Congress Sets Out To Gather Its Own Facts As To Issues
Washington reports Congress broadens inquiry on wartime letters between Roosevelt and Churchill and on a 1942 purchase of three old ships. The panel also debates atomic energy basics and possible raises to minimum wage and congressional salaries while probing a New York brokerage commission.
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Congress
Max Hall
Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Churchill
America
War Shipping Administration
Lindsay Warren
Senate Committee On Atomic Energy
House
Churchill
Pearl Harbor
William D. Mitchell
White House
U. S
Warren
Arrow
Comet
Meteor
Carter Manasco
Dala
House Expenditures Committee
Hhe
New York
Colonial Navigation Co. of
Mild Weather To Continue Tomorrow
Pleasant weather persists across the Middle Atlantic States and eastern New York with warmer conditions on Wednesday. A cold snap follows Thursday with cooler relief Friday and Saturday, then warming again Sunday as showers return and snow flurries possible in upper New York.
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Middle Atlantic
New York
Upper
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Two pressers sought for Pingley and Carper positions
Classified notice advertises two pressers with applications invited for Pingley and Carper roles. It prohibits phone inquiries and requests written submissions by the stated deadline. The terse note mirrors mid century employment briefs.
Virginia Voters Go To Polls In Statewide Election
In Virginia voters head to polls to choose a governor lieutenant governor and attorney general along with 100 House of Delegates seats and two vacant Senate seats. turnout expected 175000 to 200000 amid service member participation and campaigns broadcast from Richmond Roanoke Norfolk and WRVA as Byrd praised Democratic governance.
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Richmond
Virginia
House of Delegates
Senate
Virginia War Voters’ Commission
William M. Tuck
Lewis Preston Collins
A. P. Staples
Darden
Floyd Landreth
Roanoke
Lester S. Parsons
Cene
Norfolk
Howard Carwile
WRVA
Officials Doubt Boy Kidnapped In Sierras Search
In Downieville California on November 6 officials continued the sixth day of searching for three year old Dickie Suden missing since last Saturday from Goodyear Bar. Weather rain hinders climbs as investigators focus along the North Fork of the Yuba River while officials doubt kidnapping is involved.
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Downievville
Calif
High Sierras
Eep
Dickie Tom Suden
Jose Tom Suden
Goodyear Bar
Here
Sierra County
Alfred R. Lowey
Goodyear Creek
Yuba
W. Dewey Johnson
Skullcaps Ordered in District Schools to Fight Ringworm
Health authorities mandate skullcaps for infected pupils after initial treatment, allowing return after a week to ten days if wearing tight sterile skullcaps. Without caps, students face two to three months out of class as surveys show 2 to 10 percent infection, mostly boys, with infections tripling this winter.
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Washington
District Medical Society
Ministers Hold Monthly Meeting in Winchester
Winchester Ministerial Association completed plans for the annual Thanksgiving Day service to be held Thursday November 22 at 10 30 in the Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church. Rev T J Hawkins of Braddock Street Methodist Church will deliver the sermon. The group also voted to conduct a religious survey of the city and referred it to the inter church committee for arrangements.
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Winchester Ministerial Association
Loudoun, Street Presbyterian Church
T. J. Hawkins
Braddock Street
MacArthur Receives Millions Of Letters From Japanese
In Tokyo on November 6 it was reported that over 50 letters daily reach General MacArthur from Japanese citizens. They praise, complain, seek favors, and offer advice. One 68 year old wants to keep his gun to hunt rabbits. others express hope for brighter days and remorse for past actions.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Chot Ak
AFL
Pacific Northwest
Porland
Ore
CIO
San Francisco Bay Area
Roger Lapham
San Francis
Pacific
San Francisco
Bayonne
N. J
General Cable Company
Rome
N. Y
Independent Cable Union
Early Winchester First votes tallied as polls open
369 votes cast by 12:30 with H. L. Fletcher at City Hall J A Stretchberry at the Friendship Stanley Coofte at Sarah Zane and James Sirbaugh at Rouss. Precinct tallies show 145 at Rouss 26 at Sarah Zane 73 at Friendship 65 at City Hall as workers from both parties canvass in favorable weather. Voting continues until 5 02 this evening.
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Winchester
H. L. Fletcher
City Hall
J. A. Stretchberry
Friendship
Stanley Coofte
Sarah Zane
James Sirbaugh
Rouss
Steynoin Rouss
Armistice Details for Italy Publicly Released
The Allies published the Italian Armistice terms in Washington London and Rome confirming modified unconditional surrender provisions but noting no final dispositions of territory or property. Officials said secrecy was to avoid German and Fascist propaganda before a final peace was shaped at the Potsdam to London ministerial talks.
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Italy
Ciites
State Department
British Foreign Office
Mussolinii
Willy
London
More Organizations To Hear of Plans For War Memorial Center
Carl Campbell WWI veteran will speak tonight to American Legion about a Winchester Frederick County community center building as a war memorial. Gar land R. Quarles, War Memorial Association president, will address the Rotary Club Thursday on the proposed plan. A drive to raise 150000 dollars for a central living memorial building will start November 12 in conjunction with the Victory Loan bond drive.
