Scientists Claim U S Developed New War Gas
Secretary of War Patterson disclosed that the United States had developed a war gas that could render the Japanese military mask useless. Major General Alden H. Waitt warned of far more toxic agents and stressed confidence in chemical science to answer political pressures. Col. Dewey, president of the society, urged scientists to stay calm amid rising hubbub.
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Nien Dig N. J
Ar Patterson
United States
Patterson
American Chemical Society
Alden H. Waitt
Seoe Waitt
Col. Dewey
Goies
Gerald L. K. Smith Sentenced in Contempt Case
Chicago April 8 Gerald L K Smith head of the America Cormick faces jail for contempt of court. Don Lohbeck Detroit editor of a Smith sponsored publication also convicted faced a stay and 30 day appeal option. Judge McCormick cited unparalleled conditions and improper conduct in court as reasons for the punishment and set bond at 2500 with a 30 day stay.
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Chicago
Gerald L. K. Smith
The
America Cormick
Don Lohbeck
Detroit
Smith
Lohbeck
Maximilan St. George
McCormick Lohbeck
McCormick
Lobeck
Birmingham
Ala
Terminiello
Terminello
Restaurant Owners Meeting Urged in Winchester Tonight
James Pappas, chairman of the Restaurant Committee, urged eating place owners in and around Winchester to attend the 8 o'clock meeting at the Golden Glow restaurant on East Gerrard Street to plan meals for the Festival crowds.
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James Pappas
Winchester
East Gerrard Street
Gill
Garment Workers Strike At Knitting Mill Here
Workers at a knitting mill on North Kent Street struck at 7 this morning while the mill remained in operation. About 100 employees, many unionized, voted Jan 24 to support the Garment Workers Union stance. The dispute centers on a maintenance of union membership clause and wage demands. A federal conciliator was anticipated by Thursday or Friday.
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North Kent Street
John A Wanner
Richmond
Baltimore
Warner
the Star
Wagner
Motors
UAW
Garans Workers Union
Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Jaffe
Iran weighs stance on Soviet UN demand and oil deal
Tehran officials gave no firm policy on Moscow's bid to withdraw Iran from the UN security council. Premier Ahmed Qavam outlined a joint Russian Iranian oil venture with Russia holding 51 percent for 25 years and Iran 49 percent, while Azerbaijan regional tensions and a May 6 Russian troop withdrawal were noted. Elections for a new parliament would follow.
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Tehran
United Nations Security Council
Prince Firouz
Ahmed Qavam
Gromyko
Security Council
Persia
Russia
Eae
Grappins SS
Aieteduanenae
Andrei Gro‘myko
New York
Iran
Azerbaiijan
Azerbaijan
Red Army
Qavam
League Holds Last Meeting in Geneva
President Carl J. Hambro of Norway opened the 21st and final League of Nations assembly in Geneva. He urged building a wall of security with bricks and straw and said peace loving nations must meet in years to come. He paid tribute to the enduring aim of the United Nations.
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Geneva
Carl J. Habro
Norway
League of Nations Assembly
Hambro
Foley Nominated Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Washington April 8 Edward H Foley Jr of New York is nominated for the post of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury by the administration. The nomination aims to fill a senior budget and policy role in the Treasury Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward H. Foley, Jr
New York
Des Moines Wife and Family Slain in Front Yard Tragedy
A mother, grandmother, and two children were killed in the Irwin home yard. William C. Irwin, 41, wounded in a police shootout, told detectives God ordered him to kill his family. A neighbor child was grazed during the gun battle. Irwin was jailed after hospital treatment.
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Des Moines
William C. Irwin
Irwin
Edith Irwin
Mary Alice Irwin
Paul Castelline
Castelline
John
Henry Irwin
Geraldine Nelson
O'Sullivan Rubber Holds Winchester Sales Conference
O'Sullivan Rubber Co salesmen from all 48 states meet at the Rouss Fire Co second floor room in Winchester for their first general sales conference since before the war. Present are A C Halvosa of General Sales Associates, Jim Nolan of the Saturday Evening Post, and Westbrook Van Voorhis of Life magazine.
