Virginia House Debates Repeal of Carrier Tax and New Measures
The Virginia General Assembly introduces a bill by Delegate H H Adams to repeal the 2 percent gross receipts tax on out of state motor carriers. Senate and House move on anti-pollution, liquor, absentee voting, and poll tax issues as budget discussions begin for 1946 1948 with committees preparing hearings and potential constitutional convention plans.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
H. H. Adams
Northampton County
Senate
House
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
James D. Hagood
Clover
Lloyd C. Bird
Chesterfield
N. C. Bailey
Orange
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
Congress
Andrew W. Clarke
Alexandria
J. H. Bradford
House Appropriations
Senate Finance Committees
C. C. Louderback
Page County
John 5. Battle
Albemarle
Tuck
Paul Crockett
Yorktown
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
John B. Boatwright
Buckingham
Ted Dalton
Dr E B Flickinger Resumes Practice in Winchester
Dr E Brooks Flickinger, osteopathic physician of Winchester, discharged from the Navy after 44 months, will temporarily practice at 105 North Loudoun Street over Miller Drug Store. J A Hotinger relinquishes part of his office for Flickinger until a permanent office is ready. ROUND and SQUARE DANCE scheduled for Saturday and Sunday night with music by Uncle Herb.
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E. Brooks Flickinger
Winchester
Medical Department
U. S. Navy
North Loudoun Street
Miller Drug Store
J. A. Hotinger
Flickinger
Uncle Herb
Business College Girls Seek Room and Board Near Winchester
Notice states that Business College girls desire a home to provide work for board and room. Contact phone 4701 or write to Business College Winchester.
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Business College
Business College Winchester
Wanted Girl for Checking Department at Pingley and Carper Cleaners
Short notice sought for a checking department helper at Pingley and Carper Cleaners. Apply in person to 1-14-Ip-6t with references.
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Pingley & Carper, Cleaners
For Sale Wood Stove Length Oates Lumber Yard Ad
For sale wood stove length at Oates Lumber Yard. Telephone 6414. Classified notice in a regional newspaper.
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Oates
Discharge rate would have ended army by June one
Secretary Patterson said slowing the October December discharge rate was essential to keep a U. S. Army after mid 1946. He noted 3.5 million men demobilized in late 1945 and that without restraint the force would have vanished by June 1. He backed Eisenhower on demobilization and discussed overseas veterans points.
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Manila
Patterson
United States
Eisenhower
G. I
Philippines
Japan
Korea
VFW to Carry Veterans Case To Congress
Omar B. Ketchum of the Veterans of Foreign Wars says the group will push an amendment to the GI bill after a ruling upholding a Michigan unemployment denial tied to the General Motors strike. He warns it could affect hundreds of thousands of ex servicemen and aims to help veterans out of work during strikes.
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General Motors
Omar N. Bradley
Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission
Omar B. Ketchum
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ketchum
Army bans all gambling at Oahu personnel center
A Stars and Stripes report of organized gambling among soldiers at the Oahu Army personnel center prompted Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson Jr. to issue a ban on all gambling there. Col. William Saf-Scheie said the center previously allowed controlled gaming to give soldiers a decent place to meet.
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Honolulu
Stars and Stripes
Dnce
Oahu Army Personnel Center
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
mid-Pacific
Col
William Saf- Scheie
Cen
Chorus to Render Program Tonight at Handley High
The General Platoff Don Cossacks Chorus performs tonight at 8 15 in Handley High School Auditorium as part of the Winchester Community Concert Association season. The group arrives from Huntington Pa and will travel to Parkersburg WV after the concert. The program features traditional Cossack songs and dances with pieces including Of the Mystical Supper The Day of Judgement The Lord's Prayer and Russian Soldiers Song among others. Members must show membership cards. service personnel in uniform admitted without cards.
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General Platoff Don Cossack
Handley High School
Winchester
New York
Lewisohn
Phiadelphia
Robin Hood Dell
Washington Watergate
Don Cossacks
Lvov
A. Archangelsky
Nevin Cretchan
Ivanoff
Lord Tchesnakoff
Winchester Community Concert Association
To Choose City's Lady of the Year
Nominations for First Lady of the Year have been made by a secret committee of leading Winchester citizens. The award recognizes an outstanding local woman across war service culture civic work homemaking business and other community activity.
