Marshall Asks Special Group On Boundaries For New Germany
Moscow reports say Britain and the United States urged a special boundary commission to redraw the German Polish frontier with a goal to keep the Ruhr in Germany and Upper Silesia in Poland while restoring some agricultural lands to Germany. Russia opposed changes. the plan envisions international oversight of key resources and possible future inquiries into Polish administration.
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Moscow
Britain
United States
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Russia
U. S
Marshall Pro- Soreien
Council of Ministers
France
Poland
Marshall
Europe
East Prussia
Upper Silesia
Ruhr
Saar
Pomerania
Oder
Neisse
Rhineland
United Nations
UN assigns five powers task to draft arms plan
The United Nations commissions says the five permanent Security Council members France Britain Russia United States and a sixth member will draft preliminary arms reduction plans. The body approved a Colombian proposal creating a drafting subcommittee limited to the five powers by a bare majority vote in two steps.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Security Council
France
Britain
Russia
Frances Perkins to Speak in Alexandria Diocese Event
Former U S labor secretary Frances Perkins will address the Piedmont convocation of the Diocese of Virginia at Christ Church in Alexandria on April 16. Her topic is The Christian and His Duty Toward the Community.
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Miss Perkins
Alexandria
Frances Perkins
Piedmont
Diocese of
Virginia
Christ Church
Lovett
Winchester Bus Service Reinstated to Kernstown and More
The Winchester Bus Company will restart service to Kernstown under a 99 year lease with Atlantic Greyhound requiring 25 daily trips. A new Northwestern Grade to Rennertown route is planned while some Kern Street services may be cut if patronage remains low. Fares are 20 cents to Kernstown and 10 cents to the Middle Road with 30 minute peak and hourly off peak schedules. Special Sunday excursion buses to Skyline Drive also are being tested.
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Winchester Bus Company
Kernstown
R. D. Kern
Atlantic Greyhound
City Buses
Kern
Rennertown
Front Royal Road
Bufflick Road
Kent Street
Winchester
Greyhound
Middle Road
Skyline Drive
Mt Vernon
Williamsburg
Winchester Scouts Seek Six More Troops and Nine Packs
Scout Executive Herbert Wilkins announced a need for six additional Boy Scout troops and nine more Cub packs in Winchester based on a survey of 144 potential scouts aged 12 to 17 and 226 aged 9 to 11. Current totals are eight troops and two packs with 78 Cubs, with a Shawnee District forum at the Presbyterian Church planned to spur sponsorship. Shenandoah Area Council assists churches and groups in planning programs. Next week’s training features Admiral Morton C. Mumma on Scouting's development, a five-speaker panel on Essentials, and a community session led by Henry Hardenburg highlighting the Scout program and the film The Scout Trail to Citizenship.
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Herbert Wilkins
Winchester
Wilkins
Presbyterian Church
Shenandoah Area
Morton C. Mumma
Berryville
America
C. P. McVicar
Horace C. Browne
W. W. Legge
Admiral Mumma
Henry Hardenburg
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Yellott Urges Clean Highways To Impress Visitors
Virginia highway official F M Yellott condemned roadside trash along primary and secondary roads. He urged turning over a new leaf and keeping Virginia's scenery clean for tourists. The notice also mentions local school class alerts. Also promotes 2 lots for sale on Berryville Ave with water and sewer, priced at 1250 each. Rileys Real Estate at 23 N Loudoun St. Tel 7441.
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F. M. Yellott
Virginia Department of Highways
Virginia
Valley of
Yelletted
Berryville Ave
Riley's Real Estate
Loudoun St
Ford Services To Be Held In Detroit Thursday
Detroit reports Henry Ford death at 83 from a cerebral hemorrhage. Public lie in state at Greenfield Village until 10 p.m. and a 24 hour pause halts Ford plants. Funeral at St Pauls Cathedral then private burial at Addison Cemetery beside his parents.
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Ford
Detroit
Greenfield Village
Ernest R. Beech
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford
St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral
Woodward Avenue
Addison Ford
Joy
Greenfield Roads
Benefit square dance at Stephens City Fire Hall Friday
A small town notice seeks donations and attendance for a benefit square dance at the Stephens City Fire Hall on Friday night with 60 cent admission. Other ads announce a dinner at Jon Mann Church and a general hauling service with a phone listing 7341-City.
