Strikes Threaten To Halt Bombings
Washington reports the War Labor Board ordered 20 000 workers at Chrysler’s Dodge Chicago plant to return to work as strike action imperils B 29 production. Patterson warned the Chicago and New Jersey strikes could prolong the war, urging immediate talks to settle grievances and resume engine manufacture.
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Washington
The
War Labor Board
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
Chicago
Associated Press
Japan
Wr Patterson
Patterson
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
New Jersey
Hugh
Clarke Ram Sale Tops $1110 At Third Annual Show
Prices totaling 1110.50 were paid for 29 prime rams at Clarke County’s Third Annual Ram Show and Sale held yesterday at Berryville Horse Show grounds. Shropshire and Hampshire classes won by Owens Thomas and Son Round Hill and Lunsford Farm Monterey with top ram selling for 65 to J W Norris of Round Hill. Buyers included C A Crim R L Withers W C Crockett Funkhouser White Post and others. sale organized by Clarke Purebred Sheep Breeders Assoc and county agent J W Olcott.
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Berryville
Owen Thomas and Son
Round Hill
R. J. McCray
Leesburg
Hampshire
Lunsford Farm
Monterey
H. H. Terry
Mosroe
Virginia
David Sutherland
Mer. le
The
Purebred Sheep Breeders Association
J. W. Olcott
Clarke
Colonial Kitchen to Close Saturday for One Day
Colonial Kitchen will be closed on Saturday July 8 for maintenance. The notice appears in a local classifieds section dated July 26.
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Colonial Kitchen
Speculation In Capital Over Jap Surrender
Washington speculation runs high on a prompt Japanese surrender under Potsdam terms. Officials discuss hard peace, and whether Hirohito could remain on the throne, with Russia possibly entering Asia and the Allies pressing for unconditional surrender.
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John M. Htower
Washington
Truman
Winston Churchill
Chiang Kai-Shek
Capitol Hill
Nippon
Russia
Asia
Potsdam
Hirohito
Japan
For Sale Combined Wash Boiler and Canner
Advertisement notes a combined wash boiler and canner for sale via Sears Roebuck Order Office at 121 S Loudoun. Contact phone 4101. Read as a compact classified line from a historical page.
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Sears Roebuck
S. Loudoun
Bingo Tonight at South End Fire Co. with $400 prizes
Tonight at 8:30 p.m. South End Fire Co. offers bingo with over $400 in prizes including a $100 door prize. Also note opening of Oates Barber Shop at 620 N Main St with good parking. C C Oates, proprietor.
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South End Fire Co
Oates Barber Shop
N. Main St
C. C. Oates
Treason Charges At Petain Hearings From Blum In Paris
Paris July 7 Leon Blum former French premier hurled treason charges at Marshal Petain during the fifth day of the trial for life on charges of treason and collusion with the enemy. Blum depicted Petain as ruling with jungle sovereignty and described the armistice as a betrayal.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Popular Front
Marshal Petain
Petain
France
Charles Roux
Blum
Paul Reynaud
Roosevelt
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Daladier
Edouard Herroiot
Bordeaux
Camille Chautemps
Moderate Week End Weather Forecast for Districts Four and Five
The five day forecast for July 28 to August 1 1945 shows District Four with moderate temperatures over the weekend turning warmer Monday and Tuesday. Showers are expected by Sunday and possibly over the south portion Saturday. Showers likely again Tuesday or Wednesday. District Five near normal temperatures with scattered thunderstorms Saturday and possibly Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Star District Four
District Five
Apples Can Get You Ceiling Prices for All Varieties
E. W. Barr of Winchester Cold Storage Packing advertises ceiling prices for all apple varieties. Contact phone 4455. ad dated January 27.
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E. W. Barr
Winchester Cold Storage Packing
Attlee Hastening To Set Up British Labour Government
Clement Attlee moved quickly to form Britain's first Labour government in 14 years focusing on finishing the war with Japan and outlining a reform program for the King’s speech. He planned cabinet picks and a foreign policy continuity with Churchill as Bevin likely named foreign secretary.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
Britain
Japan
Potsdam
British Press Association
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Germany
Laborites
House of Commons
Labor
Clifton Brown
Brown
Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Ratification by Saturday Seen for UN Charter
Senate debate on ratification of the United Nations Charter progressed with Senator Conally predicting a Saturday ratification if no delays occur. The Foreign Relations Committee chairman noted only 13 Senators remaining to speak, many brief, as support for the international peace plan grew. Calls followed Potsdam news of Japan’s imminent capitulation, with several lawmakers changing stance including Capper Ryan, once opposed to the League.
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Washington
Senate
Tom Conally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Conally
Potsdam
Japan
Wherry
R-Neb
Capper ‘Ryan
League of Nations
War in Brief: Allied Bombing and Frontline Advances
War in Brief reports 350 super forts dropping 2,200 tons on three Japanese cities adding to 143 square miles razed in 39 cities. Okinawa based planes strike Shanghai air dromes while China based bombers hit railway lines. Allied forces push seven miles toward Manggar river in upper Borneo and combined U S and Filipino troops advance on isolated Japanese in northern Luzon.
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Japan
China
Shanghai
Philippines
Luzon
Wondering If Left Swing May Happen Here
Washington July 27 British rejection of the Churchill government prompts American politicians to consider a possible leftward turn after the war. Senators Austin Johnson and Wherry react to Labor victory in Britain, urging flexibility to meet economic and international challenges, while noting limited signs of a similar shift in the United States.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Churchill
Congress
Japan
Britain
United States
Austin
R-Vi
Johnson
D-Cole
Wherry
R-Neb
England
Reverend C W Lowe Waives Preliminary Hearing
Rev C W Lowe waived a preliminary hearing this morning and was held for the grand jury on a felony charge for drawing a $60 bad check without sufficient funds. He was arraigned before Judge John Rice, spent a night in jail, and released under $1,000 bond with Mrs Susie Barr as surety. The check was drawn on the Second National Bank of Washington and the incident stems from a complaint by Louis Grimm executor for Rose Grimm.