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Winchester
International
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
International Organization of Beta Sigma Phi
Japs Launched Aerial Torpedoes At Pearl Harbor
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel testified before congressional investigators about how Japan used wooden fins on old torpedoes to assault Pearl Harbor. He described the 1941 raid and noted the shallow harbor aided the attack, with average depth about 30 feet and 40 foot channels.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington, Jan
Husband E. Kimmel
Congressional
Navy
Naval
Kimmel
Navy Department
Naval Base
Wisps of hair linked to Suzanne Degnan murder found
Police report blond hair matching Suzanne Degnan six year old victim found entangled in a stairway plank near the Degnan home at 5901 Winthrop. Detective Valanis said the hair supports the child was carried to the rear spot after kidnapping on January 7 and linked to a prior hair strand on a wire noose. A witness near 6035 Winthrop said she saw a man entering the laundry area around 1 30 a m on January 7 and heard bottles knocked over.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Degnan
Winthrop
Adolph Valanis
Suery
Suzanne
Valanis
Ruth H. Erickson
Glenlake Avenue
Try
UCW Withdraw From Local Mill Election
John J. Warner announces that the National Labor Relations Board will hold a mill election at Winchester Knitting Mill on Thursday January 24 between 3 30 p m and 5 p m The United Construction Workers affiliated with the United Mine Workers petitioned for the election but the International Ladies Garment Workers affiliated with the American Federation of Labor intervened and requested to be on the ballot The United Construction Workers withdrew and the election will pit eligible employees against either the International Ladies Garment Workers or no union at all
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John J. Warner
Winchester Knitting
National Labor Relations Board
United Construction Workers
United Mine Workers
Ininal Ladies Garment Workers
American Federation of Labor
International Ladies Garment Workers
Axminster Rugs Arrive at J. W Grove Store
Just received Axminster scatter rugs at J. W Grove located at 125 S. Loudoun. Unclear exact date but item posted with reference notation 1-16-1p-21.
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Axminster
J. W Grove
S. Loudoun
Weekly Social at Sarah Zane Fire Hell
A recurring Thursday night party is advertised at Sarah Zane Fire Hell with weekly events noted as 1–9 Wednesday and 4 turning into Thursday at 1 pm.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hell
In Stock at A. N. Store Items Listed
Foot lockers suitcases gum boots steel cots and discharge buttons appear in stock at A. N. Store.
Showdown On Fact Finding Warns Against Cutting Forces Low
A cable from Gen Douglas MacArthur warned that cutting Pacific forces below the 400000 strength planned for July 1 would weaken military control over Japan and Korea. Eisenhower presented the message to a Senate subcommittee and explained Army demobilization plans amid troop reductions from 1168000 in December to 660000 by January 20 and 400000 by July 1.
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Washington
Congress
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Japan
Korea
Supreme Allied
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Pacific Theater
Philippines
Marianas
Hawaii
Lincoln Visited Winchester In 1858 and Wrote Verses
John Harper of Yeakley’s Frederick county visited The Star Office with a clipping from a newspaper about Abraham Lincoln. The item recounts Lincoln stopping at the Haggard House hotel in Winchester Virginia on September 28 1858 and composing verses for local proprietor’s daughters including Rosa and Linnie. The verses praise sunshine and hope before the future.
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Lincoln
Winchester
John Harper
Yeakley’s
Frederick County
Star Office
Abraham Lincoln
Russia reportedly solidifies troops in Kurile Islands
A Washington report says Russia has sent troops with families to the Kurile Island chain, strengthening its position near Siberia. The dispatch notes Yamamoto’s Pearl Harbor voyage originated from these foggy islands in 1941, with unclear implications for a future peace settlement and Kurile ownership.
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Washington
Russia
Kurile
Siberia
Yamamoto
Pearl Harbor
Kuriles
Japan
Moscow
Snow Envelops Virginia As Cold Lifts Slightly
Snow covers most of Virginia with temperatures after a deep freeze edging up toward freezing. The Richmond Weather Bureau forecasts continued cold but clearing conditions and improving roadways as packed snow and ice soften with rising temperatures.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Richmond Weather Bureau
State Highway Department
Numda Bug Arrives in Four by Six Size
GEO reports new NUMDA BUG device in four by six form factor from W. KURTZ. The item appears in the January 12 1915 issue highlighting portable gear and retail listing notes.
