Fruit and Produce Strike Halts Pittsburgh Shipments
A strike by AFL Commission House Drivers and Produce Workers Local 944 tied up vegetable and fruit shipments in Pittsburgh. About 150 railroad cars remained in yards as 450 produce handlers walked out over a no strike clause in a new contract. Some cars had been emptied, mainly potatoes and onions, while others held perishables. Railroad workers not on strike reloaded for other cities with striker help. In Chicago Edgar L. Warren entered into oil industry talks to resolve a 35,000 CIO oil workers strike threatening a wider spread affecting 250,000 workers.
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Pittsburgh
AFL Commission
Warren
Chicago
Edgar L. Warren
U. S. Conciliation Service
Sixth Regional War Labor Board
William L. Knous
Knous
CIO
Nearly Two Million Idle Labor Strife Surges in Nation
Associated Press reports labor unrest swelling to about 1.85 million workers idle, with 370,000 idle by strikes and oil industry talks at a standstill in Chicago amid possible nationwide action. New York City endures a fourth day of a crippling single strike.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York City
Cider Apples Wanted at Ridgewood Plant
Ridgewood Fruit Industries seeks cider apples at its Merriman Lane plant. Contact phone 5938. Whitacre Barber Shop announces opening Friday September 28 at 508 S Loudoun Street. The Golden Glow Coffee Shop plans to stay at its current site through February 15 1946 then move to 25 Gerrard Street.
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Ridgewood Fruit Industries
Merriman Lane
Whitacre
S. Loudoun St
Golden Glow
25 & Gerrard Street
M. K. Shirkey
Milk delivery to switch to evening start date
Sanitary Dairy announces a change in service starting Thursday afternoon September 27. Milk will be delivered in the evening rather than morning, with Sunday mornings remaining unchanged during the winter months.
Bloom's Going Out of Business Sale Ends This Week
Announcement notes the final week of Bloom's Going Out of Business Sale with emphasis on bigger and better bargains during the last days of the sale.
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Bloom
Sheriff Ordered to Attend Services in Election Oversight
Huntington West Virginia September 27 1930 Sheriff Dag Freutel is to attend the Gospel Tabernacle Pentecostal Church service next Sunday to supervise a congregation dispute election. The following Sunday he will announce the results of the ballot.
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Huntington
W. Va
Dag Freutel
John W. Hereford
The
Gospel Tabernacle Pentecostal Church
Freutel
Captain Durell Dies Suddenly At His Home Here
Captain Edward Hovey Durell United States Navy retired died suddenly at his West Cecil street home. native of Boston he was 79 would have been 80 in February former Naval Academy graduate WWI veteran served as Shenandoah Valley Academy headmaster for ten years survived by wife Miss Nicholson and daughter Mrs George Anderson funeral at Mount Hebron Cemetery graveside Friday at 4 oclock conducted by Rev R B Nelson no flowers requested
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Edward Hovey Durell
United States Navy
West Cecil Street
Boston
Mass
United States Naval Academy
Forlowis
Navy
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Nicholson
George Anderson
Brookline Mass
Mount Hebron Cemetery
R. B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Arch
President Tr uman insists on jobless pay liberalization
President Truman told the House Ways and Means Committee Democrats that the Senate let him down on extending unemployment pay and declared he would not accept a shelved plan. Press secretary Ross said the President pressed 12 Democrats to reconsider a 14 to 10 vote to shelve the region indefinitely. He reaffirmed 26 weeks and 25 weeks weekly benefits and stood by his message to Congress.
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Washington
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Democrats
Senate
Guarles G. Ross
Congress
Doughton
D-Nc
Coughton
At Oswiecim Trials Witness Describes Dog Attack
Miss Hanka Rouzen sweag testifies that Irma Grese set a dog on her at Oswiecim where 45 defendants face war crime charges. Abraham Glinowiecki recounts his brother being beaten to death with 75 lashes and killed after years in camps.
