Sales Tax Debate Opens in House Over Gov Tucks Measures
In Richmond on February 9, delegates opened debate on Gov. Tucks five tax bills seeking higher rates on income business licenses beer and deed recordation. Opposition led by Sam E Pope argued the plan fails to relieve localities and urged recommittal. Other delegates weighed sales tax as a broad solution while some favored funding needs without broad increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
House of Delegates
Pope
Virginia
Southampton
Jack W. Witten
Tazewell
General Assembly
Whitten
Gray
J. Walter Gray
Washi County
United States
Harry F. Byrd
Yorktown
Paul Crockett
William J. Gibson
Fredericksburg
Senate
Crockett
Gibson
Tomb Believed Found Of Greek Playwright Aeschylus
Italian archaeologists excavating near Gela Sicily uncovered a tomb with fifth century B C characteristics believed to hold Aeschylus the Greek tragic dramatist who died in Sicily in 456 B C and is thought buried near Gela.
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Rome
Aeschylus
Sicily
Giornale D
Italia
Gela
Two Winchester Fire Companies Join Volunteer Assoc
Two Winchester fire companies voted to join the Northern Virginia Volunteer Firemen’s Association. Sarah Zane and Friendship approved membership at recent meetings. Sarah Zane fixed February 22 for memorial services at First Baptist Church with Dr. E. T. Clark delivering the memorial address. A March ladies night and social were also planned. Friendship received several driver applications but postponed action. a special meeting may soon appoint a replacement for Mason who resigned last week.
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Winchester
Northern Virginia Volunteer Firemen’s Assn
Sarah Zane
Friendship
South End Co
Reuss Co
Consideraon
First Baptist Church
E. T. Clark
Mason
Japanese Premier Katayama Resigns After Seven Months
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Tetsu Katayama and his cabinet resigned saying they rode a whirlwind. He refused to give reasons, promising an explanation tomorrow, with Gen MacArthur citing lack of legislative support as the factor.
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Tokyo
Tetsu Katayama
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Katayama
Social Democratic Party
MacArthur
Bigger Coal Output Sought in Britain
Arthur Horner, secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, told a miners meeting in England that Britain faces its most serious economic plight in living memory. He urged recruiting 70,000 more miners to raise 1948 coal output by 11 million tons.
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East BY
England
Arthur Horner
National Union of Mineworkers
Britain
Horner
Holy Name Society Holds Record Meeting
More than 50 members of the Holy Name Society at Sacred Heart Church attended a breakfast at the George Washington Hotel. Messages from Roy Sullivan, Joseph Sarandria, and Father Joseph Heye were shared as toastmaster C A Hobert led remarks. The event followed an 8 am Mass with Holy Communion and featured the society’s new banner blessed by Father Julian Bullock.
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Holy Name Society
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
George Washington Hotel
Roy Sullivan
Joseph Sarandria
Joseph Heye
Winchester Church
Society
C. A. Hobert
Julian Bullock
Sacred Heart Church
Holy Name
Fath
New Dior Shortens Skirts by One Inch in Paris Show
Paris reports Christian Dior, the designer who popularized the look, has shortened skirts by about one inch this year. The latest three hour show offered few innovations beyond the modest tilt toward higher hemlines.
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Paris
Christian Dior
Dior
President Truman to Tour Caribbean and Puerto Rico
President Truman plans a February islands tour visiting Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and Cuba. He will depart Washington February 20 and stop at Key West and San Juan, meeting Governor Jesus Pinero before boarding the Williamsburg for St. Thomas.
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Washington
Truman
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Cuba
White House
Key West
Fla
San Juan
Jesus Pinero
Williamsburg
St. Thomas Virgin Islands
Columbia
Kackley Heads Scout Fund Drive
Loring Kackley circuit court clerk was named to head the Clarke county Boy Scout finance drive opening Feb 16. The goal is 2000 dollars. A Shenandoah area campaign runs this month except Frederick and Berkeley counties where funds come from Community Chests. Kackley will announce team captains soon. Last year Archie F Robertson was chairman with Ralph Hardy as Shawnee district finance chairman.
