Japan
China
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
P. H. Chang
Gen. MacArthur
Foreign Office
K. C. Wu
Shanghai
Peiping
Tientsin
Chinkiang
Ho Ying- Chin
Hard-Boiled Jap Seeks Easy Exit
Manila reports Japanese Gen. Yamashita may seek smoother surrender terms after releasing captured American pilot Capt. Dan L. Shaw of Poteau Oklahoma. Shaw, held nine days, received a note from Yamashita and observed a shift in treatment following the emperor's capitulation amid Shaw’s escape from a burning P 38 behind Japanese lines.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashit
Yamashita
Philippines
Dan L
Star Staff Picnics After-Press Outing at Rosemont
Nearly 100 Star staff members and families enjoyed swimming and baseball at Rosemont near Berryville after press time. A large picnic followed with hot dogs, cheese and tomato sandwiches, lemonade and a full spread. The event, hosted by Serator H F Byrd who loans the field and pool, has become an annual customary gathering for the paper staff.
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The
Star
Rosemont
Berryville
Serator H. F. Byrd
Paper
Fenwick Forces Also Expected To Take Nomination Fight
Willis F. Cohoon said Colonel Fenwick is en route from Wright Field to Richmond as Fenwick forces consider legal action over disputed county returns. He cited irregularities in precinct results in Apomattox Lunenburg Charlotte Northampton Cumberland Buckingham and notes delays in releasing returns after election day.
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Suffolk
Willis F. Cohoon
Charles R. Fenwick
Fenwick
Wright Field
Richmond
L. Preston
Smyth County
Collins
Wise County
Cohoon
Charlie Fenwick
Pat Collins
Appomattox
Lunenburg
Charlotte
Northampton
Cumberland
Buckingham
Guarding Berlin by 82nd Airborne in peacetime dress
In Berlin the 82nd Airborne Division replaces the Second Armored Division guarding the American zone under Maj. Gen. James A. Gavin. The unit, with veterans of North Africa and European campaigns, performed a first peace time jump at Tempelhof and will share honor guard duties with British French and Russians. The troops sport white gloves red neckerchiefs and white parachute cord laces in formal dress.
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Berlin
82Nd Airborne Division
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Normandy
Holland
Second Armored Division
James A. Gavin
Gavin
Tempelhof
82Nd
Grounding Order Eases for Japanese Planes
General MacArthur relaxed the ban on Japanese aircraft to allow limited unarmed planes for liaison in surrender enforcement. Tokyo radio said the order followed Imperial negotiations, with armed forces restricted to minimum use of red pennant marked planes for urgent surrender tasks. Civilian and military craft had been restricted after capitulation due to attacks on American ships and photo planes.
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Manila
MacArthur
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Japan
Imperial General Headquarters
MacArthur reveals surrender terms and August signing
General MacArthur announced Japan will sign the surrender in Tokyo Bay on August 31. Allied airborne troops will land at Atsugi and naval forces at Yokosuka by August 28. Terms include demobilization of armed forces and delivery of supplies to prisoners of war. copies were already sent to Japan.
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Manila
MacArthur
Nippon
Japan
Tokyo
Atsugi
Yokosuka Naval Base
United States
Tokyo Bay
Yokosuka
Yomizai Hochi
Government predicts peacetime goods, radio and tire boosts
Washington reports new tires nylon stockings and radios may return by Christmas with price levels near 1942. OPA WPB move to end rationing details outlines meat points reductions and phased scrap of priority ratings AA and related controls by October 1 with MM and CC classifications for producers.
