Efforts To Halt Fighting In Manchuria Break Down
Chungking reported that negotiations to halt the fighting in Manchuria failed as General Marshall Chiang Kai-shek and Chou En-Lai could not bridge the gap. Chiang rejected the Democratic League cease fire plan leaving Communist gains in Manchuria and delaying settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Chungking
Marshall
Chiang Kai-Shek
Democratic League
Chiang
Chou En-Lai
Nanking
Nangking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Truman weighs new Chief Justice amid coal crisis
President Truman, amid a coal strike threat to industry, considers naming a new Chief Justice and another justice this week. Reports suggest Robert H. Jackson or William O. Douglas for chief, with Secretary of War Robert Patterson possibly joining the court, while Postmaster General Hannegan discusses options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
White House
Robert H. Jackson
William O. Douglas
Robert P. Patterson
Capitol Hill
Patterson
W. Stuart Symington
Air
Robert E. Hannegan
Williamsburg
Mr. Truman
John W. A A Wilson
Weens
Quantico
Marion Jenkins Anniversary Program Notice
Notice urges Oach 2. O. PF. members to attend regular Monday April 29 at 8 p m for an annivers ary program honoring Marion E. Jenkins N G The item notes entertainment and observance from a local organization in a Marion area edition.
Fur Coat Storage At Modern Age Shop
Storage and repair work at Modern Age Shop highlighted in a brief note. Mention notes the facility handles fur coat storage and related services. No specific dates or people are provided.
Italy's African Possessions on Ministers Agenda
Paris April 29 The Four Power Foreign Ministers conference enters its crucial session focusing on North Africa and the Dodecanese. Key issue is Tripolitania and Libya with Russian trusteeship proposals opposed by Britain and a UN trusteeship urged by the United States. Byrnes and Molotov conferred for hours at dinner on background topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Foreign Ministers
Ito
Italy
North Africa
Dodecanese Islands
Mediterranean
Tripolitania
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Middle East
India
United States
United Nations
Libya
Eritrea
East Africa
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Andrei Y. Vishnnswif Ewater
Foreign
Food shortages may continue into 1948 says official
Washington April 29 Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said food shortages may persist into 1948 and that the government will seek further sacrifices at home in the coming months. He did not specify the kinds of sacrifices required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Anderson
Mountain King Welcomes Miss Anderson as Queen Shenandoah XII
Frank Wissler officiated at Endless Caverns New Market welcoming Miss Nancy Anderson as Queen Shenandoah XII for the festival. Her parents Secretary Clinton P. Anderson and Mrs Anderson attended with Miss Dorothy De Grange as maid of honor and Royal Escort B B Dutton Jr. State Police detail assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wissler
Endless Caverns
New Market
Nancy Anderson
Shenandoah XII
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Dorothy de Grange
Winchester
Tom Baldridge
B. B. Dutton, Jr
Nellie Foulkes Lee
Robert C. Lee
New York
Wissler
Stratmore
Handley High School creates apple festival pageant tradition
The Handley High School festival pageant is a student crafted production with hundreds of props costumes and stage elements built by home economics and art classes. Students rehearse in two teacher led groups over months using every room in the school with runners guiding entrances and exits. The pageant, a long standing yearly highlight, resumes after a four year hiatus with largely the same format as in 1931 before wartime interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Steel Operations Halved By Soft Coal Strike In Pittsburgh
The soft coal strike enters its fifth week as Pittsburgh steel ingot operations run at 54.5 percent capacity. Chicago plants shrink to under half and may shut by June 1. Illinois power firms seek limited electric use with officials discussing brownouts. Pennsylvania anthracite miners join a 30 day strike notice under UMW chief Lewis, with contracts expiring May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Carnegie- Ilinois
U. S. Steel Corp
Edison
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois
Commission
John D. Biggs
Progressive
Progressves
AFL Uited
Pennsylvania
UMW
John L. Lewis
New York
City Welfare Board Considers 5 Percent Fund Cut
The City Welfare Board debated a state 5 percent cut to welfare funds and a surge in old age assistance applications. Mrs. Helen Hardy Wright announced the board had aided welfare recipients despite rising living costs and reduced Army allotments as soldiers were discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Welfare Board
Helen Hardy Wright
Associated Press
Richmond
Wright
Welfare Board
Local Markets Open All Day Thursday with Deliveries
Brown's Meat Market and New Hi-Way Market announce all day Thursday hours with deliveries all day. Both shops remain closed all day Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown's
Revival Meeting At 10 W Cork Street Advertised
An old time revival is in progress at 10 W Cork Street each evening at 7 45 p m with a religious theme and attendees invited to join the gathering for prayer singing and exhortation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoeablic
W. Cork
Negotiations To Settle Coal Strike Resume In Washington
The Labor Department said talks between John L. Lewis and soft coal operators will resume at 2:30 P.M. in Labor Department rooms with Special Mediators Edward F. McGrady and Paul W. Fuller. Schwellenbach and Lewis met 90 minutes earlier as conferences restart after a breakdown on health funds and wage terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
John L. Lewis
Department
Les Eichel
Edward F. McGrady
Paul W. Puller
Eichel
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Lewis
Radio Corporation of America
Paul W. Fuller
Schnellenbach
McGrady
Church backed party wins in Bavarian county elections
In the American zone Bavarian county elections, the Christian Social party backed by the church led by almost two to one over the Social Democrats as Communist support lagged at 5.4 of 3.13 million votes. Rioting displaced persons and US troops reported sporadic violence, with hospitals treating stab wounds and beatings and troops firing in the air to disperse crowds at Diessen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thca
Eens Christian Social
Social Democrats
Comunist Party
