Two Houses Razed as 650 Acre Fire Rages
A Sunday noon blaze near the Sulphur Spring Road and Senseny Road spread over about 650 acres in Frederick County, destroying two vacant houses and damaging others. Firefighters from multiple companies fought the wind-driven fire into early Monday, with 250 acres deemed woodland burned. Chief Fire Warden Thomas Rosenberger said investigation into probable causes would continue.
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Sulphur Spring Road
Senseny
Thomas Rosenberger
Frederick County
Clearbrook Vollen Fire Company
South Fire Company
Lupton Orchard Service Company
Rosenberger
Wilbur Carpenter
Holmes Carper
G. W. Forney
Winchester
S. Loudoun Street
Virginia Myers
Kline
N. Kent Street
Jessups
Maryland
Washington
Gromyko urges immediate US atomic disarmament at UN
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko pressed for an outright ban on atomic weapons and a general disarmament agreement at the UN Commission on Conventional Armaments. He argued safeguards are unnecessary and a disarmament convention would boost international peace and trust in the UN. He warned without a ban, solving international control of atomic energy would be impossible.
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Lake Success
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
United States
United Nations Commission
Gromyko
U. N
General Assembly
Arms Commission
Security Council
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Political Timing Charge Marks Truman Pledge Debate
Senator Taft accused President Truman of political timing in pledging tax cuts and peacetime economy measures. Taft, citing the Jefferson Day address, argued the budget will be cut and revenues rise, while Truman urged readiness to reduce the tax burden when appropriate the Democrats await the proper moment.
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Truman
Taft
Washington
Ohio
Presnan
Senate Republicanolicy Committee
Democratic Party
Congress
Clarke County Lions Sponsor Fresh Air Kids Program
Clarke County Lions Club forms a committee with two other local clubs to place Fresh Air Children from New York City in Berryville for the summer. Georet Lightner and Charles E Miley named to the committee with two members from each women’s club joining. Planning was shared after a Berryville visit by a Herald Tribune Pund representative. A later report covered the April 17 ladies night program and a Shenandoah Conservatory singers appearance.
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Star Ae Va
Clarke County Lions Club
Berryville
New York City
Georet Lightner
Charles E Miley
Lightner
The
Herald Tribune Pund
John Hardesty
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Dereon Wil
Winchester Devout Observe Easter Across World and City
Winchester residents joined global Easter observances with church services and spring decorations. World notes include Jerusalem Holy Sepulchre rites, Wailing Wall prayers, and Passover worship as nations mark the second Easter of peace amid regional tensions.
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Winchester
Mount Hebron
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Speulchre
Jesus
Nebi Musa
Moses
Restaurant Closed Pending Investigation
Dr M Allen city health officer announced a local restaurant was closed pending inquiry into weekend illnesses possibly linked to tainted food. Four people were treated at area hospital with three discharged and one still hospitalized, while hamburger and pie samples were sent to a laboratory for analysis.
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M. Allen
Allen
G. G. Baker
Courtney Grim
City Meat and Milk
Garrette Named Minister to Ireland by Truman
President Truman nominated George A. Garrette of Washington D C an investment banker to serve as minister to Ireland. He is the first name proposed for the post.
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Washington
George A. Garrette
Washington, D. C
Truman
Ireland
Marines suffer raid at MHsinho ammo dump in China
Chinese authorities report a Red raid on the MHsinho ammunition depot killed five Americans and wounded sixteen Marines. Reinforcements from Tangku faced mine and ambush delays. attackers suffered about six dead and around one hundred wounded before retreating. U S defense lines extended toward the area.
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Tientsin
Mhsinho
U. S
China
Soreuting
Tangku
Wrecked plane found with body of FCC attorney near Lanesville
ELKINS W Va April 7 The wrecked airplane and the body of John F Mannire 44 year old federal communications commission attorney were found late yesterday on the side of a mountain near Lanesville Tucker County close to the Randolph County line State Police Sgt J M Johnson Elkins detachment said the craft was discovered by a young man and boy who were hunting sheep.
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Elkins
W. Va
John F. Mannierre
Federal Communications Commission
Lanesville
Tucker County
Randolph County
J. M. Johnson
Langley jet crashes near Andrews Field during Army Day parade
A P-80 jet from Langley Field crashed at 10 40 a m one mile south of Andrews Field Maryland while en route with seven other planes to Washington for an airborne Army Day parade. Pilot status not immediately known.
