Three U S Senators Boost Authority Of Peace Group
In Paris Aug 26 the three U S senators reinforced the peace group’s influence while debates over reparations and the Italian draft treaty continued at the Paris Peace Conference. Molotov argued Russia’s leniency on Romania and payment terms. The Dutch amendment on Italian wartime actions was withdrawn after opposition.
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Paris
Goa
E. Ronald Walker
V. M. Molotov
Australia
Russia
Romania
Foreign Secretaries
Yugoslavia
Netherlands
Italy
Germany
Japan
Breakshoe Plant to Avoid Critical Materials for Housing Needs
R Barney, Winchester Chamber of Commerce president, notes the American Breakshoe Company will build on the Paper Mill Road without using critical materials needed for veteran housing. CPA issued a building permit with that understanding. Construction begins soon with 75 jobs, rising to about 200 in three years, including some women.
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R. Barney
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
American Brakeshoe Company
Barney
Civilian Production Administration
Paper Mill
Presidential Greetings in Mails Again
Washington reports presidential greetings reappear as the draft resumes. Selective Service aims to meet the 25 000 1929 age group quota by September with inductions beginning in June and new deferment categories added for college teachers home construction workers critical production and transportation workers. Eighteen-year-olds register but face induction at 19 while the agency seeks no one over 30 for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Army
Congress
War Department
Lewis B. Hershey
Megs
Moscow radio accuses U S of pressuring Yugoslavia
Moscow radio charged that the United States was pressuring Yugoslavia by showing military might including a Mediterranean cruise of the carrier Franklin D Roosevelt. It claimed the incident had been inflated by sensation mongers and urged apologies from the country whose plane violated Yugoslav borders.
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London
Moscow
United States
Yugoslavia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Britain
U. S
Franklin D Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Pravda
U. S. Navy
Miss Jean Baker Appointed Bible Instructor in Frederick Co
Miss Jean Baker daughter of Dr and Mrs A T Baker of Winchester is appointed to teach Bible classes in Frederick county public schools this year. She will share duties with Miss Sarah Wilson to allow weekly instruction in most schools except Gravel Springs. Pledges for finance remain unpaid and an appeal for contributions will go to supporters.
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Jean Baker
A. T. Baker
Winchester
Frederick County
Baker
Bath County
Milwaukee
Wis
Sarah Wilson
Gravel Springs
Star Tannery
Virginia Wife Awaits Word In Yugoslav Incident
Mrs. Virginia Anderson Freestone, wife of one of five U. S. airmen aboard the unarmed American transport shot down by Yugoslav fighters over Yugoslavia on August 19, hopes her husband survived. She had planned to join Capt. Elen H. Freestone in Italy next month and learned of the incident only after Idaho relatives notified her. She has heard no official War Department word denying his safety.
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Bristol
Virginia Anderson Freestone
U. S
Yugoslavia
Idaho
War Department
Hutchinson Declines to Seek State Democratic Convention
Richmond Virginia August 26 Hutchinson former Democratic primary hopeful for Byrd sulks off the scene saying he has no intention of having his name entered at the September 5 state convention He says CIO Action Committee talk is false and he would pursue any future office via voters, not a convention.
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Richmond
Martin A. Hutchinson
Harry F. Byrd
Hutchinson
Washington
CIO Political Action Committee
Carter Glass
CIO
5000 British Troops Raid Jewish Village
More than five thousand British soldiers entered the Jewish village of Sedot Van near Caesarea to search for munitions saboteurs and illegal immigrants. The operation aimed to apprehend those linked to the Empire Rival sabotage in Haifa Harbor. Brigadier R H Anderson said Sedot Van was a pivotal point in last week’s illegal immigrant landing and suggested further perpetrators may have operated from the area.
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Haifa
Sedot van
Caesarea
R.H. Anderson
Funeral services for mother of Senator Revercomb
Covington Virginia August 26 funeral plans are announced for Mrs Eliza beth Chapman Revercomb widow of George A Revercomb She died Sunday and the service will be held at 2 PM at Covington Baptist Church with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery She was the daughter of Rev Samuel F Chapman a Confederate captain and educator Surviving sons include Senator Chapman Revercomb Dr Paul H Revercomb Horace Revercomb George A Revercomb Jr Edmund Revercomb and daughter Mrs Hundall of Covington
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Covington
Elizabeth Chapman Revercomb
George A. Revercomb
Covington Baptist Church
Cedar Hill
Census data hints at plenty of eligible men for marriage
Census figures released today show more single men than women in marriage ages. Dr Hope T Eldridge of the census bureau notes there are about 1 500 000 or more single eligible males, suggesting romance remains buoyant despite wartime losses.
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Washington
Hope T. Eldridge
Census Bureau
Gov Tuck Awaits Welfare Study Findings
Richmond Va August 26 Governor Tuck said he will wait for the Welfare Study Commission findings before deciding on deficit appropriations for public assistance expenditures.
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Richmond
Tuck
Welfare Study Commission
Sale on Summer Dresses and Playsuits at Low Prices
Summer dresses and playsuits offered at steep discounts with original prices up to 19.25 now reduced to 3.00 at Modern Age Shoppe. Includes women’s apparel selections accessible at a fraction of former price points.
James Clark McReynolds Dies Unexpectedly
Washington dispatch reports former Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds died at Walter Reed Army Hospital at 84 after a year of illness. A long-time dissenter of New Deal laws, he left the court in 1941 after 26 years, and his death reduces the bench to two retired justices Hughes and Roberts.