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Carl Campbell
Pacific
American Legion
Winchester-Frederck County
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester-Frederick County
Shady Rest Announces Thursday Dancing Resumption
The management of Shady Rest states that dancing will resume every Thursday from 9 to 12 thirty. The notice specifies the start date and time details as part of the venue's schedule.
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Shady Rest
Molotov Calls for Allied Control of Japan and Atomic Secrecy
In a Moscow address marking the Soviet revolution anniversary, Foreign Commissar Molotov urged Allied control of Japan and said there should be no secrecy about atomic energy. He argued the defeat of Japan requires coordination for peace and suggested sharing atomic knowledge among the Allies.
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London
V. M. Molotov
Japan
Moscow
Russia
Molotov
United States
Great Britain
Stalin
China
Soviet Union
Still at Odds on Rule in Japan
Russia and the United States clash over how to govern Japan with plans for a control council in Tokyo. The Far Eastern Advisory Commission met again while Moscow withholds a representative, delaying final authority on policy. The U S seeks indirect control changes, while four powers must coordinate policy despite unresolved roles.
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Washington
Japan
Far Eastern Advisory Commission
ens nnege _ control council
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Russia
United States
Britain
China
Soviet Union
Moscow
Advisory Commission
Control Council
Eight Survivors Of Plane Crash Under Treatment
Eight survivors of an army transport command plane crash are in Honolulu Army hospital with injuries. Seven bodies have been brought in including a WAC. Eleven men remain missing as search continues 460 miles northwest of Oahu where the Liberator aircraft carrying 21 passengers and five crew sank Saturday en route to the mainland from Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Army Transport Command
WAC
Casablanca
Special Army Board of Inquiry
ATC
Norman C. Fisher
Fairfield
Calif
Antique Auction Burners Set for Woodstock Virginia
Auction notice states a sale at 9 30 Thursday November 2 in Woodstock Virginia. Items include antiques and household goods as part of the sale.
Dutch Reiterate Their Offers To East Indians
Batavia reports the Netherlands East Indies government publicized a plan for rapid development of Indonesia as a partner in a Dutch commonwealth. Van Mook urged a round table conference for a settlement while promising self government and racial equality. Street fighting between Indonesian extremists and Dutch troops continued in Batavia as British troops at Soerabaja reinforced to maintain order.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Indonesia
H. J. van Mook
the Indies
Java
van Mook
Netherlands
Council of Ministers
Soerabaja
Edmund C Lupton Dies In Arlington At 50
Edmund C. Lupton a Winchester native and longtime resident of Arlington Virginia died at his home at age 50. A WWI veteran and charter member of the American Legion Robert Y. Conrad Post 21 he belonged to the 40 and 8 Vulture Lodge 1078 and the Sarah Zane Fire Company. He was married to Truevella Parsons and is survived by his wife and his mother. Funeral arrangements were pending in Winchester.
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Edmund C. Lupton
Winchester
Arlington
Mr. Lupton
Susan Lathan Lupton
Harry C. Lupton
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Presbyterian Church
Lupton
Robert Y. Conrad
Amercian Legion
Vulture
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Truevella Parsons
United States Printing Office
Winichester
South End Fire Company to Hold Sunday Service
The South End Fire Company will hold its semi annual religious service this Sunday evening November 11 with Rev. S. J. Good as chaplain. All company members and friends are invited to attend.
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South End Fire Company
S. J. Good
Wage Debate Doubtful at Labor-Management Conference
The national labor-management conference opened under Truman with AFL CIO and management opposing wage discussions. An executive committee from the Big Four will decide. John L. Lewis indicated support for the AFL stance as committees prepare for closed-door work on the agenda.
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AFL
CIO
National Association of Manufacturers and
United States Chamber of Commerce
Walter P. Stacy
Truman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Journal
Mine Workers
De Gaulle Resigns as Provisional Leader. Assembly Convoked
Gen. De Gaulle submitted his resignation as provisional president to the constituent assembly in Paris. The 586 member body, tasked with drafting a new constitution for a fourth republic, will request him to stay on as caretaker until a new provisional president is chosen.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Constituent Assembly
France
Paul Cut‘oli
Palais du Bourbon
Empire
Cuttoli
Algeria
Colonial Beauty Shoppe Announces Evening Appointments
Colonial Beauty Shoppe invites employed patrons to evening appointments with Mary Kathryn Henshaw. Phone 6561.
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Mary Kathryn Henshaw
No Greyhound Resumption Signalled In U S Transit Strikes
In Washington DC the Capital Transit Company reports no street cars or buses have run since 1 a m amid a wage dispute with AFL Local 689. Nationwide labor actions include Greyhound bus drivers strike affecting 27 states and other unions seeking wage gains as President Truman prepares a broader peace plan.
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District of Columbia
Capital Transit Company of Washington
E. C. Giddings
Truman
AFL
Greyhound Lines
Eastern Nase
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