GI Protests Persist Despite Eisenhower Demobilization Plan
AP reports GI discontent continues as Eisenhower promises demobilization to 33,000 home from Japan. In Manila a nine man protest group seeks to address the Johnson Senate subcommittee. Cpl Thomann notes manpower grievances while Yokohama and Shanghai posts outline discharge timelines for thousands.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Japan
Manila
Philippines
Johnson
U. S. Senate
Tokyo
Cpl
Charles Thomann
Yokohama
B. Shaw
Eighth Army
Albert C. Weedemeyer
Shanghai
China
United States
Emil Mazey
Batangas
Senate
Testimony of Kimmel Continued
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel testified before the joint investigating committee that Hawaiian defenders ran exercises to meet any eventuality up to the Pearl Harbor attack. He clashed with Rep. Murphy over preparedness, noting drills continued through December 7, 1941, and referencing intercepted Japanese messages showing persistent interest in Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Joint Investigating Committee
Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Rep
Murphy
D.pa
Vladivostock
Hawaii
Aie
Ers
Mies
Upright Piano Ip-11 Guaranteed for Two Years
Modern brown upright piano Ip-11 model offered with a two year guarantee. Drop in to view and purchase this instrument with no refilling required.
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Modern & Brown
Wanted Girl for Checking Department
Advertisement from Pingley and Carper Cleaners seeking a girl to join their checking department. No further details provided about age or qualifications.
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Pingley & Carper
Stewart Bell Jr Named Outstanding Citizen of 1945
Winchester honors Stewart Bell Jr as Outstanding Citizen of 1945 during a Jaycees program marking the 25th anniversary of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Wendell Barney presented the award as Congressman Luther Patrick of Alabama urged peacetime patriotism and Bell’s blood donor clinic leadership from 1944 to 1945.
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Stewart Bell, Jr
Wendell Barney
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Luther Patrick
Alabama
Bell
Barney
Red Cross
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Dispatch Truce Teams In China
southeastern Henan province reports truce teams listed to monitor armistice. Representatives from the government Communist party and the US Army participate. Press conference notes ongoing fighting in north China with eight zones on four rail lines and a midnight deadline.
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Henan
China
Communist Party
United States Army
Peiping
Associated Press
Spencer Davis
Cheng Kai-Ming
Chining
Peiping-Suiyen
Kupehkow
Peiping-Mudeh
Lincheng
Cheng
Walter Robertson
United States
Gen
Yeh Chien-Ying
Grand Jury Called For Duty Monday
Frederick County Circuit Court sets special grand jury duty for Monday January 21 at 10 am Judge B P Harrison presiding. Names summoned include N B Fout C Lucien Brumback H W Owings C A Robin of the district charged with attempting to shoot W W of Mace.
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Frederick County
B. P. Harrison
N. B. Fout
C. Lucien Brumback
H. W. Owings
C. A. Robin
Section
Ww. W
Mace
Jury finds Curley guilty in mail fraud case
James M. Curley, 71, former mayor of Boston and Massachusetts congressman, was found guilty by a District of Columbia jury of using the mails to defraud in a war contract scheme. Co defendants Donald Wakefield Smith and James G. Puller were convicted. Fuller already serves five years for fraudulent securities shipments. Defense plans motion for new trial and appeal if denied.
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Washington
James M. Curley
Massachusetts
Boston
Curley
Donald Wakefield Smith
Pittsburg
National Labor Relations Board
James G. Puller
Federal
Atlanta
Fuller
Engineers Group, Inc
Slayer of Three Officers Probe Amid Passau Mystery
U S Army CID probes the January 6 Passau killings of Maj. Everett Corran Capt. Adrian Wesseler and Lt. Stanley Rosewater. A Polish prisoner hanged himself in Pfarrkirchen jail and a German house girl is questioned as investigators pursue motives from theft to internal intrigue. Six CID and similar counter intelligence agents scour the scene and surrounding leads.
