Unemployment Pay Bill Faces House Battle
Harsh cries rise in Congress as the unemployment pay bill passed by the Senate heads to the House Ways and Means Committee. A critical debate looms on extending 26 weeks of benefits, while Senate moves delay Dean Acheson’s State Department confirmation amid sharp disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Hall
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Dean Acheson
State Department
General MacArthur
Carl Vinson
Georgia
House Naval Committee
Pacific Islands
Navy
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Thomas
House Committee On Ways and
Elliott Roosevelt
Doughton
D.N. C
Knutson
R.-Minn
U. S
Lost billfold prompts plea for honest finder
A serviceman's wife asks for help after cash and stamps vanished from a billfold carried on the street. She later received the billfold back with cards and stamps but without the money. She urges the finder to return the money and notes rewards are not the only reward. Bloom's Going Out of Business Sale ad follows.
Conference Sends Rev Bridgers To Keyser West Va
Rev L G Bridgers of Winchester United Brethren Church is reassigned to Keyser West Virginia by the Virginia Conference. Rev F G Senger will succeed him at Winchester. Senger has served Berkley Springs and earlier Winchester Circuit. Additional notes discuss church consolidation and future missions in West Cumberland Maryland and Arlington area.
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L. G. Bridgers
Winchester United Brethren Church
Keyser
W. Va
J. B. Showers
Virginia
Bridgers
F. G. Senger
Verona
Augusta County
Senger
Berkley Springs
Winchester
Frederick County
L. P. Tederick
Reliance
L. C. Messick
West Frederick
J.E. Oliver
Second Brethren Church
Martinsburg
J. Paul Gruver
Church Erection Society
Conference Home Mission Society
West Cumberland
Gruver
Arlington
Bishop Showers
Antioch
G. M. Pool
Bayard
Berkeley Springs Circuit
C. A. Moon
Berkeley Springs Station
J. Pal Grover
City Democratic Committee Meeting Set for City Hall
The Democratic City Committee will meet tonight at 7 30 in the Court Room of City Hall. All members are urged to attend.
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Democratic City Committee
Coree Court Room
CUT FLOWERS Mrs J B Lewis Dial 3098
LOADING CIDERS CASH AT CARS No waiting to unload See R E Worsley or Call 4595.
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J. B. Lewis
Dial
R. E. Worsley
For Sale Stone Jars by W. B. Snider & Sons
For sale all sizes of stone jars offered by W. B. Snider & Sons. Wanted Apple pickers with top wages in Room 6 at the Farmers and Merchants National Bank Building.
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W. B. Snider & Sons
Farmers& Mehrehants National Bank
Lefty Groves Still Champion by Largest Hampshire Bass
Maryland fisherman Lefty Groves of Lonaconing hooked a 6 pound 4 ounce bass, 27 inches long, in Hampshire County. State Conservation Commission credited him with the record catch. Groves was a longtime major league baseball pitcher.
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Charleston
W. VA
Maryland
State Conservation Commission
Hampshire County
S. A. Saville
Groves
Lonaconing
Flood Displaces 3500 as Cape Fear Rises in North Carolina
The Cape Fear river floods central North Carolina with Fayetteville 20 to 25 percent underwater. Red Cross says about 3500 people evacuated, Dunn converts schools to shelters, Fort Bragg personnel aid in moving the homeless, a tent city is set up, and relief work continues as waters recede. Richard N. Hart leads Red Cross activities.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Cape Fear
North Carolina
Red Cross
Dunn
Here
Army
Fort Bragg
Richard N. Hart
District VFW Meeting at Sperryville S Sunday
A 7th District Veterans of Foreign Wars posts and auxiliaries meeting is set for Sunday September 23 at 2 PM in Sperryville High School. Commander D E Keffer and President urge all members to attend Sunday afternoon.Bloom's Going Out of Business Sale New Fall Coats valued 25 to 29.85 now 19.85.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Speeryville
D. E. Keffer
Winchester Vfw
BLOOM
New Fall Coats
Cider mill jobs offered by H. J. Heinz in Winchester
Men wanted to work in a cider mill as press man and laborers. Apply to H. J. Heinz Co located on Valley Pike, Winchester Virginia.
