Rev Roe urges life in all three rooms of the house
The Elks Memorial Service featured Rev James B Roe of Christ Episcopal Church delivering Live In the Whole House of Life. A social musical quartet and organ selections followed as about 150 Elks attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Roe
Elks
R. Gray Williams
Noble C Pierce, Jr
Walter D. Heatwole
James R. Dushane
Maurice E. Pifer
Edwin T. Snider
Mr. Roe
House of Life
Coal shortage idles 500,000 as U S steel crisis grows
Pittsburgh dispatch reports massive unemployment as fuel shortages halt production. 104,000 idled in factories and 400,000 miners remain furloughed, with further layoffs looming across Youngstown steel plants, General Electric in Schenectady, and other operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Bessemer
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Erie Railroad
New York State
Schenectady
General Electric
Porcelain Department
Burdick and Sons Metal Working
Albany
Troy
N. Y
L. E. Gurley, Co
Cok
Norfolk Byrd Expedition Ships Shove Off for Antarctic Tests
Aboard the Olympus at Norfolk Virginia on December 2 the U S Navy launches Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd leading four ships and five West Coast vessels for a 10 000 mile cold weather test and exploration voyage to Antarctica. The 4 000 man operation will span at least four months with three task groups mapping the continent and testing equipment while staging from Balboa and rendezvousing with San Diego ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Byrd
Olympus
Antarctic Ocean
Norfolk
Panama Canal
Balboa
Antarctic
San Diego Huneme
Calif
Richard H. Cruzen
Ross Sea
Ross Ice Shelf
Philippine Sea
Little America
South Pole
United States
University Professor Named Superintendent of DeJarnette Sanatorium
Dr Hugh Page Newbill assistant professor of psychiatry at University of Virginia School of Medicine is named superintendent of DeJarnette State Sanatorium Staunton to replace Dr J S DeJarnette who resigned in July 1945 He will begin January 1 as announced by Mental Hygiene and Hospitals He is a 1934 UVA medical graduate and co operates the Davis clinic at University Hospital with Dr David C Wilson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Hugh Page Newbill
University of Virginia School of Medicine
DeJarnette State Sanatorium
Staunton
J. S. DeJarnette
Mental Hygiene and Hospitals
Newbill
David C Wilon
Davis Clinic
University Hospital
Temperatures Report Dense Chronology
Temperatures show a high of 28 degrees and a low of 17 for today. Comparison to last year shows a high of 47 and a low of 24 on the same date.
Roosevelt Denies Off the Record Remarks Story
Eliott Roosevelt denied that he charged the U S embassy or officials with involvement in off the record remarks attributed to him. He said a correspondent suggested embassy involvement and that he would contact the embassy. Newsweek stood by its original report that the material came from a reliable party at the Moscow party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Eliott Roosevelt
Russia
United States
United Press
U. S
Roosevelt
Newsweek
Yalta
Potsdam
Tehran
America
New York
Chet Shaw
Shaw
Bomb Anniversary Recalled By Those Who Watched
Four years after the first man made nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago a group of witnesses gathered to discuss progress in nuclear fission. Dec 2, 1942 marked the historic launch of atomic energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stagg Pield
University of Chicago
Cold snap blankets state as readings plunge
The Winchester laboratory recorded 17 degrees last night, the coldest winter mark, with 24 degrees at 11 am. Across Virginia readings fell from 68 at Sunday high to 20 in Lynchburg, as a fast cold front from Canada swept southward causing widespread sub freezing temperatures and forecasts of rising but chilly conditions tomorrow.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Quantico
Cape Henry
Urbanna
Gordonsville
Roanoke
Bristol
Canada
Virginia
Associated Press
United States
New England
Maine
Florida
Atlantic
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Great Plains
Rocky Mountain
Police Believe They Have Man Who Slew Woman
Washington investigators report the arrest of a 46 year old man as a suspect in the stabbing death of Mrs. Carrie Davidson 72 found in her apartment building. Barrett says the weapon pierced the chest severing a heart artery and notes the suspect was a former janitor and had access to the building. Mrs Davidson survived by twin Geiler and Sanford Link of Portsmouth Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert J. Barrett
Carrie Link Davidson
Davidson
Portsmouth
Ohio
Substantial Wage Increases To Be Sought By Workers
James Thimmel of the CIO United Steelworkers said the union will demand substantial wage increases and guaranteed annual wages from Aluminum Company of America in contract talks starting tomorrow. Also sought are an improved vacation plan health and welfare foundation and union shop. The current contract expires Friday and provisions maintain union membership.
