U.N. Atomic Energy Plan Urges Immediate U.S. Vote
The United States and Great Britain pressed the U N Atomic Energy Commission to approve the U S plan for harnessing the atom for peace. Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko asked for more time to study the proposals after Baruch urged action and the group debated for three hours.
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United States
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
U.S
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General Assembly
Gromyko
Canada
Australia
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Wee
Alexander Cadogan
Baruch
United Nations
Se‘t Council
Barch
Atomic Energy Commission
United Nations Council
Byrd Reelection Challenged Over Virginia Tax Stance
Lester S. Parsons of Roanoke contests Senator Byrd of Virginia for a six year term. Parsons asks the Senate to refuse Byrd's seat, challenging the Virginia poll tax as arbitrary and unconstitutional under the 14th and 15th amendments.
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Byrd
D-Va
Lesters. Parsons
Roanoke
Senate
Parsons
Virginia
Harvard Professor Critiques Hollywood Family Structures
Harvard College sociologist Carle C Zimmermann told the Boston Congregational Club that Hollywood's film society represents a synthetic childless population and that to control the family system one must purge the disintegrated group in Hollywood. He warned anti familyism toppled Greek and Roman civilizations and predicted the family’s decline will spread.
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Boston
Hollywood Film Society
Carle C. Zimmerman
Harvard College
Zimmerman
Boston Congregational Club
Hollywood
State Highway Employee Dies After Accident
Henry Diston Cramn age 46 of Middleburg died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car while at work on Route 50 four and a half miles west of Middleburg. Graun a State Highway Department employee died about 45 minutes after admission from head chest and burn injuries. Sheriff Rexander said the car was driven by Robert S Woods of Aldie.
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Henry Diston Cramn
Middeburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Middleburg
State Highway Department
Graun
J. A. Miller
S. P. Rexander
Loudoun County
Robert S. Woods
Aldie
Mail Early Plea From Winchester Postmaster
W Nelson Page, Winchester postmaster, urged residents to mail Christmas parcels and greeting cards immediately rather than waiting till week end. He warned delays could disappoint many, noting over 50 000 one and one half cent stamps sold yesterday and that current mailing lags behind previous years.
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W. Nelson Page
Winchester
Postmaster Page
Page
Byrnes lauds Big Four and UN progress in Washington
Secretary of State Byrnes praised the Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers and the United Nations Assembly for progress toward unity. He cautioned that difficulties remain and welcomed moves to appoint deputies and begin talks on a settlement with Austria and a peace treaty for Germany.
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Byrnes
Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers
United Nations Assembly
New York
Austria
Germany
Conally
Foreign Ministers Council
Vandenberg
Senate Ma
Michigan
United States
International Refugees Organization
Martha Washington Restaurant Changes Hands in City
East Piccadilly Street business is under new management as Martha Washington Restaurant announces new proprietor Phenox Puller. Staff wanted and continued patronage requested as readers see the notice in the local paper.
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Martha Washington
East Piccadilly St
Phenox Puller
PUBLI
Housing Heads Grapple With Veterans Housing Program Criticism
Norton E. Lang resigns after challenging the Truman administration over incentives in the new veterans housing program. Industry figures split with H R Northrup praising decontrol while CIO housing chair R J Thomas condemns the plan as anti veteran. Long assails Foley over underused federal funds and calls for real liberal loans to spur rental construction.
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Wilson W. Wyatt
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Wyatt
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Foley
H. R. Northrup
National Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Northrup
R. J. Thomas
CIO
Housing Committee
Truman
Federal Housing Agency
Bonham Named President Of Virginia Horticultural Society
Bonham of Chilhowie was elected president by about 350 members at the Virginia State Horticultural Society convention in Richmond. New directors include Lester D. Arnold, R. S. Graves, Roy McClanahan, J. Z. West, William F. Young, and Dr. E. L. Overholster.
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Richmond
FE. B. Bonham
Chilhowie
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Lester D. Arnold
Winchester
R. S. Graves
Syria
Roy McClanahan
Charlottesville
J. Z. West
Stuart
William F. Young
Staunton
E. L. Overholster
Blacksburg
Agricultural Extension Service
A. J. Teske
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
W. S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Ralph A. Tracey
Frederick
Henry Miller
Paw Paw
Westween
Fireman sought at greenhouse with good pay in Virginia
Vacancy at Hose Co. seeks 12 16 weeknight firefighter for greenhouse duty with good salary and tax penaent. Drunks need not apply. Flower Shop 39 E Piccadilly. Square Dance at Fire Hall Stephens City admission 60c.
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Seiependrnt Hose Co
Gteenhouse
E. Piccadilly
Pire Hall
Stephens City
Dmission
Life Of Game Fixer Threatened Says Attorney
New York December 17. A bail decision for Al vin J. Paris charged with attempted bribery of two New York Giants players was delayed after Assistant District Attorney George P. Monaghan reported a telephone threat against Paris life. Monaghan urged holding Paris without bail, claiming associates and backers would try to remove him by force. Paris’ lawyer dismissed the plea, noting a 13 inch gun would be needed to move the defendant.
