Disputes Over New Problems For Congress Flare In Open
Washington dispatch outlines a Congress week of pushing Truman’s program under a microscope. Key items include a Pearl Harbor inquiry push, a full house debate on home front problems, and unemployment pay clashes. Leaders anticipate standard time by September 30 and Meade plans a war prep master plan. Vinson seeks raises for members and the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
President Truman
James Meade
Senate War Investigating Committee
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Army
Navy
Senate
House
Train collision injures dozens near Glenwood Springs
At least 33 people hurt when a Union Pacific locomotive rammed the rear of a second westbound train near Glenwood Springs Colorado. The wreck damaged two Pullmans and derailed but did not overturn, with an Army doctor providing aid on the sidings.
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Glenwood Spring
Colo
Union Pacific
U. P
Grizly
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Here
L. T. Wright
R. G
Men Wanted for Work in Packing Houses
Help wanted for work in packing houses at Hurst Packing Co located on N Kent Winchester Virginia. Apply in person or call 3770 for details.
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Hurst Packing Co
N. Kent
Winchester
Two business college girls seek light housekeeping rooms
Two business college girls request light housekeeping rooms and provide a contact number 4701. The notice is short and focused on room needs without additional details.
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Business College
Dancing Nights at Lye and Bobee Offer Square Fun
Dancing three nights weekly from 9 to 12 with Lye and Bobee and their two ca aaere Sun. Uses Good Ole Mountain Music by the Knight Riders. Tables reserved on request. Mer. Shagy Rest (9-6-to-31).
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Lye
Bobee
Hin
The
Knight Riders
Mer
Deceased Navy Seaman H. J. Carbaugh Honored Posthumously
John Carbaugh is officially listed killed in action after the USS Helena was torpedoed in the Kula Gulf during World War II. His parents of Stephens City received a Navy letter confirming his death and a posthumous Navy Unit Commendation ribbon for crew heroism in the Solomon Islands New Georgia area.
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Harry M. Carbaugh
Stephens City
James Forrestal
Stephen City
Young Carbaugh
U.S. Navy
Stephens City High School
Norfolk
Union meeting notice for Local 71 in 1945
The regular monthly meeting of Local 71 UTWA is set for Saturday September 8 1945 at 730 PM. It will be held at the Union Hall 221 North Cameron Street. Members urged to attend. Signed Ernest Carper President.
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Union Hall
N. Cameron St
Ernest Carper
Soviet Izvestia backs hands-off policy on Romania
Izvestia declares a noninterference stance in Romania as sovereign state. It says King Mihai seeks aid from Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, while London and Washington show willingness to discuss. The paper warns against foreign meddling and contrasts with past Polish issues.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Romania
Mihai
Russia
Britain
United States
Slaughter Bans Lifted Amid Meat Supply Shifts
The OPA scrapped all slaughter limits and the fair distribution plan, affecting how livestock may be slaughtered. Bowles cited improving civilian meat supply but warned rationing could end only if marketings rise enough. The controls began last April to shift slaughter toward federally inspected plants.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
VFW Auxiliary to Hold Joint Meeting at Keffer Home
Winchester Post veterans and auxiliary plan a joint gathering at 4 PM tomorrow at Commander J E Keffer 315 Gray Avenue. Last outdoor meeting of the year urges full turnout with refreshments prepared by the ladies and invites soldiers who served overseas.
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Winchester Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
J. E. Keffer
Gray Avenue
Keffer
J. W. Grove Furniture Co Stock Reported
A fragment notes ball runners, borders, and a 52c running yard with J. W. Grove Furniture Co listed along with figures 9-8-1p-2.
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J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Unrest on U S labor front grows with new stoppages
Associated Press reports rising idle workers across industries as about 40 separate stoppages emerge after Japan's surrender. Ford plants in Detroit halt production amid broader strikes. coal, steel, gas, and rubber sectors join the wave, with West Virginia gas lines guarded by state troopers and wage disputes noted by unions and the War Labor Board.