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H. J. Heinz CO
Valley Pike
Winchester
Diamond Cab Service Open 24 Hours
The Diamond Cab Service operates around the clock with offices at West Water opposite the Lutheran Church. Call 4841 for quick and prompt service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Water
Lutheran Church
Heinz Co cider apples collection schedule
H J Heinz Co announces daily collection from 8 a m to 4 p m for cider apples. Also advertised shoes priced at 1 00, 1 49 and 1 98 per pair in the same notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Heinz Co
Round World Air Service Debuts From Washington
The Globester begins September 28 from Washington National airport. Six and a quarter days, 151 hours, cover 23,147 miles with stops at New York LaGuardia. Military personnel and certain civilians travel. later, commercial service opens to paying civilians with inoculation requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Service
Dream of American
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Washington National
U. S. Army Air Transport Command
U. S
U. S. Army Air Corps
New York City
LaGuardia
Last Day of Summer Sets Up Autumn Start
Almanac notes autumn begins at 4 50 a m Sunday September 23. Fair tonight and Saturday, with possible rain Sunday in the district. Weekend outlook shows showers in District Four including Virginia with cooler conditions early in the week and normal temperatures, and District Five including West Virginia with showers Saturday and midweek, cooler Sunday and Monday, warmer midweek.
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Almanac
Virginia
West Virginia
Philippine Medal For Eichelberger
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, commanding general of the U S Eighth Army in Japan, was awarded the Distinguished Service Star by the Philippine government for reconquest and liberation of the Philippines. The citation praised his forces for extraordinary brilliance and effectiveness against a powerful enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Robert L. Eichelberger
U.S. Eighth Army
Japan
Philippines
Islands
Gasoline Scarce Again Amid Oil Industry Strikes
The Associated Press reports widespread gasoline shortages as CIO oil workers strike, halting more than a dozen refineries and prompting emergency rationing in Toledo. About 20,000 workers idle nationwide, with 200,000 more out across the country.
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CIO
Toledo
Ohio
Texas Gulf Coast
Sun Oil Company
CIO Oil
Standard Oil Company
Gulf Refining Company
Purcoll Company
Oil Company
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago-Indiana
Standard Oil
Whitting
Ind
Indiana
Whiting
Texas Coast
Port Aurther
Houston
Texas City
Port Arthur
Dewey Knew Roosevelt Pearl Harbor Warning Refused Release
New York dispatch reports Herbert Brownell Jr claims Gov. Thomas E. Dewey learned in 1944 that President Roosevelt was forewarned of the Pearl Harbor attack. Dewey declined to use the knowledge, citing Gen. Marshall’s integrity and risk to U.S. lives. A letter allegedly from Marshall is not released. Chamberlain of Life Magazine notes Roosevelt’s awareness of Japanese plans.
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New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Dewey
Brownell
George C. Marshall
Japan
Gen. Marshall
John Chamberlain
Life Magazine
Life
Albany
N. Y
Marshall
Marsha
Secretaries of Red Cross To Meet
American Red Cross Virginia chapters executive secretaries will meet this month and next Ramone S Eaton announced Two gatherings are planned September 27 and 28 at Hotel Roanoke Roanoke and October 1 and 2 at John Merrihall Hotel Richmond The Winchester chapter will take part in the Richmond session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
American Red Cross Virginia
Ramone S. Eaton
Roanoke
John Merrihall Hotel
Richmond
Winchester
Jews Forced Into Oswiecim Gas Chambers Trial Testimony
Dr Ada Bimko testified at the Belsen trial that 4500 of 5000 Jews were moved into Oswiecim gas chambers on arrival. Her family members perished. 250 men and 250 women were spared. Other witnesses described brutal selections by doctors and horrors at the camp as defendants faced the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Chamberlain Luenburg
Germany
Ada Bimko
Josef Kramer
Belsen
Kramer
Oswiecim
Sophia Litwins
Lublin
Bimko
Fritz P. Klein
Klein
Defendents
Oswetcim
Harold Osmond le Druillenec
Channel Island
Jersey
State Finishing In Epes Case
The case of Lt. Samuel C. Epes charged with killing his wife with a sedative overdose goes to the jury after the defense declines witnesses. The state rests after five days, presenting medical and correspondence evidence linking Epes to another woman, Miss Nelson Kingsland.
