Three Airliners Crash Near Shanghai Killing Many
In dense fog near Shanghai three Chinese passenger planes crashed, killing 62 to 76 and injuring 19 to 85. An American pilot Capt J M Greenwood died. R B Preus injured. An American surgeon William H Byrne helped in the wreckage before escaping. Another transport was missing with at least 10 aboard.
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Shanghai
China
Shanghai Evening Post
Mercury
Woosung
Post
J. M. Greenwood
R. B. Preus
Greenwood
Preus
Chinese Aviation Corp
Central Air Transport Corp
William H. Byrne
U.S. Air Transport Command
Tokyo
Byrne
Cookville
Tenn
Ee Chungking
Wit
Siianas
Staal
Shanshai
GOP Group With South Democrats May Form Bloc
A potential bipartisan bloc forms amid GOP infighting over the House Majority Leader post. Dewey faction backs Halleck while Taft Bricker influence looms. Jenkins and Dirksen announced candidates with Brown also available. Hoffman denounces a “small clique” hogging leadership.
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GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Ohio
Taft
Bricker
Dewey
Rep
Halleck
Ind
Jenkins
Dirksen
Brown
Hoffman
Mich
House
Alleck
Shooting Match at Winchester Gun Club Christmas event
An advertised shooting match at the Winchester Gun Club occurs Saturday December 28. The note mentions prizes including turkeys and chickens for giveaway.
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Winchester
Oates Lumber Yard
U S Army Reports Higher Japanese Disaster Toll
The U S Army raised Japan earthquake and tidal wave deaths to 1 108 with 2 542 injured and thousands homeless. The Fifth Air Force reported waves up to 25 27 feet along Wakayama and Shikoku coasts. Col Crawford Sams updated homes destroyed to 18 262 with 35 500 damaged as relief planes bring aid to shivering homeless tens of thousands.
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U.S. Army
Tokyo
U.S S. Army
Japan
Japanese Home Ministry
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Wakayama Peninsula
Shikoku
Col
Crawford Sams
General MacArthur
U. S
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eichelberger
U. S. Eighth Army
MacArthur
Truman Plans State of the Union Address January 6
President Truman aims to deliver his state of the union message to Congress on January 6 possibly in person. He plans a strong labor focus urging equal responsibility under law for labor and management while leaving Wagner Act changes uncertain.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Tax help from Deputy Collectors visits Winchester
Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue will be at the Winchester Post Office from January 2 to 15 to assist farmers and others with filing their 1946 federal income tax returns. They will also visit Berryville New Market Mt. Jackson Woodstock Front Royal and Strasburg on specified dates to offer aid at local offices.
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Internal Revenue
Winchester
Galladay
Collectiken
Berryville
Woodstock
Court House
Commissioner of Revenue Office
Front Royal
Strasbure
Bilbo Probe May Embarrass Others Declares Thomas
Senator Bilbo faces possible exposure as War Investigating Committee weighs a report on his ties to Mississippi contractors in the early defense program. Elmer Thomas predicts a lengthy debate and potential bid to bar Bilbo from his seat. Bilbo denies wrongdoing, citing a Cadillac and furniture as Christmas gifts.
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Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Bilbo
Senate War Investigating Committee
Mississippi
To Make Attempt To Bury Remains Of 20 Miners
Pineville Ky December 26 One year has passed since twenty miners died in the Straight Creek mine disaster and twenty bodies remain entombed with little hope of removal for weeks or months Fires after the blast drove rescuers away and the drift mouth was sealed to smother fires The flames feed by air leaks in the mountainside Sam Caddy president of the United Mines District 30 vows to go deeper to recover the skeletons and derides opening a new entrance through virgin workings
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Pineville
Straight Creek
Sam Caddy
United Mines District 30
Caddy
Navy seaman found dead. foul play suspected
Police seek identity of a man about 20 in a U S Navy uniform found dead in a briar patch along Route 50 near Elliott Motor Lines. Autopsy planned. fingerprints conflict with identification, officials say foul play is suspected. The body was moved to Jones Funeral Home.
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U. S. Navy
Clarence Lake, Jr
Elliott Motor Lines
L. S. Kay
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Lake
Robert DeHaven
C. A. Seale
Jones’ Funeral Home
Deaven
Warren Rudolph
Winchester
DeHaven
Seale
Groves to Speak at 49th Society Meeting in Hagerstown
Dr. A B Groves pathologist at Winchester Research Laboratory will be a speaker at the 49th annual meeting in Hagerstown on January 2 and 3. He will compare disease control results using lime sulphur or wettable sulphur with a talk set for 1 30 p m on Friday January 3. Also on program Virginia's Lewis Turner Washington Fruit Growers Cooperative will discuss experiences with a fruit processing cooperative. Additional reports come from the Hancock Maryland field laboratory and Beltsville Maryland station.
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A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Society
Hagerstown
Groves
Lewis Turner
Washington
Republicans Call for Full Maritime Probe
House Republicans move to authorize a full-dress probe into the United States Maritime Commission. They want the House Merchant Marine Committee to extend its inquiry when the new Congress convenes January 3. Rep. Weichel of Ohio says progress has been too slow and key facts are suppressed. Rep. Bland of Virginia notes quorum issues may hinder a final report.