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New York
Alvin J. Paris
New York Giants
George P. Monaghan
Paris
Monaghan
Francis J. Valente
Caesar B. F. Barra
Valente
Five Day Weather Forecast From Weather Bureau
Five day forecast covering December 18 to 22. Colder in the north on Wednesday and Thursday with a gradual rise in temperature late Friday into Saturday, then colder again in the north late Saturday or Sunday. Average temperatures about six degrees below normal in the north and three in the south. Snow flurries in Northern New York Wednesday with light snow in the north late Saturday or Sunday and light rain likely in the south Sunday. Precipitation total under a quarter inch.
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New York
Maj General Moore Retires and Takes Baltimore Aviation Post
Maj Gen Cecil R Moore retires after 29 years in the army and is named temporary executive director of the Baltimore Aviation Commission. The $7,900 per year post awaits City Service Commission approval. Moore, 52, of Harrisonburg Virginia, led Army engineers in Europe during World War II and supervised construction of 16 bomber bases in England and five air depots.
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Cecil R. Moore
Army
Baltimore Aviation Commission
Robert ©. Bonnell
City Service Commission
Moore
Julian L. Schley
Harrisonburg
Army Engineers
Europe
England
CIO Unions Meet on 1947 Wages Amid Stalled Demands
In Pittsburgh CIO heavyweights from United Steelworkers and United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers gather to set wage aims for 1947. United Auto Workers seeks a 2.32 cent hourly rise for 900,000 members. CIO President Murray says individual unions will shape specific demands as meetings proceed with leaders Fitzgerald and Reuther present.
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CIO
United Steelworkers
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
United Auto Workers
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Electrical Union
Walter P .Reuther
Auto Workers
New York
Auto Workers Board
Vandenberg to fight for Senate leadership roles
Senator Vandenberg prepares for a leadership showdown in the Republican conference over serving as presiding officer and foreign relations chairman. Senator Robertson opposes dual public roles and seeks to bar Vandenberg and block White from holding both floor leadership and the commerce chair.
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Vandenberg
R-Mich
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R-Wye
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Rtown
Langer
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White
Rme
New Commerce Committee
Friends of
Michigan
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Conally
D-Tex
Highly Organized Gang of 20 Youths Nabbed
Police net captures a tightly organized youth gang described by the juvenile bureau as the city’s most organized ever. The group, with youths as young as 12 to 16, divided the town into theft districts and took items including typewriters, ties, and clothing totaling over five thousand dollars since last August.
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Thompson
Battle at Greek Border Kills 33 in Fierce Clash
Reports from the Greek bulge near Turku and Bulgaria say 33 guerrilla fighters were killed in a three front battle. The Bulgarian advance at Ortakio was described as afire with fighting ongoing across the border.
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Athens
Ortakio
Turku
Bulgaria
Christmas trees and trimmings available at W. Patton N
Holiday sale notice offering pine or cedar Christmas trees and holly and pine trims. Cocker Spaniel puppies advertised for children as gift ideas. Contact phone 4408 after 9 a.m. for details. Includes location Cameron 81 and dates m 12 17 1p 3t.
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W. Patton
Cameron
Turkish Army Seizes Eight Publications in Istanbul Purge
Turkish Army padlocked eight Istanbul publications prohibiting communist content and disbanding two new political parties described as controlled by communists. The move, called a small purge by some, followed anti communist sentiment in the region amid broader regional unrest and a state of siege across Istanbul and Thrace.
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Istanbul
Iran
Turkey
Soviet
Ussia
Police recover assortment of ladies undergarments in Winchester
Winchester police recovered a pile of slips blouses nightgowns and panties from a trailer camp and arrested Delbert Durr 22 on petty larceny charges after a yard complaint from Mrs. Clarence Foreman. A preliminary hearing was set for this afternoon as officers process additional identical reports and identify items. Delbert lives with his mother at the trailer camp and is a West Virginia native.
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Winchester
Delbert Durr
Durr
Clarence E. Foreman
South
Loudoun Street
Delbert
Corrie Durr
West Virginia
Tenn. Community Is Quiet After Gun Play Outbreak
Murfreesboro, Tenn had a quiet day after a gun outbreak yesterday that left one policeman dead and four others wounded. Haynes, a former inmate of an insane asylum, fired on officers before he was wounded and captured, and moved to a Nashville jail as a large crowd gathered outside the Murfreesboro jail.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Nashville
Haynes
Dr H I Pifer Resigns as City County Coroner
Dr H I Pifer resigns as coroner of Winchester Fred county effective December 30 citing conflict with other work. He submitted the resignation on November 30 after recent reappointment to new terms in both city and county. No successor has been named.
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H. I. Pifer
Winchester
Fred County
Pifer
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