Two Army Planes Crash Over Windsor Farms Richmond
Two P 47 Thunderbolt planes collided above Windsor Farms in Richmond killing one pilot and causing a flight officer to parachute to safety. Witnesses said the formation broke apart and a third plane fled unscathed. The dead pilot lay in an eight foot crater. Flight Officer George A Patterson parachuted to a hospital with back injuries.
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Richmond
Windsor Ffarms
L. P. Arnold
James River
Thomas Jefferson High School
Medical College of Virginia
George A. Patterson
Seymour Johnson Field
Goldsboro
N. C
McGuire General Hospital
Windsor Farms
Canterberry Road
Mechanism Needed To Stabilize Postwar Economy
Washington reports Reconversion Chief John W Snyder urged a full employment mechanism to mobilize resources and prevent depressions or wars. He said the bill won’t itself create jobs but ensures government action to keep the free economy near full production without regimentation. Unemployment figures from the week showed Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York leading claims.
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Washington
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Senate Banking Committee
United States
Congress
Senate
Federal Housing Administration
OPA
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Detroit
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Newark
Buffalo
Paterson
N. J
Social Security Board
Mystery of Nazi Spies Sparks Romance in Star Novel
Eleanore Lawrence works in an air raid role and aids in tracking Nazi spies. Mary Schumann crafts a tale of romance, mystery and adventure woven through wartime suspense. Starts Tuesday in The Star.
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Eleanore Lawrence
Mary Schumann
The
Winchester Business College announces term start dates
Day school begins Tuesday September 4 and night school starts Monday September 10 at Winchester Business College. Location Dia 4701 listed.
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Winchester Business College
Dia
Dia mond Cab Service Opens in Towne on September 1 1945
Polly Wimpy and Joe announce the opening of The Diamond Cab Service at 31 W. Water St with phone contact 4841. The new taxi firm lists its launch date as September 1, 1945 and provides basic contact details for customers.
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Wimpy
Polly
Joe
Water St
Life In Japan Prisons Described By Survivors
Ninety five Americans and eight English prisoners freed from a hidden camp near Yokohama recounted brutal abuse. They spoke of beatings, starvation, forced marches, and men forced to wear metal bits in their mouths for long periods.
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Ofuna
Yokahama
Ninty
Ens
Fred Turnbull
Highland Park
Mich
Formosa
Michigan
Turnbull
Tokyo
John B. Rainey
Houston
Tex
1 273 Pigeons To Be Released Here Tomorrow
Abner Johnson announces 16 crates of 1 273 homing pigeons received for a race from Winchester to Mt Carmel Pa for the Anthracite Conncourse. Birds will be released from Jefferson Street Handley High School at seven tomorrow morning. The 72 lofts are represented. The same birds were released earlier this season from Chambersburg and Hagerstown over a 150 mile flight.
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Abner Johnson
Railway Express Agency
Winchester
Mt. Carmel
Johnson
Jefferson Street
Handley High School
Frank Kramer
Chambersburg
Hagerstown
Cadet Fails To Return From Training Flight
Cadet Weldon L. Holsinger, at Turner Field Georgia, is reported missing after a night cross country flight. His wife Hazel and infant Beverly Kaye are noted, with searches ongoing across the southern United States.
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Georgia
Weldon L. Holsinger
Hazel L. Holsinger
Re- Te Gres HY
Turner Field
Albany
Holsinger
Berlin W. Holsinger
Broadway
Gaunt's Drug Store Closing Notice
Closing notice announces Gaunt's Drug Store will close Sunday at 1 o'clock and reopen Tuesday at 9 o'clock. It provides operating hours and the local closing schedule.
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Gaunt’s Drug Store
Public Sale Objects Household Furnishings and Antiques
Household furniture to be sold Tuesday September 4 at 10 a.m. at Y. M. Cline, Stove, Clearbrook Virginia Route 11. Items include antique chairs, furniture, crystal and china, heating stove, breeder stoves, bedspreads and other household linens. Auctioneer L. C. Hoffman. The York will stay open Monday with Labor v. York Inn notice.
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Clearbrook
L. C. Hoffman
YORK
Labor v. York Inn
See Continued Need For Coal Conservation
The Winchester committee on emergency distribution of fuel met with local coal dealers to assess postwar demand. Chairman J. B. Scully Jr. said Virginia consumers face continued strict conservation this winter as demand remains strong and supply limited. H. H. Laing, a field distribution representative, also met with the local committee and dealers.
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Winchester
Japan
Scully, Jr
Virginia
Scully
H. H. Laing
Fruit Growers To Meet Tuesday In Frederick County
Walker McC. Bond urges all members of the Frederick County Fruit Growers Association to attend the eight o'clock Tuesday night meeting at the county courthouse. The group will consider new by laws and the county labor program. Prospective members may join that evening.
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Walker McC. Bond
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association, Inc
County Court House
Bond
Wanted women workers permanent job at mill office
Winchester Woolen Co invites women applicants for permanent positions. Apply at the office on Millwood road.
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Millwood Road
Winchester Woolen Co
Women sought for second shift at vinegar factory
Kaneohe Valley Vinegar Co ( Kaneohe Valley Vinegar Company ) advertises for sixty women to work the second shift on Tuesday September 4 from 5 p m to midnight at the Kaneoah Valley plant.
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Canning
Kaneoah
Park vs. n. Labor Day baseball at 3 p.m.
