Ministers Agree In Principle To 40 Year Pact
In Moscow on April 14 the Council of Foreign Ministers signaled in principle support to negotiate a four power non aggression treaty for Germany along Byrnes 40 year plan. Marshall proposed appointing plenipotentiaries to draft the treaty with a clause making the peace treaty the law of the land. Americans and Soviets French and British could propose changes as the talks proceed. Britain supports the plan while France-US-UK relations tighten amid six weeks of council meetings.
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Byrnes
Moscow
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
James F. Byrnes
U. S
State Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers of Plenipotentiaries
Amercan
Soviet Union
Marl
Aaehes
Paris
Molotov
Britain
France
United States
Minister Caught In Police Raid Quits His Church Job
Grand Rapids Michigan April 14 Reverend Theodore H Franke 48 president of the Grand Rapids Ministerial Association faced arraignment on a charge of frequenting a place where illegal business is conducted following a vice raid. He was among eight arrested including two women and released on a hundred dollar bond. The pastor of St John Evangelical Church resigned after the incident.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Theodore H. Franke
Dunn
Franke
Leon Hende
Church Board of Elders
Dedication of First Brethren Church Draws Large Crowd
More than 1,000 people attended three services for the dedication of the First Brethren Church in the city. The largest crowd, about 450, filled the dedicatory service in the afternoon, with additional attendees at the cornerstone ceremonies and a late ceremony. Rev. A. V. Kimmell, D. D., pastor of the First Brethren Church in Philadelphia, was guest speaker at all events.
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First Brethren
A.V. Kimmell
D. D
First Brethren Church
Phila
Wallace Abroad Pressures Truman Over Wallace Critique
The report notes Wallace's overseas speeches criticizing U S foreign policy and the reaction in Washington. Presidential Secretary Charles A Ross refused to comment as Wallace faces GOP concerns about bipartisan cooperation and possible disavowal by President Truman.
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Truman
Wallace
Vandenberg
Action Friends
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
GOP
Moore
R-Okla
Woodell Installs Officers At VFW Meeting Sunday
W S Woodell of Staunton department quartermaster advocate installed H W Butler Jr commander and other officers at the Winchester club room 32 Rouss avenue. The post planned a float for Apple Blossom Festival parade and voted $100 monthly to aid Newton D Baker Hospital patients. A banquet followed at Moose Hall with past commanders in attendance.
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W. S. Woodell
Staunton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
H. W. Butler
Winchester
Rouss Avenue
James Keffer, Jr
Marshall Kremer
William Clayton
Kinzel Grubbs
Harold Patton
Austin J. Matthews
Walter Spear
Arlington Post
Standard Oil Plans Color Orchard Film With Virginia History
Standard Oil Company representative T S Creedle Jr says Edward Seward, a color film director, has surveyed Winchester Frederick county orchards for color blossom scenes to feature in a non commercial historic Virginia film. The project aims to show at schools and civic groups nationwide with scenes including the coronation of Queen Shenandoah XX fading to blossoms. Prominent Henry F Grady, former Under of State, who crowned Miss Lillian Somoza of Managua as Queen Shenandoah XVII in 1940, has officiated recently in similar events.
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T. S. Creedle, Jr
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Picure
Edward Seward
Winchester- Frederick County
Virginia
Seward
Shenandoah XX
United States
Henry F. Grady
Lillian Somoza
Managua
Nicarauga
Winchester Gets New Shoe Store on Loudoun Street
J R Wilkins of Stephens City leases the southwest corner property on Loudoun Street to open The Shoecenter Inc this fall in the former Giuliani fruit market space. Remodeling starts mid May. the store will join three other Wilkins Geiger outlets in Charlottesville Lynchburg and Front Royal and sell International Shoes with local hire. Two tenants remain Capac Jewelry Mary 8 Yeakley Shop. Ralph Mulvey to open a men’s haberdashery at 5 W Boscaewn.
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J. R. Wilkins
Stephens City
Loudoun Street
Giuliani
Carpenter
Wilkins
Lawrence Giuliani
Russell H. Carpenter
The
Shoecenter, Inc
Mr. Wilkins
John D. Geiger
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
Front Royal
International Shoes
International Shoe Company
Faulkner Estate
Capac Jewelry Store
Ralph Mulvey
W. Boscawen
For Sale Garden Seeds and Plants by Winchester Seed Co
Garden seeds lawn grass shrubbery plants Gladiola bulbs and dalia roots offered by Winchester Seed Company. Catalog notes numbers in parentheses likely page or ad references.
