U S Navy Eight Weeks Invasion Of Polar Regions
The U S Navy's eight week polar invasion with 13 ships and 12 long range planes achieved four main aims. It proved heavy transport planes can launch from carriers and land on skis and that large airstrips can be built on glacial ice. It trained about 4 000 men for cold weather and ice operations and yielded many scientific observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S. Mount Olympus
United States Navy
South Polar
United States
PBM Mariner
Little America
Richard Cruzen
Richard Byrd
Antarctica
Discovery
Collier Oakley Crew Rescued After Coastal Wreck Off Maine
Coast guards from four Portland area stations rescued the crew of the collier Oakley L Alexander after she broke in two in a fierce storm off High Head Maine. Two crewmen were brought ashore first, messman David Rogers and Lorenz Connelly. All hands were reported safe.
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Elizabeth
Mar.mannin
Coast Guards Srapsalee
Oakey L. Alexander
High Head
David Rogers
Norfolk
Messman
Lorenz Connelly
Boston
Rogers
Portland Coal Transportation
Portland
Coast Guards
City Taxes in Voice of the People
The Star carries a Voice of the People letter on city taxes. Also noted: Hoover sale postponed from March 6 until further notice and Stephenson sale postponed from March 7 until further notice. Ed Molden advertises a new bungalow for sale with five rooms and auto oil heat ready for occupancy. Wood for sale by Oates Lumber Y. An antique auction is set for March 19 at Patton's Hall Winchester with Miles B. Dean and R. Schneider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Stephenson
Hodgson & Brown
Ed Molden
Oates Lumber
Patton
Main St
Winchester
Miles B. Dean
R. Schneider
Winchester ABC Store Tops 1946 Local Sales Figures
The article notes Store 139 at 12 South Loudoun Street led Main Street in 1946 with over 700000 dollars in bottled merchandise sold. Monthly totals ranged from about 48715 to 83067 dollars, while Berryville’s Store 167 reported 207173 dollars. The state total gross from ABC sources reached 74003248 dollars with a net profit around 14281000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
South Loudoun Street
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Winchester
Berryville
Alcoholic Beverage Control
ABC
Chicago Blast Levels Three Story Building
The March 3 explosion in Chicago killed a restaurant operator missing since the blast and two visitors from Fort Wayne. Fire crews recovered a third body as debris was searched and officials warned the toll could have been far higher on a business day. Losses reach about $1 million in building damage with potential $10 to $15 million overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Loop
Clothing
George A. Henry
Louis Pappas
Wells
van Buren
Harry W. Koons
Clinton
Fort Wayne
Ind
Koons
Michael J. Corrigan
Corrigan
Ray Cane
Uniamed Police
Neaby
Mexican papers turn front pages over to Truman
In Mexico City on March 3, President Truman dominated the newspaper front pages. Novedades allocated about four pages to coverage of his visit with no front page space for other news. Excelsior likewise devoted four pages to Truman, placing only three minor items on the bottom of its front page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Mexico City
Novedades
Excelsior
Commerce Dept Official To Speak At Winchester Kiwanis Luncheon
Paul Scarborough, chief of the Small Business Unit at the U S Department of Commerce, will speak at the Winchester Kiwanis Club luncheon at Sarah Zane Hall at 1 p m. The talk titled Small Business in the Community highlights his career from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone to Seaboard Air Line Railway and a wartime Treasury loan for War Bond drives across Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Scarborough
U.S. Department of Commerce
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Scarborough
Chamber of Commerce
Sarah Zane Hall
Franklin
Southhampton County
Richmond College
Mr. Scarborough
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Richmond
Hampton
Petersburg
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Department of Commerce
Treasury Department
Virginia
Certificate Of Limited Partnership Issued In Clarke
A certificate of limited partnership for the W. B. Stuart Company filed in Clarke county on February 28 lists Wilton B. Stuart as general partner and Anna G Stuart along with F. Grove White and Betty Lee White as limited partners. Business focuses on trucking and hauling goods for hire with White Post as the principal place of business. The partners are identified as residents of Boyce, Winchester, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Berryville
