Reopening of Atomic Bomb Hearings Is Being Pressed
Congress debates reopening House Military Committee hearings on atomic energy after an outcry over limited witness testimony. Senate tax hearings continue with CIO testimony while Taft signals support for Treasury tax-cut plans. Army Navy merger sparks debate on federal reorganization and national defense council proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House Military Committee
Robert Taft
Ohio
Treasury
House
Senate Finance Committee
CIO
Senate
Palestine
Sena
Fred M. Vinson
Taft
Vinson
Jason
Army-Navy
Army and Navy
MacArthur
Armed Services Won
War and Navy Departments
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Council of National Defense
Secretaries of State, War and Navy
Wheeler
D-Mont
Truman
Great Mass
Tickets On Sale For Halloween Dance At Winchester Armory
Tickets priced at 1.80 including tax go on sale this week for the J. B. T. Halloween Dance to be held at Winchester Armory on Wednesday October 31 at 9 p m. Tickets are available from local organization members or at Miller's Drug Store Gaunt's Drug Store Rhodes Drug Store Gray and Eddy and Molden's Electric Company. Music will be provided by Phil Young and His Orchestra from Chambersburg Pa as part of Jaycees holiday fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Armory
Miller's Drug Store
Gaunt’s Drug Store
Rhodes Drug Store
Gray and Eddy and Molden’s Electric Company
Jaycees
Phil Young
Chambersburg, Pa
Bingo reopening at Sarah Zane Fire Co games
The Sarah Zane Fire Co resumes bingo on Thursday October 8 at 8 73 0 p m with many valuable prizes. A $100 door prize is offered each night and opening night features two admissions for the price of one on 10 16 1 p 3 t.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Room Wanted for Homemakers Market Discontinuation Looms
A notice requests a room for the Homemakers Market and warns it will be discontinued unless a new location is found immediately. Call Stephens City 80 J or 3355 for details.
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Stephens City
Press freedom urged worldwide by Associated Press leader
Kent Cooper, executive director of the Associated Press, urged a Boston conference audience to extend press freedom to all nations. He warned government control of radio, press and motion pictures risks the free exchange of truthful news and the future welfare of mankind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Cooper
Ight Motion Picture Distributors
New York
Associated Press Service
Congress
Truman proposes Puerto Rico political future options
President Truman asked Congress to let Puerto Ricans decide their future by choosing among four options: a locally governed governor, statehood, full independence, or a dominion form of government. He urged Congress to present only proposals that can be enacted, contingent on Puerto Rican preference.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Puerto Rico
Nippon Masses Urge Rulers To Commit Death by Own Action
Tokyo reports show Nippon’s poverty and demobilization scene as 500 members of the Nippon Workers’ Party distribute handbills urging the former ruling classes to commit death by own action. Demonstrations before General MacArthur’s headquarters follow.
