Murray Indicted for Taft Hartley Act Political Expenditures
Federal grand jury charges the CIO and its president Philip Murray with violating the Taft Hartley Act political expenditures ban for publishing an union financed endorsement in CIO News last July. Attorney General Clark says prosecutions will continue. Murray defends the CIO and constitutional rights.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Murary
Maryland
Murray
Congress
Tom Clark
Justice Department
Clark
United States
School of Missions Starts Tonight at Braddock St Church
Braddock Street Methodist hosts a School of Missions at 7 30 p m each Thursday through Lent in the Golden Rule Bible class room. The study uses Ten Thousand Years by Richard Terrill Baker, tracing a century of Methodist work in China and the Far East. Reverend Carl W Judy sails this month to Japan as a missionary representative of the congregation.
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Braddock St. Methodist Church
Golden Rule Bible
Richard Terrill Baker
China
Far East
Ievene
Christian Missions
Braddock St. Church
Carl W. Judy
Japan
School of Missions
Church Board of Missions
T. J. Haw
Wild Duck’s Craw Yields Gold Dust
A hunter in Miles River found a wild duck with a broken wing and recovered an ounce and four halves of glittering grit from its craw. A jeweler confirmed the material as gold dust, highlighting a striking discovery from the migratory bird.
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Floyd
Miles River
Load Limits Tightened In Virginia Counties
Emergency load limits take effect Monday on many roads in Frederick and Clarke counties Virginia to prevent road breaks during thaw. Heavy interstate routes stay at 20 tons while secondary roads drop to 8 tons and primary to 12 tons. Signs will mark limits and officials warn a rapid thaw could cause costly damage like in 1935-36.
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Frederick
Clarke
Virginia
State Highway Department
Edinburg
Clarke Counties
Clarke County
House Prodded For Action Big bill backlog faces Virginia House
Richmond Feb 11 Floor Leader E Blackburn Moore warned the Virginia House it must move faster amid a large pile of bills. The clerk tabulation shows 173 bills pending in 23 committees, seven killed, 77 reported to the floor, and 173 held in committee. The courts of justice panel bears 40.
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Richmond
E. Blackburn Moore
Clarke County
House
Moore
Courts of Justice
House of Delegates
Advisory Legislative Council
State Board of Education
Committee On Courts of Justice
E. O. McCue
Albemarle
Courts of Justice Committee
McCue
Schools and Colleges Committee
Harry Davis
Paul Crockett
York
Robert Whitehead
Nelson
Committee On Schools and Colleges
Advisory Council
Brunswick
State Corporation Commission
Senate Committee On
M.M. Long
Wise
L. C. Bird
Chesterfield
John W. Boatwright
Buckingham
Lloyd M. Robinette
Lee
Senate
Food Retailers Grow Association Gains Backed by Meeting
A regional gathering of grocery retailers from Winchester to Woodstock met with wholesale bakers at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall. Harold K Wilder and S Frank Strauss spoke on association growth, bread conservation, and opposing sales tax while a bakery-themed program aired with Abbott and Costello on screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Front Royal
Woodstock
Bergville
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Harold K. Wilder
S. Frank Strauss
Walter A. Wine
Virginia Independent Food Dealers Assn
Food Dealer Association
Bread Conservation
Richmond
Virginia Baker's Council
Virginia
B & C Bakery
Columbia Baking Co
Mannbeck Bread Co
Royal Bakery
Taft-Hartley Act Drives Reds to Canada
Sen. Taft declared that the Taft-Hartley law is driving Communists out of American unions into Canadian ones. He toured Gary Indiana and Minnesota promoting a federal tax cut and urged labor leaders to repeal the act, criticizing unions for threats to oppose lawmakers who voted for it. He urged freedom at home as the goal of foreign policy and condemned altruistic motives regarding European recovery aid.
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Jack Bell
Gary
Ind
Sen
Taft
Ohioan
Illinois
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Inland Daily Press Assn
Truman
Almond Elected Attorney General Will Speak Here
RICHMOND Feb 11 Rep J Lindsay Almond Jr of Roanoke was elected attorney general and Harold F Snead of Henrico was named trial justice for the Richmond Henrico circuit court. The Virginia Senate and House of Delegates approved the nomination unanimously. Almond is slated to address the Rowe Fire Co annual banquet in Winchester tonight. Birr Harrison toasts.
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Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Roanoke
Almond
Rowuss Fire Co
Winchester
Birr Harrison
Mixed chocolates in Jarcy Valentine boxes shipped
Notice notes delivery of fresh mixed chocolates in Jarcy Valentine boxes for Capitol Restaurant. Also lists Wood for Salt stove lengths from Oates Lumber Yard with contact Phone 6414. Includes date stamp t1-29-lp-tt.
