Dynamiters Try To Blow Up Auto Workers Office
In Detroit on December 21 a dynamite attack on the CIO United Auto Workers office failed by a hair. A cache of 39 sticks of dynamite, tape, and gift paper was found near a side stair, with two fuses burning close to the explosives. The building was mostly empty except for two night workers, but nearby General Motors facilities faced danger. Police link the act to attacks on Walter and Victor Reuther, saying the case may reveal a conspiracy against the UAW. Detectives from the special investigation squad pursued leads after an anonymous tip.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Big
Auto Union
UAW
Reuther Brothers
Walter Reuther
Victor Reuther
Reuthers
Joseph A. Krug
Police Special Investigation Squad
Union
Special Investigation Squad
Tuberculosis X ray program aids nearly 1800 workers
The Winchester Tuberculosis Association and the health department sponsored a periodical X ray drive. About 1800 employees from plants and businesses learned if the tuberculosis germ lurked in their bodies and sought steps toward eradication.
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Winchester Tuberculosis Assn
Winchester Health Department
Margaret L. Hodgson
Chanticleer Inn
W. Boscawen
Winchester
O Sullivan Expansion Aided By War Plastic Development
The Star revisits O Sullivans Rubber Co on Valley Pike noting its entry into plastic sheeting. Sulvyne, a vinyl sheet used as leather replacement, began in 1946 with production ramping up by 1949. Raw resin from Goodrich Monsanto and Glenn Martin is heated and processed into varying thicknesses and textures.
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O’sullivan Rubber Co
Valley Pike
Winchester
Loudoun St
O'Sullivan Rubber Co. A
Untler
O’sullivan
Goodrich Chemical
Monsanto Chemical
Glenn Martin Co
Clark Gable Weds Lady Sylvia Ashley in Surprise Ceremony
Hollywood reports Clark Gable, 48, wed Lady Sylvia Ashley 39 in a late ceremony at a Santa Barbara area ranch. The couple plans a Honolulu honeymoon aboard the Lurline before a possible return to Hollywood. Ashley, widow of Douglas Fairbanks Sr, has a history with Gable and prior marriages, including Lord Ashley.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Sylvia Stanley
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Santa Barbara
Calif
Honndu
Sylvia Long
City Schools Start Holiday and County Out Tomorrow
Winchester public schools closed this afternoon for a two week Christmas holiday. Pupils return to classes January 4. At Handley chapel a collection of 35 baskets was given to the Fellowship club for city and county needy families, funded by student donations. Most classrooms held holiday parties. County schools planned to reopen January 3.
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Winchester Public
Handley
Fellow Ship Club
Fellowship Club To Distribute 110 Yale Baskets
Volunteer workers began packing baskets for county distribution with 110 slated for delivery tomorrow. After county baskets are packed they will start on city baskets for needy families, about 75 of which are planned for delivery Friday. The club provides baskets for unadopted city and country families.
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Fellowship Club
Lion Kills Woman Trainer as Children Try to Help
At Thousand Oaks California on December 21 a renowned woman animal trainer Mrs May Schafer 42 was killed by a lion in the training cage. Her son Michael Kovar 18 and daughter May Kovar 14 aided by a neighbor attempted rescue as Rudy Muller an elephant trainer fought the lion with a pitchfork and pipe.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
May Schafer
Sultan
Michael Kovar
May Kovar
Mrs. Schafer
Michael May
Sandra Schafer
Rudy Muller
Farm Price Dispute Splits Government and Farmers
Washington dispatch outlines a bitter clash between Secretary Brannan and major farm groups, including the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Grange, over the Brannan farm program and who speaks for farmers. The National Farmers' Union backs Brannan while the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives plans January action. the dispute could shape future farm legislation.
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Washington
Brannan
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Farmers’ Union
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Congress
Farm Bureau Federation
Farm A Federation
Federation
Record pork output to break peacetime mark in 1950
An Agriculture Department survey forecasts 1950 pork supplies may set a new peacetime record. The 1949 fall pig crop reached 27,262,000 head, up 10 percent from 1948, with spring crops also rising. Fall pigs go to slaughter next spring and summer while spring pigs sell next fall and winter.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Va C C Supports Byrd Budget Sayings
The Virginia State chamber of commerce estimates Virginia taxpayers would save 111 million 750 thousand dollars under Senator Byrds proposed 36 billion budget Byrd calls his budget of progress reduces federal outlay by about seven and a half billion dollars for 1950 N W Kelley of Roanoke president says the chamber favors the plan noting it would cover reasonable government needs and cites savings from avoiding non essential increases and trimming extra expenditures.
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Richmond
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
State Chamber
Old Dominion
N W. Kelley
Roanoke
Loring A. Cover Industrialist Dies at 82 Near Garrison
Loring Andrews Cover aged 82 of Winchester and Frederick County died yesterday at his home near Garrison Maryland. Born February 28 1867 in Baltimore County he later moved to Virginia where his father ran tanneries. He helped start the Maryland Portland Cement Co in Hagerstown then joined Berkley Limestone to form Security Cement and Lime Co. He retired from active business in 1903 1926 and served on boards of Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore Trust Colonial Trust Sanitary Laundry. Survived by children Loring A. Cover Jr Grace Symington Thomas Cover III Mrs James Piper Nelson Cover and many grandchildren. Funeral 11 am Thursday at his home with 3:20 pm interment Mt Hebron Cemetery. He was a member of the Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church.