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Se Field
Langley Field
Andrews Field
Washington
Winchester Clergyman Sees Gandhi on Christian Persecution
Rev. Garland Evans Hopkins of Winchester and Washington interviewed Mohandas Gandhi in New Delhi on the fate of Christians in free India. Gandhi said Christians would endure persecution, arguing suffering accelerates Christianity. Hopkins also met Jawaharlal Nehru during the visit.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandi
World Council of Churches
Garland Evans Hopkins
Washington
D. C
Winchester
Hindu Congress Party
Free
Mr. Gandhi
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress Party
Mule Day Brings Crowd To Columbia Tennessee
In Columbia Tennessee the annual Mule Day celebration swelled from a 10 579 population to about 20 000 with a parade crowning of King Mule by Mrs Martha Na Pier Bryant and a schedule including a circus ball and square dance. The event, held the first Monday in April, has grown over more than a decade into a major Mid state attraction drawing farmers and visitors alike.
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Columbia
Tenn
Tennessee
King Mule
Martha Na Pier Bryant
Derailment injures forty on Gotham Limited train
The Gotham Limited on the Chicago to New York run derailed in Columbia City Indiana at 12 12 am injuring about 40 of 300 passengers. Fifteen were hospitalized in Fort Wayne with three or four seriously hurt no fatalities. Crew and police assisted as trains cars toppled and a Pullman overturned.
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Columbia City
Ind
Pennsylvania Railraeal
Gotham Limited
Chicago
New York
Fort Wayne
K. E. Berkins
Indiana
Ligoner Post
Arthur Jackson
Jackson
Hodgson & Brown
South End Fire Co
Harry W. Rainsberger, Jr
Phone
Miners Flock Idle As Unions Lead Work Stoppage
Widespread soft coal strike orders idling roughly 280 000 miners across states including West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Illinois Alabama and Pennsylvania. Production in the Pittsburgh district fell to about 25 percent of normal as mines closed or cut output while 40 to 50 percent of hours for some mills were reduced.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Illinois
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Solid Fuels Administration
Navy Coal Administration
United Mine Workers
Ilinois
United Mine
New Mexico
Enon
Ede Steel Corp
No. 1
Stee
Navy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pitts
Winchester Easter Weather Stages Calm Amid Flooding Elsewhere
Winchester enjoyed a bright Easter with sun and a high of 85 after mild conditions the day before. Floods raged in Michigan and Pennsylvania as Meadeville and Warren evacuated families and GM plants halted operations, while the Chicago bureau warned only warming trends for the region.
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Chicago Federal Weather Bureau
Michigan
Flint
Lansing
Telephone workers strike halts vast network nationwide
Washington reports show 294,000 to 340,700 workers off the job as NFTW says disruption spans Eastern Central Southern and Western states. New York long distance service cut to 20 percent of normal as unions and officials assess impact while President Truman watches closely.
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Virginia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Alfred V. Atkinson
Virginia Federation of Telephone Workers
Richmond
Arthur L. Lambdin
President Truman
Tuck
Independent Union
Commonwealth of Virginia
Truman
Atkinson
Washington
National Federation Telephone Workers
New York
Aul Telephone and Telegraph C Pany
Sitna
NFTW
South
NPTW
England
Indiana
Chicago
Coast Coast
Phones
Nerve 60 Pure
Martinsburg Pair Held In Maryland Robbery Attempt
In Brunswick Maryland state police report a fatal shooting and a serious injury during an attempted break in at a local headquarters. The dead man was George Ramey 21 of Martinsburg West Virginia an escapee. A 16 year old Martinsburg youth was wounded and hospitalized with a bullet to the groin. Authorities say both Rameys and the youth are being questioned about recent Martinsburg burglaries.
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Brunswick
George Ramey
Martinsburg
W. Va
BE. K. May
May
Senators Predict Lilienthal Will Be Confirmed This Week
Washington April 7 Senators expect David E. Lilienthal to be confirmed as Atomic Energy Commission chairman. Senator McKellar has not decided on further steps to block the nomination. The Senate defeated a motion to recommit the nomination 52 to 38 and Taft planned to seek a yes vote as he also opposed the nomination.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy
Senator McKellar
Tenn
al McKellar
Lilienthal
Senate
George
D-Ga
Millikin
R-Cole
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
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Geza Rac. 40
DE Gaulle
Strasbourg
Charles de Gaulle
France
Covington
William Overstreet
St. Albans
Awashington
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Argu
Mohandas Gandhi
Gotam
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Col
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General Motors
Fliint
Meadville
Preach Creek
Warren
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