Textile strike widens as Paterson workers walk out
Union says 62 000 workers in 284 plants across nine eastern states quit, including 6 000 in Paterson New Jersey, seeking a 15 cent an hour raise after switching from 60 hour war week to 40 hours. CIO leaders plan to decide policy at New York meeting as use of manpower curtails supplies.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Newark
N. J
Paterson
CIO
Joseph W. Knapik
Federation of Dyers, Finishers, Printers and Bleachers of America
National Executive Committee
New York
Knapik
Associated Press
New York City
Chicago
Schwellenbach
CIO Federation of Dyers
America
Federation
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Conecticut
Rhode Island
For Sale Pajama Sets and Cider Apples Wanted
Classified item notes Sears Roebuck offers men's cotton pajamas and boy's flannelette pajamas at 121 S Loudoun St with a contact Dial 4101. Ridgewood Fruit Industries seeks cider apples at Merriman Lane. phone 5938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck and Co
S. Loudoun St
Dial
Ridgewood Fruit Industries
Merriman Lane
Notice change in milk delivery schedule
Sanitary Dairy announces milk will be delivered in the evening starting Thursday afternoon September 27, replacing morning delivery except Sunday mornings during winter months.
House to Rent in Winchester By December First
House in a good Winchester section available for rent by December 1. Requires three bedrooms and two baths. Respond with P S R care Star and contact immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
German Prisoners Of War To Be Removed In Third Service Command
About 3,674 German POWs including 650 in Virginia will be removed from all contract work by end of October with a further 4,000 slated for release by November. The War Department cites availability of civilian labor and displaced workers as reasons for release while Army officials note repatriation aims for March 1946 subject to theater absorption and transport. There are roughly 37,000 POWs in the tri state area housed in 24 bases and 42 camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Third Service Command
War Department
Philip Hayes
United States
Tri-State
Service Command
West Virginia seeks three Clarke county men after Orchard Inn incident
Three Clarke county men and one Winchester resident are sought by West Virginia officers on warrants from Constable Charles Staubs for beating him and maiming him and from inn owner Grace Fleming for malicious destruction of property at the Orchard Inn dance resort near the state line. Authorities weigh where warrants will be sworn and served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
Clarke County
Winchester
West Virginia
Orchard Inn
Virginia-West Virginia
Charles Staubs
Jefferson County
Staubs
Grace Kiser Fleming
Virginia
Poles Experience Huge Migration Across Vistula Bridges
War-ravaged Poland faces one of the great population movements of its history. A Russian-controlled pontoon bridge and a wooden structure carry crowds toward east and west as winter nears. Families trudge with few possessions, faces etched with worry, hoping to return home despite uncertain futures.
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Warsaw
Poland
Vistula
Gov McGrath Named Solicitor General
President Truman appointed Gov J Howard McGrath of Rhode Island as solicitor general of the Justice Department to replace Charles Fahy who resigned. Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall was reportedly offered the post but declined. McGrath will assume duties immediately. he served as U S district attorney for Rhode Island and has been in the Rhode Island bar since 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Justice Department
Charles G. Ross
McGrath
Charles Fahy
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Ross
U S
Labor Wanted for Ridgewood Fruit Industry
Labor needed at Ridgewood Fruit Industry located 1 mile west of town on Merriman's Lane. Contact phone number 5938 for details and applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgewood Fruit Industry
Merriman’s Lane
Heinz Co. Receives Cider and Apples Daily
Notice states H. J. Heinz Company receives cider and canning apples from 8 a m to 4 p m daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Heinz Co
Bloom's Going Out of Business Shoe Sale
Bloom's announces a going out of business sale with shoes priced at 1.00, 1.49, and 1.98 per pair. Offers are highlighted as clearance deals likely drawing in bargain buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloom
Japanese Coverup of Doolittle Fliers’ Executions Exposed
An American report details how Japanese forces falsified records after the 1942 executions of Doolittle fliers Hallmark Farrow and Spatz. Cremated remains were hidden in civilian mortuaries instead of Red Cross hands, with fake names on boxes and altered death dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
International Red Cross
H. E. Gande
William Grover Farrow
Darlington
S. C
J. Smith
Dean Edward Hallmark
Dallas
Tex
E. L. Brister
Harold A. Spatz
Lebo
Kas
Japan
Kiangwan Garrison
U. S. Army
Robert J. Meder
Lakewood
Ohio
Nanking
Hallmark
Farrow
Spatz
World Girdlers Ready To Fly The Globster Starts Global Route
A giant C-54 begins the first continuous world girdling schedule christened The Globster. Seven men and a woman aboard the 40 passenger plane will fly 23 147 miles from Washington to Bermuda Azores North Africa Egypt India China Philippines Honolulu and back in 151 hours.
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Washington
Atlantic
Washington National
U. S. Army Air Transport Command
Bermuda
Azores
Africa
Egypt
India
China
Philippines
Honolulu
Pacific Isles
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. Proceeds support church programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church House
W. Boscawen
Allies Plan Large Scale Feeding of Germans This Winter
United States officials outline a wartime relief plan to feed Germans on a large scale this winter with Allied help. The program could extend to Japan and would be financed by the German population through future exports, not as a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Germany
Japan
Ford Key Man Is Stepping Aside
Detroit September 28 Harry H Bennett longtime Ford personnel director steps down and shifts to consulting while James Bugas FBI veteran takes over Bennett will remain a Ford director and Bricker named to head productive and non productive manufacturing R R Rausch moves to support major construction projects Bennett who closely served Elder Henry Ford states this is planned and reflects a transition in leadership within the Ford Motor Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
Bennett
James 8. Bugas
FBI
Ford
Bugas
M. L. Bricker
R. R. Rausch
Bricker
Ford Company
Willow Run
Bennett Lone
Henry Ford
SPECIAL AT GROVE'S 50 RAG SCATTER RUGS NOW 75C
50 oval rag scatter rugs offered at 75 cents each at Grove's Furniture Co. J W Grove 125 S Loudoun St. Sale ends soon. Local ad notes price drop from 1.49 to 0.75 and urges customers to hurry.
