Handley Presents Christmas Carols Sunday Concert
Handley school will stage an all school Christmas program Sunday directed by Miss Gwendolyn Haynes with about 500 children. The event features the elementary chorus of 250 voices, the Vivace club, the A Cappella choir and Handley glee clubs under stage direction by Miss Katharine Pannill. Superintendent Garland Quarles announces a capacity audience as the program emphasizes simple reverent carols and children’s love of music. The hour long program includes carols such as Carol of the Birds, Sing We Then, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, Old French Carol, Mary's Lullaby, Noel of the Bressan, Joy to the World, Old Christmas Round, O Holy Night, and Silent Night with Miss Sadie Finkelstein at piano.
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Jones
Pope Handley School
Gwendolyn Haynes
Winchester
Katherine Pannill
Garland Quarles
Niles
Carl W. Hiser
Glee Club
Herald Angels
Quarles
Staley
Noel of the Bressan
Handley Glee Clubs
Handel
Adam
Gruber
Five Day Weather Outlook Stays Fair Then Colder
A five day outlook projects fair and cooler conditions on Wednesday and through Sunday. Rain possible Thursday and perhaps Wednesday night with about three quarters of an inch total by weekend. Temperatures stay near normal with no major trend after Wednesday.
Virginia joins the Confederacy in 1861
The passage describes Virginia seceding on April 17 1861 and moving quickly toward Confederate statehood. A temporary union was formed with representatives chosen May 1 and May 7 1861, leading to admission to the Confederacy as President Davis acted. The text ends with a sales line for nylon hose from an accessory shop.
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Virginia
CSA
Confederate States
Provisional Congress
C. A
Terrorism Tactics Seen In Socialized Medicine Drive
Hearings reveal debate over Truman era plan to socialize medicine. Rep Rich calls Thurston testimony shocking and terrorism invoking parents of millions of schoolchildren. Sen Sparkman says figures not proof of political aims. committee seeks factual understanding.
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Rich
Thurston
Truman
United States
Sparkman
D-Ala
House-Senate Economic Committee
Flanders
R-Vi
Berlin Troop Chief’s Son Found After Fearful Search
Three year old son of American deputy commander Colonel W. T. Babcock was found safe about a mile from home in Berlin after a large joint search by German civilian police and American military police. He wandered from his yard at 3 p.m. near the Grunewald forest, remained cold but unharmed.
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Berlin
Grunewald Forest
Frankfurt
Babcock’s of Te Child
Ocean Military Police
Aepales
Judge Bars Letters Purportedly from Mrs FDR at Trial
In San Francisco a letter claimed to be from Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt dominated the Harry Bridges perjury case. Defense counsel pressed to include the letter over government objections as a witness faced cross examination. The judge sustained the government's objection to referencing the letter not introduced in evidence.
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Fdr
San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Bridges
CIO
Bridges
Kermit C. Korlek
Long Beach
James MacInnis
MacInnis
Krolek
FBI
Mervin Rathborne
Fair Employment Practices Bill Heads Must List
Senator Lucas of Illinois outlined plans to push early next year for Senate passage of the FEPC bill as part of President Truman's civil rights program. He said the measure targets job discrimination based on color race or religion and faces a hard fight amid strategy discussions on Step-by-step advances and related anti poll tax and anti lynching bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Acceed Road
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Senate Rules Committee
Congress
January Benefit Checks Carry Raises for Vets Dependents
Washington announces 2,000,000 veterans and dependents will receive increased war and peacetime disability and death compensation. New scales raise minimums to 15 and 12 dollars and maximums to 150 and 120 dollars, with widows’ pensions rising and full rates now paid for some disability groups.
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Washington
Congress
Veterans Administration
Coeds Slayer Faces Murder Charge After Tragic Slaying
Iowa City police charge University of Iowa psychology student Robert E. Bednasek with first degree murder in the death of Jackson a 20 year old coed found in a men s rooming house. The December 21 hearing was set as investigators described a fatal struggle and bednasek admitted his hands were on the victim s throat before his mind went blank.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Robert E. Bednasek
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Hutchinson
Pretty Jackson
Bednasek
Cedar Rapids
Walter Benton
Labor Prepares To Yield Power In Australia
Prime Minister Joseph B. Chifley resigned after eight years in office as the Liberal-Country coalition won a majority in Australia. Governor general McKell asked Chifley to carry on briefly until Robert Menzies forms a new government sworn in Monday. New Zealand also saw its National Party take power ending Praser's 14 year Labour rule.
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Sydney
Australia
Joseph B. Chifley
Labor
Chifley
William J. McKell
Robert G. Menzies
Triumphant
Menzies
Government House
Liberal Party
Country Party
Liberal-Country
House of Representatives
Liberals
New Zealand
New National Party
Sidney Holland
Wellington
Praser
Lee-Jackson Restaurant
National Airport Crash Death Toll 4 Survives 19
A Capital Airliner crashed into the Potomac river near National Airport killing four and injuring several others. Ninteen passengers survived and were taken to Bolling Air Base as officials pledge a prompt inquiry into the cause of the wreck.
