Snow Drifts Close Frederick County Schools Today
Frederick County schools closed today due to drifting snow with some secondary roads impassable. Highway engineer F M Yellett said all county roads should be passable tomorrow if wind conditions hold. Snow persisted from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, with 26 degree temperature at 11 am and 18 degree low last night.
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F. M. Yellett
Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
Yellet
Yellett
State Roads Slick
A fatal highway accident was reported today according to Associated Press dispatch. Details were continued on page 2 column 6.
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Associated Press
Trash Along Senseney Road Sparks Complaints in Winchester
A letter published in The Star relays resident concerns about trash along Senseney Road on the way to the city dump. The author urges responsible dumping and notes wind scattering debris from unsecured loads. A call is made for locals and visitors to keep homes and farms free of litter.
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Star
Senseney
Pa Frederick
Ma Winchester
Senceny Road
Winchester
Patton Jr. Takes Slight Turn for the Worse
Patton Jr. showed a setback with a respiratory infection after an uncomfortable night, as reported by the midday Medical Bulletin.
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Patton
Selective Services Frees Fathers From Draft
Washington dispatch reports that all fathers are exempt from the draft as of today and that 18 year olds are not yet being inducted at higher rates. A senior SS official notes veterans do not enlist enough to further reduce the draft while replacement needs fall to single men 18 to 25. About 35 000 drafted in November included only six to nine thousand over 18 and fewer than 900 were fathers. Officials also said men with three or more children cannot enlist.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Fruit Growers To Meet Tonight In Clarke County
County farmers gather at the county court to hear a petition on 1 1 4 cents per bushel and receive a POW labor report from county agent Fred Stine.
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Prederick
Clarke Counties
Gennibe Semaine
Tee
Fred Stine
Nazi Elite Guard fired poisoned bullets in camp prisoners
German documents presented at the war crimes trial allege SS surgeons fired poisoned bullets and documented symptoms of slow death among concentration camp prisoners. American prosecutors argued these acts link the SS and five other Nazi organizations as criminal groups.
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Mernberg
Hitler
Mussolini's Daughter Given 2 Year Term
Edda Mussolini Ciano daughter of Benito Mussolini and widow of Galeazzo Ciano was sentenced by an Italian provincial commission to two years confinement for her support of Fascism a dispatch from Messina to Il Tempo said. The Riteway Cleaners will be closed Monday and Tuesday of next week.
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Rome
Edda Mussolini Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Messina
Il Tempo
Riteway Cleaners
Electrical Appliances Shipment At Molden Electric Co
Molden Electric Co at 158 South Loudoun Street announces a fresh shipment of heaters hot plates electric broilers glass coffee makers desk lamps bed lamps hurricane lamps and lamp shades. Call 4169 for details.
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Molden Electric Coo
Loudoun St
Winchester Cold Storage Closing Notice
The Winchester Cold Storage will be closed December 24 and 25. This notice informs customers and staff of the holiday shutdown dates.
Square Dance This Thursday Night on Rest
Square dance event scheduled Thursday night December 20 with music by Herbert Ar. Dance card notes 12 18 1p 3t. Local community notices list event details and timing.
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Herbert Ar
Poinsettias Cycleman Dish Primroses Gardens and The Flower Shop
A compact notice highlights a list of plant varieties including poinsettias cycleman dish primroses gardens and a florist named the flower shop. The fragment suggests a seasonal display or sale context typical of a local shop listing.
Baby Fadeley To Undergo Blue Baby Operation In January
Thomas Wayne Fadeley of Winchester, known as the Blue Baby, is scheduled for a heart operation by Dr. Alfred Blalock with Dr. Helen Taussig, as local support funds of about 1200 dollars stand by. The procedure likely cannot start until after January 1, with hospital delays if the child remains ill.
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Thomas Wayne Fadeley
Winchester
Fadeley
John Hopkins’ Hospital
Legion Post
Winchester Evening Star
Thomas Fadeley
Alfred Blalock
Baltimore
Hopkins
Helen B. Taussig
Blalock
Handley High School
Convict Socialite Of Manslaughter
A 45 year old San Francisco socialite was convicted of manslaughter by a Superior Court jury after a 4 hour 38 minute deliberation. The case involved the killing of Baltimore nurse Sere by Mrs Mansfeldt widow of Dr John H Mansfeldt who died by suicide hours after the shooting. The same jury will reconvene Wednesday to decide if she was legally sane at the time. if sane she faces 1 to 10 years, if insane she faces commitment to a psychiatric institution.
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San Francisco
Baltimore
Mansfeldt
John. H. Mansfeldt
Three Officers Die In Barracks Fire
A fire at the Camp Campbell officers’ barracks in Kentucky killed three Army officers and injured four or five others who leaped from a second story window in an attempt to escape. Names were not available immediately.
