Labor Strikes Sausage Steel and Rubber Plants Face Walkouts
Across the nation labor disputes idled tens of thousands as workers struck or stayed away. CIO United Rubber Workers began duty at Goodyear plants in Akron after 20 days of stoppage while steel mills in South Chicago and Republic Steel in Cleveland faced walkouts. In New York City 1,700 newspaper and mail deliveries union members were notified to remain idle, halting metropolitan newspaper delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Akron
C.I.C. United Rubber
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company
Gary
Ind
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
CIO
United
Toledo
Spicer Manufacturing Company
New York City
War Labor Board
Japanese hospital ship evacuates 974 from Wake Island
United States Navy confirms the Japanese hospital ship evacuated 974 wounded and sick from Wake Island with American permission. The operation followed a stop and search by a U.S. destroyer, amid reports of widespread malnutrition and tuberculosis among evacuees.
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Guam
Wake Island
United States Navy
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S
Tokyo
Wake
Murray
Muray
Takasago
Construction Begins On World's Largest Airplane
Landis brothers announce Vultee Aircraft in partnership with the Army Air Forces is building the XC-99, a six engine long range transport. It features a 230 foot wingspan and 183 foot length, serving as the military counterpart to Convair’s post war airliner. Harry Woodhead presents the project details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landiagt
Yo “Yuane
Ey Aig
Vultee
Army Air Forces
Harry Woodhead
Convair
Pan-American World Airways
Eighth
Army
Eighth Air Force
James H. Doolittle
Strategic Air Forces
Fighth
Carl A. Spattaz
Kenney
13Th Air Force
Borneo
Okinawa
Japan
Record rainfall floods streets in Winchester and Frederick
The heaviest storm of the year drenched the city and parts of Frederick county yesterday afternoon with 2.69 inches recorded this morning at the Research Laboratory. Street flooding blocked foot travel, water reached curb height, and cars and stores faced rising water as crews cleared the Town Run blockage and a cooler, unsettled pattern followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Boscawen
Cameron
Loudoun
Ets
Weather Bureau
Washington
Parcel Post Services Resumed With Europe and Norway
Winchester postmaster Nelson Page announces parcel post service has resumed between the United States and Greece Belgium Denmark Luxemburg Netherlands and Norway. Parcels capped at 11 pounds and 18 inches length with 42 inch total girth. Only one parcel every two weeks to Greece and only one per sender to the same recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Page
Winchester
United States
Greece
Belgium
Denmark
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Norway
Laborites Make Important Gains In British Poll
London reports indicate Conservatives may have lost their absolute Commons majority as Labour claims gains. Voter turnout nears a record, with absentee soldier ballots still to be counted. Predictions vary from Labour in the mid two hundreds to Conservatives still holding a narrow edge in some estimates. The new Parliament convenes August with King’s speech on August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Labor
Daily Herald
House of Commons
Daily Express
Commons
The
Admiralty
Brendan Bracken
James Grigg
National Insurance
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Holiay
Army Discloses Racket To Get Men Out of Hot Spots
The First Air Force announced an organized scheme where soldiers paid for fraudulent medical discharges and transfers from combat duty. The scheme involved civilians and military personnel at Mitchel Field and reportedly affected troops in distant units. Several officers and men are held at Mitchel Field as court martial proceedings loom.
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Army
Hempsteadd
J. Y
First Air Force
Air Force Public Relations Office
Mitchel Field
Air Force
Walter V. Radovich
First Force
United States
Mitchell Field
Europe
Norman Reader
Air Corps
State Funeral for Premier Curtin for Prime Minister John Curtin
Australia held a state service for late Prime Minister John Curtin then sent his body by air for burial in Cottesloe. Flags, military escorts and international representatives attended as Deputy Prime Minister Forde assumed interim leadership.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Cottesloe
Forde
Curtin
Labor Party
United Nations
Parliament House
King's Hall
Hector Harrison
Duke of Gloucester
Ir Thomas Blamey
Southwest Pacific
Diplomatic Corps
Ration Office Closes Earlier Saturdays in July
Beginning tomorrow July 7 the Winchester War Price and Rationing Board office will close each Saturday morning at 11 45. The earlier closing hour follows the shift from a 48 hour to a 44 hour work week by order of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester War Price and Rationing Board
Congress
London Polish exile army faces liquidation dilemma
The London Polish government urges 250000 armed forces to stay loyal as Allies debate their fate. Interim measures outline pay and supply safeguards while troops decide between returning to a Warsaw regime or remaining abroad. Only essential Polish services in England and refugee care will be funded by Britain as the exile government dissolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
United States
Tomasz Arciszewski
British Foreign Office
Treasury Committee
Warsaw
England
Foreign Office
United Nations’ Security League
Reservations To Charter Doomed Connally Asserts
Senator Connally of Texas, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says efforts to add reservations to ratify the United Nations Charter will be defeated and that the charter will be ratified without amendment. He aims to finish hearings in a week as they open in the Senate. House leaders, including Bloom and Eaton, urge prompt ratification and praise the charter as a path to a just, peaceful world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
Bloom
CNY
Eaton
N.J
Foreign Affairs
Japanese Begin Mobilization of Civilian Workers
San Francisco July 6. Japan has begun mobilization of civilian volunteer workers both men and women into combat corps to defend the home islands. 150000 railroad workers are first to be militarized with others to follow. The effort aims to support war needs as bombing disrupts transport. Tokyo reports also note shortages and ration cuts.