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B. M
City
Stephens City Fire Hall
Fourth U. S. Court of Appeals Kills Poll Tax Case
The Fourth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Lawrence Michael of Arlington's appeal after the district court threw out his poll tax suit against Governor Tuck and revenue officials. The court ruled the controversy moot and lacking jurisdiction while noting grave constitutional issues raised. Other today opinions reversed and affirmed various district court rulings in separate cases.
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Richmond
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Lawrence Michael
Arlington
Tuck
Michael
Congress
Eighth
Commissioners of Revenue
Alexandraistrict
Court of Appeals
J . Tr
Abram P. Staples
Virginia
United States
Unitedtes
Greensville
Mary Bell King
Harrisonburg
George W. Shreckhise
W. H. Ritchie
J. T. Humes
George W. Sandy
Lynchburg
Luther Arnold Harvey
Collector of Internal Revenue
Blue Field
W. Va
John J. Blankenship
Viola Patrick
Western Union Telegraph Company
Star increases subscription rates effective May 1
Announcement reports a small rise in subscription costs averaging about two cents per week. Rates by mail or motor route include one year 6.50, six months 3.50, three months 2.00, one month .75, with outside Virginia and West Virginia add 1.00 yearly. City Carrier rates are 7.50 yearly, 4.00 six months, 2.25 three months, 0.80 one month, 0.20 weekly. During July and January yearly rate drops 0.50. The Star cites higher operating costs, up over 52 percent, as justification and thanks subscribers for patience.
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Star
Virginia
West Virginia
The
Round Square Wednesday Night at Rainbow Inn
Weekly event listed for Rainbow Inn on Wednesday night. Sparse OCR fragment notes time 4 8 1p 2t without clear details.
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Rainbow Inn
Contempt Charge Voted For Dennis By House Group
The House Committee on Un American Activities voted to cite Eugene Dennis for contempt after he failed to respond to a subpoena. The panel asked the Justice Department to explore prosecuting Dennis for conspiracy to commit contempt and referred the matter to a U.S. district attorney for possible grand jury indictment.
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Washington
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Uanly
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
Justice Department
Dennis
House
U.S
Leon Josephson
Gerhart Eisler
County Fish And Game Banquet Set In Winchester
The Winchester Frederick County Fish and Game Association will host its annual banquet Friday April 18 at 7 pm at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall. Speakers include John F. Stoweastern Dene of the Izaak Walton League W B Holton of Washington Chester F Phelps J F Morton Eugene Lurber Bartley Hazen and John Gardner M D Hart and visiting officials from nearby sportsmen groups. Toastmaster J Pinckney Arthur will introduce speakers and films on freshwater fishing. Banquet chairman Croswell Henderson requests reservations by April 15 through committee members or association members.
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Winchester
Frederick County
John Gardner
M. D. Hart
Commission of Gama and
Inland Fisheries
Sporsmen's Associations
J. Pinckney Arthur
Croswell Henderson
King Christian X Rallies After Severe Heart Attack
Bulletin from Amalienborg Castle says King Christian X, 76, suffered a severe heart attack Sunday and remains very tired though his strength is "fairly satisfactory" as four physicians attend him and a fever is reported.
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Copenhagen
Amalienborg Castle
Christian X
Freighter American Farmer Collides With Pittsburgh Seam
The freighter American Farmer and the collier Pittsburgh Seam collided about 50 miles northeast of Cape Henry at 9 36 a m. The American Farmer sent an SOS as Coast Guard HQ reported from Norfolk Virginia.
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Norfolk. Va
Pittsburgh
Cape Henry
Coast Guard
Me ntally ill patients escape from Valley Forge hospital
Three mentally ill patients escaped from a locked ward at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville Pennsylvania last night and remained at large today authorities said.
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Phoenixville
Army
Valley Forge General Hospital
Virginia official probes eight percent land transfer in federal hold
Richmond VA April 9 State Conservation Commissioner William A Wright traveled to Washington to confer with Virginia’s congressional delegation and inquire into the reported federal assertion over eight percent of the state land.
