Russia Charges Atomic Energy Still Used For War Weapons
Russia asserts atomic energy is solely for armament production and calls for a treaty to outlaw atomic weapons. It rejects the United States veto proposal as a rewrite of the UN Charter while urging item by item study to craft a global convention on prohibiting major weapons.
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Lake Succeess
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Soviet
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
Bernard M. Bayuch
Commission
United Nations Security Council
Gromyko
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
Hugh Wilson 61 Last Ambassador To Reich Dead
Hugh Robert Wilson 61, last U S ambassador to Nazi Germany, died Saturday night at his Bennington Vermont home after a long illness. He had been ill since August and treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Wilson began as private secretary to the American minister at Lisbon in 1911 and served worldwide until retiring in 1940. He was ambassador to Germany from March 1938 and recalled in November 1938 over Nazi persecution of Jews. He resigned when Hitler's invasion of Poland began in 1939.
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Bennington
Hugh Robert Wilson
United States
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Lisbon
Guatemala
Buenos Aires
Berlin
Vienna
Bern
Tokyo
Washington
Germany
Poland
U S Forces Ordered Off Peiping Streets Amid University Protest
U S military personnel and their families were ordered off Peiping streets as about 2 000 Yenching University students marched into the city to protest the alleged rape of a Chinese woman by a U S marine. Marines confined to compounds. gates stay open.
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Peiping
U. S
Yenching University
Fujen Catholic University
National Peking University
Shanghai
America
China
Wen Hu Pao
Tient
Peiyang
Naikai
Truman
Fctory
Tangku
Tientsin
Social Security Opens Office on Loudoun Street
The Social Security Administration opened a Winchester field office in the Newberry Building at 139 N. Loudoun Street. Harry Albert Nelson leads the office with Wilmer E. Dunn as account number clerk and receptionist and a claim's clerk to be announced. The Winchester territory mirrors Martinsburg with Page County moved to Winchester. counties served include Berkeley Jefferson Morgan in West Virginia and Clarke Frederick Shenandoah Warren Page in Virginia. Residents may visit or write for account cards claims or information.
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Social Security Administration
Winchester
Lavinia Engle
Newberry
N. Loudoun Street
Harry Albert Nelson
Martinsburg
Civil Service
Wilmer E. Dunn
W. Va
Nelson
Shepherdstown
Shepherd College
Baltimore
Clarksburg
Dunn
Washington, D. C
Federal Works Agency
District of Columbia
Page County
Staunton
Berkeley
Jefferson and Morgan
West Virginia
Clarke
Frederick
Shenandoah
Warren and
Page
Virginia
Guard Heroic GI Delays Wedding For Guard Duty
San Francisco story of Pvt James M Hill of Robinson Illinois and Rosemary Watson a 17 year old fiance as Hill guards a payroll site at Hamilton Field helping foil six gunmen attempting to steal 250000 dollars. Hill and Rosemary discuss marriage as FBI investigated.
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San Francisco
Rosemary Watson
James M. Hill
Robinson, IL
Hamilton Field
Army Air Base
Hill
FBI
Rosemary
Jimmy
Byrd Holds Silence on Green Election Petition
Senator Byrd has made no plans to answer the contest of election notice filed with the Senate secretary on behalf of Lester Parsons of Norfolk. The petition, prepared by John Locke Green of Arlington County, challenges Byrd’s November victory. Rep. Howard W. Smith previously answered a similar petition asking dismissal as frivolous and meritless.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Lester Parsons
Norfolk
John Locke Green
Arlington County
Parsons
Howard W. Smith
D- Va
House
Robertson To Have Newspaper Man Assistant
Warren A. McNeill, Associated Press correspondent raised in Lynchburg Virginia, named administrative assistant to Senator A Willis Robertson. McNeill has written capital news for Tennessee Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi and held roles in AP bureaus in Nashville New York and Richmond. He holds a University of Richmond degree and taught economics at MCV. Married to Martine Wright, they have daughter Sandra aged seven.
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Washinggton
Warren A. McNeill
Associated Press
Lynchburg
A. Willis Robertson
Dva
Jan. G. McNeill
Washington
Capital
Tennessee
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Associated
Nashville
W York AP
Richmond, Va
Richmond Times- Dispatch
McNeill
University of Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
James Branch Cabell
Handom House
New York
Martine Wright
Preston L. Wright
Clearance sale and assorted notices
Clearances sale advertises 50 percent reductions on women and misses fashions. Also listed are a Rex Air vacuum cleaner for sale in near new condition with original carton and instructions and contact number 5111. A Winchester Volunteer Firemen meeting notice sets 5 30 PM Monday December 30 at the Hall. Wood for sale stove length from Oates Lumber Yard contact 6414. An item asks Have you seen Margie.
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Winchester Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Oates Lumber Yard
Margie
Virgil Strader Installed Head Kiwanis Club
Virgil R. Strader was installed president of the Winchester Kiwanis Club by Will G. Hardy. Ralph Yount was named vice president and Andrew Bell secretary treasurer. Directors include Charles Bass, Ellis E. Harbaugh, Laurens Jones, R. Ed Buncutter, W. Alan Peery, W. Ralph Pifer and William A. Rooker. Perfect attendance pins were awarded to multiple members, led by Jesse C. Oakes for 19 years.
