Attlee Forms New British Labor Cabinet After Potsdam Move
Prime Minister Attlee travels to Potsdam as six senior Labour ministers take oaths at Buckingham Palace. Ernest Bevin becomes foreign secretary and joins Morrison in guiding a 2 to 1 Labour Commons majority. Bevin and Morrison are slated to shape Britain's postwar foreign and defense policy while Churchill's government fades.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Clement R. Attlee
Potsdam
Herbert Morrison
Attlee
George VI
Labor Party
Morrison
Ernest Bevin
Winston Churchill
Labor
Commons
Bevin
Edward Bridges
Hastings Ismay
Ministry of Defense
Buckingham Palace
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Britain
Atalee
Defense
Treasury
Churchill
Hugh Dalton
Arthur Greenwood
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
William Allen Jowitt
Re opening Jackson Conoco Service Station
Jackson Conoco Service Station reopens Monday July 30 at the corner of Cameron and Gerrard Streets offering lubricating and washing services. Engagement by H. W. Jackson announced.
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Jackson
Conoco
Cor. Cameron and Gerrard Sts
H. W. Jackson
Class initiation gathering urged for Eagles at home
On Sunday July 29 at 3 pm a class initiation will be held at the home for all officers members and candidates. After the initiation the new candidates and their proposers will drive to Tokes Inn for dinner.
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Tokes Inn
Murder figure in Petain trial shadows Mandel’s death
In Paris the Petain trial enters its sixth day as Michel Clemenceau testifies about visiting Mandel at a fortress where he was held. Clemenceau says Mandel’s murderers have been executed but questions who is truly guilty.
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Louis Nevin
Paris
Georges Mandel
Marshal Petain
France
Michel Clemenceau
Mandel
Clemenceau
Sheep Acting As Lawn Mowers In Springfield
Springfield city uses 600 sheep as lawnmowers around the clock to trim 800 acres of Lake Springfield shoreland. The flock grew by 200 over last year and is expected to net about 9000 dollars. Last year the sheep saved 4000 dollars in labor costs and fetched 600 dollars from ram sales plus 600 from wool.
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Springfield
Lake Springfield
Senate Talks Toward Vote On Charter Amid UN Plan
President Truman said he will seek majority votes in both houses for any military agreements under the United Nations Charter. The plan would avoid a two thirds Senate ratification and instead rely on congressional approval. Leaders favored majority action while some cautioned on debate time.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
United Nations
Potsdam
World Organization
McKellar
D-Tenn
Mr. Truman
Security Council
United States
Congress
World Security Council
Council
San Francisco
League of Nations
Moose
R-Ore
Barkley
44 Year Old Issue Of Star Found On Valley Pike
Mrs. William Smith of Route 1 on Valley Pike found a tattered Star dated March 20 1901. Her husband discovered the relic beside a building next to the George Washington Garage being torn down. The paper notes a wedding involving two of her close friends.
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William Smith
Route 1
Valley Pike
the Star
George Washington
Bomber Crashes Into Empire State Building in Dense Fog
An Army bomber hit the Empire State Building at 9 49 am killing at least 15 and causing a massive fire. Nine were civilians and six soldiers among the dead with at least two more badly burned. Fire fought, bodies recovered, and an emergency morgue set on the 79th floor.
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New York
Empire State Building
F. H. la Guardia
Thomas A. Gonzales
Paul Dearing
Buffalo
N. Y
Mgr
Patrick A. Boyle
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Dearing
Buffalo Courier-Express
34Th Street
Fifth Avenue
29Th Street
33Rd Street
More Soldiers At Hampton Roads
Newport News reports arrival of 1 658 servicemen from the European War Theater on two ships today. Tomorrow and Monday additional ships dock carrying hundreds of passengers, including the Monterey with 1 021 soldiers and the exceller with 637 passengers.
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Newport News
Hampton Roads
Monterey
Exceller
5211St Service Group
947Th Air Engineer
771St
Joseph Eastman
Richard L. Gatling
William McLean
Egbert Bensoon
Peter J. McGuire
E. Fileno
Stubborn Stand Made In Borneo
Manila reports Allied officers describe a stubborn Japanese stand in northwestern Borneo to defend a fertile inland valley described as a last ditch breadbasket. Combat patrols meet resistance on the Ninth Division front and the Seventh Division area around Balikpapan. RAAF and 13th Air Force bombed enemy air bases in Borneo and Celebes while heavy weather grounded other forces.