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Washington
James Clark McReynolds
Supreme Court Court
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Elkton
McReynolds
Congress
Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
Owen J. Roberts
Robert P. McReynolds
Los Angeles
Chicago
Harold H. Burton
Navy planes bomb private yacht by mistake on Lake Erie
A private 38 foot cruiser The Albatross was set ablaze by a practice bomb after three Navy planes from Grosse Ile misidentified it as a floating target. Seven fishermen escaped serious injury. owner Albert Reisig suffered minor burns. Disciplinary action expected as investigation continues.
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Nista Roclipatoen
Navy
Lake Erie
Grosse Me Naval Air Station
Albert Reisig
Toledo
Charles Desmond
Ottawa River Yacht Club
Groves Furniture Firm Not Affected by Winchester Theater Plan
Bryan Stotler manager of the J. W. Grove Furniture Company says the new theater planned in Winchester by Herman Hable will not be built on Grove’s site. Instead the project will rise across the street in Grove’s warehouse building. The Grove store is in a Kremer owned building while the warehouse is owned by Hable.
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Bryan Stotler
J. W. Grove Furniture Company
Winchester
Herman Hable
Grove Furniture Company
Grove
Mr. Stotler
J. T. Kremer
Mr. Hable
Trygve Lie Assured U S Backing Court Rule
Herschel V. Johnson acting U S representative to the United Nations deposited with the U N a declaration of adherence to compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice. This marked the first U S acceptance of compulsory jurisdiction and was handed to Trygve Lie at the new U N headquarters.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Herschel V. Johnson
United States
United Nations
U. N
International Court of Justice
World Court
Truman
Johnson
Lie
Judge Harrison Orders Drawing Of Grand Jury
A special grand jury was ordered to report to Corporation Court on Thursday August 29. Cases include John Ellsworth Smothers charged with attempted safe cracking and theft from Montgomery Ward, Earl Whetzel accused of truck theft, and Robert Milburn charged with feloniously shooting William Dunn. venue motions and appeals were also scheduled.
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Corporation Court
John Ellsworth Smothers
Hagerstown
Montgomery Ward
Earl Whetzel
RFC Winchester
Glaize
Robert Milburn
Winchester
William Dunn
J. W. Grove Furniture Co. Affected by Theater Plan
The J. W. Grove Furniture Store at 123 and 125 South Loudoun Street will not be affected by Hable's new theater. Only the adjacent 124 South Loudoun property will be used for the project.
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J. W. Grove Furniture
South Loudoun St
Hable
S. Loudoun
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Honor Guard Brings U S Airmen's Bodies From Julian Alps To Ljubjana
Belgrade reports the bodies of four American fliers recovered from the Julian Alps were moved to Ljublijana under Yugoslav Fourth Army escort. US officials said the remains will be repatriated for burial in the United States, with Tito approving honors. A search continues for a fifth airman.
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U.S
Julian Alps
Ljubjana
Belgrade
United States
Ljubljans
Fourth Army
Kopri
Asl
Holy Cross Church
Chester N. Stratton
U. S
Stratton
Richard Partridge
Paris
Guard of Honor
James F. Byrnes
Chester M. Stratton
Marshal Tito
U. S. State Department
Yugoslavia
United Nations Security Council
U S
Justice Dept Rules On Surplus Property To Nonprofit Schools
The Justice Department issues an opinion clarifying that surplus war assets may be donated to nonprofit educational institutions. Acting official J McGrath and aide Robert M Littlejohn prepare the ruling for the War Assets Administration.
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Justice Dept
Washington
The
Justice Department
Acne Acme J. Aard McGra' Aregu
Robert M. Littlejohn
McGrath
Direct Winchester Berkeley Springs Bus Route Inaugurated
Berkeley Springs West Virginia and Bedford Pennsylvania announce a new direct bus link with Altoona Pennsylvania. Blue and White Lines inaugurated service yesterday with one daily bus arriving at 10 20 a m and departing at 11 40 a m from the Greyhound terminal at 16 N Braddock Street. The route runs over 522 to Berkeley Springs passing the Cacapon State Park entrance.
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Winchester
Altoona
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Bedford
Blue
White
Greyhound
N. Braddock Street
Cacapon State Park
Bethel Memorial Service Draws 200 Plus In Berryville
More than 200 persons attended the eighth annual Bethel Baptist Memorial service at Bethel Church in Berryville. The Rev L F Paulette delivered the sermon titled Adding To Our Heritage calling Bethel a House of God and noting a $517.98 repair bill and eight years to finish renovations. Dr Garnett Ryland of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society spoke on Preserving Our Fountain of Idealism, tracing Bethel’s missionary influence and the church’s role in dispelling ignorance and furthering the Redeemer.
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Berryville
Bethel Baptist Church
L. F. Paulette
Smithfield Baptist Church
Bethel
House of God
Bethel Baptist Memorial
Paulette
Yes
Ryland
Bethel Memorial
Garnett Ryland
Virginia Baptist Historical Society
University of Richmond
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International Radiophoto
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Moscow Radio
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Carserea
Mother of
Sen. Chapman Revercomb
GOV. Tuck
Woodrow Wilson
High Court
Great Britain
Rere
George W. McKinley
Frank Szczeciski, Jr
C. N. Richmond
A. 8
France
Fremont
C. M. Coldwell
H. S. Fresch
Swanton
Reisig
F. A. Brossy
Grosse Ile
Groves Furniture Store
Hable Enterprise
Trygve Lie
Harrison
Thurston McIntosh
State Road Camp
Andrew Bean
Raymond Galliday
N. B Spingleton
Harry C. Sirbaugh
Galliday
Wesley Hawkins
Business College
McTilwee
Gray and Eddy
G. Carter Baker
Bassador Richards
Poset
Ljubljana
Arhur Vanden
Arthur Berg
Rep.-Mich
Tom Connally
D.-Tex
Vandenberg
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