Labor Day schedule shows a park game at 3 p.m. between Park and neutral opponent LT-LP with local fans invited to attend. The match highlights a holiday afternoon of baseball activity in the community calendar.
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Labor Day
Park
Orchestra at Del's Place Ridgeway West Virginia
An evening concert at Del's Place Ridgeway WV features Sund and Sunday night with admission fifty cents including tax. Venue formerly ck and Ray's.
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Orchestra
Del's Place
Ck & Ray's
Ridgeway
W. Va
Jap Surrender Ceremony To Go On Air At 9 30 Tonight
The White House announced that the Japanese surrender ceremonies aboard the Missouri in Tokyo Bay will air at 9 30 p m Eastern War Time tonight. Gen Douglas MacArthur notified the White House of the plan. President Truman will broadcast an eight or nine minute speech during the ceremony, then MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz will speak briefly. A two hour Armed Forces Radio Service program will follow starting at 9 p m tomorrow night with the President delivering a brief address at 9 19 p m.
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Washington
White House
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Truman
General MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Armed Forces Radio Service
Charles G. Ross
Field resigns as Memphis official to lead Charleston Board
Arthur M. Field former city manager of Memphis and longtime Memphis Chamber engineer resigns to become chief engineer of the Charleston Development Board in Charlestown South Carolina starting October 1. Charles S. Peete will replace him at the chamber. Edmund Orgill lauds Field’s service to Memphis civic life. Field is son in law of Mrs Gertrude W Barton and late Robert T Barton Sr with ties to Winchester.
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Arthur M. Field
Memphis Chamber of Commerce
Memphis Committee For Economic Development
Memphis Press Scimitar
Charleston Development Board
Charlestown
Edmund Orgill
Field
Charles S. Peete
Chamber
Orgill
Chamber of Commerce
Memphis
Gertrude W. Barton
Robert T. Barton
Winchester
Gertrude Barton
W. Dudley Field
Bormann Reported Arrest By Berlin Radio
Berlin radio reported Martin Bormann in Allied hands with no location or official confirmation. An AP report from Hamburg said British circles think he may be a prisoner in the Russian zone.
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London
Martin Bormann
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Bormann
Associated Press
Charles Chamberlain
Hamburg
Expect Spain To Yield Tangier
Madrid reports Spain likely to accede to Allied decision restoring Tangier to international status. The action, agreed by the United States Britain Russia and France, overturns Spanish occupation since 1940 and followed talks between Spain's Foreign Minister Artajo and U S and British ambassadors.
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Madrid
Spain
Tangier
Eee Laaent
Straits of Gibralter
Paris
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Martin Artajo
U. 58
Norman Armour
Victor Mallet
219 Bahamians Due Here Sunday
Bahamans arriving to work on farms and orchards will reach the city Sunday with 219 natives expected in total. They come from the Eastern Shore to assist with truck crop harvests including tomatoes. County Agent I Fred Stine said they will be ready to work Monday and Tuesday. Nearly two hundred have already been placed and others seeking work are urged to apply promptly.
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Fred Stine
Winchester Welcomes First Peace Time Labor Day
Winchester prepares for a Labor Day weekend marked by peacetime celebration and possible V J Day proclamation. hot sunny weather with showers possible today and tonight. filling stations see rush business as a record number head to highways. local golf pools parks and the Handley library will close for the holiday. banks stores post office and offices observe the day. a Park Blair baseball game at Rouss Park is slated for Monday at 3 p.m.
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Winchester
Truman
Park
Blair
Rouss Park
Handley Library
Surrender Ceremony On Missouri Narrows World War II to End
Japanese emissaries aboard the Missouri will sign the surrender tomorrow marking the end of World War II six years after the start of hostilities in Europe. General MacArthur Nimitz and other leaders will speak as the ceremony unfolds aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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MacArthur
Poland leader links democracy to Europe place and Curzon line shifts
Polish President Boleslaw Bierut said only policies based on democratic principles could solve Poland’s problems and restore its standing in Europe. He argued for a homogeneous nation and cited the Curzon line as shaping borders with Russia and Ukraine, noting western gains valued at $9.5 million versus eastern territories valued at $0.6 million. An AP report also noted Warsaw radio announcing a new party Polski Stronnictwo Ludowe.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Boleslawbierut
Serting
Poland
Europe
Beirut
Curzon Line
Russia
Germany
London
Polski Stronnicktwo Ludowe
Winchester VJ Day Observance Planned If Truman Proclaims
The Winchester Ministerial Association announces a city wide V J Day observance at Handley High School Auditorium if President Truman proclaims tomorrow Sunday. The event would be at 8 o clock with Summer Vespers canceled and churches participating. Also notices seek a buyer for over 16 items through Pingley and Carper Cleaners and a laborer for Winchester Cold Storage Co.
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Handley High School
Winchester Ministerial Association
Garland Quares
Truman
South End Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company is scheduled for 8 o clock in the evening on the 3rd. All members are requested to be present. Howard Hart, Captain.
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South End Fire. Company
Othe South
Welcome Home Veterans From Frederick County and Winchester
The Star joins Shane Autos in welcoming veterans who have received their discharges and are resuming civilian life after honorable service. Former residents of Frederick county and Winchester are highlighted as they reintegrate into the community.
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Frederick County
Winchester
The
Star
Shane Autos
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Halsey
Spaatz
Kenney
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Ihperial General Staff
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