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O'Sullivan Rubber Co
Rouss Fire Co
A. C. Halvosa
General Sales Associates
O'Sullivan
Jim Nolan
Saturday Evening Post
Westbrook van Voorhis
Life Magazine
Explosion at Saigon ammo dump injures many
A large French ammunition dump on Saigon's northern edge exploded this morning and a series of blasts followed. Truckloads of wounded, including women and children, streamed to hospitals as officials warned the public and evacuated civilians. Refugees reported extensive housing damage amid panic and smoke.
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Saigon
Henri Cedille
Cochin China
Exton
Saiton
British Army Signal Corps
Two Taxi Drivers Questioned in Slaying
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania two Hagerstown Maryland taxi drivers were held for questioning in the strangulation and neck breaking of 19 year old Betty Jane Kennedy. The rope used as a weapon about 25 feet long was traced to a local buyer and a systematic search began to locate its seller. The victim, last seen at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in a Hagerstown restaurant, was found Thursday morning by Martin Benshoff near Rouserville. Funeral rites will be held in Hagerstown today.
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Waynesboro
William H. Peters
Hagerstown
Betty Jane Kennedy
Ted
Peters
Kennedy
Carl Hartman
State Police Detective Division
Hartman
Chambersburg
Hull
Franklin County
Martin Benshoff
Rouserville
Pup sold for $25 now brings $1500 in Berryville
Berryville dates show a remarkable rise in value for a pup once sold for twenty five dollars. The story notes Grubbs and local figures reflecting on past sales and current market trends in the area.
Miss Rose Smith Falls From Library Rotunda
Miss Rose Smith a 23 year old assistant librarian at Handley library suffered a fractured pelvis and a broken bone after falling from the third floor rotunda railing to the first floor. Vernon Eddy said she likely became dizzy while working and lost her balance. She was conscious after the fall and rushed to Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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Thomas Smith
Soewaki
Libarian
Handley A
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Vernon Eddy
Miss Smith
C. L. Smith
Galax
Virginia
Winchester
Wolfe
Virginia Democrats seek re election as GOP quarrels over Glass seat
Three Virginia Democrats Bland Smith and Almond announced plans to seek re election reducing GOP tensions as John Locke Green faces possible removal over his challenge to Senator Carter Glass. Lester Parsons defended Green while the party balked at a Byrd backed move to urge Glass be unseated.
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Associated Press
Virginia
John Locke Green
Arlington County
Lester S. Parsons
Norfolk
Senate
Bland
Smith
Almond
Ae Drewry
West Fourth
Robertson
Gray
Daughtan
Flannagan
Burd
Byrd
Washington
Richmond
Carter Glass
Glass
Green
Republican Party
G.O. P
Robert W. Waitt, Jr
At- O. P
Parsons
Teen
Hailstorm Ravages Anniston With Million Dollar Damage
An April 8 hailstorm in Anniston Alabama left streets littered with debris and caused damage estimated in the millions of dollars. Eighteen people were injured as residents began clearing wreckage and assessing losses.
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Anniston
Ala
Frost Injures Early Apple Varieties in Cedar Creek Grade
Frost Sunday damaged Delicious and other early apple varieties in low ground Cedar Creek Grade with temperatures dropping from 50 to 30 degrees. Cherry and plum trees suffered greater damage than apples in low areas per Dr. A B Groves. Weather outlook calls for cooler, unsettled conditions with blossoms expected to open later in the week.
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Cedar Creek
The
Star
A B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Demand That Jap Cabinet Resign
A 14 man committee of the Democratic People's Front in Tokyo demanded Premier Shidehara’s cabinet resign immediately, claiming to represent 70 000 people. The group cited unrest from a left wing demonstration and presented three resolutions urging resignation over rice procurement, labor union controls during strikes, and inability to solve national problems.
