Churchill Invitation Up For Virginia Assembly Address
The Virginia Senate adopts a joint resolution inviting Winston Churchill to address the Assembly as the House handles free textbooks for elementary schools and a statewide anti pollution law. A separate resolution seeks study of acquiring the Woodrow Wilson Army General Hospital near Staunton for state sanatorium use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Senate
Winston Churchill
Assembly
House
Sion
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Staunton
Robert K. Brock
Prince Edward
John S. Battle
Charlottesville
E. W. Dodd
Botetourt
E. Blackburn Moore
Clarke
Darden
Army Hospital
General Assembly
Woodrow Wilson Army General Hospital
James C. Carpenter, Jr
Clifton Forge
Founders Day Dinner Planned by Winchester Jaycees
The Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce announces a Founders Day Dinner on Friday night January 18 at Sarah Zane Hall with Robert E. Grove in charge. The program includes talks by returned servicemen a memorial service for those lost and a featured National Jaycee speaker. The event will culminate with the presentation of the 1945 Distinguished Service Award to Winchester’s outstanding young man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Winchestr Jet
Sarah Zane
Winchester
U Boat Commander Denounces Doenitz
Lt. Commander Karl Heinz Moehle denounces Grand Admiral Doenitz at the International War Crimes Tribunal saying he refused to be blamed for orders to sink life boats. He testifies he was a willing witness and seeks to dissociate his name from the charges. Doenitz shows outward anger during the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cmps
Karl Doenitz
International War Crimes Tribunal
Karl Heinz Moehle
Doenitz
NUMDA BUGS Arrives in 4 by 6 Package
GEO. W. KURTZ announces the arrival of NUMDA BUGS in a 4 by 6 inch package. The notice lists the date January 12, 1915, and references a local sale or distribution point with minimal context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NUMDA
Geo. W. Kurtz
Lovetts Shoe and Dress Shoppe Clearance Sale Ad
The annual clearance sale at Lovetts Shoe and Dress Shoppe promotes fashion deals and seasonal items. A separate notice references Pingley and Carper Cleaners listing a job opening for a girl in the checking department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovetts Shoe & Dress Shoppe
Pingley & Carper
For Sale Wood Stove Length Oates Lumber Yard
For sale wood stove length advertised by Oates Lumber Yard with telephone contact 6414. Post appears as classified notice fragment indicating a local sale item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oates’ Lumber Yard
Mine Explosion At Welch West Virginia Leaves Dozens Dead or Missing
Welch West Virginia January 15. An explosion at the Ha No. 9 mine rocked the countryside as 75 miners escaped while authorities believed up to 192 workers remained underground. Company officials and inspectors described a large blast zone with survivors from multiple seams and many injured from shattered structures and glass. Hospitals overflowed as workers and area residents sought aid and news of casualties continued to unfold.
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Welch
W. Va
Ha . 9
Estile Murphy
Pocahontas
E. L. Chatfield
State Mines Department
New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
New River and
Wimmer
Meeting Sought With Marshall
CHUNGKING Jan 15. Chou En Lai second Communist leader sought a meeting with General Marshall. He claimed government trials persecute civilians amid civil strife. Communist charges said government forces attacked Kwangshan in Honan. government denied and said Federal forces halted operations at midnight Sunday except in self defense. The Party called for reorganizing national provincial governments and arming forces in a plan presented to the political consultative conference via Tung Pi Wu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Chou En-Lai
Marshall
Chou
Kwangshan
Honan
Adt
Communist Party
Tung Pi-Wu
Nomination Planned for Burnett Miller Jr to Ninth Circuit
Richmond January 15 Delegate D French Slaughter announced Burnett Miller Jr a former Culpeper House member will be presented to a joint Democratic caucus tonight as unopposed candidate for the ninth judicial circuit judgeship succeeding retired Judge Alexander Browning Miller earned endorsements from the Culpeper bar and most of Orange County bar Eight other judges expected for tonight include E L Oast Joel Flood Douglas Mitchell Burr Harrison George Morton Dirk Kuyk Willis Fentress and Harvey Aperson with limited contest anticipated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
