Fireworks Start Popping In Paris Peace Conference Debate
Australian Delegate J A Beasley blasted Russia at the Paris Peace Conference alleging lies intimidation and power politics in a sharp session of the Political and Economic Commission on the Italian frontier dispute. Molotov countered with attacks alleging Australia sought to upset council decisions as the commission adopted a French proposal to form a standing committee to probe disputes over the Italian frontier with Yugoslavia France and Austria.
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Paris
Ane
J. A. Beasley
Russia
Ndrei Vishinsky
Seolion
Political and Economic Commission
Australia
Italy
Yugoslavia
France
Austria
Molotov
V. M Molotov
Foreign Minister Council
Beasley
Col
W. R. Hodgson
Andrei Vishinsky
Legionnaires Help Veterans File Terminal Leave Forms
L. E. Hill announced Nichols Company offices at 118 N Loudoun Street will stay open Wednesday night from 7 p m to assist veterans in filing terminal leave pay applications. Veterans must bring a photostatic copy of their discharge, and Legionnaires will staff the office as long as veterans arrive.
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L. E. Hill
Nichols Company
N. Loudoun Street
Hill
Britain open to negotiating with Arab Mufti for Palestine talks
Reliable government sources said Britain would negotiate with the Mufti of Jerusalem and detained Jewish leaders as part of a bid to save next month's Palestine talks in London. The Arab Higher Executive backed the Mufti as delegation leader, signaling potential acceptance of previously deemed unacceptable figures.
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London
Britain
Jerusalem
Palestine
India
Ireland
Hussein E. Khalidi
Arab Higher Executive Committee
Khaldi
Jama] Bey
Jah Amin E. Husseini
Arab Executive Commitee’s Decision That the Mufti
Khalidi
Army Opens Blue Ridge Platoon Recruit Drive in Winchester
U S Army launches recruitment for a Blue Ridge Mountain platoon from Winchester with Major Howard Hively Captain N P Stitt and M Sgt Nelson from Baltimore visiting. A sound truck will tour the area for two weeks to aid the campaign and a Cumberland drive targets an Allegheny platoon. Each platoon has 48 men and recruits for infantry or air corps based on applicant interest. Lt Thomas Feck heads Winchester office.
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United States Army
Blue Ridge Mountain
Winchester
Howard Hively
N. P. Stitt
Nelson
Army
Baltimore
Cumberland
Allegheny
Stitt
Infantry
Air Corps
Thomas Feck
GI Adopted Orphans Run Hidden Home Near Tokyo Barracks
In a former workers' barracks near downtown Tokyo, 23 adopted orphans live under the care of U S GIs. The youngest is a four week old half American, half Japanese girl. The home grew from a rescued foundling left by her Japanese mother and is sustained by soldiers and U S food leftovers. A few officers supervise, but mainly sergeants and privates keep the place stocked with clothes and supplies from the United States. The operation appears to be lasting.
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Tokyo
Kin Horiuchi
Korea
Ted
Baracks
United States
Foundling Home
Gas Service Man Critically Burned Investigating Leak
Roy W. Wilt of 511 Highland avenue, a Consumers Utilities Company serviceman, was critically burned this morning while investigating a gas leak at the John H. Cook residence 1104 South Loudoun street. He was rushed to hospital and treated for extensive burns. investigators said a loose gas in the basement ignited during meter work. The blast damaged the basement stairs baseboard and stucco but did not ignite a fire. No others were hurt.
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Roy W. Wilt
Highland Avenue
Consumers Utilities Company Serviceman
John H. Cook
South
Loudoun Street
Wilt
Hugh Clark
Cook
Super Carrier To Pay Courtesy Call To Greece
The 45000 ton aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt and the 10000 ton cruiser Little Rock with three destroyers will visit Piraeus near Athens from Sept 5 to 9 as a courtesy visit amid admiration for the late President Roosevelt. Two destroyers will visit Salonika simultaneously, with a Turkish port possible.
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Washington
U. S
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Little Rock
Piraeus
Athens
Salonika
Mediterranean
Three Winchester Men Enlist in Regular Army
The Winchester Recruiting Station announced that three local residents Donald N. Lav erick, Howard R. Hart and William J. Sargent enlisted in the Regular Army last week.
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Donald N. Laverick
Howard R. Hart
William J. Sargent
CIO PAC Has Not Backed Any Candidate for Senate Nomination
CIO PAC director Charles C Webber said delegates to the Virginia Democratic Convention will not back any candidate for the unexpired Senate term. He said CIO supported delegates aim to oppose Rep Howard W Smith and will caucus Sept 4 to decide strategy. Hutchinson denied any CIO backing and declined to have his name presented.
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Richmond
Charles C Webber
Cio- Pac
CIO
Glass
Webber
Altavista
Howard W. Smith
Washington Dispatch
Ciopac
Martin A. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Harry F. Byrd
Wife and Daughter Of Navy Captain Die In Arlington
Mrs. Doris Elizabeth English, 37, wife of Capt. Robert A. English now in England, and her three year old daughter Roberta were found dead in their Arlington apartment. Neighbors recall her long residence there. A police note found suggested despondency. contents were not released.
