Bose Renegade Indian Leader Dies After Air Crash
Subhas Chandra Bose head of the provisional government of free India died after a plane crash near Taihoku en route to Tokyo. The Leftist leader and former All India Congress president faced earlier arrests and hunger strikes, with a complex dispute over party leadership and Japanese alliance.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Subhas Chandra Bose
Japan
Bose
Free India
Tokyo
Taihoku
Board of Information
All- India Congress Party
Mahandas K. Gandhi
Gadhi
Defense of India
Calcutta
Black Hole
Farm land boom fears after war raise concern
Washington reports pace of farm land demand stirs alarm among officials over a new postwar boom. land prices run 57 percent above 1935 to 39 levels and near 1920 peaks, as veterans and job seekers move toward farming, with calls for a wartime gains tax and credit limits to restrain price surges.
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Washington
Dept
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
War Det
Star Offers Complete Local and World News Coverage
The Star promises comprehensive reporting on local events national developments and world affairs providing timely updates, in-depth analysis and sports and business highlights for readers seeking broad coverage.
Ration Calendar Details Through 1940s Stamps
Ration calendar updates note meat and fat stamps with varying validity dates including Book 4 through November and August deadlines. Sugar stamps Book four value AG cover five pounds until August 31 with next stamp on September 1. Shoes stamps Book three 1 2 3 4 valid indefinitely. OPA says no plans to change canning limits, while gasoline fuel oil stoves and processed foods rationing is set as of Wednesday August.
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Val AG
OPA
Victory Drive Loan To Open Oct. 29
Washington reports the eighth and final war loan drive begins October 29 with a Victory Loan of 11 million dollars. The government seeks four billion from individuals, with half in E bonds, as Treasury Secretary Vinson cites costs of settlements mustering out pay hospitalization care and rehabilitation.
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Washington
Treasury Vinson
Renews Urge For Doctor Release
Representative Brown of Ohio promises a congressional probe if the armed services fail to speed civilian release of doctors. He cites reports that many physicians in the service are idle and calls the War Department program unworkable. The Journal of the American Medical Association notes a discharge point system for medical officers, details of which were not disclosed. Brown is the senior Republican on the House interstate public health subcommittee.
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Washington
Brown
Ohio
Armed Services
War Department
The
Ohioan
Journal of the American Medical Association
Army
House
Interstate Public Health
Population Of U S Increases By Eight Million In Five Years
The census bureau reports U S population at about 139,682,000, up more than eight million in five years. Births reached 10,599,000 with deaths at 5,137,000. marriages estimated at 5,477,000. Manufacturing and trade volumes surged, retail trade nearly 70 billion, wholesale trade about 100 billion.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Sugar Ration to Continue Five Pounds per Four Months
The current sugar ration of five pounds every four months remains in effect for the rest of the year. Sugar stamp 38 in ration book 4 will be validated September 1 and valid through December 31. Stamp 36 will expire soon and stamp 37 is not being validated due to past mailings for extra canning allowances.
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Washington
OPA
Government withdraws sponsorship of expansion projects
Washington reports the government withdrew sponsorship of 13 military truck tire expansion projects costing about 20 million dollars, none located in Maryland Virginia or West Virginia. Sponsorship was also withdrawn for 12 sole and heel expansion projects and five for miscellaneous articles involving Hostite Manufacturing Monarch Rubber and O Sullivan Rubber in Winchester.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Hostite Manufacturing Co
Monarch Rubber Co
Baltimore
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
Winchester
Nylon boom promises shared by Dupont in peacetime
E I Dupont de Nemours pledges a nylon abundant era with 11 pairs yearly per woman and a nylon world. The firm notes expanded capacity at Seaford Delaware and Martinsville Virginia to supply civilian use yarn for curtains dresses ceilings and underwear, promising 360 million yards.
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Wilmington
Del
E. I. Dupont de Nemours Company
Dupont
Tropics
Seaford
Martinsville
Bilbo Declares War on Yankees in Mississippi
Biloxi Mississippi August 23 United States Senator Theodore G Bilbo declared he would run for reelection to the Senate and announced plans to curb what he called Yankee measures He said his first plank includes removing the $5 windshield tax and opposing the fair employment practices committee the anti poll tax laws and other anti legislation from the Yankees He noted the hosiery company capacity remains above prewar levels citing company officials.
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Biloxi
Miss
United States
Theodore G. Bilbo
Senate
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Yankees
Repeal of War Time Hints Clock Back to Standard Time
Signs on Capitol Hill indicate Congress may act to repeal war time and restore standard time one hour earlier than wartime. Rep Howell urges immediate committee action when Congress reconvenes September 5. He cites dark school mornings and farmer chores by lanterns under war time. An act of Congress is required.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Howell
Ill
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Truman
Simple But Impressive Rites Held For E. H. Koons
Quiet services for E. H. Koons were held yesterday afternoon at 4 from the Haddox home with Rev. W. O. Talbert and assistants leading prayers and scripture. Floral tributes signified community grief, including a spray from the Handley class of 1930. City post office employees attended in a body, with numerous out of town relatives listed among attendees.
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Haddox Koons
George W. Haddox
Parkway
W. O. Talbert
J. S. Duckwall
E. T. Clarke
Koons
Handley
City Post Office
Emily Hayden
Manassas
Dorothy Lewis
Washington, D. C
Edith M. Hayden
George C. Haddox
Jane Haddox
C. L. Funkhouser
Dayton
Anna Funkhouser
Roanoke
L. W. Long
W. L. Sutphin
Minnie Williams
Frank Clark
J. P. Cook
Marvin Bradford
M. R. Bradford, Jr
Flint Hill
George L. Bradford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ena Davis
Charles Town
W. Va
Davis
Hagerstown
George F
Davis and Others Interred at Mount Hebron Cemetery
Davis of Peters Serving and Nelson Forrest Sirbaugh Abram Ziran Howard Taylor El wood Snyder and Maurice Grimm were interred at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
County School Board Sets Open Enrollment and Desk Purchases
The board announced a harvest period option and a two week limit under the school law. Children may enter if six by Sept 1, with first time entrants needing vaccination. Compulsory Education will be strictly enforced. Crowded conditions prevent additional admissions though former residents apply. Desks will be purchased as schools are cleaned for the new term.
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Kline
School buses delayed as new orders miss opening date
Stephens City and Stone Walls transportation discussed placing two buses on the Middle Town run. Three new buses ordered will not arrive in time for school start. bodies ready but chassis not delivered. Board members will meet again on Saturday, September 1.
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Stephens City
Stonewalls
Middletown
Silent clues from a torn page reveal names and places
The fragment lists individuals and places tied to a historical record. Entries include Albert Targhiani and Oveta Culp Hobby, references to Thailand and Plymouth, a 26 000 figure, and notes on anti knock properties. The context is unclear but points to a mixed archival snippet.
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Albert Targhiani
Oveta Culp Hoby
Thailand
Siam
Plymouth
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R. J. Scott
Bilbo
Clarke County
Tim
Ge Jefferson
Direct Wire
Republican
Winchester Ice Companies
Winchester Cold Storage
E. H. Koons
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