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Camp Campbell
ABC Sales Up in State Liquor Stores Audit
State Auditor J. Gordon Bennett reports the ABC Board's 203 state liquor stores net sales for the year ended June 30 totaled $61,598,401, up $26,928,512 from the prior year.
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Richmond
Vsa
J. Gordon Bennett
ABC Board
Holiday Store Hours Notice for Holt Pingley Carper
W B Snyder Son announces special hours this week with Saturday until 6 pm. The store will close Monday the 24th and Tuesday the 25th for Xmas. The notice references Holt Pingley and Carper as involved parties and dates December 24 25.
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Xmas Holt , Pingley & Carper
Winchester Front Royal Lovely Gifts For Women Misses and Girls
A Winchester based store offers gifts for women and girls with a display in Front Royal. Shoppers can find a curated selection for ladies of all ages.
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Wieners Winchester Front
79th Congress Draws To An End
Washington records show the 79th Congress ending its session after a year spanning war to peace and the Roosevelt to Truman transition. It leaves for a January 14 return to begin the next election year session, having ratified the UN charter and supported UNO funding while approving domestic spending of about 62 billion during wartime and recouping 52 billion afterward.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Truman
United Nations
Seaman Howard Allen Injured in Georgia Train Crash
Seaman First Class Howard Allen son of Dr and Mrs L M Allen of this city was injured when a freight train rear collided with the Piedmont Limited near White Sulphur Georgia yesterday. He suffered a broken nose and cuts and was taken to a Gainesville hospital along with other injured. Tracks were cleared today after crews removed wreckage and officials cited a failed signal light due to an ice coated control line. Three people died in the crash including freight engineer F B Means of Tocco Ga and two sailors.
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Howard Allen
U. S. Navy
L. M. Allen
Piedmont Limited
Southern Railway
White Sulphur
Young Allen
Gainesville
Naval Hospital
At- Ga
Atlanta
Gulfport
Miss
Norfolk
Lula
Washington
Piedmont
F. B. Means
Tocco
Yanks In China To Eat Chickens
Army Quartermaster troops searched China for Christmas turkeys and found they were plentiful but priced high. Residents asked $4 a pound in U.S. money. The Yanks in China will eat chicken this Christmas.
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China
Shanghai
G. I
Nazi Glider Bomb Plan Revealed By Hanna Reitsch
Hanna Reitsch told American counter intelligence investigators that Nazi leaders discussed a death by own action plan using a Messer schmitt 328 piloted glider bomb. Volunteers pledged to die for a strike to force Allied peace, with a 2000 pound bomb torpedo and fatal test risks.
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Oberusel
Germany
Hanna Reitsch
Here
Aviatrix
Hitler
Himmler
Goering
Christmas Buying Reaches Highest Levels In History
New York reports show the first peacetime Christmas in five years fueling record consumer demand. Macy's and Gimbel's hit single day sales milestones with totals over $1 million and $2 million respectively. High end items including mink coats, evening gowns, luxury furs, handbags, jewelry, and vacation wear dominate purchases as shoppers spend freely despite higher prices.
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New York
Macy
Gimbel Bros., Inc
Renard F. Gimbel
Gimbel
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Saks
34Th Street
Fifth Ave
Pearl Harbor Committee Wins 41 Day Probe Extension
The Pearl Harbor investigation received a 41 day extension from January 3 to February 15, with Senate approval and House concurrence. Senator Barkley chairing the panel said evidence could be completed by Feb 15, and a further extension for a final report was possible. The session occurred amid a naval agreement discussion linking U S plans to attack Truk if Japan entered war.
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Washington
Congress
Pearl Harbor
House
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Pacific
U. S
Truk
Pigeons Have Their Day In Court
In Philadelphia a Common Pleas Court upheld a city law ordering gas execution for pigeons infected with virus pneumonia. Judge Joseph L. Kun ruled feeding the birds a crime and affirmed the death sentence for the disease carriers.
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Philadelphia
Common Pleas Court
Joseph L. Kun
Ford in Canada to Resume Work After Strike Settlement
Ford Motor Co. of Canada to restart Windsor Ontario plant after CIO United Auto Workers Local 200 accepted a government mediation proposal. About 5,000 to 6,000 of 8,500 eligible workers voted with 72 percent approval. picket lines are withdrawn and the company will recall employees once notified.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Canada
Windsor
Ont
Ford
CIO United Automobile Workers
Local 200
New Catholic Parish At Fairlington
Bishop Peter L Ireton of Richmond announces the establishment of Blessed Sacrament parish in northern Virginia at Fairlington near Alexandria. Rev Martin T Quinn of St John's Front Royal is appointed pastor effective January 15. A school is being built to serve temporarily as the parish church.
