Iron Lung Exhibit Promotes March of Dimes Effort
The Iron Lung display at the McCroy Building on Loudoun Street spotlights polio needs to urge March of Dimes contributions. Pictured are Dr. Bennett, E. T. Snider, and Bob Newlin with the lung, wheel chair, and braces. The Elks Club leads the project with hospital and Leggetts Department Store support.
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Bradford 8. Bennett
E. T. Snider
8 Sr
Bob Newlin
The
Elks Club
Newlin
Bennett
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Leggetts Department Store
I Never Quit Under Fire Quote At White House
Washington reports quote attributed to President Truman by Rep Sieminski saying he never quit under fire. The remarks occurred during a discussion on leadership and national needs as Democrats push for Truman's continued term. Lehman criticizes corruption talk as Moscow propaganda and calls for housecleaning while defending government service.
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Sieminski
D-Nj
White House
President Truman
Truman
Bieminski
Democratic Congress
Anderson
D-Nm
Lehman
D-Lib
Democratic Party
New Yorker
America
Women's National Democratic Club
Moscow
Radio Moscow
McCarthy R-Wis
McCarthy
Steve's Delicatessen
S. Braddock St
Pella
Winchester
E. W Armstrong Company
E. Piccadilly St
Virginia
U.S. Guards Against Sabotage of Meat and Livestock
The Agriculture Department announced heightened vigilance against foreign sabotage of cattle, pigs, and poultry. It warned diseases like foot and mouth, rinderpest, and Newcastle could devastate the industry nationwide within weeks if undetected. Steps include expanded border inspections, more veterinarians, state cooperation, and safeguards for biological products.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Virginia Weather Outlook for January 19 to 23
The Virginia period will see temperatures 6 to 9 degrees above normal. Colder tonight and Saturday then cooler Tuesday. Rain expected Sunday and Wednesday totaling 0.33 to 0.67 inches.
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Virginia
Assembly to Get New Divorce Bill in Virginia
A Virginia House of Delegates committee proposes easing divorce by reducing the period of separation from two to one year. Delegate J J Williams notes many Virginians seek divorces out of state, and Delegate Frank P Moncure is tasked to draft the bill for return to the committee. The panel approved one measure on civil justice and referred two bills to subcommittees about judgeships nominees screening and appeals from civil justice judgments to be withdrawn within ten days.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Virginia
House Courts of Justice Committee
Reno
J. J. Williams
Henrico
Williams
Frank P Moncure
Stafford
Willams
House
Courts of Justice Committees
Moderate Weather Continues in City
Citizens report continued mild conditions after a night of strong winds and light rain. Wind at 1:42 a.m. reached 46 mph at a Reliance air station, while rainfall measured 16 inches in 24 hours. Highs near 48 and lows around 41 with a cooler, partly cloudy forecast.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Airway
Winchester Research Laboratory
Hundreds of Gambling Machines Seized in Kentucky
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of seven people and the seizure of 1396 gambling machines valued at 351800 in Kentucky. The round up targeted interstate transportation of gambling devices with machines found in private and public clubs cafes and amusement venues.
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Kentucky
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Churchill Lovett Meet at Pentagon During Washington Visit
Prime Minister Churchill held a morning talk with Secretary Lovett at the Pentagon ahead of a planned mid afternoon Churchill Truman conference. British officials said the discussion touched on American aid to Southeast Asia and British objections to an American admiral commanding Atlantic forces.
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Egypt
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Britain
Canal Zone
Daily Telegraph
Congress
The
U.S
Atlantic
Floods Force 2 000 Families To Evacuate Southland
A night of heavy rain prompted 2000 families to leave homes south of Los Angeles. Coast Guard and sheriff officials planned inland moves for 6000+ residents as 4.17 inches fell in 18 hours. Reseda area saw about 200 evacuations while foothill areas faced rapid water and road closures.
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Here
Norwalk
Coast Guard
Pacific
San Fernando Valley
Reseda
California
Full Probe Ordered In Grain Storage Program Shortages
Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren ordered a full investigation into shortages in the Agriculture Department grain storage program after auditors found more than 3.8 million dollars missing in a Dallas office. Senators pressed for prosecutions and questioned delays while Brannan blamed the losses on private grain traders. The probe covers GAO findings on four million dollars in CCC grain storage losses, a Camp Crowder lease scheme, and oil and gas lease speculation by federal employees. Brannan requested a congressional hearing as political pressure rose.
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Lindsay C. Warren
Agriculture Department
Dallas
Tex Warren
Senate Agriculture Committee
Brannan
Anderson
D-Nm
Warren
Aiken
R-Vi
Brannan O
Ellender
D-La
Senate Committee
GAO
Government Credit Corporation
Kansas City Mo
Camp Crowder
CCC
Federal Land Bank
Farm Credit Agencies
St. Louis
Police School Sessions Scheduled Next Week
Three police training sessions are set in the Court Room under Lt Joseph Ritter and Sgt Warren Rudolph of the Winchester Police Department. Attendance has been excellent. Monday at 6 includes a first aid demonstration by Taylor Barr. Wednesday at 6 Special Agent Jim Durkin on Public Relations and Courtesy. Friday at 6 State Trooper Francis Wolfe speaks on Firearms.
