CIO Steel Workers Plan Strike Vote Across Plants
The CIO steel workers led by Philip Murray prepare strike ballot petitions involving more than 600000 employees in 766 plants as a response to major steel companies rejecting a $2 a day wage boost. A broad picture shows auto industry sentiment leaning toward stoppages with Chrysler and GM votes signaling a wage push.
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General Motors
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Detroit
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AFL
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Firestone
President Truman dedicates Franklin D. Roosevelt in Navy Day tribute
President Truman commissions the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt at the New York Navy Yard in a Navy Day ceremony attended by 10,000. He vows the ship signals the United Nations commitment to world peace and cooperation amid a massive fleet review along the Hudson.
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Tuck Discusses Agriculture and Industry In Va
Virginia Democrat William M. Tuck argues the state must balance its growing industrial output with strong agriculture. He cites 1916 to 1943 figures showing industrial value rising from 367 million to over 2.19 billion and per capita income gains outpacing the national rate, praising Democratic leadership.
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Staunton
Virginia
William M. Tuck
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S. Floyd Landreth
Galax
Howard Carwile
Richmond
Norfolk Navy Yard
United States
Harriman's Visit May Shape Allied Collaboration
U S Ambassador Harriman met with Stalin at Sochi to relay Truman's October letter and discuss mutual issues. The talks, Harriman's second since 1945, suggest potential shifts in wartime alliance and indicate Stalin is rested and not gravely ill.
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Conferees Seek Adjustments On Taxation Relief
Congress on a Saturday holiday wrestles with tax relief differences. The Senate pushes repeal of excess profits tax next year while the House wants to keep it until 1947 but cut the 1946 rate. Senate also backs lower tax on small firms. House seeks lower overall corporate rate and different individual tax cuts.
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The
Truman boosts Navy symbol of United Nations peace
President Truman commissions the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt as a symbol of U S pledge to the United Nations to deter international gangsterism. He praises Franklin D. Roosevelt's namesake and calls for stronger international cooperation while warning against U S weakness that could invite aggression. The ship could reach Africa within a hundred hours and the Pacific within five days, projecting 100 fighting planes over a target.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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United Nations
United Nations Organization
Africa
United States
Victory Loan Drive Opens In City And County Monday
Winchester and Frederick county launch the Victory Loan drive with chairman Wendell Barney predicting a 100 percent local response. Quotas include 1 000 000 in individual bonds and 350 000 in corporate bonds, with a theater owner pledging 750 in bonds as an incentive. The item notes past over subscribings and the goal to support armed forces and war effort.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Wendell Barney
Barney
Herman Hable
Palace Theater
Hague Says Willing to Open Negotiations with Indonesian Nationalists
The Dutch Ministry for overseas territories announced that Hubertus Van Mook is ordered to begin talks with Indonesian Nationalists immediately. Former governor general Starkenborgh-Stachouwer resigned October 16 over policy disputes related to the Java uprising. The ministry had previously refused to deal with Soekarno while offering self government within a Netherlands Commonwealth. No further details were provided as reports from the islands are unclear.
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Ministry For Overseas Territories
Hubertus van Mook
Dutch East Indies
A. W. L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
East Indies
Java
Soekarno
Netherlands Commonwealth
Thislands
Protest Talk By Mrs. Roosevelt
Two Young Democrats of Georgia resign in protest over inviting Eleanor Roosevelt to address a December convention in Atlanta. Earl Wingo and Robert N Fellows accuse her of advocating racial equality and say inviting Black attendees violates Democratic principles.
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Sid Williams
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Nimitz Urges Seapower as Birthright on Navy Day
Fleet Admiral Nimitz told a luncheon audience that seapower is the United States birthright and essential to future victory. He noted seapower strangled Japan and led to surrender, urging Americans to value and preserve maritime strength. Honolulu marked Navy Day with ceremonies, ship visits, and remembrance at sea.
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Plea For Control Of Atom Bomb
The Archbishop of York urges an international body to control atomic bomb production and use. He warns the weapon could bring sudden doom and that nations must restrain science and material power to avert destruction.
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London
D. R. Cyril Forster Garbett
York
Seek Identity of Slain Woman
City police in Huntington West Virginia sought the identity of a woman about 30 found dead in a car at a downtown gas station. Coroner F X Schuller said the presumed Miss Ollie Thompson formerly of Lexington Virginia died of a skull fracture and appeared murdered. Detectives asked Lexington and Ashland Kentucky police to aid the investigation amid conflicting family notes.
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W. Va
F. X. Schuller
Ollie Thompson
Lexington
Howard Newman
Ashland
W. O. Swann
Thompson
Ollie Mae Thompson
Thompson Famil
Truman Sets Two Point Policy On Arms And World Peace
President Truman outlined a two point foreign policy to preserve peace through military strength while aiming to outlaw the atomic bomb. He warned loss of faith in international organizations as a threat and pledged to discuss fundamental science with other nations, though not bomb making details. The remarks were delivered at a Navy Day rally in Central Park.
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Navy Day Celebrations Honor Pacific Atlantic Fleets
Crowded harbors and seven mile seapower review on the Hudson mark Navy Day as President Truman leads observances. Coast celebrations include 1200 planes in New York and ships South Dakota Alabama Wisconsin Indiana in San Francisco with Yorktown Bon Homme Richard and blimps over the bay.
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Atlantic
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New York
San Francisco
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Alabama
Wisconsin
Indiana
Yorktown
Bon Homme Richard
Truman outlines aims for world peace and UN support
President Truman states four reasons for strong arms to keep peace, defend the western hemisphere, enforce postwar order, and back the United Nations. He says the atomic bomb sharpens urgency but won’t alter a policy of friendly cooperation with peaceful nations. He lists twelve principles including no aggression and self-government for oppressed peoples. Continued on Page 2 Col 6.
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Western Hemisphere
City Joins In Celebration Of National Girl Scout Week
Winchester joins the national Girl Scout Week celebration with a postwar program for active citizenship. Activities include a Lergetts window display and a 7 pm radio program by Troop 8 titled Bulldere in Green. Events run October 29 to November 3 with services, rallies, and a public sale of household goods at 536 N Loudoun St.
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Girl Scouts of
Winchester
Herbert Solenberrer
Lergetts
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Solenberger
Ing
Winchester Presbyterian Church
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Girl Scouts
Handley School
Loudoun St
Barbee
Holland Bulbs and Flowering Bulbs From Winchester Seed Co
Winchester Seed Co lists tulips jonquils crocus hyacinths and narcissus bulbs available. The notice catalogs bulb varieties for planting and gardening use.
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Winchester Seed Co
Schedules Change At AE On November First
The Ae schedules shifted with a new time on November 1. Call 4161 for x formation details and updates.
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