Annexation And Supreme Court Bills Pass House
In Richmond Virginia the House of Delegates approved two major 1946 measures the Campbell bill to move the Supreme Court of Appeals meetings to Richmond Staunton and Wytheville and the Williams annexation bill limiting annexation to 10 percent of a county s real property within a decade The votes were 44 35 and 64 25 respectively with debate subdued and party line divides noted in the aftermath of a lengthy calendar session
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Richmond
General Assembly
Supreme Court
House of Delegates
House
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Staunton
Wytheville
Henrico
Senate
J. J. Williams
Campbell
Williams
Farmers Livestock Exchange Organized Here
A group of forty farmers and livestock dealers met in the County Court House in Winchester and began organizing and incorporating the Farmers Livestock Exchange. A committee led by A. G. Leake will oversee details, with members A C Oates Frank Artrip D F McCarl George Eagle W A Bailey Roy Duval Harry Butler W R Thompson and H S Snail. Other members from Clarke Shenandoah and Warren counties are noted.
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Winchester
A. G. Leake
A. C. Oates
Frank Artrip
D. F. McCarlorge Eagle
W. A. Bailey
Roy Duval
Harry Butler
W. R. Thompson
H. 8. Snai
Clarke
Shenandoah
Warren
Scully Resumes Law Practice After War Service
Lieutenant Thomas G. Scully of the Army has resumed his Winchester law practice at the Capitol Theatre Building after four years of military duty. Wounded twice in Italy and awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster and Bronze Star, he remains under Army medical care at Walter Reed Hospital but is able to work. He is a Princeton and University of Virginia Law School graduate, married to Beall Thomas with one child, Thomas Jr.
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Thomas G. Scully
Army of the United States
Winchester
Scully
Armed Forces
10Th Armored Division
1St Armored Division
6Th Armored Infantry Battalion
Africa
Italy
Princeton University
Sete of Virginia
University of Virginia Law School
Thomas
Walter Reed Hospital
Capitol Theatre
John S. Scully, Jr
South Stewart St
Beall Thomas
T. S. Thomas
South Washington St
Thomas, Jr
Presbyterian Church
Indians Tear Down Burn U S Flag In Bombay
A mob in Bombay including Royal Indian Navy uniforms tore the United States flag from the U S Information Service Office and burned it in the street. Walter Shackleton in charge at New Delhi awaited protesting to Indian and British governments as about 300 demonstrators moved toward the I S S office. The flag was displayed over the agency’s library door when a man climbed onto another and ripped it down.
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Bombay
Royal Indian Navy
United States
U.S. Information Service
Walter D. Shackleton
New Delhi
Shackleton
Potts Named to Committee for GOP Annual Dinner
H Russell Potts of Harrisonburg will serve on the committee for the coin Day Dine at 7 30 p m Thursday evening at the Masonic Temple in Harrisonburg Republicans from Virginia seventh district will attend Also named were Jacob A Garber of Harrison county W C Deming of Front Royal I R Dovel and Everett Will of Page and Lewis R Hudson of Rappahannock county
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H. Russell Potts
Masonic Temple
Harrisonburg
Seventh Congressional District
Virginia
Jacob A. Garber
Harrison County
W. C. Deming
Front Royal
I. R. Dovel
Everett Will
Wind Rips Vienna Wreckage Leaves 200 Injured
A violent storm battered Vienna injuring about 200 people and causing widespread damage. Rescue units fanned out as debris blocked streets and emergency crews worked through the night to assist victims.
22 Americans Suspected of Treason Sought
Attorney General Tom Clark announced that Justice Department investigators in Europe are pursuing 22 Americans suspected of wartime treason. He said a special emissary will speed evidence collection for trial, with suspects to be returned to Washington for U S District Court proceedings. Eight were indicted in 1943 including Ezra Pound. four are in European custody, others are detained or missing. Pound remains hospitalized in Washington after a court deemed him mentally unfit for trial.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Justice Department
Europe
Clark
District of Columbia
United States
Ezra Pound
Edward Delaney
Olney
Ill
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
Constance Drexel
Philadelphia
H. Best
New York City
Best
Austria
Frederick Kaltenbach
Dubuque
Iowa
Pound
Washington, D. C
Menroe
Pontiff Poised for Major Pronouncement on World Issues
Vatican forecasts Pope Pius XII may issue a major pronouncement on the church's role amid global tensions as new cardinals gather. first insignia of office presented by the Pontiff.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XII
Ismail Sidky Government Wins Confidence Vote in Cairo
In Cairo on February 19, Premier Ismail Sidky's new government won a confidence vote from the Chamber of Deputies. Earlier demonstrations by students demanded withdrawal of British forces from the area as the political crisis continued.
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Cairo
Ismail Sidky
Pasha
Chamber of Deputies
Russians Charge Nazis Made Soap From Human Bodies
Soviet prosecutors at Nuremberg presented a witness affidavit alleging Nazis boiled human corpses and refined fat into soap at a Danzig factory. The German assistant, who testified, said refining began in January 1944 after a 1943 summer build, with initial bodies from a hospital for the disabled.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal
Danzig
Pauley Denies Hannegan Shares In Oil Holdings
In Senate testimony Pauley says he casually discussed a California oil investment with Harold L. Ickes ally Hannegan, but no deal materialized as drilling showed oil structure away from the land. Tobey vows new evidence to block Edwin Wuley’s Navy Undersecretary bid. Allen wins RFC director tenure amid Senate vote splits.
