Senators Back Narrow Budget Cut Imperiling Tax Plan
Senate Republicans voted 22 to 19 to back a 4.5 billion dollar budget slash from Truman’s 37.5 billion proposal, bypassing the 6 billion cut favored by the budget panel. House Republicans expect a 6 billion cut, with talk of a 5 billion compromise. Democratic senators urged defense funding protection and warned against signaling weakness to allies.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
GOP
House Budget Committee
House
Budget Committee
Gurney
R-Sc
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
War and Navy Department
Knutson
Rminn
Ways and Committee
House Gop
Grange at White Hall Backs County Health Unit
At a White Hall Grange meeting No 870 Walker McBond outlined benefits of a Frederick County health unit and funding. I Fred Stine urged farmers to join the 1947 farm program by February 28. A committee of John W Smith and Mrs Keister was chosen to attend the quarterly agriculture meeting.
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White Hall
Walker McBond
Frederick County
Fred Stine
Grange and
John W. Smith
Keister
County Court House
Walker McC. Bond
Jesse B. Lewis
Handley High School
Train wreck near Altoona injures several on Red Arrow run
Rescue workers search among wreckage after the Red Arrow Detroit to New York passenger train jumped tracks ten miles west of Altoona Pennsylvania and plunged down a 250 foot slope. At least several are injured.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Altoona
Plans for Frederick County Fruit Growers annual meet
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association plans its annual meeting at the Court House Monday at 7 30 p m. Walker McClond says officers report, two directors will be elected, and the board recontested for purchasing the Frederick County School Board property on Fairmont Avenue extended.
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Walker McClond
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association, Inc
Court House
Recont
Frederick County School Board
Fairmont Avenue
Fred L. Glaize
H. W. Butler
Walter S. Hough
A B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
A. H. Teske
VPI
Hall Ridgewell Appear Before Judge Marshall
William C. Hall of St Louis and George Richard Ridgewell of Portland Maine faced Judge Elliott Marshall over counsel for the strangulation slaying of Seaman Frederick Curre near here last December. The court set March 7 to secure representation if none is in place.
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William C. Hall
St. Louis
George Richard Ridgewell
Portland
Maine
Seaman
Frederick Curre
Elliott Marshall
Winchester Exchange Club to Charter Friday March 7
The Winchester Exchange Club will hold its charter meeting at York Inn on Friday night March 7. Clarke T. Cooper announced plans at the weekly luncheon. A prominent Exchangeite will present the charter. Massie named 15 standing committees to promote local education and civic programs.
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Winchester Exchange Club
York Inn
Clarke T. Cooper
Charter Meeting
Virginia
Winchester
National Exchange Club
New
Civic Club
Massie
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Agriculture
Pred I. Brumback
George J. Schecter
Walter H. Bosserman, Jr
Beverley Byrd
Charles H. Lyles
C. Dudley Bennett
Claude B. Smalts
William J. Hadden, Jr
John W Rice
Thomas G Scully
Marshall B Jesse
Richard E. Byrd
House
Joseph A. Schroth
Lewis .Hyde
William J. Lohr
Otis S. Sargent
First Sunset Signals Antarctic Winter at Little America
Aboard the MT Olympus on February 19, Alton Blakeslee reports that Little America will witness its first sunset as the sun dips below the southern horizon for about an hour tonight and again for an hour and a half on Friday night signaling six months of darkness ahead.
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Little
America
Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
MT. Olympus
Little America
Phone Workers And Management Set Meeting In Virginia
Richmond VA February 19 The governor s office has requested representatives of the Virginia Federation of Telephone Workers and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co to meet Thursday at 2 PM in a proceeding over contract negotiations. The union seeks raises insurance and arbitration, while the company calls for maintaining the wage scale and limiting arbitration.
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Richmond
Virginia Federation of Telephone Workers
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Erner
Virginia
C and P
Public Utility Labor Relations Act
A. V. Atkinson
Fawcett Signed By Atlanta In Southern Association
Harold Fawcett 23 son of Robert D Fawcett of Opequon signed by Atlanta in the Southern Association as a pitcher and to be farmed to Waycross Georgia Florida League reporting for spring training in April. Also Lester Shickle former Stephens City pitcher reportedly contracts with Pittsburgh Pirates and will report to a Class D farm team in North Carolina. Lamp sale advertisement follows.