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San Francisco
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Imperial Army
FCC
Domei Agency
Army
Tokyo
Regular Monthly Meeting Of Sarah Zane Fire Co
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co. will be held Friday July 6 at 8 PM. All members are requested to be present. LORYN M CRABILL Captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn M Crabill
Australian Forces Advance in Borneo Across Jap Mine Fields
Australian Seventh Infantry surged toward Balikpapan and Samarinda oil fields in Borneo while denying Japanese garrisons at Manggar airfield. Allied landings reported 15,000 troops ashore with heavy mining hazards, airbase control gained at Manggar and Sepinggang.
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Manila
Borneo
Kocalasambodja
Balikpapan
Manggar
Samarinda
Radio Tokyo
Tokyo
Sepinggang
Pan Bay
Panansari
Transfer of Certificates Sought by Smiths Transfer Co
The State Corporation Commission scheduled hearings for July 25 at 10 a.m. on applications to transfer three certificates of public convenience and necessity to R. R. Smith trading as Smiths Transfer Company. Two certificates currently held by J. M. Grove trading as Spotswood Transfer Company cover motor freight service between Paris and Warrenton via Delaplane Marshall The Plains and Bethel Academy and between Luray and State Line via Fairfax and Winchester. The third certificate to R. B. Smith doing business as Smith Freight Lines covers freight between Staunton and Covington via Routes 254 42 270 and U S Route 50.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
R. R. Smith
Smith's Transfer Company
J. M. Grove
Spotswood Transfer Company
Paris
Warrenton
Delaplane
Marshall
the Plains
Bethel Academy
Luray
State Line
Propose Living Memorial To Cost Million Dollars
The News Leader reports plans for a million dollar World War II Memorial to be submitted to the Virginia General Assembly in January by the American Legion. G K Linkous of Danville signs the proposal calling it a living memorial that would be utilitarian and ornamental, housing veterans offices and recreational facilities with funding from subscriptions, loans, and state support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
the News-Leader
Virginia General Assembly
American Legion
State Legion
G. K. Linkous
Danville
General Assembly
Food Producers Form Council to Resist Labor Demands
In MARTINBURG West Virginia on July 6 the formation of four council of food producers from eastern states was reported by Carroll R Miller executive secretary of the State Horticulture Society. The 20 group council aims to guard free production and movement of food and promote farmer labor relations with leaders Phil C Turner and C E Wise Jr from Baltimore. Temporary directors include Lionel Newcomer Kenneth Floyd and others. The statement says unions are not opposed on principle but current practices favor city workers and hamper stabilization in staple commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Wise, Jr
Baltimore
Lionel Newcomer
Fleetwood
Kenneth B. Floyd
King Ferry
C. William Raines
Masonville
N. J
Blackburn Moore
Winchester
David C. Clark
Milford
Conn
Miller
Turner
West Cork Street Church of Christ to Observe 25th Anniversary
The West Cork Street Church of Christ marks its Twenty fifth anniversary on July 11 with a supper at 7 PM and a program led by charter member George Riley. Rev. Nelson Fox of Strasburg speaks. memorial plate for Rev. W. L. Dudley is dedicated. The church began July 11, 1921 in Odd Fellows Hall with 22 charter members.
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West Cork Street
Church of Christ
Winchester West Cork
Louis Clevenger
Amherst Street
Clevenger
Hockmans
Rileys
J. A. Hopkins
Edinburo
Bartonsville
W. L. Dudley
Dudley
Two Pronged Air Assaults Press Japan Front
U S bomber forces, from Iwo and Okinawa, launch a third straight day of strikes on Honshu and Kyushu as 250 aircraft lead Allied air power. New air units from Manila and the Philippines join the campaign, integrating Seventh and Eighth Air Forces and other groups to intensify the effort toward Japan's surrender.
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San Francisco
United States
Radio Tokyo
Balikpapan
Dutch Borneo
Borneo
U. S
Iwo
Okinawa
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Kyushu
Manila
Fifth Air Force
Philippines
Japan
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Kenney
Guam
Iwo Jima
Honshu
20Th Air Force
Marianas
Curtis E. Lemay
21St Bomber Group
Second Marine Aircraft Wing
Corsair
Tactical Air Force
Fleet Air Wings One
Army Seventh Fighter Command
Rouss Fire Co. Notice Urges Friday Meeting Attendance
The Rouss Fire Co. will hold a meeting Friday evening July 6 at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. C. C. Dettra, President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Fire CO
C. C. Dettra
Bingo at South End Fire Co Friday Night
Friday July 6 1945 at 8 30 P M of the South End Fire Co hosts a bingo night with a $200 door prize and other prizes. The event runs every Friday and is advertised as open to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Fire Co
For Sale Sencendiver Farm 167 Acres Adms
Farm listing item for 167 acres in the Sencindiver property sale notice filed by Turner B. Sencindiver and Charles M. Sencindiver as administrators. Listing indicates a for sale public record with names and administrator role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sencendiver
Cammers Quality Cleaners Announces Weeklong Plant Closure
Notice to customers states the plant will close from July 9 to July 16 for employee rest. Customers are urged to call in advance to avoid missing garments during the closure period. The notice is dated June 28 1930 and lists the shop at 1188 Braddock St.
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Cammers Quality Cleaners
Braddock St
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City
Winchester Evening Star
Rep
By Spencer Davis
Carroll R. Miller
Martinburg
W. VA
Council of Food Producers’ Organizations
Carroll R. Miler
George Earle Owen
Charles Hume Punk
Nathan Williamson
Charles Rush
Mainland
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