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Truman
Navy
Senate Naval Committee
Tobey
Hannegan
California
Walsh
D.mass
Pauley
Democratic National Committee
Edwin Wuley
Senate
George F. Allen
RFC
Mr. Truman
Ickes
Interior
Commodore James K. Vardaman, Jr
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Agriculture Board to Meet for 1946 Plans and Reports
The Agriculture Board will meet Wednesday night February 20 at 7 30 to appoint commodity and special committees for 1946. Reports on community meetings Winchester Farm Market and AAA plans will be given. E M Funk will discuss food needs for 1946 and Home Demonstration clubs will stage a result demonstration for county women. Public attendance invited.
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County Court House
Winchester
Staples
E. M. Funk
County Aaa
To Hold International Trade Conference
London report on February 19 notes the United Nations economic and social council, after its first London session, agreeing to organize an international trade conference with participation from member nations and related agencies.
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London
United Nations Economic and Socia Council
Ford Invited to Present His Side In OPA Argument
The House Committee invited Henry Ford II to appear personally to present his side in the dispute with OPA over automobile pricing. Ford's reps argued the OPA had attempted to browbeat him publicly while OPA chief Chester Bowles defended the agency and noted Ford had sought a 55 percent price increase last summer. Bowles said the Ford Company has a history of high wages and lower prices, and a committee member hinted at future decontrol steps tied to production benchmarks.
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Washington
House Committee
Henry Ford
OPA
Spence
D-Ky
Ford
Crawford
Ford Motor Company
Buffet
R-Neb
Brown
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Ford Company
Patman
Dtex
Young Ford
House Banking Committee
Rep. Wolcott
Mich
Wolcott
Emergency Court of Appeal
Winchester Snow Blanket Falls Early
Snow began falling in Winchester with ground white by noon and forecast to turn to rain later. The thermometer read around 9:30 AM after a low of 28 last night and temperatures were expected to rise. The advance forecast calls for rain in the south and snow in the north over the next five days with near normal to below normal temperatures across the Middle Atlantic region.
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Mercury
Middle Atlantic
Atlantic
York
New England
New Great Lakes
Former Rhodes Scholar A. Buell Trowbridge to Speak Here
A. Buell Trowbridge, former Rhodes Scholar and ex Rollins College religion professor, will headline the Winchester Frederick County American Red Cross annual meeting at the Presbyterian Church assembly room next Thursday evening. He served as a Red Cross Special Representative in the Mediterranean Theatre conducting Town Hall forums for service members. Trowbridge, author of a UN related International University plan, is noted as a highly engaging speaker and urged attendance by Red Cross contributors.
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Winchester- Frederick County
American Red Cross
Presbyterian Church
A. Buell Trowbridge
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Napan
Red Cross
Trowbridge
Rollins College
Winter Park
Oxford University
Union Theological Seminary
United Nations Organization
The
Pay Boosts Pushed For Shipyard Farm Workers
The Wage Stabilization Board recommends 19 cent an hour raises for shipyard workers and 18 cents for 30,000 CIO Farm Equipment Workers on strike at 10 International Harvester plants since January 21. The move signals a broader reconversion role for the board as it reviews rulings from earlier fact finding panels.
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Wage Stabilization Board
Shipbuilding Stabilization Conference
Neven Prang
Ciio-Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Afl-Metal Tradesent
International Harvester Company
Stabilization Board
War Labor Board
Explosion Levels City Apartment Building in New Orleans
A three story New Orleans building housing 53 residents was destroyed by a blast and fire at 6 35 AM. Fire Chief Rivard and police estimated a score of deaths with many injuries amid gas explosion theories and witness accounts of a match lighting a gas buildup. Army and Navy ambulances aided rescue as officials planned a formal investigation.
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New Orleans
Frank Rivard
Charity Hospital
Army
Navy
City
Campbell Palfrey
Frank Rivardo
Arms of Degnan Child Found
Chicago police and fire crews recovered the arms of six year old Suzanne Degnan, believed kidnapped and killed January 7, from a manhole near the Degnan home at 5943 Kenmore Avenue. Police and sewer crews had searched alleys and sewers across the area during a large manhunt. The remains were found by Commonwealth Edison workers on North Broadway near Hollywood Avenue.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Degnan
Oe E. Degnan
Kenmore Avenue
Commonwealth Edison Company
North Broadway
Hollywood Avenue
Cabinet studies leakage of atom secrets
In Ottawa the Canadian cabinet met to discuss broader aspects of the government investigation into secret information related to atomic energy. No official statement came from the cabinet, with the RCMP leading the inquiry. early reports indicated no link to Eldorado Gold Mines, despite arrests over mine deliveries.
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Ottawa
Cabinet Council
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Eldorado
Opposition to Nationwide Phone Strike Grows
The National Federation of Telephone Workers faces internal opposition as talks continue with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Drafting strategy seeks a wage increase after a near nationwide strike was avoided by a long distance operators walkout in Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Edwin R. Hackett
Commercial Telephone Workers Union of Chicago
Memphis
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Philadelphia
CIO
Woodstove Length Oates' Latc her Yard
A brief classified line lists a woodstove length yard item associated with Oates and a telephone contact 6414. The fragmentary notice appears in a local yard sale or classified ads section.
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Lieut
U.S
Potts
GOP
Vienna
Pontiff
Allen
Rep. Buffett
Mr. Ford
Apply Flower Shop
E. Piccadilly
A. Buell
Winchester Elks
Score
Degan
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