United Nations Atomic Commission Approves In Principle U S Plan
The UN Atomic Energy Commission voted 10 to 0 to approve in principle the U S control plan with a Canadian compromise allowing final wording by the committee. Gromyko abstained and did not vote as Russia’s ballot was not counted. he reserved right to speak later. The session adjourned at 1 53 p m EST.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States Atomic Control
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Council
Security Council
Great Britain
China
U. S
United States
Poland
Russia
Viet Namese Open Fire In Hanoi As Power Fails
An AP report from Hanoi says Viet Namese forces fired across the city after a power outage plunged Hanoi into darkness. The dispatch notes field guns mortars and machine fire with French counteraction expected. unconfirmed reports cite up to 30 000 armed Viet Namese around the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Associated Press
Hanoi
Indochina
Michel Moutschen
Viet Namese
Meutschen
Viet-Nam
George Washington Garage Changes Hands in Winchester
George Barnsley announces sale of the George Washington Garage to Joseph A. Schroth of Winchester effective January 1, 1947. The shop will retain Packard Motor Car and General Tire agencies and offer repairs, storage, and future modernization without service interruption. Schroth, a returning Army major, previously worked in procurement for the Quartermaster Market Center Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barnsley
George Washington Garage
Joseph A. Schroth
Winchester
George Washington
Packard Motor Car
General Tire
Scroth
First Army
101St Airborne Division
Utah Beach
Normandy
Schroth
Quartermaster Market Center
Chicago
Ill
San Francisco
California
New York City
Missing chemist arrives safely at his Md. home
Dr. Justin F. Wait design engineer for Merck and Company returned to his Maryland residence after a 13 state alert followed a disappearance report. He said confidential projects kept him in Washington with past work between Rahway and Elkton Va. plants. He had been last seen in Harrisonburg Monday.
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Meteuchen
N. J
Justin F. Wait
Washington
Wait
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Merck and Company
Streptomycin Stonewall
Elkton
Rahway
One Man Killed as Car Plunges Down Embankment
LYNCHBURG Dec 20 One man was killed and another injured when a sedan plunged 50 feet down an embankment on Route 151 seven miles north of Piney River last night. Emerson Ovander Harris 26 Waynesboro was thrown from the car and died instantly. Francis Page Norvell 288 Blue Ridge Circle Waynesboro was hospitalized with non serious injuries.
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Lynchburg
Route 151
Piney River
C. C. Bennington
Emerson Ovander Harris
Charlotte Avenue
Waynesboro
Francis Page Norvell
Blue Ridge Circle
Bennington
Temperature Report shows small swing from year ago
Readable data notes today high 24 and low 22 degrees with year ago high 29 and low 18 for the same period.
Fauquier County Jail Delays Christmas Plans for 13 Year Old
Fauquier County authorities debate where 13 year old John Henry Wood should spend Christmas after ten days in jail while police seek his parents. The boy's story shifted from lost to runaway and includes a Baltimore address and a nearly new bicycle found with him. Authorities verify the address but have not contacted the father. The youth says his mother is dead and authorities note the bike may have saddened a Capital Area child.
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Warrenton
Fauquier
John Henry Wood
John
Washington
Jimmy Albert Jackson
Arthur Frederick Wood
Baltimore
Marshall Street
Commonwealth
Charles G. Stone
Stone
Captain Manuel Announces Headquarters Meeting Canceled
Captain Manuel said the Headquarters Company 3rd Battalion 116th Infantry meeting at the armory on Friday December 20 is canceled. No further meetings until a federal inspection, expected January 2 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Manuel
116Th Infantry
Undies Snatcher Pleads Guilty in Winchester Case
Delbert Durr pleaded guilty to stealing ladies clothes from city clotheslines. Judge John Rice sentenced him to 12 months suspended jail time. Durr testified he did not know why he stole the garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Durr
Winchester
John Rice
Durr
Fellowship Club Seeks Cash for Christmas Baskets
The work of packing baskets for the needy at Christmas is progressing. Baskets for Frederick county go out Monday and those for Winchester city on Tuesday. Materials are ample except for chickens coffee and other items to be bought. A cash contribution is appreciated by the Fellowship Club Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
City of
Winchester
Bilbo Hearing Adjourns For Christmas Holidays
The Bilbo hearings pause for Christmas after testimony on a $1500 payment tied to narcotics permit help. Senator Bilbo denies knowledge of the payment and offers to reveal private files while noting funds went to a church parsonage fund. The panel plans to resume after the holidays as additional testimony is anticipated.
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Washington
Bilbo
Theodore S. Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate War Investigating Committee
Natchez
Miss
Mead
D-Ny
Ferguson
R-Mich
Mississippi
A. J. Podesta
Vicksburg
Juniper Grove Baptist Church Parsonage Fund
New Year Eve Dance Project Backed By JET
Stewart Bell Jr. announced at the December JBT meeting that the next town meeting on January 17 will likely discuss establishing a health unit for Frederick County and possibly Clarke County. The JBT health committee led by Joseph Massie reported on a joint meeting of supporting city and county groups.
