Government may intervene in GM UAW strike
Negotiations between the CIO United Auto Workers and General Motors face possible government action as the walkout idles 225000 GM workers. GM demands end to wage demands while the union accuses illegal picketing and plans to notify the NLRB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corp
General Motors
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Reuther
General Motors Motors
Waltonites To Hear Harry Byrd Jr Dinner Talk
Harry F. Byrd Jr., recently released from the U S Navy, will speak at a Walton Chapter Izaak Walton League dinner Thursday November 29 at 7 pm at Tokus Inn. He will recount Pacific war experiences as executive officer of a patrol bombing squadron. The club will also elect officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Byrd Jr
U. S. Navy
Tokus Inn
Winchester
Izaak Walton League
Byrd
Pacific
Jury Called In City Tomorrow in Myers Appeal
A jury is summoned in Corporation Court tomorrow for the appeal of Dr. Myers from a Police Court conviction under Section 50, ABC Acts. Prospective jurors include William Reed, Noble Pierce, Emory Keyser, Norval Hottle, Philip Sprinkle, Howard Grove, William Hyatt, Alson Loy, and Elmer Ritter. Dr. Myers was fined 100 dollars and costs and 60 days in jail in the lower court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
W. D. Myers
ABC Acts of Virginia
William H. Reed
Noble C. Pierce
Emory E. Keyser
Norval M. Hottle
Philip H. Sprinkle
Howard K. Grove
William L. Hyatt
Alson Loy
Elmer P. Ritter
Dr. Myers
Shenandoah Body Works Opens at 116 North Market St
Notice announces Shenandoah Body Works at 116 North Market St offering radiator repair welding and braising services. Bowen and Groves contact 3368. Also for sale 1941 2 ton Dodge truck with 178 inch wheelbase in A-1 condition from George Washington Garage. act quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Body Works
North Market St
Bowen and Groves
George Washington
Special Meeting Notice in Aerie Room
On Tuesday night November 27 at 9 30 p m a Special Meeting will be held in the Aerie Room All officers and members are urged to be present Signed Fuller Corham Worthy President
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aerie Room
Moseley's Shoe Rebuilders Ad Notice
During our first week of onten our policy as during that period will continue to be the kind of shoe work you want when you want it Moseley s Shoe Rebuilders at 31 West Boscawen Street phone 4914.
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Onten
Moseley’s
W. Boscawen St
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to Resume in 1946
J. Victor Arthur elected president as 14 new directors join the Shenandoah Apple Blossom board at a George Washington Hotel meeting. The motion to resume the festival passed with one dissenter. 19 of 29 directors attended. Officials include President J Victor Arthur and Vice President J Pinckney Arthur. Concerns cited: pageant staffing, space for the display amid growing trees, housing, and hotel capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
George Washington Hotel
R. Gray Williams
Clifford Grim
McSherry Lupton
J. Pinckney Arthur
Clarke T. Cooper
Fred L. Glaize
Garland R. Quarles
J. Victor Arthur
Tom Baldridge
A. J. Bowen
Frank Armstrong
Earl Bunting
T. S. Thomas
Michael Steck
Delmer Robinson
Grant Pollock
Wendell Barney
G. T. Binner
John Warner
L. J. Sjostrom
Percy Miller
T. G. Scully
William H. Lawrence
George Barnsley
Quarles
E. W. Barr
Quarles Ree
Handley Band
L. M. Allen
Eugene R. Branch
George Ashington Hotel
Hoye Riley
Bond Outlines Board Program For Winchester Meeting
Frederick County Board of Agriculture outlines the agenda for the annual meeting to be held in the Winchester County Court House on Wednesday night November 8 at 7 30 o clock. Commodity and Special Committees will report year achievements and postwar planning speakers include Croswell Henderson W R Legge Madeline Myers Julian Stine and I Pred Stine. The program also covers the Winchester Farm Market plan with Dr J L Maxton presenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker McC. Bond
Frederick County
Croswell Henderson
Soil Conservation Service
W. R. Legge
Madeline B. Myers
Julian A. Everly
Treas
Shenandoah Product Credit Association
I. Pred Stine
Winchester
J. L. Maxton
Agworking
Wanted Need at once good mechanics and service man
Wanted at once good mechanics and service man for Geo. Washington Garage. Immediate employment offered with steady work and fair pay. apply in person at the garage location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Washington Garage
Resignation of Rev. R. B. Nelson After 25 Years
Reverend Robert B. Nelson, 25 years pastor of Christ Episcopal Church, submitted his resignation. Vestry accepted the resignation with great regret as Nelson stated his health urged withdrawal and will serve until a successor is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
W. Nelson Page
Nelson
Winchester Parish
Senate Atomic Committee Starts Public Hearings
