Republicans Mull Labor Bill Gamble In Election Year
Washington January 25 Republicans weigh using a labor bill dispute for campaign leverage. Leader Joseph Martin signals a bloc vote to back or oppose pending measures tied to President Truman’s fact finding plan. Senate talks edge toward adding conciliatory amendments to shield small employers and route discrimination cases to federal courts.
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Washington
House
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Lebel
Truman
Senate
Fair Employment Practice Commission
Sen
Poll U S Troops In Germany Opinions Split On War Causes
In Wiesbaden a U S Army poll of 1,000 troops questioned last fall shows 19 percent believing Germans had some justification for starting the war. Results indicate limited knowledge of war causes and significant propaganda influence among soldiers.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U. S. Army
U. S
Washington
War Department
Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Reich
Welcome Home Veterans From Frederick Clarke Winchester
The Star welcomes home veterans formerly residing in Frederick and Clarke counties and Winchester who have received their discharges and begun civilian life. The daily list will be supplemented with the names of those returning each day.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
The
Star
Agriculture Dept. Seizes Plants as Unions Refuse Work
CHICAGO January 25 The CIO Packinghouse Workers Union president Lewis J Clark reports the unions wage policy committee voted unanimously not to return to work when the government seizes struck packing plants at 12:01 AM tomorrow The union accuses the seizure of double cross and says the Department of Agriculture will operate the plants amid federal action and wage assurances from officials were promised but not delivered The union urges the wider labor movement to oppose the seizure while noting the government aims to aid the packers and burden workers with the plan
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Chicago
Lewis J. Clark
CIO Packinghouse Workers Union
National
Tomorow
Clark
United States
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Dr Chester L Riley to Resume Obstetrics Practice
Dr Chester L Riley, recently released from the U S Navy Medical Corps where he served as lieutenant commander, will resume obstetrics practice in this city on February 1 at his West Boscawen street office. He served in the Philippines and southwest Pacific with a P T Boat squadron. A Medical College of Virginia graduate and nephew of G W Riley, he previously practiced in Winchester for two years.
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Chester L. Riley
U. S. Navy Medical Corps
West Boscawen Street
Navy
Riley
Philippines
Southwest Pacific
Medical College of Virginia
G. W. Riley
Winchester
Salvation Army mortgage burning program set for January 26
A public program accompanies the mortgage burning for the Salvation Army headquarters at 303 S Loudoun St on Saturday January 26 at 8 PM. Mayor C R Anderson and members of city business and industrial groups are expected to attend. Capt Clyde Koon oversees local activities and the Baltimore divisional brass ensemble led by Brigadier Charles Dodd will perform.
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Salvation Army
S. Loudoun St
C. R. Anderson
Clyde Koon
Thon Army
Salva
Baltimore
Charles Dodd
Plan For Food Handlers Clinic In Winchester
Volunteer workers for the Winchester Tuberculosis Association call on every food handling establishment to attend a free chest X-ray clinic. The clinic is Friday February 8 at 3 PM at John Kerr School, with extra slots possible February 9. Local officials endorse the effort to enable early TB diagnosis and prevent prolonged illness and lost work.
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Winchester Tuberculosis Association
John Kerr School
L. M. Allen
Charles Anderson
Gibson Baker
Winchester
Victor Arthur
Paul Rosenberger
Thomas Gibson
William Wheatley
J. M. Steck
Grace Bosserman
H. Clay DeGrange
Robert Man
Army Signal Corps Makes Radar Contact With Moon
The Army reports the first scientific radar contact with the Moon spanning about 238000 miles. Signals from Evans Laboratory in Belmar New Jersey bounced back in two and a half seconds, confirming high frequency radio waves can penetrate the ionosphere and hinting at future space mapping and atmospheric studies.
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Army Signal Corps
Moon
Washinggton
Army Today
War Department
Signal Corps
Evans Signal Laboratory
Belmar
New Jersey
Army
Harry C. Ingles
Earth
Town Meeting Tonight
Dr T Harrison Davies principal speaker at sixth Town Meeting in Winchester discusses atomic implications for world peace. A panel of local citizens from science religion and veterans prepares to lead discussion after his remarks.
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Davies
Walter S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
T. J. Hawkins
Braddock Street
Virginia Assembly considers strikes ban and rehire ban
In Richmond on January 25 Governor supports a joint resolution declaring union activity by public employees contrary to Virginia policy and a House bill to bar re-employment of state and local workers who strike. Senators Moffett and Norris introduced the resolution and Delegates Moncure and Loch er sponsored the rehire ban bill. A separate proposal calls for a crown tax on soft drinks to fund rural hospitals, likely one cent per beverage.
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Richmond
Tuck
Virginia
House
General Assembly
W. Stuart Moffett
Augusta
Robert O. Norris, Jr
Lancaster
Senate Committee On General Laws
Frank P. Moncure
Stafford
Baldwin G. Locher
Glasgow
Moncure
Beecher E. Stallard
Byrd to Headline Rouss Fire Company Banquet
United States Senator Harry F. Byrd will be the principal speaker at the Rouss Fire Company annual banquet on February 11. Garland R. Quarles will serve as toastmaster and Congressman A. Willis Robertson will attend. The 1946 event marks the first since 1942 with Senator Tom Connolly previously speaking.
