War controls on Spain and Argentina up for review
Washington reports wartime economic controls on Spain and Argentina may be sharply modified or abandoned as Britain and the United States weigh continued joint enforcement. Key issues include whether agreed measures can continue and if limits suit American trade alone. Coal shipments to Spain and oil supplies are central, with Spain receiving no US coal lately and oil allocations under debate in Anglo American talks.
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Washington
Spain
Argentina
United States
Britain
Buenos Aires
Madrid
London
Europe
Loyalty Poem Reflects National Dog Week Theme
In Mr Winchester's column, a poem from Anne Campbell of Poor Richard's Dog Yarns is reprinted for National Dog Week September 28 to 6 22. It asserts loyalty cannot be bought and praises a dog as a source of faithful friendship, happiness, and protection.
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Jong
Anne Campbell
Richard
Cider App Wanted At Ridgewood Industries Plant
CIDER AP WANTED At Ridgewood Industries plant on Merriman Lane. Phone 5938. (9-17-6t) Diamond Cab Service open 24 hours. Office West Water opposite Lutheran Church. Dial 4841 for quick service. (9-20-1p-6t)
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Diamond
West Water
Lutheran Church
Cider AP
Ridgewood
Lloyd Wilson resigns as C P president in Virginia
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia directors accepted Lloyd B. Wilson’s resignation as president and named him chairman of the board effective October 1. Mark R. Sullivan was elected president to succeed Wilson. Sullivan is with AT T and previously led Operations and Engineering. Similar actions occurred at related C P Telephone Companies.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
Lloyd B. Wilson
Mark R. Sullivan
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Wilson
Sullivan
Chesapeake and Potomac
Washern
Baltimore and
West Virginia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies
California
Bell System
Department of Operations and Engineering
Town Meeting Series Opens October 6 1945
The 1945 46 Town Meeting series starts October 6 at 8:00 p m at the George Washington Hotel with debate on Should Government Guarantee Jobs For All The Town Meeting Committee secured speakers after a Washington trip. H R Baukhage and Mrs Charles Estes aid in arranging. Public invited no admission. The Murray Full Employment Bill of 1945 as key long term policy to address unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Hotel
Washington
H. R. Baukhage
Charles Estes
Junior Board of Trade
American Legion
Kiwanis Club
Lions’ Club
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Murray
Byrd backs voluntary enlistments for occupation forces
Senator Harry F. Byrd advocates voluntary enlistments for the Japan and Germany occupations and introduces legislation to end the draft if successful. He says many would stay in the regular Army while others would demobilize as quickly as possible, noting more than 10 million are in the armed services and rapid release poses challenges.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
Harry F. Byrd
D.-Va
Byrd
Virginia Conference closes with pastoral appointments
The 146th Virginia Conference of the United Brethren Church met in Winchester and will end with a 4 o clock worship service reading pastoral appointments for the year. Bishop J B Showers will read the appointments and deliver the closing sermon titled The Day of March Has Come. special music planned and readings announced as delegates review reports and endowment progress.
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Virginia
Zion
J. Paul Gruver
D. D
L. G. Bridgers
L. P. Hill
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Dayton
Pee
Board of Trustes
Gruver
Camyear
Number of Tourist Homes Increasing in Winchester
Charles P. McVicar the commissioner of revenue said five lodging houses were licensed in August and an equal number had applied in September bringing the total to about 22 tourist homes in Winchester now. He noted there were roughly 70 prewar lodging houses for comparison. No new filling stations were licensed in August and rationing removal has not spurred new applications.
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Winchester
Charles P. McVicar
Commissioner of Revenue
McVicar
Army Point Plan May Come To An End This Winter
General Marshall told Congress the demobilization point system could end by winter with points dropping to ten by October and sixty by November. He said two years at sea would allow release, and postwar plans could wait until mid next year despite Japan’s surrender altering invasion plans. He projected 450000 to be discharged in September and 550000 in October, with monthly rate later at 700000 to 800000.
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Army Point
Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Army Chief of Staff
Senate House
Marshall
Library of Congress
Capitol
General Marshall
Japan
Marshal
Army
War Department
Court Dismisses Damage Action in Mills Case
Judge W E Baker dismisses the federal damage suit filed by Mary Mills administratrix of Bernard A Mills against Novick Transfer Co The case stemmed from a June 30 collision near Halltown that killed Mills while he rode in a car and the suit sought 50000 dollars The action had been adjusted out of court before dismissal
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Charles Town
W. Va
Mary Mills
Bernard A. Mills
Novick Transfer Co
Winchester
W. E. Baker
U. S. District Court
Elkins
Mills
Novick Company
Halltown
Charles Town General Hospital
James M. Mason
Jefferson County
District Court of the United States
Two Trucks Collide On Rt 522 Causing 1700 in Damage
A collision on U S Route 522 yesterday afternoon between a 1945 Chevrolet driven by Ernest Seale of Syria Virginia and a 1944 Chevrolet owned by James H Dyer of Madison Virginia caused $1700 in damage and sent Dyer to Winchester Memorial Hospital with an eye injury.