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Loring Kackley
Clarke County
Shenandoah
Frederick
Berkeley
Kackley
Archie F. Robertson
Ralph Hardy
Shawnee
Harrison touce Toastmaster at Rouss Co Dinner
Rep Burr P Harrison of Winchester will be toastmaster at the Charley Rouss Fire Co 51st annual banquet at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Judge J Lindsay Almond congressman from the Sixth District will be guest speaker with Sen A Willis Robertson among visitors. Fire chiefs from area departments invited. Dinner planned for 300, tables to start at 6 30 p.m. Turkey and ham meals served. Rev Robert A Whitten to give grace. Floyd Haines quartet to provide music. Marvin Weaver chairs the speaker committee.
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Burr P. Harrison
Winchester
Charley Rouss Fire Co
J. Lindsay Almond
Congress
Sixth
Virginia
A. Willis Robertson
C. Douglas Brown
Robert A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Floyd Haines
Marvin Weaver
Wife Identifies Ring Of Air Crash Victim
In Saluda North Carolina on February 97 the mountain search for missing Air Force sergeant was halted after rescuers found part of a body and a melted ring under the wreckage of a C 47 transport plane that crashed late Saturday. Mrs Shaw wife of Tech Sergeant E M Shaw of Hartsville South Carolina identified the ring as similar to one worn by her husband who had come to assist in the search.
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Saluda
N. C
Air Force
E. M. Shaw
Hartsville
S. C
Rent Control Extension Seen By Robertson
A Senate forecast expects rent controls to extend in current form until April 30 1949 with delays from Lincoln and Jefferson Day events. The Senate banking committee plans to rewrite the bill after another meeting while House hearings continue. Key provisions would relax extensions curb increases and adjust ceilings for certain tenants.
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Washington
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
Senate Banking Committee
House Banking Committee
Banking Subcommittee
Sen. Cain
R-Wash
Census Bureau
Banking Committee
Senate
Tobey
Driver Losse Arm in Truck Crash at Double Toll Gate
An Atlanta man, Jack Guthrie, lost an arm when a tomato truck overturned near the Double Toll gate. He was extricated from the cab, treated by Dr. Dearmont, and transferred to a hospital where his arm was amputated below the elbow after blood transfusions.
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Jack Guthrie
Atlanta
Double Tollgate
L. KE
Andrews
Guthrie
Buck Andrews
Stephens City
Friendship Ambulance
June Heare
Lawrence Bell
Meredith Shumaker
Ad Tomto
H State T. E. B
L. M. Ly
Pittsburg
Shade
Wobbly Drinkers Named On Tavern Walls
In Bedford Pennsylvania authorities posted a list of five women and 75 men deemed to be problem drinkers across 11 taverns. The notice warns taverns of penalties including fines jail sentences and license suspensions for selling to known inebriates. The list will be updated every 90 days as police curb nightly disturbances.
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Bedford
Indian Army says 2000 Moslem raiders killed near Jammu
The Indian army reports 2000 moslem raiders fatally wounded and 2000 more hurt in the Kashmir campaign near Naoshera 50 miles from Jammu. Brig Muhammad Usman led Hindu and Sikh forces repulsing attackers who later pressed night hand to hand combat.
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New Delhi
Kashmir
Naoshera
Jammu
Muhammad Usman
Indian
India
Pakistan
United Nations Security Council
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Fresh Cold Wave Grips East With Subzero Midwest Readings
The day brought a brutal cold wave as temperatures plunged to 7 above in some areas while Rockford Illinois logged 19 below zero. Chicago stood at 2 above, New York 12, and Washington 18 as farmers prepare for potential oats planting in two weeks despite ongoing shoveling and dwindling coal supplies.
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Hank
Associated Press
United States
Midwest
Mercury
Rockford
Ill
Chicago
New York
Washington
Gulf States
Louisiana
South Carolina
Birmingham
Ala
el Paso
Tex
Martin Urges Super Defense in Air at Lincoln Day Speech
House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr told Iowa Republicans at Lincoln Day luncheon that the nation must have a super defense in the air to meet any emergency. He warned such defense will be very expensive and must be the most modern and scientific ever devised.
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Des Moines
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Martin
Iowa
Mine Blast Kills Eight in Greenwood Arkansas
Investigators planned to enter the Sunshine coal mine in Greenwood Arkansas today to determine the cause of a blast that killed eight miners yesterday afternoon. Three of the dead were brothers all were day workers as shifts prepared to change.
