Kuykendall Named Director Shenandoah Valley National Bank
J Joan Kuykendall a Winchester attorney and leader in the Shenandoah Valley National Bank is named to succeed Mr Williams by a unanimous board resolution. The board lauded Williams as beloved and admired and memorialized him in a resolution read at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuykendall
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Williams
J.joan Kuykendall
Winchester
Will
H. F. Byrd, Jr
W. Nelson Page
Harry K. Benham
John W. Rice
Virginia Bar Association
University of Virginia
Handley Board of Trustees
Virginia
Gray Williams
Ah Valley National Bank
R. Gray Williams
State Dept Attacked by Rep Sabath Over British Influence
Rep Sabath of Illinois slammed the State Department for Anglophilic officials aiding Britain and expanding its colonial reach. He defended the department against Communist charges and noted a few officers historically swayed by Nazi and Fascist ideologies, while denying broad subservience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Dept
Rep. Sabath
Illinois
Washington
Sabath
D-Ill
State Department
Dean Acheson
House
Great Britain
Acheson
Bartley Crum
Palestine
Crum
Rep. Rankin
D-Miss
Bethel Lutheran Hosts Winchester Conference in September
Bethel Lutheran Church in Albin will host the Winchester Conference of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia on September 3 and 4. Rev. E. B. Smith leads the church, with Rev. J. Glenn Bolick presiding at Holy Communion and Rev. William Eisenberg presiding over devotions. Local leaders and speakers include Rev. L. C. Sparks, Rev. R. L. Booze, Carl Ritter, Rev. W. Leigh Bell, S. H. Stone, Rev. M. F. Mauney, and Rev. J. H. Derick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Lutheran Church
Albin
Winchester
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
E. B. Smith
J. Glenn Bolick
Front Royal
World Action
William Eisenberg
Winchester Church
L. C. Sparks
U. S. Navy
R. L. Booze
Stephens City
Carl Ritter
W. Leigh Bell
S. H. Stone
Charles Town
M. F. Mauney
Toms Brook
J. H. Derick
Woodstock
Richard K. Goode
Joseph Frye
Wardensville
Homecoming in Lynchburg for State IOOF leaders
Abe Levin and Mr and Mrs R L Jones depart for Lynchburg to attend a state IOOF homecoming. Levin serves as trustee and committeeman of the grand lodge while Jones is grand marshal and trustee. FRANKFURT Germany Aug 31 A B 17 Flying Fortress is missing from Frankfurt to Casablanca with seven crewmen and four passengers according to the US Army.
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Abe Levin
R. L. Jones
Lynchburg
I. O
Frankfurt
Germany
Casablanca
U S. Army
European Air Transport Service Headquarters
Lyon
France
Milk Prices Jump Up Another Cent In Winchester
Milk prices rise again in Winchester on September 1 to 18 cents per quart as Creamery and local distributors push for a 40 cent per hundredweight increase for fluid milk. The move, aimed at securing supply, follows a July 21 raise to 5 dollars per cwt while Martinsburg and Charlottesville show higher rates. Two dairy herds have been sold recently, prompting concerns producers may abandon herds without price gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Washington
Charlottesvlle
Washington, D. C
Martinsburg
OPA Says Rent Ceilings Stay In Place
Price Boss Paul Porter assures the public rent ceilings will not be increased or removed. He notes landlords are generally better off than before the war, citing fewer vacancies and limited spending on repairs and new equipment since the war began.
