France Presses Reparations and Border Changes in Italy Treaty
France outlines its terms at a foreign ministers conference seeking reparations and border rectifications in Italy. Paris wants Alpine frontier adjustments, protection of Aosta Valley autonomy, an international trust for Trieste, and Fez Zan control, plus restitution for wartime thefts and a principle of Italian reparations. Russia’s stance remains unclear as Yugoslavia pushes Trieste leverage amid Balkan unrest.
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Flora Lewis
London
France
Italy
Labrigue
Tante
Roya Alley
Mediterranean
Aosta
Rome
Trieste
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Fezzan
Lake Chad
North Africa
Tunisia
Russia
Moscow
Balkans
Balkan
Soviet Union
Winchester police officer mentors city student safety program
John Kerr School area draws attention as Officer Ernest Dove, a 30 year veteran, oversees student safety for 14 years. Local police converge for training sessions with the Police Training School led by experts from the FBI State Police and ABC Board, with the Mayor watching progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerr School
Ernest Dove
Winchester
Police Department
Officer Dove
Atomic bomb tests show Hiroshima area safe for living
Maj Gen. Leslie Groves released Japanese reports claiming Hiroshima remained habitable 11 days after the blast. The findings, observed during a site visit to the crater, indicate ground and air X-ray exposure stayed below danger thresholds, suggesting limited injury risk from atomic rays except at detonation instant.
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Associated Press
Alamogordo
N. M
Hiroshima
Leslie R. Groves
Groves
Here
Nagasaki
New Mexico
Reunion for former members of Co I and HQ 3rd
There will be a reunion of Company I and Headquarters 3rd at Tokes Inn on Wednesday September 19. All who served in either company on or after June 6 1944 are urged to attend. For more information contact Major Clowe or call 3721.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokes Inn
Charlie Rouss Fire Co
Clowe
Fourteen Navy Men Die in Miami Privateer Crash
A four engine Navy Privateer crashed at the Miami Naval Air Station during a training flight killing fourteen crew members. One aviation ordnance man, W. J. De Roche, parachuted to safety but the rest perished as engines failed and the aircraft exploded after diving from about 500 feet. Names will be released after next of kin notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Miami Naval Air Station
W. J. de Roche
Naval Air Station
Navy
Public sale of farm equipment announced
Classified notice states a public sale of farm equipment on September 20. The advertisement is by W C Plundere and appears in the classified section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publis
W.C. Plundere
Wanted Laborers for Winchester Cold Storage Co
Classified notice seeking laborers for Winchester Cold Storage Company. Workers required for day shifts at the storage facility. wage and application details unspecified in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Men Wanted for Press and Labor in Cider Mill
Job advertisement from H. J. H. INZ CO. seeks employees for cider mill pressing work and general labor. Located on Valley Pike in Winchester Virginia. Position details include labor tasks and press operation. Immediate application requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. H.inz CO
Valley Pike
Winchester
Winchester city manager hurt in Route 522 crash
S Lee Grant Winchester city manager sustained compound and multiple fractures of the right ankle in a collision on Route 522 near Nineveh. George Kuhn and a soldier, William Hayton, were injured. Kuhn’s left arm required amputation at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Grant, with companions Walter Bursey and Knight Bixby, was en route to Shenandoah River to fish when the crash occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Lee Grant
Winchester
Nineveh
George Kuhn
Armel
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Grants
Walter Bursey
Knight Bixby
Shenandoah River
Grant
Kuhn
William Hayton
Marshall Hollis
Front Royal
Bursey
Bixby
Canada seeks multilateral system to expand foreign trade
M W Mackenzie, deputy minister of trade and commerce, outlines Canada's plan for a record expansion of foreign trade. He calls for a multilateral world trading system and agreements freeing international commerce, aiming to return to prewar patterns of openness. He spoke at an Advertising Sales Club luncheon in Montreal on September 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Montgomery
Montreal
Que
Canada
Dominion
M. W. Mackenzie
Striking Westinghouse Salaried Workers Reignite Dispute
Pittsburgh reports that 12 000 white collar workers at Westinghouse Electric struck anew after an apparent halt. Federation leaders summon 17 officers to Washington for talks with the National War Labor Board to urge resumption of work and seek a good faith WLB decision within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Washington
Federation of Westinghouse
National War Labor Board
WLB
Westinghouse
Federation
Leo F. Bollens
British Finance Plans Hit Snag
President Truman rejects claims that a postwar Britain loan would finance socialization. Congress crit ics push for a grant instead while Britain prefers outright aid. Talks at the State Department with William Clayton and Lord Halifax proceed on loans, trade, and surplus war property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Great Britain
Congress
Administration
Britain
William Clayton
Lord Halifax
State Department
Knutson
R-Minn
Curtis R-Neb
United Kingdom
11 Year Old Admits Burglaries In Winchester
An 11 year old from Winchester confessed to a wave of burglaries and attempted burglaries in the city. He will be sent to Richmond tomorrow for possible commitment to the State Industrial School after re arrest and jail time.