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Associated Press
Me Ligsen SC
Japan
Central Kentucky Natural Gas Company
Lexington
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Ford Company
Detroit Motor Companies
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Ford
Chicago
Providence Hospital
B. F. Goodrich Company
Arkon
Onsolidated Steel Corporation
Beaumont
Tex
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Charleston
W. Va
Clarence M. Meadows
Huntington
West Virginia
United Fuel Gas Company
CIO
Oil Workers Union
War Labor Board
Processors' Apple Ceilings Announced for Growers
The OPA and Department of Agriculture announced higher processors' ceilings for apples this year due to an smaller crop. Prices: US No. 1 canners two and a quarter inches up class A 5.60 per hundred pounds, class B 4.55. US No. 2 canners two and a quarter inches up class A 3.00, class B 2.70, ciders 1.65. Class A includes Stayman Yorks Grimes Golden Delicious. Class B covers all others.
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OPA
Department of Agriculture
Grimes
Showers May Hold Off Over Week End
Virginia forecast says thunderstorms may hold off until Monday with warm, humid tonight and Sunday. Maryland forecast mirrors the pattern in West Virginia with scattered showers possible Sunday afternoon. Winchester reported 86 at noon and a 65 low last night.
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Virginia
Maryland
West V
Winchester
Heinz seeks cider apples in Winchester Virginia
The H. J. Heinz Company on Valley Pike Winchester Virginia advertises for cider apples. The notice calls for suppliers to contact Heinz for participation in apple procurement.
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H. J. Heinz CO
Valley Pike
Winchester
MacArthur Enters Tokyo as Occupation Begins
General MacArthur and First Cavalry Division enter Tokyo with armed troops and raise the U S flag at the embassy grounds signaling Allied occupation. The decisive act contrasts with any parade as troops move quietly, signaling hope and victory amid surrender.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
U. S
Hirohito
Wainwright Leads Return of Former Captives
General Wainwright returns to the U S on the van guard of liberated Allied personnel from Japanese captivity en route to Washington. He is to attend a victory parade in San Francisco and file an official report on his treatment. Naval personnel also begin arriving home after direct Tokyo Bay to San Francisco flights.
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Associated Press
Wainwright
America
Bataan and Corregidor
Hamilton Field
Calif
Honolulu
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Hawaii
Washington
United States
Navy
Tokyo Bay
San Francisco Bay
Navy Air Transport Service
Oakland
Singapore
Tokyo
China
Manila
Fenwick Spent over $7,000 in Democratic primary expenses
Richmond report shows Lt Col Charles R. Fenwick spent 7060.62 on his campaign with 2076 printing 2317 multigraphing mailing 480 ads 372 radio 572 clerical 636 telegraph. L Preston Collins listed 4200 HQ costs and 600 out-of-pocket. B Stallard and James Gardner filed smaller totals. Muse and major statewide candidates had not filed yet.
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Richmond
Charles R. Fenwick
L. Preston Collins
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Collins
Leonard G. Muse
William M. Tuck
Moss A. Plunkett
House of Delegates
Beecher E. Stallard
James E. Gardner
C. F. Blackwell
Lunenburg
Fenwick
Pearl Harbor attack deemed too successful by Japanese official
Tokyo reports the Pearl Harbor strike was too successful and left no plan for a landing or further operations. Navy secretary Imamura and Admiral Takata describe limited Japanese aims and misjudged defense, noting carriers, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers involved. They also cite 126 Japanese submarines lost with 60 remaining at surrender and speculate on the Indianapolis sinking by I-13.
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Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Naval Ministry
Ryonosuke Imamura
Hawaii
Toshitane Takata
Third Fleet
Midway
Imamura
Paka
Japan
U. S
Indianapolis
Leyte
Beating Girl to Death Shocks Uniontown Community
A medically discharged veteran, Frederick I. Hauser aged 19, confessed to beating 17 year old Anna Elizabeth Dreyer known as the Sunshine Girl of Fayette City. He said he assaulted her after meeting at a restaurant, dragged her from a car, and strangled her with a belt after the attack.
