Freedom Train to Visit Winchester in 1948
The American Heritage Foundation said the Freedom Train will include Winchester among two Virginia stops in 1948, with Danville the other. No exact date yet, but local officials will host rededication events around a preplanned visit.
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Winchester
American Heritage Foundation
United States
Hyde
Foundation
JBT
Ans
Jbhildren
Ceatre
Jack Denny
Howard Felton
Dabney Watts
William Sullivan
W. F. Schenck
Watts
Melton
Robert Grove
Philadelphia
W ‘Er Club
Sunday Mail In Boxes Delayed To 2 30 P.M.
Post master Nelson Page announced that due to a later mail arrival, Sunday mail will not be distributed in post office boxes until about 2 30 p.m. The delay affects all box users this week.
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Nelson Page
Grain futures prices for wheat corn oats and seeds
Chicago buyers report grain prices with wheat and corn values and mixed oats. No. 4 yellow corn at 2.57, No. 5 at 2.37, sample grade 2.43 to 2.50. Oats No.1 heavy mixed 1.33. Barley 1.90 to 2.84. Field seed timothy 5.50 to 6.00, red top 15.50 to 16.50.
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Chicago
Friendship Food Welcomed in Paris
Paris welcomed the first shipment of Friendship train food today as a 36 car freight train pulled by an American locomotive arrived from Le Havre. French army trucks delivered the food to City Hall for a ceremonial parade and ceremony.
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Paris
le Havre
Western Union Employees May Strike Any Minute
Three AFL unions threaten a 50 000 strong Western Union walkout with the deadline moved by a strike committee. CTU chief Adolph Brungs said the time was left to the committee and telegrams notifying President Truman and the mediation service director were sent last night.
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Washington
AFL
Western Union
Adolph Brungs
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTU
Truman
Cyrus
Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Christian Party Chiefs Ousted in Soviet Zone
The CDU leaders Jacob Kaiser and Ernst Lemmer in the Russian zone were removed by the Soviet military administration after refusing to join the People’s Congress. The dismissal signals likely CDU disintegration, leaving the Socialist Unity party as the sole major political force in the zone.
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Berlin
Taggespiegel
Jacob Kaiser
Ernst Lemmer
Christian Democratic Union
CDU
Kaiser
Lemmer
Peoples’s Congress
Foreign Ministers
London
Germany
Neue Zeit
Socialist Unity Party
Kaiser and Lemmer
Soviet Zone
Socialist Unity
SED
Solution of Atomic Energy Problem Is No Timetable Affair
David E Lilienthal chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission said it is utter rot to set up a timetable for the atomic problem. He warned against claims that civilization will be annihilated if human institutions and thought do not change within five years. He spoke at a National Committee on Atomic Information meeting.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
National Committee On Atomic Information
Guerrilla Raids In Great Force Planned by Arabs
Cairo reports a plan to mobilize Palestinian Arab volunteers with Arab governments aiding arms and equipment. The aim is to pressure UN partition and force a prolonged fight in Palestine. In Jerusalem a large party of Jews attacked Qazara near Rehovot during dawn operations, killing an Arab and wounding another. A British soldier died amid clashes between Arab and Jewish forces near Tel Aviv.
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Palestine
United Nations
Comunique
Syria
Holy Land
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Iraq
Trans-Jordan
Yemen
Jerusalem
Qazara
Rehovot
No-Man’s Land
Arab Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Hagana
Arab Legion
Meyers to face U.S. perjury charges in January
Major General Bennett E. Meyers and ex associate Bleriot H. Lamarre face Jan. 7 court dates on perjury indictments. They allegedly lied to the Senate war investigating committee about Meyers private business deals while he ran wartime Air Forces purchasing. The counts allege lies about a Dayton plane parts firm stake, a Cadillac, and redecorating his Washington apartment. Lamarre is accused of inducing Meyers to testify falsely and later contradicted his first story.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Sentare War Investigating Committee
Meyers
Air Forces
Senate
Dayton, D
Cadillac
Lamarre
DDT Fights Typhus in Norfolk Public Health Sweep
Norfolk reports typhus fever under control for now after a large scale Public Health Service program. R. E. Dover told Dr. John M. Huff that 416 blocks were dusted with over 15,000 pounds of DDT as part of the effort.
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Norfolk
R. E. Dover
U. S. Public Health Service
John M. Huff
Fuel Oil Tight in Winchester Despite Adequate Supply
The Winchester fuel oil supply is tight statewide with enough for regular customers say Gulf Oil district manager Charles E. Hofer. New accounts paused since August and allocations made monthly to seven local distributors. demand peaks in January with December and February following. The oil burner's rise, home heating plant conversions, and new houses drive the squeeze. reports mirror statewide shortages. Some Lynchburg homeowners seek alternative lodging if conditions do not improve.
