Congress Eyes Farm Aid Boost Despite Unease
The House debates a $701 million agriculture department bill for the next fiscal year. It allocates $257 million for soil conservation, $75 million for school lunches, $50.7 million for forest service and raises soil conservation payments to 2500 per person, while matching Truman’s cash cut with contract authorizations. The committee urges surplus production for world markets and expands foreign trade efforts, approving a $50,000 foreign contact service to bolster international representation.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Forest Service
President Truman
Department i
Ppriate
Executive Department
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Quartets Booked At Lions Meeting
The Four Muggs and Four Cubs, local quartets from Martinsburg, will perform at the Lions luncheon tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. They placed third and fourth in the Barber Shop Harmony contest last week. Edward Startzman and Herman Barr will speak, with Paul Anderson as program chairman.
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Muggs
Cubs
Martinsburg
Lions
Samuel Preston
Edward Startzman
Herman Barr
Paul Anderson
Virginia Home Economics Association names president elect
Mrs Rose H Loving of Richmond was named president elect of the Virginia Home Economics Association. Mrs Elizabeth Woodard, assistant director of Richmond public school cafeterias, was elected president elect of the Virginia Dietetic Association.
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Roanoke
Rose H. Loving
Richmond
Virginia Home Economics Assn
Virginia Dietetic Assn
Elizabeth Woodard
Richmond Mond
South End Fire Co Meets Monday Night
The regular monthly meeting of The South End Fire Co. will be held Monday night at 8:00. All members are urged to be present. H. A. Layman, Pres. Garbage notice for April 11 to 16: city will collect trash and rubbish in open trucks if placed on the curb with closed equipment. City Manager 4-4-1-1p-2t.
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South End Fire CO
H. A
Atlantic Alliance Population Tops That Of Soviet Nations
The North Atlantic treaty unites 12 western countries with a combined population of 332,439,000. In contrast Russia and its six Eastern satellites total 274,000,000, highlighting the demographic gap between blocs.
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Atlantic Alliance
Washington
Russia
Pravda Calls West Reply evasive on NATO protest
Moscow reports Pravda says Western answer to Russia's protest on the NATO pact dodges issues raised by the Soviet note. It notes ministers defend the pact as defensive within the U.N. and blasts Wall Street for rearmament while hinting at U.S. control over European armed forces.
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Moscow
Pravda
Russia
Communist Party
Washington
U. N
International Review
Wall Street
Western
Europe
U. S
Chinese Reds reportedly agree to cease fire order in civil war
Semi official sources said the Chinese communists agreed in principle to order a cease fire as peace talks near. Peiping reports say the government pressed for the halt during preliminary discussions. Huang Chi Han delivered early results from Peiping and noted cordial reception of peace delegates. Skepticism remained about actual cease fire implementation.
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Nanking
China
Peiping
Huang
George Marshall
Li Tsung-jen
National Assembly
Wooden leg cow tops Howard Martin dairy herd in Iowa
A Brown Swiss cow in Howard Martin's Iowa dairy herd, fitted with an artificial wooden leg after a two year old injury, became a high producer. The cow calved a bull two months after the amputation and now grazes with the herd in cornfields.
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Iowa
Howard Martin
Here
Martin
Senator fears Europe will ask for U S troops
Washington April 4 Senator George D Ga says he fears Western Europe may seek US troops as an outgrowth of the North Atlantic security treaty. He supports the pact in principle but warns against a full scale military garrison. He urges a cautious 15 month start to rearming Europe to avoid Russian accusations.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Europe
United States
Greece
Turkey
Congress
China
Western
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Baldwin
R-Conn
Coal Price Cut in Danville as War Sadness Eases
Danville Virginia dealers announced the first coal price reduction since the war began. The cuts apply to all types and in most cases allow the consumer to save about one dollar a ton.
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Danville. Va
UN May Take Up Indonesian and Balkan Cases
The United Nations General Assembly’s carry-over session opens with a full 58-nation agenda. Bolivia seeks Mindszenty’s case, Australia pushes for Bulgarian clergy cases, and India with Australia urge Indonesian case on the agenda alongside potential debate on the North Atlantic treaty and the Berlin crisis.
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United Nations
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Forum
Bolivia
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Australia
India
Council
Assembly
Flushing Meadow
Berlin
Syria Armistice Talks With Israel Set for Wednesday
Trans Jordan has signed an armistice with Israel ending the Palestine war for one year and renewable. An Israeli foreign office spokesman welcomed the move as paving the way for peace. In Damascus, Lt. Col. Fawzi Helo said armistice talks with Israel probably will begin Wednesday.
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Trans- Jordan
Israel
Egypt
Lebanon
Trans-Jordan
Thero Saes
Iraq
Palestine
Syria
Damascus
Fawzi Helo
Crash Damages Loaded Trucks At Rennertown Intersection
Two International trucks collided on Route 50 at Rennertown. One truck carrying beer struck from behind a pulp wood truck, with about 400 dollars in total damage. Beer cases broke, but Wingert’s truck drove away under its own power.