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Luneneburg
Germany
Hanka Rouzensweag
Belsen
Osweidim
Oswiecim
Irma Grese
Ilsa Lothe
Miss Rozenweag
Abraham Glinowiecki
Glinowiecki
Glinowicki
Osweicim
Peter Weingartner
Col. T. M. Backhouse
Weingartner
Hilda Lobauer
Marshal Zhukov to Visit United States in October
The White House announced President Truman invited Marshal Georgi Zhukov of Soviet Russia to the United States and he accepted. Zhukov, Russia on the Allied Council for Germany, will arrive by air in New York City on October 4, with War Department arranging the visit. He will call on the President during his stay.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Marshall Gegori Zhukov
Soviet Russia
Zhukov
Russia
Allied Council
Germany
New York City
War Department
House wanted for rent in Winchester with 3 beds
Classified notice seeking a rental in a good Winchester section by December 1. The applicant requests a house with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, to be written as F. S. A. care Star, immediately.
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Winchester
Scout Council Awarded Plaque For War Bond Efforts
The Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America and their leaders received a Treasury Department plaque dated July 17 1945 for wartime service. They helped raise 189000 in War Bond sales and gathered vast quantities of paper scrap metal rubber tin grease books and government literature distribution across multiple counties in Virginia and West Virginia.
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Shenandoah Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
United States Treasury Department
War Finance Program
Boy ‘Scouts of America
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Francis P. Gaines
Boy Scouts of the
Shenandoah
Morgan, Berkeley and
Jefferson
West Virginia
Frederick, Clarke, Warren
Page
Rappahannock
Virginia
Yellow Cab Co Opens 24 Hours For Prompt Service
The Yellow Cab Company announces around the clock operation for reliable taxi service. A caller mentions a seeped fellow contacting the Yellow with a puzzling note dated 9-27-1p-6t.
Rummage Sale at Episcopal Church House
Episcopal Church House at 134 West Boscawen hosts a rummage sale on Saturday September 29 starting at 10 a.m. The event is announced in a public notice with its location and timing.
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Episcopal Church House
W. Boscawen
Five Billion Loan Backed by Trade Aid Plan for Britain
Washington sources report a $5 billion loan proposal for Britain as part of Anglo American talks. The aim is to unlock a new era of free trade while Britain reduces its overseas sterling debt by up to half. American officials expect backing could curb US outlay and strengthen bargaining power with other nations.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Eas
Congress
London
Britain
United States
One Third Meat Supply Becomes Ration Free on Sunday
OPA announces that from Sunday through October 27 lower grades of beef veal and lamb will be ration-free including hamburger lamb and veal patties and all cheaper cuts. All point values drop for sausage frankfurters luncheon meats and other low grade products.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Chester Bowles
Fall Coat Sale Slashes Prices at Bargain Event
New fall coats priced at 25.00 to 29.85 are marked down to 19.85 attracting shoppers. Limited stock chosen for immediate sale.
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BLOOM
New Fall Coats
Labor Wanted Ridgewood Fruit Industry Ad
Ridgewood Fruit Industry seeks laborers 1 mile west of town on Merriman's Lane. Phone 5938. (9-27-1p-31)
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Ridgewood Fruit Industry
Merriman’s Lane
Heinz Co Receives Cider and Apples Daily
H. J. Heinz Co announces delivery of cider and canning apples from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, with service to ongoing operations and potential seasonal flows.
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H. J. Heinz Co
Signal Corpsman Captures Hirohito MacArthur Photo Moment
Second Lt. Gae Faillace, MacArthur’s personal photographer, photographed Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur at the U S embassy in Tokyo. He described the meeting as tense yet thrilling with the emperor’s sharp attire and calm cooperation. The 41 year old signal corps officer previously covered Allied landings in the Admiralties and the Philippines and noted the emperor greeted him in English. He called the assignment the greatest job of his career.
