Cold Wave Closes Schools and Delays Life Across Region
Northwestern Pennsylvania endures eight foot snow drifts as Winchester frigid with 22 degrees at ten thirty. Ohio Valley gas use cut to conserve fuel while 20,000 industrial workers idle. Florida reports sleet in Orlando and Daytona Beach as southern cities freeze with lows near 20.
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Winchester
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Wheeling
W. Va
Associated Press
Natural Gas Company of
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Florida
Orlando
Daytona Beach
Jacksonville
Mercury
Vicksburg
Memphis
Nashville
Atlanta
Italy Signs Peace Treaty Leaving Mussolini's State Ashadow
Paris reports Italy signs a peace treaty reducing its power and colonies, paying reparations and trimming armed forces. Yugoslavia protests territorial concessions especially around Trieste and Istria while hoping for larger gains. Byrnes and Gaffery had previously signed for the United States.
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Italy
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Japan
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Monfalcone
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Greece
France
Russia
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Jefferson Gaffery
Ridgewell Hall Police: Work Is Nearing End
William C. Hall returned from Los Angeles to Winchester to face trial with George Ridgewell for the strangling slay ing of Frederick Currie last December. Deputies DeHaven and Woolf and Hall arrived after an uneventful cross country trip. Hall is jailed in Winchester and Ridgewell to Berryville. meeting briefly in the jail. Hall’s father and attorney visited him. Hall’s journey and statements leave Currie case details unchanged. No arraignment date set, trial expected by the March circuit term.
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William C. Hall
Los Angeles
Winchester
George Richard Ridgewell
Frederick Currie
Robert DeHaven
F. L. Woolf
Hall
Ridgewell
Berryville
DeHaven
Woolf
California
Currie
Berryville Safety Patrol Receives Bars at Community Exercises
Nine Berryville High School Safety Patrol members were awarded bars at a Community Building ceremony this week. State Rep Eddie Lou Hart led the event with talks from Mayor M Ware State Trooper Glascock and others naming the awardees James Berlin John Nelson Carr Teenie Feagans Charles Wisecarver William Ritter James Renner Jr Charles Renner Jr and Robert Crosen Jr.
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Berryville
James I. Berlin
John Nelson Carr
Teenie” Feagans
Charles James G. Wisecarver
William H. Ritter
James M. Charles E. Renner Jr
Robert E. Crosen, Jr
Mother Kills One Child Wounds One Then Shoots Herself
Girard Ohio February 10 A 35 year old mother Margaret Heston confessed to firing a .22 rifle killing two year old Theresa and wounding her sister and then turning the weapon on herself in the bedroom. Sheriff Ralph Millikin said motive was not clear and the mother remained in critical condition.
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Girard
Margaret Heston
Trumbull
Ralph Millikin
Theresa
Youngstown
Fair Grounds
London Miss Hears Parents Change Mind Too
Eileen Edwards announced she has the parental blessing for her marriage to William Theodore Crabtree instead of the ex GI who paid her fare home from London. A cable from Mr. and Mrs. F J Edwards of 146 Camberwell Grove, London, confirms they consent and wish happiness.
City County GOP Meeting Aims to Elect Delegates for Roanoke
City and county Republicans meet at the county courthouse at 7 30 p m to elect 20 delegates and as many alternates for the State convention in Roanoke on February 5. The mass meeting will select 9 county delegates and 11 city delegates to represent the area.
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County Court House
Roanoke
Howell Bond
Citizens Of City Raise $4289 For Fight Against TB
Dr. E T Clark president of the Winchester Tuberculosis Association reports residents contributed 4289 54 to the Seal Sale funds for the tuberculosis prevention and control program. The 1946 quota was set to sustain the health program in Winchester. The drive notes not a penny is wasted and February donors may cover a 230 shortfall. A board meeting announced upcoming March surveys and mass surveys in June.
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E. T. Clark
Tuberculosis Association
Winchester
Winchester Tuberculosis Association
Clark
Tuberculosis Made
Weight Adds Hope For Military Issue
The article notes mixed views on universal military training as Secretary of State Marshall signals its necessity for real defense power. Senators Gurney and several others remain cautious or opposed while some see compromises with education or jobs. A civilian commission will study the issue for President Truman with possible action after its April report.
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Gurney
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Armed Services Committee
House
Truman
Pril
High Court Upholds Hatch Act Provisions on Campaign Involvement
The Supreme Court upholds the Hatch Act restriction barring federal employees from active political campaigning. It preserves penalties for violations, with exceptions for the President and top executive officials. Justices Reed, Rutledge, Black, and Douglas assign varied opinions, while Frankfurter concurs and Murphy and Jackson take no part.