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Ninpon
Tokyo
New Japan
Japan
New Nippon Working Masses Party
MacArthur
Nippon
Police School Certificates Awarded at Winchester Training
Five week course in police training conducted with the FBI awarded to Winchester officers and area participants. Mayor C R Anderson received a certificate from FBI agent William Lohr, with top grades going to James W Simpson of Front Royal and Warren Rudolph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Police Training School
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William Lohr
FBI
C. R. Anderson
Capt
J. Tom Boyd
F. M. Funk
Robert Lowery
Warren Rudolph
Richard Campbell
James Thompson
Robert Milburn
Holmes R. Wisecarver
Edward Hinkins
Winchester
Robert L. DeHaven
Frederick County
S. P. Alexander
Loudoun County
C. F. Reed
Roger F. Powell
S. C. Bell
Leesburg
James W. Simpson
John H. Williams
Front Royal
Charles Crabill
James F. Moreland
Strasburg
W. L. Foltz
Jesse D. Pankhouser
H C. Pangle
Woodstock
Tom Bailey
ABC
Hugh Orndorff
William Thompson
Berlin Politics Reviewed By Gen Eisenhower
General Eisenhower’s second report on military government notes Berlin had four legally organized parties the Communist Social Democratic Christian Democratic Union and Liberal Democratic Parties. He says an impartial Berlin election would likely curb Communist dominance and shift support toward Social Democrats and the CDU. The four formed a united front to align policies amid some dissent among the Liberal Democratic and other elements.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Berlin
Germany
United States
U. S
Communist Party
Social Democratic Party
Christian-Democratic Union
Liberal Democratic Party
Centrum
German Democratic Party
German People’s Party
Comunist Party of Germany
Berlin Magistrat
Social Democrats
Centralized County High School Plans Backed
Frederick County School Board and Board of Supervisors call for immediate action on a centralized high school. County Superintendent Leslie D. Kline says a 1948 readiness is unlikely and a county-wide survey will determine location type and size. A unanimous resolution cites overcrowding and directs rapid planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie D. Kline
Board of Supervisors and
School Board
Kline
State Board of Education
Poll tax debate centers on voting rights at Hague
In Hague Virginia on October 16 the Republican attorney general candidate Lester S. Parsons urged abolition of the poll tax while Times-Dispatch columnist Thomas Lomax Hunter defended the tax as a prerequisite to voting. Parsons argued registrars can disenfranchise citizens and deter registration, while Hunter said the provision mainly provokes critics outside the political mainstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Lester S. Parsons
Norfolk
Thomas Lomax Hunter
Times-Dispatch
Parsons
Warmer Weather Forecast for Districts Four and Five
A frost failed to appear as the area warmed. The forecast for October 17 to 21 predicts fair and warmer conditions in District Four with light showers and a cooler finish by Saturday, and fair to warm weather in District Five with a brief shower chance Sunday and temperatures above normal overall.
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Mercury
Middle Atlantic States
New York Fair
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Republican Head Says Congress Ignored in War Peace Talks
Herbert Brownell Jr, Republican national chairman, told the Advertising Club of Washington that Congress has been bypassed in shaping the peace. He warned that major settlement terms may be decided by executive action with no Senate consent, citing Big Three conferences and actions in Europe and the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Congress
Brownell
Advertising Club of Washington
Europe
Baltic States
Russia
Germany
Army
George C Marshall
Rabaul
Port Moresby
Port Darwin
New Guinea
Borneo
Singapore
Methodists Open Annual Meeting in Richmond
Twenty nine boards and committees of the Virginia Methodist Conference meet at Centenary Methodist Church to prepare reports for the 163rd session. About 150 pastoral changes are expected and five ministers retire. Dr W A Smart opens missions program. Clyde R Hoey to speak. Gov Darden introduces Day and other leaders present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Methodist Conference
Centenary Methodist
W. Aiken Smart
Emory University
Centenary Methodist Church
A. P. Williams
Alexandria
John Paul
Dr. Smart
Man Power
William A. Wright
Mission Board
W. E. Thomas
J A. Engle
U. S
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Darden
Post War Inner-Spring Mattresses Wanted Ad
Classified notice seeks inner spring mattresses by George W. Kurtz. The ad lists a place Pineg ley and Carper and a date 10-12 with page and column markers. The brief request indicates a need for a pressor or presser.
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W. Kurtz
Calls for Equal Freedom for Americans in Soviet Russia
A pair of House committees returning from abroad urged the United States and the Soviet Union to more evenly match freedoms and trade policies. The Wickersham group demanded Americans in Russia receive the same freedom of movement granted to Russians in the U.S. and pressed for frank diplomatic talks to ease suspicion amid Zhukov's visit. A Mundt subcommittee urged reciprocity and warned against expansionist policies, aiming for balanced, nonconfrontational relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Russia
House
United States
Rep. Wickersham
D-Okla
House Foreign Affairs
Ton
Mundt
Mrs. Bolton
Mrs. Frank B. Crawford Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs. Frank B. Crawford formerly Laura Gola died after a lingering illness at 10:45 AM at her North Washington street home in Winchester. Funeral arrangements to be announced tomorrow. She aided the Presbyterian Church, and belonged to the United Daughters of Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Survived by husband Frank B. Crawford, daughter Mrs Raleigh M. Engle of Hampton, two grandchildren, and brother John C. Gold of Frederick County.
