Inducements Are Held Out For Soldiers To Sign Again
President Truman pushes broad unemployment compensation while Navy pledges rapid demobilization with 764000 enlisted and 75000 officers to be released by Christmas. Congress debates expansion, floor battle looms. House action today on inducement bill could trigger draft-demobilization fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol
Navy
Senate
White House
Barkley
Senator McKellar
D.tenn
George
D.-Ga
Rayburn
D.-Tex
House
McCormick
Massachusetts
Louis E. Denfeld
Senate Military Committee
Denfeld
House Military Committee
Army
Clyde M. Reed
R.-Kas
Pearl Harbor
National Dog Week poem feature from Homes and Gardens
In observance of National Dog Week a Berton Braley poem is republished. The verses celebrate the bond between a dog and a child, their shared adventures, and the joy they bring as they move through life together. An advertisement for farm equipment sale appears inside.
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Berton Braley
Homes and Gardens
United Brethren Pre Conference Meetings Ahead of 146th Virginia Session
Church events in Winchester set the stage for the Virginia conference of the United Brethren Church with 250 delegates expected. Pre conference meetings include boundary committee, retirement and widows aid board, and administration council sessions. A public worship service features Rev R S Wilson delivering the sermon with Organ preludes and choral music. Bishop J B Showers will preside at the opening communion service with liturgy and the hymn All Hail the Power of Jesus Name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Christian Education
Winchester
United Brethren Church
Virginia Conference of the
R. S. Wilson
D. D
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Oliver
J. E. Oliver
Paul Slonaker
Broadway
Wayne Omps
Bishop Showers
J. Paul Gruver
Berkeley Springs
L. G. Bridgers
Jesus
17 Air Routes Being Proposed For This State
Richmod Va Sept 17 Plans for establishing a network of airlines to serve every major city in Virginia will be considered by the State Corporation Commission at hearings Sept 24. Greyhound Skyways of Virginia (Inc) and others seek routes from DC to the Tennessee line and from Roanoke to Norfolk Lynchburg Martinsville and more. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway opposes granting authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Greyhound
Greyhound Skyways of Virginia, Inc
District of Columbia
Tennessee State Line
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Roanoke
Wytheville
West Virginia State Line
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Martinsville
Atlantic Western Airlines, Inc
Danville
Chesapeak and Ohio Railway
Virginia Stage Lines, Inc
Rosslyn
Bristol
Front Royal
Waynesboro
Staynton
Clifton Forge
Bluefield
Riston
Charlottesville
Lynchurg
Galax
Fredercksburg
Hoover Proposes Safeguards for U S Economy Postwar
Former President Herbert Hoover laid out a 12 point plan in Chicago urging safeguards and moratoriums on postwar debt. He called for destruction of lend lease weapons, controlled foreign loans, and a world wide surplus exchange while warning against new burdens and propaganda against the American system.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Executives Club of
Hoover
United States
Europe
America
Hurricane Boils Up Anew Heading Toward Seaboard
The tropical hurricane that hit southern Florida and caused extensive damage moved up the coast toward South Carolina with center near Parris Island. forecasters expect winds to rise along the Carolinas while warning levels drop south of Cape Hatteras. Heavy rains and high tides threaten Norfolk and Tidewater as the storm shifts inland.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
South Carolina
Parris Island
U. S
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Brunswick
Charleston
S. C
U.S
Key Largo
Richmond
Carolina
Atlanta
New York
New England
John McCormack Dies In Ireland
Noted tenor John McCormack died at 61 in Booters Town County Dublin after bronchial pneumonia following a week-long cold. Survived by wife Lily Foley and son Cyril, with daughter-in-law Mrs Edward Pyke in Lancashire not present. He rose to fame after Cavalleria Rusticana at Covent Garden.
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Dublin
John McCormack
Athlone
Booters Town
County Dublin
Cyril
Lily Foley
London
Covent Garden Opera House
McCormick
Edward Pyke
Kirkham
Lancashire
McKinley Chapter OES Members Attend Armored Chambers Funeral
Members of McKinley Chapter No. 19 O E S are asked to meet at the Episcopal Church Tuesday at 2 45 p m to attend the funeral of Sister Armored Chambers. W M Nancy Jones presiding
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O. E
McKinley Chapter
Episcopal
Armored Chambers
W. M
Nancy Jones
Dissolution of Aluminum Firm Asked By Clark
Attorney General Tom C. Clark urged Congress to split Alcoa into competing firms to boost national security and industry prosperity. He argued single dominance harms war production and that independent operators cannot compete with Alcoa’s advantages.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Congress
Aluminum Company of American
Alcoa
Clark
Pittsburg
Aluminum Aer of America
É& Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Rainy and Cold Weather Dominates Weekend in Virginia
A rainy spell kept steady through the day with no let up expected until Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures plunged to 51 last night and barely reached 53 by early afternoon. Forecasters warn of lingering cool, windy conditions with daily rainfall totals for September reaching 4.03 inches at Research Laboratory and the 1945 year-to-date subtotal at 40.04 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Winchester Research Laboratory
Maryland
West Virginia
Changes In Rent Control OPA Regulations
Changes in Rent Regulation effective September 15 strengthen eviction limits under OPA control. Landlords now may face a six month waiting period before initiating eviction actions after title transfer, replacing three months, with local rent offices allowed to adjust by area. The certificate system continues, awaiting local review to curb inflated rents and inflationary pressures.