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Tokyo
Japan
Democratic People's Front
Shidehara
Shideihara
U. S
Economic breakdown in U S occupied Germany report
Berlin April 8 The American military governor McNarney headquarters reports that the lack of a centralized government in Germany has caused a general economic breakdown in the U S Zone. The report says Germany has not been treated as an economic entity and the people's determination is being undermined.
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Berlin
Joseph T. McNarney
Germany
U. S
Dredging Planned to Recover Two Billion Dollar Metal Cache
Tokyo reports that occupation army engineers will dredge a Tokyo Bay slip between two piers. They aim to uncover a supposed two billion dollar cache of precious metal said to be buried by Japanese militarists. Lt. E. V. Nielsen of the 32nd Military Government Company secured the tip from a Geisha girl and a laborer who helped place ingots there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Occupation Army
Tokyo Bay
E. V. Nielsen
Stamford
Russia presses Iran dispute at United Nations
Moscow demanded the Iran case be dropped from the U N agenda arguing a bilateral Soviet Iran agreement settles the issue. General Secretary Lie was urged to end reconsideration by May 6 as Red Army withdrawals proceed. Gromyko warned the council against further Iran debate.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Soviet Union
Moscow
Stalin
Andrei A Gromyko
U. N. Scretary-Genera
Gve Lie
Red Army
Lie
Gromyko
Council
United Nations
Harvesters Near Settlement in 78 Day Strike
Federal conciliators expect a full settlement of the International Harvester Company strike within a day or two. Only one main issue remained, an unsettled wage rule for price workers, but this too has been tentatively resolved.
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Washington
International Harvester Company
Piice
Sausage Prices to Rise Under OPA Ceiling Rule
The OPA announced ceiling prices for about 85 percent of sausage products will rise by one to two cents per pound, effective Thursday. The changes will average an overall price increase of 1.14 cents per pound.
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Washingtoon
OPA
At 81 Bristol Tenant Farmer Becomes Father Again
Emoch Dowell, an 81 year old tenant farmer near Bristol, becomes a father for the twentieth time as he cradles a newborn infant born to his child in two counties, reflecting a long life spent in tobacco and haying.
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Bristol
Emoch Dowell
Eisenhower Presses for Draft Extension Amid Senate Push
General Eisenhower told Senators that the Army will be short if the draft ends May 15 and urged a one year extension. He warned the war is not over and noted estimates of manpower gaps range from 165000 to 400000 without new draftees.
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Washingtoon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Senate
Iwo
Eisenhower
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Maj. W
Paul
SSS
Ertt
United States
Dilm
Council of Catholic Women To Be Organized
A parish council of the National Council of Women will meet tomorrow evening at Heart Catholic Church in Martinsburg. Officers named include Beard Martinsburg president Getzendaner Winchester secretary and Marchi Front Royal treasurer. District officers plan to attend a diocesean meeting in Richmond on April 28.
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National Council of Women
the Heart Catholic Church
Dearnery
Martinsburg
Rea Ener
Beard
C. A. Getzendanner
Winchester
Dina Marchi
Front Royal
Richmond
Firemen Schedule Meeting At Pire Com Ship Fire Hall
Chief W Arsomelans announced a meeting with all members of the Pire Com ship Fire Hall at eight oclock tonight to discuss duties and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Pire Comship Fire Hall
W. Arsomelans
Veterans recall service as submarine crewman in Pacific
Cameron St. Embry, a former Submarine Service member of the U S Navy, served three years in the Pacific theater. The piece notes his connection to a Marine-related unit and local veterans’ context.
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Winchester
Sesny
Catan
Cameron St. Embry
Submarine Service
U. S. Navy
Pacific
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Ray Grubbs
Grubbs
Berryville
Rose Smith
Handley Library
U. N
Council of Catholic Women
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