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Geo. W. Kurtz
People's Dry Cleaners Reopens Under New Management
The People's Dry Cleaners opens for business under new management. The notice notes a change in ownership and ongoing operations beginning January 17 2018 with further page reference 21 1p 31.
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The
People’s Dry Cleaners
Milk Prices May Be Increased
Washington January government hearings may lead to higher milk prices by spring and summer with two cent per quart raises and three cent per quart in winter months. The talks follow Secretary Anderson's push for a six cent per pound butter price ceiling increase to spur production as the dairy subsidy program ends.
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Washington
Anderson
Masaryk proposes UN control of world armament industry
Czechoslovakia Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk urged the United Nations General Assembly to place the entire world armament sector under UN control including atomic bomb facilities. He warned against using uranium for wholesale destruction as delegates applauded. Bevin outlined Britain’s plan to trusteeship three old LON mandates as Belgium signals similar moves for Ruanda and Urandi in East Africa. The Security Council prepared to meet for its first session, likely routine in nature.
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John M. Hightower
London
United Nations
UNO General Assembly
Jan G. Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Bevin
Britain
League of Nations
Ruanda
Urandi
East Africa
Belgium
M. F. van Langenhove
German East Africa
Masaryk
Czechoslvakia
Solv
Council
Security Council
Mother of Strange Infant Succumbs in Virginia
In Norton Virginia Mrs Ernest Brickey 25 wife of a Powell Valley miner died at Norton General Hospital eight days after giving birth to a son with dual bodies from the hips up. The child died at delivery by caesarean operation. She is survived by her husband five children her parents Mr and Mrs Harrison Mathews and several brothers and sisters.
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Norton
Ernest Brickey
Powell Valley
Norton General Hospital
Brickey
Harrison Mathews
Demobilization Highlight Recounts Missing Pendant Point
Navy news notes an unnamed pendant linked to a unit, counted ten big points but omits the pendant’s identity. The referenced figure should have returned home months ago, underscoring delays in demobilization reporting.
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Honolulu
Navy
Atomic Control Topic For January Town Meeting
Winchester residents will hear Harrison Davies of Clinton Laboratories Oak Ridge speak on atomic energy control. The discussion covers political social and moral aspects of recent atomic discoveries and their weapon implications. Judge T W Harrison, a longtime Winchester figure, will introduce the town meeting sponsored by local civic groups.
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Harrison Davies
Clinton Laboratories
Oak Ridge
T. W. Harrison
Winchester
Davies
Washington
the Kiwanis Club
Officials Strive To Head Off Steel Strike
Washington officials move to avert a steel industry walkout and a nationwide meat packing dispute. A labor board is to investigate wage talks while Congress weighs a fact finding bill amid a 60 day strike and 886000 idle workers.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Associated Press
Congress
Kent Truman
House Labor Committee
House Committee
Randolph
Dwva
Truman
APL
Office of Defense
Con
Levandele
Crack Down On GI Agitators Spur Court Martial Orders
A wartime report states General Eisenhower ordered a court martial for any soldier or officer engaged in command agitation. Three enlisted men were confined to quarters pending investigation. Relations officer Wilson Cadet filed charges against the trio for actions tied to protests against mobilization slowdowns.
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Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Wilson Wim
Eisenhower
Ince
Lexington Hotel Robbery in Virginia Yields $200
Two masked men entered the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Lexington Virginia early today and forced the night desk clerk and bell boy to raise their arms while they robbed the cash drawer of about $200 Then they ordered all to the elevator and fled Chief H B King said police were investigating with no clues yet at the time of the report.
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Lexington
Robert E. Lee
H. B. King
Welcome Home Veterans From Frederick Clarke Counties
The Star welcomes former Frederick and Clarke counties and Winchester residents who served the country and have received their discharges. John William Pifer is named. The Star will publish the list with more names as discharges come in and asks public aid to supply them.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
The
Star
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Cossack Chorus
Winchester Evening Star
UCW
MARGARET_L. HODGSON
M’arthur
Rosa
Linnie
UNO
Bulletin
Lexington Hotel
John William Pifer
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