United States Army
Diessen
Bavaria
U. S
Police Warn Against Parking On Parade Routes
Chief C. W. Hollis announced cars parked on parade routes after 4 p m Thursday before the Firemen's Torchlight Parade and after 9 a m Friday before the Festival Parade would be towed by the Police Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hollis
Captain Bob Bartlett Dies noted Arctic Explorer at 70
New York April 29 Captain Bob Bartlett 70 a noted explorer who worked with Admiral Robert E Peary on the 1909 North Pole discovery died last Wednesday at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Doctors cited acute kidney and heart condition as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Abram
Bob) Bartlett
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Arctic
Harkness
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Haymaker White Sides Fight on Page 8
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a boxing bout labeled Haymaker versus White Sides with a title or page marker 43 F 12. Details are unclear. no date venue or outcomes are readable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haymaker
U N Adopts Plan For Investigating Franco Government
The United Nations Security Council with Soviet abstention approved a plan to create a five member sub committee to probe charges against Spain's Franco government. Ten votes in favor. Members named were Australia Brazil China France and Poland with the report due by March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Spain
Andrei A. Gromyko
Hafez Afifi Pasha
Australia
Brazil
China
France
Poland
Evangelist Switches to Movies After Revival
A 27 year old evangelist in New Orleans plans to enter films after a two week revival to take his message to broader audiences. He signed a seven year contract with a film firm and said art draws people, but he will continue preaching. He rejected acting initially but chose cinema to broaden his sphere of influence and reach more listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Haeves
Leyes Gm
First Baptist Church
Dune 10
Nome Ee
Christ
Eisenhower Heads to Hawaii On Army Staffing Plan
General Eisenhower, en route to Hawaii from Hamilton Field, discussed administration issues with Douglas MacArthur and described the army’s manpower target of 1,070,000 by July 1, 1947. He emphasized preplanning to ensure adequate personnel in the field and noted ongoing negotiations with MacArthur on common problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Field
Calf
Eisenhower
Hawaii
MacArthur
Ee Army
Hamil Field
Feld
Roxas Receives Good Wishes on Philippine Transition
Manila April 29 reports President-Elect Manuel A. Roxas receiving well wishes as he prepares to guide the Philippines through its critical first months of government amid an ongoing presidential transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Manuel A. Roxas
Philippines Republic
Mercury Avoids Freeze. Apple Blossom Festival Safe
Temperatures stayed above freezing as 33 degrees near Winchester nearly caused a frost. scientists from Winchester Research Laboratory and A B Groves of the local lab say no damage occurred to fruit due to the mild freeze risk. Officials credited favorable conditions and forecast hints of rain and mild weather continuing, with Maryland and Virginia counties reporting light frost but not severe impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Weather Bureau
A. B. Groves
Groves
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Eosie Sea Lon Counties
Complaints on FHA Loan Standards and VA Appraisals
Washington reports a complaint that FHA must respond to Francis X. Pavesich VA guaranty chief's claim veterans are forced into the black market for homes. A conference with Gen N L directs that detailed plans specify FHA priority and price approval for new houses. FHA will also inspect homes to ensure values meet VA appraisal standards for federal loan guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FHA
Francis X. Pavesich
Veterans Administration Guarantee
Wyatt
Gen N
Tortured Prisoners Charged in Tokyo Camp Case
Seizo Nagakura a former supply sergeant at Se Prison camp was charged in Tokyo with torturing prisoners. He allegedly forced water into prisoners’ noses while their heads were bound and burned them with cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Seizo Nagakura
Hutchinson Announces Challenge to Byrd in Democratic Primary
Richmond April 29 A contest for the U S Senate seat held by Senator Harry F Byrd developed as Martin A Hutchinson declared he is the candidate of no one man organization or faction He aligned with the Democratic party's national program and urged active U S participation in world affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin A. Hutchinson
Harry F. Byrd
Richmond
United States Senate
Allies Indict Tojo and 27 Militaristic Leaders Today
Allies indict wartime power chief Tojo and 37 militaristic leaders as war criminals. Indictments list 55 charges from Pearl Harbor murder to world domination conspiracy. Proceedings set for May 3 with an 11 nation Allied prosecution and defense team coordinating from Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hdeki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Joseph B. Keennan
Orchestra Tour Opens As Trombonist Packs 60 Shirts
The trombonist travels with 60 shirts and joins conductor for the orchestra's first appearance in Buffalo. A car ride carries well packed wardrobes to avoid laundry shortages during the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ap. Od
Gusikoff
Eugenes Fale
Kenna
Buffalo
War II Veterans Reenter Winchester Workforce
Former Master Sergeant Jacob D. Colvin completes 56 months of service and now works in Winchester business circles after receiving an honorable discharge. Other veterans listed transition into local employment roles, reflecting postwar job realignment in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Jacob D. Colvin
Warning on Expired 1946 Plates Court Action Pending
A garbled notice warns that city drivers face court action if 1946 vehicle plates are not renewed. Chief C. W. BH of the department cautions compliance to avoid enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sran
C. W. BH
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marion E. Jenkins
N. G
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Law School
F. D. G. Ribble
John Bassett Moore
Dean Ribble
T. Catesby Jones
Col
Hardy C. Dillard
Virginia Law Faculty
Frances Farmer
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R. Mich
Miss Anderson
Handley School
Church
Bob Bartlett
U. N
Gen
Roxas
Democratic Party
Tojo
Keenan
Sentane
Japan
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