Harrison Lands Eathers Old Office in 348
Rep Harrison occupies the old house office suite at 348 in the old House Office Building using unexpired and full terms to gain a larger office than his father. The room was once used by Thomas Harrison and James Murray Hooker. The staff includes Rena Barr Sidney Dorsey and Mary Woods Layton. He still seeks a Washington lodging.
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Burr Parrison
Congress
Harrison
Thomas W.harrison
Virginia
James Murray Hooker
Rena Barr
Woodstock
Senator Robertson
D-Va
Sidney Dorsey
Winchester
Mary Woods Layton
Amherst County
Washington
Meeting Of Patrons Interested In Bus Transportation
Rev A T Gaskins announced that all parents interested in getting their children to the Douglas School via the city bus line are urged to attend a meeting at Mt Carmel Baptist Church 423 South Braddock Street Sunday at 2 PM.
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A. T. Gaskins
Douglas School
Residents near Winchester face slow drive to Northwest Virginia shopping hub
Residents living within 20 miles of Winchester endure 30 minute slow drives to Northwest Virginia shopping center, signaling commuting delays and regional traffic patterns.
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Winchester
Northwest
Virginia
Auto Workers Seek 23 5 Cent Hour Wage Rise
The United Automobile Workers CIO seeks a 23.5 cent hourly wage increase for 900000 members as part of 1947 contract talks in New York. They say inflation pressures justify the raise and it could be granted without price increases. Additional demands include an equalization fund and social security plans.
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New York
United Automobiles Workers of America
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
International Executive Board
Reuther
Negro truck driver killed in route 40 bridge accident
Ford Mack, a Black truck driver, died instantly when his truck was struck by an automobile and catapulted over a bridge railing two miles east of Rocky Mount Virginia. Seven others, six adults and a child, were injured though not seriously.
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Rocky Mount
Ford Mack
Route 40
Here
Blended Whiskies Free Of Ration At Virginia Stores
Richmond Va December 13 1942 the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board announced that starting tomorrow six brands of blended whisky may be bought up to the one gallon legal limit at state liquor stores without ration books This marks the first time since November 15 1942 that patrons can purchase the legal limit of any brands except the current whiskies.
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Richmond
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Irregularities In Salary Charge At Home Insurance Co
New York State Insurance Department released a report charging salary irregularities at Home Insurance Co, with President Harold W. Smith and former VP George E. Allen. It cites a $2000 monthly expense allowance in 1941 and $34,126 in 1941–44 travel and gift costs, plus a $5000 augmentation recorded as travel expenses but treated as salary by Allen.
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New York
New York State Insurance Department
Home Insurance Co
Harold W. Smith
George E. Allen
RFC
Smith
Allen
Truman
Virginia Moves to Acquire Woodrow Wilson Hospital
Virginia prepared a formal application to assume operation of the $6 million Woodrow Wilson Hospital near Staunton at a 100 percent educational discount. After months of talks among education leaders and War Assets officials, state education chief G Tyler Miller said the deal is all set.
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Richmond
Woodrow Wilson Hospital
Staunton
War Assets Administration
Augusta County
G. Tyler Miller
WSB to wind up affairs by Feb 24 closing shop
Wabag Stabilization Board functions end under a Truman executive order transferring authority to approve wage and working condition changes in mines or government seized plants amid labor disputes. Diverse state briefs follow.
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WSB
Washington
Wagt Stabilization Board
Truman
One Dead One Wounded in Baltimore Robberies
Police hunt two Black suspects after a spree of thirteen armed robberies in three days. Bartender Max Berman, 57, and grocer Moses Weiss, 44, were shot during last night’s four robberies.
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Baltimore
Max Berman
Moses Weiss
UMW Petition Filed as Supreme Court Hears Strike Fallout
The United Mine Workers Journal says Edward R. Burke was fired as president of the Southern Coal Producers Association, signaling readiness to battle. Burke’s resignation followed after he urged new contracts and legislation. the journal accuses him of seeking restrictive measures to defeat the miners union.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Journal
Edward R. Burke
Southern Coal Producers Association
Federal District Court
John J. Lewis
Burke
Southern Group
Lewis
Mr. Burke
Burkes
Southern Operators Ready for Open Warfare
The passage suggests a push toward warfare with Southern operators noted for experience in open combat, signaling a shift in strategy and potential escalation of conflict.
Southern colleges urged to lead regional progress in South
Dean Ivey F. Lewis of the University of Virginia urged Southern leaders to boost home graduate training, raise teaching standards, and foster cooperation among high schools, colleges, and state education departments. He warned talent drain from the region and called for colleges to share leadership to return the South to its former greatness.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ivey F. Lewis
University of Virginia
South
Lewis
Frank Hobbs, Virginia Hardware Leader, Dies at 76
Frank May Hobbs, 76, prominent church member, businessman, and philanthropist, died in Richmond. Funeral services set for Blanchard Cemetery burial. Hobbs was president of the Charles Leonard Hardware Company, joining at 17 and building it into a major Southside Virginia hardware store, succeeding C. C. Brown as president.
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Frank Hobbs
Puneral Services
Frank May Hobbs
Richmond
Areas listed after World War I still in mandate or trusteeship status
The areas named include Palestine, British Cameroons, Tanganyika, Ruanda-Urundi, French Cameroons, French West Africa, South West Africa, New Guinea, Nauru, and Western Samoa. These were administered under British or French mandates or trusteeships and retained special status in the postwar framework.
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Palestine
British Cameroons
Tanganyika
French Land
South West Africa
Ni East New Guinea
Nauru
Western Samoa
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Auto Workers of America
O. D
Chambray
Pants, O. D
C. D. Blankets
L&f Bargain Store
DRY Cleaners
Eost
Brannon Cleaners
Riteway Cleaners
Peoples Cleaners
Sunshine Cleaners
Davis Cleaners
Pingley & Carper
Cammer’s Dry Cleaning Service
Junius West
Junius E. West
Suffolk
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Southern Surgeons Hot
Pueblo
Colo
Justice of the Peace
S. A
Bates
Vermont
UMW
Supreme Court
J. J. Newberry CO
N. Loudoun St
Dial
Miller St
N. Loudoun St. Winchester
Atoa
Buncutter Tire Co
Braddock
Gift Hosier
Diana
Corde’ Pigskin Patent Plastic
Monogram
Diana Shops
Florida
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