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Columbia
D. C
Samuel C. Epes
Edgar A. Brown
A. L. Gaston
Brown
Epes
Mary Lee Epes
Nelson Kingsland
Lake Charles
Miss Kingsland
Louisiana
Attend Sale Metlnee Property At 11 A M Saturday
Notice announces a property sale at 11 o clock in the morning on Saturday September 22. The sale is to take place at the Metlnee property as listed in the public notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metlnee
Sweet corn offered by two acres available
Advertisement notes two acres of sweet corn for sale with contact by phone 5077 after 6 30 evenings. The notice includes a date code (9 20 10 2t) indicating timing for the listing.
Life of explorer author W B Seabrook ends in Rhinebeck suicide
William Buehler Seabrook 59, noted author and explorer, was found dead from sleeping pill overdose at his Rhinebeck farm home. Dutchess County medical examiner Dr. Samuel E Ap pel ruled death by own action after Seabrook reportedly threatened to take his life. He had a remarkable career including time with a voodoo tribe in Haiti and a Bedouin group in Arabia.
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William Buehler Seabrook
Winchester
Rhinebeck
N. Y
Dutchess County
Samuel E. Appel
Seabrook
Pastor Here
Haiti
William Levin
Myra Phelps Buehler Seabrook
Grace Lutheran Church
L. G. M. Miller
George S. Bowers
Young Sealock
Wesminister
Europe
Mercersburg
Roanoke College
Salem
Newberry
8. C
University of Geneva
Switzerland
Augusta
Ronicle
Mr. Seabrook
Atlanta Journal
Compan
Geneva
Lewis-Seabrook
Atlanta
Berryville Man Wounded in West Virginia Tavern Shooting
Lloyd Rusty Russell of Berryville was seriously wounded Tuesday night at Orchard Inn near the Virginia border in West Virginia. The shooting followed a fight between Jefferson County constable Charles Staubes and two Clarke County men. Russell remained in Winchester Memorial Hospital in fair condition today after being struck above the heart and exiting through his back.
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Lloyd
Rusty” Russell
Berryville
Orchard Inn
Virginia Line
West Virginia
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Russell
Charles Staubes
Jefferson County
W. Va
Clarke County
Staubes
Grace Keyser
Thomas Kirby
Winchester Motor Freight
Wiley Carroll
Charles Carroll
POW Camps to Close in Virginia This Fall
Roanoke Virginia September 21 Local labor officials say the 21 prisoner of war camps in Virginia will close between October 1 and December 1 under a War Manpower Commission plan with Third Service Command. The Salem camp may be used around October 1 and Catawba about October 15.
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Roanoke
Virginia
War Manpower Commission
Third Service Command
Warren Craun
WMC
U.S
Salem
Catawba
Craun
George's Electrical Appliance Repair Shop Opens
Priday September 21 opens George W. Ash repair shop at 504 South Londoun Street. All appliances repaired with service guaranteed. Phone 4761.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George’s Electrical Appliance
George W. Ash
South Londoun St
Bingo Tonight at South End Fire Company
Tonight at 8 30 p m the South End Fire Company hosts bingo with a 100 dollar door prize weekly. Also features numerous other prizes and presales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Pire Company
10 Point Code For Operating Press and Radio Proclaimed
General MacArthur ordered the arrest of Lt. Gen Kenji Doihara and issued a 10 point code guiding censoring of Japan's press and radio. Cabinet discussed food shortages and repatriation as the war ends unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Kenji Doihara
Japan
Manchuria
Korea
Low Grade Beef to Be Freed from Ration on Oct 1
The three lowest beef grades calie ner cutter and utility will be sold without ration starting October 1. They supply about 20 percent of beef for canned processed meats hamburger and boffing meat while top grades commercial good and choice remain rationed. Officials say low grades stay on list but with zero ration value to ease possible future control.
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Washington
Veterans return home from service in Frederick Clarke and Winchester
The Star welcomes veterans formerly living in Frederick and Clarke counties and Winchester who have received discharges and resume civilian life.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
The
Star
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Norfolk and Western R. R
Gilmerton
Clyde Harris
International Soundphoto
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West Va
City Democratic Committee
Lefty” Groves
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Sperryville Sun
Ridgewood Fruit Industries
Merriman Lane
Paul Miller
Philippine
Eichelberger
Associated Press
Doihara
W.B. Seabrook
Suzuki
Asahi Today
Kantaro Suzuki
Suigiyama
U. S. Eighth Army
John Holland
Sapporo
Hokkaido
Hideki Pass
Goeker
Turkey
Old Guard
Yokohama
United States
Russell Barton Newcome Calvert Vernon Racey
John H. Quick
Jack Sale
Woodrow T. Bowman
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