Virginia Governor Takes Over Telephone Company Amid Strike Threat
Governor Tuck issues proclamation to seize the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia at 6 a.m. May 17 1947 to protect public health safety and welfare during a proposed strike by the Virginia Federation of Telephone Workers. A L Lambdin of C P Telephone calls for regional arbitration boards to speed decisions while noting impracticality of a single board handling 45 cases.
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Tuck
State of Virginia
C. and P. Telephone Company
Richmond
Commonwealth of Virginia
Peace and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, Incorporated
Virginia Federation of Telephone Workers
Public Utilities Labor Relations Act
General Assembly
VFTW
Chesapeake and Potomac
Virginia
Lambdin
A. L. Lambdin
Chesee and
Potomac Telephone Pany
Schwellenbach
Hester Today
Lambda
Board of Arbitration
Funeral Services For Douglas Barnett Thursday
Funeral services for C. Douglas Barnett 46 will be held Thursday at 4 pm from 308 South Cameron street with Dr Ronald S Wilson and Dr E T Clark officiating. Barnett a linotype operator with the Evening Star and former Fire Company captain and Electoral Board chair was dead following a six month illness. Pallbearers include Harry F Byrd Jr G Gibson Baker Jacob H Yost and Dr C R burg. Interment is Mount Hebron Cemetery with Winchester Elks Lodge assisting at the graveside.
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C. Douglas Barnett
South
Cameron Street
City
Ronald S. Wilson
E. T. Clark
Barnett
Evening Star
Friendship Fire Company
Winchester Electoral Board
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
G. Gibson Baker
Jacob H. Yost
C. R. Burg
Mount Hebron
Winchester Elks Lodge
Baruch Warns on Inflation Threat and Work as Remedy
In Columbia on April 1 Bernard Baruch urged that the nation faces an engulfing inflation unless people work. He linked production to lower living costs and asked for unity to strengthen industry and national security amid a cold war backdrop. He proposed a 54 day 44 hour work week with no strikes through 1949 to electrify production and stabilize the economy.
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Columbia
S. C
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
South Carolina
Bombshell Ends World Crossing at LaGuardia Field
Milton Reynolds, pilot William Odom, and flight engineer T Carroll Sallee completed the converted A 26 bomber Bombshells world speed run arriving at LaGuardia Field at 12 06 30 am EST seven hours fifty five minutes after takeoff. The trio received crowded cheers and kisses from airport crowds as they celebrated an unofficial world record and a fast Atlantic crossing.
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New York
Milton Reynolds
Chicago
William Odom
T. Carroll Sallee
la Guardia Field
Reynolds
Atlantic
Paris
Gander
Newfoundland
Howard Hughes
Hughes
la Guardia
Sallee
Patricia Houlihan
Cody
Wyo
Odom
Truman Maintains Hands Off Policy In Phone Strike
President Truman keeps a hands-off stance as a nationwide telephone strike nears the 11th day. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach and NFPTW leader Joseph Beirne clashed over arbitration and concessions while the government weighs seizure as a last resort.
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Truman
Washington
Schwellenbach
Charles G. Ross
Department of Law
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Erican Telephone and Telegraph Company
NFPTW
Schwelenbach
Texas City Devastation After Explosions Shocks Gulf Coast
A catastrophic explosion and fire hit Texas City and surrounding areas, killing at least 350 and injuring hundreds or more. The Monsanto plant suffered a total loss, gas infiltration was reported, and nearby towns heard the blast. Rescue workers and National Guard were mobilized as fires raged and communications failed.
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Texas City
Tex
Texas Gulf Coast
National Guard
Aeoutene
Tribune
Galveston Tribune
Grand Camp
Monsanto
Port Arthur
Orange
Pelly
Paléstine
W. H. Sanberg
Texas City Terminal Railway Company
Monsanto Chemical Plant
Stone Oil Company
Republic Oil Company
Albert Nichols
Harris County
Sherriff's
Texas
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Houston
Defense motion denied in Virginia manslaughter case
A Page County circuit court jury verdict of involuntary manslaughter against Raymond Booth was upheld after Judge W. C. Ford overruled the defense motion to set it aside. Booth received a six month sentence on the state convict road force and a $500 fine, suspended 60 days for appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
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Luray
Page County
Raymond Joe Beltsville
Onn Carpenter
W. C. Ford
Ford
Booth
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Budapest court convicts 13 in plot against Hungarian Republic
In Budapest on April 16 a Peoples Court convicted 13 individuals for plotting to restore Admiral Nicholas Horthy’s regime through armed revolt. Three defendants were sentenced to death by strangulation.