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United States
Harry F.byrd
Rouss Fire Company
R. A. Whitten
Burr P. Harrison
Marvin Weaver
Garland R. Quarles
A. Willis Robertson
Tom Connolly
Texas
C. Douglas Brown
Chinese Students Demonstrate for Hong Kong Macao Recall
Five thousand Chinese students massed outside government offices in Chungking then paraded past the British and French embassies demanding the return of Hong Kong and Macao and the recall of the French consul general. Police and plainclothes guards watched as protesters shouted for Hong Kong and Kowloon back and the consul general’s dismissal. No violence occurred.
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Chungking
Hong Kong
Macao
Kowloon
Shanghai
Advance Weather Forecast for January 25 to 30
The forecast covers the Middle Atlantic States and eastern central New York from tomorrow through Wednesday. Expect mostly cloudy skies with light snow by Saturday night and a cold stretch Sunday and Monday. Temperature likely to stay below normal, with eastern New York around 22 degrees and somewhat below normal in the Middle Atlantic States.
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New York
Middle Atlantic States
Nazis Used Medieval Torture Methods In War Crimes Trial
French prosecutors at the international war crimes trial allege Gestapo agents used burning wads of oil soaked cloth between the toes of French prisoners. Documents presented by Assistant Prosecutor Charles Dubost claim youths in French prisons were burned with soldering lamps and bitten by police dogs.
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Mernberg
Germany
Gestapo
Charles Dubost
Victory Clothing Collection Climax Goes Sunday in Winchester
A fleet of more than a dozen trucks will tour Winchester streets Sunday afternoon as part of the Victory Clothing Collection. Sponsored by the Junior Board of Trade under William M. Battaile, the drive urges residents to donate usable clothes and shoes for Europeans in need. Trucks depart at 1 PM and aim to finish by 3 30 PM, with depots at Gray and Eddy, Leggett's, A and N Store, J C Pennye's, and Skyway Grill.
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Victory
Winchester
Board of Trade
William M. Battaile
Battaile
Europe
Gray and Eddy
Leggett’s
A. and N
Winchester Publishes New Tourist Maps for Skyline Drive
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce released 50000 Skyline Drive maps with parking and picnic areas and an equal set of Shenandoah Valley loop maps guiding visitors to Afton and back. Mr Bell said maps will be distributed to chamber offices within 300 miles and several thousand have already been placed in local hotels and banks.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Ann » Secertary
Skyline Drive
Shenandoah Valley
Afton
Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Jap P O W Commandant Is Sentenced To Hang
Kaichi Hirate the government librarian who led a prisoner of war camp was convicted by a military commission in Yokohama and sentenced to hang for responsibility in the deaths of four British and Dutch soldiers. He was found guilty on all charges except misappropriation of Red Cross supplies.
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Yokohama
Kaichi Hirate
Hirate
Oliver E. Trechter
Red Cross
Miners Rejoin AFL After Nine Year Split
AFL President William Green announced John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers reaffiliated with the American Federation of Labor after nine years. Lewis was elected to the AFL executive council, and the miners paid January dues for 400,000 members. Green said the move signals unity and could prompt other unions to reconsider AFL ties.
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Miami
Fla
AFL
William Green
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Harvey W. Brown
Machinists
Green
House of Labor
United Labor Movement
Armed Services
CIO
David Dubinsky
Russia Joins Tribunal for Japan War Crimes Trials
Russia France and the Netherlands joined the International Tribunal to try Japan's top war crime suspects including Hideki Tojo. The nine signatories of Japan's surrender aboard the Missouri Sept. 2 will participate, with trials possibly starting in March. Joseph B. Keenan, U.S. chief prosecutor, outlined participation.
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Duane Hennessy
Tokyo
Russia
France
Netherlands
International Tribunal
Japan
Hoseki Tojo
United States
China
British Empire
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Joseph B. Keenan
U. S
Radar links explore Mars Venus via lunar signals
Radar contact with the moon opens the possibility of probing Mars for life and refining earth moon distance measurements. H. E. Burton and G. M. Clemence of the Naval Observatory describe how signals could reach Mars through the Moon’s thin atmosphere and enable more accurate astronomical yardsticks.
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Frank Carey Washington
Moon
Mars
Red
Earth
H. E. Burton
Naval Observatory
Army Signal Corps
Burton
G. M. Clemence
Security Council to discuss Iran Greece and Indonesia
The United Nations Security Council voted to discuss the Iran Greece and Indonesia disputes at its next meeting. The session will invite Iran Greece and Ukraine to present their views, with the council preparing possible measures on these cases and to set up its military staff committee by February.
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London
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Greece
Indonesia
Soviet Russia
Edward R. S. Stettinius, Jr
Ernest Bevin
Soviet Union
Britain
World Peace Organization
Prince Powers
Security Council
Russia
Red Army
Andrei Vishinsky
Makin
Ukraine
Temperature Moderates Across Regions As Weather Shifts
A breathing spell ends as the Research Laboratory notes a 24 degree low. AP reports a New England blizzard with eight to twenty inches. Nantucket winds whip dust in Boston. a Northern Plains cold wave brings blizzard conditions in the Dakotas and Eastern Montana. Temperatures dip in the Central States and rise elsewhere before Saturday night.
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Associated Press
New England
Nantucket
Boston
Plains
Dakotas
Montana
Central States
Public Sale Noted at Dr Myers Farm February First
Public sale is announced at Dr. W. D. Myers' farm with date February 1. See advertisement on page two for details and terms.
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W. D. Myers
Don’t Forget The Big Party At South End Fire Co
The notice promotes a big party at the South End Fire Company tonight at 8:30 PM as a social event for attendees.
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South End
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