Sgt. Charles White Arrives on West Coast
Telegram notice confirms Sgt. Charles Ver non White, son of Mrs. Minnie White of Cedar Creek Grade, arrived in San Francisco on Sunday January 13. He has been stationed in the Philippine Islands for about two years at Baguio and is expected to reach his Cedar Creek home soon.
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Charles Vernon White
Minnie White
Cedar Creek Grade
San Francisco
Calif
White
Philippine Islands
Baguio
Confederate General Howell Celebrates 100th Birthday
Gen. Julius Franklin Howell former commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans is 100. Bristol Virginia and Tennessee prepare parties as letters gifts and greetings arrive from across the country and from abroad. Truman and others send regrets unable to attend the 3 p m party at Hotel Bristol. Howell a famed public speaker is a Harvard-educated lawyer former Intermont College president and longtime insurance man supported by his second wife. He has six children and grandsons who served in World War II.
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Bristol
Julius Franklin Howell
United Confederate Veterans
United States
Howell
Union
England
Truman
Bris
Tenn
Washington
General Howell
Harvard
Intermont College
General Horwell
Guards Had Orders to Kill Allied Prisoners in Japan
Capt Manuel A Newman testifies after surrendering on Guam that Japanese guards planned extermination of Allied prisoners during potential landings. He says he aims to see stronger penalties for convicted Japanese in war trials and may be the first Allied witness in atrocity cases.
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Japan
Manuel A. Newman
Guam
Sant
Newman
Steelers Inducted Oil was mated at Winch City
Oil industry figure inducted into local hall as community honors and steelworkers celebrate at Winch City event. Officials from the local council and business leaders attended the ceremony.
Earring Lost on Southern Railway Train Found
Capt. F. M. Funk reports police seek the name of a local woman who dropped an earring valued at 35 on a Southern Railway train December 27. The earring was recovered after the train reached Richmond station. Ticket agent C. T. Hester sought the address and named Grim or Grimm as the missing passenger.
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F. M. Funk
Southern Railway
Richmond
C. T. Hester
Grim
Grimm
Police Court Roundup in Winchester
In Winchester Judge John Rice presided. Arthur F. Braithwaite of Shockeysville Road pleaded drunk and disorderly and was fined $10 plus costs. Henry William Norris of 224 Sharp Street faced leaving the scene of an accident with $25 and costs. Andres H. Orndorff of 505 South Cameron Street charged with reckless driving due to defective brakes and fined $10 and costs. William R. Beeler of the city cited for drunk and costs.
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Winchester
John Rice
Arthur F. Braithwaite
Shockeysville Rt
Henry William Norris
Sharp St
Andres H. Orndorff
S. Cameron St
William R. Beeler
War Secretary Dodges Troop Use in Luzon Disturbance Question
In remarks on the Philippine unrest, the Secretary said he had not heard of plans to use U S Army troops for domestic disturbances in central Luzon and refused to elaborate. He provided no firm answer on troop morale in the Pacific, noting variation by location.
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Luzon
Pacific
Global and domestic notes from war era events
Across multiple locales the day brings labor strikes resignations and legal actions. Italy sees a token general strike over a 1945 bonus. In the U S a Navy torpedo developer dies in Cleveland. Washington nominates a new National Guard chief. Flint schools face CIO strike impact. Greece reports deadly political clashes. France seeks Nazi war remnant action. MacArthur trials to require proof of crime. Homma charged with responsibility for Jose Abad Santos death. A Rock Island collision at Rockdale claims six lives. Leghorn announces transportation for foreign-born wives of U S personnel.
Telephone Strike Notices Filed In Four States
National Federation of Telephone Workers filed 30 day strike notices for Indiana Pennsylvania New York Washington DC and Maryland under the Smith Connally act. With a nationwide strike call issued Sunday and then postponed forty eight locals will be ready. Workers could strike on or after February 16 in the affected areas.
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Washington
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Labor Department Today
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
District of Columbia
Mrs Fannie V Clark 74 Die in Glengary WV Home
Mrs Fannie V Clark 74 wife of Barak Ellis Clark of Glengary West Virginia died at home January 16 She was survived by a brother Joseph Bover Shanghai West Virginia and a sister Mrs Elizabeth Brannon of Howards Chapel neighborhood Virginia Relatives meet at the Glengary home at 1 pm Friday and proceed to Chestnut Grove Church near Gainesboro for services conducted by Rev Joe Collis
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Fannie V. Clark
Barak Ellis Clark
Glengary
W. Va
Joseph Bohrer
Shanghai
Elizabeth Brannon
Howards Chapel
Chestnut Grove
Gainesboro
Joe Collis
Lewis Granted Conditional License For FM Radio Station
The Associated Press reports Richard Field Lewis, owner of WINC, has been issued a conditional FM license by the FCC. The action clears qualifications and allocates a channel while the FCC reviews engineering data and may request more information. The station is planned as metropolitan and possibly rural, with preliminaries for equipment and programming underway.
