Winchester Fire Company considers new alarm system order
The Winchester Volunteer Fire Association discussed retrying an order for automatic alarm equipment, aiming to install a whistle system atop the Reuss Fire Company building with citywide ticker tapes. Estimated cost about 6250 dollars, funded locally, with police reporting fires to trigger the alarm. a committee of Gochenour Brown Wade Guard and Dettra was named to study inter engine house communications and consult the telephone company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Volunteer Fire Association
Friendship Fire
Reuss Fire Company
Bill Gochenour
Lee Brown
Wade Guard
Carson Dettra
E. W. Argenbright
Scrap Collection Schedules July 28 War Item
Local salvage officials announced a July 28 collection after a disappointing June haul. Citizens are urged to save tin cans and waste paper for the wartime effort against Japan. The July 28 effort will be organized by the Junior Board of Trade and the Boy Scouts, with further details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Ben Belchie
Junior Board of Trade
Boy Scouts
Workers Idle Across Several States In Labor Walkouts
In the last 24 hours major walkouts idled 2,200 at Joseph Finch and Co Distilleries in Schenley Pa and 2,000 at Electro Metallurgical in Alloy W Va. Phone operators quit in Warren and Newton Falls. About 150 at Republic Steel wire mill in Chicago protested disciplinary action. Restoring production, 16,500 returned to Firestone in Akron and 6,500 to Spicer in Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph 8
Finch and Company
Schenley
Alloy
W. Va
Electro-Metallurgical Company
Warren
Newton Falls
Warren Telephone Company
Republic Steel Company
Chicago
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Spicer Manufacturing, Co
Teledo, O
Street Cleaner Returns After Apology Visits
Harold Kingham quit his post as street cleaner in Luton after saying he was tired of people swearing at him. The Luton rural council visited each household on his route and required personal apologies, prompting his return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luton
England
Harold Kingham
Ratios and stamp validity details for wartime coupons
Calendar entries list red stamps for meats fats and processed foods with good through dates, blue stamps for book four items through late August and October, sugar stamp 36 valid through August 31 with next in September, shoes stamps indefinite, gasoline coupons six gallons per book valid through September 21 and 1945-46 season coupons now valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Expect Material For Enlarging Honor Roll Soon
Fred Ritter the JBT Honor Roll Committee chairman said the metal for enlarging the board on Boscawen street has been ordered and is expected soon. The roll currently lists about 2 000 names with 300 to be added after enlargement and Tom Halderman will install the new panels once the metal arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ritter
JBT
Boscawen Street
Ritter
Tom Halderman
Clarke Girl Is State President Clarke Girl Is State President
Miss Helen Royston of Clarke county was elected president of the Future Homemakers of Virginia at the state convention held at Madison College in Harrisonburg. She succeeds Miss Mildred Sipe and will be a Berryville High School senior this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Helen Royston
Gilbert Royston
Clarke County
Homemakers of
Virginia
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Mildred Sipe
Weyers Cave High School
Royston
Berryville High School
Student Cooperative Association
The
Beacon
Spotlight
Peggy Shumo
Staunton
Marie Hasher
Troy
Viola Tate
Richmond
Betty Yowell
Greenville
Pounding Bombardments Target Honshu and Hokkaido
The article describes Allied raids and battleship bombardments aimed at Honshu and Hokkaido. It quotes a statement about paralyzing the Japanese navy and breaking the will and ability to resist. Nimitz adds a remark on naval power and restricting Japan’s access to lifeblood from surrounding waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimitz
Japan
Fire Devastates Canada Steamship Lines Hamonic Trip
A fire aboard the Canada Steamship Lines Hamonic at dockside near Port Huron broke out at breakfast time. Passengers including G R Brewster of Warren Ohio and Mrs Alec McBain of Berkley Michigan escaped by rope into the water. Coast Guard, Port Huron Fire, and Army patrol assist. ship declared a total loss and no belongings saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada Steamship Lines
G. R. Brewster
Warren, O
McBain
U. S. Coast Guard
Port Huron
Steamship Lines
Detroit
Hamonic
Clarke Historical Society Elects Smith President
Clarke County Historical Society in Berryville elects A. Mackay Smith as president for the coming year. Officers Ralph N. Dorsey, Mrs. Clifton Price, Loring C. Kackley, and Mrs. Joel D. Griffing are re elected. Members discuss Volume V of The Proceedings and accept letters of praise for Volume IV from historians including Dr. E. G. Swemm and Rev. Clayton Torrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
A. Mackay Smith
Clarke County Historical Society
Ralph N. Dorsey
Clifton Price
Loring C. Kackley
Joel D. Griffing
E. G. Swemm
