Peace Conference optimistic on end to talks at Paris
In Paris on September 27 1945 leaders discuss compensation for war damage and aim to finish treaty drafts by mid October. Byrnes sees possible end to the conference as Big Four ministers prepare final edits on Bulgaria Finland Hungary Italy and Romania.
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Russia
United States
British and Empire
Foreign Ministers Council
Byrnes
James F. Byrnes
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
Bulgaria
Finland
Hungary
Italy
Romania
Henry A. Wallace
U. S
Senate
United States Senate
Deadly San Antonio Flood Threatens City
Ten people believed dead, scores injured, and hundreds homeless as the San Antonio flood swamps the city. Six inches of rain fell in 12 hours. Olmos dam waters reach 35 feet. Alazan Creek overran southwest districts. police and Red Cross scramble boats, rafts, and rescue crews amid widespread inundation.
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San Antonio
Texas
Tex
Olmos
Alazan Creek
Woodlawn
San Jose
Roosevelt Road
C L. Scott
Red Cross
South Presa Street
Regulation allows four high apple car loads in Virginia
L D Arnold of the Virginia Horticultural Society says shippers may load apples four tiers high with up to 30,000 pounds per car now. After a September 15 rule to five high, the Office of Defense Transportation modified the limit to four tiers, with bulk apples allowed 29,000 pounds until October 15. The society notes baskets suffer damage with five high, and growers welcome the change.
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L. D. Arnold
The
Virginia Horticultural Society
Office of Defense Transportation
Horticultural Society
Army Plans Early Discharges to Trim War Draftees
The War Department moves to release many non regular army draftees early to save money and boost efficiency. Up to 300,000 draftees remain in uniform while quotas and recruitment remain unchanged. Officials say many short service members will be replaced by draftees or volunteers serving 18 months to three years.
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Washington
War Department
TAZEWELL MAN DIES BY HIS OWN HAND NEAR SPRINGVILLE
Sheriff reports Ernest Kinder, 38, of near Springville, found on a path to East River Mountain about a mile from his home. Kinder, off work for illness two or three weeks, apparently shot himself with a shotgun yesterday. He worked for Pocahontas Fuel Company at Bishop.
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Tazewell
Tazewell, Va
Dowmen Thompson
Ernest Kinder
Springville
East River Mountain
Thompson
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Bishop, Va
Camp Lee Awaits Report On Missing 14 Year Old
Fort Sheridan provost marshal sought a report on Allen Richard Jacobson a 14 year old Chicago youth who allegedly enlisted at Camp Lee under the name Norman D. Anderson and has been absent without leave since last Sunday.
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Camp Lee
Fort Sheridan
Allen Richard Jacobson
Chicago
Norman D. Anderson
Chamber of Commerce Partners With Shenandoah Valley for Travel Tour
Winchester Chamber of Commerce leads with Wendall Barney announcing cooperation with Shenandoah Valley Inc to host a travel tour in Washington and Front Royal. State officials Nelson and Arnold join the official tour as planners prepare packaged tours and promote the Valley's tourist facilities for Virginia Trailways collaboration.
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Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Jane
T Valley Today
Wendall Barney
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Barney
Front Royal
Robert F. Nelson
State Chamber of Commerce
George Price Arnold
State Conservation Con
Washington
Sun
Barney
Corres
Virginia Trailways
Winchester Restaurant Association Heads Meeting at Golden Glow
James Pappas announced a crucial meeting of restaurant operators and food handlers tonight at 8 at the Golden Glow Restaurant. Nick Kostopulos of Portsmouth and other Virginia restaurant leaders will address attendees and discuss strategies against a proposed OPxs plan.
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James Pappas
Winchester Restaurant Association
Golden Glow
Nick Kostopulos
Portsmouth Va
Virginia State Restaurant Association
R. L. Walker
James Kontopanos
Virginia Beach
W.R. McGeorge
Sheed Furnish
Pappas
House committee shifts to politics after profits inquiry
Washington Sept 27 The House Merchant Committee set aside its building profits probe to allow members to run for office. Before adjourning for the election recess it warned the Maritime Commission it will want answers to many questions raised during four days of questioning shipbuilders this week.
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Washington
House Merchant N
Maritime Commission
Australia’s human rights court proposal rejected at Peace Conference
Paris report says Australia’s plan for an international human rights court was defeated in a Peace Conference commission after Soviet foreign minister A. Vishinsky ridiculed it as infantile and fit only for the waste basket.
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Paris
Australia
Human Rights Court
A. ¥. Vishneky
Virginia Farm Product Sales Fall In First Half 1946
The Department of Agriculture reports Virginia farm product sales totaled 108.658 million dollars in the first half of 1946, down from 128.966 million in the same period a year earlier, a drop of over 20 million.
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Washington
Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Richmond Officials Confer on Byrd Airport Return
A Richmond delegation met with WAA representatives in Washington in a closed session to discuss returning Byrd Airport to the city. A WAA spokesman said the talks were preliminary and no decisions were expected today.
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Byrd Airport
Washington
Richmond
Wary Assets Administration
WAA
Saunders Portrait to Be Unveiled in Rocky Mount
Governor Tuck and state officials will attend a 2 p.m. ceremony at the County Library in Rocky Mount to unveil a portrait of the late Col. Peter Saunders, secretary to five governors and adviser to Virginia leaders for three decades.