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Washington
House
United States Maritime Commission
Congress
House Merchant Marine Committee
Weichel
Ohio
Ohioan
Bland
D-Va
Ernie Adamson
House Committee On Un-american Activities
Adamson
Government Printing Office
United Tians
Library of Congress
Amson
Moscow
Europe
England
United
Thial
Equalization Hearings In City To Open Jan 7th
The Winchester Board of Equalization will hold hearings starting January 7 for all taxpayers with changed assessments or other business. Hearings begin at 10 a.m. in the Corporation Court room and run through January 9 and 10.
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Board of Equalization For Winchester
Corporation Court
Roosevelt Says Truman Policies Diverge From His Father
El liott Roosevelt reports the Truman administration has departed from FDR era policies. He plans to oppose the divergence and remain active in 1948 politics within the two major parties. He and wife Faye Emerson visited Stalin in Moscow for a magazine, noting Stalin’s strong health.
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Elliott
Stalin
New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Russia
Poland
Truman
Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Moscow
Truman Guests His Old Friends On Christmas Day
President Truman, home for Christmas in Independence, visited his old neighbor Mayor Sermon and a local coffee group at a dime store. He walked with residents along the town square and greeted a crowd of curious onlookers and neighborhood friends.
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Independence
Truman
Roger T. Sermon
Dorothy E. Jones
Mayor Sermon
Sermon
J. Marcus Kirtley
Edgar Hinde
James C. Noel
Santa Claus
Christmas death toll soars in traffic. nation reels
The Associated Press reports 213 traffic deaths during Christmas period plus 34 other violent deaths. California bore 52 highway fatalities amid wet streets and drink driving, while Illinois recorded 27 violent deaths, 22 in traffic near Chicago. The toll was higher than earlier NSC estimates.
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Trac
National Safety Council
Council
California
Los Angeles
Chicago
Victim of Sunday Crash Dies on Birthday in Winchester
William Morgan Steward, 27, died at Winchester Hospital on his birthday from injuries from an auto accident on U S Route 11 near Stephenson the previous Sunday. He was a Berkeley Springs native, survived by wife Maryle Grim and three children, plus his mother and four brothers. Funeral plans not yet set.
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William Morgan Steward
Winchester Hospital
Stephenson
Steward
Berkeley Springs
Biffie Steward
Frederick County
Oscar Nebel Hosiery
Winchester
Maryle Grim
Barbara
William, Jr
Sybil Ann
Austin
John Steward
Charles and
Roy Steward
City Schools Rank 17th In State In Teachers Salaries
Frederick and Winchester salaries highlighted by the Education Association show Winchester averaging 1582 dollars for 1945 46, ranking 17th in the state while Frederick county averaged 1237 dollars and ranked 67th. Elementary high school and vocational salaries are broken out with Clarke Loudoun Fairfax and others noted for comparison. Frederick county high school pay was 1047 dollars with vocational at 2146 dollars in the state rankings.
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The
Education Association
Winchester
Frederick County
Robert F. Williams
Are
Clarke
Loudoun
Fairfax
Rappahannock
Page
Shenandoah
Surry
Ployd
Page County
Eagles Initiation Tonight and Local Ads on Gifts
Saturday notices announce a class initiation for Eagles at the Eagles Home 8 p m with refreshments and a ladies open house at 9 p m. Also listed are firearm sales on Airport Road and gift turkey giveaways, plus Singer sewing machines with prices and a local drug store contact.
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Eagles
Singer Machines
Edgewater Aluminum Plant Faces Immediate Labor Action
Newark dispatch reports a labor dispute at the Edgewater Aluminum plant, risking large layoffs for 3,500 workers as mediation opens. State officials order curtailment of service to industrial users and plan possible takeover of strikebound facilities amid a Plumbers Union stoppage.
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Newark
Aluminum Company
New Jersey
Unite of
Public Service Electric ‘ Co
E. H. Grotefend
Edgewater
Hi County
Ion
Middlesex
State
Hary C. Harper
Harper
Giy
Piscataway
New Brunswick
Walter E. Edge
Plumbers and Union
AFL
Two 15 year olds held in Philadelphia homicide case
In Philadelphia a 15 year old sophomore and a teenage companion were held on homicide charges after Patrolman Henry J. Hicks was killed during a confrontation with youths who fatally shot him and resisted attempts to deter a runaway incident. The pair, from Elberon New Jersey, were taken into custody following the early morning events.
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Philadelphia
Henry J. Hickser
Elberon
N. J
Mington
Dela
Gore
Wilm Street
Donaldson
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Richard Chu
Shavey Lee
Chinatown
Kris Krinkle
Thomas
U.S. 50
Somat
Signet
Dorothy Henn
Baltimore
Henns
X-Mas
Capitol
Associated Press
United States
IER
Winchester Evening Star
the Peoples Paper
Airport Road
P. mi
Albert Rt
Seal'’S
Singer Shop
Rhodes’ Drug
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