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Steel
M:ts
Utah
Brigham Young University
Colorado
Palisade
Colo
UMW
Vassar
Mich
Birmingham
Ala
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
Murray
James Thimmel
United Steelworkers
Aluminum Company of America
Thimmel
Army Decision On Draft Call Expected Soon
An Army decision on resuming the draft in January is expected this week. Manpower advisers favor calling a Selective Service quota next month to spur volunteers and supplement forces. November recruiting rose to 5,006, up from 4,444, but monthly totals total about 20,000, far short of the 37,000 minimum War Department target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patterson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
War Department
Jeep blast kills three British soldiers in Palestine
Three British soldiers of the Sixteenth Airborne Division were killed and one seriously wounded when a jeep on a road blew up due to a mine in Palestine. Police questioned 52 suspects over a weekend of violence as talks circulated on a seven point peace plan.
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Jerusalem
Sixth Airborne
Rtn
Pacer
Holy Land
Palestine
Mishmar
Palestine Desert
Neguel
Supreme Police Command
Foreign Office
Pendon
December Fourth Date Set To Hold AAA Elections
The Agricultural Conservation Community Committee elections in Frederick county are set for December 4 1946. J L Hershman chairs the county committee and announces voters will elect a three member committee with two alternates per community and a county delegate to select a three man county committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Conservation
AAA
Frederick County
J. L. Hershman
E County
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Thanksgiving Offering Supports Winchester Hospital
At the Winchester Ministerial Association meeting it was announced that a 134.12 dollar offering from the Union Thanksgiving Services at Market Street Methodist Church will go to Winchester Memorial Hospital. Other notes include Dr. Russell Henry Stafford of Hartford Seminary Foundation to speak during the Week of Prayer at 8 p.m. each night the first full week in January at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Ministerial Association
Union
Market Street Methodist Church
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Handley Public Library
Russell Henry Stafford
Hartford (Conn.) Seminary Foundation
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Stafford
Lewis' Attorney To Be Heard Dec 13 By Commission
The State Corporation Commission set a 10 a.m. hearing for December 13 on a demurrer filed by Gordon B. Ambler on behalf of United Mine Workers Union head John L. Lewis in the Blue Sky securities case opened today. Ambler argued jurisdiction and applicable Virginia code, noting no link to the codamine shutdown, while Werne sought action over union membership sales alleged to violate securities laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
United Mine Works Union
Gordon B. Ambler
John L. Lewis
Blue Sky
SCC
Ambler
C. Victor Verne
Better Business Bureau
Corporation Commission
Lewis
UMW
The
Werne
Gas to Move in Government Pipe Line in Five Days
Secretary Krug announced the government will start moving natural gas through the Big Inch and Little Inch pipeline to relieve the coal shortage. Initial flow expected at 6,000 cubic feet per day, rising to 150 million cubic feet daily within 45 days along 1,500 miles from the southwest to the Eastern Seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Krug
Big Inch
Little Inch
Seaboard
Bilbo Case Opens in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi December 2. The head of an organization seeking a wider franchise for Mississippi Negroes testified he had every reason to believe there was a connection between Senator Bilbo's campaign speeches and reported incidents of intimidation of voters in the Democratic primary election last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
G. Bilbo
Judge bars news reel in Lewis contempt trial
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough rejects a news reel showing John L Lewis aiding a coal strike as evidence in his contempt case. The court may admit the transcript later if deemed relevant, while defense objections call the footage irrelevant to the contempt issue.
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Goldsborough
Washington
T. Alan Gough
Joh Lewis
UMW
Federal
T. Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Goldsboro
FP. Sennett
T. Alan Goldsbahagia
Welly K
Petrillo Freed as Lea Act Ruled Unconstitutional
Chicago December 2 Judge Waren ruled the Lea Act unconstitutional and dismissed charges against James C. Petrillo president of the American Federation of a clans for calling a strike at a Chicago radio station to hire more musicians. The act, passed by Congress, aimed to prohibit concerted hiring demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Waren
Buy Toote
James C. Petrillo
Petrillo
APA American Federation of A Clans
Com
Winchester Blue Baby Back: Operation Postponed Again
Mrs. Albert Fadeley reports her son Winchester's blue baby has returned from Johns Hopkins Hospital and is admitted locally. Tommy will receive radar treatments at Baltimore hospital while remaining in Winchester between sessions. Treatments planned for the 9th and 23rd with possible surgery in January depending on his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Fadeley
Winchester
John Hopkins Hospital
Tommy
Baltimore
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Byrd Expedition
Panama
Harry Rainsberger , Jr
Dr. Newbill
University
DeJarnette Place
Valley
Ben Fitzwater
Chamber OF Commerce and
Junior Board OF
Kes
Ministerial Union
Mine Workers
Bilbo
Lea
Winchester Blue
Hied
United Mike Workers of
Caves
Joseph Padway
AFL
Welly Lephine
T. Alan Goldsborough
International Seundatoesy
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