D. French Slaughter
Culpeper
Burnett Miller, Jr
House
Ninth J Judicial Circuit
Alexander T. Browning
E. L. Oast
First Circuit
Joel Flood
J Douglas Mitchell
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester Corporation Court
George Morton
Dirk A. Kuyk
Roanoke Bar
Roanoke Hastingss Court
Willis V. Fentress
Norfolk Civil Justice Court
Harvey B. Aperson
State Corporation Commission
Kimmel Tells His Pearl Harbor Story Before Senate Panel
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel testified before a Senate House committee that prewar warnings misled him into thinking Pearl Harbor faced no imminent threat. He argued intercepted messages and redacted guidance hindered timely fleet redeployment and potential ambush opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Husband E. Kimmel
Navy Department
Pearl Bute
Pacific Fleet
Senate House Committee
Canton
Seth Richardson
Owen J. Roberts
Roberts
Roosevelt
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
Grace Tully
White House
Japan
Navy
Hawaii
Midway
Wake
War and Navy Department
Oahu
Suport
Admiral Stark
Stark
Unsung Yank Landy Fell in War Crimes Trial Testimony
Manila January 15 An eyewitness testified that Isaac Landy died an un sung hero s death after being executed with nine others as a reprisal for a prison escape during Lt General Mas aharu Homma s war crimes trial. Landy survived initial shots, declared defiance and died as his comrades were buried with honors. Also listed is a public sale of household items on January 19 at No 17 W Pallmall St City executrix Mrs T H Ritter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Isaac Landy
Masaharu Homma
Landy
Lumbang
Laguna
Moses Paraiso
Guadencio Anonuevo
Yank
America
W. Pallmall St
T. H. Ritter
Executrix
Business College girls seek board room work
Notice from Business College girls seeking work for room and board. Applicants may phone 4701 or write arenes Business College at the listed address 1-15-1p-3t to arrange accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business College
Arenes Business College
200000 Electrical Workers Strike Packers Walkout Set For Midnight
The AFL Meat Cutters Union calls a midnight walkout at 12:01 A M Wednesday against six large packing companies affecting about 328000 workers including 193000 CIO and 135000 AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of America. The dispute involves wage increases tied to government price relief and negotiations with nine smaller packers reportedly reaching a 15 cent raise.
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Chicaggo
AFL Meat Cutters Union
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Warren
CIO
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of America
Chicago
Swift, Armour, Cudahy and Wilson
John Morrell Co
Ottumwa
Kingan Packing Co
Indianapolis
Tobin Packing Co
Fort Dodge
Proposed Sales Tax Endorsed by Frederick County Board
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors endorsed a Virginia sales tax to raise funds for schools. The resolution noted taxable property supports an efficient school system and was sent to State Senator E Burress Nelson and Delegate Blackburn Moore. The meeting approved salaries for county officials, transferred funds from the dog fund, and did not set a date to meet the school board on state committee consolidation recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
E. Burress Nelson
Blackburn Moore
S. M. Cox
Richmond
Dog Fund
General County Fund
Harry L. McCann
Frederick County
Slaying Suspects Named In Kentucky Body Find
In Stanford Kentucky Pat Rankin of Lincoln county identified two suspects Don Bretigan 19 and Otto Jaeschke 55 from Cincinnati Ohio after Rankin’s battered body was found at a scenic mountain spot near Stanford. Bretigan was arrested at Findlay Ohio on a murder charge and held by authorities in Ripley Tennessee pending further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford. Ky
Pat Rankin
Lincoln County
Otto Jaeschke
Cincinnati
Rankin
Don Bretigan
Findlay
Pelsod
Ripley
Tenn
Eisenhower Sets Demobilization Goals for April and July
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower told congressmen that by April 30 every enlisted man with 45 points or 30 months service will be discharged or headed to centers. By July 1 every man with 40 points or two years service will be discharged or in discharge. Volunteers excluded. points based on Sept 2. He warned against too rapid demobilization and explained the slowdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Congressional Library