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Grove's
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun St
Wanted Bar Cleaners Pingley and Carper
A classified notice seeks bar cleaners Pingley and Carper with contact details and job requirements. The ad lists two separate lines with names and dates indicating a staffing request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presser
Pingley
Carper
Pingley and Carper
Missionary Warfield Addresses Winchester District Parley
The Rev. Gaither P. Warfield spoke at Woodstock to urge active Christian response to global evil and to critique neutral stances despite Atlantic Charter ideals. The meeting followed a district session tallying 726 new members last year and solid financial progress toward Crusade for Christ with over 74 thousand paid against 96 thousand goal.
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Gaither P. Warfield
D. D
Poland
Winchester
Methodist Church
Woodstock
Virginia
Warfield
H. Wark Curry
Front Royal
Braddock Street
T. J. Hawkins
Harrisonburg
K. K. Haddaway
Brucetown
Frederick County
F. T. Fulcher
Marshall
E. E. Henley
Middletown
R. B. Moore
Montague Avenue
New Market
Bridgewater
Loudoun
W. 8. Tongue
Round Hill
Midletown
Strasburg
Berryville
Stephens City Church
Mt. Jackson
Byrd Buys Braddock Farm Near Charles Town West Virginia
Charles Town reports Senator Harry Byrd of Berryville has purchased the 166 acre Braddock Farm off Summit Point road one mile west of Charles Town. The property includes an eight room frame dwelling and orchards adjoining Byrd holdings. Mrs Rebecca Dutrow Garvin sold the farm.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Bingo Tonight at South End Fire Company
The notice advertises a bingo night at 8 30 p m with a 100 dollar door prize weekly plus many other prizes. It also includes a job posting seeking a qualified hotel room clerk for the Hotel Shenandoah Martinsburg West Virginia and instructions to apply to the manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Fire Company
Shenandoah
Martinsburg
W. V
Diamond Cab Announces New Phone Number 4106
The Diamond Cab reveals its new telephone number 4106 and lists its office opposite the Lutheran Church. Patrons are thanked as “Wimpy” Polly and Joe appreciate your patronage.
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Lutheran Church
Polly
Joe
Reopening of Stock Exchange Is Forbidden
General MacArthur ordered the U S Eighth Army to seize 34 Japanese officers and men suspected in the Palawan massacre of Allied prisoners Dec 11 1944. The Supreme Allied Commander forbade reopening Japan's stock exchange without his approval while allowing limited factory reopenings.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
U. S. Eighth Army
Palawan
Philippines
Ole Satoshi
Japan
Stock Exchange
Liberal
Mainichi
Allied
Polish girls plot to blow up Oswiecim camp gas chamber
Lydia Sonszajn, 13th witness in the Belsen and Oswiecim war crimes trial, testified that six Polish girls planned to destroy the gas chamber and crematorium at Oswiecim, four were hanged after discovery, and the plan was foiled days before execution. She named camp figures including Josef Kramer as camp commandant and cited harsh treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Chamberlain
Lueneburg
Germany
Oswiecim
Belsen
Lydia Sonszajn
Anna Hampel
Miss Sonszajn
Weingartner
Josef Kramer
Kramer
Arms Were Given To Annamese By Nippon Soldiers
In Saigon a senior Japanese general admitted some Japanese soldiers supplied arms to rioting Annamites after Hirohito's surrender. He said some local officers and men acted against orders but no officers joined the rebels. Disarmament fears kept troops from strict action. repatriation was urged.
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Saigon
Hirohito
Takazo Numata
Juichi Terauchi
Numata
Terauchi
Possi
Philippines
Bataan
Indochina
Burma
Malaya
Sumatra
Borneo
East Indies
Singapore
D. D. Gracey
Indo-China
Japan
Greater East
Gracey
New Delhi
Sai
Showers Forecast For Week End Across Districts
The five day forecast from the Washington bureau covers Saturday through Wednesday. District 4 expects showers Saturday with possible rain Sunday or Monday and cooler conditions, with light frost possible in northern New York Sunday morning followed by warmth later in the week. District 5 predicts rain Saturday ending Sunday, then showers Tuesday, cooler Saturday and Sunday, and a warm Monday and Tuesday with a cool Wednesday.
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Washington
District 4
New York
District 5
W. Virginia
Welcome Home Veterans Return to Civilian Life
The Star welcomes Frederick Clarke counties and Winchester veterans who have received their discharges and are resuming civilian life. The newspaper will publish daily updates listing local men who have been discharged with public aid in identifying those returning home.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
The
Star
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Bulletin
Rafael Berenes
International
Sanitary Dairy
Gov. McGrath
Doolittle
Richard Cushing
Hirohito Down
Europe
Army
Austria
Ford Key Man
M’ Arthur
Byrd
Yellow Cab CO
Russell Brines
Dole
Annamese
Nippon
Vern Haugland
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