U S Housing Program Set to Start January 15
Washington announces a government home construction push starting January 15 with dwellings costing 10000 or less offered first to veterans and rents capped at 80 dollars a month. CPA chief John D Smal predicts around 400000 homes in 1946 and notes priority for scarce materials via FHA field offices.
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Washington
John D. Smal
Civilian Production Administration
Small
CPA
Federal Housing Administration
Recomend Pay Increase For Assemblymen Recomend Pay Increase For Assemblymen
Virginia advisory council urges raising General Assembly biennial pay to 1200 from 720 and adjusts travel and per diem. They propose 10 dollars per session day and 25 dollars per month of the term with changes to mileage and lesser pay for special sessions. Effective date set for January 1948 if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
General Assembly
Closing Notice for Xmas and New Year Holidays
Winchester Dry Cleaning Works will be closed Monday and Tuesday December 24th and 25th for Christmas and again December 31st and January 1st for New Year’s. Wishing everyone a Very Merry Xmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Dry Cleaning Works
Winchester
Pingley & Carper
Virginia Apple Storage Holiday Closure
Virginia Apple Storage will be closed all day Monday December 24 and Tuesday December 25, with these dates stated in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Electrical Appliances Shipment at Molden Electric
Molden Electric Co at 158 Loudoun St announces new stock of heat ers hot plates electric broilers glass coffee makers desk lamps bed lamps hurricane lamps and lamp shades available for purchase. Call 4169 for details and pricing.
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Molden Electric Co
Loudoun St
Winchester Cold Storage Holiday Closure
Winchester Cold Storage will be closed on December 24 and 25 for the holidays. Previous and upcoming schedules not listed.
California Firs Cedars and Pines
George W. Clowser of 21 Clark Street is listed with identification code 12-19-1p-41 in an archival notice referring to property or land records in California forestry listings.
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California
George W. Clowser
Clark St
Rationing Ends January 1 as Tire Supply Shifts
Washington announces the wartime tire rationing ends January 1 after four years of controls. Dealers will honor existing certificates through December 31, with no new certificates except emergencies. Production now runs about 4 million casings a month, with 11 million this quarter and 66 million in 1946 forecast for passenger tires. truck and bus tires outlook improves.
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CFA
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
John D. Small
Chester Bowles
Ihe
Pearl Harbor
Bowles
Bonham Widow Loses Second Army Flier Husband
In Logan, West Virginia, Mrs. Sue Haislip Jarrell Bonham learned her second Army flier husband has died within a year. Lt Col Francis H Bonham, married last July, was among four killed when a Mitchell Bomber crashed on the Florida west coast Tuesday. Her first husband Lt Herschel Jarrell, a West Point graduate and ex Army football captain, died over Europe last February.
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Logan
W. Va
Sue Haislip Jarrell Bonham
Logan County
War Department
Francis H. Bonham
Florida West Coast
Bonham
Herschel Jarrell
Van
West Point
Army
Europe
McGuire Files Candidacy For Winchester City Council
Dr William Province McGuire announces his bid for the Winchester City Council. He would be the fourth McGuire family member to serve in local government, following his father and grandfather and his uncle who was mayor before 1914. He trained at Shenandoah Valley Academy and University of Virginia and served in the Navy as an ophthalmologist before leaving active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Province M.guire
United States
Newday
McGuire
Hunter Holmes McGuire
William Province McGuire
Randolph Tucker McGuire
Shenandoah Valley Academy
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Medical School
New York
Winchester
U. S. S. Relief
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Maryland
Navy
South May Get Relief Soon From Cold Wave
The Associated Press reports relief for the south from the cold spell is likely soon with forecasts calling for temperatures to rise across the gulf states today and tonight. Meanwhile the northern plains and northeastern states brace as subfreezing readings persist with lows around 12 below in International Falls and eight below in Duluth.
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South
Chicago
Texas
Florida
Miami
Gulf States
Dakotas
Minnesota
International Falls
Minn
Pembina
N. D
Minot
Duluth
Albany
N. Y
Thousands Of Yanks Stranded On West Coast For Christmas
Nearly 100000 Pacific veterans are stuck at West Coast ports on Christmas Day as Army and Navy transport bottlenecks persist. Soldiers express disappointment while awaiting redeployment. Congress to probe delays as weather and peak holiday demand worsen schedules.
