Bevin foresees four power talks at Moscow ministers meet
London February 27 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said he and the foreign ministers of the United States France and the Soviet Union would discuss in Moscow a four power pact to prevent further aggression in Europe. He warned Germany must be re educated in democracy and noted Britain faces terrific difficulties.
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London
Ernest Bevin
U. S
France
Soviet Union
Moscow
Europe
House of Commons
Bevin
Germany
Britain
Winchester Veterinarian and Inspector Dr Ezra Miller Dies
Dr Ezra William Miller 70 longtime Winchester veterinarian and Milk and Meat Inspector died at home 22 North Braddock Street at 8 30 am after ill health since October 1 1946 Born July 22 1877 at Oranda Shenandoah County he was son of the late George Madison Miller and Elizabeth Warner Miller Funeral services to be announced later
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Ezra William Miller
Winchester
City of
North Braddock Street
City
Miller
Memorial Hospital
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington
D. C
George Madison
Elizabeth Warner Miller
Shenandoah County
Oranda
Orange
Former Pittsburg Mayor Seeks 1948 Democratic Presidential Nomination
William N. McNair, 60, longtime Pittsburgh mayor and zealous single-tax advocate, announces his bid for the 1948 Democratic nomination. He calls for a gold standard, tariff abolition, unrestricted immigration, and enshrining the single tax as law. He previously ran for U S Senate in 1928 and won the 1934 mayoral race before resigning in 1936.
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Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
McNair
Pennsylvania
U. S. Senate
David A. Reed
Keystone
GOP
Electrical Workers Head Denounces Red Baiting at Senate Hearing
CIO United Electrical Workers leaders deny Communist membership while criticizing Senate Labor Committee for red baiting. Albert J. Fitzgerald, James J. Matles, and Julius Emspak defend their positions and condemn questions as slanderous. Oil Workers President O A Knight labels Ball bill on collective bargaining hysterical. Wisconsin Manufacturers' Association president Grede argues federal involvement in labor issues is improper.
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Washington
CIO
United Electrical Workers Today
Senate Labor Committee
Albert J. Fitgerald
Taft
Ohio
Ball
R-Minn
Fitzgerald
James J. Matles
Julius Emspak
Matles
Emspak
Oil Workers
O. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers
Capitol
William J. Grede
Wisconsin Manufacturers’ Association
House
Lilienthal Vote Delayed as Senate Committee Weighs Confirmation
A Senate Atomic Energy Committee vote on David E. Lilienthal for AEC chair is likely to be postponed to next week due to missing members. The panel, after nearly a month of hearings, will meet to decide if further testimony is needed, while Kentucky lawmakers urged favorable action.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper (Browa
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Lilienthal
Carroll Wilson
Commission
Kentucky House
Gregory
Clements
Chelf
Spence
Chapman
Bates
Morton
Hicklenooper
Senate Committee
Robinson
Senate
Rep. Meade
House
U S Plans To Continue Hold On Jap Islands
The United States aims to maintain sole administration of Japanese mandatories under a UN trusteeship, pending Security Council approval expected March 7. Delegates await instructions on the plan amid ongoing debate over the British Albanian mine dispute. Britain may object on legal grounds but unlikely to veto. Australia awaits final guidance.
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Lake Success
N.Y
United States
United Nations
Security Council
Soviet
Russia
Great Britain
Australia
Britain
U. S
Debt vs Tax Cutting Battle Set For Senate
Washington February 27 Senator Knowland faces a debt versus tax cutting clash with Senator Taft as the Senate plans a vote on earmarking 3 billion dollars of budget savings to debt payments. Taft backs a smaller debt pledge while aiming for a 20 percent income tax cut. The chamber cut 4.5 billion from the Truman budget and House action previously favored 6 billion. House and Senate weigh compromises amid forecasts.
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Washington
Knowland
Calif
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
House
Congress
Truman
Chamber
Halleck
Commission Hearing Set On Game Seasons March 14
A public hearing by the State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries will be held in Richmond on March 14 to discuss proposed changes in seasons bag limits for game birds and fur bearing animals. Executive secretary I See notes hearings precede season decisions.
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Richmond
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
I. See
Square Dance in Pire Hall Benefit for Hose Co
Square dance at Pire Hall Stephens City on Friday February 28 proceeds benefit the Hose Company admission 60 cents per person including tax.
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Pire
Stephens City
Ent Hose Co
Victim in Long Beach Teen Assault Found
A 17 year old girl identified as Jacquelyn Mae Stang was found under a railroad underpass in Long Beach with lacerations and a cigarette burn. She said a man followed her near Poly technic High School around 6 p.m. yesterday and grabbed her, then she was left bound with undergarment strips. Doctors reported no long term injuries after treatment. Police pressed for more leads as investigators pursued the case.
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Long Beach
Calif
Jacquelyn Mae Stang
Floyd Stang
Stang
C. J. Novotny
Polytechnic High School
Tran
Novotny
Los Angeles
Mount Etna lava stream threatens Passo Pisciaro area
The Etna lava flow from a new crater moved slowly toward Passo Pisciaro and Castiglione Di Sicilia, with about 1,000 residents at Passo Pisciaro and 2,000 at Castiglione at risk. evacuation had begun for shepherd families, aiding authorities and Archbishop Ruffini.
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Palermo
Sicily
Mount Etna
Passo Pisciaro
Pastiglione di Sicilia
Castiglione di Sicilia
Shenandoah County Workers Push Hospital Drive
Woodstock Va February 27 Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital fund drive gains momentum chaired by C Marshall to raise 200000 pounds. Local workers endorse the campaign as it nears completion at the proposed hospital site.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Aoa C. Marshall
Drive
White ranges and linoleum by the yard shipment
Just received shipment of new white ranges and linoleum by the yard for W. B Snider & Son. Workmen arrange display and pricing likely available for customers this week.
