Alaska Pearl Harbor remark sparks defense push
Rep. Sikes warned Alaska could be the Pearl Harbor of a third world war and urged immediate defense buildup as 9,000 planes delivered to Russia via Alaska were cited. He cited a War Department plan for Alaska defense and declined to discuss details. The House echoed bipartisan protests over ongoing cuts to Army and Navy budgets as a Senate panel prepared to trim Truman’s request to 31.5 billion.
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Alaska
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Sikes
D-Fla
Armed Services Committee
House
Russia
United States
Canada
War Department
Fight
MacArthur
Japan
Gen. McNarney
Germany
Patterson
Navy
Congress
Rep. Dirksen
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Senate
House Budget Committee
Bricker Says He Will Not Withdraw From 1948 Race
U S Senator John W Bricker of Ohio stated he has no plan to withdraw from consideration for the Republican presidential nomination in 1948 He told Toledo newsmen there has been no commitment from him and he has not declared a position Taft praised Bricker as a leader while Taft himself said no agreement had been reached on Bricker withdrawing
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Columbus
U. S
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Toledo
Robert A. Taft
Lincoln
Taft
Ohio Newspaper Association
John W. Bric
Col- Bricker
Washington
Harold EE
Stassen
Jtariff
New York City
Charleston
W. Va
Bricker
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Body Of Young Ryan Washed Ashore In Bay
The 21-year-old Thom as Michael Ryan, great grandson of the late Thomas For tune Ryan 3d, washed ashore near San Francisco Bay. Coroner says the storm may have moved the submerged body from a crashed private plane found by a shipyard worker. He was an army air force tailgunner during the war and worked for a Phoenix crop dusting firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Thomas Michael Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan 3d
San Francisco Bay
John J. Kingston
San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Young Ryan
Army Airforce
Phoenix
Peacetime U S Tax Payments Reach Record High
The Bureau of Internal Revenue reports that U S taxpayers paid 38.64 billion dollars in 1946, the largest peacetime total and third overall after 1945 and 1944. New York led states with 7.73 billion, followed by Illinois, California, and Pennsylvania. Individual income taxes totaled 17.88 billion, with total income taxes at 28.93 billion.
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Washington
Uncle Sam’s
Bureau of Internal Revenue
New York
Hawaii
Empire State
Illinois
California
Pennsylvania
Wacumat Reptyee
Appeals Court rules libel per se for Communist labels in Illinois
U S Circuit Court of Appeals holds labeling a person or corporation Communist or sympathizer is libelous per se in Illinois. The ruling reverses a district court and sends a $6 000 000 libel suit against Westbrook Pegler King Features Syndicate and Illinois Publishing to trial. Plaintiffs A N Spanel and International Latex Corp alleged Pegler article of March 14 1945 libeled them.
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Chicago
U. S Circuit Court of Appeals
Illinois
Evan A. Evans
Otto Kerner
Walter C. Lindley
Court of Appeals
Westbrook Pegler
King Features Syndicate
Illinois Publishing and Printing Company
Chicago Herald-American
A. N. Spanel
International Latex Corporation
Spanel
Pegler
Molden
GEO. W
Virginia Weather Clears as Warmth Returns after Deep Freeze
After a deep freeze Virgina warms up with 21 to 37 degree rise and a shift toward fair skies. Officials report minimal crop damage with crops in good order as peach buds swell and winter wheat remains unharmed in Eastern Virginia. Local losses limited to some spin ach and kale in the Norfolk area may rebound with a March warm spell.
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L. M. Walker, Jr
Virginia
Norfolk
Walker
GOP Chiefs Make Whoopee In Key Lincoln Talks
In New York City Harold Stassen urged a major tariff policy shift to avoid economic isolation as Lincoln Day events toured the nation. Taft of Ohio and Bricker eyed a Taft candidacy in 1948 with Bricker cautioning he has not committed to any run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Lincoln
Doctors Use Tojo Teeth To Aid War Memories
Dr Jeff B Bruton a 24 year old naval reserve officer and two companions were ordered to Sugamo Prison in Tokyo to take impressions for new dentures for Hideki Tojo the wartime premier. They engraved Remember Pearl Harbor in Morse code on the denture upper plate. The companions are Dr Jack A McMahon of Longview Texas and Dr Clifford Ochselbein of Texarkana Texas.
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Dallas
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Jeff B. Bruton
Sugamo
Hideki Tojo
Bruton
Jack A. McMahon
Longview
Tex
Clifford Ochsenbein
Texarkana
D RO & Square
Reverend Hopkins Leaves City for Overseas Mission Study
The Rev Garland Hopkins, former Market Street Methodist pastor, sails from New York to Palestine first, then Syria and beyond to study the future of Christian missions. He carries instructions from major agencies and will visit Batavia, the Philippines, Okinawa, Japan, and Korea before returning. He served as a Pacific theatre chaplain 1942–46. His wife and two children live at 606 W Cork Street.
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Garland Hopkins
Market Street
Palestine
Hopkins
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Trans- Jordan
World Council of Churches
International Missionary Council
Batavia
Sumatra
Philippines
United States
Okinawa
Foreign Missions Conference
Japan
Korea
Hopkis
Pacific Theatre
Nancy
Christopher
Cork Street
Col Schnoeder Bails Out Ship Presumed Lost
Colonel A L Schroeder of the armed forces staff college Norfolk bailed out after his training plane ran out of fuel and was reported a total loss. He parachuted to safety near Warrenton with only minor injuries. his wife said he suffered slight cuts and bruises and would return to Norfolk.