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West Coast
San Francisco
A. L. Holzman
Long Island
N. Y
Pfc
Julius P. Brenner
Hudson, N. Y
MacArthur denies broadcast claims on Soviet troop role in Japan
General MacArthur issued a statement denying a radio broadcast that his headquarters argued with the Russians over Soviet occupation troops in Japan and that he threatened to resign. He said he is here to serve and see the task through and that Russia's role is for others to decide. The broadcast was called baseless and the broadcaster was mocked as fed by hooch on the black market. Golden Glow Coffee Shop to close Christmas Day and December 26 with normal hours next day. For sale an electric phonograph record player at 5534.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Larry ‘Tighe
American Broadcasting Corporation
Tighe
Colonial Beauty Shop Holiday Closure Notice
The Colonial Beauty Shop will be closed Monday and Tuesday December 24 and 25. The Capitol Restaurant will also close on Christmas Day December 25 to allow employees to celebrate at home.
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Colonial Beauty
Capitol
Local shops announce Christmas closings and holiday hours
Watson's Cash Grocery and Diamond Cab announce closures on Christmas Day with additional December 25 and 26 dates. W. B. Snyder & Son notes a holiday week shutdown. Pingley & Carper lists closures December 24 and 25. Some shops extend Saturday hours to 6 pm.
Winchester Front Royal Lovely Gifts For Women Misses and Girls
The advertisement lists gifts for women, misses, and girls from AT WIENERS in Winchester and Front Royal with pricing and assorted items for the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wieners Winchester Front
City Council to Elect Six Members Next June
Six council seats in the city will be on the ballot next June as terms expire in fall. Incumbents Earl E. Baker Leonard Ibaugh R Frank Barr Frey K. Hlaize Jr Henkel Henry and Ian Peery face uncertain bids with some stating intentions to run. The War Voting Act altered primary filing deadlines and the assembly may act to fix scheduling. without action, voters will choose councilmen in the general election.
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Theity Council
Earl E. Baker
Leonard Ibaugh
R. Frank Barr
Frey K. Hlaize, Jr
Henkel Henry
Ian Peery
Baker
Barr
Henry
Glaize
Peery
Ibaugh
Richmond
General Assembly
Truman declares earnings relevant to wage disputes
President Truman urged fact-finding boards to examine an employer's books to determine ability to pay wage increases. He argued that earnings matter since wages come from profits, a move linked to the General Motors and oil panel disputes and a possible breakthrough in collective bargaining efforts.
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Lloyd K. Garrison
White House
Garrison
Truman
York Inn Tonight Bubbles Mowery Performs
Bubbles Mowery will perform at the York Inn tonight from 9:30 p m to 1 a m with music likely to fill the bar and lounge space.
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York Inn
Bubbles Mowery
Cammers Quality Cleaners Announces Christmas Closures
We will be closed Monday December 24 and Tuesday December 25 for the holiday. This notice from Cammers Quality Cleaners informs customers of the two day closure.
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Cammers Quality Cleaners
Turkey Prize Hunt Near Winchester on Gainesboro Road
Saturday December 22 1945 and Christmas Day events start at 10 10 A M at Sunnyside four miles northwest of Winchester on Gainesboro Road. Prizes include turkeys. Organizer: L F Buck McDonald.
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Sunnyside
Winchester
Gainesboro Road
L. F
Buck” McDonald
Byrd Witnesses Truman Sign Bill Reorganizing Agencies
Senator Byrd of Virginia witnessed President Truman sign a bill authorizing the reorganization of executive agencies. Truman thanked Byrd for his role in passage and presented the pen used to sign the measure.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Virginia
Merchandising Levy Favored By Local Growers
Frederick and Clarke county fruit growers meeting at the County Court House last night favored petitioning the General Assembly to levy a merchandising fee of 114 cents on packed fruit to advertise and promote Virginia apple industry. A committee was formed to secure signatures and local growers may sign via the County Agent's office in Winchester. Labor report notes 175 German prisoners of war to be withdrawn from Winchester Camp by December 28 as part of repatriation plans.
