Dulles backs Europe recovery plan as aid debate rises
John Foster Dulles told the Senate foreign relations committee the European recovery plan is a step toward peace and warned against Soviet gains in Europe. He urged substantial U.S. aid to 16 Western European nations, calling it enlightened self interest.
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Yorktown Bridge Bill Amended Clears Senate Action
Senate public works committee backed a bill authorizing a low level York River bridge at Yorktown Virginia after committee refinements. The move follows years of interdepartmental talks among Interior War Navy and Virginia state officials and support from Senator Byrd who introduced the measure.
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Jan
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York River
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Interior, War and Navy Departments
Virginia
Early Frederick County Faces Savage Snake Menace
Local history notes that first white settlers met a large snake population in Frederick County with rattlesnakes and copperheads proving deadly. Remedies ranged from bloodletting and gunpowder poultices to plant pastes, some misapplied, while Dr Dodridge records brutal methods of drawing out venom by cutting and burning snakes in retaliation.
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Frederick County
Joseph Dodridge
Bright Rugs Sale From B Snider and Son
A local ad notes a sale on 12 rugs priced at 6.98 dollars each from B Snider and Son. The snippet lists the retailer and a single price point, suggesting a catalog or storefront promotion.
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B. Snider & Son
Almond Chosen Rouss Fire Co Banquet Speaker
Judge J Lindsey Almond, representative from Virginia's Sixth District, is named guest speaker for the Charley Rouss Fire Co banquet on February 11. The announcement came from Marvin Weaver, with fellow committee members Burr Harrison, Rev Robert Whitten, and Senator Harry F Byrd Jr. assisting.
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Virginia
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908 X rayed Free at Clinic
A total of 908 people were x rayed at the Winchester Tuber culosis Association clinic held last Thursday and Friday at the First Baptist church. The attendance was down slightly from 1947 as hospitals x ray their own employees. Eight of 36 beauty shops sent all personnel, six of 19 barber shops earned full certificates, and 78 of about 150 businesses had all employees attend the free clinic.
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MacArthur Enters Arkansas Primary Announcement
Gen Douglas MacArthur will have his name entered in Arkansas Republican presidential primary under petition by Harold Stassen. John R Robinson of Chicago told the state committee arrangements are in place to place MacArthur on the ballot in the Arkansas primary.
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Minnesota
Chanters Elect Doris Whitehurst President
Doris Whitehurst was elected president of the Chanters at the local chapel, succeeding Dr. Courtney Grim. The new officers for 1948 are Miss Marshall Stryker and Curtis Ely vice presidents, Eugene Russell Jr. secretary, and Dr. Grim treasurer. Floyd Haines becomes director for the 15th year. The group organized in 1932 now numbers 47 members and has performed at the World’s Fair in New York.
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Eugene Russell Sr
Winchester
Clarendon Presbyterian Church of Washington
Maunder
Olivet
Calvary
New York
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Judge Marshall Suffers Pleurisy Attack Delays Court
Judge Elliott Marshall, in the city on court business, was stricken with pleurisy and treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He returned home to Front Royal after a night in hospital and adjourned circuit court until 10 a.m. Thursday when grand jurors are to reappear.
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Beauty Pageant Draws 25 More Contestants
The first annual Winchester Vuiture 40 and 8 beauty pageant at Handley grows to about 90 entrants with 25 more joining. Prizes total 175 dollars with wrist watch, leather case and pearls for top placements. Local and out of town judges will select winners. Master of ceremonies is Henry Hardenburg. Phil Fowle presents awards. New entrants list sponsors from multiple local businesses.
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Watson's Grocery
Charlotte Knight
Timberlakes
Jacquelin
Court Trial Under Guard in Halifax Rape Robbery Case
In Halifax Virginia John Brooks 27 charged with raping a white girl being accessory to the incident and armed robbery. The court room held about a third Black spectators and about 20 police officers as Brooks was moved from Lynchburg under guard. Trials of two other Black defendants George Brooks 20 and Herman Whitt 15 proceed in coming days.
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Halifax
John Brooks
Lynchburg
Brooks
Halifax County
George Brooks
John Major Brooks
Herman Whitt
Whitt
Legion Post Plans to Form Boxing Team
The Winchester American Legion post plans to organize its own boxing team. L. E. Hill says the aim is to challenge other teams and localise weekly shows at the Winchester Livestock Exchange arena. Eligible fighters may come from Winchester Frederick County Clarke and possibly Warren County. Veterans with boxing experience are especially sought.