College of William and Mary
Clayton Torrence
Virginia Bee of History and Biography
Samuel Chew Williams
John Wayland
Clarke
E. K. Meade
Weather Summary for District Five West Virginia
Rainy period with rising then cooling temperatures and showers mid period. Eight days of rain this month, July 1 high 97, other highs mostly in the 70s and 80s. Lows ranged from 57 to 60 with a low of 49 on July 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Five
W. Va
Winchester Research Laboratory
Food Shortages Foreseeable Amid World Supply Strains
Anderson warned that civilian food supplies will remain tight for many months. He cited insufficient crops for meats fats oils sugar and canned fruits while predicting shorter rice and dry beans, with only milk improving. Even if Japan war ends soon fats oils and sugar will stay scarce in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Japan
Stalin as Truman hosts a wartime luncheon at the White House
Stalin joins Truman for a luncheon as top officials including Stimson and Gen Arnold attend the conference. Land and Leahy are consulted for military and strategic guidance ahead of Big Three talks. Discussions likely cover Pacific war, German administration, and postwar order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimson
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Admiral Land
Washington
Truman
Land
Adm
William D. Leahy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Japan
Germany
Edward Pauley
Tripartite Reparations Commission
Joseph E. Davies
London
W. Averell Harriman
Russia
James F. Byrnes
Frank Rosato
New Orleans
Gatow
Potsdam
Berlin
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Brussels
Beligum
U. 8 S. Signal Corps
International
Senators Seek Higher Veteran Unemployment Benefits
Six Democratic senators backed President Truman's call for broader unemployment payments and higher veteran benefits. The plan raises weekly benefits to 25 dollars for singles and 30 dollars for dependents, extends eligible weeks, and covers federal workers and certain small firms. It also includes travel allowances for workers referred to new jobs and expands the unemployment tax act to more employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
House
Kilgore
W. Va
Doughton
D.N. C
Senate
G. I
United States Employment Service
Soong Concludes Moscow Visit Return to Chungking
Premier T. V. Soong ends a Moscow stay of over two weeks after talks with Premier Stalin and Soviet leaders. He returns to Chungking with Soviet ambassador Apollon Petrov accompanying him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
T. V. Soong
Moscow
Stalin
Soong
Apollon Petrov
Chin
President and Congress on use of force under Security Council
Vandenberg and Millikin discuss enabling legislation and presidential reporting to Congress on U S military actions. They support Security Council forces for policing and emphasize Congress retains sole power to declare war, with the president guiding American decisions on use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg
U. S
Congress
Millikin
Security Council
All In On Bond Drive Urges Public Support
Campaign urges residents to back a local bond measure titled Buy WAP Bonds, aiming to fund community projects and infrastructure through a public financing program.
Fourteen City of Los Angeles Cars Derail in Iowa Washout
Famed Union Pacific Streamliner City of Los Angeles derailed after a four and a half inch rain washout in Dunlap Iowa. A diner car plunged into the Boyer river with three aboard. Justice Frank Murphy rode uninjured. about 200 passengers aboard with minor injuries reported to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
Boyer River
Frank Murphy
United States Supreme Court
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Naddeo Named Editor Of O Sullivan Kidder Publication
A. Frank Naddeo of 448 Jwudotin Street is appointed editor of the O Sullivan Kidder house organ of the local manufacturing firm and will also work in public relations. He succeeds the late E W Fairtairn. Naddeo plans to expand circulation and begins July 15 after serving as assistant cost accountant at the Virginia Woolen Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Frank Naddeo
Jwudotin Street
Naddeo
E. W. Fairtairn
O'Sullivan
Kidder
Virginia Woolen Company
Catholic Ministers Quit Belgian Government Over King Debate
In Brussels on July 17 six Catholic cabinet ministers announced their resignations from the Belgian government. The move follows turmoil over whether King Leopold III should return to the throne, with ministers calling the parliamentary debate likely to alienate the government from the King. Edmund Rouse stated the resignation after a meeting of right wing parliament members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Catholic Party
Leopold III
pro-Leopold
Edmund Rouse
Souvenir Brought Back By Fliers From Japan Landing
In Guam on July 17 the B 29ers retrieved a tin roofing souvenir snagged on a Superfortress wing over Sakai near Osaka. Capt. Samuel B Hanford of Saybrook Conn piloted the mission. the crew torn the piece loose for souvenirs. The 10th Air Force says the bomber rose into a hot updraft to scoop the roofing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Samuel B Hanford