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Winchester Seed Company
White House Takes No Hand In Telephone Strike
Washington notes the White House will not intervene in the nationwide telephone strike. President Truman avoids direct action and says labor matters are in the Labor Department. NFTW head Beirne planned direct appeal but rejects government seizure.
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Washington
White House
Labor Department
Charles G. Ross
Tru- Man
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Truman
CIO
NFTW
Ross
John R. Steelman
Bombshell Flies Toward Shanghai On Its Last Lap
The Reynolds bombshell, an A-26 bomber, flies toward Shanghai at the halfway point of a 20 000 mile World flight. Owner Milton Reynolds and pilot William P. Odom aim to break Howard Hughes 1938 record of 91 hours 14 minutes. They claim to be on track for around 65 hours if luck continues and weather cooperates.
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Calcutta
Reynolds
Shanghai
Chicago
New York
Howard Hughes
Milton Reynolds
William P. Odom
Roslyn
N. Y
Supreme Court Limits Veterans Seniority Rights
The Supreme Court ruled that the Selective Service Act does not guarantee a veteran's seniority on his old job if he remains with his pre war employer. Justice Rutledge delivered a 7 2 decision with Justice Jackson dissenting joined by Justice Frankfurter. The case involved CIO United Automobile Workers and Trail Mobile Company of Cincinnati seeking reemployment seniority beyond the first year.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Justice Rutledge
Justice Jackson
Justice Frankfurter
CIO United Automobile Workers
Trailmobile Company
Cincinnati
U. Circuit Court
Man Held For Clarke Shooting
Francis 8S Pendleton a colored man of Millwood is held in Clarke county jail on a charge of malicious shooting. He is alleged to have shot his cousin Anna Mae Pendleton 19 Saturday night at Johnson s Cafe in Millwood the shot entered her left foot. She was resting fairly comfortably this morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital. State Trooper Shifflett investigating says Pendleton fought with another man at the cafe Saturday night and returned home to get the gun. He then discharged it upon entering the cafe door accidentally wounding the patron.
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Francis
Pendleton
Shifflett
Eisler Indicted on Perjury Charges in Washington
Federal grand jury today indicted Gerhart Eisler described as an alleged Communist leader on charges of making false statements under oath.
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Eisler
Washington
Gerhart Eisler
Fire at Abington Tobacco Warehouse Damages $100000
Fire in Abington Virginia destroyed the Farmers' Tobacco Warehouse and a two story residence, damaged by 100000 dollars. Inter Mountain Telephone lines serving 41 cities were knocked out until the blaze was controlled about 8 30 am. Firemen reported the warehouse discovered at 4 15 am. Funeral services for James P Killagier of Marion Handle Mills were planned for 3 30 pm at Marion Lutheran Church with burial in Round Hill Cemetery.
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Abington
Farmers’ Tobacco
Inter-Mountain Telephone Co
Marion
Puneral Services
James P. Killagier
Marion Handle Mills
Marion Lutheran Church
Round Hill Cemetery
Russia agrees to begin talks on wartime lend lease settlement
The state department announced that after six requests Russia has agreed to start negotiations toward resolving the Soviet wartime lendlease account with the United States totaling 11.1 billion dollars.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
United States
Durocher Earns New Nickname After Silent Answer
Hollywood reports Leo Durocher nicknamed the Clam after a barage of questions yielded no comment. Reporters pressed about wife Laraine Day and her return to film work as he arrived by plane yesterday seeking to avoid discussion.
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Hollywood
Leo
Lippy) Durocher
Laraine Day
GM CIO announce 15 cent wage rise for 350000 workers
General Motors Corporation and the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America CIO issued a joint statement announcing a 15 cent an hour increase for more than 350000 employees in Detroit on April 14.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America
CIO
Prominent Attorney Dead in Lovingston Funeral Rites Set
J Tinsley Coleman Jr 61 commonwealths attorney and former Virginia House of Delegates member died Saturday night in Lovingston. Funeral services were held today at 3 p.m. at Lovingston Methodist Church with interment in Holy Cross Cemetery Lynchburg, where his father practiced law for 25 years.
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Lovingston
J. Tinsley Coleman, Jr
Nelson County
Commonwealth
Virginia House of Delegates
Lovingston Methodist Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Lynchburg
Coleman
J. Tinsley Coleman
Havana
Cuba
Santiago Mencia
Patricia Schmidt
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Charles Jackson
Toledo
Ohio
Mee
Court of Instruction
Jackson
Saura
Schmidt
Lamar's Battle With Pneumonia After Caesarean Birth
The actress Lamar was hospitalized with pneumonia soon after the cesarean delivery of her son Anthony John last month. Her husband, actor John Doder, reported she would receive a blood transfusion to aid recovery.