Chairman McMahon opens public hearings as the Senate Atomic Energy Committee begins scrutiny of war power legislation. Witnesses include Alexander Sachs who helped popularize the atomic bomb idea and Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves who led the wartime project. He warns atomic energy may transform life like steam and electricity, must be used for mankind’s benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate
Atomic Energy Committee
Alexander Sachs
Roosevelt
Leslie Groves
Government to test fact finding on oil wage dispute
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach proposes a three man board to investigate the long standing oil workers wage dispute that triggered the first major postwar strike. Fifty three refineries remain seized by the Navy as the CIO Oil Workers Union backs the plan while ten oil firms debate potential effects. The commission would include Dr. Frank P. Graham Otto Beyer and Paul De Liel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Schwellenbach
Navy
Labor Department
CIO Oil Workers
Paul de Liel
Stanford University
Socialite Annie Mansfeldt Faces Life Trial Evidence Opens
In San Francisco on November 27 a jury will hear testimony in the murder trial of Annie Irene Mansfeldt the 45 year old socialite accused of killing nurse Vada Martin over an alleged romance with Mansfeldt's husband Navy Warrant Officer Wilbur Martin the widower who testified and wept as his wife was named. The defendant admitted shooting Mrs Martin on October 4 and fled to the Emergency Hospital where Mansfeldt witnessed the dying nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Annie Irene Mansfeldt
Vada Martin
Navy
Wilbur L. Martin
Baltimore
Indonesians Counterattack in Soerabaja Amid Java Fighting
In Batavia dated November 27, Indonesians in Soerabaja launched a counterattack against British troops as new assaults were reported at Ambarawa and Bandoeng. Prominent Dutch leaders and Red Cross workers urged evacuation of 200,000 vulnerable civilians from Java until stability returns. The Ambarawa internees camp and police station were attacked, forcing Japanese guards to withdraw. RAF Mosquito bombers supported the fight at Ambarawa, strafing troops and targeting roads and warehouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
Soerabaja
Ambarawa
Bandoeng
Red Cross
Netherlands East Indies
Semaransi
Mother appeals to President for life saving serum
Mrs Richard Gordon Temple of Petersburg appeals to President Truman for serum streptomycin to save her 23 month old son Richard Arnold from miliary tuberculosis. Doctors said supply from McGuire Hospital is nearly exhausted and a Washington directive blocks further aid. The father serves as a Navy fireman third class aboard the USS Vulcan in Japanese waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Richard Gordon Temple
Truman
Richard Arnold
William B. McIlwaine
McGuire’s General Hospital
McGuire’s
Washington
Red Cross
United States Navy
Vulcan
Eight Virginia River Basins To Be Studied
Governor Darden approves engineering surveys for eight Virginia river basins after board recommendation. Raymon V. Long tasked to hire in-state engineers. Basins to be surveyed include Potomac York James Chowan Roanoke New River and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Darden
State Planing Board
Virginia River
Raymon V. Long
New York
Potomac
York, James
Chowan
Roanoke
New River
Tennessee
Nine Die in Palestinian Disturbances as Tension Rises
Nov. 7 report states nine Jews killed and many wounded in Jewish Palestine disturbances. British troops barred six villages near Tel Aviv, with tanks and mortars as searches for attackers followed Greek ship seizure. The Jewish National Council observed a half hour work stoppage as mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Palesti
Jewish National Council
General Federation of Jewish Labor
British Labor Party
United States
Tel Aviv
Givath Haim
Kfar Koglah
Government aims to maintain low interest rates
Indianapolis November 27 Secretary of the Treasury M Vinson stated government policy favors keeping interest rates low. He argued that higher debt costs would burden the public and that low rates support lower expenditures and taxes while aiding home ownership, schools, hospitals, and industrial investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
M. Vinson
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Indiana War Finance Committee
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Vinson
State
Ocal
Jack Dempsey Returns to Civilian Life
New York November 7 Jack Dempsey former heavyweight champion completes coast guard service retiring as commander with an honorable discharge He plans to visit Canada for a week then go to Cleveland to referee the Christmas fund boxing show on December 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coast Guard
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Canada
Cleveland
Hurley Resigns as Ambassador to China
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley announced his resignation as United States ambassador to China. He criticized American policy in Asia, saying the U.S. finished the war in the Far East by lending aid while undermining democracy and bolstering imperialism and communism. He agreed with Truman's policy outline but faulted lower echelon diplomats for blocking aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