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The
Narrows
John M. Steck
Harry K. Russell
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Academy
University of Virginia
Baltimore
Maryland Portland Cement Company
Hagerstown
Berkley Limestone Company
Martinsburg
W. Va
Security Cement and Lime Company
Maryland
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore Trust Company
Colonial Trust Company
Sanitary Laundry Company
Kr. Cover
Grace Stayman
Harrisburg
Kernstown
Virginia
Loring A. Cover, Jr
Grace Symington
Thomas Cover III
James Piper
Nelson Cover
Garrison
Mt. Hebron
Ronald Wilson
Loucoun Street Presbyterian Church
Cover
Hill Top
Star to not publish on December 26 1949
The Star and The Evening Star announce no edition Monday December 26 1949 in observance of Christmas Day a national holiday.
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Evening Star
Truman Delivers War Peace Call At Arlington Memorial
President Truman told a Arlington National Cemetery audience that the peoples desire no more war leaves only a readiness to defend themselves. He spoke on the birth anniversary of Stalin and warned against anti democratic forces while honoring World War II dead.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Russia
Truman
Stalin
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
Mr. Truman
Icy Blasts Grip Central Plains Weather Across Nation
An Associated Press report notes extreme cold sweeping the central United States, with sub-zero readings in North Dakota and 10 below in Minnesota and South Dakota. Temperatures rise toward the West and South and a Texas storm brings freezing rain across parts of the Panhandle and midwest regions.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Missouri V
Central Plains
Pacific Coast
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Arizona
Phoenix
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Burbank
Calif
Los Angeles
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Great Lakes
Montana
Iowa
Pacific Northwest
Reguar
Stayton
Sherman highlights need to keep carriers amid Soviet naval growth
Admiral Forrest Sherman told the Boston chamber of commerce that Russia is rebuilding maritime power with 14 cruisers and about 270 submarines. He warned that the United States must maintain its carrier fleet to keep sea lanes open and noted U S cruisers numbers against Soviet forces.
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Boston
Forrest P. Sherman
U.S. Naval Operations
America
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Sher- Man
Russia
United States
U. S
Sherman
Anaanien
Tito's Days Are Numbered Stalin Celebrators Told
Moscow reports mark Stalin's 70th birthday with mass celebration and peace claims while Pravda highlights Malenkov as peace advocate. Molotov criticizes the West as preparing for a new war and world domination amid a festive display.
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Tito
Stalin
Eddy Gimore
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Pravda
Supreme Soviet
Molotov
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Malenkov
United States
Britain
Santa Claus visits Stephens City for children
Santa Claus, backed by Stephens City merchants, appeared at the Christmas tree before the Lutheran parsonage and handed out candy and oranges to eager children. He arrived at 3 p.m. and stayed until the last skeptical youngster smiled. Earlier, at noon, the Lions hosted a party in the Stephens City fire hall for first graders who received gifts from Santa.
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Santa Claus
Stephens City
Santa
Lions
Dwelling and Garage Permits Issued in Frederick County
Building permits issued for a concrete block garage and a dwelling in Frederick County with a total estimated cost of 1500 dollars. Lewis Galladsy authorized to erect a garage one-half mile east of Stephens City on RB 277 at 500 dollars. Ward Church Road site three miles southeast of Stephens City estimated at 1000 dollars.
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Frederick County
Lewis Galladsy
Stephens City
Ward Church Rd
Russians Walk Out of Four-Power Council Over Prisoner Repatriation
In Tokyo on December 21 the Soviet delegation walked out of the Allied Four-power Council as General MacArthur stated 374,041 Japanese prisoners died in Soviet camps. The exit occurred after dispute over repatriation and amid sharp charges of disregard for humanity.
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Tokyo
Council For
Japan
MacArtour
Russia
Kuzma Derevyanko
United States
Britain
China
William J. Sebald
White
Derevyanko
Mac
Arthur
U. S
Council
Red
Peng
Sebald
MacArthur
Council Chamber
Senator Vic Defends Bipartisan Policy on Aid and Diplomacy
Senator Vic of Michigan urged timed economic and military aid to Western Europe but at a sharply reduced level. He and Senator Vandenberg pressed for strong anti communism while pushing for diplomacy over heavy spending, including possibilities of a European conference and a three year extension of the peacetime draft. A resolution to authorize a President to call an Atlantic Union Conference is under discussion.
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Washington
Vic
Spain
Russia
Michigan
Senate
McCarran
New
Crush Continues At Post Office
At the Winchester post office there was no break yesterday as citizens followed up Monday’s record mailing with 179270 cancellations and 1480 more pieces than Saturday. Postmaster Carl Campbell said people continue using 2 cent stamps and parcel post. local mail for the holiday period trails last year by 110810 cancellations with four days left and he expected a new record. Special holiday mail will be distributed Christmas Day and December 26.
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Winchester
Carl Campbell
Campbell
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Nev
Carole
Elizabeth Peters
Yale
By Ovid A. Martin
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Esso
Winchester Sewing Machine CO
W. Boscawen St
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la Deane
Communist Party
Fe Eee Pravizolainy
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Tito Clique
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