Jap Quake Devastation Elevates Relief Efforts In Japan
Tokyo reports government planning a relief package of 1 billion yen for quake and tsunami hit regions. Kyodo says 10 hardest hit prefectures will meet in Osaka with ministers from home welfare industry and commerce to discuss aid. Casualties revised to 2318 with 1061 dead and 165 injured missing combined.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Osaka
Muroto
Muroto Poins
Shikoku
Kochi
Seichi Omura
House of Peers
Omura
Ehime
U.S. Army
Shingu
Georgia Governor Arnell Steps Aside Amid Succession Battle
Governor Arnell relinquishes office to Lt. Governor M. E. Thompson amid a party fight over whether the legislature can elect Herman Talmadge to a four year term. Arnell says he will uphold the people’s will and avoid a technical foray, with Talmadge leaders awaiting word as Thompson is to be sworn January 14.
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Georgia
Janus
Supreme Court
M. E. Thompson
Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Eugene
Talmadge
Arnald
Thompson
Planges To Death game hunter in Africa and a grandniece of Mrs Cornelius Van Derbuilt
A young woman, a grandniece of Mrs. Cornelius Van Derbuilt, fell from a Fifth Avenue high rise yesterday. The deceased, identified as Mrs. Preston formerly Alice Gwynne, sister of Erskine Gwynne, writer, died in the fall.
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Africa
Cornelius Vanderbuilt, Sr
Fifth Avenue
Santa Claus event at Eagle Club Christmas morning
Santa Claus will be at the Eagle Club on Wednesday December 25 at 10 a.m. All children are invited to meet him. Also notices mention a closing day for December 25 and a wood for sale listing from Oates Lumber Yard.
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Oates Lumber Yard
Santa Claus
Eagle Club
The
Star
Birth of Christ Narrated amid Bethlehem’s first manger scene
A royal decree sends Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem for taxation. Mary gives birth to Jesus in a manger as shepherds watch nearby and angels herald good news of peace and salvation. The shepherds spread the message, and Mary thoughtfully preserves these events in her heart.
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Bethlehem
Mary
Joseph
Fellowship Club Delivers Christmas Baskets and Tree Market Update
The Fellowship Club shipped 69 baskets with 62 going to needy Winchester families and four boxes of oranges to hospitals and homebound individuals. ABC liquor store saw long morning lines. tree stands on East Bosca wen Street parking lot reported steady sales of pines over cedars, with prices from 50 cents upward as Charley and Blanton McFarland and D. G. McKee described holly trades from Front Royal.
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Fellowship Club
South Loudoun Street
Winchester
East Boscawen Street
Charley
Blanton McFarland
Route 50
D. G. McKee
Myrtle McKee
Rt. 1
McKee
Train Wreck Injures Many Christmas Travelers
Waybay South Dakota December 24 A fast freight overshot a siding and rammed into the Milwaukee Olympian injuring 61 of 450 Christmas travelers. Eleven hospitalized. The head on crash east of Waubay derailed both locomotives, overturned baggage and four freight cars. Dr. Fares Pfister Webster treated 50 at the scene as soldiers on Christmas furlough from Washington posts suffered sprains cuts and bruises.
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Waybay
S. D
Milwaukee Railroad
Olympian
Waubay
Chicago
Tacoma
Wash
Fares Pfister
Webster
Pfister
Washington
Christmas Eve Radio Specials Across Networks
New York December 24 radio listings show NBC CBS ABC and others presenting Christmas Eve programs. NBC features Bethlehem services Silent Night and a Dickens drama. CBS offers John Beal drama and carol service. ABC presents Ben Hecht Miracle of a Bum and a late concert. MBS offers Chicago Symphony and choral pieces with youth choirs.
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New York
NBC
Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
Helen Traubel
Riverside
Dickens
CBS
John Beal
ABC
Ben Hecht
Paul Whiteman
Bing Crosby
MBS
Chicago Philharmonic
Tommy Kelley
Columbus Boys
Salt Lake City Choir
Boys Town
Eddie Cantor
Pope Pius XII urges peaceful world order for Europe
In a Christmas Eve radio address from Vatican City, Pope Pius XII warned Europe faces grave danger of new conflicts if a definitive peace is not achieved. He urged rulers to remove international tensions, seek true justice, and establish clear peace procedures guided by reason and equity.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Europe
Ee of
Car
de Granito Pigliatelli di Belmonte
Vatican
Roosevelt
Churchill
Merry Christmas and New Year Wishes from Local Businesses
Loy's Garage and E H Loy with Alson Loy thank customers for the year and wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Florists C B Smalls & Son announce Christmas closing on December 25 and 26. Transfer and Patton & Son also extend holiday greetings to patrons.
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Loy
E. H. Loy
Alson Loy
C. B. Smalls & Son
GEO. W. Patton & Son Transfer
Brother accidentally shoots Cecil Seeley on birthday
In OATING Washington seven year old Cecil Seeley was shot in the heart by his 12 year old brother Chester with a 22 calibre target rifle. Cecil died instantly as his sister Florence 14 watched. The Seeley children are children of Mr and Mrs Ernest Seeley Rt 1. The incident occurred on Cecil's birthday.