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Norfolk
A. L. Schroeder
AAF
Armed Forces Staff
Langley Field
Coast Guard Search and Rescue
Warrenton
Schroeder
Wood for Sale at Oates Lumber Yard Stove Length
Wood for sale stove length at Oates Lumber Yard call 6414. February notice lists sale item with price and location. A separate notice announces a square dance at Fire Hall Stephens City Virginia on Friday February 14 to benefit Inde an Hose Co with 60 cents per person admission.
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Oates Lumber Yard
Square Dance Fire Hall
Stephens City
Indean Hose Co
Total Arrests in Winchester Jump 614 in 1946
Police Chief C. W. Hollis reported 1,870 total arrests in 1946, 614 more than 1945, with drunkenness leading at 812 cases. Drunken driving saw 75, disorderly conduct 367, and 271 traffic violations. The record month was October with 308 arrests and overall fines reached $25,656.50.
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C. W. Hollis
Winchester Police
Wisecarver
Thompson
Whitacre
Sgt
Ritter
Milburn
Stotler
Punk
Hollis
Captain Boyd
Dove
Strasnider
Hinkins
Rogers
Boyce
Rudolph G. Whitacre
Virginia State Police
Sea
Pant
Woolf
United Nations Considers Arms Reduction Machinery
The United Nations Security Council was summoned to approve the arms reduction framework after the U S victory on atomic control matters. A 9 to 0 vote with Russia and Poland abstaining approved an 11 nation commission to study conventional armaments side by side with Atomic Energy Commission work. The council debated the draft resolution clause by clause, with a full vote expected today.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
United States
Russia
Poland
Atomic Energy Commission
Council
No Arraignment Date Set For William C Hall
Deputy Sheriff said there is no arraignment date yet for William C Hall of St Louis and George Ridgewell of Portland Maine in the strangulation death of Frederick Currie near here last December. Hall is jailed locally and Ridgewell is at Berryville.
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Robert DeHaven
William C Hall
St. Louis
George Riicewell
Portland
Maine
Frederick Currie
Hall
Ridgewell
Berryville
Colonial Kitchen Open All Day Near Valentine Candy
Colonial Kitchen advertises all day Wednesday and Thursday afternoon hours with candy for Valentine’s Day. The note emphasizes extended service and Valentine themed treats.
Britain on war footing under Atlee strict controls
Canada and the United States agree on full exchange of military intelligence as part of extended wartime collaboration. The pact includes five points: observer exchanges, standardized arms and equipment, mutual use of facilities, and protection of each nation's territorial control amid Arctic route strategic shifts.
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Great Britain
Atlee
Washington
United States
Canada
King
North America
Attempted Safe Cracking Being Checked By Funk
Captain Francis F. Funk reported police investigate an attempted safe cracking at John Kerr School. Superintendent Garland R. Quarles notified police at 7 20 yesterday morning of a break in. Entry via front door then doors to the office were forced as an attempt to drill the safe with improvised tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis F. Funk
John Kerr School
Garland R. Quarles
Mammoth Machines Delay Star Paper Delivery Restored Soon
Mechanical difficulties with new equipment disrupt the Winchester Evening Star delivery schedule. Adjustments and operator mastery are delaying print but improvements are expected as the new press rollers absorb ink. Delivery should resume to normal cadence in a few days.
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Winchester Evening Star
Star
Virginians Die When Auto Is Hit By Train
At Meadow Bridge West Virginia a Chesapeake and Ohio motor train struck an automobile killing six people. The dead include Mr. and Mrs. Tat Dudley of Floyd Virginia and Mr. and Mrs. Carly Ross of East Rainelle. Also killed were Catherine Peters four and Judy Peters twenty one. Catherine's sister died later and their mother is hospitalized in serious condition. The father was not in the car.
Courageous Man in Chicago names ten best legs in America
Chicago collector Barry Stephens saying postwar tastes favor fuller figures selects ten best legs from over 25 000 women’s legs. He lists Alice Faye Ann Miller and Betty Grable as top leg recipients. notes war cycles shift toward beef-trusters with calves near 12 inches and thighs 14 to 16 inches.
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Chicago
America
Barry Stephens
United States
Stephens
Alice Faye
Ann Miller
Betty Grable
Actres
Hollywood
Attlee Warns Britain in Cold Crisis as Power Cuts Hit
Prime Minister Attlee told Parliament the islandwide wartime power cuts have saved coal but kept the situation critical. He cited dwindling supplies at London’s six power stations and the Don Gas coal stockpiles, with rail and sea transport hampered by snow as temperatures plunged to 23 degrees Fahrenheit and fines for violations rose under the National Defense Act. Ireland faces a coal crisis as peat supplies are strained by bad weather and reduced energy.
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London
Attlee
Don Gas Company
Econsis
England
Wales
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Eire
Cere
Sean lLemass
Miniotecae Industry and Commerce
Drve Ng
Florida Citrus Damaged By Cold Waves
Reports from Florida indicate a severe freeze damaged fruits and vegetables with citrus trees losing fruit. A seven day embargo on all citrus was issued to assess damage and prevent diseased fruit from entering markets. Apple growers note rising demand during the freeze and improved storage versus two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Temperature Sarah Zane Fire Sparks Thursday Night Party
A fire broke out Thursday night at 1118 Loudoun Street prompting responses from local authorities. Casualty details are unavailable. attendees were advised to evacuate calmly as investigators begin examining the scene. Laura B. Hensell appears in the fragment with an address and date reference, but full context remains unclear.
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Sarah Zane
Loudoun Street
Laura B. Hensell
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Winchester
ABC
United Nations Security Group For Arms
William C. Hall
Europe
Asia
Moscow
W. L. Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Quarles
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