Byrd urges halt to deficit finance with large budget cut
Senator Byrd declares a plan to slash federal spending by 75 billion dollars ending June 30 1951 and argues for reducing outlays to 36 billion while warning deficits threaten national insolvency He opposes tax increases saying they would worsen any recession and outlines three options facing Congress including higher taxes or tighter spending
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Washington
Byrd
Truman
Tructan
Congress
Winchester Fund Drive Aims To Double March of Dimes
Local appeal led by Dan Leatherman and staff urges Winchester and Frederick County residents to double their March of Dimes goal for infantile paralysis research this coming year. The piece stresses the disease’s reach across social classes and the need for a big fundraising push. The notice also includes a separate classified item offering portable sewing machines at 99.50 and used machines starting at 10, with business hours noted December 24 on Saturdays.
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March of Dimes
Winchester
Frederick County
Dan Leatherman
Virginia Feed Mills
W. Boscawen St
Rouss Fire Hall
Truman Views Eisenhower as Active Presidential Candidate
Intimates say President Truman sees Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as an active presidential candidate. He may address Eisenhower in a January State of the Union. the plan includes a Fair Deal agenda with civil rights, displaced persons, Social Security, and the Brannan farm program.
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Key West
Truman
Dwright D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Columbia University
James F. Byrnes
Yen
Soci
Brannan
Byrnes
Eisenshower
New York
Ward Party Reaches Tientsin From Mukden
The U.S. consulate staff led by Angus Ward arrived in Tientsin after nearly 27 hours by train covering 700 miles from Mukden. The group had endured almost a year of limited freedom under communist control in Manchuria.
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Tokyo
Angus Ward
U. S
Mukden
North China
Tientsin
Ward
Budget Director Sees Red Ink Era Continuing
Budget Director Frank Pace warned a balanced 1951 budget seems unlikely without tax hikes after a conference with President Truman. He noted the administration’s January budget to Congress will require continued deficit financing unless new taxes are levied and did not forecast an exact total beyond a figure not exceeding 45 billion dollars.
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Key West
Fla
Frank Pace
Tug Corey
Wien
Pace
Truman
Fellowship Club Santa to Appe ar at Capitol Show
Santa Claus will visit the Fellowship club benefit show at the Capitol Theatre tomorrow at 10 a.m. Doors open at 9. Attendees bring nonperishable foods for Christmas baskets. A two hour program features shorts, cartoons, and two westerns with a community carol sing during intermission.
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Santa Claus
Fellowship Club
Capitol Theatre
Ofre- St. Ni
Charles Aikin
Jack Fretwell
Hoye Riley
Sam Preston
George Sanders
Immar Keen
Dick Foran
Hunting the
Joe McDokes
Bugs Bunny
Daffy Duck
Porky Pig
Five day weather outlook for Virginia forecast
A five day outlook shows rain or snow starting Saturday or Saturday night and continuing Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday for a total of half to one inch. Temperatures average two to four degrees below normal. Sunday milder, Monday colder, rising temperatures by Wednesday.
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Virginia
Three Senators Push Cut in Marshall Plan Aid
Three Democratic senators returning from Europe urged trimming Marshall plan aid by at least 1 billion dollars. McClellan Maybank and Robertson want lower totals as costs rise, arguing Western Europe must do more for self help while the U S faces red ink and ongoing spending.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Europe
McClellan
D-Ark
Maybank
D-Sc
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Robertson
D-Va
ECA
Economic Cooperation Administration
Dalton
Paul G. Hoffman
Senate
Treasury
Western
Fireman Slays Wife and Wounds Companion in Richmond
Leonard P. Humphries Jr., 23, charged with killing his wife Dorothy Humphries, 22, and wounding Janious G. Taylor, 25, after finding them with another man. Police say Humphries fired six shots after entering the house and fled. his nephew Robert F. P. Gray provided the account.
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Richmond
Leonard P. Humphries Jr
Cl Ae
Police
Dorothy Humphries
Medical College of Virginia
Junious G. Taylor
John M. Wright
Humphries
Robert FP
Gray Humphries
Naval Reserve Unit
Gray
Mrs. Humphries
Coupse
Veterans Administration to issue 2.8 billion in insurance bonuses
Washington reports the Veterans Administration will distribute 2.8 billion in insurance dividends to veterans by serial numbers. Checks begin mailing mid January with final payments by April. Some veterans lack serial numbers or have multiple numbers or policies, complicating the payout order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Hit-run Charges Bring $150 Fines
Charles Nichols of Stephens City was found guilty by Police Justice John Rice of hit and run and driving under the influence. He received $150 in fines, a 60 day suspended sentence, and was arrested after pursuing a car to N Braddock Street. The incident began when Nichols struck John Edmonds’ car and fled.
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Charles Nichols
Stephens City
John Rice
Nichols
John Edmonds
N. Braddock St
W. Amherst St
E. Hillyard & Son
E. Piccadilly
Bessie Teets
Spectacular Meteor Show Billed for Four Night Run
The National Bureau of Standards forecasts a four night Geminid meteor shower starting tonight with a spectacular display. Meteors with flaming tails are expected to be visible at more than one per minute from 8 PM to midnight local time across regions.