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Oating
Wash
Paul Mellinger
Cecil Seeley
Chester
Florence
Ernest Seeley
Cecil
New Labor Peace Group Formed in Philadelphia
Edgar L. Warren of the U.S. Conciliation Service set up a panel of 10 industrialists 10 labor leaders and four lawyers to settle employer union disputes without strikes. He cited 45 000 peaceful agreements reached this year despite widespread work stoppages.
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Philadelphia
Edgar L. Warren
U.S. Conciliation Service
Warren
New
Labor Management Governor Assembly
U. S. Conciliation Service
Assembly
Pennsylvania
Taxi Ordinance Under Study By Winchester Public Safety Panel
J. T. Kremer heads the Public Safety Committee of the Winchester Commons and says the panel will meet soon to review a proposed taxi ordinance. City Manager S. Lee Grant has asked the League of Municipalities for model ordinances to compare with local law as the committee weighs possible alterations or a new bill. The issue was sent back to committee after questions about enforcement at a recent special council meeting.
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J. T. Kremer
Public Safety Committee
Winchester Commons
Kremer
S. Lee Grant
League of Municipalities
Christmas Mail At Post Office Tops All Records
Winchester post office reports record Christmas mail with about 400000 stamps sold and 500000 card cancellations. Peak daily mail in 1945 was 66000, rising to 80000 in the pre Christmas rush. Receipts for the Christmas quarter 1946 are expected to exceed 1945 by about 10 percent. To handle the load 20 new workers were hired, most veterans, with Santa letters sent on as usual.
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Winchester
Nelson Page
S. Cal
Santa Claus
France Establishes Fourth Republic Under New Constitution
Paris reports France forms the Fourth Republic today as the new constitution takes effect this afternoon. Parliament’s upper house convenes for the first time since the Third Republic ended on May 21, 1940, while Vietnam’s bid for independence shadows colonial policy.
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Paris
France
Indo- China
Senate of the Third Republic
Air Transport Crash Kills Twenty In Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro fire department reports 20 people killed and one injured in a crash of an air transport operated by Argentine carrier Fema Line en route from London to Buenos Aires near Rio.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Fema
London
Buenos Aires
Amnesty Granted to 800000 in American Zone
In a Christmas Eve move Gen. Joseph T. McNarney announced amnesty for about 800000 Germans in the American zone not deemed major offenders or too wealthy, reducing potential prosecutions under de Nazification laws from roughly 3 million to about 2 million. The measure aims to speed justice for major Nazis while easing court backlogs and encouraging democratic reform.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
U. S
Europe
McNarney
United States criticized for soft stance on Russia
State Department official says Soviets acted within rights in denying U S reporters access at Dairen China and delaying departure of an American vessel. He notes lack of Moscow clearance and says Dairen remains under Soviet military control pending treaty arrangements.
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Washington
State Department
Dairen
Manchuria
Lincoln White
Ing
White
William” Newton
Scripps-Howard
Chine
B. White
U. S
Newton
United States
Darren
Navy
Moscow
Community Chest proposed by Berryville Chamber plans for Clarke County
Berryville December meeting discusses creating a Community Chest for Clarke County to fund local agencies. Committee includes Ralph Ware and Roy E Potts with a yearly county canvass to raise the total. Past year donations totaled 12 163 06 aiding T B Association Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Nurses Association and others.
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Berryville
T. B. Association
Boy Scouts
Nurse’s Association
King’s Daughters
Children's Home Society
Cancer Foundation
Infantile Paralysis Fund
T. B. Seal Distribution
Chamber the
Clarke C . Bre Cation
Kinn
Junior Board of Trade of
Clarke County
Harold G. Potts
The
Lions Club of
Chas. O. Dearmont
Dept. of Ag.Production
Marketing Assn
J. W. Olcott
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
John M. Fishpan
Kings Daughters
H. B. Whiting
Junior Woman's Club
W. D. Wisecarver, Jr
Mer ry Christmas Greetings From Cartwright Taxi Service
We take pleasure in wishing our customers and friends a Merry Christmas. We will be closed Christmas Day. Cartwright Taxi Service.
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Cartwright Taxi Service
Special Attention Advertisers in The Evening Star
An advertising notice invites readers to view special attention segments in The Evening Star. It highlights forthcoming ad placements and opportunities for businesses to reach a broad audience through prominent display.
Bricker Declines 1948 Bid, Backs Taft for Republican Nomination
The Columbus Dispatch reports former Gov. John W. Bricker will not seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1948 but will support U S Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio for the honor.
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Columbus
The
Columbus Dispatch
John W. Bricker
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Five Day Forecast From Weather Bureau Summary
Five day report forecasts slightly colder conditions then moderating by the weekend. Expect light snow in the mountains on Wednesday and again around Saturday with minor precipitation elsewhere. Northern sections may see temperatures slightly below normal through the period.
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Weather Bureau
Fishpaw Golden Wedding Anniversary Noted in Clarke County
Mr and Mrs Charles W Fishpaw of Clarke County celebrated their golden anniversary at Oak Farm near Berryville with about 150 relatives and five friends. Mrs Fishpaw formerly Nellie O Light. their family includes Ida L Fishpaw and John M Fishpaw. The article notes prior 50th anniversaries in the family and related celebrations in Baltimore and Winchester Clarke communities.
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Charles W. Fishpaw
Clarke County
Fishpaw
Ida L. Fishpaw
C. L. Wood
J. Mayer
Washington Hotel
Ter M. Fishpaw
Eliie Kline
Frederick
Eli L. Fishpaw
Baltimore County
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