Virginia Senate Backs Labor Bills Including Anti Closed Shop
In Richmond the Virginia Senate approved Governor Tucks labor measures, passing the anti closed shop bill 32 to 6 and the utilities bill 37 to 1 after amendments. One bill advances to the governor for signature while the other returns to the House with Senate changes. An emergency clause could make the utilities act immediate, affecting the VEPCO contract and a potential IBEW strike. Senator Lloyd M. Robinette cast the lone vote against the utilities measure.
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Richmond
State Senate
Tuck
House
Senate
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Virginia Electric and Power Company
IBEW
VEPCO
Lloyd M. Robinette
Lee County
Ford price cuts hailed as aid to steady markets
Washington officials led by Edwin G. Nourse welcomed Ford Motor Company price reductions up to 50 dollars as a prudent step to sustain high production and employment. Steelman called it good news for the country, and Congress members quickly praised the move as stabilizing for business and purchasing power.
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Washington
Ford
Edwin G. Nourse
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Nourse
Nourse’s Council Wrote the Framework of Mr. Truman
Congress
Mr. Ford
Economist
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
John R. Steelman
Fifteen Miners Die in Glen Alden Mine Blast
A gas-fueled explosion at the Mottingham Colliery 850 feet underground killed 15 miners and injured three others. Rescue teams labored for hours amid cave-in dangers as officials confirmed 22 men were in the shaft. Local workers from Plymouth and nearby communities perished.
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Plymouth
Glen Alden Coal Co
Edward Griffith
Mottingham
Griffith
Thomas Miles
Charles Krawiec
Miles
Krawiec
Sangway
Temperatures Reported Highs and Lows
The report shows a high of 49 and a low of 39 degrees, compared with the previous year’s 31 and 11 degrees.
Grace Lutheran Takes Over Home For Aged Women
Members of Grace Lutheran Church voted 80 to 6 to accept Miss Margaret Miller’s bequest of her Winchester property at 28 S Loudoun St for an old ladies home and a $5 000 endowment. The will also grants one third of undeveloped lots on S Stewart St. the facility to be named Godfrey Miller Home. Sam Davis and Joseph P Miller donated funds for renovation and operating expenses with several thousand more pledged for future endowment. The old stone house, likely built about 1814, sits on about 100 feet of Loudoun Street with six main rooms and an L shaped wing.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Margaret Miller
Winchester
S. Loudoun Street
Joseph P. Miller
W. Clifford Street
Loudun
Auriol Favored For President Of French Republic
Paris reports that the Communists will back Socialist Vincent Auriol for president of France. The Popular Republican Movement debates dropping its symbolic candidate, Auguste Champetier De Ribes, potentially clearing the way for Auriol's election on the first ballot.
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Auriol
French Republic
Paris
Vincent Auriol
France
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
National Union Characer
Auguste Champetier de Ribes
Council of the Republic
Plane Crash Near Wake Forest Kills Three Men
Three men died when a plane crashed and burned five miles west of Wake Forest North Carolina. Police searched for a fourth body. Victims identified by wreckage clues are Charles Allen Sherwin 39 of Washington real estate dealer and owner and pilot Jarnett G Gregg 28 former army flier at a Washington airport and Comdr William Helvestine a lawyer and former Georgetown athlete Coast Guard League official.
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Wake Forest
N. C
Here
Charles Allen Sherwin
Washington
Jarnett G. Gregg
Washington Airport. Comdr
William Helvestine
Georgetown
The
Coast Guard League
Russian-Born Jew Deported From Britain By Air
Russian-born Jewish leader Johan J. Smertenko, vice president of the American League for a Free Palestine, is deported from Britain aboard a chartered plane after spending a night in a police station. Scotland Yard deportation agents cited a Home Office order excluding him, citing controversial remarks about the Holy Land. An embassy spokesman said the U.S. could not help, as the matter is for Britain.
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London
Johan J. Smertenko
American League For A Free Palestine
Britain
Paris
Wallington
Scotland Yard
Home Office
United Kingdom
Smertenko
House of Commons
Palestine
Holy Land
England
U. S
W. Chanticleer Inn
Oates Lumber Yard
Uncle Sam opens bids for entire town of 2500
Dragerton Utah reports bids to the War Assets Administration for the 2500 resident town built in 1943 by the Defense Plant Corporation at a cost of 4 530 000. Residents await who will become new landlords as bids open on St Valentine s Day.
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Dragerton
Utah
War Assets Administration
St. Valentine's Day
Defense Plant Corporation
Georgia Capitol Turmoil After Talmadge Seizes Office
A tear gas capsule exploded in the governor’s reception room as state trooper C W Harralson reported a minor disturbance. In a separate clash Ellis Arnall attempted to enter the governor’s executive offices but was blocked by Herman Talmadge’s secretary Odum while Talmadge claimed the office as governor. Arnall set up temporary offices in the Capitol Rotunda and in the Candler Building downtown.
