Hurricane Threat Looms Over Florida Citrus Belt
Hurricane Hilda bears down on Florida Gulf coast with winds over 100 mph threatening the Palm Beach Miami area. Evacuations underway for 2000 residents at Poinciana Place as Navy ships sail to ride outer edges. Center 130 miles west of Key West at 11:30 am EST. citrus crop valued around 150 million dollars at risk from fruit loss and heavy rains.
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Gulf of Mexico
Paul H. Fackler
Pacific
Key West
Fia
Poinciana Place
Weather Bureau
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Miami
Fila
Florida Peninsula
Cedar Keys
Florida
Florida Keys
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Gold Coast
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Raeder seeks death sentence change from life term
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, builder of the German fleet and one of three men sentenced to life imprisonment by the international military tribunal, appeals to the Allied Control Council to substitute death by shooting. He cites advanced age and poor health, insisting the verdict stemmed from prosecution handling and political interests.
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Mernberg
Erich Raeder
International Military Tribunal
Allied Control Council
Raeder
Control Council
Don Smith Cup Main Event Wins at Winchester Race
About 5500 spectators watched the Winchester Motorcycle Association event on Sulphur Spring Road. William Wight crashed in a semi final heat but was not gravely hurt, while George Becraft lost control and damaged bushes but avoided injury. Don Smith of Cabin John Md won the 14 lap main event with Jimmy Chann second as results will be continued in tomorrow's Star.
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Winchester Motorcycle Association
Sulphur Spring
William Wight
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Wight
George Becraft
Washington, D. C
Smith
Don Smith
Cabin John
Jimmy Chann
Bridgeton
N. J
Riots In Gorizia As Pro Yugoslav Parade Faces Violence
In Gorizia Venezia Giulia on Oct 7 unrest flared as pro Yugoslav Italo Slovenian group marched under Allied guard. Fifteen to eighty injured as crowds shouted Duce and attacked floats referencing Slovene suffering. police detained seventeen иnd marchers were hospitalised.
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Duce
Gorizia
Venezia Giulia
Would This Be Some Way Or Would Not
Charleston West Virginia October 7 An item notes Governor Meadows loyalty split as a West Virginian and WVU backer while also an alumnus of Washington and Lee University He will lead a W L alumni golf team versus WVU grads at Kanawha Country Club The WVU tilt will miss Governor Tucks attendance with Lt Governor Collins attending and Charleston mayor on hand The narrative recalls prior instances of divided loyalty among West Virginia and Virginia governors and W L alumni leaders.
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Virginia
Tuck
Pat” Collins
Charleston
D. Boone Dawson
Virginia Candidates Qualify For General Election
The State Board of Elections released the full slate of candidates for the November 5 general election and earlier deadlines set for full term and special district races. The list includes Byrd and Robb for U.S. Senate, Bland and Kelsey for the House districts, and Stanley and Harrison among others across eight districts with Republicans and third parties represented.
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Richmond
Marvin L. Gray
State Board of Elections
United States Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Winchester
Lester S. Parsons
Norfolk
Clarke T. Robb
Herndon
Alice Burke
Howard H. Carwile
Thomas Boorde
Norfolk County
A. Willis Robertson
Lexington
Robert H. Woods
Pearlsburg
Lawrence S. Wilkes
Aces House of Representatves
Otis Bland
Newport News
Walter Johnson
Heathsville
Porter Hardy Jr
Princess Anne
Sidney H. Kelsey
J. Vaughan Gary
Earle Lutz
E. H. Drewry
Petersburg
Andrew S. Cowdrey
Prohibition
Victoria
Thomas B. Stanley
Stanleytown
William L. Creasy
Galax
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Roanoke
Frank R. Angell
Ruby Mae Wilkes
B. P. Harrison
Karl Jenkins
Stanley
Howard W Smith
Alexandria Lawrence Michael
Arlington
John W. Flannagan, Jr
Bristol
St. Sutherland
Clintwood
John Albert Goodpasture, Jr
Dreamboat Lands in Cairo After Polar Flight Test
The Pacusan Dreamboat B-29 completed a 10,925 mile non stop flight from Honolulu to Cairo in 39 hours 36 minutes testing polar route communications. Lt Col F J Shannon said commercial airways could use the northern air lanes with low frequency beacons despite sunspot interference. Payne Field near Cairo. flight elapsed yesterday morning local time.
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Arctic Circle
Honolulu
F. J. Shannon
WACU
Philadelphia
Commercial Airways
Shannon
Dreamboat
United States
Payne Field
Desert
Here
Dr Allen Heads Shenandoah Valley Dental Association
Dr D Blanton Allen was elevated to the presidency of the Shenandoah Valley Dental Association at its annual meeting in Staunton. The next meeting will be in Waynesboro. Allen succeeds Dr Fred E Markley of Staunton and is on the State Board of Dental Examiners. Other officers include Howard Hanna as president elect and W H Wunder as secretary treasurer. Dr Ralph B Snapp of Winchester was elected to represent the Valley on the Virginia State Dental Association executive council.
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D. Blanton Allen
Shenandoah Valley Dental Association
Ingleside
Staunton
Waynesboro
Markley
Allen
Fred E. Markley
State Board of Dental Examiners
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Berryville
Caroline County
Howard Hanna
W. H. Wunder
Woodstock
Snapp
Valley
Ralph B. Snapp
More Water Trouble for Stephens City
Stephens City faced water system woes as an old well pump failed on Saturday. Mayor Lomax Parker remained optimistic that issues would be resolved. The new well drilling reached 360 feet at noon, adding five feet to the water level and leaving water 15 feet from the top. Despite one pump down, domestic supply continued.