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Uniontown
Anna Elizabeth Dreyer
Andrew Hudak
Frederick I. Hauser
State Police Corp
Charles H. Dewitt
Hauser
Miss Dreyer
Germany
Clearbrook Woolen Mill adopts five day week and wage raise
W H Lawrence Jr owner of the Clearbrook Woolen Company said war contract cancellations have not stopped operations. Next week all workers will be employed full time civilian production on woolens for women's sports wear. The mill continues two shifts and shortens the work week to five days while hourly wages rise to maintain overall pay.
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W. H. Lawrence, Jr
Clearbrook Woolen Company
Lawrence
Dr Courtney Grim Promoted To Captain
Mr and Mrs Hugh R Grim of National Avenue have been advised of their son Dr Courtney R Grim being promoted to captain in the Veterinary Corps of the 6th Service Command. He is stationed in Detroit Michigan.
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Hugh R. Grim
National Avenue
Courtney R. Grim
Capt
Grim
Veterinary Corps
6Th Service Command
Detroit
Mich
Yank Prisoners Cornered Soap Market In Jails
ATSUGI Japan Sept 8 American prisoners of war at Kawasaki hid in a chemical plant warehouse found 1000 cans of soap and sold about 250 cans to civilians and soldiers for 150 yen each. Sgt Morris Birmingham related that guards could not stop the operation as the Japanese avoided the warehouse.
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Atsugi
Japan
Kawasaki
Morris Birmingham
Manchester
N. H
Philippine Islands
Tokyo-Yokohama
Pacific
Birmingham
Yokohama
Americans Reach Korean Port
Elements of Lt. Gen. Hodge's 24th Army Corps landed at Jinsei in Korea at 3 p.m. local time to begin occupying Japan's vessel country. Seventh amphibious group craft led the assault as escort carriers and warships provided air and sea cover for the transports and destroyer escorts. The approach from Naha Okinawa faced tide flats and shallow channels as Japanese forces were moved inland to maintain order.
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Richard K. O'Malley Jinsen
Korea
Hodge
24Th Army Corps
Yellow Sea
Japan
Seventh Amphibious Group
Naha
Okinawa
Jinsei
First Cavalry Division At Tokyo Embassy Flag Raising
Maj Gen William C ane and First Cavalry Division wait at Chofu as MacArthur arrives for a Tokyo ceremony. The flag raises atop the chancery while three cavalry veterans hoist the 30 foot pole under a band. Admiral Halsey and Lt Col Walsh attend. no Japanese present.
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William C. Ane
First Cavalry Division
Tokyo
Chofu
Mos
Waldens
MacArthur
Yolkhama
MacAniow
Admiral Halsey
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eighth
Honshu
Chase
Eichelberger
William J. Cochrane
Joplin
Charles R. Shepshear Jackson
Ohio
Morton Copenhaver
Humboldt
Kans
Philippines
Eugene Patrick Walsh
Richmond
Wanted Buy Over Sixteen Apply Pingley and Carper
Classified notice seeking a buyer over sixteen offered by Pingley and Carper cleaners. Note references indicate employment or service context with names of the business and agents. No further details provided in readable text.
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Pingley
Singer Sewing Machine for Sale in Like New Condition
Portable electric model also like new. Located at 104 W. Bosca wen St with listings indicating mechanical condition and sale opportunity.
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Singer
Boscawen St
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Frances Prystalski
Grand Jury
Judge Prystalski
International Soundphoto
John Carbaugh
Sec. of Navy
H. John Carbaugh, C
Eddy Gilmore
Apple Ceilings
Hope
Stacy
Trinspeed
Australia
Diet
Capitol
Rome
Berlin
Gen. Wainwright
Winfield Scott Cunningham
Wake Island
Shanghai Municipal
Mukden
Manchuria
Presser
Pingley & Carper
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Clearbrook Mill
Courtney Grim
Nippons
Vern Haugland
Korean
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