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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
3
London dispatch reports Lord Daily Express asserts Britain will buy nothing on the slate from the United States and Canada. The government prioritizes food purchases over other commodities due to currency shortage, forcing Britain to do without many dollar-spending items.
GIs focus on civilian life topics as discharges rise at Fort Riley. Cavalry School librarians report strong demand for hunting guides and interior decoration books as part of the learning from demobilization.
The piece discusses U S and British joint controls on shipments to Argentina and Spain, Braden’s influence in Argentina, and how oil and oils exchanges affect Argentina's heating needs. It notes Argentina’s petroleum self sufficiency at about 60 percent, imports from the United States and Ecuador, and that current controls rely on navicerts and private oil company agreements.
A dental ad promotes FASTEETH powder to hold denture plates firmly with no slip or wobble. It emphasizes a pleasant, non gummy taste and no nausea, claiming it neutralizes plate odor and is alkaline. Available at drug stores.
Dr George W Taylor offered his resignation as chair man of the War Labor Board while secretary Schwellenbach seeks to keep the board intact as a virtually independent agency. The plan aims to draft a policy write up and hold a labor management conference to replace the WLB with a new dispute mechanism.
Salz burg Austria Sept 20 Blonde Polish Countess The rese Platerzybtrk 23 will serve 52 days in jail on charges of looting former Reich marshal Hermann Goering s summer palace of several hundred thousand dollars worth of furnishings and art works She was sentenced to two years imprisonment last night by a military government court which suspended the rest of the sentence Maj Robert M Woodward of Chicago former Illinois state legislator who read the verdict said the court was influenced in her favor by the fact that the loot included Polish museum articles taken from the despoiler of her native land
Governor Charles C. Gossett finally secured a post by law requiring him to live in Boise after months in a hotel. He moved into J. L. Lull’s home as acting hospital superintendent in Blackfoot, with Lull sent there to fill the role and Gossett renting his residence. When the temporary appointment ends the governor’s lease ends as well.
Baltimore market reports show cattle, hogs, and sheep with steady to higher prices. Chicago totals indicate steady markets with strong yearlings and high slaughter lambs, plus diverse beef and sausage bull prices.
New York stock market opened strong with many issues near multi year highs but selling neared the gains. Turnover dwindled as offerings clouded the advance and fractional losses appeared toward mid session. Traders cited overbought conditions and potential tax changes shaping liquidation while hopes for labor dispute settlements and inflation psychology provided some support. Bonds were uneven and commodities fell.
Chicago grain quotations show wheat and rye futures opening steady then slipping slightly. Only oats show strength as trade remains fairly active with Dec and May positions listed for corn oats rye and barley futures.
City hears that Sgt. Jake H. Yost Jr landed in Boston at 3 PM and expects to return home within days. He will go to Fort Meade Md for discharge under the point system after a decade of service in the European Theater with the 70th Tank Battalion of the 4th Infantry and ties to the First and Third Armies.
Judge John Rice presided as Vinson P. Orndorff of 112 FE Pall Mall street faced a $10 fine plus costs for drunkenness. Warren Sealock of 137 8Sud oun street was fined $10 and costs for drunken and disorderly conduct. William Nease of Buenasta Virginia and Baltimore Maryland was fined $10 and costs for disorderly conduct.
General Marshall and World War II leaders argued over demobilization as the 85 point discharge rule was cut to 80 and then pressed for continued release of long service personnel. MacArthur’s Japan plan was questioned as Marshall noted revisions lowering required divisions and halting the First Airborne’s Pacific shipment.
Dr. T. S. Tsiang, head of relief and rehabilitation in China, announced that the Chinese central government seeks 945 million dollars from the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. He said the request is far below the per capita amounts granted to Italy Czechoslovakia and Poland.
A Pasadena dispatch quotes a retired missionary predicting the world’s end next Friday. A Saint John newspaper reader replies with humor, saying his wife will stop pickling and preserving, asking what’s the use.
The debate centers on a 1945 46 program to insure full employment via private industry aid and possible government spending. Proponents frame it as federal obligation to prevent unemployment, while opponents warn of runaway federal spending and a permanent works program.
Debate heats in Congress as supporters and opponents clash over a controversial measure. Senate discussions intensify ahead of an October meeting, signaling a polarized battle over control and policy.
Lloyd Wilson served with American Telephone and Telegraph and advised on operations for Bell System associates including Chesapeake and Potomac. Formerly first Vice President of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph, San Francisco traffic clerk in 1912, later held key Bell System roles. He has a daughter in San Francisco and belonged to several clubs.
Mr. Sulivan expresses satisfaction with the new position and recognizes the importance of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies operations in the covered area.
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