Wallace Attacks Wallace Abroad Spark Criticism
Washington April 12 Senator Vandenberg GOP chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called Henry Wallace’s speeches in England shocking. He condemned an American citizen traveling abroad to urge opposition to his own government and urged focus on Wallace’s actions rather than future feats. Senator Robertson echoed criticism of Wallace’s tour and Greek Turkish aid opposition.
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Washinggton
Vandenberg
R-Mi
Henry Walace
England
Ing
Senate, Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Wallace
Robertson
R-Wye
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Wallace charges ruthless program of imperialism in Britain
A. H Wallace accused the United States of pursuing a ruthless imperialist program stretching from China to the Near East and said Americans will not pay the cost. He attacked Truman’s aid to Greece and Turkey as a first step in a broader plan to keep a divided world, while insisting only democracy offers security against Communism. He spoke in Manchester during a tour that included stops in Stoke-on-Trent and Liverpool.
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Pi Henry A. Wallace
U. S
Truman
Turkey
Greece
Wallace
America
China
Near East
Pole
Russia
Ber
Stoke-on-Trench
Liverpool
U.S
United Nations
Naval Air Show Planned For Blossom Festival May 2
Lt. Comdr. W. E. Lakke of NARTA Anacostia visited festival headquarters with C. A. Hobert and Tom Baldridge to discuss a Navy air show over the parade route as part of the Apple Blossom Fest. A carrier group may participate and exact maneuvers and plane counts will be announced later.
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Narta
Anancostia
D. C
C. A. Hobert
Tom Baldridge
Comdr. Lakke
Navy
Comdr
David McCampbell
Winchester
Dean Hudson And Band To Play For Princesses
Dean Hudson and his band will perform at the Armory during the Apple Blossom Festival reception on Thursday night May 1. Hudson, a former Army member, leads a versatile group with Francis Colwell Jenny Love Sonny Stockton Johnny Davis Frank Castle and the Hudson Glee Club. The band’s roots trace to a musical family with a Sousa trumpeter father and a pianist mother. The act blends swing with adaptable entertainment suitable for various styles.
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Armory
T. N
Mary Brown Hudson
John Philip Sousa
Harwood, Ohio
Lake Worth
Dean
Hoover
Hudson
Francis Colwell
Jenny Love
Sonny Stockton
Johnny Davis
Frank Castle
Hudson Glee Club
Labor Committee Approves Labor Bill 18 to 4
The House Labor Committee voted 18 to 4 to approve a bill restricting strikes and unions. Chairman Hartley said no substantial changes expected on the floor next Tuesday. CIO leaders arrived in Washington opposing the measures and backing a flat ban on the closed shop in proposed legislation.
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House Labor Committee
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CIO
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Senate
Clean Up Paint Up Campaign Opens Monday in Winchester
Final plans for Winchester Clean Up Paint Up campaign enlist Carl A Haines as chair and seek cooperation of school children housewives civic groups and merchants to dress up the city for the Apple Blossom Festival on May 1 and 2 The effort aims for a cleaner safer healthier city with less fire risk City Manager S Lee Grant adds garbage trucks will collect all trash except auto parts and building materials with curbside deposits ahead of regular pickups
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Coneens
Carl A Haines
Haines
S. Lee Grant
Virginia Coal Production Rebounds With New Pits Opened
Bituminous coal output in Virginia rises as seven more pits resume work, 1,700 miners return, and three certified pits join 33 previously idled by the Krug drug order. Imoden mine also restarts 400 workers. Norfolk and Western reports 1,364 cars loaded system wide. Virginia Coal Operators tally 19 idle pits, 21 active with about 20,000 tons daily.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Centralia
Ill
Imoden
Stonego Coke and Coal Company
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Virginia Coal Operators Association
Unfair, Says Laraine Holliday on Du Rocher Suspension
Laraine Day criticizes the suspension of her husband Leo Durocher as Brooklyn manager. She calls it unfair and says he was condemned without a hearing or appeal. Durocher declined to comment.
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Laraine Day
Leo Durocher
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Leo
Durocher
Half Million Dollar Fire at Fruit Growers Express Yard
A mid morning fire at the Fruit Growers Express Company repair yards on the Alexandria fringe destroyed about 50 railroad refrigerator cars and damaged adjacent structures. The blaze covered over 55000 square feet as fire crews from Fairfax and Arlington counties assisted city firefighters. One teenager suffered a minor burn and two workers were present. sparks from a rivet heating machine were cited as the probable cause. The loss was estimated by a foreman.
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Fruit Growers Express Company
Fairfax
Arlington Counties
Alexanco City
Billy Waddell
Express Company
FDR Memorial Services Broadcast Announced
Hyde Park marks the second anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt's death with memorial ceremonies at the Hudson Valley home. A 15 minute program will be broadcast across NBC ABC and CBS from 4 30 to 4 45 p m EST featuring tributes from President Truman and others.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
NBC
ABC
MBS
Truman
Responsibility For Disaster At Centralia Fixed
State fact-finders assign primary blame for the Centralia mine disaster that killed 111 on Centralia Coal Company officials, superintendent, and manager. The report cites weak enforcement by the state mining agencies and faulted mine inspector Scanlan for not closing the unsafe mine, while coal dust and poor rock dusting are named as key factors in the blast.
