Gulf hurricane slams Texas coast near Port O’Conner
Winds from 100 to 135 mph battered towns along San Antonio Bay as the Gulf hurricane moved north along the Texas coast. Corpus Christi reported 100 mph winds, heavy property damage at Austwell, and power outages with no deaths. Port Lavaca and Port Aransas areas issued warnings as the storm tracked toward the Houston Galveston area.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas Highway Patrol
San Antonio Bay
Texas
Port O’conner
Port O'Conner
Matagoria Island
Austwell
Bay
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Houston-Galveston
J. P. McAuliffe
U.S
Port Arkansas
Galveston
Lake Charles
Bureau
L. C. Smith
McAuliffe
Corpus Christi Bay
Notices and classifieds Tuesday school starts at Winchester
Day school begins September 4 and night school September 10 at Winchester Business College. Choir rehearsal for V J Day Union Service at Market Street Methodist Church Tuesday 8 PM. Two advertising department jobs and one driver sales position at 212 Sharp St. Administrator advertises estate of C A Carver. all debts and claims must be presented for settlement to J M Fishpaw.
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Winchester Business College
Dial
Market Street Methodist Church
C. A. Carver Estate
J. M. Fishpaw
Admr
For Sale 22 in hot air furnace by Keffer
Advertisement lists a 22 inch hot air furnace for sale by J. E. Keffer of 236 E. Piccadilly with date notation August 25. Local purchase contact details and item description implied.
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J. E. Keffer
E. Piccadilly
Edward W. Grant Dies Prominent Fruit Grower of Frederick County
Funeral services are set for Edward W. Grant a distinguished farmer fruit grower and civic leader from the Clearbrook area in Frederick County He died Saturday night at Winchester Memorial Hospital at age 72 He was a longtime Stephenson Methodist Church member a director of Southern States Cooperative Winchester Service and leaves two daughters a son a brother and a sister
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Edward W. Grant
Clearbrook
Frederick County
Grant
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John Lee
Sarah Swartz Grant
Winchester
Gainesboro
John Kerr School
City Playgrounds To Close Friday
The Winchester playground season ends Friday per Miss Virginia Gregory director. She notes windows displays at Leggetts Department Store and the Northern Virginia Power Company office show crafts by children from the three playgrounds. Rain last week spoiled the public closing plans.
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Winchester
Virginia Gregory
Miss Gregory
Leggetts Department Store
Northern Virginia Power Company
Uncle Sam Urged To Help Stranded Vets Land Work
Washington Aug 27 The C E D research committee urged immediate government aid to pay stranded war workers fares to new jobs and recommended higher unemployment benefits. Lawmakers, business leaders, and the House Ways and Means Committee moved to address broader jobless relief as O W L signals a shift after the war.
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Sam
Sterling F. Green
Washington
C.E. D
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means
Capitol Hill
Office of War Information
Office of Censorship
State Department
U. S
OPA
House Military Committee
C.E.D
Ralph E. Flanders
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Serviceman's Family Nearing Aid From Red Cross
A Winchester service man's wife and children, still overseas, suffered a major fire loss. Red Cross appeals through its Camp and Hospital Committee for essentials such as a bed, dresser, table, chairs, chairs, rocker, linens, towels, and a quilt to move the family into new quarters within days. Call 5412 or contact Miss Mary Louise Steele to arrange pickup.
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Winchester
Home Service Department
Winchester Frederick County
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Mary Louise Steele
Wanted Buy Over Sixteen Apply Pingley and Carper
A classified notice seeks a buyer for an item or service or request to apply with Pingley and Carper cleaners. Details are limited and the ad references an archival page tag 8-27-1p-6t.
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Pingley
President asks Congress to continue draft inductions
President Truman urged Congress to keep inducting men aged 18 to 25, warning the Far East situation remains dangerous. He opposed ending the selective service now and urged not to end the war emergency, saying many forces have not yet returned from overseas. He cited Pacific dangers and Europe’s winter shortages and urged a higher regular force ceiling of 280000.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Far East
Thomas
Utah
May
Senate
House
Pacific
Europe
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Jap envoys push Burma surrender terms with Mountbatten allies
Rangoon reports arrangements for the surrender of 200000 Japanese troops in Southeast Asia as envoys from Saigon meet Mountbatten officers. Negotiations aim for a signed accord in Singapore with MacArthur's Tokyo surrender, enabling troop movements and medical aid to Allied POWs. Itagaki's resistance must be neutralized first.
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Rangoon
Southeast Asia
Saigon
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Takazo Nmata
Juichi Terauchi
Japan
Seishiro Itagaki
Singapore
Temperature Drops to 47 in Winchester Then Warms
The city recorded a 47 degree low last night with a high of 81 on Sunday and 56 Saturday night. Brief showers Saturday evening left only a trace at the Research Laboratory. Forecasters predict fair weather and warmer temperatures.