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Washington
OPA
WPB
Agriculture
Anderson
CMP
Plan Merging of Four Railroads
Cleveland August 22 The decade old dream of a 900 million railroad empire uniting Chesapeake and Ohio Nickel Plate Pere Marquette and Wheeling and Lake Erie moved closer as C and O directors voted to submit a merger proposal to other roads. The plan would create about 7500 miles of line from the industrial Midwest to Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia tidewater under a single system with divisions retaining their names.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Middle West
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia Tidewater
van Sweringen Brothers
Alleghany Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wheeling and Lake Erie
J. Crawford Biggs
Raleigh
N. C
Wanted: six girls and one man for factory work
Help wanted at Valley Food Company for a potato chip factory. Six girls needed to pack chips and one young man for general labor boring work. Apply at 20 West Gerrard Street.
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Valley Food Company
West Gerrard Street
Driver Salesman Wanted for Food Route Ad
Classified notice seeking a driver salesman for an established food route. Apply in person at 212 Sharp Street Thursday. B-20-1D-3t.
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Sharp Street
Atomic bombs death toll and damage in Hiroshima Nagasaki
The Tokyo radio via the Associated Press reports 480000 killed, injured, or homeless in Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the August 1945 atomic blasts. Hiroshima suffered 160000 casualties and 200000 homeless, Nagasaki 120000 casualties, with long lasting burns and widespread destruction noted.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
New York
Nagasaki Station
Sutezo Torii
Defense Headquarters
Torii
Republicans Pick Four Issues to Win Congress in 1946
Washington reports Republicans, led by Herbert Brownell Jr, set four issues to gain control next year. They argue Truman’s administration fumbles reconversion, demand audit of the New Deal, challenge wartime patriotism used for party ends, and note Democrats’ staffing of federal jobs. Brownell predicts GOP victory in Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Brownell
Mon C. Wallgren
Truman
Senate
House
Colonial Kitchen Will Not Open This Saturday
The Colonial Kitchen announces it will not be open on the upcoming Saturday. This notice provides no further details on rescheduling or reasons for the closure.
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Colonial Kitchen
Japs Ordered To Quit In Asia
London reports surrender talks in Rangoon between Japanese and Allied officers may begin tomorrow. Marshal Terauchi awaits surrender amid imperial orders. Singapore expected to receive formal ceasefire in early September on land and sea.
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London
Rangoon
Juichi Terauchi
Southwest Asia
E. F. M. Browning
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Marshal Terauchi
Hirohito
Singapore
I the Ji
Saigon
Terauchi
Sonion
Mountbatetan
Tokyo
New Delhi
Associated Press
Red Tape Cut For Gen Wainwright In Manchuria
Soviet authorities reportedly authorized a B-24 to fly Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright from Mukden toward Chungking, ending delays by Japanese guards. Maj. Gen. George M. Parker Jr. took command of the camp after a Russian mission ousted Japanese guards.
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Chungking
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Manchuria
Mukden
Hsian
Wainwright
Americans and 26 Other Allies. It Is Expected Here That the Hero of
Corregidor
George M. Parker, Jr
Parker
Bataan Peninsula
Pickers Tickets Available at Evening Star Job Print
Orchardists are urged to obtain pickers tickets from Evening Star Job Print. The notice appears in a brief item aimed at workers in fruit fields seeking labor permits for the harvest season.
Lawn Party at United Brethren Church
A lawn party will be held at United Brethren Church on Thursday August 23 starting at 6 p m. Homemade ice cream and cake will be served.
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United Brethren Church
Lovett's Dress Shop Announces Thursday Clearance Sale
Lovett's Dress Shop at 156 N Loudoun St kicks off a clearance sale starting Thursday. The event details are posted in the shop and invite customers to save on assorted apparel and accessories.
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Lovett's Dress Shop
N. Loudoun St
Applet prices touted by Winchester storage firm
F. V. Barr of Winchester Storage Packing House promotes ceiling prices on all apple varieties. Contact at phone 4455. Public notice appears in this issue.
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F. V. Barr
Winchester Card Storage
Welcome Home Veterans Seeks Public Aid in Listing
The Star welcomes Frederick county and Winchester veterans recent discharged and resuming civilian life. It asks readers to supply the names of local men who have served and were discharged, joining the community anew.
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Frederick County
Winchester
The
Star
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