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Virgil R. Strader
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Will G. Hardy
Kiwanis
Ralph Yount
Andrew Bell
Charles Bass
Ellis E. Harbaugh
Laurens Jones
R. Ed Buncutter
W. Alan Peer
Jesse C. Oakes
Eugene B Cooper
Leonard I. Miller
Eston P. Bean
Sam C. Brooks
Ben Arthur
George Masters
Wyatt Richards
Robert Jaize
Amos Shyrock
John Thornton
Howard Cather
Robert B. Dechert
O Sullivan to Join Radio Program on 1947 Outlook
Earl Bunting NAM president and O Sullivan Rubber head will join government industry and labor leaders for a January 1 radio program discussing the 1947 outlook. Bunting is en route West Coast and will return to Winchester mid January before NAM engagements begin in February. He reports heavy invitations from wires and letters for NAM leadership appearances nationwide.
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Earl Bunting
O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation
National Association of Manufactures
Bunting
NAM
Congress of American Industry
New York
Winchester
Langie Lang Dies at 103 in Local Home
Mrs Alice Lang died at age 103 at her granddaughter's home in town. Born in 1843 in Pem broke Virginia during John Tyler's administration she left a son a daughter and an estranged husband.
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Leckie W
Alice Lang
Lang
Pembroke
Joh Tyler
Temperature Headlines Echo Warm Week Signals
Daily temperatures show a high near 37 degrees and a low around 32 with year ago readings of 39 and 27. The brief note records a cool day pattern and suggests a mild, late winter spell.
Death mystery in Frederick sailors case stirs police
Frederick County authorities investigate the strangulation death of Seaman First Class Frederick Currie. The body was released to U S Navy authorities and sent to his Michigan home. A second young man seen with Currie remains unidentified. Currie, born January 5 1927, was last seen December in Winchester with two companions before his body was found December 26.
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Frederick County
Frederick Currie
Robert DeHaven
F. L. Woolf
Currie
U. S. Navy
Grosse Pointe
Mich
Navy
Chambers
Washington
Seaman Currie
Michigan
Gilbert S. Currie
Dorothy Austin Currie
Detroit
Set
Woolf
Winchester
Fumes Overcome 75 Firemen in Atlanta Drugstore Blaze
Authorities seek the type of fumes that felled 75 firefighters as they battled an eight hour basement fire in a Lane Drugstore sub floor stockroom. Fifty two hospitalized, no deaths. Ambulances shuttled to area hospitals. damage estimated at 40 000 to 50 000. The drugstore adjoined the Atlanta Journal building damaged by water smoke and collapse.
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Atlanta
H. S. Naylor
Lane Drugstores
Atlanta Journal
Senate Republicans Move Ahead on Officers Election
Senate Republicans pressed forward with plans to elect officers despite Senator Tobey of New Hampshire challenging their authority before Congress convenes. Senator Taft said the caucus could proceed but committee assignments would come later as Tobey objected to timing. The 80th Congress session begins Friday noon.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Tobey
R-Nh
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Aft
Republican Conference
Senate
House committee targets Russia with economic policy report
Washington reports the postwar economic policy committee accuses Russia of economic enslavement and political aggression. It calls for U S actions including loan flows, trade studies, and controls on exports to curb Soviet influence and enforce wartime commitments.
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House Committee
Washington
Russia
Special
House “Committee
Capitol Hill
First Annual Poultry Conference Planned in Winchester
The Freder ick county Board of Agriculture sponsors a January 10 conference at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall Winchester to shape a long range poultry production and marketing program. Noted speakers include C Irvine Cather S L Dodd Theodore G Byerly Hyre Thomas W Heitz R F Frazier and panel leader Sam Cox with Dr H P Bird and Prof R S Dispanett among presenters on feeds broilers and future marketing.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Winchester
Frederick County
Theodore G. Byerly
United Staartment of Agriculture
Mr. Hyre
West Virginia Experiment Farm
Virginia
Thomas W. Heitz
Treas
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative
R. F. Frazier
Virginia State Poultry Federation
Sam Cox
H. P. Bird
R. S. Dispanett
New Year Sale Items At Hodgson Hat and Dress Shop
Sale starts Tuesday featuring children's suits coats leggings snowsuits blouses and sweaters. Amorytomorrow night New Year's Eve Ball at the Amory. Also ads for white enameled ranges and general inventory notes. Money to lend on first mortgage real estate with low interest, box response in Star.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
HAT & Dress Shop
Care Star
Vandenberg And Taft Seek GOP Harmony Ahead Of Congress
Senators Vandenberg and Taft plan personal appeals to GOP colleagues to quell a threatened insurrection over 80th Congress leadership. They oppose Reed of Kansas efforts to block White of Maine from floor leader and commerce committee chair roles, aiming to preserve White’s committee assignments.
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Vandenberg
Taft
Michigan
Ohio
Senate
Senaor Reed
Kansas
Senate White
Maine
Commerce Committee
Butler
R-Neb
White
Committee On Committees
Senate Republicans
Republicans lead in 1946 vote in East and Midwest
Official 1946 vote tabulation shows Republicans strongest in the populous East and Midwest. GOP captured 207 of 246 House seats in 12 Eastern states and outpolled Democrats in 21 of 24 states. Regional results show 96 Eastern House seats for Republicans to 36 for Democrats, 53.6 percent vs 39.5 percent in the region.
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Mid-West
Walington
Associated Press
Midwest
GOP
House of Representatives
House
New York
Wden
Eratic
Land
Rhode Island
Virginia
Midin
Republi
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Head Kiwanis Club
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Drug Concern
Winchester Evening Star
State Department
France
Thhe
Informatin Satencies
World Bank
Monetary Fund
Peyton C. March
International Soundphoto
Lovett
the Evening Star
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