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W. B Snider & Son
Roads Open for School Buses by Monday Hope
Highway officials in Virginia aim to have all school bus routes in Frederick Clarke and Warren counties open by Monday as crews report steady progress. About 80 percent of secondary roads are already usable despite drifted and one-way sections in hard-hit areas.
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F. M. Yellett
Highway Department
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Yellett
Virginia
United States Weather Bureau
Richmond
Urbanna
Quantico
Norfolk
Staunton
Igstrict
Augusta County
Salem
Giles County
Little Walker Creek
Bland County
Roanoke
Floyd Comes
Loudoun
Culpeper
Warren Gilpin
Kenneth Hewitt
Bristol
WOPI
White Top Mountain
W. T. Combs
Brave Negro Youth Saves Two Children From Fire
Suffolk Virginia February 27 Elgin Copeland a 14 year old Negro boy crawled through a rear window of a burning Whaleyville home and carried Rachel Wilkins 5 and Peter Wilkins 3 to safety as flames spread The mother Pattie Hunter Wilkins was away The 1 year old Thomas Arthur Wilkins died in the blaze despite neighbor efforts
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Suffolk
Elgin Copeland
Whaleyville
Richardson Joyner
Copeland
Rachel Wilkens
Peter
Pattie Hunter Wilkins
Thomas Arthur Wilkins
Publicity Head Named for 20th Apple Blossom Festival
Lamar Keen to chair the publicity committee for the 20th Apple Blossom Festival on May 12. He has been Winchester resident since 1939 and previously served on the festival publicity committee. Wendell Barney retires as chairman. Keen is a Rotary Club member active in civic affairs.
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Lamar Keen
Keen
Winchester
Tom Baldridge
Capital Theatre
Wendell Barney
Bevin Palestine Remarks Draw Quick Truman Reply
The White House called Bevin remarks on Palestine unfortunate and misleading and said Truman’s October 1945 stance on admitting Jews to the Holy Land reflects long standing U.S. policy. Senators Barkley and Brewster weighed in, criticizing Bevin’s political framing and noting past British shifts before the British election.
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Washington
Palestine
Lewis W. Douglas
London
White House
Truman
Holy Land
New Deal
Bevin
Charles G. Ross
America
Attlee
Senate
Barkley
United States
Brewster
Maine
Labor Party
Chamberlain Hotel Sold at Old Point Comfort
Norfolk Va Feb 27 sale of the Chamberlain Hotel at Old Point Comfort to L U land Newport News for 531 500 was announced today after a conference of officials of the Fifth Naval District War Assets Administration and L A land.
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Norfolk
Chamberlain
Old Point Comfort
L. U. Noland
Newport News
Fifth Naval District
War Assets Administration
L. A. Noland Wood
Eagles
Gm Callies
Senate debates army navy merger bill jurisdiction
In Washington on February 27 the Senate considered which committee should handle Truman's army navy merger bill. Senate President Vandenberg suggested Armed Services, led by Gurney, while Expenditures Chair Aiken urged the Expenditures Committee under the Reorganization Act. A decision was postponed amid budget-cutting debates, with the aim to resolve jurisdiction after the current issues.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
White House
Capitol Hill
Senate Committee
Vandenberg
Rmich
Armed Services Committee
Gurney
R-Sd
Aiken
R-Vi
Expenditures Committee
Guerney
Priday
Armed Services
Buffalo Teachers Still On Strike
The Buffalo teachers federation president tentatively rejected a state salary guarantee of 2200 to 4160 for 960 instructors and would defer final terms to the federation executive. Raymond J. Ast of Kenth said he would not accept terms without a $500 cost of living bonus and questioned how the proposed financing would work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Teachers Federation
Raymond J. Ast
Kenth
Ast
Bridges backs orderly wind down of OPA
Senate Appropriations Chair Bridges says OPA should have funds to wind up its affairs and urges a vote on providing 14.9 million to carry on rent and sugar controls through June 30. He notes the House has killed extending controls and aims to end the agency in an orderly fashion as its June 30 expiration approaches.
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Washington
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
OPA
Appropriations
House
Congress
Rep Bradley Temporarily Suspends Subpoena Service
Rep Bradley halted the subpoena serving on Secretary Marshall by the House merchant marine subcommittee after the panel had demanded records about wartime ship transfers to Russia. Bradley expressed regret at Weichel's move, calling the action a publicity stunt and noting Marshall does not know much about the ships.
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Washington
Bradley
R-Mich
Marshall
Michigan
State Department
Russia
Weicher
Mars
VEPC Workers Face Conference Over Public Utility Labor Row
VEPCO labor talks with the IBEW deteriorate as the union cites Governor Tuck and a hostile climate. Negotiating committees deadlock over a new contract and a conference is set for March 10 under the law with a continuing dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
VEPCO
Tuck
WEPCO
IBEW
APL
BEW
Gas Explosion Rocks Downtown Bristol Today
A Bristol service station gas explosion claimed three lives with a fourth believed dead. Victims include Frank Robinette, 46, operator. Frank Robinette, Jr., 22, employee. and J. B. Smithson of Pulaski, Virginia. Flames engulfed the station before being extinguished.
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Bristol
Frank Robinette
Prank Robinette, Jr
Smithson
Pulaski
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Pittsburg
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N. Kent
Edna's Lunch
Harry. Armel
Electrical Workers’ Head
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Kentucky
Shenandoah Co
Frederick Clarke, Warren
McIinee
Hodgson & Brown
Soviet Russia
Chamberlain Hotel
Expenditures Group
Rep. Bradley
VEPC
System Council
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