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Stephens City
Lomax Parker
Parker
Windsor Steaks Draw Thirsty US Travelers Amid Border Pulse
Windsor Ontario sees peak travel after summer with over 5 000 cars through the Detroit Windsor tunnel. Tourists pay about 2 dollars for a two inch steak dinner and roadhouse meals run near 2 to 3 dollars as American patrons fill Windsor riverfront venues.
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Windsor
Ont
Detroit
United States
Horace Wiley
U. S. Immigration Service
Detroit-Windsor
Windsor Riverfront
Army Officer Kills His Wife Through Error
Arlington Virginia October 7 Army Lt Dean M Bressler 26 killed his wife Margaret 23 in his bedroom early morning when he fired at a prowler. The shot struck her chest and she died two hours later in hospital. The medical examiner ruled the death accidental.
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Arlington
Army
Dean M Bressler
Bressler
Margaret
Supreme Court Opens 1946 47 Term With Nine Justices
The U S Supreme Court begins its new term in Washington with a full nine justices for the first time in a year. Chief Justice Vinson takes the bench as Jackson and Black appear together publicly for the first time since a summer feud. Undecided cases from the previous term total 21 as Jackson and Black clash over past proceedings.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Fred M. Vinson
Jackson
Black
Robert H. Jackson
Hugo L. Black
Nuernberg
Harlan F. Stone
Public sale of 1939 Plymouth draws crowd at courthouse
Several hundred people gathered in front of the courthouse Saturday for the public sale of a 1939 Plymouth sedan. Bidding started at 500 dollars and the car with a nearly new motor heater and radio sold for 950 dollars to C. E. Conner of Stephens City to settle Wilbur C. Cather's estate. Auctioneer Roy P. Duvall conducted the sale.
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Court House
C. E. Conner
Stephens Ciyt
Wilbur C. Cather
Roy P. Duvall
Auction Sale of Modern Furniture and Household Goods
AUCTIONS HEADLEY SPECIAL 10 piece living room outfit complete with 3 piece suite 2 floor lamps 1 table lamp 1 smoking stand 2 end tables one coffee table Special price 210. 125 Loudoun St. J W Grove Furniture Co At once good around cook and helper Apply Chanticleer Inn A Lee Coble
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Winchester businesswoman honored by Virginia U D C
Miss Lucy Fitzhugh Kurtz, prominent Winchester businesswoman, was elected honorary president of the Virginia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at its 51st annual meeting in Richmond’s Jefferson Hotel. Delegates from Turner Ashby Chapter included Mrs. B. J. Sager and Mrs. William Colbert, who attended the event.
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Lucy Fitzhugh Kurtz
Winchester
Virginia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Kurtz
U. D.C
Jefferson Hotel
Richmond
Turner Ashby
B. J. Sager
William Colbert
R. Bruce Slonaker
Capt
George W. Kurtz
Confederate Army
Istrar
Sseas
Lewis Littlepage
Norfolk
John Wilcox
Houston
Texas
HELP WANTED Men for work in cider mill
Short classifieds note a job opening at a cider mill run by J. Z Co on Valley Pike. It requests applicants for cider mill work and provides contact hints in a dated regional ad style.
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J. Z CO
Valley Pike
Pope Denies Forced Conversions in Yugoslavia Trial
In Rome Pope Pius XII rejected accusations of forced conversions to Catholicism in Yugoslavia tied to Archbishop Stepinac's collaboration trial. He cited an aide memoire as proof the Holy See and Croatian church acted properly, urging that conversions come from faith, not coercion. Paris news adds Kisselev of White Russia pressing Yugoslav rights at the Peace Conference, calling paragraph four of article 13 insulting and urging its rejection.
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Pius XII
High Church
Yugoslavia
Alojzjc Stepinac
Vatican Secretariat of State
Holy See
Legation
Croatia
Vatican
Paris
K. V. Kiseselev
Russia
United States
Tom Connally
D-Texas
Trieste
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
Kisseley
I Jans
Istria
Kisselev
United Nations
France
Cor
Conwall Texas
Bevin
U S Secures Base In Iceland By Althing Vote
The United States wins a limited air base agreement from Iceland after an Althing vote. Officials say main strategic interests are served despite Communist-led opposition urging removal of personnel. The Reykjavik outcome may influence later Russia Turkey Dardanelles confrontation.
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U. S
Iceland
Washington
Interna
Reykjavik
Russia
Turkey
United States
Keflafik
Winchester Man Becomes 200000th Enlistee In Army
Hart Elmer Trenary of Winchester Virginia, a D Day Omaha Beach veteran with Bronze Star and Purple Heart, was sworn into the regular army as the 200000th recruit in the Second Army Area during the year long drive. He reenlisted to resume sergeant stripes he wore in 1945, citing higher pay. Lieut. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer administered the oath.
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Baltimore
Omaha Beach
Hart
Elmer
Trenary
Winchester
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Second Army
U N C Experts Review Mexican Plan For Atomic Control Solution
UN Atomic Energy Commission scientists opened a closed session at Lake Success to test Mexico's middle of the road proposal. They asked if plants can consume denatured fuels for peaceful uses without generating weapons stockpiles.
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Max Harrelson
Success
N. Y
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Mexico
Luis Padilla Nervo
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