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Winchester
Greek Situation Still Muddled
Athens reports say Nicholas Zachariades of the KKE urged British troops to quit Greece to allow Greeks to resolve affairs, while Communist headquarters denied the remarks. Leaves and sharp editorials followed, with Tsouderos calling the statements incredible and leaflets attacking Truman Attlee Bevin spreading in Ath en s and Piraeus.
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Athens
Nicholas Zachariades
KKE
Greece
Zachariades
George Tsouderos
Truman
Attlee
Bevin
Piraeus
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Romania
Lowe Case Set For September 17
Rev. C. W. Lowe faces trial in Corporation Court on Monday September 17 at 11 a m for issuing a check without funds. After entering a not guilty plea before Judge Burr P. Harrison, Lowe waived a grand jury. The local pastor of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour was appted by Attorney John P. Allen.
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C. W. Lowe
Corporation Court
Rev. Lowe
Burr P. Harrison
Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
John P. Allen
Enterprise Still Seen as Fighting Carrier of Pacific War
The Navy dubbed the aircraft carrier Enterprise the fightingest carrier of the fleet after surviving 15 damages in four years of war and sinking six times in Japanese propaganda. It stood guard in the South Pacific in 1942, with scars from battles at the eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz. On May 14 a bomb-laden Japanese plane crashed the flight deck, killing 13 and wounding 67, while Vice Admiral Mitscher commanded Task Force 58 aboard.
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Washington
Enterprise
Navy
U .S
South Pacific
Solomons
Santa Cruz
Bombers Drop Food Supplies to Allied POWs in China
Fourteen B 29s carried oil drums of canned goods to Wieh sien China for Allied prisoners of war. Planes used bomb racks to drop food while marking P W Supplies on the fuselages. Maj Frank L Thomas led the mission with leaflets and other pilots included Lt Joseph Hillman.
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Guam
Japan
Winged Angels of Mercy
Wiehsien
China
Frank L. Thomas
Pittsburgh
Two Island
Joseph J. Hillman
Baltimore
MacArthur to lead Okinawa to Japan occupation force
General MacArthur plans to leave Manila for Okinawa and then Japan with an advance echelon. The Eighth Army under Lt. Gen. Eichelberger is designated to occupy the Tokyo area with landings planned for September 1. Over 100 correspondents accompany the force, and plans include occupation of Tokyo Yokohama Sagami Bay area.
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San Francisco
MacArthur
Nila
Okinawa
Japan
M Mueller
NBC
Manila
Eighth Army
Philippines
Robert L. Eichelberger
Tokyo
Yokohama
Eighth
Mueller
Oknawa
Crm
Tateyama
Tokyo Bay
Eichelberger
Supreme Peer
Btn Ake Chored
Sagami
Bay Area
Atsugi
Sagami Bay
Missouri
U. S.army
24Th Corps
John R. Hodge
Korea
Hong Kong
Adm
C. H. Harcourt
Ee Navy
Halsey
U. S. Third Fleet
Allied Fleet Enters Sagami Bay For Yokosuka Landing
Admiral Halsey leads the Third Fleet battleship Missouri and Duke of York into Sagami Bay while minesweepers start clearing a path to Yokosuka base. Allied ships anchor near Mount Fuji as Japanese coastal observers watch. Emissaries from Yokosuka are handed to Rear Admiral Carney prior to Tokyo Bay approach.
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Admiral Halsey
Sagami Bay
Japan
Missouri
Tokyo
Yokosuka Naval Base
Miura Peninsula
Katase Town
Iowa
Duke of York
Sir Bruce Fraser
Scharnhorst
Katase
Chigasaki
Halsey
Oscar C. Badger
Tokyo Bay
Uraga Strait
Yoshihiko Takasaki
Yokosuka
Inaho Otami
Sagami
Robert B. Carney
City collects 10 000 pounds of paper and tin
Ben Belchie reports about 10 000 pounds of paper and tin gathered in the city Saturday afternoon. Eight trucks operated by the Junior Board of Trade and Boy Scouts handled curb collection.
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Ben Belchie
Welcome Home Officers Discharge List Public Solicitation
The Star asks the public to help compile names of local men who have received their discharges each day. Aimed at extending notice for returning service members, the plea requests community aid in identifying those listed.
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Artrir Hunter W. Nelson
The
Star
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Eighth Army Vets
Kyushu
M Ocana
Imperial
Kanoya Field
Takasu
Chiba
Kanagawa
Shizuoka
Yamanashi
Daniel Shaw
Poteau
Okla
Luzon
Shaw
International
Burma
Lowe Case
Supreme Allied Chieftain
Nippon
Battleship
Great Fleet
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