Pearl Harbor Warning Questioned After Honolulu Fire
Congressional hearings revealed Lt. Gen. Walter Short was warned Japanese consuls in Honolulu burned papers before the Pearl Harbor attack. Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles testified a 1941 affidavit cited by Col. George Bicknell described notices of code destruction orders and a meeting where Short was briefed on the matter.
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Washington
Sherman A. Miles
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Short
Marshall
Clark
Miles
Army
Pearl Harbor
Stimson
General Marshall
War Plans Division
Leonard T. Gerow
Navy
Honolulu
Sherman Miles
Army Intelligence Division
House
George F. Bicknell
Bicknell
Robert Shivers
FBI
Phillips
Parking space for rent front of Elite Barber Shop
Rental notice offers a parking space in front of Elite Barber Shop at 508 South Loudoun. Hours 9 to 8. Also listed is used cider barrels for sale at 60 cents each near Ridgewood Fruit on Merriman's Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loudoun
Ridgewood Fruit
Merriman’s Lane
Moseley's Shoe Rebuilders Ad Promises Free Return Service
Live out of town offer to mail shoes for first class conditioning and no extra cost return. Advertises Moseley's Shoe Rebuilders at 31 West Boscawen Street with phone contact 4914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosely’s Shoe Rebuilders
W. Boscawen St
Coal and Wood ranges at Grove Furniture Co.
J W Grove Furniture Co advertises coal and wood ranges for sale at 1258 Loudoun Street, highlighting a broad selection and customer service. The notice appears on page 1, column 11.
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J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Loudoun St
Limited GM Production Snag Sparks Antitrust Protest
The CIO UAW asked U S Attorney General Tom Clark to probe General Motors over alleged control of fuel pump supply as a monopoly. About 225000 GM workers are idle in a nationwide strike demanding a 30 percent wage increase while GM offered limited parts resumption to aid rivals, triggering rank and file objections and concerns of morale and unrest.
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Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers Today
U. S
Tom Clark
General Motors Corporation
R. J. Thomas
Uawcio
General Motors
Thomas
C. E. Wilson
International Uaw-Cio
Rank and
Associated Press
UAW
Flint
Mich
Industrial Union Council
Uaw-Cio
Dissen
Germans Feel They Have Suffers Enough Amid Occupation Grievances
A U S intelligence survey from Frankfurt finds growing German resentment toward American occupation methods and a sense of collective losses greater than others. Clergy and civic officials cited injustices in de Nazification and a lack of policy by the American Military Administration as fueling resistance talk.
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Frankfurt
U. S
Germany
Council of the Evangelical Church In Germany
Inter-Allied Control Council
Won t Happen Again For Long Time
A New York item notes that the next occurrence is unlikely for a century, referencing dates 12 3 45 and 1 23 45 and predicting January 23, 2045 as the next similar date. It frames the dates as a straight numerical progression.
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New York
National Solons Weigh Action On Labor Rift
Washington labor scene shifts to Capitol Hill as lawmakers urge action after the stalled Truman labor conference. Rep Michener says Congress must act while Rep Cox plans an early House test on heavy penalties for unions violating no strike clauses.
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Cox
D-Gga
Howard Smith
D-Va
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhoods of Railway
House
Sabath
Rules Committee
Nformal
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Ball
Hatch
Santa Fe
N. M
Eric Johnston
Congress
United States Chamber of Commerce
Apple Blossom Festival Board to Meet for Luncheon
Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival board members will be guests of J. W. Arthur, newly elected president, at one o'clock Friday December 7 in the Golden Glow private dining room. The board voted to resume the annual Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival, Inc
J. W. Arthur
Golden Glow
Winchester
Hitler Promised War Plans Revealed At Trials
At the International Military Tribunal Munich pact timing was tied to a 1938 invasion plan. German leaders ordered October 1 1938 as the invasion deadline and anticipated French and Hungarian support. Documents show 1937 conquest preparations and detailed bombing and aggression plans against Czechoslovakia.
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Mernberg
Hitler
England
France
International Military Tribunal
Czech Sudentenland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Keitel
High Command
Prague
Alfred Jodl
Amercan
Decision to use atomic bomb tied to Roosevelt
Dr. Vannevar Bush testified before the Senate that President Roosevelt made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan to destroy industry and end the war, even at the cost of civilian lives. He warned future weapons could be more deadly and urged swift regulation and development of atomic energy.
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Washington
Dec
Vannevar Bush
Roosevelt
Japan
Bush
Senate
Special Atomic Enirgy Committee
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Negligence Charge Flatly Fails to Shield MVay III
The Navy accuses Captain McVay III of negligence and culpable inefficiency in the loss of the heavy cruiser Indianapolis during World War II. The court martial at the Washington Navy Yard outlines failures to steer zigzag and to issue timely abandon ship orders after the vessel was damaged. 880 dead or missing, 316 wounded, as the ship sank in the Philippine Sea July 30 after a submarine attack.
