Stettinius Presses Charter as Tool for Lasting Peace
Edward P. Stettinius Jr told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United Nations Charter offers a truly effective instrument for lasting peace. He argued that five major nations must act together to maintain peace and warned security without domestic security cannot ensure global peace.
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Washington
Edward P. Stettinius, Jr
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
United Nations
Wendellis Willkie
Stettinius
U. S
United States
Truman
World Security Council
Great Britain
Russia
France
China
Security Council
Economic and Social Council
Mail Canning Sugar Coupons Resume At Frederick Board
The Frederick County Rationing Board will resume mailing canning sugar coupons on Wednesday. Staff are tabulating remaining applications to determine the exact sugar allotment, with four pounds per person expected under current allocations. No increase from the Roanoke OPA has been received, but if the quota rises, additional sugar will be mailed later.
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Frederick County
Third Friendly Talks Between Stalin and Soong Reported
Moscow dispatches describe a frank third meeting between Generalissimo Stalin and Chinese Premier T V Soong within a week. A diplomatic source says they aim to reconcile nearly all major Russian Chinese questions as tensions among neighboring states rise with Macedonian and Greek frontier disputes.
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Moscow
Stalin
T. V. Soong
Tito
Yugoslavia
National Front of
Macedonia
Mrs. Whitacre Dies In Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Geneva Shade Whitacre 46, postmistress at Whitacre for years, died at 11 30 this morning in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a stay since June 26. She was born in Siler City Virginia, daughter of the late Robert and Virginia Shade. Survived by husband Fred A. Whitacre and sister Mrs. Walter B. Potts of Chevy Chase. Funeral arrangements not set.
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Geneva Shade Whitacre
Whitacre
Fred A. Whitacre
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Siler
Robert
Virginia Shade
Morgan County
W. Va
Methodist Church
Walter B. Potts
Chevy Chase
Vets of Jungles Advance Against Japs In Borneo
Australian Jungle Veterans led by American air support advanced on Balikpapan and surrounding areas in southeast Borneo as Seventh Division infantry pushed inland from Balikpapan and moved toward Sambodja and Samarinda. Allied air forces hit Japanese positions coastal and inland while guarding oil centers. Ninth Australian Infantry pressed toward Jesselton as air units strafed coastal craft and firepower targeted barracks and field positions.
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Manila
Borneo
Balikpapan
Balikpapan Bay
Sepinggang
Manggar
Sambodja
Samarinda
Big Island
Jesselton
Douglas MacArthur
Victoria Barracks
Survey of School Property in Frederick County
Three members of the Frederick County School Board plus the county superintendent inspected county school buildings to determine repairs. The group included Paul Haldeman Charles Bass G Harry Richard and Leslie D Kline. Overcrowding is noted with Middletown High School seeking four additional rooms and Stonewall High under consideration for enlargement. Other high schools also reportedly need more classrooms.
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Frederick County
Paul Haldeman
Charles Bass
G. Harry Richard
Leslie D. Kline
H. Dennis Hoover
Middletown High School
Stonewall High School
Strike ballots of United Fuel gas workers counted
A National Labor Relations Board official counted strike ballots from United Fuel Gas Company employees in West Virginia as union leaders warned a walkout loomed. CIO officials noted 1,600 workers could be affected while other labor actions expanded across the nation.
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National Labor Relations Board
United Fuel Gas Company
West Virginia
John B. Easton
CIO State Industrial Union Council
William Wonsettler
CIO Oil Workers’ Union
Easton
Cobb and Lewis
United Fuel
National Union
CIO
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Seope
Maritime Union
New York
War Shipping Administration
Atlantic
Pacific
Far Eastern Pacific
Indian Ocean
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Navy
R. R. Donnelley
Chicago
New York City
WLB
Graham-Paige
Uaw-Cio
AFL
Detroit Yards
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Daw-Cio
Mack Manufacturing Company
New Brunswick
Plainfield
N. J
Allentown
Anchor-Hocking Glass Co
Connellsville
Spicer Manufacturing Co
Journal-Gazette
Fort Wayne
Ind
Final Rites Held For Powell Glass
Powell Glass 58 year old general manager of the Lynchburg News and Advance died at Richmond Hospital after a period of illness due to heart disease. He served as Virginia Press Association president and was twice elected AP Virginia state chairman. Funeral services set for 5 30 P M at his Lynchburg home.
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Lynchburg
Powell Glass
The
News and Advance
Richmond
Glass
United States
Carter Glass
Virginia Press Association
Associated Press
Virginia
National Office of Censorship
Russians Retain Control of Food In Berlin Area
Berlin July 9 The Allied deadlock over Berlin governance persisted as diplomats arrived for the Big Three talks. Averell Harriman would land at Tempelhof and stay near the Potsdam area while American limousines ferried visitors. US signal experts wired a Washington link for President Truman as guards from Red Army regiments and Allied sentries widened in Potsdam. The food and fuel dispute threatened separate American British control in their zones, possibly delaying a unified Berlin arrangement.