W. B. Stuart
Boyce
Clarke County
White Post
Wilton B. Stuart
Anna G Stuart
F. Grove White
Betty Lee White
Limited Partners
Winchester
State of emergency called in Norristown to curb six week terror
Police in Norristown Pa on 24 hour alert as authorities declare a state of emergency to end a six week terror against women. Chief Robert Reilly cancels leaves assembling a 32 man force for 12 hour shifts after a brutal attack on Ruth Marnoski and earlier a 13 year old girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Norristown
Robert Reilly
Ruth Marnoski
Reilly
Truman Urges End to Draft by March 31
President Truman urged Congress to let the draft law expire March 31 and announced the army will discharge about 100,000 nonvolunteers by June 30 to reach a strength of 1,070,000 by July 1. Overseas commands have two extra months, but must return eligible men for terminal leave by June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Army
Mr. Truman
War Department
Department
United States
War and Navy Departments
Navy
White House
Capitol Hill
Mexico City
Bell Building on Boscawen St Remodeled and Expands
Dr E C Stuart and son to move into a four room suite atop the Bell building on West Boscawen Street. The second floor is being renovated for the physicians and redecorated, with completion in coming weeks. An automatic oil heating plant was installed and other tenants include Blue and Gray Beauty Shoppe and the Northern Virginia Daily Winchester office. Berlin pharmacy is being prepared for a mid March opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Stuart
E. C. Stuart, Jr
Bell
West Boscawen Street
R. Salomon
Shawnee Building and Loan Association
Stewart Bell, Sr
Drs Stuart
Bell Building
Myers
E. C. Stuart, Sr
H. R. DuPuy
Berlin
Berryville
Frederick Fruit Growers Meeting Postponed by Weather
The Frederick county Fruit Growers Association annual meeting planned for 7:30 tonight has been postponed due to weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
South End Fire Co to Hold March Meeting
The South End Fire Co announces its regular monthly meeting for Monday evening March 3 at 8 p m. All members are urged to attend. Harry Rainsberger Jr serves as captain. Beginning with today's issue The Star features Farmers Merchants National Bank in a series of brief local historical sketches on the back page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Fire Co
Harry Rainsberger, Jr
The
Star
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Violence Deaths Rise in Palestine During Curfew Measures
In three days violence in Palestine raised deaths to 22 as British troops enforce martial law across parts of the Holy Land. Isaac Poli, a 30 year old Jewish serviceman, was shot in Tel Aviv for not stopping when ordered. Four year old Ketti Shalom died, and her mother was wounded, after bullets hit their balcony during a curfew violation following a quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Isaac Poli
Ketti Shalom
Ketti
Shalom
President Truman Arrives in Mexico City for 3 Day Visit
President Truman lands in Mexico City for a three day official visit. A 21 gun salute fires as he arrives at 10 37 a m EST. He is welcomed by President Aleman and Mexican dignitaries at the transformed airport with an official session of the consultative council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Truman
United States
Artilleriy
Kansas City
Aleman
Federal District
Ferando Casas Aleman
Mexico
President Truman
Casas Aleman
Red Cross Annual Drive Opens in Winchester and Frederick
The 1947 Red Cross drive opens in Winchester and Frederick County with a headquarters at the Chamber of Commerce office. Drive chairman Philip Glaize says the office will be open daily except Sunday to take donations and issue memberships. Staff will be stationed in city banks Saturdays during the drive through March, with a local quota of 11 340 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Winchester
Frederick County
Chamber of Commerce
Philip Glaize
Drive
Glaize
Senate approves budget bill and sends it to House
The Senate approved today and sent back to the House a resolution pledging a 4.5 billion dollar cut in President Truman's budget and promising to use 2.6 billion dollars of any savings to reduce the national debt.