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GTON
Paul Porter
OPA
ABC
Frederick County Seeks Fill Six Teacher Vacancies
Sept Kline reports six Frederick County teaching posts still open including seventh grade Gore eighth grade Stephens City Miss at Bryarly Middletown and Round Hill and a Stephens City librarian with less than a week to fill before school open. Two bus driver positions remain one in Middletown and one in Winchester area. additional hires announced for Gainesboro Kernstown Bryarly White Hall and other schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Gore
Stephens City
Bryarly
Middletown
Round Hill
Kline
Winchester
Helen Cave
Gainesboro
Evelyn Weakley
Jeannette Racey
Kernstown
Doris M. Payne
Bunker Hill
Christine Tabler
White Hall
Hilda R
Three Local Men Enlist in Marine Corps for Two Years
Sgt. Harold C. Strickland announced that three Winchester area men were sworn into the U S Marine Corps for two years at the Washington headquarters. Capt Plantier oversaw the ceremony. Enlistees are William H Heishman, Joseph J Ryon, and Shirley K Alger. They will start boat training at Parris Island S C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Strickland
U. S. Marine
Winchester City
Marine Corps
Washington
JS. Plantier
Parris Island
S. Cc
William Herbert Heishman
H. R. Heishman
South Braddock Street
Heishman
Handley High School
Capitol Theatre
Joseph J. Ryon
Edgar B. Ryon
Millwoold Avenue
Ryon
Charles Town
Shirley K. Alger
Shirley Alger
West Congress Street
Skeeter’s
E. Boscawen St
Polly's Cab 24 Hour Service Ad
Laborers and truckers wanted at Winchester Cold Storage. Fall woolens featured at The Woolen Shop on Brad dock Street with daily hours listed.
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Winchester Cold Storage
NEW Fall Woolens
S. Braddock St
Star Not Published Labor Day 1946
The Star will not publish on Monday September 2 1946 in observance of Labor Day national holiday.
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the Star
Gaunt’s Drug Store
Walker M Bond Again At Helm Of Sou States Co Op
Walker M Bond resumes leadership of Southern States Co Operative at the Winchester Service annual meeting. Reports show patrons hold about 11 million net worth as of June 30, with $110,333 in invested patronage and $24,000 in fixed assets. L C Ellis, store manager, cites year with purchases of $382,596 for 7,406 tons of feeds and farm supplies, income $37,660, expenses $22,489, net savings $15,171, and patronage refunds of $13,384.41. The cooperative, organized about 14 years ago, has returned patronage refunds and stock to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Sarah Zane Pire Company
L. C. Ellis
Winchester SS Cooperative
Winchester Service
Woodstock Va Man Named Post Office Press Relations Chief
William B. Allen Jr. of Woodstock Virginia was named director of press relations for the U S Post Office Department succeeding Isaac Gregg who retired after twenty years in the role. Allen, a former United Press correspondent and World War II Marine Corps correspondent, will oversee nationwide publicity with an effective date of September 1.
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Washington
Robert E. Hannegan
William B. Allen, Jr
Woodstock
United States Post Office Department
Allen
Issac Gregg
War Asset Administration
United Press
United States Supreme Court
Congress
United States Marine Corps
Guum
Luzon
Mindanao
Post Office Department
Wiliam B. Allen
Virginia
Bellah N. Allen
Shenandoah Herald
Northern Virginia Daily
The
Daily News-Record
Accident Death Rates Highest in Western States
The 1946 National Safety Council yearbook reports western states have the highest accidental death rate, with 92 in Pacific and 102 in Mountain regions per population. By contrast North Atlantic 65, South Atlantic 67, North Central 70, and South Central 70, Rhode Island 51.2 and Nevada 158.9 atop the list.
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Chicago
Horace
West
United States
National Safety County
Pacific
Mountain States
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
North Central
South Central
Rhode Island
Nevada
Byrd Picnic Attracts 2500 At Rosemont Outside Berryville
Approximately 2500 fruit growers and their families from Virginia and nearby states gathered at Rosemont outside Berryville for Senator Harry F. Byrd's annual orchard picnic. The first postwar gathering drew local and out of state orchardists despite overcast skies. A lunch in Byrd orchard preceded talks by Dr. J. R. Magness of the U S Department of Agriculture on stick on spray and by W S Hough on the DDT spray. Delegate E Blackburn Moore spoke on Virginia Apple Tax Law.
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Virginia
Rosemont
Harry F. Byrd
Berryville
Richmond
Senator Byrd
J. R. Magness
Division of Fruits and Vegetables
United States Department of Agriculture
W. 8. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
John Hutcheson
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blac
VPI
Blackburn Moore
E. Blackburn Moore
Mantz Wins Bendix Trophy In Record Cross Country Flight
Paul Mantz a Burbank California pilot at 435.6 mph won the Bendix Trophy Race from Van Nuys to Cleveland with a 4 hour 42 minute 10 second flight in a North American P 51 Mustang. Jacqueline Cochran finished second with 420.8 mph while third and fourth were unsettled after a protest over Eddy and Mayson times. Mantz earns 10000 dollars and a trophy with Cochran donating her 5000 to a military charity.