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Arlington
Doris Elizabeth English
England
Roberta
Industry Jumps Traces To Get From Under OPA
Chicago reports show the stockyards crowded with cattle and hogs as farmers dump stock to beat anticipated OPA ceilings. Officials clash over whether ceilings should rise. Agriculture Department favors higher prices to spur production, while OPA lifts lids on canned soups.
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OPA
Chicago
Washington
Agriculture Department
Office of Price Administration
Anderson
Etna Industry Advisory Committees
Culpeper Editor Travers Green Dies at 74
Travers Green 74 longtime editor and publisher of the Culpeper Exponent died in an Arlington hospital after a week of treatment. Funeral plans pending for Thursday in Culpeper. He led Democratic circles in Virginia and authored Green's Notes on a Family. Survived by widow Lucille and five children.
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Travers Green
Culpeper Exponent
Arlington
Culpeper
Green
Ong
Culpeper Weekly
James W. Green
Lucille Dove Green
Raleigh Travers Green
George Mason Green
Stanley Rowland
John Buckne
Greer
The
Exponent
Erskine Strother
Grove Furniture Co to Open from Loudoun Street
The J. W. Grove Furniture Store at 123 and 125 South Loudoun Street will remain unaffected by Hable s new theater but will feature showings and rooms for living and working. Phone 4701 listed with hours 9 to 5. Summer dresses and playsuits advertised at reduced prices from original up to 19.25 to 3.00 at Modern Age Shoppe.
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J. W. Grove Furniture
Loudoun St
Hable
Loudoun
Grove Furniture CO
Business College
Cool Weather Persists for Five More Days
The forecast for August 8 through September 1 calls for continued cool conditions with nightly lows around 49 to 51 degrees. The Weather Bureau expects a slight warm spell tomorrow, then another cool period, with 1 to 3 inches of showers forecast for Wednesday night or Thursday and cooler days in West Virginia.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Hough
Greece Seeks Seat On United Nations Council
Ambassador Vassili Dendramis sent a letter to Secretary General Trygve Lie and circulated to council delegates. Tomorrow the council will discuss Greece’s bid amid expected debate on hearing non council members. The agenda also covers Ukraine’s protest over Greek fomenting of Balkan unrest and British troop presence.
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Vassili Dendramis
U. N
Trygve Lie
Ukraine
Balkans
Rationing Of Liquor Likely to Last, Says Board Member
RichmondVirginia August 27 Col R M C Bullington Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board member says lifting liquor rationing is a long way off. He told the Richmond Exchange Club that rationing remains necessary to prevent bootleggers and illicit sellers from controlling supply.
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Richmond
Col. R. McC. Bullington
Virginia
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Richmond Exchange Club
Lt. Boyd Reports For Active Duty
Robert 8. Boyd, son of Mr and Mrs Pred S Boyd of 215 North Washington Winchester reports for active duty at Army Medical Department Schools Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston Texas He earned BA and MD at University of Virginia after surgical internships at Johns Hopkins and Kennedy Veterans Hospital He joins a class of reserve medical officers beginning eight weeks of basic training at Brooke Army Medical Center
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Robert 8. Boyd
Pred S. Boyd
North Washington Street
Army Medical Department
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Army
Boyd
University of Virginia
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Kennedy Veterans Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Kennedy Hospital
Brooke Ary Medical Center
Hope Fades For Fifth Crew Member Of Shot Down U S Transport
War Department notified next of kin that five American airmen were killed or believed killed in the Aug 19 crash of an army transport shot down by Yugoslav fighters. Reports from Belgrade say Yugoslav Fourth Army will probe and search for the missing fifth crew member if medical evidence remains inconclusive. Remains lie in Ljubljana as fetch journey to the United States awaits final transport.
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U. S
Washington
War Department
Next of
U. N
London
Ankara
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Richard C. Patterson
Esnoslav Fourth Army
Koprivnik
Ljuljana
United States
Gene
Government Agents Crack Down On Black Market Autos
Six agents raided what was described as the hub of an automobile black market spanning 14 states. The operation traced to Leesville with dealers from Carolina, Virginia, D C, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Michigan, Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida and Pennsylvania. The arrests, set for the November term, carry up to one year in prison and fines up to 5000 dollars. Agents bought five cars for 12000 dollars, paying double the OPA ceiling.
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Eee
OPA
South Carolina
C. C. Moseley
Leesville
North
Virginia
District of Columbia
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Michigan
Kentucky
Louisiana
Florida
Pennsylvania
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Army Radiophoto
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Dr. Khalidi
U. S. Army
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Greece
Cio-Pac
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Valley Pike
U. N. Council
Albania
Iris Rogers
Women’s Party For Equal Rights
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Sident
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