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Saunders
Richmond
Tuck
Rocky Mount
Col
Peter Saunders
Virginia
President John L. Lewis Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers had an emergency appendectomy today. His physician-son said he came through the operation all right and described his father’s condition as good. Dr. Lewis did not perform the operation but witnessed it.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis, Jr
K. C. Adams
The
Mine Workers Journal
Lewis
Labor Dept Seeks End To Impending Maritime Strike
The Labor Department tries to avert a new maritime strike next Monday by conciliation talks and awaiting all invited parties to attend. Washington observers note the effort to resolve labor dispute through negotiation before any walkout.
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Washington
Labor Department
Man Identified as Brashear Falls From Empire State Building
New York police identified Douglas Wickliffe Brashear Jr 27 of Richmond Virginia as the man who plunged to death today from the 76th floor of the Empire State Building in a fatal fall.
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New York
Douglas Wickliffe Brashear, Jr
Stratford Crescent
Cary Street Road
Richmond
Empire State Building
Now Betty Can See Chicago After Eye Operation
Betty Goudy a 14 year old farm girl who has been blind since birth saw for the first time yesterday after a cornea transplant from a stillborn baby performed by Dr Richard Perritt The operation completed two weeks ago is described as completely successful and marked a historic medical milestone for the girl and her family
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Chicago
Bette Goudy
Bette
Richard Perritt
Traditional Shofar Blast Hails Year 5707 in Bronx
Meyer Pollack led the traditional call to prayer with the Shofar at the start of Rosh Hashanah signaling the Jewish new year 5707. A Bronx resident performed the rite as the community welcomed the new year.
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Meyer Pollack
Bronx
York
Pollack
Milburn Case Ends with Not Guilty Verdict
A 12 member jury in corporation court acquitted Robert L. Milburn, suspended Winchester patrolman, of feloniously shooting William Dunn during a campus incident on July 12. Dunn testified Dunn ran when hailed. Milburn said he fired to ward the ground to force surrender. Foreman Claude Grim led the deliberations ending at 3:45 PM.
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Corporation Court
Claude M. Grim
Corporation
Robert L. Milburn
Winchester
William Dunn
Commonwealth
Joe Ritter
Milburn
Hines
Pas
Dunn
Valley Avenue
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Harry Kern, Jr
James P. Reardon
Hottle
Carl Haines
Fred Brumback
Osacar B. Harry
L Marshall Kremer
Peachy Hockman
Perry D. Miller
Postage For Air Mail Now Two Cents Ounce
Postmaster W. Nelson Page notes air mail postage rises to two cents per ounce above the ordinary letter rate effective October 1. A five cent per ounce rate covers air mail to any U S point including territories and armed forces, with Canada included under reciprocal rates. Uniform rate applies to all air mail moving between U S and Canada, with reductions up to 90 cents an ounce allowed by new law.
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W. Nelson Page
United States
U. S
Canada
Our
Five Day Weather Report From Bureau Period Ending Oct 4
Five day forecast covers September 28 to October 4. District A shows temperatures about three degrees above normal with warm conditions on Saturday and Wednesday. District B projects two degrees above normal with warm Saturday and lighter rain on Sunday. Precipitation expected around four tenths in District A and three tenths in District B, mainly Sunday.
Virulent Diphtheria Alarms Virginia With 15 Deaths
Health authorities rushed immunization efforts across two large, separate regions of Virginia amid a diphtheria surge. Dr. B R Allen urged immediate child immunization while York County's Messick area reported a death in the last 48 hours.
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Richmond
Virginia
B. R. Allen
State Bureau of
Peninsula Health District
Messick
York County
Ridgewood Pruit Industries
Meat famine grips Winchester grocers as quotas exhaust
Winchester stores report near total meat quotas used with no beef from packers since September. Butchers run on 90 percent beef and 70 percent hog quotas. shelves also bare of canned fruit soap and sugar. Meat shortage tied to livestock market outlook and upcoming election relief hopes.
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Pepeweemey
Winchester
W. P. Anderson
Anderson
Kingan
Richmond
Armour
Swifts
Martinsburg
Watson's Market
Harper's Market
James E. Keffer
Fairplay
Bob Jasper
Food Center
Jasper
Associated Press
Washington
Midwestern
Western Ranges
Truman
Virginia counties collect fines rise in 1945 fiscal year
Virginia counties realized 123,368.80 dollars from fines in trial justice courts for the year ended June 30, 1945, an increase of 20,500 over the prior year. The rise is tied to counties adopting ordinances diverting fines from the state treasury to local treasuries, according to State Auditor J Gordon Bennett.
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Richmond
Virginia
J. Gordon Bennett
Toy
Battle Elected Chairman of State Commission
State Senator John S. Battle of Charlottesville was elected chairman of the state commission appointed by Governor Tuck to select a site and begin building a new state office building. Delegate Howard H. Adams of Eastville was named vice chairman. The group will control site selection for the new $1,000,000 structure authorized by the General Assembly.
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Richmond
Johns
Charlottesville
Tuck
Howard H. Adams
Eastville
Power strike cripples Pittsburgh transit amid 3200 Duquesne workers
Pickets of the Amalgamated Association blocked lines around trolley barns as 3,200 Duquesne Light Company employees struck. Trolley service halted 1,000,000 daily riders faced disruption while 29 bus routes remained unusable. Negotiations failed, a late-night mayoral session resumed talks with no set time. Union seeks 20 percent pay raise, arbitration rejected, power supply dwindled to critical levels.
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Duquesne Light Company
APL Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railways
Rer
Pittsburgh Motor 0 Company
Duquesne Light Com
George Mueller
Pittsburgh Motor Company
Th. Vie Limited
Duquesne
Normal. Com
Independent
Association of Employes
Duquesne Light Boule
David JL. Lawrence
Gibstone
Edith Huff
Rob’t Anderson
W. Gerrard St
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