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Centralia
Dwight H. Green
State Mines and Minerals Department
State Mining Board
Driscoll O. Scanlan
Scanlan
Centralia Coal Company
N. H. Collisson
Mne
Graziano boxing license blocked by state commission
The New York State Athletic Commission refused to consider Rocky Graziano’s boxing license reinstatement after it was revoked two months earlier for failing to report a $100,000 bribe offer. Meanwhile Roosevelt Jr. said he plans to run for office in 1947 but offered no timetable. Guerrillas near Pindus Mountain region in central Greece face government forces in a widening offensive. Novelist Charles Nordhoff, famed for Mutiny on the Bounty, died at 60 in his New York home.
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New York
New State Athletic Commission
Rocky Graziano
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
New York Post
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Espirus
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Mutiny On the Bounty
Tahiti
South Seas
Nine Die In Exeter Mine Disaster Funeral Planned
Mass funeral services are planned for nine victims of a mine explosion in Exeter Pennsylvania. Ten federal and state mine inspectors are in vestigating Thursday's gas explosion at a Knox Coal Company mine. Col Tadeusz Podwysocki the Polish liaison chief in Frankfurt would be held responsible for any disrespectful statements about the United States.
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Knox Coal Company
Tadeusz Podwysocki
Frankfurt
United States
Freighter Sinks After Mine Strike Off Dutch Coast
Nine crewmen missing feared dead after the 824 ton British freighter Vice roy struck a mine in the Western Scheldt between Antwerp and Vlissingen and sank. Four injured crew members reached Vlissingen aboard the Swedish steamer Lungo. In Woodward Oklahoma relatives prepare burial for 84 tornado dead with 1000 injured and millions in damage as the city bears the brunt of the storm's path.
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Scheldt
Antwerp
Vlissingen
Woodward
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Covington Weaving Company Sold to Burlington Mills Executive
Sources close to William Klopman confirm the Covington Weaving Company, a Burlington Mills unit, is being sold to Klopman. In Virginia news, two vessels collided in heavy rain near Thimble Shoal light. the 100 foot Semonole sank and the Elisha Lee assisted with the crew rescued.
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New York
William Klopman
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Burlington Mills Corp
Klopman
Newport News
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cape Charles
Elisha Lee
Thimble Shoal Light
Chesapeake Bay
Current U S Business Boom Seen Slowing by Mid Winter
Economists foresee a possible setback by mid year as prices remain high. Officials including President Truman and Treasury Secretary Snyder urge price reductions to prevent a recession. Retailers and industry leaders warn that sustained high prices jeopardize prosperity, with forecasts of a mild recession or readjustment in late 1948 or 1949.
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United States
Truman
Treasury
Snyder
Economic Advisory Council
National Industrial Conference Board
Business Record
George Renard
National Association of Purchasing Agents
John D. Clark
President's Council of Economic Advisors
Louis J. Paradise
Department of Commerce
F. D. Newbury
Westinghouse
Leo Cherne
Research Institute of America
Malcolm P. McNair
Harvard Business School
A. W. Zelemek
International Statistical Bureau
Merchants Debate Saturday Closing In Winchester
The Winchester Retail Merchants Association considers closing stores at 6 p m on Saturdays to allow three extra hours for employees. Forty three members will follow the vote and close, about 50 will stay open until 9 p m. Supporters argue longer hours strain workers and that closing boosts policy and buyer convenience. Some shops including 5 and 10 cent stores will remain open today.
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Winchester Retail Mena Association
Winchester Merchants Association
Winchester
For Sale Ford 42 1 2 Ton Truck With 46 Motor
For sale a 1942 Ford one and half ton truck featuring a new 1946 engine. Kern Motor Co. advertises the vehicle with emphasis on the updated power plant and sale details.
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Kern Motor Co
Phone Workers Take Dig At New State Law
The Virginia Federation of Telephone Workers served Governor Tuck with a May 17 strike notice. At the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co main office an operator said they must handle calls due to an unjust state law. Governor Tuck indicated he would move promptly to investigate and could seize and operate utilities if needed.
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Virginia Federation of Telephone Workers
Tuck
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Arthur L. Lambdin
Lambdin
Federation
VFTW
Washington
Virginia
Reparations Stand as Main Hurdle in German Treaty Talks
Soviet deputy foreign minister Vishinsky said Moscow will not accept a German peace without reparations payments to the Soviet Union from current production on a large scale. He criticized unresolved German frontier issues and noted multiple underlying causes delaying agreement on reparations.
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Russa
Soviet Union
Germany
France
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Kinsky
Stock Exchange President Warns of Deflation Threat
New Schram told the annual dinner of the Sons of Indiana in New York on April 12 that if we avoid extreme deflation we must learn to act. He urged government, business, labor, and farmers to help lower the price level and restore stability.
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New Stock Exchange Schram
Sons of Indiana
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