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Lamar
Anthony John
John Doder
Senate Labor Committee Approves General Bill for Injunction Powers
Gromyko charged the Truman plan for Greece Turkey aid shows unilateral character. He said a U N stamp cannot legitimize aid and noted Vandenbergs amendment to halt aid reveals UN inaction. Albania objected to the 400 million dollar American aid program.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
Truman
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
U. S. Senate
Sen. Vandenberg
General Assembly
Gromyko
Vandenberg
U. N
Tomorrow Last Day For Old Auto Tags In Winchester
Tomorrow marks the final day to buy 1947 motor vehicle tags under the Winchester rule requiring old plates to be displayed after Tuesday midnight. Local license agent PB reports 6,361 licenses issued this year, with 65 tags sold Saturday night. City tag sales trail 1946 in receipts, but overall licenses exceed last year’s pace.
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Rew PB Ag
Co. P. McVicar
Winchester
Strike Hits St. Louis Papers as AFL Pressmen Walkout
In St. Louis on April 14 the AFL pressmen's union walked out, halting publication of the Globe-Democrat and stopping the Post-Dispatch from printing its 6 p.m. Sunday mail edition.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The
Globe- Democrat
AFL Pressmen’s Union
Globe-Democrat
Post-Dispatch
Sunday Mail
Handley Wins Five District Meet Events
Handley high school placed five winners at the Virginia High School League district meet held in Harrisonburg. Winners include Cy in public speaking and Virginia Yates in the girls division. Handley entrants also placed in poetry reading and debate with several team members named. The Handley winners advance to the state contest in Charlottesville on April 25 and 26.
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Handley High School
Virginia High School League
Harrisonburg
Virginia Yates
Handley
de Bey
James Rit
William Stryker
Elizabeth Baker
Lila Lee Robinson
Ann Beverley Wright
Staunton
Lexington
Billie Jean Smith
Stanley Boyce
Julia Dotson
Waynesboro High School
Charlottesville
McMahon Heads Home After Withdrawing Press Credentials
Madrid reports Francis McMahon, New York Post correspondent, who had his press credentials withdrawn by the Spanish government last week, departed by air today for New York.
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Madrid
Francis McMahon
New York Post
Air Today
New York
Vandenberg Urges Canada Entry Into Pan American Union
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan urged Canada join the Pan American Union to strengthen continental fellowship. He said the 22nd chair should be filled to complete new world unity from the Arctic to Cape Horn and supported faster implementation of the Act of Chapultepec for a permanent inter American system within the UN peace framework. He warned against drifting apart and called for renewed consultation among the American republics.
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Washington
Senator Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Arctic Circle
Cape Horn
Argentina
State Department
George Messersmith
Americas
Senate Labor Bill Advances Incomplete Injunction Provisions
The Senate Labor Committee approved general labor bill provisions authorizing court injunctions to halt national paralysis and create a federal mediation agency independent of the labor department. Taft noted substantial changes, while Martin predicted passage by a solid majority. The measure would empower the attorney general to petition for injunctions with a fact finding board report, and include potential worker ballots after injunctions.
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Senate Labor Committee
Max Hall Washington
General Labor
Federal Mediation Agency
Labor Department
Taft
Ohio
Mediation Agency
Senate
House
Martin
R-Mass
Ion
Ral
National and Safety
Fact Finding Board
Congress
Senate Committee
House Gop
House Labor Committee
House Rules Committee
Aikens
R-Vi
Senate Republicans
Forest Fires Serious Says Frederick County Warden
Frederick County forest fires cause extensive damage to timber and wildlife. Warden Raal Anderson praised Gore and Gainesboro students and Gore sandmine workers for aiding the blaze. He urged cooperation to keep future fires minimal and warned wardens may summon volunteers. refusal could lead to misdemeanor charges and fines up to 25 dollars.
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Raal Anderson
Frederick County
Gore
Anderson
Gainesboro
Attend Hockman Sale Antiques Hogs and Tools
Sale notice for antiques hogs and tools announced by Hockman. The item list and exact times are not fully legible on page 2 with the date shown as 4 14.1.
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Hockman Sale
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Argieve
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Florida
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Hickenlooper
Browa
Woodell
VFW
Standard Oil
Loudoun St
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Richmond
Ralph Hengeveld
Lovett
SS Shoe
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Greece
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