Recruiting Office Announces Sergeant Biehn Return
George Rausch of the local Recruiting Office announced that Sergeant Clarence Biehn has returned to duty in the Winchester area after four years away. Biehn, a longtime recruiter in the district, previously served at Fort Meade and has personally enlisted over four thousand men. A Baltimore release notes vacancies in Washington Salisbury Hagerstown Cumberland and Winchester and that applicants must be former servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Rausch
Clarence Biehn
Biehn
Winchester
Army
Baltimore
Washington
Salisbury
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Radio Programs Broadcasts on Key Stations
Daylight saving times shown for all listed programs across major stations. Station call letters and program names reflect schedule entries. Listings cover morning to late evening segments with brief program notes where available.
Henry Morgan shines in ABC Tuesday night lineup
New show season opens with Henry Morgan satire on ABC to evoke memories of Ray Knight's Cuckoos. Critics praise the program while old-timers recall classic radio humor as NBC CBS and MBS schedule a mix of dramas music and talk.
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New York
Henry Morgan
ABC
Ray Knight
Cuckoos
NBC
Olmstead Playhouse
Edward E. Horton
Vaughn Monroe
CBS
MBS
Carrington
Eddie Dooley
Episcopalians Hear Heads Of Church Speak
In Philadelphia at the 55th Triennial General Convention Arch Bishop Geof Francis Fisher called political mishandling of Germany a barrier to spiritual and economic reconstruction. He urged the church to bring hope to occupied countries while praising German churches for their efforts amid constraints. Retiring presiding bishop Henry St George Tucker warned millions of unchurched Americans pose a church challenge and said meeting that need begins at home.
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Philadelphia
Canterbury
Church of England
Germany
Protestant Episcopal Church
Geof Francis Fisher
Churches of England
Henry St. George Tucker
Richmond
America
Funeral services for Woodstock businessman Joseph Holtzman
Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning for Joseph William Holtzman 91 prominent Woodstock business man who died Wednesday He was proprietor of hotels at New Market Mt Jackson and Woodstock for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph William Holtzman
Woodstock
New Market
Mt. Jackson
Watermelon Festival Set at John Miller Farm on Shenandoah
The Clarke County farm event will occur Sunday September 15 along the Shenandoah river. Local organizers announced the annual Watermelon Festival featuring farm produce and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miller
Clarke
Shenandoah River
Clarke County
Toy
Cattle Grading System Details on Meat Quality Rules
A cattle grading explanation describes how a packer may buy cattle with expected Grade A meat. If graders rate the meat lower, ceilings are reduced. if graded higher than A, ceilings rise, affecting sale prices and ceilings.
Downing Street Moves Against London Squatters Clash
London police acting on Prime Ministerial orders blocked access to food for hungry squatters occupying luxury flats and hotels. Squatters planned to appeal to King George VI amid mass meetings, while the government denounced the tactic as unlawful incitement and threatened criminal conspiracy charges.
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London
No. 10 Downing Street
George VI
Trafalgar Square
Leicester Square
Diversified Septembers Bulletins From Across Nations
A compendium of brief items reports a Long Beach mariner planning a Tahiti voyage, a South Hill traffic crash injuring six, a Fredericksburg life sentence for a murder tied to a robbery, disciplinary action for Trieste guards, Virginia forest road expansions costing 110000, Romania establishing an International Court of Justice with broad support, and two Salisbury defendants to be executed in Virginia’s electric chair.
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Trieste
13Th Corps
Richmond
Salisbury
George Samuel Broughton
Virginia Electric Chair
Government probes 300 entities in textile black market
U S government agents investigate 300 corporations and individuals nationwide for black market textile dealings. The probe targets diversions of cotton textiles above OPA ceilings and frauds involving priorities, with reports spanning from the raw state to finished goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justic Department
Ien
Mississippi
New York
Senator Connolly Withdraws as War Investigating Chair
Paris September 12 Senator Tom Connolly Democrat from Texas bowed out as potential successor to the War Investigating Committee chairmanship. In a cable to Chairman James Mead he said his duties at the Paris Conference and later at the United Nations General Assembly prevent his acceptance of the post. The committee is free to elect whom it desires.
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Paris
Tom Connolly
D-Tex
War Investigating Committee
James Mead
United Nations General Assembly
Green Blames Wage Stabilization Board For Maritime Strike
William Green AFL president said in Atlantic City that the current maritime strike stems from WSB interference in talks between seamen and ship operators. He claimed the board refused to permit the existing agreement between crews and operators to operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
William Green
AFL
Wage Stabilization Board
Green
United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steam Fitters
United States
Conede
APL
WSB
Attendance prizes and visitors at Kiwanis event
Rausch Butler W Allen Perry and W A Rooker listed attendees. M B Clowe Sr won the attendance prize a handsome pen and pencil set. Visiting Kiwanis included W H Heitt of Richmond and A T Webber of Baltimore. John Babbage of Baltimore was guest of F Amos Shyrock amid a close Whiz Bangs Go Getters club contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
W. Allen Perry
W. A. Rooker
M. B. Clowe
W. H. Heitt
Richmond
A. T. Webber
Baltimore
John Babbage
F. Amos Shyrock
Is Brooklyn Part of New York City
Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City and has not been a separate municipality since 1897.