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Supreme Court
Hatch Nnics
CIO
United Public Workers of America
High Court
Justice Reed
Justice Rutledge
Justice Black
Douglas
Frankfurter
Murphy
Jackson
Hollis Joins Force Of Commercial And Savings Bank
J William Bill Hollis son of Mrs Emma Hollis of Loudoun street has joined the clerical staff of the Commercial and Savings Bank. Hollis served 3 1 2 years in the U S armed forces rising from private to first lieutenant. Since discharge he has worked with Rent Cortro for the Office of Price Administrat
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J. William “Bill” Hollis
Emma Hollis
Loudoun Street
Commercial and Savings Bank
John J. Sloat
Hollis
United States Armed Forces
Rent
Cortro
Office of Price Administration
Darden Installed Chancellor At Williamsburg
Williamsburg February 10. Colgate W. Darden Jr former Virginia governor was installed as chancellor at the 254th Charter Day convocation of the College of William and Mary. Lord Inverchapel, British ambassador, praised the British Commonwealth as a force for liberty and peace and cited the United Nations as a modern venture rooted in shared values.
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Williamsburg
Interchapel
United States
United Nations
College of William and Mary
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Virginia
Lord
Berryville Plans Expanded War Memorial Building
Berryville plans a revised war memorial building expanded from the current Community Building. The American Legion leads the project with additions including an enlarged auditorium and stage, a rear swimming pool area, kitchen and snack bar, clinic rooms, club rooms, and new rooms for Red Cross offices, hobbies, home economics, and a bowling alley in the basement. John Graham Jr. of Falls Church, Va., drew the plans.
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Berryville
American Legion
Red Cross
Legion Room
John Graham, Jr
Falls Church
Assembly Of Labor-Management To Meet On Friday
A special committee of the new labor management assembly will meet Friday in Philadelphia to draft a charter for the organization and appoint sub committees for larger cities in Eastern Pennsylvania Southern New Jersey Northern Virginia Delaware Maryland and the District of Columbia.
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New Labor-Management Assembly
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Tree Service Pravine oravine feeding and cavity filling
Local ad offers tree service including feeding and cavity filling. Contact at Welltown phone 33 F 4 for scheduling and estimates.
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Welltown
Britain Faces National Blackout From Coal Shortage
Britain endures a government ordered electricity embargo affecting 22 million people as 38 of 64 counties halt non essential power. Factories suspend operations and labor leaders urge restraint while political figures debate the crisis and potential censure.
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Britain
England
Wales
Ministry of Fuel and Power
Puet
Emanuel Shinwell
Shinwell
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Attlee
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Ben Smith
Telephone rate case sparks county council dispute
A memo from the commission discusses why the case should not be reopened and outlines 1946 and 1947 cost figures, earnings, and rate structure. It notes state wide rates. some increases and some reductions occur as exchanges grow beyond their 1926 sizing. Local officials could not be reached for comment.
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Oaee
Sion
Winchester Council
Cristina
Intrastate
Ponienian
Ross
This
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State Corporation Commission
Portal Suit Heads Toward Court Review in Supreme Court
Detroit February 10 The Mt Clemens portal wage claims near final settlement as Judge Picard’s ruling heads back to Congress and the Supreme Court. Labor lawyers view it as narrow to Mt Clemens while vast portal suits in other districts await action.
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Detroit
Frank A. Picard
Portal
Congress
Supreme Court
Picard
Mt. Clemens Pottery Co
Saginaw, Mich
Wagehour
Mt. Clemens
August Scholle
Michigan’ Cio Council
Maurice Sugar
CIO
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio
Hex
Mt. Clement
Jis
Supreme Court splits on catholic school transportation ruling
The Supreme Court divided five to four over using public funds to transport children to Catholic parochial schools in a New Jersey case. The majority called the law social benefit legislation with incidental church benefit, while dissenters argued tax funding violates the First Amendment.
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Supreme Court
Tting
New Jersey
Go Slow Signal From GOP Chair Sparks Budget Debate
Washington reports GOP House Armed Services Chairman Andrews urges the Senate House budget committee to hold off any large defense cuts until Gen Eisenhower can testify. Amid talks of a 2 billion dollar trim to the 11.2 billion defense allotment, Andrews favors caution and Ike’s input. The budget panel’s report is due Saturday under the Congressional Reorganization Act.
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House Budget Committee
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Budget Committee
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