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Washington
Bolling Air Base
Neville Lassiter
Columbus St
Arlington
Davis
Porter
Navy
Air Force
Memphis
Tenn
Norfolk
National Airport
Bolling
Potomac
Commuters Balk Rail Rate Boost Faced by PUC Action
In Harrisburg a proposed 22 percent commuter fare increase by three railroads is suspended for six months while the State Public Utility Commission investigates. The Baltimore and Ohio Reading and Pennsylvania railroads asked the higher rates to take effect Friday but the PUC paused them during executive session.
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Harrisburg
PubMc Ae Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Readine
Pennsylvania
PUC
Yestermy
Apples for Christmas Gifts From H W Butler & Bro
A vintage ad offers boxes of 24 large apples by parcel post to any U S point and half bushel baskets and bushel baskets by express. Orders phone H W Butler & Bro at 3896. Also advertised are metal head pieces and painting contracting services from Gardner B Hillyard & Son at 41 E Piccadilly with phone 220.
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H. W. Butler & Bro
Gardner B. Hillyard & Son
E. Piccadilly
Winchester officials push plan for 1950 war memorial and Apple Bowl
City leaders and civic group representatives gathered at a luncheon hosted by President William Battaille to discuss a 1950 work program for the Winchesters chamber. Proposals include a city county war memorial, annual Apple Bowl football game, National Apple Week promotion, and goodwill tours to nearby towns. Traffic and travel improvements along Loudoun Street and R 50 W intersectons were debated, with calls for synchronized signals and signage.
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William Battaille
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Paul Anderson
Lions Club
Adoun St
Handley
Loudoun St
Trasho C. Ridgely White
Rotary Club
R. 50 W
Boscawen St
Amherst
Tom Baldridge
Apple Blossom Ace
Posnl
Virginia
Ees
Delmer Robinson
U S Rebuke to Bulgaria Over Attacks on Heath
The State Department denounced Bulgarian attacks on U S Minister Donald R Heath and said Sofia's legation faces severe restrictions. Undersecretary James E Webb summoned Bulgarian envoy Dr Peter Voutov to Washington and warned of possible breaks in relations, citing alleged bias against normal diplomacy and international law.
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Washington
United States
Bulgaria
U. S
Donald R. Heath
State Department
Sofia
James E. Webb
Webb
Peter Voutov
Sais Pence Artnses
Traicho Kostov
Bulgarian Foreign Office
U.S
Rain Lifts Water Shortage in New York Area
Heavy rain drenched parts of New York and northern New Jersey reducing drought strain on reservoirs. Rain totals exceeded 1 inch in multiple counties including Poughkeepsie and Stewart Field, aiding streams that had run dry for months. City officials warned of ongoing shortages and announced conservation measures such as a water holiday.
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New York
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
Poughkeepsie
Stewart Field
N. Y
Westchester County
New York City
Catskills
Finland Premier Targeted by Pravda Over Independence Day Plan
Moscow Pravda accused Finland's Prime Minister Karl A. Fagerholm of violating the Finnish Soviet friendship pact and stirring trouble with Russia. The editorial claimed he sought to drop December 6 independence celebrations in favor of honoring 1939–1944 wars, labeling the move unneighborly and anti Soviet.
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Moscow
Pravda
Finland
Karl A. Fagerholm
Russia
Fagerholm
Soviet Union
Social Democratic
Musical Barber Jumps Bail in Wyoming
Edward W. Myers the musical barber arrested in Salt Lake City after fleeing Winchester with uncashable checks has been re arrested in Laramie Wyoming He suffered a heart attack and authorities request extradition to Virginia His bail was posted at 1500 dollars and Utah officers say he skipped the state before capture in Wyoming.
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Edward W. Myers
Salt Lake City
Winchester
Utah
Laramie
Wye
J. Thomas Boyd
Myers
W. Today
F. E. Maddock
Boyd
Leramie
Virginia
Wyoming
Truman to Push Major Scale Reorganization Plans
President Truman plans to send eight new reorganizations to Congress in the coming session to complete work begun by the Hoover Commission. Herbert Hoover outlined another eight point reform program, urging focus on the most urgent items to speed passage.
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Congress
Hoover Commission
Ain
Herbert Hoover
Pace
Precek
True
Truman
West
Department of Defense
Hoover
Christmas Mail Cancellations Run 16 000 Daily Here
Postmaster Carl Campbell warns the community to rush Yuletide packages for timely delivery. He notes daily mail volume has surged to about 16 000 with many parcels arriving at the local office. He urges use of air parcel post for late sendings and advises greeting cards and out of state mail to be posted before the holiday.
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Carl Campbell
Yuletide
Air Parcel Post Service
Campbell
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M. Schaffer
N. Loudoun
Arthur M. Jackel
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Purcellville
Stephenson, Va
H. E. Shirley
Stephenson
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