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Frank B. Crawford
Laura Gola
North
Washington Street
Crawford
Winchester
Presbyterian Church
United Daughters of Confederacy
Daughters of the American Revolution
Raleigh M. Engle
Hampton
John C. Gold
Frederick County
Rush of Koreans Poses Problem in Southwestern Japan
In Hakata Japan Oct 16 U S Marines face a surge of 1 500 000 Koreans from farms mines and factories awaiting transport home They arrive at about 500 daily creating a logistical challenge for occupation authorities Brig Gen Ray A Robinson assistant commander of the Fifth Marine Division said the flow should be halted until Korean civilians can be sent to Korea aboard ships returning Japanese soldiers from Korea
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Hakata
Japan
Ray A. Robinson
Coryell Lane Park
Fairfax Park
Alexander
Fifth Marine Division
Korea
Junior Auxiliary Hospital Rummage Sale at Legion Building
The Junior Auxiliary hosts a rummage sale at the American Legion Building on North Loudoun Street, with events scheduled for Friday and Saturday, October 19 and 20. Proceeds support hospital aid programs and community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Auxiliary
Sale
American Legion
N. Loudoun St
Cider Apples Wanted at Ridgewood Plant
Ridgewood Fruit Industries seeks cider apples at Merriman Lane plant. Contact via phone 5938 for inquiries and delivery arrangements.
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Ridgewood Fruit Industries
Merriman Lane
War Lords Flooded China With Bogus Coin
Tokyo reports Japanese backed presses flooded China with counterfeit currency totaling about 54 billion U. S. dollars in face value, issued by the Central Reserve Bank of China under militarist control. The Asahi says inflation and plunder rose as notes were discounted and banks established across occupied regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Brines
Tokyo
China
U. S
Asahi
Central Reserve Bank of China
Bank of Japan
Nippon
Shanghai
South China
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Indo-China
Siam
Manchuria
Korea
Formosa
Hatel
Emotion Flows as Grace M. Smith Goes on Trial for Husband Murder
In Rockingham Circuit Court, Grace M. Smith faces murder charges in the death of her husband Frank Smith. A 12 member jury was seated from 60 summons, with emotional displays noted by the defendant. Prosecutors allege murder on the first floor and concealment in the basement. defense cites death by own action. Evidence included scene photographs and the Petersburg police testimony of blood pools on the first floor. Co-defendant Ralph N. Garner awaits separate trial on unrelated charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Rockingham
Grace M. Smith
Frank Smith
Armed Services
Commonwealth
Lawrence H. Hoover
Walter Norvell
Petersburg
Smith
No Settlement of Mine Controversy Appears In Light
The nation faces a stalled attempt to settle the soft coal strike as Secretary Schwellenbach calls off the conference. Meanwhile 385,000 workers remain idle and New England bus and trolley service resumes after a 3 day stoppage affecting about 1,000,000 riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Schwellenbach
New York City
APL
CIO Intants
New England
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh
Vania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Indiana
New York Harbor
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
Joseph P. Ryan
Longshoremen Union
CIO Maritime
Longshoremen
Boston
Maurice J. Tobn
Massachusetts
Fred E. Cummings
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Lynn
Mass
Welcome Home Veterans Return to Civil Life
The Star welcomes Frederick Clarke counties and Winchester veterans home from service with discharge and resumption of civilian life. For sale discharge buttons at A. and N. Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Star
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Fredericks County
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C. E. Bass
Methodists
Albert E Day
Methodist General Board of Evangelism
Soviet Russia
U.S
The
Gilbert L. Fincham
Albert B. Pingley
Meet Kinney
Harry D. Brown
Earl C. Charnock, Jr
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