Congress Eyes Inevitable Postwar Jobs And Military Reform
Congress charges into postwar work with plans to speed recruiting by making Army life more appealing, ease discharge for servicemen, and probe Pearl Harbor. Debates on unemployment pay airport funding surplus goods and equal rights for women accompany notices of local shop closings and job ads.
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Washington
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Edwin C. Johnson
D.-Colo
Senate Military Committee
House Military Committee
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Kilgore
D.W. Va
Senate Banking Committee
Judiciary Committee
Peace Talks Focus On Italy At Allied Foreign Ministers Meet
London reports that Secretary Byrnes led a discussion among the foreign ministers of the United States Britain France Russia and China with Italy as the first peace topic. Italy’s colonies likely enter trusteeship with UN supervision while Dodecanese islands may go to Greece.
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London
James F. Byrnes
Italy
Russia
Great Britain
France
China
Byrnes
United States
United Nations
Greece
Dodecanese
Turkey
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
Italian Eritrea
Ethiopia
Cyrenaica
Libya
Here
Washington
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Potsdam
U. S
Britain
Georges Bidault
Soviet Union
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Wang Shih-Chieh
Archbishop Damaskinos
Balkan
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Wanted Laborers for Winchester Cold Storage Co
Help wanted for Winchester Cold Star Co. seeks laborers with steady work. Apply at Winchester facilities or send inquiries for employment opportunities and job details.
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Winchester Cold Starjase Co
Delay In Ending War Would Be a Boon To Farmers
Washington dispatch notes a delayed official end to the war could save farmers millions by extending price supports. If the end is after Jan 1, 1946, supports run to 1949. if earlier, only through 1947. Truman says the time has not yet arrived. Parity goals aim to keep farmer purchasing power stable.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculturepartment
Truman
Agriculture Department
Abolition of War Time Nears House Passage
Washington reports the House Interstate Commerce Committee backed ending war time this month to restore standard time at 2 a.m. Sunday, September 30. Rep. Boren predicts quick House approval with no dissent and eventual Senate action.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Boren
D-Okla
House
Britain Aims for 3 Billion Aid Over Three Years
The Anglo American economic talks open with Britain seeking at least 3 billion dollars in aid over three years. Key players include Lord Halifax and Secretary Clayton, with U S figures Vinson Eccles Crowley and Wallace leading the American side. Talks will run alongside committees negotiating lend lease and trade terms.
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Washington
United States
Lord Halifax
William L. Clayton
Halifax
United States—Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Leo T. Crowley
Henry Wallace
Amos Taylor
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Lord Keynes
Treasury
Robert H. Brand
British Treasury
Many Students Get Work Permits
The county board allowed up to two weeks for students to obtain work permits for farm and orchard harvests. Clarke county took the opposite stance, denying permits due to sufficient adult labor. County official S. Fred Stine warned that farm labor is acutely needed.
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County Superintendent of Schools
Clarke County
S. Fred Stine
Advance Weather Forecast for Winchester Sept 12 16
The five day outlook from the advance forecast calls for slightly above normal precipitation in Winchester Wednesday through Sunday. District Four Virginia sees fair cool Wednesday, increasing clouds and rising temps Thursday, showers Friday and Saturday, cooler Saturday, and mild Sunday with near normal temps. Precipitation totals will be above normal in northern portions and near normal in southern areas. District Five including West Virginia expects fair cool Wednesday Thursday, showers Friday, then cool generally fair Saturday and Sunday with temps near normal and precipitation near to a little above normal.
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Winchester
District Four
Virginia
West Virginia
Tojo Takes Own Life as MacArthur Forces Move
Tokyo Sept 11 Hideki Tojo the wartime premier shot himself as American operatives moved to arrest him near his farm home outside Tokyo. He was reported dying and later alive after blood transfusions offered a 50 50 chance of life. MacArthur also ordered dissolution of the Imperial General Headquarters and censorship to curb unrest, signaling hard occupation measures in Japan.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
MacArthur
Tojo
Japan
Associated Press
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Imperial General Headquarters
Nippon Militarism
Inci
America
Ao Meeins
Russell Brines
Scolds Governor In Strike Action
The CIO West Virginia Industrial Union Council leader John B. Easton criticized Governor Clarence W. Meadows for deploying state troopers to protect United Fuel Gas Company strikebound lines. Easton urged the governor to hear the union’s side before acting, while an arbitration conference between the company and CIO affiliate Oil Workers International Union proceeded under State Labor Commissioner Charles J. F. Sattler.
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Charleston
W. Va
John B. Easton
CIO
West Virginia Industrial Union Council
Clarence W. Meadows
United Fuel Gas Company
Easton
Oil Workers International Union
Charles J. F. Sattler
Meadows
Sattler
Circuit Court
10Th District
Secret police chief vows no secret movements in Japan
Lt Gen Jo Imura head of the Kempei Tai in Tokyo says the organization will be disbanded by October 15 and there will be no secret underground movements. He asserts peace as the goal under imperial will and pledges to keep down action against occupation troops.
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AL Dopking
Tokyo
Kempei-Tai
Japan
Jo Imura
Imura
Otogoro Ishida
Imperial Palace
New Guinea
New Celebres
Okida
Ishida
County Gold Star Mother To Receive Son's High Award
Mrs. Learie F. Hockman of Middletown Frederick county will receive the Silver Star Medal posthumously awarded to her son Private First Class Franklin L. Hockman. He was killed in action in the Philippine Operations Area. The War Department citation notes his gallantry on 11 December 1944 he crawled under heavy fire, killed an enemy position crew and two riflemen, and was mortally wounded.
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Richmond
Learie F. Hockman
Middletown
Frederick County
Franklin L. Hockman
Third Service Command
Pfc. Hockman
U. S
War Department
Pvt. Hockman
Pvt
Hockman
Tojo Shoots Self Amid Quest to Question by MacArthur
Tokyo dispatch reports Hideki Tojo, former Japanese premier, attempted suicide with two pistols and harakiri knives as American officers moved to arrest him for questioning by General MacArthur. Doctors later revived him with plasma but Tojo expressed sorrow for East Asian peoples and insisted he preferred death to trial.
Four Accidents Within Week In Frederick County
Four accidents within the past week in Frederick County were investigated by the County Sheriff's office. A schoolgirl was struck by a motorist but escaped serious injuries. Other crashes involved cars or a car and truck and occurred on U S Route 50 and Route 261 near Gore and Winchester.
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Frederick County
Sheriff's Office
U.S
Gore
Hazel Coates
Ray M. Fries
RFD
Winchester
Here
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Isaac P. Brady
Snyder
Texas
Eugene Ailes, Jr
Romney
Edna Cornwell
Rom
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