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Manila
Borneo
MacArthur
Balikpapan
RAAF
13Th Air Force
Celebes
Far East
Fire officials recount deadly 79th floor collapse and bomber crash
Fire Commissioner Patrick Walsh described four tenants killed on the 79th floor and one on the 78th as two elevators plunged from the 80th to the basement during the crash. He noted a man and a woman were taken from one lift while another occupant remained trapped. An Army pilot reported a B 25 Billy Mitchell may have been the bomber, and witnesses said the building swayed as if struck by a typhoon.
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Patrick Walsh
Fifth Avenue
39Th Street
LaGuardia Field
Newark
N. J
Massachusetts
LaGuardia
D. K. de Neu
Huntington N. Y
James W. Irwin
The
Chicago Herald Examiner
Irwin
Japanese broadcasts signal uncertain resolve in wartime appeal
A San Francisco report states Japan’s premier Suzuki would address the nation with a “decisive battle in the streets” but Tokyo broadcasts fail to show an official rejection of the Allied ultimatum. Domei and Nippon radio waver between fury and vague aims while promising a nationwide broadcast to declare determination for victory.
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San Francisco
Japan
Comet
Suzuki
Tokyo
America
China
Britain
Tokyo Radio
Nippon
Federal Communications Commission
Domei
Vic
Conference Nears Climactic Stage at Potsdam
The Big Three nearing a climactic phase as Attlee returns with Bevin to Berlin talks. Churchill’s defeat shifts domestic politics but US and Soviet delegations expect no policy change. Truman hoped to return home soon, likely skipping a Britain visit due to time.
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Churchill
Potsdam
Ernest B. Varcaro
Clement R. Attlee
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Attlee
Germany
Europe
United States
Trumanix
England
Jap Battle Ship Sunk By Bombers
Scout Executive Herbert J. Wilkens named to lead Shenandoah Area Council in Winchester succeeding Basil Starkey in the Tidewater Council lineage. Wilkens, 27, former Eagle Scout and Springfield College graduate, arrives after Starkey’s U S Army assignment. He is married with one child.
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Tidewater Council
Herbert J. Wilkens
Winchester
Shenandoah
New Wage and Price Policy Planned in Transition to Peace
Washington reports a planned government wage and price policy statement to ease labor unrest as strikes edge up toward a 1945 high. June saw 485 stoppages affecting 292,000 workers. July is expected to run similarly high amid war-impacted production concerns and fears of falling weekly earnings. Director Davis of the Office of Domestic Stabilization prepares the statement for President Truman, aiming for fairly early action.
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Washington
Labor Department
WPB
William H. Davis
Office of Domestic Stabilization
Truman
CBS
Davis
Frederick County Fruit Growers to Hold By-Laws Meeting
Members of the Frederick County Fruit Growers Association board will meet Tuesday evening at the county courthouse to discuss preparing by-laws for the organization. Dr Gordon H Ward vice president is noted.
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Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
County Court House
Gordon H. Ward
Trial Justice Spares Dog Life In Virginia Court
In Berryville Virginia Trial Justice Loring C Kackley spares airdale Whiskers charging owner John E Carper with assaulting Mayor H C Smith after Smith killed Carpers dog Witnesses say Carper struck the mayor on the jaw during a depot grounds confrontation The dog was not found vicious and released while Carper was fined for assault and battery plus costs
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Berryville
Court of Trial
Loring C. Kackley
Airdale
John E. Carper
H. C. Smith
Boyce
Carper
Kackley
Dr. Sm
Dr. Smith
Firsty
Costa
Third Blow Is Dealt Nippon's Bleeding Fleet
Allied carrier planes struck the Japanese fleet at the inland sea and Kure for a third heavy blow this week. The Hyuga battleship was reported sunk as 1,500 U. S. and British planes pounded Japanese ships, with many vessels damaged or destroyed in the raid.
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Nippon
Guam
U. S
Hyuga
Kure
Associated Press
Inee
Richard O’malley
Japan
Halsey
O'Malley
Shi‘koku
Honshu
Tokyo
Iwo Jiman
Empire of Japan
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Halsey
Apples Can Get You Ceiling Prices on All Varieties
E. W. Barr of Winchester Cold Storage Packing promotes high prices for all apple varieties and provides contact via phone 4455 in a brief classified notice dated January 27.
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E. W. Barr
Winchester Cold Storage Packing
N. and P. Style Shoppe Semiannual Clearance
The N and P Style Shoppe announces a semiannual clearance sale with dresses coats and suits sportswear millinery bags and accessories heavily reduced for this event.
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Bevan
Daily Herald
Stalin
Col
Petain
Winchester Evening Star
Star
James D. White
Trial Justice
Flage
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