Saybrook
Ostrer Fined for Gasoline Misuse After Subway Fear
In Braintree England Vivian Kaye Ostrer was fined $10 for misusing gasoline. He said he drove his car to London after taking a hired man there and feared to ride the subway back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braintree
England
Vivian Kaye Ostrer
Ostrer
London
Auto Use Tax Stamps Clarification and Warnings
The Federal Collector of Internal Revenue announced an impending check to ensure motorists have purchased the $5 auto use tax stamp. About 200 summonses were issued earlier this month for missing stamps. Drivers without the stamp on their windshields after July 10 face fines. Nelson Page, postmaster, noted continued stamp purchases at the Winchester office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Collector of Internal Revenue
Nelson Page
Winchester
Two Accidents In City Yesterday
Winchester police report two yesterday accidents. At 1 40 p m a 1939 Dodge owned by Mrs Mary Koons collided with a 1934 Plymouth driven by Elmer Evans near Cameron Street. Damages were 15 and 32 dollars. The 4 30 p m collision at Cameron and Clifford involved a 1935 Chevrolet truck driven by Calvin Grim and a 1941 Dodge driven by Mrs Russell Duncan with 125 dollars damage to the Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Mary Koons
East Clifford Street
Carl Chaplin
Gary
Ind
Elmer Evans
Rfc
Stephens City
Boscawen Street
Cameron Street
Cameron and
Clifford
Calvin E. Grim
Russell Duncan
Clearbrook
Local Markets Report Note on Typos by The Star
Local markets are listed daily in The Star with market figures and items. The note states The Star does not assume responsibility for typographical errors that may occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Local Graded Egg Market Report
The market lists Large Extras white and brown eggs at .41, Grade A whites and browns at .39, Grade B whites and browns at .36, Grade A mediums at .36, and Grade C at .36 with note of unclear final data. No further details on dates or sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sean Ieee Ao Ee
Japan Air Raids Hit Honshu and Tokyo Region
Allied air forces joined British carriers to strike northern Honshu and Tokyo area as part of a two day assault. Sunk ships totaled 71,000 tons with nine warships, damaged 88,000 tons and ten warships. Eighty four locomotives destroyed. 37 Japanese planes shot down and 45 damaged amid heavy weather. Two day losses show 16 airmen killed and 24 planes lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nippon
Asa
Honshu
Japan
Hokkaido
U. S
Tokyo
Mikaddo
Tokyo Radio
Pacific Fleet
Associated Press
James Lindsley
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Admiral Halsey
Third Fleet
Chester W. Nimitzs
Halsey
Nimitz
United States
Allied naval forces unite against Japan off the Ryukyus
In a historic gathering the Allied fleets join to face Japan near Okinawa. Nimitz hailed the combined striking force off Japan as the most powerful ever assembled in the Pacific, listing prominent U S battle groups and Royal Navy admirals Brind and Edelston among leaders. Japanese air resistance waned as Nagoya saw heavy air clashes with American Mustangs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryukyus
Okinawa
Rers
Japan
Nimitz
Pacific
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Indiana
Massachusetts
South Dakota
Lexington
Essex
Independence
San Jacinto
Chicago
San Juan
Springfield
Atlanta
Quincy
DeHaven
Samuel N. Moore
John Rodgers
Schroeder
Cogswell
Heerman
Southerland
Aul
John W. Weeks
Colohan
Wedderburn
Rowe
Caperton
Frank Knox
Erben
Black
McGowan
Norman Scott
Remey
Rain Delays Strike City Softball Schedule
Rain has disrupted the city softball slate with two postponed games in early play and five more rained out in the second round. Officials may hold a special meeting to restore the loop, with Wet grounds possibly canceling tonight’s Royal Crown versus Capitol Restaurant game and Capitol Restaurant set to face Virginia Woolen tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Crown
Capitol Restaurant
Capitol
Virginia Woolen
Fincham Appears in Police Court for Drunkenness
Walter Fincham of Winchester Route 3 was charged with drunkenness and fined ten dollars plus costs in Police Court this morning before Judge John Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rice
Walter Fincham
Winchester
Answers to the Daily Quiz Revealed
The Star lists correct responses for a Page Four quiz covering topics from the French identity to Mt McKinley. It answers questions on the value of pi to Ambrosia the fruit, Africa, Charles Dickens, how to end debates, military affairs, Senator James Graves Scrugham, Rudolph Hess, and Mt McKinley Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrosia
Africa
Charles Dickens
James Graves Scrugham
Rudolph Hess
Mt. McKinley
Alaska
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Haldeman
Clarke Historical Society
Smith
O'Sullivan Kidder
Numazu
Kuwana
Hiratsuka
Oita
King George V
Formidable
Newfoundland
Black Prince
Barfleur
Grenville
Troubridge
Undine
Quickmatch
Bernard Rawlings
Sir Philip Vian
Malta
Rawlings
Vian
E. J. Brind
J. Edelston
Nagoya
Clare
White Palace
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