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Harold Fawcett
Robert D. Fawcett
Opequon
Bartow
Florida
Atlanta
Southern Association
Pawcett
Waycross
Stephens City High School
Frederick Clarke
Lester Shickle
Pittsburgh Pirates
N. Carolina
Snickle
U. S. Navy
Stephens City
Colonial Art & Craft Shop
W. Piccadilly St
Red Arrow Wreck in Pennsylvania Kills 25, Injures 141
A derailed Pennsylvania Railroad flyer the Red Arrow plunged 150 feet into a mountainside near Bennington Curve killing 25 and injuring 141 as investigators from the ICC and PUC probe the crash. The Detroit to New York express ran late, with 14 cars toppled and five dead yet unidentified.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Railroad
Allegheny Mountains
Mary
Altodna
Detroit
New York
Bennington Curve
Gallitzin
Bennington
Tobacco Taxes Set Record Revenue for 1946
Internal Revenue Bureau figures show tobacco taxes totaled over 1.217 billion dollars in 1946, a new high as cigarette taxes topped 1.125 billion and cigar levies reached 47.5 million. Chewing and snuff use declined, while state payments ranged with Virginia and Illinois leading receipts.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Aguas
Virginia
Illinois
Rockingham Group to Join Northern Virginia Sportsmen League
Harrisonburg Va Feb 18 Burke S McKay Edom as president Clarke Rosenberger Bridgewater vice president and Ed Webber Harrisonburg secretary treasurer led the Rockingham Game and Fish Association meeting. P J T Quinn urged relentless enforcement of game and fish laws and asked sportsmen to uphold laws as conservation. The group agreed to affiliate with the Northern Virginia Sportsmen League.
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Harrisonburg
J. T. Quinn
Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries Commission
Rockingham Game and Fish Association
Rockingham
Northern Virginia Sportsmen League
Burke S McKay
Edom
Clarke Rosenberger Bridgewater
Ed Webber
Truman asks Congress to end national emergency laws
President Truman urged Congress to repeal 24 emergency laws and let 36 more lapse with the end of the national emergency. He proposed extending only select statutes and keeping some measures for limited periods, signaling a possible emergency termination by July if action is swift.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Ner
Truman Sai
White House
Gement
Three Scientists To Speak On Nuclear Energy At Winchester
Three scientists from Oak Ridge Tennessee and three UVa faculty members will discuss atomic energy and world security at Handley Library in Winchester. The conference includes 2:30 and 8:00 sessions, part of ten Virginia talks, with Southern Regional Council aiding.
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Nk Ridge
Tenn
University of Virginia
Handley Library
Virginia
Universty of Virginia Exterson Division
Southern Regional Council
The
Association of Scientists For Atomic Education
Oak Ridge
Winchester
Myron T. Kelley
Ellison H. Taylor
Francis L. Bonner
Woodrow Wilson School of Foreign Affairs
Hainey Richey, Jr
Alfred Fernback
Allan Gwathmey
Stuart Bell, Jr
H. T. Hardenburg
T. J. Scully
J. M. Steck
Yankees Stand Cold Better Than Southerners Devers
General Jacob L. Devers reports after inspections of Arctic operations that Yankees cope better with severe cold than Southerners. He notes synthetic rubber items froze and broke, gas-recoil weapons fail, but light spring-recoil arms function well at extreme temperatures. Mercury dipped to 56 degrees below zero during his 12 day visit.
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Old Point Comfort
Alaska
Aleute
Jacob L. Devers
Army
General Devers
Gonzaga Track Team Sets Morning Workouts
Gonzaga University coach Joe McGrath schedules 6 15 a m workouts for distance runners as the opposition faces an early challenge to beat the 7 5 this year team in Spokane Washington.
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Spokane. Wash
Gonzaga University
Joe McGrath
Winchester Mayor Joined National Dunking Association
Mayor C R Anderson of Winchester is elected an honorary NDA member per Bert Nevins NDA secretary. The nonprofit group, started six years ago, promotes dunking at social events and lists Bing Crosby Sinatra and others among founders and charter members.
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C. R. Anderson
Winchester
National
Nevins
NDA
National Dunking Association
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Jimmy Durante
Billy Conn
Joe FE. Lewis
Sammy Kaye
Guy Lombardo
Jennings Randolph
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Anderson
NDAA
National Association For Dunking
Police duo stumble on stolen car while aiding motorist
In Payallup Washington on February 19 Officers Frank Doolin and James Rooker assisted a motorist with car lights. During the repair a radio call identified the license number of a stolen vehicle, the same car they were repairing.
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Payallup. Wash
Frank Doolin
James Rooker
Temperatures and Wood for Sale Notice
Temperatures show high 32 and low 17 for the day with year ago highs 32 and lows 28. Wood for sale stove length call 6414 at Oates Lumber Yard.
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Oates Lumber Yard
Saints And Sinners To Hear Hoffman Staunton Thursday
STAUNTON, Feb. 19. Members of the Sants and Sinners group will hear Harold Hoffman, former New Jersey governor and former U.S. president, speak Thursday at a reception at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel at 5:30 p.m. Dr. Guy R. Fisher of Staunton is national president.
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Staunton
Hugh B. Sproul
Sants
New Jersey
Harold Hoffman
Richmond
Pétree
Norfolk
Stonewall Jackson Hotel
Guy R. Pisher
Special Dinner at John Mann Church This Thursday
Call tokes inn invites the public to a special dinner at John Mann Church on Thursday the 20th at 6:00 p m. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
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John Mann Church
Thur
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