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DE Passau
Germany
Tna Sen
Danube
Army Criminal Investigation Division
Pfarrkirchen
CID
Passau
Army
Everett S. Corran
Washington, D. C
Adrian L. Wesseler
New Rochelle
N. Y
Stanley Rosewater
Omaha
Neb
Former Norfolk Pastor Acknowledges Marriage Stance
The Rev Frank White a 31 year old former Norfolk Va Unitarian minister says he will marry Miss Anne Anderson a Negro of Norfolk in New York on January 30 The ceremony will be at Abyssinian Baptist Church with Rev Adam Clayton Powell and Rev Claude Williams leading The pair plan to head a regional office of their institute in New York City after marrying White states that marriage is a social matter and reflects broader public attitudes His resignation from the Norfolk church followed protests with several members urging his exit and 80 percent favoring resignation on January 5 15 respectively
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New York
Frank White
Norfolk, Va
Unitarian Church
Anne Anderson
Norfolk
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Adam Clayton Powell
Claude Williams
App Religion
Miss Anderson
Institute
New York City
White
Acair
John C. Davis
Davis
Steel Strike May Close Quarries in West Virginia
About 800 workers at limestone and cement quarries in Berkeley and Jefferson counties were told operations would shut down due to a nationwide steel strike. Frank C. Thomas of Standard Lime and Stone and T. J. McCarthy of Blair Limestone confirmed idle plants and canceled orders across the two counties and Blairton.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley
Jefferson Counties
General Superindent
Frank C. Thomas
Standard Lime and Stone Company
T. J. McCarthy
Blair Limestone Company
Blairton
Trials charter for Tojo set as Tokyo first court
General MacArthur announces an international framework for the trials of Hideki Tojo and his wartime leadership. The charter outlines procedures for fair trials, accepting non traditional evidence, and allows tribunals in Japan or UN territories with Tokyo as the initial venue scheduled for early March.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Anal Tribunal
Elso the Satish
MacArthur
Japan
United Nations
Roanoke Killer Strikes Again
A Salem service station attendant Roby Monroe Daugherty 55 was found shot to death at Wiley Hall Motors in Salem. Police link the case to earlier Roanoke killings with a similar weapon and suspect characteristics, including a missing cash drawer and a night shift attendant shot from behind.
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Roanoke
Salem
Wiley Hall Motors, Inc
Main St
Roby Monroe Daugherty
Moore Mullins Company
E. E. Waldron
Roathe Motors Company
Statn Daugherty
Mi G. A. Kolmer
Frank H. Webb
William Ralph Chattin
17 Die In Plane Crash Near New York Boston Route
A three way investigation began into the Eastern Air Lines disaster that killed 17 people on the New York to Boston flight. Victims were identified by personal effects and carried to mortuaries in Cheshire and Waterbury. The crash occurred about three miles from a secluded woodlot after the aircraft burst into flames.
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Cheshire
Conn
Eastern Air Lines
Waterbury
New York
Boston
Mass
Ami
Sarah Zane Will Have New Truck
A Buffalo fire firm plans to replace its 26 year old Seagrave pumper with a new truck at the Sarah Zane Pire Company on a date to be announced.
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Sarah Zane
Buffalo
Seagrave
Sarah Zane Pire Company
Public Sale Notice Near Stephenson
Friday January 25 at 10 30 a m sale of livestock machinery and feed to be held near Stephenson Lowe listed in notice.
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Stephenson
He Lowe
Russians Protests at Dachau End in Fatal Self Harm
Ten Russians died and 21 injured after self harm and violence during repatriation efforts at Dachau. U S Forces said some detainees had served in the German armed forces and that efforts were made to return Soviet nationals by force if necessary. External violence occurred as detainees were loaded for train transport to Russia.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Dachau
Russia
U. S
Oboestren
Joseph McNarney
Bloody Rioting Flares In Korea
Seoul reports violent clashes as right wing Koreans protest trusteeship. Two killed and many injured in dawn confrontation between police and more than 22 members of the Korean Students League. Police fired over 100 shots near the Governor General's palace as Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge oversight tense. 119 Koreans arrested amid rising unrest and a radio appeal urged cessation of disturbances.