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Richmond
Blessed Sacarment
Virginia
Fairlington
Alexandria
Peter L. Ireton
Martin T. Quinn
St. John's Church
Front Royal
Shooting Match a Christmas Day Turkey Prize Event
Shooting match set for Saturday December 22 1945 and Christmas Day at 10 10 A M in Sunnyside two miles northwest of Winchester on Gainesboro Road with prizes of turkeys. Organizer L F Buck McDonald oversees the event.
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Sunnyside
Winchester
Gainesboro
L. F “Buck” McDonald
Flashlights That Use No Batteries Sale Ad
Christmas gift idea offering battery free flashlights for 4.95 at Baker and Anderson located at 27 N Braddock St Winchester. The notice includes a date code (12-19-1p-21).
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Baker & Anderson
N. Braddock St
Winchester
Winchester Dry Cleaning Works Holiday Closures
We will be closed Monday and Tuesday Dec 24th and 25th for Xmas and Dec 31st and Jan 1st for New Year. We wish every one a Very Merry Xmas.
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Winchester Dry Cleaning Works
Virginia Apple Storage Holiday Closure Notice
Virginia Apple Storage will be closed all day Monday December 24 and Tuesday December 25, as announced in the December 17 publication. The notice lists the dates and recognizes a holiday shutdown for operations.
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Virginia
See Early End To The Rationing
Washington reports chances for rationing end by January 1 remain good according to unnamed government officials. No new developments justify changing earlier predictions that the program would be scrapped soon.
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Washington
General Marshall Arrives in China for Peace Mission
General George C. Marshall arrives in Shanghai on a mission to end internal strife in China. Communist leaders urge an immediate cease fire as Marshall plans talks with Chiang Kai-shek in Nanking and Chungking. He is to meet Lu Ting Yi and possibly Chou En Lai to present the Communist case.
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George C. Marshall
China
Lu Ting-Yi
Associated Press
Marshall
Chiang Kai- Shek
Nanking
Cairo
Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Red
Chou En-Lai
Manila
Kiangnan
Cathay Hotel
Gene Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
Chiang
Sueet
Patrick J. Hur
U .S
POWs Alerted For Shipment To Home Countries
Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes announced 3,080 prisoners of war will be ready by Christmas for shipment. They come from nine camps in Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania reducing Tri-State POWs to 26,500. No change in January February POW labor cutback. Uniforms will be dyed black with PW letters in white.
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Baltimore
Philip Hayes
Third Service Command
Army
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tri-State
Service Command
Hayes
Taxi Plunges Into Creek Kills Two Near Fredericksburg
A Fredericksburg taxi plunged off Route 2 into a creek killing the driver Ivan T. Fisher and an unidentified soldier. Fisher’s body was recovered from icy water about 11 a.m. The soldier was taken to a Bowl ing Green funeral home for identification as authorities investigated if he was an AP Hill soldier. Officials suspected soldiers from AP Hill may have been in the taxi, which carried groups from Fredericksburg to the reservation late at night.
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Fredericksburg
Ivan T. Pisher
Fisher
Bowling Green
A. P. Hill
A P. Hill
Golden Glow Coffee Shop Christmas Closure
Golden Glow Coffee Shop will close for Christmas on December 25 and also on December 26. It will reopen and operate as usual on Thursday.
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Golden Glow
GM Threatens To Withdraw From Fact Finding Parley
General Motors warned it would quit wage dispute hearings if profits and price evidence were used by the Truman board. Walter G. Merritt said price issues should be left to the Office of Price Administration and called the CIO Auto Workers a monopoly union. Walter P. Reuther accused union tactics of brutal pressure and economic arithmetic.
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Washington
General Motors Corporation
Truman
Walter G. Merritt
New York
Merritt
General Motors
Office of Price Administration
CIO Auto Workers
General
Walter P. Reuther
The
Auto Workers
Board General
Fact-finding Panel Delays Until December 20
A fact-finding panel remained in session waiting for December 20 as officials prepare further hearings.
Decline in County Revenues Report
Richmond Virginia December 20 A study of Virginia counties shows a continued drop in local revenues. The six percent state funding and fifty one point eight five percent local sources split the total revenue for fiscal year ending June 30. Bennett notes local revenues have fallen relative to local government costs since 1935.
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Richmond
Virginia
Bennett
Welcome Home Veterans Reenter Civilian Life in Frederick County
The Star welcomes veterans from Frederick Clarke counties and Winchester who have received their discharges and resume civilian life. Names listed include Martin C. Cuthbert Berlyn Yancey Eugene Babb Maurie Foreman. Each day the list will grow with local men aided by the public.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
The
Star
Martin C. Cuthbert Berlyn
Yancey Eugene Babb
Maurie Foreman
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