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Winchester
Richmond
State Industrial School
C. W. Hollis
Barr’s
C. S. Brumback’s
Sibert’s
State Department of Public Welfare
Children's Bureau
John Rice
Hollis
Checkerboard Feed
Valley Wholesale Corporation
Firestone
Fred Glaize Lumber
Child Welfare Department
Glaize
Bro
Barr's Orchard and Farm Supply Company
Brumback
Anc
Allies Receive Japanese Surrender in Southeast Asia
Admiral Mountbatten accepted the surrender of about 85,000 Japanese in Singapore and 500,000 in the southern regions of Southeast Asia and the East Indies from Gen Itagaki for Terauchi. The ceremony in Singapore noted Terauchi’s illness and pledged firm Allied control with justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Louis Mountbatten
Southwest Asia
East Indies
Seishiro Itagaki
Juichi Terauchi
Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
William J. Slim
R. A. Wheeler
U.S. Army
Netherlands
Australia
France
China
Council Chamber
Itagaki
Terauchi
Saigon
Big Flow of West Virginia Gas Reported
Island Creek Coal Company officials said test drilling in Logan County West Virginia under a working arrangement with Columbian Carbon Company shows about 22 million cubic feet of open flow daily, all capped. A test well struck oil in the Big Lime strata but is shut off for lack of facilities to test its extent. Officials said ordinary Big Lime production is in a limited area and further test drilling over several months is needed to determine field extent.
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New York
Island Creek ‘Coal Company
Logan County
W. Va
Columbian Carbon Company
Six Local Men Inducted Into Service
The Winchester City Draft Board announces six local men inducted into the armed forces: Preston H. Clark, Robert N. Keilas, Deucy D. Boyd, Doyle I. Peer, Julian E. Anderson and Troy B. Rhea, who transferred in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Winchester City
Preston H. Clark
Robert N. Keilas
Deucy D. Boyd
Doyle I. Peer
Julian E. Anderson
Troy B. Rhea
Police Training School Lectures To Start Tonight
About 35 law enforcement officers from the area enroll in the Winchester Police Training School tonight from 7 30 to 9 30 PM Representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will participate Sheriff W W Smallwood Jr and William O Brien of Berryville attend the Monday reception with officials from nearby towns and counties including Martinsburg Woodstock Leesburg Front Royal and Strasburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Federal Bureau of Investigation
C. R. Anderson
C. W. Hollis
H. Nathan
Richmond
W. W. Smallwood, Jr
William O'Brien
Berryville
Guy Barney
Mac Simpson
Thomas Minnick
Henry Kenney
Police Department
H. I. Allen
E. C. Clark
Martinsburg
W. L. Fultz
Jess D. Funkhouser
H. C. Pangle
Sheriff's Office
Woodstock
Charlie Crabill
James F. Moreland
Strasburg
S. C. Bell
Roger Powell
C. FP. Reed
John Thomas
Leesburg
John Williams
James Simpson
Front Royal
John Boyd
F. M. Punk
No Restrictions On Meetings Goes Into Effect
Washington reports that conventions groups and trade shows will be unrestricted from October 1 removing prior limits. The policy originally started February 1 to cut travel and hotel crowding and was loosened to allow state meetings and out of area attendance up to 150. A new order lifts all restrictions. Notice will be closed Sept 17 to Oct 1 for Gore's Repair Shop.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
New Order
Tex Ritter Live in Person at Winchester Park Friday
Tex Ritter with his Hillbilly Jamboree will appear in person at Winchester Baseball Park this Friday night. Park opens at 7 with the show starting at 8. The program will feature 12 Hollywood stars.
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Tex Ritter
Winchester
Hollywood
Bloom's Going-Out-of-Business Sale on Coats and Suits
Ladies fall coats and suits offered at sale prices during Bloom's Going-Out-of-Business event. The advertisement highlights a complete line of outerwear and tailored suits at discounted rates for a limited time.
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Bloom
March of Death Director Traced To Island Home
Tokyo dispatch reports American occupation authorities pressing the roundup of 46 Japanese war leaders and renegade Occidental figures as Gen. MacArthur lists seven Black Dragon Society terrorists. Lt Gen Masaharu Homma fled to his island home. Heinrich Georg Stahmer, German ambassador, is captured. Tojo, wounded during a failed suicide attempt, survived after a transfusion from a U S sergeant.
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Hideki Tojo
Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
International
Island Home
Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
MacArthur
Black Dragon Society
Homma ON Islands
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Heinrich Georg Stahmer
Japan
Rome-Berlin
Stahmer
Hitler
Nanking
Joachim Vor Ribbentrop
Tojo
Winchester Ends Paper and Tin Salvage Drive
Ben Belchic chair of the Winchester Salvage Committee announced the paper and tin collection has ended after the war. Waste kitchen fats remain accepted at local stations until further notice as officials tabulate results and prepare release.
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Ben Belchic
Wincheser Salvage Committee
Belchic
Winchester
Belchie
Welcome Home Veterans Receive Discharges in Frederick and Winchester
The Star welcomes Frederick county and Winchester veterans home from military service. John H. Seal Jr Wilfred B. Trenary Lawrence L. Lake and others have received their discharges and resume civilian life with honors. Public help to protect these names is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester
Star
John H. Seal, Jr
Wilfred B. Trenary
Lawrence L. Lake Te Oo
Bloom's Going Out of Business Sale Concludes Fall Children Sets
A Bloom's sale offers new fall con and logging style sets for children with reduced prices. The event spans exhibit aisles and aims to clear stock while supplies last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloom
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Lesiie Groves
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ABC Board
Howard W. Blakeslee
Miami, Fla
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