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Budapest
Peoples Court
Nicholas Horthy
Molotov Signals Support for Austrian Peace Pact at Moscow
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov announced no objections to completing Austria’s peace treaty during the Moscow conference and pledged to push toward that goal. The first session approved about a quarter of the treaty’s clauses and settled minor disputes, while Marshall’s talks with Stalin yielded no new breakthroughs on key issues.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Austria
Marshall
Stalin
Germany
Europe
United States-Russia
Fuentes
Kremlin
Truman
Walter Bedell Smith
Charles Bohlen
Soviet Union
Walter B. Smith
Spasso House
Winchester Pastor Elected Moderator of Presbytery
The Rev. Joseph S Duckwall, pastor of Highland Avenue Priman Chapel in Winchester, was elected moderator at the Winchester Presbytery opening session in Martinsburg. He succeeds Rev. William F. Junkin Jr., now a China missionary, who with his family plans to depart for China in August. The Rev. Philip Cory of Piedmont was elected temporary clerk.
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V. Joseph S Duckwall
Highland Avenue
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Joyner Declares 1946 VA Vehicle Tags Illegal
Richmond Va April 16 4 Joyner Jr state commissioner of motor vehicles informed Virginia law enforcement agencies that 1946 license tags on vehicles are illegal and must be acted on. He asked agencies to recognize public use vehicles operated by the state.
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Richmond
C. PF. Joyner, Jr
Virginia
Stave
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Dates Set May 1 2
Local headquarters in the George Washington Hotel displays the big aple sign announcing the 20th Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom festival set for May 1 and 2. Daughters of festival officials help organize events as the sign shows Mary Warden Boyd Lynn Cooper Betsy Glaize and Anne Arthur in clockwise order.
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George Washington Hotel
Mary Warden Boyd
P. W. Boyd
Lynn Cooper
Clarke T. Cooper
Betsy Glaize
Wallace's Speech Solidifies Vote On Greece Aid
Washington reports President Truman's Greece Turkey aid program gains support after sharp criticism from Wallace. Attorney General Clark denounces attacks on bipartisan policy while Senator Ellender shifts to back the 400 million dollar package, amid hopes for a swift Senate vote. A separate note mentions Ellen Mitchell Kalbach named as crown bearer for Apple Blossom Festival queen.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Wallace
Tom Clark
Clark
Philadelphia
Europe
United States
Soviet Union
Churchill Wallace
England
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Capitol Hill
Ellender
DsLa
Senate
Pluegine
Louisiana
Edwin Co. Johnson
D-Cole
Henry Wallace
Ellen Mitchell Kalbach
Joseph L. Kalbach
Leicester Street
Jean Cartwright Lane
Maryland
William Preston Lane
Kailbach
Handley High School
Truman Honors Hull with Medal for Merit at Bethesda
President Truman awarded Cordell Hull the Medal for Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster for his public service during and before the war. Hull, 75, lies recovering from a stroke at Bethesda Naval Hospital as a presidential party visits quietly from the White House. Hull’s cited as the “father of the United Nations” for advancing diplomacy toward a stable postwar world order.
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Washington
Truman
Cordell Hull
White House
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Hull
United Nations
UN Delegates Refreshed by Ball Game Break
United Nations delegates and secretaries returned to work after a ball game at Lake Success New York. The agenda includes two major issues Palestine and atomic energy with a closed meeting of the political committee of the atomic energy commission on the day’s schedule.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Palestine
U. N
Atomic Energy Commission
Grand Vifw Farm Sale and Local Ads
Saturday sale at Grand Vifw Farm with O Neale to attend. Church rummage and Episcopal notice share April events. Berryville Pike dance at Ole Mill on Wednesday. Optical department offers exams. Lovett’s clearance at Lovett s Shoe and Dress Shoppe.
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Grand Vifw Farm
Will O'Neal
Ole Mill
Berryville Pike
Episcopal Church House
Hodgson & Brow
Anne
Lovett
Lovett’s Shoe & Dress Shoppe
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Douglas Barnett
LaGuardia
Winchester Seed Company
Branon’s
Berryville
Ally
Sun Oil Co
London
Colonial Office
Molotov
Mr. Duckwall
Winchester
Joyner
Dunlap Tire Corp
Loudoun
GOP
Shenandoay
THURS
House
Rep. Arends
R-N
Soing
Mentioun Cates
Union
Sookie
Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
Bateen
Aoain
Res.ite
Ives
Morse
R. Ore
Truman Taft
Nares
Bill
Mr. Truman
Pontime
Saga
Hockman Sale
Ellen Kalbach
RED Wing
W. Boscawen St
Rainbow Inn
John Mann Church
Apple Pie Ridge Road
J. W. Rees
Cushman Motor Scooter
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