MacArthur’s masterly job running Japan praised
The article lauds General MacArthur for administering Japan with cool judgment and restraint. He uses minimal force, lets Japanese shoulder surrender duties, and swiftly suppresses anti American propaganda. His policy aims for freedom of speech while maintaining order and efficiency amid European instability and Soviet influence.
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MacArthur
Japan
Eral
General MacArthur
Europe
Rural service field opens for veterans and war workers
Editorial urges veterans not to buy farms while land values rise but highlights vast opportunities in rural service including frozen food centers, electrification, repair shops, soil conservation, forestry, and roadside product sales. It argues for more part time country homes and weekend farms to meet rising recreation demand and job needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Veterans’ Affairs
Roosevelt Loans Fallout Reveals Conflicting Accounts
Washington Evening Star reports contradictions in Elliott Roosevelt and officials statements over a $200000 loan from John A Hartford and a settlement by Jesse Jones. The Treasury probe findings clash with Elliott and Hartford narratives, raising questions of truth, politics, and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Evening Star
Elliott Roosevelt
Treasury
John A. Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Hartford
Elliott
John
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Jones
Committee of Congress
Pulse time modulation revolution in radio telephony
Staunton Evening Leader reports the International Telephone and Telegraph Corp announces a new wave in communications pulse time modulation enabling many conversations on one frequency. Proponents celebrate closer global ties while critics wonder about real improvements in human intelligence and usefulness as devices loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
West Virginia rally shifts GOP target for eight votes
One year ago Governor Dewey moved the Republican presidential campaign into West Virginia to seek eight electoral votes. The Winchester Park hosts a benefit game Sunday with the Madison County All-Stars to aid Miss Hazel Whitacre injured at a Front Royal baseball game.
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Thomas E. Dewey
West Virginia
Winchester Park
Madison County “All-Stars
Hazel Whitacre
Front Royal
Britain and France Cut Economic Ties With Italy Reported
Ten years ago Britain and France severed all economic relations with Italy while war loomed in Ethiopia. Dr and Mrs Thomas A Gibson return from Houston Texas after visiting relatives. The Armory fund from the WPA will be withdrawn in several days unless the council acts to meet government stipulations by providing 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
France
Italy
Ethiopia
Thomas A. Gibson
Houston
Texas
Council
Fire Prevention Week Mass Meeting Planned
Fifteen years ago a mass meeting of all local volunteer firemen is planned for Oct. 10 as part of Fire Prevention Week. President Hoover attends the Sesquicentennial of the battle of Kings Mountain in North Carolina. The United Daughters of the Confederacy erect a tablet in Lexington Virginia to Traveller the famous horse of General Robert E. Lee.
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Hoover
Battle of
Kings Mountain
North Carolina
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Lexington
Robert E. Lee
Wilson to wed Mrs Norman Boling Galt at Washington home
President Wilson plans marriage to Mrs Norman Boling Galt a former Virginian at her Washington home. The German war office concedes defeats on the Western Front as French troops press their advantage. Virginia declines to compel West Virginia to pay $14,000,000 owed for Civil War debts.
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Wilson
Norman Boling Galt
Washington
Virginia
West Virginia
Old Dominion
Fire engine accident injures man and horse sale planned
Forty five years ago Ben Grim injures his leg when a wheel from the Friendship engine being pulled to the dye works fire runs over him. Prince and Duke, the Sarah Zane Fire Co horses, will be sold due to confinement in the fire house. Overcoats sell off as temperatures rise to 89 degrees for the high of the month.
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Ben Grim
Wheel of Friendship
Dye Works
Prince
Duke
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Strength for the Day and a Poor Excuse
A sermon argues that faith in the Christian gospel remains solid regardless of hypocritical conduct by religious figures. It urges distinguishing between truth and fallible people, noting that truth survives misdeeds and personal failure should not erode belief in the gospel.
Quiz questions from a historical paper page
Seven trivia items and a page reference ask about Truman's weekend trip, women in Congress, grammar fix, Hong Kong sovereignty, the start of the twenty first century, ratification of UN Charter, Minerva’s parent, OWI food needs, Battle of Monterey, and Vichy France’s government chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva
Jupiter
Neptune
Europe
Monterey
France
Vichy
Death of the jobs bill in the Senate shocks observers
Washington reports the death of the full employment bill's spirit in the Senate after a sudden floor demise on September 28. The measure, backed by figures like Murray and Hatch, faced shifting support and eventual passage in a diluted form amid budget caveats and partisan maneuvering.
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Washington
Senate
Lord Keynes
William Beveridge
Papa
Farmers Union
CIO
Wallace
Murray
Taft
Recognizing Early Symptoms In Cancer of the Stomach
A 1945 King Features Syndicate health note outlines three main paths for stomach cancer onset and early signs such as loss of appetite weakness and anemia. It emphasizes vigilant examination, including stomach X rays, for anyone with digestive upset, weakness, or anemia to enable earlier diagnosis and better outcomes.
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Robert J. McNeill Love
England
Doctor Love
Brides Clamor for Shipping Space
Thousands of war brides left in Britain plan a protest to pressure shipping authorities to admit their GI husbands to the United States. The planned parade was called off by police, and brides seek a large hall for about 10 000 women representing spouses of Americans, Canadians, and others from British dominions.
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London
British Isles
United States
British Dominions
Edinburgh
World Series Spurs Navy Work in Panama Canal Area
The World Series has spurred submarine mine removal by sea going soldiers of the Panama coastal artillery command. Crews of two coast artillery mine planters were promised afternoons off to listen to the baseball broadcasts if they met the daily quota of underwater explosives by noon. The men have heard all five games to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal Department
Panama Coastal Artillery Command
Cleara
Pacific
Coast Artillery
North China News Resumes Publication In Shanghai
The North China Daily News reopened with a four page edition in Shanghai on October 7. Pre war editor R. R. T. Peyton-Griffin resumed his post at the British owned morning paper, which had been shuttered by Japanese forces at the start of the occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
North China Daily News
Orient
R. R. T. Peyton-Griffin
First autumn snow falls in Moscow overnight
The first snow of the autumn began to fall in Moscow just before midnight and continued into the morning, creating a wintry scene in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Eleonore Bartley in Tories Cave Search Mystery
Eleonore enters the cave hideout and uncovers a feared arsenal of rifles bombs and TNT. Trapped by collapsing barriers she endures hours of danger and plans to warn ally LC while family races to find her and police organize a dragnet.
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Jones Mansion
Pettis Place
Eleonore
Tories
L C
Eleon
Seves
Ridge Road
Bill Steuben
Theron
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Autor
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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The
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H. F. Byrd, Jr
Ester
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Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester, Va
National Representatives
Mdelisser, Inc
44Th St
New York
Star
Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation
Lord Jesus Christ
Acts
Mary Elizabeth
Teedie” Ebert
Winchester
Erma Castillo’ Najira
Harrisonburg
Rockingham
U. S
Earl L. Douglas
D. D
I. Q
Paul Mallon
Hatch
Barkley
Truman
House
By RJ. Scott
By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D
Fred Neher
North China News
Sctivixus
Doris Bartley
Mamie
Doris
Mr. Jones
Sweetsburg
Mr. Bartley
Sukey
Cople
Dad
Gran
Arthur
Eben
MacCandless
November Road
Eleonore Bartley
Eleonore Lawrence
Warra
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