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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1949
Page
4
Nimitz Chosen to Oversee Kashmir Plebiscite Role
Admiral Chester Nimitz is appointed by UN Secretary General Trygve Lie to supervise the 1945 plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir. He will ensure voting by Hindu and Muslim populations under an international administrator and report to the UN on the outcome of whether the region joins India or Pakistan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CincPac
Guam
Chester Nimitz
India
UN Kashmir Commission
Jamu
Kashmir
Trygve Lie
Pacific
Jamu-Kashmir
Pakistan
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Ocean
Step in Right Direction Abolishes Useless Boards
Louis Johnson as Secretary of Defense moves to abolish several wartime boards that have met little or no activity. The reform aims to streamline the military establishment, cut waste, and apply business principles to speed decisions and actions. Johnson says more reforms are coming, signaling a shift toward a more efficient department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Johnson
Defense
Johnson
Department of Defense
Price cuts restart competition in automobile market
General Motors led a price-cutting move with a schedule averaging about one percent below prior quotes. Other firms followed, small reductions showing a reversal of the prior trend. The return of price competition signals a shift in the motor field, despite earlier reluctance by manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
Auto firms push price cuts to spur new car demand
The author argues that automakers should lower prices to expand the developing buyers' market rather than reduce production. With millions of ten year old vehicles still in use, demand for new cars and trucks is vast but tied to affordable pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances
Marianne
Debussy
Porter
Beatrice
Martha
Bart West
Rhoda
George Dalton
Jane
Libby
David
David Jordan
Rockefeller Links In Marshall Plan Buy In Chicago
New Chicago Tribune analysis shows ten cents of an ECA dollar funded Anderson Clayton led by William Clayton and eleven cents to Standard Oil NJ and affiliates in the three month period ending Oct 31. Rockefeller family members shaped early Marshall Plan support through the Committee for Marshall Plan to Aid European Recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily Tribune
Congress
THE
Chicago Tribune
United States
Anderson, Clayton & Co
William Clayton
ECA
Tribune
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Rockefeller
Committee For
Nils Asther Seeks Comeback After Career Decline
The former star, once earning $5,000 a week and famed for his screen passion, now drives a Los Angeles delivery truck for $1 an hour. He remains hopeful for a film return, explaining happiness comes from inner contentment rather than riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nils Asther
Asther
Los Angeles
Finis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Greta Garbo
Joan Crawford
Hollywood
Susan Pingley and Hilda Henry as festival honorary chiefs
Susan Pingley and Hilda Henry are named honorary fire chiefs for the Apple Blossom festival. Six of seven Frederick Clarke baseball league teams begin opening games today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Pingley
Hilda Henry
Frederick-Clarke Baseball League
Buttering Up the Boss by Hal Boyle
New York April 8 column advises a worker to know the boss and earn a raise by easing his nerves and boosting self confidence. Share a lunch joke, praise his virtues, and show informal appreciation to win favor before hinting at higher pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Strength For The Day By Eart L. Douglas D D
A postwar moral decline worries some but many show renewed religious zeal. Scientists hint at links between discovery and spirituality. The writer asks whether atomic energy will be used to destroy or to improve humanity.
Amino acids aid peptic ulcer treatment study shows relief in most patients
A 1949 King Features Syndicate study on 23 patients with peptic ulcers tested a diet of milk plus amino acids every two hours for ten days followed by a fuller diet with daily amino acid doses. In 19 of 28 patients, symptoms were completely relieved, often within 24 hours, though ulcers did not prevent recurrence. The approach lets patients work during treatment and may improve general condition before surgery.
Reds form 124 mile front on Czechoslovak border
Front reports show Soviet forces establishing a 124 mile continuous line along the Czechoslovak border as 1944 events unfold. Japanese authorities claim the capture of Kohima in Burma. Mrs. Helen Cooper visits her parents on N Braddock Street for Easter. A Lee Coble resigns from the George Washington hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohime
Burma
Helen Cooper
Norman Cooper
N. Braddock St
A. Lee Coble
George Washington Hotel
Italian troops march in Tirana in Albania
The item notes Italian troops moving in Tirana, capital of Albania. It reflects a dated 1924 era event from a retrospective section titled Twenty Five Years Ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tirana
Albania
Haymaker wins spelling prize at Armel school contest
Miss Georgie H. Haymaker of Armel school, Junior, wins a scholastic contest prize at the courthouse. John W. Keffer is appointed third Justice of the Peace for the Stonewall district. Winchester Telephone Co. seeks permission to string lines to Charles Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie H. Haymaker
Armel School
John W. Keffer
Stonewall
Winchester Telephone Co
Charles Town
How's Your I Q Mem ory Genius Test
A 10 day quiz with 100 questions rates daily scores from 9 to 10 correct as Memory Genius 7 to 8 as Very Superior 5 or 6 as Excellent 4 as Good Turn to page 2 for answers includes questions on wormwood DC voting Alaska Seward Osservatore Romano Vinegar Joe Hindenburg and atolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Seward
Alaska
Osservatore
New York Plans Street Heating to Remove Snow
New York City aims to install experimental radiant heat units at Manhattan crossings to melt snow pedestrians. Steam heated water at 110 degrees will run through pipes under pavements, with an estimated cost of 50 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
City Sanitation
Engine Built for 1600 mph X-2 Plane in Final Stages
Curtiss-Wright in Caldwell New Jersey announces nearing completion of a rocket engine for the Air Force X-2, a plane designed to fly faster than 1000 mph and aimed at scientific data for future combat aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Air Force
Caldwell, N. J
Curtiss Wright
No Divorce, Austerity, and Beatrice's Burden
Beatrice and Porter, married ten years, face an emotional stalemate as Porter’s mood worsens and Beatrice clings to preserving their marriage for daughter Marianne. A phone call from Mrs. Ramey exposes deceit and rising tension while Beatrice recalls their early, frugal life and a fateful invitation from the wealthy industrialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Parish
Porter
Forter
Mr. Ramey
Beatrice
Weir
Marianne
al Bee
Hilde
Tneir
Libby
Jane
David Jordan
Bee
Mrs. Ramey
Chiropodist
Macrae-Smith Company
Rameys
George Dalton
Bill
Ramey
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Charles Whitlock
Highland Ave
White Post
Col
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Paris
U. S
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Market St. Methodist Church
Board of Supervisors
Nablous, Palestine
R. J. Scott
Korea
King Features Syndicate
AWE
I. Q
Romano
Rome
Italy
Vinegar Joe
Paul von Hindenburg
Atoll
Margaret Nichols
Chapter
Margaret Gorman
Darling
King
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