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Tokyo
Gae Faillace
Emperor Hirohito
General MacArthur
U. S
Signal Corps
Hirohito
Emperor
MacArthur
Sir
Faillace
Japan
Paillace
Los Angeles
New York
Christmas Cove
Baguio
Philippines
Admiralties
Holland
One Killed in Flaming Streetcar Crash in Cincinnati
Safety patrolman identifies the dead man as Maurice Rosenthal about 40. A flaming crash involved a street car, an automobile, and a second street car on a steep city highway. The first car sped at over 50 mph, the three vehicles were destroyed, and 50 or more people were injured.
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Cincinnati
Robert Sherwood
Maurice Rosenthal
Sherwood
Emperor MacArthur Meeting Triggers Mixed Opinions in Tokyo
In Tokyo on September 27, reactions to the Emperor’s visit to General MacArthur split. A university student says it lowers the Emperor’s prestige though another observer believes the meeting fosters US Japan goodwill. A demobilized sailor and others describe shifting respect and hope for peace amid occupation realities.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Hibiya Park
General MacArthur
Japan
United States
Crowley to Quit Nine U S Jobs
President Truman accepted the resignation of Leo T. Crowley from nine federal posts including foreign economic administrator and FDIC board member. Crowley will leave FEA on October 15 after submitting his resignation on September 24 and relinquish all other government connections next month.
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Washington
Truman
Leo T. Crowley
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
White House
Crowley
FEA
Handley High School Names New Band Director
Garland R. Quarles announces H. Gaylen Strunce as director of the Handley High School Band succeeding W. H. McIlwee. Strunce, from Cres ton Iowa, brings extensive teaching and Army service, with recent work at Lane High School Charlottesville Virginia. He arrives around October 1 to lead an expanding program across the district.
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Garland R. Quarles
H. Gaylen Strunce
Handley High School
W. H. MclIlwee
Winchester
Mr. Strance
Creston
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers College
Boston University
University of Michigan
Rotetour County
Lane High School
Char
Emperor Hirohito Visits MacArthur In Historic Quiet Meeting
In Tokyo on September 27 Emperor Hirohito bowed at General MacArthur’s door, a sign of unique imperial deference. The 35 minute discussion topic remained undisclosed though observers noted the historic significance and hints of abdication talk circulated in BBC reports.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Maes Arthur
British Broadcasting Corporation
U. S
MacArthur
Japan
Molotov Awaits Nod From Stalin On Balkan Issue
London dispatch notes that Molotov waits word from Moscow on Balkan peace talks as Big Five ministers reopen sessions. Observers suggest possible agreement on Romanian Bulgarian and Hungarian treaties and discuss Austria’s government and food supply under occupation.
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Molotov
Stalin
Balkan
London
United States
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Vyacheslav M Molotov
Moscow
Ruhr
Rhineland
France
China
U.S
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Council
Austria
Karl Renner
Old Time Returns Sunday Morning
Senator Byrd said the daylight saving time repeal bill awaits the President's signature and will take effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, September 30, once signed by President Truman. He added he is glad to have helped pass the legislation.
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Washington
UPI
Byrd
Virginia
Truman
Senator Byrd
Flying club forms on simplified control plane
All interested persons are invited to attend the initial meeting. Room 23 over People's Drug Store, Thursday September 27 at 8 PM.
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People’s Drug Store
Welcome Home Veterans Return to Civilian Life
The Star welcomes Frederick and Clarke counties and Winchester veterans who have received their discharges and are resuming civilian life. Each day the list will be supplemented with names of those men and the Star seeks public aid in supplying local names.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Star
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Mount Hebron
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M’arthur
Morrie Landsberg
H. G. Strunce
Handley Band
Lottesville
Strance
Army
England
Belgium
Quarles
Virginia State Department of Education
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NBC
Douglas Willis
Associated Press Today
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Hiro
Sahaney
Bonner FeRers
Adie
Maj
Saubion Bower
Fellers
Pujita
MaccArthur
Flora Lewis
William K. Hendricks
Oscar M. Schaubode Raymond QC
Sionaker Charlies
E. Vaught
Bernard Louis Minor P. Crittenden
William B. Clagett
Leroy Elliott
George H. Conrad
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