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Cleveland
Paul Mantz
Burbank
Calif
van Nuys
Frank Puller
Jimmy Doolittle
Bedevi
Axis
Mantz
Doolittle
Jacqueline Cochran
WASP
Bendix
Iror
William F. Eddy
la Jolla
Eddy
Thomas Mayson
Biss Cochran
Floyd Odlum
Binb
Amelia Earhart
Cochran
Goering and Nazi Leaders Make Final Pleas at Nuremberg
At Nuremberg the top Nazi defendants led by Hermann Goering delivered final pleas as the International Military Tribunal prepares to deliver verdicts within about ten days. Rudolf Hess followed with a scathing attack on the proceedings, while Goering denied murder and claimed he acted for Germany, urging national sympathy and support.
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Hitler
Goering
Mernberg
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
International Military Tribunal
Rudol Hess
Reichsmarshal
de Lasne
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Pepper Urges Big Three Meet To End Rooster Fighting
Senator Pepper proposes a Big Three summit with United States Britain and Russia to reset relations and resolve major conflicts. He favors joint restraint not surrender, notes Roosevelt’s absence as a factor, and plans California Oregon and Olympia Washington speeches leading to a Sept. 7 Democratic State Convention keynote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pepper
D-Flo
Mier Stalin
Eee
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Florida
Roosevelt
California
Oregon
Olympia
Wash
Frederick County Delegates Named to Convention
Frederick County names delegates to a convention to choose a nominee for the unexpired term of the late Senator Carter Glass. Delegates each hold half a vote with alternates listed. the body may adopt the unit rule to cast Frederick County�s full vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Co
Carter Glass
Z.W Bag
Guy E. Smith
T. B. Rosenberger
Fred J. Larrick
W. Erle Edwards
Williams Carpenter
Lee N. Whitacre
William P. Harris
George Smith
Harry L. McCann
Grover Teets
J L Reet
W. Lomax Parker
C. W
Earl Bailey
Roy Rinker
Ing
Frederick County
VFW Aids 500 Veterans With Terminal Leave Pay
The Winchester VFW post reports aiding more than 500 veterans to prepare terminal leave pay applications. Forms are available at the office of W. W. Bake and at Kurtz Furniture Store daily from 9 to 5 and Saturdays until 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW Aids
Winchester VF Post
Richard Ecdy
W. W. Bake
Kurtz Purniture
Peace Conference adopts Romania and Italy reparations plan
At Paris August 31 the commission backed four power recommendations demanding Romania pay 300 million dollars in reparations to the Soviet Union and accept Italian frontier adjustments in the Mont Cenis Plateau area. The transfer of Upper Tinee Vesubie and Roya valleys to France was approved, with towns of Tenda and Briga cited. Romania’s eight year repayment plan begins September 12, 1944, with payments in commodities including oil grain timber and ships.
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Paris
Romania
Russia
France
Mont Cenis
Tinee
Vesubie
Roya
Italy
Tenda
Briga
Emand
Prance
Alpe
Crest
Economic Commission For
Balkans
Finland
Britain
United Ae - American
Local Doctor E R Miller Dies at 74 in Harrisonburg
Obituary notice notes Dr. E R Miller a prominent local physician and civic figure in Harrisonburg Virginia. Details of his career and death are provided in a brief memorial, with continuation hinted on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrissionburg
E. R. Miller
Winchester Mayors Distinguished Personages Through Its History
Confused OCR notes list notable figures who served as Winchester mayor from 1806 onward. Names include Charles Brent 1807, Beatty Carson 1808, Joseph Gamble 1811, with gaps and unclear years through 1811 to 1847. J. H. Sherrard held 1847 to 1865, and J. Ward 1902 to 1912, plus references to various professions.
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Charles Brent
Beatty Carson
Joseph Gamble
Nant Seem
J. H Sherrard
John Ward
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Bethel Lutheran
Leslie D. Kline
Cork St
DIAL
Special Attention
the Evening Star
Walker M. Bond
Sou
Byrd
Gov. Tuck
Moore
Reichmarshal
South End Fire Company
Harry Rainsberger Jr
Fort Loudoun
Braddock St
Headley’s Auctions
Snapp and Powers
Shawnee Serv. Sin
Bulletins
Joyce Davis
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