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OPA
Lunsi. Loving
Roanoke
Lunsford
Cider Milk Press Man and Laborer Jobs Open
Men wanted to work in cider milk as press man and laborers. Heinz Co. invites applicants at Valley Pike Winchester Virginia. Employment ad seeks workers for production roles and labor tasks with no additional details.
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Heinz CO
Valley Pike
Winchester
For Sale Chicken Netting at Sears Order Office
69 inch high chicken netting with 2 inch mesh sold in 150 foot rolls for 3.73 dollars. Limited quantity in stock at the Sears Order Office located at 121 S. Loudoun St. Dial 9 15 1p 2t for details.
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Sears
S. Loudoun St
Dial
Slavs Claim All Venezia Giulia as Trieste Talks Open
Yugoslav embassy submits a 9000 word memorandum to the Big Five arguing for control of Trieste Venezia Giulia and the Dalmatian lands. Italy favors prewar borders with possible small adjustments, while the U S and Britain tilt toward Italy. the fate of colonies remains to be decided.
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Flora Lewis
London
Trieste
Venezia Giulia
Monfalcone
Trzic
Edward Karel
Belgrade
Italy
Fiume
Yugoslavia
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Poland
Istrian
Alli
Air Five
United Nations
Auto workers row grows as 80 thousand idle in Detroit area
Detroit area faces a big labor stand off as 80 000 workers idle amid UAW CIO push for a 30 percent wage rise. Strikes and layoffs total 70 000 in Detroit and 10 000 in Windsor Ontario while possible national strike votes loom for 500 000 across auto plants. Ford and GM report idled workforces and a September meeting to decide on strike votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Windsor
Ont
Uaw-Cio
Auto World
Ford
Henry Ford II
General Motors
UAW
Nylon stocking run in Dallas as 1200 pairs vanish
Two hour rush at a Dallas department store ends with 1200 nylons sold out amid a line of shoppers. Officials say these stockings are the first postwar retail stock to arrive. A man leads the crowd in size nine while a woman complains of stockings that run up and down her legs.
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Dallas
U.S. landings hailed as greatest wartime gamble
Tokyo reports MacArthur says the American invasion of Japan was history's biggest gamble and, because of its success, occupation forces may shrink to 200000 within six months. He notes rapid demobilization as ships become available and 200000 can sustain unaided forces. 27 war crimes suspects detained. 17 at large. divisions to return home.
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Tokyo
Japan
Eighth Army
MacArthur
Manila
Russia
Korea
Higashi-Kuni
Admiral Halsey
Tokyo Bay
Admiren Terashima
Tojo
Admiral Terashima
Yokohama
Nazi Gangsters On Trial At British War Court
Josef Kramer known as the Beast of Belsen leads 47 others in a British military court in Loeneborg. First day focuses on arraignments with the trial expected to run about three weeks. Conviction could bring death, life imprisonment, confiscation of property, or fines.
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Loeneberg
Josef Kramer
Belsaen
Kramer
Japanese Foreign Minister Resigns Name Shigemitsu Succeeded by Yoshida
Japanese sources report Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu resigned after the first stage of allied occupation. Shi geru Yoshida, former ambassador to London, was informed of appointment but could not reach Tokyo in time. The move reportedly followed Premier Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni's decision to shift after Japan’s surrender.
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Tokyo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
London
Yoshida
Olso
Shigemitsu
Naruhiko Higeshi-Kuni
Hideki Tojo
Kuniaki Koiso
Tojo
China
Higashi- Kuni
Hachiro Arita
Arita
MacArthur
Higashi-Kuni
Pearl Harbor
Cahinet
Ntoenes
Hayashi-Kuni
Charges Dropped for Rev. C Worthington Lowe
On the recommendation of Commonwealth Attorney James P. Reardon a felony charge against Rev. C Worthington Lowe was nolle pressed in Corporation Court. Judge Burr P. Harrison presided as the matter concluded quickly this morning. Lowe, accused of writing a check without sufficient funds, waived a grand jury and entered a not guilty plea, represented by John P. Allen.
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Commonwealth
James P. Reardon
Welcome Home Veterans Returning to Civilian Life
The Star welcomes Frederick county and Winchester veterans who have received discharges and resume civilian life. Readers are asked to help by sending names of rural men listed as returning home and rejoining the community.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Star
Baby strollers for sale at J. W. Grove Furniture Co
In December 1946 J. W. Grove Furniture Co advertises baby strollers priced at 12.50. The listing appears under Loudoun Street location with a shop in sequence 125 S. Loudoun St.
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J. W. Grove Purniture ‘Co
S. Loudoun St
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Dr. Wilson
Seaboard
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F. B. Whitney
Whitney
Ireland
Ridgewood Fruit Industries
Merriman Lane
Dalmatian Islands
U. S. Landings
Shanghai
Imperial Hotel
Missouri
Lowe
George 8
Taylor Lawrence P. Ritter
Frank Edwarda Pope Virgil Hector Eskridge
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