Iran's Hussein Ala Receives Premier Qavam's Backing
Iran's Premier Ahmed Qavam telegraphed UN Security Council reaffirming Hussein Ala as Iran's fully accredited representative. The note addressed to Trygve Lie follows Russia's walkout over Iran's question. Members note Moscow paid its UN assessment and Russian delegates cooperate on council business and military planning.
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New York
Ahmed Qavam
Iran
Hussein Ala
United Nations Security Council
Ala
Council
Russia
Security Council
Rygve Lie
United Nations Department of Information
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Boris Stein
Detroit Transit Strike Leaves Thousands Walking to Work
Detroit's municipally owned transit system shut down in a wage dispute forcing hundreds of thousands to seek private transport or walk. The 1.8 million daily riders faced service disruption as unions and city officials failed to reach a last minute agreement. police presence was noted but no incidents were reported.
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Detroit
Detroit Street Railways Department
Detroit Police
Subuaban Highland Park
Appreciation for Winchester Store Removal Sale Crowds
Thank you to the women of Winchester and surrounding communities for filling our store during the first two days of our removal sale. We pledge continued service and value in N and P style shop.
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Winchester
N&p
Hollis Insurance Agency Operates From Home Address
Lawrence C. Hollis Insurance Agency conducts its business at Vincent Hollis home 201 Kerr St until a new local is obtained. Telephones 3-30-tp-41.
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Lawrence C. Hollis Insurance Agency
Vincent Hollis
Kerr St
Winchester Pushes Clean Up Paint Up Proclamation
Mayor C R Anderson issues a March 31 proclamation declaring April Clean up and Paint up Month. Winchester joins the Junior Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce to improve safety and appearance ahead of visitors during the Apple Blossom period. The city will collect curb trash April 8 through 13 with efforts by Lee Grant and Holmes Yeakley and 250 letters sent to local businesses. committee members named are Laurence Miller Ted Mosely Dick Petrie and Sherman Dick.
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Winchester
C. R. Anderson
Holmes Yeakley
Junior Board of Trade
Lee Grant
Laurence C. Miller
Ted Mosely
Dick Petrie
Sherman Dick
Cold Weather Fails To Harm Local Fruit Bloom Outlook
Entomologist Dr. Hough reports fruit trees near blossom in good condition after temperatures fell to 37 and 31 degrees. Apple varieties at pre pink stage. crop lag 7 to 10 days behind 1945. Peaches pears sour cherries edging toward bloom. frost damage noted on strawberries further east.
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8. Hough
Inchester Research Laboratory
Hough
Norfolk
State Experiment Station
Diamond Springs
PCA Representative to Speak at Winchester Banquet Friday
Bill Henry of Washington, Car go Development Representative for Pennsylvania Central Airlines will be guest speaker at the Winchester Chamber of Commerce banquet on Friday April 5. He will discuss air cargo and aviation's future. Henry, with PCA since 1942, previously worked in research and new route development before cargo development assignment. He served as a WWII flight navigator and survival course instructor.
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Bill Henry
Washington
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Henry
PCA
Air
Deactivation of U S Army in China Planned for May 1
Lt General Albert C Wedemeyer announced that the United States Army in the China theater will be deactivated on May 1 leaving 3000 to 4000 personnel. The troops will form a military advisory group under General George C Marshall and assist with cease fire, repatriation and residual duties as Marines revert to Navy control.
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Shanghai
United States Army
China Theater
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
U. S. Army
China
George C. Marshall
Wedemeyer
United States
U. S
Manchuria
Highway Work Funds Total 265 000 Across Several Counties
State Department of Highways tentatively allocates 265000 for road work in Frederick Clarke Warren and Shenandoah counties with 100000 for the Cedar Creek bridge approaches 75000 for Stephens City curb and gutter and 45000 for White Hall to West Virginia line oiling and 45000 for Opequon Creek bridge in Front Royal public hearing set in Roanoke on May 2.
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Department of Highways
Frederick, Clarke, Warren
Shenandoah
Roanoke
F. M. Yellett
Frederick, Clarke
Warren
Frederick
Cedar Creek
Stephens City
White Hall
West Virginia Line
Opequon Creek
Front Royal
Golden Glow Coffee Shoppe Reopens at New East Gerrard Site
The Golden Glow Coffee Shoppe announces Sunday to holiday hours at its new location 25 East Gerrard Street. The opening expands service to Sundays and holidays, inviting patrons to enjoy a Sunday dinner ambiance at the refreshed shop.