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Robert Myers
Seoul
Korea
Korean Students League
Governor General's
John R. Hodge
Hodge
State to Subsidize Barter Theater in Virginia
The Barter Theater, one of the few remaining organs of its kind, will operate as a state theater. The State Conservation Commission approved an appropriation to subsidize the theater, which is based in Abingdon and plans to continue through the summer.
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onTy Va
Ater
State Conservation Commission
Faery
Abingdon
Local Police Hold Norfolk Fugitives and W. Carrier
Norfolk officers arrest fugitives and a 22 year old father and son party face charges expunged and to be returned to the city today. Patrolmen Whitacre Thompson and Mr Shenk led the arrest.
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W. Carrier
Whitacre, Thompson
Mr. Shenk
Meat Strike Chains Meal Plans Across Nation
Chicago reports a fourth day of a national meat strike by 263000 CID and AFL workers. Government talks fail to yield a settlement as stocks dwindle and retailers face wartime shortages. Poultry fish and venison appear as substitutes while independents may supply 15 to 25 percent less meat.
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Chicago
CID
AFL
Washington
New York
Meat Trade Institute
Kansas City
OPA
New Jersey
Navy Seeks Pilotless Plane After Ocean Crash
A pilotless experimental plane, flying over the Metropolitan New York area, apparently crashed into the ocean after breaking from two supporting planes thirty miles off Cape May. With 2.5 hours of fuel and a speed of 85 mph, the craft vanished in a cloud bank at 6,000 feet as attempts to shoot it down failed. Navy Air-Sea Rescue Command said the craft is presumed to have crashed at sea.
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New York
Jaen
Atlantic
Ah Island
New
Cape May
N. J
Conesterday
Navy Air-Sea Rescue Command
Tin Pan Alley Song Smith Lew Pollack Dies at 52
Lew Pollack, a Tin Pan Alley songwriter turned film composer, died at 52 in Los Angeles after a vaudeville tour.pollack wrote Two Cigarettes in the Dark Charmaine and Diane and had a successful movie music career.
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Smith
Los Angeles
Lew Pollack
Tin Pan Alley
Albvedeetain Toene
Nean
Aisana
Charmaine
Diane
Round the Clock Senate Sessions Proposed to Break FEPC Filibuster
The proposal suggests continuous Senate sessions with naps for tired members to end a southern filibuster against the Fair Employment Practice Commission. Senator Morse advocates quick naps while Senator Chavez notes backers will pursue nonstop meetings, amid claims by Dixie Democrats of enough votes to block action.
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Senate
FEPC
Washington
EPC
Morse
R-Ore
Chavez
D-Nm
Dixie Democrats
Eastland
Ssee
Polature
West Coast Steel Operator Signs Contract With CIO
The Associated Press reports Henry J Kaiser, now an auto maker, signed a CIO United Steelworkers contract after a White House conference with President Truman and Philip Murray. The deal grants West Coast plant workers an 18 1 2 cent hourly rise and follows broader steel mill shutdowns ahead of a national strike. Across the nation, 750,000 workers faced potential stoppages while talks continued and a government seizure was not planned.
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Associated Press
Henry J. Kaiser
CIO
United Steelworkers
Kaiser
White House
Truman
Philip Murray
West Coast
United States
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corporation
Auto Workers
Kaiser-Praser
Willow Run
Attlehope
United
Howse
Pairless
AFL
Welcome Home Veterans From Frederick Clarke and Winchester
The Star welcomes veterans and former residents of Frederick and Clarke counties and Winchester who have served their country and received discharges. They resume civilian life as listed in today’s supplement with names of those men.
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F Ormer
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Winchestes
The
Star
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