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C. W. Lowe
John Rice
Corporation Court
Susie Barr
Rev. Lowe
Louis Grimm
Rose Grimm
Second National Bank of Washington
Difficulties In Ruling Germany Met By Big 3
FRANKFURT ON THE MAIN July 27 Secretary of War Stimson said the Big Three face delays in agreeing on German administration while they reconcile differences from Potsdam. The Potsdam time-table was upset by Churchill's Labor Party victory leading to Attlee’s rise as prime minister and observer role at the talks. The warning to Japan for early peace remained a unifying aim amid shifts in leadership. Truman viewed troop areas as he returned to Potsdam after Berlin reporting.
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Frankfurt
the Main
Stimson
Germany
Potsdam
United States
Churchill
Japan
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Attlee
Truman
Stalin
Anthony Eden
Chiang Kai-Shek
Gulf
London
Charles G. Ross
Berlin
Beef Cattle Production Payment Program Meeting
A meeting to discuss subsidy payments due beef cattle producers is set for Saturday morning July 28 at 10 30 A M at the Court House in Berryville. P H DeHart of the Virginia State AAA office will outline the payment provisions. E M Funk announces no Winchester meeting and urges interested parties to attend Berryville session.
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Court House
Berryville
P. H. DeHart
Virginia State Aaa
Blacksburg
E. M. Funk
Frederick County Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Winchester
Beryville
Police Alert For Pa. Auto And Missing Bicycle
Pennsylvania authorities ask local police to watch for two suspects in a gun metal Plymouth sedan with PA plate 7 CA 90 and for a car carrying Lt Edward Rafferty of the U S Air Force on extended leave. Sgt Funk checked roads but found nothing. Also reported is barking dogs disturbing sleep on Kent Street and a red bicycle stolen from in front of the Capitol Theatre belonging to Donna Pollock.
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Pennsylvania
Winchester
Cumberland
Edward Rafferty
U. S. Air Force
Mapleton
Leutenant
Florida
Funk
Stanley Mason
North
Cameron Street
Kent Street
Robinson Cold Storage
Capitol Theatre
Donna Pollock
Shirley Street
Allied Schedule For Defeat of Japs Shortened
Maj. Gen. John M. Franklin told a Senate committee that the military timetable for defeat of Japan has been shortened. He said more shipping will be needed in the Pacific and troops will return from Europe to the United States more slowly. Franklin, acting chief of transportation for the Army Service Forces, noted the possibility of moving more troops from Europe to the Pacific, but he did not intend to imply that. The furlough policy remains unchanged.
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Epee
John M. Franklin
Senate
Japan
Pacific
Europe
Franklin
Army Service Forces
Sen. Ferguson
R.mich
Extension Granted for Rental Unit Registrations in Winchester
J A Harrell of the O P A announced an extended deadline for registering rental units in Winchester. Registration will run through Tuesday July 31 in the City Hall Corporation Courtroom with evening and weekend hours. Harrell will assist landlords still unregistered. Winchester Junior Board of Trade aided previously at night.
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J A Harrell
Rent Control
Atlanta
Winchester
Corporation
Harrell
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Surrender Rumor Splits Local Newsrooms
A broadcast late yesterday claimed a joint proclamation by the United States Britain and China ordering Japan to surrender or face destruction. The rumor swamped the newspaper with calls from readers asking if Japan had surrendered, many believing the broadcast announced the surrender.
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United States
Britain
China
Japan
Japanese Cities to Be Targeted by B-29 Fire Bombing List
From Guam on July 27 Maj Gen LeMay announced 11 Honshu and other cities will be hit with large B-29 fire bombs soon. Warning urged Nippon civilians to flee and demanded leaders who will end the war. Numerous plants and rail hubs listed among targets as strikes may hit four or more cities within days.
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Guam
Twentieth Air Force
Japan
Curtis Lemay
Nippon
Saipan
Ichinomiya
Tsu
Ujiyamada
Nagaoka
Nishinomiya
Aom Ogaki
Koriyama
Honshu
Uwajima
Shikoku
Kurume
Kyushu
Hokkaido
LeMay
Scrap Collection In City Tomorrow
Waste paper and tin cans will be collected in the city tomorrow afternoon starting at one o'clock. Residents should have paper tied in bundles and processed cans on the curb. If not picked up by 3 o'clock call 3531 or 5414 for a special truck. Trucks manned by Winchester Juniors Board of Trade and Boy Scouts.
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Winchester Junas Board of Trade
Boy Scouts
Japan
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United Automobile Workers
CIO
WLB
Lloyd K. Garrison
Robert Wright
Local 274
Uawcio
U. S. Conciliation Service
Sing Sing Prison
N. Y
Bertram M. Campbell
Floral Park
International
Jungle Ruler
Herriot
Jules Jeanneney
Toulouse
Republic of France
Jacques) Doriots
Riom
Supreme Court
Margaret L. Hodgson
Ent
Don Doane
Borneo
Manggar River
C.W. Lowe
Winchester Evening Star
Orm
Pa. Auto
William F
Halsey
Pacific War Area
Ferguson
By Marlin Spencer
Home Islands
Omuta
Matsuyama
Tokuyama
Army Par East
George C. Kenny
Okinawa
Seventh Air Force
Tsuiki
U. S
Kure
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