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Joseph Ritter
Warren Rudolph
Winchester Police Department
J. Thomas Boyd
Taylor Barr
Sit Francis Wolfe
Birthday Observances Mark Gen. Lee Day in City
Banks close in observance of General Robert E. Lee's birthday while most stores stay open. UDC president Mrs. Wyatt Richard asks businesses to fly the Confederate Flag and hosts a luncheon with speaker Paul Beadle on Lee Jackson and Maury. Christmas wreaths will be removed from graves at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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Wyatt Richard
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
UDC
Paul Beadle
James Wood Hireh School
Gen. Lee
T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson
Matthew Montaine Maury
Confederacy
Mt. Hebron
Steve's Delicatessen
S. Braddock St
Ryan's Managerial Boxing License Revoked for Life
The New York Athletic Commission revoked the managerial boxing license of Tommy Ryan for life. Ryan, real name Thomas Eboli, struck referee Ray Miller after his fighter Rocky Castellani lost by a technical knockout at Madison Square Garden a week ago tonight.
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New York
New York Athletic Commission
Tommy Ryan
Ryan
Thomas Eboli
Ray Miller
Rocky Castellani
Madison Square Garden
Tunisian Riot Leaves Three Dead and Fifty Injured
French led police arrested about 20 top Tunisian nationalist and Communist leaders in pre dawn raids and sent them to secret detention sites. The General Union of Tunisian Workers called an unlimited general strike in Tunis to protest the arrests and yesterday's bloodshed amid clashes at Ferryville and Bizerte.
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Tunisia
Bie
L'Union Generale Tunisienne du Travail
General Union of
Ferryville
Bizerte
National Congress
Neo- Destour
New Constitutional
Truce talks stall as tempers stay calm in Korea
Truce envoys kept tempers in check at Panmunjom yet made no progress on terms of an armistice. The day saw a Chinese delegate call U.S. allies “running dogs,” while Maj. Gen. Claude Ferenbaugh pressed for a pledge not to build airfields in North Korea. The Red negotiators held to their stance on suspending combat planes across the Yalu, and U.N. efforts to repatriate prisoners continued without success. Brig. Gen. Nuckols noted no shouting or table pounding, but Reds did not soften on air field construction.
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Korea
America
Claude Ferenbaugh
North Korea
Yalu
R. E. Libby
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
Kaesong
Peiping
William P. Nuckols
U.N
Panmunjom
Virginia Woman Dies In Car Train Crash
Mrs Thelma Williams 37 of Broad Creek Village was fatally injured when her car collided with a Norfolk Southern locomotive last night.
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Virginia
Norfolk
Thelma Williams
Broad Creek Village
Norfolk Southern
Charge Reduced in Sea Crew Fatality Arraignment Set
New York Captain Frank Lin B Weaver faces arraignment today on a reduced manslaughter charge for fatally shooting a cook crewman aboard a vessel.
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New York
Franklin B. Weaver
Virginia House seeks to abolish certifying judgeship vacancies
In Richmond the Virginia House proposes a one sentence bill to abolish the need for Supreme Court certification of circuit court vacancies. Delegate J Brodie Allman says current law is ignored by the Assembly. The move comes as lawmakers adjourn after a short week, with other items including narcotics law tightening and a run off primary proposal for governor debated.
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Supreme Court of Virginia
Virginia House of Delegates
J. Brodie Allman
Pranklin
General Assembly
Virginia
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Arlington
State School For the Deaf and Blind
Staunton
State Board of Education
Charles T. Moses
Ted Dalton
Radford
Battle
Dalton
Five Men Ordered For New Army Exams
One man from the city and four from the county, formerly 4-Fs, must report to Alexandria on Monday for re examinations as draft standards have been lowered and deferred men are to be re checked.
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Alexandria
350 Men Work to Free Snow-Blanketed Train
SAN FRANCISCO. Southern Pacific workmen rescued passengers and crew aboard the City of San Francisco and then began a massive effort to free the snowbound streamliner in Donner Pass. About 350 men operate around the clock to uncover four rotaries buried by heavy Sierra snows as the giant accident weather worsens.
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Southern Pacific
Viwantic
High Sierra
Donner Pass
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S.P
Italy's Fashion Houses Unveil Spring Bonnet Hats
Florence reports Milan Turin Florence Rome and Capri houses display spring summer lines with baby bonnet hats and a flared hipline. Designers show open bucket collars and unpressed pleats with hip style jackets and mid calf hems. Prices run 10 to 20 percent below Paris amid hush hedge competition.
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Florence
Milan
Turin
Rome
Capri
Paris
Government Raises Wholesale Prices on GM Autos
The government, via OPS under the Capehart Amendment, raised factory wholesale ceilings for General Motors cars by about 60 to 103 dollars depending on the model, with Pontiacs about 78, Oldsmobiles 04, and Buicks 67. GM must file proposed prices before effect, and OPS noted other automakers have filed or plan to file price increases.
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Washington
General Motors Corp
Office of Price Stabilization
Capehart
General Motors
OPS
Auto Corporation
Ford
Hudson
Chrysler
Kaiser- Frazer
Studebaker
Nash
Willys-Overland
OPS Packard
Crosley
New Arthritis Pain Medicine Goes Into Production
New drug F, a chemical twin of cortisone, begins production by Merck & Co. in Rahway, New Jersey. It may relieve rheumatic pains, with potential joint injections helping rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, though its full range of effects remains unknown.
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New York
Merck & Company
Rahway
N. J
Russians Pay Black Market Prices For American Magazine
Gen. Walter Bedell Smith says Russians pay about 1.50 per page for copies of an American magazine on the black market. He notes the State Department distributes it via the Soviet government, yet uncensored copies reach unapproved readers at large. He spoke at a New York dinner hosted by printing and publishing groups.
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Walter Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
Smith
America
State Department
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