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Greenwood
Ark
Sunshine Coal
Purebred Hogs Bring Average $108.70 Price
Hogs offered at the Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Assn sale at the Northern Va. Livestock Producers Assn. arena sold for an average of 108.70 per head. A total of 37 hogs brought 4025, with top prices reaching 175 on Hampshire sired animals and 115 on Duroc Jersey boars. Purchasers included H. S. Barksdale, R. R. Cochran, J. A. Armstrong and others from Round Hill to Staunton.
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Farmers Livestock Exchange Arena
Virginia
H. S. Barksdale
Flint Hill
Edward Carpenter and Sons
Winchester
R. R. Cochran
Round Hill
Carpenter and Sons
B. J. Wood
Hampshire
Grove
Creek
B. V. Unger
Pierce
George R. Gunn
White Post
Anti U N Rioters Stay 47 in Korea
In Seoul on February 9, forty seven deaths were attributed to widespread sabotage. Riots aimed at expelling the United Nations Commission for Korea occurred as the UN team prepared nationwide elections for Korean self government. An anonymous police warning of riots in Seoul was reported, while Army authorities said all was quiet.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
United Nations Commission For Korea
S. Army
U.N. Commission
Recluse sisters found dead after barricaded years
Police reached Elsie Wolff 43 by climbing a kitchen window after battering the door in Lynbrook Long Island. Edith 47 cared for her sister in a junk filled two story house with no utilities. Wealth estimated at 100000 with 12000 in bank. neighbors paid for groceries.
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Lynbraak
N.Y
Elsie Wolff
Edith
Elsie
New York University
Harry
Lynbrook
Long Island
Gold Coast Tribes Endorse Boycott Over Rising Living Costs
Tribal chiefs on the Gold Coast approve a boycott of imported goods to protest high living costs. The action, lasting over a week, has halted trade with stores reporting estimated losses up to 40 million dollars.
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Gold Coast
Accra
West Africa
Congress Favors Grain Controls for Distillers
A Senate House economic subcommittee voted unanimously to restore controls on liquor industry grain use through Oct. 31. President Truman urged reimposition. Controls expired January 31. The recommendation moves to the full economic committee.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Congress
Full Economic Committee
Livestock Prices Fall as Grain Slump Pushes Market Down
Hogs in Chicago hit the lowest since January 6 1947 with prices down to 23.25 per hundredweight while cattle dropped up to 3 a hundredweight. Lambs and wholesale butter also fell. cotton slipped in New York as retail prices for flour lard bacon and bread eased.
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Chicago
Associated Press
New York
Announced & Price Ee
East St. Louis
Fire guts Jewish center in Richmond
Flames shot nearly 100 feet into the air destroying the two story brick headquarters of the Jewish center in Richmond. Fire companies battled the blaze in 20 degree weather as the building that once housed the old McGuire university school burned to its shell with only the walls left standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Jewish Center
McGuire University
McGrath Plans Atlanta Talk on Civil Rights
Democratic Chairman McGrath is invited to speak at a Jackson-Jefferson day dinner in Atlanta on March 5 and is expected to center his speech on Truman's 10 point civil rights program. He may urge Southern Democrats to stay with the party and warn that leaving serves no practical purpose. Senator Sparkman commented that bolting would gain little and that Democrats have repeatedly settled differences within the party.
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Washington
McGrath
Truman
Heart of Dixie
Atlanta
Georgia Party
Mr. Truman
Congress
Mississippi
Fielding H. Wright
Wakulla Springs
Fla
Sen
Sparkman
North Carolina
Democrats
Greensboro
South
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N.va. Assn
Friendship Companies
Rouss
Jop
Kackley Heads Scout Fund
Rep
Harrison
Rouss Co
Molden Electric Co., Inc
Robertson
Losse
Home Ministry
Hindu Rashtriya Swayam Savak Sangh
RSSS
Gandhi
Alwar
Maharajah
Tej Singh
N. B. Khare
Subcontinent
Shyrock Farm
Kernstown
Grimes. Robinson Cold Storage
Rouss Avenue
John A. Poulson
Oates Lumber Yard
U.N
Fire Guts Jewish Center
By Jack Bell
Fair Employment Practice Commission
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
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