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Berlin
Averell Harriman
U. S
Moscow
Tempelhof
White House
Truman
Potsdam
Washington
Stalin
Churchill
Frank Howley
United States Occupation
Adrawal
Chinese Capture Border Pass Advances in Southwest China
Chinese high command reported the seizure of South Guard Pass on the China Indo China border as Japanese forces retreat toward Dong Dang. The drive from Lichow toward Hengyang continued with recapture of Lojung, while Tanchuk near the Si river was reoccupied. Heavy Japanese Marine casualties were claimed after raids near Amoy.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
South Guard Pass
Chennakwan
China
Indo- China
Dong Dang
Indo-China
Kwangsi Province
Lichow
Hengyang
Lojung
Liuchow
Kweilin
High Command
Tanchuk
U. S
Amoy
Truman heads for Europe for Big Three meeting at Potsdam
President Truman travels from Newport News to Europe en route to a Potsdam area summit with Churchill and Stalin. The delegation includes James Byrnes and about 100 advisers as the White House and Pearson differ on the trip details.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Churchill
Stalin
Newport News
James F. Byrnes
Potsdam
Berlin
Pearson
White House
Drew Pearson
Italy
London
United States
Jap surrender debated as war nears end
San Francisco July 9 reports broadcast panels on unconditional surrender as the sole basis for Japan to quit the war. Nomura said Japan would shed blood until surrender terms are unconditional. Lattimore warned against any modified terms risking a split in the United Nations and a forthcoming Allied conference. Heavier raids and more shelters urged as evacuees move from southern cities to Hokkaido.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Kichisaburo Nomura
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo Radio
Japan
Owen Lattimore
Page School of International Relations
Johns Hopkins University
Chicago
Round Table
United Nations
Hokkaido
Radio Tokyo
Tokyo
Farm Bureau Office Robbed in Strasburg
The Farm Bureau in Strasburg was entered last night and robbed of $1,600 in checks and currency. Strasburg police officers Chas Crabl and James F. Moreland have enlisted State Policeman Sgt. Woolfe to aid in the case.
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Farm Bureau
Strasburg
The
Star
Chas Crabl
James F. Moreland
Sgt
Woolfe
Woman Treated After Route 50 Crash Near Winchester
Mrs. Anna Grubbs 18 N Kent St was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital for a deep forehead cut after a 10:30 a m crash on Route 50 five miles east of Winchester. She rode in a 1933 Pontiac with Mr and Mrs Harry W Ratchford at 11 S Kent Shert. The Ratchford car collided with a 1942 Chevrolet driven by U C Sheet 711 Berryville Ave about 500 feet north of the Opequon Creek bridge. No other injuries reported.
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Anna Grubbs
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Grubbs
N. Kent St
Harry W. Ratchford
S. Kent Shert
Ratchford
U. C. Sheet
Berryville Avenue
Opequon Creek
War In Brief Across Asia and Pacific Fronts
JAPAN-50 Japanese planes were destroyed or wrecked in a series of attacks. Army Navy and Marine elements near the Philippines and in Borneo advance as enemy casualties rise to 423,236 with 3,824 more Japanese dead and 386 prisoners last week. CHINA-Chinese commanders report Japanese Marines near Amoy retreating as defenders push from the Indo China frontier. BURMA-Japanese activity grows along the Sittang river bend 70 miles northeast of Rangoon.
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Japan
Army
Navy
Marineets
Philippines
Burma
Sittang River
Rangoon
A P Reporter Executed On Himmler Order At Mauthausen
Joseph Morton Associated Press war correspondent, captured after flying into Slovakia during a Czechoslovakia uprising, was executed January 24 at Mauthausen concentration camp on orders from Heinrich Himmler's Berlin staff. Nine other Americans and four Britons in the same group were shot. their bodies cremated.
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Linz
Austria
Joseph Morton
Associated Press
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Mauthausen
Heinrich Himmler
Berlin
Morton
Romania
Mihai
Plomka
Police Radio Test Extends Beyond Berkeley Springs
Deputy Sheriff Robert DeHaven drove past Berkeley Springs to within five miles of Paw Paw West Virginia and maintained radio contact with the local station using the new equipment. Messages from Tampa Florida police were received clearly as part of the test.
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Robert DeHaven
Berkeley Springs
Paw Paw
W. .Va
Tampa Fla
Raiding Bombers Strike Widely On Home Islands
Tokyo radio reports show American submarines and mine-laying ships blamed for blockades while raiding planes sweep Honshu Kyushu and surrounding areas. Iwo Jima Mustangs and Okinawa Corsairs press attacks, with efforts to cripple air bases and shipping. several squadrons report losses and missing pilots as the campaign broadens across Japan.
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San Francisco
Tokyo Radio
Home Islands
Domei
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Honshu
Kyushu
Naval Air Station
Omura
Sasebo Naval Base
Kyoto
Osaka
Kobe
Hamamatsu
Toyhashi
Hon
Okinawa
Guam
Japan
Marine Corsairs
Navy
Fifth Air Force
George C. Kennedy
Marine
Louis Woods
Tactical Air Force
Closing Notice from Riteway Cleaners Vacation Dates
Will be closed for vacation July 30 to August 4 inclusive. No deliveries during vacation. Call for arrangements prior. Clothes left over 30 days subject to storage charges minimum 25 cents.
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Riteway Cleaners
Banks of Winchester to close early on Wednesdays
The Banks of Winchester will close at noon on Wednesdays during July and August. Customers are advised to conduct banking business early and cooperate with clerks.
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Banks of
Winchester
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Gen. de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
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Bornoe
U.S
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