United States
China
Asia
Hurley
Far East
Chungking
Truman
Hirohito Sets Election Reform as Diet Priority
Emperor Hirohito announced election reform as the principal diet issue in a formal rescript read before the Imperial throne. Premier Shidehara and Prince Tokugawa led the ceremonies as officials and nobility attended, with strict security and curtained windows during the imperial cortege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hirohito
House of Representatives
House of Peers
Dias
Oe Chamber
Prmier Shidehara
Kuniyuki Tokugawa
O'Sullivan Corp Registers Three Securities Issues
O'Sullivan Rubber Corp Winchester Virginia registered with the SEC 63 000 shares of no par value common stock 6000 shares of 100 par value cumulative preferred stock and 500 000 of 4 percent first mortgage bonds Public offering by C F Cassell and Co Charlottesville VA Victor Products Corp to sell 58 000 shares of O Sullivan common for 420 each Net proceeds estimated 1 0495 million before expenses to retire debt pay preferred stock fund plant additions and boost working capital 261 000 will go to working capital
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Philadelphia
O’sullivan Rubber Corp
Winchester
Securities and Exchange Commission
C. F. Cassell and Co
Charlottesville
Victor Products Corp
O’sullivan Common
Cassell
O'Sullivan
Victor
Koontz Resumes Duties as Star Advertising Manager
Capt Hedrick D Koontz, recently discharged from the U S Army after three and a half years of service, resumes duties as Advertising Manager of the Winchester Evening Star. He previously held the post from 1937 to his March 1948 enlistment and has just returned from the European theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedrick D. Koontz
U. S. Army
Winchester Evening Star
Mr Koontz
the Star
Army
Flying American Planes Into China Mission Amid Chinese Drive
Chinese Nationalists report about 700 American planes being flown into China to support the push toward Mukden as 10th Air Force transports and 14th Air Force fighters are sent in. Crashes occurred en route from Kunming to Shanghai, and debate grows among pilots about risking lives after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
Mukden
Manchuria
Associated Press
Richard Cushing
Shanghai
India
Burma
Kunming
Cushing
War Department
10Th Air Force
14Th Air Force
U. S Air Force
United States
Nation
Peiping-Mukden
Kowpangtze
Benden
Debee
Chiang
Gchun
Changchun
Russia
Nazi Defendants To View Films On War Crimes Trial
American prosecutors told the international military tribunal that seven phases of German aggression led to World War II starting with 1933 36 preparation and ending with allied collaboration with Japan and Italy. The court will view films of Nazi horror camps showing cremation and murder as part of the indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
International Military Tribunal
Hitler
Alderman
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Scandinavia
Low Countries
Russia
Japan
Italy
United States
Victory Bond Premiere at Capitol Theatre Nets $23 825
About 650 people attended the Victory Bond Premiere Sunday at the Capitol Theatre. Lamar Keen, the manager, said the house represented the sale of 176 Victory Bonds totaling 23 825 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theatre
Lamar Keen
Keen
Hall Denies Note Ignited Pacific War In 1941
Cordell Hall rejected an army board claim that his note to Japanese peace envoys on November 26 1941 touched off the Pacific war. Hall told a Senate House committee he faced an infamous charge and argued Japan aimed to attack, saying the United States could not have stopped them without concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cordell Hall
Army Inquiry Board
Senate House
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
United States
Hull
Senate Flaaae
Ian Wage
Wheeler Backs War Fears in Senate Speech
Senator Wheeler of Montana told the Senate that backing both Russia and England risks a new world war and endangering civilization. He opposed participation in the United Nations and urged firm stance against appeasing Russia to prevent European enslavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
Russia
England
United Nations Organization
United States
United Nations
Europe
Welcome Home Veterans Return to Civilian Life
The Star welcomes Frederick Clarke counties and Winchester veterans home from service with discharges. Names listed include Birmingham, Stultz, Jenkins, Combs, Bold, Clark, Milburn, Campbell, McGuire, Nicholson and Festus. The list will grow daily as more men are added with aid from the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Star
Philip Bold Hollis Clark Albert Milburn Raymond Francisco Campbell
Joseph McGuire James Festus Nicholson
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Fuller Corham
J. W. Arthur
R. B. Nelson
Senate Atomic Committee
U. S
Johannes Seipel
Arrow
Bruchsal
Germany
John C. Wood
San Antonio
Tex
International
Diet
O’sullivan Corp
Hall
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