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Stewart Bell, Jr
Junior Board of Trade
Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County
Joseph Massie
JBT
Lewis Hyde
Recreation Department
Gene Schmucker
March of Dimes
Armory
Phil Young
Snowy Day Slows City Traffic and Holiday Cheer
Snow began about 6 30 this morning and continued at noon causing residents to shovel and motorists to use auto chains. Roads grew slick with two accidents reported on Fairmont Avenue and Loudoun Street. A 1937 Plymouth driven by Paul Williams and a 1941 Chrysler driven by Edward Flint sustained $300 in damage. A second crash at Loudoun and Clifford involved A F Jamison and Truman Sirbaugh totaling about $70. Police reported snow reaching Harrisonburg and Clarksburg with pedestrians hampered and shopping down.
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F. M. Yellet
Fairmont Avenue
Loudoun Street
Paul Edward Williams
Alexandria
Edward E. Flint
Winchester
Wyck Street
Williams
Chrysler
Thompson
A. F. Jamison
Hagerstown
Truman Sirbaugh
Loudoun
Clifford Street
Harrisonburg
Clarksburg
W. Va
Man Wanted In Connection With Slaying Found
Davis once lived on a farm near Edson Tennessee and faced a murder warrant after Mrs. Florence McAllister 29 was found dead December 10 in a Burtonsville Maryland vacant house Her head crushed by a hammer FBI said Davis swallowed iodine and was treated then arrested on a federal unlawful flight charge Montgomery County police noted prior sightings with the victim who was a former coworker The notice mentions a square dance at Pire Hall Stephens City Virginia on December 20 with proceeds for the Independent Hose Co.
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Davis
Edson
Tenn
Florence McAllister
Burtonsville
FBI
Memphis
John Gaston Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Montgomery County
McAllister
Supreme Court Denies Medley Stay in Red-Headed Murder Case
Joseph D. Medley, 45, known for his red-haired preference, was executed in the electric chair for the March 1945 murder of Nancy Boyer, a 50-year-old Washington divorcee. The case linked him to other crimes including a New Orleans murder and Chicago questioning, with two other Black inmates also executed in DC.
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Washington
Joseph D. Medley
Medley
Nancy Boyer
New Orleans
Chicago
Boyer
William Copeland
Julius Fisher
Washington Cathedral
District of Columbia Electric Chair
Priority Issues To Strike New U S Congress
Editor Alex 4H Shingleton surveys high priority international relief and immigration as the new Congress faces a test of global cooperation. He notes UN prestige, the economy, and partisan opposition as key factors shaping policy after UNRRA ends. The article cites an anticipated US emergency aid request of 200 to 400 million dollars to feed Europe and Truman’s push for immigration liberalization.
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Alex
Shingleton
Congress
Associated Press
United Nations
New York
London
Washingsy
U. N. Councils
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
UNRRA
Truman
City and County Schools Close for Christmas Holidays
The City and County schools close for Christmas with two week vacation for Winchester students returning Monday January 6. Frederick County schools resume January 2. Garbage collection shifts to Monday December 23 instead of December 25.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Checkerboard Feed
Virginia Crops Value Tops 1945 Despite Decline in Acreage
Virginia in 1946 saw total principal crop value rise to 302,870,000 dollars while harvested acreage fell 5.4 percent to 3,657,000 acres. Tobacco led with 73,447,000 dollars, followed by corn 65,099,000 and hay 40,112,000. Apple production reached 13,680,000 bushels with a 33,516,000 dollar crop value. peanuts valued at 21,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Cooperative Reporting Service
Toay
Smith and Conally Preview Wartime Labor Act Plan
Rep. Howard W. Smith outlined a peacetime strike control program to ban closed shops and push for compulsory arbitration. He intends to introduce the bill when Congress meets, seeking to extend Lea Petrillo and related acts beyond their previous scope while restoring employer free speech.
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Washington
Howard W. Smith
Yale
Smith
White House
Virginian
Congress
Conally di Smith
Roosevelt
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Norris-LaGuardia
Five Day Weather Outlook From Weather Bureau
Five day forecast for December 21 to 25. Moderate Saturday, colder Sunday, gradually rising temperatures Monday then colder north portion Tuesday and south portion Wednesday. Rain south portion Saturday, rain with possible snow in central portion and snow in northern portion Saturday and Sunday, light snow northern portion about Tuesday. Temperatures near normal in Southeastern Virginia. Precipitation total 0.5 to 1 inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Split-Second Pilot Reactions Save 65 Amid Air Collision
Aberdeen Maryland December report credits split second pilot reactions with saving the lives of 85 passengers and crew after two Miami bound airliners collided 2000 feet above near Aberdeen. Eastern Airlines DC-4 carrying 56 passengers and Universal Airlines C-47 with 22 passengers and three crew severed tail damage but landed safely aided by quick actions of pilots J B Kuhn and Henry Norris.
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Aberdeen
Here
Eastern Airlines
Universal Airlines
Eastern
J. B. Kuhn
Miami
Brown
Universal Liner
Henry Norris
Cambridge
Versal
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N. Cameron St
South End
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Kay
W. Cork St
Dial
Kalafat
Mowery’s
Barr’s
Toppen
High Point Inn
Stephens City
Garber’s
Front Royal Road
Winchester Armory
W. F. W. Phil Young & Orchestra
United States Army
National Fruit Product Company
Courtney F. Hodges
Fauquier County
Manuel
Fellowship Club
Jet
Henry
Lionel
Markwood Restaurant
Parker
Mowery’s Jewelry
Golden Glow
E- Gerrard
Sears
Christmas
Bruce Davis
Pire
Independent Hose Co
Supreme Court
U. S. Congress
E. Baker St
W. Tork St
Southend
George Seabright
Howard Smith
Weather Bureau
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