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Rennertown
Lawerence
Coverstone
A. K. Wingert
Cork St
Wingert
Ross Jones
Inwood
H. H. Triggs
Amherst
Boscawen St
Robinson Cold Storage Co
Roy Frederick Arnold
Winchester R. 2
Max Lewis
Stephenson
Jack Scarle
Pittsburgh
Loudoun
John F. Hickey
Hagerstown
Harold Patten
E. Clifford St
Hickey
Staunton Military Academy to be led by Maj. Gen. Persons
Major General Wilton B. Person will become superintendent of Staunton Military Academy after retiring from 32 years in the Army. Defense Secretary Johnson announced the appointment saying the academy benefits from Persons extensive service and leadership. He was born in Montgomery Alabama and is a 1916 graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute with a Harvard MBA.
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Washington
Wilton B. Person
Staunton Military Academy
Defense
Johnson
Persons
Army
Staunton
Secretary of Defense
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Coast Artillery Reserve
France
Germany
Regular Army
Norfolk and Western Revenues Top $200 Million in 1948
The Norfolk and Western Railway Co reports 1948 revenue of 200,264,607 dollars, up 12 percent from 1947. Net income after deductions stood at 35,691,370 dollars, 3,398,762 higher than 1947. Company plans about 4.6 million dollars of capital expenditures in 1950 for authorized improvements.
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Philadelphia
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
GOP to Defer Fight on Marshall Plan
Washington April 4 economy advocates shift plans to cut the European Recovery Program as money bills approach. Senate debates on authorization continue with leaders predicting limited savings while calls for scrutiny of cash outlays surface. auction sale noted for estate of Julian W. Baker with display ad on page 3.
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GOP
Washington
Congress
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Economic Cooperation Administration
George
D-Ga
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Byrd
D-Va
Julian W. Baker
Russian raid near Caspian border sparks Iran protest
A military informant reports a Russian regiment attacked an Iranian post in north eastern Azerbaijan near the Caspian Sea on March 31. Iranian troops responded, two Iranians killed, many wounded, with heavy fighting lasting into the next day. Russia reportedly issued a protest note, and relations have worsened with border tensions and troop drills in the Caucasus.
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Tehran
Iran
Azerbaijan
Caspian Sea
Qansi Boulaqe
Russia
Caspian
Gurgan
Qansi Boulaq
Caucasus
Biblical
Mount Ararat
Baku
Soviet Union
South's Coal Men Eye Contract Talks
Washington April 4. Directors of the Southern Coal Producers Assn met with President Joseph L. Moody as contract talks with the United Mine Workers loom. The present pact expires June 30 and hints emerge that a 20 cent royalty hike may fund welfare and retirement.
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Washington
Southern Coal Producers Assn
Joseph L. Moody
UMW
Southern Group
Lewis
Harry Moses
H. C. Frick Coal Co
U. S. Corp
Midwest
Nearly 1000 Taxis Defy Gotham Strike
New York April 4 975 cabs were cruising the streets in heavy early movement of a city wide taxicab strike despite intensified picket lines. The striking union says the walkout is 93 to 94 percent effective as demonstrations spread to 435 garages and arrests related to violence rise to 50.
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New York
Terminal System
Manhattan West Side
Rate Rise Sought by Chesapeake and Potomac Co
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of Virginia asks the State Corporation Commission for authority to raise telephone rates. C P cites declining earnings and rising expenses, seeking about 2.3 million dollars in additional annual net earnings and 3.9 million dollars in gross revenue, due to unprecedented construction and high wage costs.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
SCC
W. H. Trapnell
Pea
Coeesa
Danville Democrat Committee Elects Dr Gerard E Thompson
Dr Gerard E Thompson of Chatham has been chosen chairman of the Pittsylvania county Democratic committee after Samuel E Swanson stepped aside. Swanson is seeking renomination as a county delegate to the State House of Delegates.
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Danville
Gerard E. Thompson
Chatham
Pittsylvania County
Democratic Committee
Samuel E. Swanson
Swanson
House of Delegates
Beautification by Planting Urged by Jr Commerce Body
Winchester and Frederick county launch annual spring beautification with new Grow-up plan joining paint-up fix-up and clean up. Louie Yancey heads the clean-up committee as 70 civic and service groups join the effort to promote shrub and tree planting for community health and well being.
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Jr. Commerce Body
Winchester
Frederick County
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Louie Yancey
Acheson Warns All Will Join to Resist Invader
In Washington on April 4 President Truman lauded the Atlantic pact as a shield against aggression and a guide for peace. Secretary Acheson, hosting the signing in the departmental auditorium, said the treaty binds nations to stand together against aggression and to warn would be aggressors.
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Truman
Acheson
Washington
Russia
West
Congress
Bribes Charged To 24 Indicted Norfolk Police
Norfolk indictments charge 24 police officers with taking bribes. A grand jury returned the indictments after testimony from Patrolman C A Dalby and Public Safety Director C H Dalby. One defendant allegedly accepted $10 from W Carvel Benson for payments to policemen. Benson has prior arrests on numbers lottery charges.
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Norfolk
Corporation Court
C. H. Dalby
Patrolman
C. A
W. Carvel Benson
Benson
Rome Embassy Guard Amid Pact Signing Disturbs None
In Rome and Washington guards were posted to protect embassies during the Atlantic pact signing. No disturbances were reported as Italian authorities reported a restrained protest by Communist groups. A heavy guard appeared at the Aurea Street entrance in Rome while other nations’ embassies noted only light police presence.
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Washington
Te Aurea
County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Rouss Ave
Coleman C. Dunn
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