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Frederick
Clarke County
General Assembly
Virginia
Walker McC. Bond
Lester Arnold
Virginia Horticultural Association
Arnold
Florida
Washington State
Missouri
Michigan
Ohio
Kenneth Robinson
Ray Butler
Stewart Bell, Jr
Joe Butler
Roy Cather
Frederick County
Ralph Dorsey
Reynolds Green
State Horticultural Association
Winchester
Fred Stine
U. S
Stine
National Fruit
The
Grove Lime Company
Plumly Lumber Company
Turner Upholds Warning Message As Adequate
Adm. R. K. Turner testified before a Senate House Committee that Admiral Kimmel did not follow clear orders before Pearl Harbor. Turner defended the November 27 warning and said if Kimmel had acted the attack’s damage could have been reduced.
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Washington
R. K. Turner
E. Kimmel
Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Turner
Senate
House
Pacific
Navy Department
Cooper
D-Tenn
Ald Turner
Navy War Plans Division
Carrier
Hatcheries in Shenandoah Valley Report Egg and Chick Totals
The Co operative Crop reporting service notes week ending December 1 in nine Virginia and West Virginia counties produced 597000 eggs and hatched 429000 chicks. Counties include Augusta Rockingham Page Shenandoah Frederick in Virginia and Grant Hardy Pendleton Hampshire in West Virginia.
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Richmond
Co-operative Crop Reporting Service
Virginia
West Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Augusta
Rockingham
Page
Shenandoah
Frederick
Grant, Hardy
Pendleton
Hampshire
A Soldier Sees Christmas Abroad Not True Stateside Hype
From Tokyo a correspondent argues against a ready made stateside Christmas abroad. He recalls 1942 Buna 1943 Cape Gloucester 1944 Leyte as examples of hardship and the missing comforts, noting Tokyo celebrations miss real home warmth. He mentions Osaka bells and church services in Japan with U S Eighth Army in Yokohama.
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Tokyo
Buna
New Guinea
Red Cross
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Leyte
Philippines
Japan
General Patton Dies After Pulmonary Complications
Gen George S Patton Jr commander of the U S Third Army died at 6 50 p m in Heidelberg Germany at age 60 after a neck fracture from a car crash and a worsening pulmonary condition Mrs Patton was present Brig Gen John M Willen announced the death noting Patton had led Allied forces across Europe and Africa in campaigns that pressured Germany his death followed a rapid decline as respiratory failure and secretions filled the lungs the army surgeon in Europe reported serious condition shortly before his death
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Heidelberg
Germany
George 8. Patton, Jr
Normandy
Czechoslovakia
Patton
John M. Wilsen
Seventh Army
Africa
Sicily
France
Belgium
Austria
A. W. Kenner
Europe
Frankfurt
130Th Station
More Steelworkers Take Strike Vote
In Pittsburgh and nationwide about 50 000 CIO United Steelworkers prepare to vote in an NLRB conducted strike poll to press for a $2 a day wage increase. NLRB says 125 to 130 companies across the country are involved in the vote.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Veterans from Frederick Clarke and Winchester Debark
The Star recognizes veterans formerly living in Frederick and Clarke counties and Winchester who have received their discharges and are resuming civilian life. The list will be updated daily with more names including Richard Eugene Shanholtz William E Steward Paul M Clark Charles E Oats. The Star asks the public to supply additional names of local men discharged.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Star
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George S. Patton, Jr
W.P. McGuire
Winchester Council
W. P. McGuire
Associated Press
Louis Jaffe
New York City
Western Pacific
Senate War Investigating Committee
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Defense Transportation
Patterson
Southern Pacific
Rocky Mountains
M’ Arthur Spikes
Russia
Cal
Golden Glow Coffee
Watson's Cash Grocery
W. B. Snyder & Son
Truman Ho
Gm-Uaw
Sen
Bill
Emperor Hirohito
California State Capitol
Osaka
Salt Lake City
U.S. Eighth Army
Yokohama
William F. Neren
U. S. Third Army
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