Grains and Stocks Slide as Meat Prices Steady
Market prices fell across grains and stocks with wheat and corn plunging at the open while hogs rose and cattle and sheep held steady. Cocoa, hides, and tallow moved lower as cotton futures dipped and housewives faced cheaper meat and flour. Unions kept wage demands high, noting price drops insufficient to ease the hike.
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Associated Press
Chicago Grain Exchange
London
Manila
Sydney
Copenhagen
New York
New Orleans
Nacon
AFL Meat Cutters Union
Chicago
Russia Charged With Abducting U.S. Officers
The United States protested to Russia and Hungary over the abduction of two American military attaches by Soviet troops in Hungary. Lt. Col. Bernard Thielen and Lt. Col. Peter Kopcsak were seized January 14, taken to Vienna, and released after U.S. protests.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Hungary
Moscow
Desartment
Red Army
Bernard Thielen
Peter J. Kopcsak
Hines Resigns Post in Panama
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines resigns today as ambassador to Panama with effect March 1. President Truman accepts with regret after he negotiated a bases agreement for U S troops, which the Panamanian Assembly rejected. The U S announced troop withdrawal.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
Panama
White House
Truman
Placing Babies On Stomachs Said To Deform Jaws
Chicago reports a Berkeley dentist warns babies laid on stomachs to ease gas can develop improperly formed jaws. He notes some orthodontists link habits to high cusps and describes infant thumb sucking as causing serious deformities.
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Chicago
Berkeley
Calif
Chicago Dental Society
George W. Hahn
Budget Taken Up Early Gets Two Readings
The city council reviewed the 1949- budget early with first and second readings for the annual budget and amendments to the license tax ordinance. A resolution allowing the Apple Blossom Festival to collect street vendor licenses was approved and refunds were authorized for Liberty Ave and Spring Crest Park View developments.
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F. L. Glaize Jr
Apple Blossom Festival
Glaize
W. E. Bridgeforth
Liberty Ave
H. H. Hable
Spring Crest
Park View
Finance Committee
James P. Reardon
Fireworks Sale Ban Passed by City Council
City council approved a night final reading banning sale and discharge of fireworks except sparklers and toy cap pistols. The ordinance, introduced by Libert Smith, allows mayoral authorization for a fireworks display such as the Apple Blossom Festival.
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Winchester Council
Libert Smith
Fruit Growers Meet Feb 20 To Address Labor Camp
The Frederick County Fruit Growers Assn sets its annual meeting for February 20 to discuss operating the Fairmont Avenue labor camp long run by the federal government. With government closure, members seek funds to buy land and camp equipment, offering interest certificates to subscribers. growers have already contributed over 3000 dollars.
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Frederick County
Association
Market Price Drop Could End Income Tax Cut Prospects
Sen. Lucas of Illinois warned that a continuing commodity price slump may erase any chance for a tax cut this year. Sen. Byrd warned a price decline risking a business recession could derail tax reduction plans and said he would not vote for deficit financing.
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Washington
Lucas
D-Ill
Byrd
Treasury
Baruch Not Alarmed At Break in Prices
Washington reports show the commodity markets slipping with experts unsure why while Bernard M. Baruch calls the price break good and not a predictor of a downturn. Past postwar forecasts by John Snyder and AFL estimates proved unreliable as prices later surged.
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Baruch
Washington
Anderson
Bernard M. Baruch
John W. Snyder
AFL
Federaton of Labor
Initial Survey May Be Ordered By Municipality
The Winchester common council plans to order a survey on tapping the Shenandoah river for a municipal water supply. City officials note cost and feasibility require engineering study before any final decision, with a committee of five named to study the proposal.
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Shenandoah River
Winchester
Shenandoah
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
C. R. Anderson
PF. LJ Glaize
Percy Miller
BE. E. Baker
Leonard Sirbaugh
W. W. Dellinger
Shift in South To Be Slow Says Senator Pepper
Senator Pepper warns the Solid South may persist in 1948 though progress could be slow. He notes Truman will likely win all Southern states again, while protests over civil rights could erode Southern Democratic support in coming years. Mississippi Governor Wright vows to keep protest alive and punish anti Southern leaders. Republicans assault Truman at Lincoln Day dinners nationwide.
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Associated Press
Pepper
D-Flo
Repubicans
Trumand
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Truman
Women Seek Woman on Handley School Board
In a letter to the Winchester council Mrs A C Halvosa president of the Civic League asks that a woman be appointed to the Handley school board when a vacancy occurs with many members having children in the school and a deep personal interest in city matters. The letter was read by council member John Jones and it notes there has never been a woman on the board.
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Winchester Council
A. C. Haivosa
The
Civic League
Handley
Halvosa
John Jones
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