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Washington
National Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Standards
U S Seeks Upset Of Jerusalem Vote
New York December 9 report that Israel the United States and Britain pressed a final push in Jerusalem to overturn a United Nations committee decision backing international control of Jerusalem. The 35 to 13 committee vote supported Australia El Salvador Russia and Lebanon plan to place the city under U N rule. Israel warned outsiders would face resistance from the city population if out side rule imposed.
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New York
Israel
United States
Britain
United International
Jerusalem
Special
Jordan
U. N
Australia
el Salvador
Russia
Lebanon
Rope Escape Plan: Woman Falls During Fire Escape Attempt
In Pontiac Michigan on December 9 1937 Mrs Connor 27 died after a knotted rope tied to a radiator failed during a back stairway fire. Smoke filled hallways and she fell from a fourth floor window breaking her skull. Her husband said she feared fire after the Winecoff hotel disaster and kept the rope ready.
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Pontiac
Mich
James Wood High School Nears Completion Under Roof
The James Wood high school west of the city will be fully roofed within 10 days with completion possible by July 1 as English Construction Co moves fast aided by a mild winter. Masonry is complete except for brickwork and tile in corridors. auditorium and library remain roofless while rafters are in place and plastering begins in home economics rooms.
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James Wood High School
Enoch Bell
English Construction Co
Navy to Strengthen Pacific Fleet Strength
The Navy announced plans to shift power to the Pacific by transferring the heavy cruiser Rochester and the anti air cruiser Juneau from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The move aims to equalize cruiser division strength after recent layups and follows concerns over the Pacific Fleet’s weakness.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Atlanti
Rochester
Juneaurom
Atlantic
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Chiang Kai-shek Flees to Sichang as Communists Advance
Chiang Kai-shek flies from Formosa interior toward Sichang as reports say Communist forces are within 60 miles of the government capital. The Nationalist government begins operations in a bombed governor general building in Formosa, a former Japanese colony.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Sichang
Sikang
Communist
Tris
Chee Heh
Japan
Weather Sees New Low as December Freezes
The Weather Bureau predicts a low of 15 degrees tonight, continuing the cold snap after a trace of snow at dusk and a fall from Sundays 19 degree record. Dr. A B Groves at Winchester Laboratory notes no novelty in the thermometer and a dry spell persists with nine days of December without measurable precipitation.
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Weather Bureau
Winchester Research Laboratory
A. B. Groves
Kent St
C C Seeks Ideas For 1950 Winchester Program
City officials and civic leaders in Winchester are invited to a chamber luncheon to generate ideas for the 1950 program. Attendees include Mayor M B Clowe City Manager 8 Lee Grant Police Chief J Thomas and members of the Women’s Auxiliary Lea vattie deGrange Mrs H Clay deGrange Gene Sakers and the chamber's executive secretary. Information from the luncheon will be reviewed by directors to decide on forthcoming projects.
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Winchester
Chamber of Commerce
Wilkes Bettane
M. B. Clowe
Lee Grant
J. Thomas
Womens Suis Leavattie Ofgue
H. Clay deGrange
Gene Sakers
Winchester Chamber
Chamber
Army Taught Soviet Radar Secrets at Fort Monmouth
The Army confirmed that a dozen Soviet soldiers learned wartime radar detection and gunfire skills at Fort Monmouth New Jersey in 1944 during the U S Soviet alliance. The revelation addresses questions about lend lease radar equipped aircraft and training at the Monmouth center.
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Ft. Monmouth
Washington
America
Fort Monmouth
N. J
U. S
Army
Red Bank
Air Force
G. Racey Jordan
Jordan
Great Falls
Miners Use Rough Tactics in Kentucky Coal Mines
Whitesburg and Pineville reports describe UMW efforts to sign new contracts with eastern Kentucky truck mines amid alleged intimidation. Operators recount roving pickets, armed men, beatings, and coal dumped on ground. 54 operators in Pike County signed or prepared to sign, moving toward a five day week.
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Whitesburg
United Mine Workers
Kentucky
Emi
Pineville
Tom Raney
UMW
Pikeville
Pike County
Ed Maggard
Colson
Perry County
Stamper Collins
J. S. Stras
Jakie Howard
Howard
Raney
Huntington
W. Va
Alex Booth
Kenova
W. VY
J. J. Mitchell
Convicted Congressman J Parnell Thomas Sentenced to Jail and Fine
In Washington on December 9, J Parnell Thomas received six to 18 months in jail and a $10,000 fine for padding his office payroll. After the sentence, his wife hinted at seeking his vacant congressional seat. Thomas, weakened by illness, showed no emotion as the judge delivered the punishment.
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Thomas
Congress
Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
Danbury
Alexander Holt
Zoff
Fine House
William
Thomas’ Collins
Stansoff
Hunting House
un-American Activities Committee
Amelia
Wilson Stiles
Laborites Retain Commons Seat in Special Election
In Bradford England Labor retained a parliamentary seat in a special election seen as a wind gauge for the spring general election. George Braddock led with 23 335 votes, while John L Windle of Conservative and National Liberal trailed with 19 313 and independent liberal 2882. The result dampened Conservative hopes for 1949.
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Bradford
England
Labor
Winston Churchill
George Braddock
John L. Windle
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