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The
Associated Press
Star Today
Richard Field Lewis
WINC
Federal Communications Commission
Lewis
China To Get U. S. Warships
Chinese authorities in Nanking announced that 21 war ships were being turned over to China by the United States and Great Britain eight by the former. The ships include a 7,000 ton cruiser and two submarines. With U S Navy aid, China will train 500 officers and 3,000 men at Tsingtao in the next 15 months.
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Chungking
Nanking
China
United States
Great Britain
U. S
U.S. Navy
North China
Tsingtao
Kiwanis hears entomologist lecture on bomb charts
Dr. Walter Hough, entomologist at Winchester Research Laboratory, spoke to the Winchester Kiwanis Club yesterday. He presented charts and pictures of the atomic bomb and offered his interpretation of its relative strength and size. Ralph P. Yount proposed the 1946 budget, which the club approved. Captain Willis Dick of the Salvation Army, Baltimore, was a guest of Captain Clyde Koon.
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Walter 8. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Hough
Ralph P. Yount
Willis Dick
Salvation Army
Baltimore
Clyde Koon
Basemen Scene Tied to Child Murder Case Details
Police link a fatal assault to a basement search and dismemberment of Suzanne at multiple Winthrop addresses. Investigators report a suspect questioned in Sheboygan was released after the victim did not identify him. Blood residues and tissue fragments were found in drains and tubs near 5901 Winthrop Avenue.
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Valanis
Suzanne
Kenmore Avenue
Winthrop
Answers to Daily Quiz Revealed for Page Four
Answers to the daily quiz are listed: 1 Treason citing Pro Nazi broadcasts. 2 Five. 3 U 8 S Marines. 4 Sixty eight days. 5 Virginia birthplace of eight Presidents including Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe Harrison Tyler Taylor Wilson. 6 Belfast. 1 Elephant. 8 Six months. 9 Thirty three. 10 An accomplished fact.
Grover Grim Suffers Arm Amputation in Farm Machinery Accident
Grover Grim, a 58 year old farmer from Middletown, was injured Tuesday morning when his arm was entangled in a corn husker at his cousin Silas Grim’s farm. The arm was amputated between the elbow and shoulder, and he remains hospitalized in Winchester Memorial Hospital with a reported satisfactory condition after a half hour extrication.
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Grover Grim
Middletown
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Silas W. Grim
Mr. Grim
Pvt. Buckingham Due In States Friday
Pvt. Alfred C. R. Buckingham Jr of Winchester is due to arrive in New York on Friday January 18 aboard the S S Smith Thompson according to AP.
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Buckingham
The
Star
Associated Press
Alfred C. R. Buckingham, Jr
Winchester
S. Smith Thompson
New York
Quick Showdown On Fact-Finding
Fact finding board members named by the President would press Truman for talks as labor tensions surge. Meat supplies dwindle with a 263000 packinghouse strike. idle workers near 886000 nationwide amid broader wage disputes across steel and electrical sectors. Ford and General Motors wage talks resume while negotiators weigh security and specific raises.
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Charles G. Ross
Trumanne
Labor Department
AFL
CIO United Packinghouse
CIO Electrical
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Western Electric Company
New York
Independent
Western Electric Employer Association
New Jersey
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
National Federation of Telephone Workers Union
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Ford
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J. Hall Pleasants
Virginia Historical Society
Robert E. Lee
Virginia Press Association
Ernest Edward Fagan
Norfolk
Virginia
Virginia Cancer Federation
Arrenton
Warrenton Hunt
Hampton
Maurice Pruitt
Crisfield
Back River
Langley Field
Pruitt
Hampton Elss Club
Sgt. White
West Coast
Brumback’s Farm
Rhodes Drug Co
Fred
Boyd
Wallington
Lodi
N. J
Jefferson High School
Pfc
Joseph Hicswa
International
Steelers
Lemken
Order OF the Golden Rule
Jones
Earring
Miller’s
N. Loudoun St. Winchester
Late News of the World
Rome
General Confederation of Labor
Italy
Sharon—H. V. Putman
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Navy
Cleveland
Yestery
Butler B. Miltenberger
North Platte
Nebr
National Guard Bureau
War Department
Flint
Mich
Hazelton School For Crippled Children
Athens
Peloponnesus
Astakos
Greece
Mernberg
France
Nno
Tokyo
MacArthur
Hideki
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Masaharu Homma
Jose Abad Santos
Philippines Supreme Court
Leghorn
Fannie Clark
Dr. Bundesen
Collins
Lee
Loudoun Street
Dr. Hough
Kiwanis
Potomac Edison CO
Preferred Stock Exchange
Rouwss Ave
Alexander Brown
Siet
Casiy
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Abbott, Proctor & Paine
New York Stock Exchange
East Main Street
Goodyear
Buncutter’s Tire Company
Braddock
Mlatianges
Loudoun St
American Viscose Employment Office
Front Royal, Va
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