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Winchester
Charles E. Hofer
Gulf Oil Corp
Hofer
Associated Press
Lynchburg
Truman to Sign GOP Control Measure in Inflation Fight
Washington reports Congress approved a 522 million dollar aid package for France Austria and Italy ending a 33 day special session. A Republican plan for voluntary industry agreements aims to curb living costs while easing shortages abroad and preserves export and transportation controls and grain restrictions.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
France
Austria
Italy
United States
Dees Truman
GOP
Bustard Successor Election Set for Feb 3
Gov Tuck accepted the resignation of Maitland H Bustard of Danville as senator and senator-elect from the Thirteenth district and ordered a special election for February 3 to fill the vacancy.
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Richmond
Tuck
Maitland H. Bustard
Danville
Husband Charged With Slaying Wife in Hudson
Rennel A. Bailey, 33, an unemployed merchant seaman, was charged with first degree murder after his wife Kay, 25, died of a gunshot in Alvin Chisiani's car in Hudson New York. Local notices include Christmas garbage schedule and store ads.
Anderson to Publish List of 14000 Commodity Speculators
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson moves to publish a list of about 14 000 speculators in wheat corn and butter. The list will include government officials and congressmen who profited from commodity market gambling, backed by a presidentially signed congressional resolution. The move follows pressure from Congress after Anderson threatened to name public figures.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Senate
Edw
J. MecGinnis
Anderson
Congress
Washington
President Truman
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Truman
Reds Repatriate German Prisoners
Berlin reports Russian authorities say repatriation of German POWs from the Soviet Union has nearly doubled since summer and now stands at about 9000 weekly. The update reflects ongoing exchange efforts amid wartime displacements in December.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
Apartment Blaze In Cincinnati Injures One
Fire gutted a five story building early today injuring James Kinsley and forcing about forty residents to escape or be guided to safety. The blaze disrupted the Christmas morning scene as responders battled the flames.
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Cincinnati
James Kinsley
Weber & Sons Nursery
Martinsburg Pike
Fire Routs 100 Hotel Guests In Elkton Md
Fire destroyed a block of business buildings in Elkton Maryland starting from a basement shoe store. Four firefighters were hurt as two hotels Ritz and New Central housed guests stranded in nightwear. Crews from surrounding towns fought flames while water froze on streets and wires.
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Elkton
Maryland
William Binder
Binder
Ritz
Judges Decide Cancer's Fate At Havana
The Havana Audiencia court delivered a manslaughter case verdict against Parth ia Schmidt for killing her lover John Lester Mee. Judges indicated a conviction. decision announced soon as telegrams to prisoners were not received within 24 hours, with a possible Monday reading.
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Havana
Audiencia Court
Parthia
Satira
Cristobel More
Carmelina Gaunche
Guanabocoa
Marshall Warns Europe Plan Then Peace For Russia
Secretary of State Marshall said U S aid to Western Europe could force a peace with hostile Russia by filling a political vacuum and promoting free governments. He tied Russia’s London conference stance to hostility toward the 17 billion dollar European aid plan bearing his name and warned of continued difficulty in securing a peace treaty terms. The remarks followed his return from London and Truman’s presentation of the Marshall plan to Congress.
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Washington
Marshall
America
Western
Europe
Russia
London
Truman
Marshall Plant Congress
University of Virginia student dies in car crash
David B. Powell, a University of Virginia student, was killed and five companions injured in an automobile accident near Woodbridge. Stuveysant Mc Kinny was listed as critical and Philip Schuster as serious.
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Woodbridge, Va
David B. Powell
University of Virginia
Stuveysant McKinny
Philip Schuster
Russians Diligent Says Mrs Roosevelt On U N Commission
Mrs Franklin Roosevelt, chairing the U N commission on human rights, praised the Soviet delegation for working closely with Western delegates at Geneva. She said Russians abstained from voting but that cooperation between the two sides was unprecedented in her experience.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
U. N. Commission
New York
Russia
Conference of the United Nations Commission On Human Rights
Franklin Roosevelt
Geneva
Roosevelt
Commission
Veteran Jessee Richardson Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Jessee J Richardson of 942 Orchard Ave is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Lt Comdr Henry Hardenburg USN Reserve. Richardson enlisted in 1942, served until 1946 as aircrew on torpedo planes, earning multiple ribbons for actions in Saipan Guam Okinawa Iwo Jima and Leyte Gulf.
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Jessee J. Richardson
Orchard Ave
Henry Hardenburg
USN
E. L. Griffith
Miff Clowe, Jr
Winchester Legion Post
Richardson
Navy
Haifsley
Siapan
Guam
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Hatch backs one year limit for Marshall plan
Senator Hatch signals support for a one year limit on European aid as Congress plans a January return to debate the four year 17 billion dollar Marshall plan. Taft advocates annual review with Edwin Johnson backing a yearly assessment while Truman requests 6.8 billion for 15 months beginning April 1.
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Washington
Congress
Sen. Vandenberg
Michigan
Sen
Taft
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Gress
Truman
France
Italy
Austria
Extreme cold grips Upstate New York. readings fall below zero
Albany dispatch notes Upstate New York experiences severe cold with a weather bureau report of temperatures below zero. A separate classified ad seeks a cleaner in a Winchester steam purifier plant, requiring in person applications.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
United States
Burreau
Romé
Winchester
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