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Golden Glow
Gerrard St
South End Fire Company Meeting Notice
April 1 at 8 o clock an important meeting for all members is ordered to attend. Harry Rainsberger is the cant.
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Harry Rainsberger
Meat price controls blamed as black market runs wild
An attorney told the Senate Agriculture Committee that price controls on meat have broken down and the black market is running wild. He urged abolishing meat subsidies, warning of an abnormal price spike lasting a short period before the black market is knocked out. He estimated beef would rise five to six cents a pound, pork less. Subsidies total 700 million dollars yearly.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Laroe
Senator Ellender
D-La
la Roe
Connally
D-Tex
Thomas
D-Okla
House
Agriculture Committee
Banking Committee
Nazi Roundup Sunday Signals Wider Nazi Subversion Threats
Frankfurt reports indicate American intelligence officers say several Nazi subversive groups remain active in Germany. The weekend roundup of nearly 1000 Hitler Youth conspirators is described as the beginning of broader counter espionage efforts against remaining Nazi resistance linked to Arthur Axmann.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Hitler Youth
Arthur Axmann
Hitler Youth Movement
Axmann
Hitler
Berlin
Willi Heidemann
Asmann
Austria
U. S. Army
Local Red Cross drives hits quota in Winchester Fredericks
George Sanders announces the Winchester Frederick County Red Cross Roll Call Drive quota of 17575 was reached Saturday after a last minute appeal. Between Thursday and Saturday night 2952 was contributed while Mrs Susan Kabler continues tallying returns and a full report will follow later in the week.
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George Sanders
Winchester-Frederick County
Weather News In New York April Fool Snow Flurry
New York reports a brief April Fool snow flurry as the Weather Service notes light snow that melted on impact. Temperature sits near 39 degrees with quick changes in visibility.
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New York
Truman Says No Plan To Intervene In Coal Strike
Mrs B B Dutton announced that Dorothy de Grange and Irene Carol Johnson were named Maids of Honor to Queen Shenandoah XIX for the Apple Blossom Festival on May 2. De Grange, a Parsons student in New York, is from Richmond and a St Catherine's School graduate. Johnson, a Handley High School graduate 1944, is a Michigan sophomore and president of her house at the University of Michigan.
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B. B. Dutton
Department of the Queen
Dorothy de Grange
H. Clay de Grange
Washington St
Irene Carol Johnson
Ellsworth Johnson
Fairmont Avenue
Winchester
Shenandoah XIX
Dorothy deGrange
St. Catherine’s School
Richmond
Parsons School
New York City
Miss Johnson
Handley High School
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Mid-West University
Leftist Parties Lose in Greece
Athens reports an overwhelming defeat for Communists and Left Wing groups in the parliamentary elections. Unofficial returns indicate a likely return of King George II, with clashes killing about 20 people. Voter turnout ranged from 65 to 75 percent amid a Russian backed boycott.
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Athens
George II
Greece
General Hatcher Receives High Military Honors
General Julian Hatcher, native of Hero and brother of Richard Hatcher, 211 W Leicester Jr, earns the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit for service in the Army Ordnance Department. The DSM cites leadership and effort in creating a vast supply and maintenance system aiding U S and allied armies from February 1943 to July 1945. The Legion of Merit recognizes exceptionally meritorious service in organizing and establishing the Ordnance Training Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland and the ordnance training establishment from one
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Julian
Hatcher
Richard F. Hatcher
W. Leicester Jr
Legion of Merit
Army Ornance Department
General Hatcher
United States
Ordnance Training Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Maryland
Ordnance Training Establishment
Shriners to Meet at Culpepper in Virginia
Shriners of northern Virginia and Blue Ridge Shrine Club plan a meeting in Culpepper Virginia on Wednesday April 3. Richmond Nobles including Past Potentates Claude C Berry G Peter Jones and First Ceremonial Master McCue will attend.
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Shriners
Northern Virginia
Blue Ridge Shrine Club
Culpepper
Richmond
Claude C. Berry
G. Peter Jones
Mas McCue
Acca Temple
Virginia State Guard halts Virginia Electric strike in Winchester
Members of Company 116 Winchester and Company 115 VASG carried out Governor Tuck's orders, draft of Virginia Electric and Power employees into unorganized militia. The units returned to Winchester after late Saturday duty at the power company property.