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Navy
Charles B. Mvay III
Washington Navy Yard
Philippine Sea
Secretary of the Navy
Forestal
Sevenman
Iran Asks Soviet Help to Move Troops into Azerbaijan
Tehran pleads with Moscow to permit Iranian troop transport into Azerbaijan province to quell arm rebellion and restore order. Soviet authorities bar entry, citing risk of further fighting. Iran asserts need for security forces and stresses non intervention pledges and tri party accords. A report claims Meiragheh governor was killed by rebels near Tabriz.
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Tehran
Russia
Azerbaijan
Iran
Azerbajan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mearagheh
Tabriz
Flu Epidemic Hits Winchester Schools and Hospital
Winchester faces a continuing flu wave with high student absences in elementary grades and several high schools. Health officer Dr L M Allen warns parents against movie outings to curb spread while Winchester Memorial Hospital tightens visiting rules to limit infections. Absences linger countywide with Stonewall 84 and Stephens City about 100, O Sullivan near 15 percent, and Clarke County Boyce High showing slight improvement.
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L. M. Allen
Winchester
H. E. Alberti
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Allen
Handley
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Douglas
Stonewall
Stephens City
O'Sullivan
Clarke County
C. E. Miley
Boyce High School
Doctors Against Regimentation in AMA Address
Dr Herman L Kretschmer of Chicago said the physicians of this country will not be regimented and that the AMA with other groups can solve medical care problems if given the opportunity. He warned that regimentation leads to totalitarianism and urged physicians to preserve independent medical practice before chaos in care.
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Chicago
Herman L. Kretschmer
American Medical Association
Kretschmer
House of Delegates
Byrnes to hear Ethridge Balkan reports on nonrecognition
Secretary of State Byrnes will receive a first hand report from Mark Ethridge on Bulgaria and Romania, arguing nonrecognition as legitimate representatives. The dispatch notes no quick improvement in U S Russian ties and highlights Iran tensions as another friction point with Moscow.
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Washington
State Byrnes
Balkan
Bulgaria
Romania
Mark Ethridge
Louisville
Byrnes
Balkans
Aes
Ethridge
Rome
State Department
Bucharest
Sofia
Iran
Russia
Moscow
United States
Britain
Tehran
Bar
Weather shows November 1945 near normal levels
Dr Walter Hough of the Winchester Research Laboratory reports November 1945 was near normal. Highs reached 78 on November 9 and 38 on November 30, with a low of 22 as the month ended. Rainfall totaled 3.07 inches over 11 days, boosting 1945 year total to 47.83 inches.
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Walter Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Hough
Lowrey Resigns From Police Force Whitacre Returns
James R. Lowrey resigned from the Winchester Police Force effective Saturday December 1. Chief C. W. Hollis announced Lowrey’s fourteen months of service since October 1, 1944. Harding Whitacre, recently in the U S Navy, returns to active duty after a leave of absence begun March 8, 1943, with overseas service in Italy and North Africa.
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James R. Lowrey
Winchester
C. W.hollis
Lowrey
Hollis
Harding Whitacre
Berryville Avenue
U. S. Navy
Whitacre
Italy
N. Africa
South End Fire Company Holds Monthly Meeting Tonight
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company is scheduled for this evening at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. Howard Hart, Captain.
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Madison Lodge
Odd Fellows
Newcome
N. G
South End Fire Company
Howard Hart
Truman proposes fact finding board to curb nationwide labor strikes
President Truman asked Congress to create a national fact finding board to handle reconversion labor troubles in major industries and to ban strikes or lockouts during federal review. He urged cooperation and proposed a system modeled after the Railway Labor Act while reserving authority to act in the GM-CIO dispute.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Rand
United States Steel Corporation
United Steel Workers
Secretary of Labor
White House
Welcome Home Veterans Discharged To Civilian Life
The Star welcomes Frederick Clarke Winchester veterans home from service and joining civilian life. Names listed include Thomas R. Elsen Charles J. Lillis George W. Puckett Ralph H. MctItwee Lewis M. Fletcher and others. The newspaper asks the public to supply additional discharged local servicemen names as the list grows.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Star
Thomas R. Elsen
Charles J. Lillis
George W. Puckett
Ralph H. MctItwee Lewis M. Fletcher
Ralph E. Klime
Paul B. Stine
William Farr Edmonson
Leonard D. Brown
Boyd A. Bean
Edwin H. Stewart
John L. Glaize
John M. Mason
J. Elwood White
Basil F. Cooper
George C. Coffman
Jack E. Jones
Richard E. Boyd, Jr
Joseph N. Cooker
Preston H. Clark
Raymond McDaniel
Howard Bussiere, Jr
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San Francisco
Guam
Teheran
John M. Higghtower
Diplomatic News
General Motors - Cjio-United Automobile Workers
Inne Star
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