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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1946
Page
2
Kingsbury Smith notes that eight Allied correspondents visiting the Goering death row may have alerted him to the impending doom. He describes guards at cell doors and the tension as reporters peered through barred portholes in Nuernberg.
The AFL urged President Truman to summon Congress for a special session to pass the Wagner-Ellender-Taft housing bill. Delegates, meeting for two weeks, prepared for final adjournment and backed housing plans emphasizing one family homes for veterans, more construction jobs, and faster veteran housing via rental apartments.
Washington reports Housing Expediter Wilson W. Ankons told President Truthal three times as many homes were completed in September as in January but did not release exact figures. Wyatt said price controls will remain on building materials new homes and rents and welcomed rising construction material flow.
General Joseph Stilwell's ashes were scattered yesterday over the Pacific Ocean in line with his wishes. His personal plane, with the three crew members who flew him on many missions in China and Burma, carried the ashes out to sea after dipping low and circling the Stilwell family home Lilanfair in Carmel California.
Congress may resume postoffice and federal building construction with Virginia proposed as 72 eligible sites, including 69 postoffices, a marine hospital in Norfolk, a federal building and postoffice in Richmond, and a post office and courthouse in Roanoke. The projected cost nears 20 million dollars, likely rising with material and labor costs.
An effigy of Hermann Goering with boots and medals was discovered hanging early today from the Caxton Fibbet near Cambridge England. The gibbet, a historic landmark on the Great North Road, recalls past highway robber executions.
The White House announced that President Truman will speak at the opening session of the United Nations Assembly in New York on October 23. The plan underscores U S involvement in the postwar international order.
In Larissa Greece on October 17 the Rimini Brigade announced control of three mountain posts north of Larissa from Leftist bands. Military units also claimed to have cleared two villages on Mt Olympus.
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At Stephens City High School the 17th annual FFA and FHA fair awarded ribbons for vegetable exhibits. Winners include Edward Rogers first in potatoes and sweepstakes, many firsts across pumpkins beans peppers cabbage onions squash and more with multiple exhibitors named.
Richmond reports state auditor J. Gordon Bennett has approved the 1945 audits of the books and records for P. J. Marshall city clerk and Corporation clerk of Winchester.
Czech sources in London said the United States paused negotiations for a $50 million export import bank credit to Czechoslovakia as Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk and Ambassador Boraj Slavik were en route to Washington. A legation spokesman urged a personal explanation and response to charges.
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Ammon Virginia October 17 funeral services will be held Friday at 1 30 p m for William Dabney Hamner 80 retired post master and local merchant who died at home yesterday of a heart attack The services will be conducted at the family residence and burial will follow in the nearby cemetery
Elizabeth Downey Hicks 65 a Warrenton North Carolina native who lived here most of her life died at her home last night authorities said.
Henry Hiden Chewning age 47 of Elko and Morgan Cole Chewning age 34 of Sandston pleaded guilty in federal court to receiving stolen sugar from Camp Peary and delivering it through sailors stationed there. Judge Pollard postponed sentencing until November 5 for probation officer report.
J R H Alexander presiding in Fauquier County circuit court opened the murder trial of William Davis 43 of Halifax County. Davis is indicted in the death of John H Woodson 63 a Southern Railway detective at Woodson's death on August 5. The state sought to reference capture conditions but the judge refused.
Governor Tuck said that landlords should be allowed some rent adjustments due to higher costs of materials and upkeep over the past years.
Dr. E. T. Thompson of Richmond, president of the Virginia Council of Churches, will address the closing session of the 114th Disciples of Christ of Virginia convention and the 71st Virginia Christian Missionary Society convention in Bluefield, where officers will be elected.
The reconverted luxury liner America may skip its first scheduled North Atlantic voyage after a ship strike prevented a trial run.
Frederick County farmers urged to search farms for scrap metal to support the steel scrap drive. Officials warn current scrap shortages threaten two million tons monthly for six months, risking a 30 percent drop in production without more material. Farmers can bring scrap to local dealers or farm machinery dealers, with no farm collection facilities.
Coach J. T. Clevenger positions indoor practice at 7 30 tonight at Nickens Recreation Center on N Kent Street. Brown Bombers set to host Hagerstown Sunday at 2 15 PM.
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