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Richmond
William A. Wright
Washington
Virginia
Calves Fed by 4-H Club Members Grow in Virginia
In Blacksburg on April 9 students in vocational agriculture and 4-H clubs statewide worked with calves. The program aims to improve cattle feeding and livestock handling across Virginia.
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Blacksburg
Soft Coal Production Rises as Miners Return to Work
The government reports soft coal output gradually increasing as more miners resume work. Private mine owners accuse John L. Lewis and the UMW of engineering a new strike defying federal courts. About 779 mines were operating this morning, up from 628 yesterday, while officials review safety recertifications and federal inspector timelines.
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Lewis
UMW
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Coal Mines Administration
CMA
Centrali
Justice Department
National Coal Association
John D. Battle
The
Coal Association
Welfare fund grants $1000 to miners' families
Trustees of the United Mine Workers welfare fund approved a $1000 death benefit retroactive to June 1 for families of 11 miners killed in the Centralia disaster. The fund, now $18 million, may require a ten cent per ton levy on soft coal as government operations end.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Deeath
Centralia
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Thomas E. Murray
New York
Navy
N. H. Collision
Frederick Co Baby Beef Show Awards Given
The Frederick County Baby Beef Show held at Winchester Livestock Auction Market drew seventeen calves. Grand Champion went to Roxanne and Sidney Rogers of North Frederick 4-H. Reserve Champion awarded to Lucille Carpenter of Round Hill 4-H. Aberdeen Angus dominated placings, Hereford, and Shorthorn results listed for multiple clubs and members.
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Frederick County
Winchester
C. C. Funkhouser
Clarke County
Roxanne
Dney Rogers
North Frederick
Hereford
Roxanne and
Sidney Rogers
Lynn Wolfe
Hayfield
Wayne Miller
Hayfield Club
Anne Wolfe
Boyd Ramey, Jr
William Lee Whitacre
North Prederick
Connelly
Donald Ramey
Diabetic Girl Passes Needle After Magnetic Helper
A 16 year old girl could not have surgery after swallowing a two inch needle. Doctors used a small magnet on a string to suspend the needle down her throat and remove it without surgery.
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Pittsburgh
Durocher Suspended by Commissioner for 1947 Season
Commissioner A B Chandler suspends Leo Durocher manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers for the 1947 season for conduct deemed detrimental to baseball. Also suspends Chick Dressen for 30 days, fines Brooklyn and New York clubs $2 each, and fines Harold Parrott $500 for a derogatory newspaper article. Rickey clears of defamation charges.
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Cincinnati
A. B. Chandler
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Durocher
Chandler
Branch Rickey
Chick Dressen
Dodgers
Yankees
Brooklyn
New York Yankee Club
Harold Parrott
Sarasota
Flo.ence
MacPhail
Havana
Rickey
Telephone strike talks show crack in deadlock
Washington reports a crack in the long distance strike stalemate as night and day bargaining continues. Federal conciliators drafted a 1016 point contract while questions of who pays arbitration costs and how many issues go to arbitration remain unresolved for American Telephone Workers and Bell System unions.
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Washington
U Tors
Americen Seenance Grap Company
Union National Federation Aaeenews
Controversy In Phone Industry Moves To Tuck
In Richmound Virginia on April 9 Darna anomacophone and the Virginia Federation of Telephone Workers will confer with Governor Tuck on Thursday at 11 30 a m in the governor's office. The labor dispute centers on contract negotiations under the Public Utility Labor Relations Act. Both sides have notified the governor of the end of the second conference. Present at the conference are union and company representatives and Governor Tuck along with A P Staples and an assistant attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmound
Darna
Middletown Rejects All Bids For Water System
Middletown Town council rejected all four bids received for the proposed water system after bidders exceeded the council spending limit set after voters approved a 25 000 bond issue. Bids covered a steel tank 60 foot tower and a 40 foot tower along with water pipelines from Bowerman Brothers Harman Construction and two steel tank bids from Chicago Iron and Bridge and W E Caldwell.
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Middletown
Chicago Iron and Bridge Company
W. E. Caldwell and Company
Louisville
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County Fish and Game Association
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Pancy
Clead
Sidney Rodgers
Herefords
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