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Robert DeHaven
James H. Dyer
Madison
Winchester Memorial Hospital
DeHaven
Winchester
Ernest Seale
Syria
Dyer
Seale
West Virginia Line
Hilda Edwards
William Dorsey Edwards
Progress Seen In Preparing Koreans For Self Rule
Major General A V Arnold, the American military governor in southern Korea, says the program to place Koreans in leadership and administrative roles is rapidly reducing confusion after liberation. He notes integrity and efficiency are key in selecting Korean officials, with Japanese officials being removed and Koreans filling posts. Primary schools will open September 24 with textbooks from imprisoned Korean teachers, as efforts continue to curb Japanese influence despite rice shortages.
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Richard K. O’maley
Seoul
Korea
A. V. Arnold
Arnold
Nobiyuki Abe
Japan
Admiral Byrd Among First U S Figures at Jap Surrender
The article notes Admiral Richard E. Byrd of Winchester aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay for Japan's formal surrender and among the first Americans to enter Tokyo during the occupation. It cites press dispatches from Tokyo via Domei and Associated Press updates on atomic bomb rumors and field investigations by Brig Gen T F Farrell.
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Richard E. Byrd
Winchester
Afwcan
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Tokyo
Associated Press
Domei Agency
Nagasaki
T. F. Farrell
Hiroshima
Farrel
California Forest Fires Spread Across Northern Lands
Flames from 25 fires swept northern California as total annual blazes reach 500 and $3,000,000 in damages. Logging operations halted. state and federal fire crews mobilized with Army engineers, paratroopers, convicts, and volunteers aiding frontline efforts. Between 30,000 and 40,000 acres of redwood and other timber burned in Mendocino County where fires remain unchecked.
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San Francisco
California
Forestry Service
Mendocino County
Occupation Force Numbers Set At 400000 Before 200000 Drop
TOKYO Sept 20 Allied reports say Army occupation forces will rise to 400000 before trimming to 200000 for the duration of the occupation. General MacArthur notes smooth progress with the Japanese government, Eighth Army commander Lt Gen Robert L Eichelberger says friction with authorities and people has been minimal and the transition has been easier than expected. Several thousand Navy men head home aboard 17 Third Fleet ships.
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Tokyo
Third Fleet
MacArthur
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Honshi
Associated Press
Hamilton W. Faron
Veterans Claim Ability to Elect Legion Officials in Virginia
E Ralph James of Hampton, past commander of the Virginia American Legion, denounces John Twohy of Norfolk and a slate of unpledged candidates for the Richmond convention. James says Legion delegates will repudiate attempts to dictate elections. The slate lists Fred W. Higgason, Carl C. Brown, Theodore W. Knote, T. Whitt Grier Jr, Philip R. Fowle, Russell P. Roberton, and E. T. Jones as vice commanders.
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Hampton
Ralph James
Virginia Department of the American Legion
John Twohy
Norfolk
Legion
Richmond
Legionnaires
Virginia
James
Twohy
Fred W. Higgason
Carl C. Brown
Alexandria
Theodore W. Knote
Blacksburg
T. Whitt Grier, Jr
Chase City
Philip R. Fowle
Winchester
Russell P. Roberton
Newport News
E. T
Bud) Jones
Danville
Heinz cider apple delivery and sale notice
H. J. Heinz Co invites cider apples from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. ATTEND SALE McKIlwee property scheduled at 11 a.m. Saturday September 22. NOTICE Yellow Cab open 24 hours. WANTED men to cut corn Roy R. Boyce Clearbrook VA. SWEET CORN two acres, phone 5077 after 6:30 p.m.
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H. J. Heinz CO
Valley Pike
Winchester
McKilwee Property
Roy R. Boyce
Clearbrook
Tojo toface jail as occupation tightens in Japan
General MacArthur reports rapid disarmament as Japan prepares for ongoing occupation. Hideki Tojo is slated for transfer to Yokohama jail with other war criminals, while about 400 000 personnel are expected to arrive in the year end. State Department officials stress policy control remains in Washington.
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Tojo
Yokohama
Eighth Army
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Calaboose
Pearl Harbor
Yokohama Prefectural
Eichelberger
Panesa
MacArthur
State Department
Washington
Dean Acheson
United States
Veterans Return Home to Civilians and Community Welcome
The Star welcomes Frederick Clarke and Winchester veterans home after discharge. The list of local men will be supplemented daily with names and hometowns as they resume civilian life.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
The
Star
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