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Atlanta
State Capitol
C. W. Harralson
Capitol
Ellis Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Young Talmadge
Georgia
Arnall
den. Odom
Talmadge
Down Town
Candler
Odum
Benjam Odum
Ben Forston, Jr
House of Representatives
Porter Wheeling
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge Jr
International Soundphate
Stephens City Lions To Fight Polio With Dimes
Gene Schumacher, chair of the Winchester and Frederick County March of Dimes drive, said the Lions Club of Stephens City will handle the southern county campaign. The Winchester Moose will host a dance January 30 at the Armory with half the car dance ticket proceeds going to polio. President Truman pledges full cooperation to the March of Dimes in the national fight against infantile paralysis.
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Gene Schumacher
Winchester
Frederick County
Lions Club
Stephens City
Armory
Winchester Moose
Harry S. Truman
Basil O’connor
National Foundation For
Truman
March of Dimes
Frenkin D. Roosevelt
National Foundation
Boyce Football Banquet Honors 1946 Champions and Wilbur Moore
Boyce high school football players, district champions and Valley Athletic League co champions, were honored at a school auditorium banquet. Wilbur Moore former Minnesota All American and Redskins backfield ace spoke on training rules and experiences. Letters were awarded to Jimmy Casey and teammates, with Valley League trophies presented to Boyce and Shepherdstown.
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Boyce High
Wilbur Moore
University of Minnesota
Washington Redskins
Peyton G. Craighill
Clay Carr
Dyer Coulson
Harold Hawkins
Harry Weir
Jay Cone
Henry Hawkins
Bill Grim
Sammy Weaver
John Bell
Ronald Prazier
Charles Grubbs
Valley Athletic League
Boyce
Shepherdstown
Kenneth Levi
Clarke*Courier
Jimmy Casey
British Official Confirms Elizabeth and Philip Are Friendly
A well informed British official acknowledged that Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip are quite friendly. The admission amid royal marriage speculation came from an unnamed source near 10 Downing Street who teased the fact without revealing his name.
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London
Britain
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Greece
Jes
Philip
Downing Street
First National Of Berryville Has Good Year
Stockholders of the First National Bank Berryville met in Berryville Banking House Thursday at 1 00 pm. Ww C Owens was elected chairman and Ralph M Ware president. The bank reported growth in deposits and loans with a 10 percent dividend and a $25 000 increase in surplus.
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Nate
Pite National Bank
Berryville
Ww. C. Owens
Ralph M. Ware
Mayor Proclaims Junior Board of Trade Week in Winchester
Mayor Anderson issued a proclamation designating January 15 to 22 as Junior Board of Trade Week in Winchester. He praised the Junior Chamber of Commerce and JBT for encouraging service to the community and advancing welfare through youth projects. The message urges citizens to support the program and its goal of greater America.
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R. Anderson
Junior Board of Trade
Winchester
Anderson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
JBT
Greater
America
JCC
TEC
Maracaieine
Three Firemen Die in Gas Explosion at Detroit Station
DETROIT Jan. 16 Three firemen killed and two injured as a gas fueled blast rocked the rear of a west side fire station. Seven firefighters were inside. two escaped while two were hospitalized with undetermined injuries. A truck driver remained uninjured. Charien Parrish and two unidentified victims died. Nearby buildings were undamaged but authorities feared further explosions as gas fumes filled the area. The station rear was blown out and part of a side collapsed.
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Detroit
Thrree
West Side
James” Ly Mah
Charien Parrish
Junior Board of Trade Endorses Health Unit
The Junior Board of Trade backs establishing a coordinated health unit for the community. Joseph A. Massie of the Public Health Committee states it serves every citizen and notes about forty other groups approve the plan.
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Junior Board of Trade Endorses Co. Health Unit
Off
JBT
Joseph A. Massie
Britain and France Near Conclusion of New Alliance
London reports a new British French military alliance may be concluded at the earliest possible date aimed at countering any fresh menace. Officials cite a postwar triangle linking Eastern and Western Europe, referencing prior pacts with the Soviet Union and France. News follows Pravda claims challenging Britain’s alliance stance and a Bevin repudiation of the British Soviet pact.
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London
Britain
France
Leon
Soviet
Russia
Wanted Presser Jobs At Pingley And Carper Cleaners
Notice closing announces observance of Robert E Lee’s birthday causing a one day closure. Also lists a job ad for a presser at Pingley and Carper Cleaners and a clearance sale at Mary S Yeakley.
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Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Cas. Sac
Robert E Lae
Nate Bank
Mary S .S. Yeakley
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Margaretta Miller
Versailles
National Assembly
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Party of Republican Liberty
PRL
Michel Clemenceau
Georges Clemenceau
Leon Blum
Blum
Uncle Sam
Talmage
Stephens City Lions
Frederick
Ace of Washington Red Skins
Prince
J. Ed. Thoma
L. H. Ritter
Richard B. Smith, Jr
Lewis F. Stolle
Norman G. Scott
Leona Krouse
Dorothy Shenk
Phillis Barrack
Jr. Trade Board
Priday
Benefit Independent Hose Company
Admisin Ae Anim
Household
C. G. Emery
Back
Pia Ee
Mary S. Yeakley
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