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Senate
House
Washington
Truman
Religious Education Meetings Cancelled in Berryville Romney
Rev. L B Gibbs of Winchester Presbytery announced the Religious Education Institutes planned for Berryville on March 4 and Romney on March 10 have been indefinitely postponed. The notice also mentions a job opening at Pingley and Carper Cleaners for a hand troner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Gibbs
Winchester Presbytery
Berryville
Romney
Youngirl
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Three Locomotives Tug To Release B. and O. Freight
The article describes locomotives working to free a B and O freight from a snow drift as highways close again. It notes expanded telephone service reviewed by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Winchester exchange with historical context on early lines and local company leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telephone Co
Jessie Lupton
Chesapeake and Potomac
Winchester Exchange
Engineer Dead as PRR Wrecks Hurt Four Crewmen
An engineer died and four crewmen were hurt in four separate PRR wrecks. W. T. Nixon of Blairsville led a 48 car freight into a standing train at Kiski Junction near Freeport. In Belvidere New Jersey a PRR freight struck a Lehigh and Hudson freight, sending several crewmen tumbling and scalded. One crash sent three cars off near Bennington Curve four miles east of Gallitzin. Details on the fourth mishap remain unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
W. T. Nixon
Blairsville
Kiski Junction
Freeport
Robert A. Albright
Pittsburgh
Belvidere
N. J
Lehigh and Hudson
Gallitzin
Bennington
Chimney Fire at Braddock Street Home Ends Quickly
The South End Fire Company responded to an 11 05 A M alarm at the residence of Mrs William M Alabaugh 1000 South Braddock Street City A chimney fire sparked by a faulty flue was extinguished before any damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
William M. Alabaugh
South Braddock Street
Lilienthal Barred From Answering On Security Details
Washington March 3 In the interest of national security David E Lilienthal was instructed not to answer questions from the University of Chicago and other schools about contracts with the Atomic Energy Commission. Senator McKellar pressed for cost and secret terms but Chairman Hickenlooper halted the disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
David E. Lilienthal
University of Chicago
Hickenlooper
Riowa
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
McKellar
D-Tenn
Lilienthal
Hickenloper
Lilenthal
Chicago
United States
Atomic Energy Post
Tennesseean
When Draft Evasion Case Reveals a Woman
U S attorneys in Memphis ask the attorney general what to do after an indictment for violating the selective service act turns out to involve a woman. The person known as Robert X was traced across cities ending in Chicago, with a femme identity swap confirmed by FBI agents. The matter is being referred to Washington for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Memphis
Tenn
U.S
Washington
Robert X
FBI
Chicago
Geneva
Haven
Miss
Robert
Bessie
Hostetter
U. S. District Attorney's Office
Attorney General
Snowbound freight and snowplow block McCanns cut near Stephenson
At noon three railroad engines labored to free Baltimore and Ohio freight No. 97 tied up with 35 cars in McCanns cut near Stephenson. A passenger train 55 was trapped, routes 522 and 11 north were blocked, and county roads faced drifting snow while highways struggled to stay open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
McCann's Cut
Stephenson
Harpers Ferry
E. B. Baker
Winchester
Millville
Phenson
Baker
Summit Point
Winschester
Earl Dodson
Brunswick
Hagerstown
Chester
Clearbrook
M. Yellett
Front Royal
Berkeley Springs
Gainesboro
Middletown
Romney
Hurst
Clarke
Greyhound Bus Terminal
Martinsburg
F. M. Yellett
Yellett
Frederick
Clarke County
Greyhound
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U.S. Navy
Polar
Collier Oakley
Winchesters
Commerce Dept
Itlent
Boscawen St
Fruit Growers
Red Cross Annual Drive Headquarters Inc. of
C. Office
Alexander G. Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Northern Virginia Telephone Company
Clarke, Warren
Shenandoah
H. Douglas Puller
L. C. Janney
W. H. Baker
Frank Baker
William Mecp
Puller
Loudoun and
Piccadilly Streets
Commercial and Savings Bank
Strasburg
Winchester Co
Winchester Telephone Company
8. L. Hoover
8. R. Atwell
Bruce Worthington
Miller Supply Company
E. Stone
Robert T. Barton
Mr. Hoover
Winchester Telephone
Associated Press
Kickenlooper
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