Army Chief of Staff
Army
Handley Board Elects Clifford Grim President
The Handley Board of Trustees at their 32nd annual meeting re elected Clifford D Grim as president. Other officers named were Charles H Harper as vice president C Vernon Eddy secretary treasurer and librarian. The annual library report for 1945 covered 378 books added by purchase 272 by gift 35 bound newspapers 595 withdrawn 46 rebound and 78 lost to borrowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Board of Trustees
Handley Library
Clifford D. Grim
Charles H. Harper
C. Vernon Eddy
Rose Thomas Smith
John I. Sloat
W. Nelson Page
William E. Cooper
Charless F. Coffman
George G. Snarr
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Boyd H. Hamman
Baeie Aeceaenages
W. Woodhull Baker
Lewis N. Barton
Virginia M. Henkel
Alfred N. Kerfoot
Hunter H. McGuire
Louis M. Nurton
Local Navy Dentist Dr. Powers Joins Dr. Snapp Practice
Lieut Commander Tunstall C. Powers arrives on terminal leave in Winchester and will practice periodontia and gasesthesia with Dr. Ralph B. Snapp after completing postgrad study at Columbia and New York Universities. He is the son of the late Mrs. Geo Powers and Dr. E. B. Powers and is married to Jeanne Borin Sprint of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunstall C. Powers
U. S. Navy
Winchester
Ralph B. Snapp
Powers
Ge Oeee Bowers
E. B. Powers
Handley High School
Randolph Macon College
School of Dentistry
Medical College of Virginia
Navy
Southwest Pacific
Snapp
Columbia University
New York University
New York City
Jeanne Borin
Ashby Sprint
This City
Churchill Arriving Today for Miami Visit
Winston Churchill, Britain's wartime prime minister, is en route by train to Miami Florida for a six week American visit. He arrived in New York aboard the liner Queen Elizabeth I and told reporters he has no plan to retire from leadership of the Conservative party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Winston Churchill
Britain
Miami
Pla
Royal Yacat Squadron
Maryland Students Picket Classrooms
Maryland students picketed in front of university classrooms at College Park seeking changes at the institution. A bell coach past bear symbol framed their protest as campus activity intensified. Coordinates and precise campus details are unclear from the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
of Maryland
Major Part of Nation Strikes Over Wage Dispute
Two hundred thousand electrical workers in 16 states from Massachusetts to California walk out today against General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors over a 2 a day wage demand. The CIO United Electrical Workers report 57 000 women and 25 000 white collar workers among those leaving. The stoppage affects plants in Philadelphia Pittsburgh Schenectady Newark Jersey City and Dayton and began on schedule at 6 a m ET.
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New York
Massachusetts
California
Albert J. Fitzgerald
CIO
United Electrical Workers
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Fitzgerald
Phia
Pittsburgh
Lynn
Springfie
Schenectady
N. Y
Newark
Jersey City
N. J
Dayton
International
Ncwi
Demerel Rheden
Washington
Elect
Cold Spell Predicted for Area From Weather Forecast
New York January 15 forecasts warn of a cold spell for the Middle Atlantic region. Eastern and central New York expect below normal temperatures with a northern area much colder than the south and a potential moderation later. Snow or snow flurries are likely from the western portion through the end of the period with varying accumulations and temperatures listed for Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia.
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New York
Middle Atlantic
Tomers
New
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Welcome Home Veterans Return to Civil Life
The Star greets Frederick, Clarke counties and Winchester veterans as they receive discharges and resume civilian life, joining in welcome and recognition of their service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
The
Star
Nome
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Churchill
Welch, W. Virginia
Pete Wimmer
United States
Edward Mullins
James
Miller
Bar of Orange
Slaughter
Winchester Evening Star
Bulletin
Edgar L. Warren
Conciliation Service
Pair
Jay
Congressmen
William F. Arbogast
Senate House
Handley Board
Clifford Grim
Dr. Powers
Dr. Snapp
Churchills
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