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Winchester
Virginia State Guard
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Pictore
Alexandria
Pvt
C. L. Drummond
D. D. Spillman
Pfc
A. B. Comer
J. P. LeCraig
Oscar S. Brown
LeCraig
VASG
Tuck
W. A. Baker
Farm Parity Plan May Lift Cost Of Living
Stabilization Director Chester Bowles warns the farm parity plan passed by the Senate could raise retail food prices by about 15 percent and push average annual food budgets up by 125 dollars while boosting store costs of cotton garments by seven percent. The measure ties farm labor costs to parity prices, risks inflation, and could push many farm products out of domestic and world markets, according to Bowles in a March 14 letter to Senator Pepper.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Senate
Bowles
Senator Pepper
Dfla
Fire Destroys Shed On S Loudoun Street
Fire destroyed a store shed at the rear of 101 S Loudoun St owned by Herman Hable. Paul Rosenberger reported the blaze, South End and Friendship fire companies fought it using hoses from alley and street. Firefighters saved an adjacent shed and Holmes Grim’s Ford sedan. Palace theater nearby suffered no damage and reopened tonight.
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S. Loudoun St
Herman Hable
Paul Rosenberger
John W. Rosenberger Lumber Co
South End
Friendship Companies
Loudoun St
Holmes Grim
Hable
Power Co
Quakes Recorded in Past Year Noted
Seismologists report earthquake activity tracked over the past year with several notable tremors recorded across multiple regions. Detailed data remain under review by the geological survey and regional observatories for pattern analysis and risk assessment.
North American Company Loses High Court Appeal
The Supreme Court upholds the death sentence clause of the Public Utility Holding Company Act, forcing North American to divest to a single integrated system. The firm with 80 utilities in 17 states and DC contested SEC orders from 1942, with New York headquarters and a main office in New York City. Justice Murphy delivered the six to zero decision. Justices Douglas Reed and Jackson recused themselves.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Public Utility Holding Company Act
Interstate Gas and Electric Holding Companies
North American Company
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
North American
Murphy
Douglas
Reed
Jackson
States
District of Columbia
New York
St. Louis
Federal Circuit Court
New York City
Seattle Smallpox Cases Reach 24
Four Seattle hospitals barred all visitors today as two new cases of smallpox were reported, bringing to 24 the number of cases in Seattle and its suburbs. Deaths from the epidemic stand alive as vaccination centers opened at degree stations. Dr. Emil Palmquist said the campaign would continue until at least 85 percent of people have been vaccinated.
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Seattle
Emil Palmquist
Field Marshal Cort Dies In London
Field Marshal Viscount Gort aged 59 former chief of the British Imperial Staff and a cousin of King George VI died yesterday in London after a serious operation last November. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk in 1940.
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London
Viscount Gort
Imperial Staff
Oreas
George VI
Ottatiel Ater Aiveneness
Gort
Dunkerque
Coal Walkout Halts 400000 Miners Across Nation
The White House disclosed President Truman will not intervene in the bituminous coal strike. AFL United Mine Workers announce a no work policy affecting 400000 miners as rationing begins to safeguard urgent needs. Secretary Schwellenbach appoints Paul Puller as mediator while union seeks a health and welfare fund.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
P Nagata
Secretary of Labor
Pittsburgh
Ant. i
Afl-United Mine Workers
I Calm
John L. Lewis
John Mitchell
Lewis
Wellenbach
Paul Puller
Akron
J'er
Schwellenbach
Steel
Merchant Ship and Tanker Collide Off Pt Concepcion
Off Pt Concepcion near Port Hueneme California a merchant ship and the tanker Emmet collided and were towed to San Pedro. The Oneida Victory listed to 23 degrees and took on water while two crew members were injured. The crew evacuated to the Emmet as dawn revealed only slight damage.
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Port Hueneme
Calif
Pt. Concepcion
San Pedro
Oneida Victory
W. L. R. Emmet
Oneida
Naval Base
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CIO
Akron 5Portation Co
Anderson
U.S. Army
South End Fire Company
Small Packers
Red Cross
Hero
Powes
H. H. Hable
Field Marshall Cort
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