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Brooklyn
New York City
Maritime Strike Raises Stakes for Labor and Government
The dispute pits the AFL and CIO seafarers against wage patterns set by the Wage Stabilization Board and the Shipping Board. Steelman coordinates government mediation as CIO warns of a general walkout while the White House faces a pivotal decision affecting economic stability and shipyard labor.
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Steelman
WSB
AFL
CIO
Stelman
Ross
Maritime Commission
Commission
White House
W. Wilard Wirtz
Wage Stabilization Board
Committee For Maritime Unity
CMU
New York
Truman
John R. Steelman
New Map of the United States with insets and tables
An up to date five color map edition measuring 21 by 28 inches includes Alaska and Hawaii insets and detached territories plus the Republic of the Philippines. The reverse lists state area and population, 200 largest cities, travel distance tables by air rail and highway and a feature on scenic places in each state. Fifteen cents postpaid via The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
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United States
Alaska
Hawai
Republic of the Philippines
Sylvania Joins American Viscose Organization Today
American Viscose Corporation acquires Sylvania Industrial, forming the Sylvanian Division. Stockholders approved on August 6. Sylvania operates seven plants in Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia with 21 000 employees. Sylvania Industrial has one plant in Fredericksburg Virginia with about 2 000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Viscose Corporation
Sylvania Industrial Corporation
William C. Appleton
Frank H. Reichel
Sylvania
Sylvanian
American Viscose Corp
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Fredericksburg
Guard Of Honor Awaits Arrival Of U. S. Airmen
An honor guard of 50 military police waited with state and war department officials for the arrival of the bodies of five American airmen shot down by Yugoslav fighters. An army transport from Rome, with a stop at Westover Field, Mass, is due this afternoon. Coffins will be moved to Arlington National Cemetery for burial near the World War I Unknown Soldier after confirmation of later arrangements.
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Washington
War Departments
Rome
Westover Field
Westover
Arlington National Cemetery
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Correct quiz responses listed by number across categories include locations Tennessee Puerto Rico Arkansas and dates August 14 October 1 and a Japan surrender context. Notable figures include percentages and associations with specific regions.
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Tennessee
Puerto Rico
Japan
Arkansas
Virginians Named Civilian Medical Consultants to War Secretary
Dr. John B. McKee of Winchester and Dr. Benjamin W. Rawles of Richmond appear on a War Department list of 111 civilian consultants to the Secretary of War. The physicians, classified in internal medicine, join Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk in expanding medical oversight for soldiers. About 90 consultants were named previously, with more to come as the program expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. McKee
West Boscawen Street
Winchester
Benjamin W. Rawles
Richmond
War Department
Secretary of War
Army
Kirk
Hello on the telephone origin and Washburn brothers in Congress
Edison is credited with starting the practice of saying Hello to answer the telephone as described in Thomas Alva Edison by Francis R. Jones. Four Washburn brothers served in the U S House of Representatives in the 19th century, with three serving concurrently. A service member who held Army and Navy status since 1939 should submit both discharge certificates to the last service.
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South Cameron and
East
Leicester Streets
W. L. Dudley
Cameron Street
Thomas Alva Edison
Francis R. Jones
Edison
U. S
House of Representatives
Washburn
Cadwallader C. Washburn
Wisconsin
Washburn, Jr
Maine
Elihu B. Washburn
Illinois
William D. Washburn
Minnesota
Army
Navy
Do lightning favors tall trees like pines
Lightning tends to strike tall objects such as pine trees, flag poles, and church steeples because they provide the shortest path between the cloud and the ground, while no tree is inherently more susceptible.
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Herbert Wilkins
Shenandoah Area Council
Betty Mowery
Strasburg
Eloise Ransbottom
Purcellville
Frances Wiley
the Plains
Constance Goode
Charles Town
W. Va
Mary J. McCone
Garland R. Quarles
Handley
Pg A
G. B. Masters Life Insurance Co
Floorlife
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Joseph Holtzman
Herbert
Larrick
Downing Street
Bulletins
Drug Addiction Cure
Long Beach
Calif
Robert Smith
South Seas
Tahiti
Smith
Frank Smith
Portland
Ore
South Hill
William Francis Harvey
Culpeper
Harvey
Spotsylvania
O. J. Beckerman
Virginia National Forests
Forest Service
George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
Romanian Political and Territorial Commission
International Court of Justice
Britain
Australia
Canada
India
New Zealand
South Africa
France
Soviet Union
Russia
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Senator Connolly
LABOR
Rausch
Lake Success
N. Y
Spain
United Nations
U. N. Economic and Social Council
Nikolai Feonov
Council
All Nations
Central Opium Board
Iceland
Orly
N. Braddock St
Maritime Strike
The
Winchester Evening Star
Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington 2
Handley School
Guard of Honor
John McKee
U. S. War
Norman T. Kirk
Armed Ser
Glaize & Bro
Brumback’s
Haldeman
J. G. Holsinger & Son
Court Square
Pine Motor CO
Dodge- Plymouth
Chapman Motor CO
Food Center
Adam Fall
B. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
Winchester Furniture CO
South Loudoun St
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Frederick, MD
Write — Box
Care of Winchester Evening Star
Duff
E. Piccadilly St
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