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Winchester Livestock Exchange Arena
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Winchester
Frederick County
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Warren County
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Brewers Asked To Cut Grain Use
Washington January 20 Secretary of Agriculture Anderson asked brewers to voluntarily cut overall grain use by 20 percent for the remainder of the grain shortage. He met with brewing industry representatives.
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Washington
Anderson
Virginia 5 Day Weather Forecast Jan 21 25
Extended forecast for Virginia calls for some rain Wednesday and again over the weekend totaling about one half inch. Temperatures will be milder overall, still a few degrees below normal.
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Virginia
V F W Auxiliary Card Party Set At Elks Home
The V F W Auxiliary plans a public card party on January 27 at the Elks Home. Admission is 50 cents per person with refreshments and a prize noted.
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V. F. W. Auxiliary
Elks Home
Senate Rejects Truman Plea On Gen Kuter Nomination
The Senate armed forces committee rejected President Truman’s bid to name Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter as head of the Civil Aeronautics Board while allowing him to retain his rank and pay. A prior committee vote and a proposed compromise failed, and Harllee Branch also resigned from the CAB, creating a new vacancy.
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Paul Owens Heads Laymen's League at Cork St Church
Paul Owens was elected president of the Laymen's League at Cork St. Christian church. Maurice Blosser became vice president and Joseph Cox secretary treasurer. Rev. Robert A. Whitten spoke on Christian laymen a challenge. Charter officers led the first year. The meeting, in the social room, included a dinner served by church ladies.
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Cork St. Christian Church
Maurice Blosser
Joseph Cox
Robert A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Ray Blosser
Paul Owen
Robert Hockman
Wallace Vote To Be Decisive for GOP Victory
Washington January 20 Republican national committee men voiced confidence that Wallace entering the race could swing the Democratic vote this fall toward electing a GOP president for the first time in twenty years. As the committee met to approve a campaign budget and allocate delegates for the June Philadelphia nominating convention National Chairman Carroll Reece called Wallace's entry a spur to desperate efforts.
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Seven-room house theft reported by war veteran in Detroit
Detroit police joined James C. Peterson in a search for his partly built seven-room ranch home stolen from its foundations. The 38 year old veteran said he completed the frame work and walls before leaving on vacation three weeks ago, estimating about $3000 spent.
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James C. Peterson
Peterson
Army Price Hikes Cost $250 Million, Senate Hearing
Col. Philip Smith told the Senate banking committee that a 30 percent rise in supplies over nine months cost the Army about 250 million dollars. He urged price controls at wholesale as most beneficial to the armed services, though he stressed the remark was his own. The hearing discussed inflation bills and meat rationing, with leaders outlining positions on price ceilings and the use of existing powers.
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Cologne General Strike Sparks Unrest Across Zones
Cologne calls for a 24 hour general strike with other German areas showing spontaneous work stoppages over food shortages. British American Bitonia resentment grows over Ruhr allocations. Neo Fascist gangs attack Communist quarters in Bavaria and smashing windows of Communist officials near Passau on the Austrian border.
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Two Chinese Divisions Desert to Communists Reported
A Mukden dispatch says two divisions of China's Fifth Army defected to the Communists with officers and equipment. Rivalry between two government military cliques hampers China's bid to wrest a Manchurian corridor from the Reds.
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State Sen Byrd Assigned to Four Committees
State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. receives committee assignments for the current General Assembly session. He is named to Finance General Laws Roads and Internal Navigation and Nominations.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd Jr
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Pauley Demands Senate Prove Inside Charge
Edwin W Pauley demands Senate prove he used government information for personal gain or admit he profited in commodity markets by business ability He says records show profits were legal and ethical and public records reveal three year commodity gains of 932703 with most holdings liquidated since taking the Army post He testified before the inquiry and will appear again with Harold E Stassen in a probe into insiders profiting from official information.
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Edwin W. Pauley
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Pauley
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Royall
Bridges
Sen. Ferguson
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Farm Worker Held In Parentage Case In Wise County
Norton Va January 20 a Tacoma farm worker Fritz McAmis 43 was jailed in Wise county after his stepson daughter gave birth to a four pound girl Sheriff Howard L Fleming said Mrs McAmis swore out a warrant charging McAmis as the parent of her daughter's baby The case centers on a parentage allegation involving the 12 year old stepdaughter.
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Norton
Tacoma
Wise County
Howard L. Fleming
Fritz McAmis
Virginia General Assembly Begins Work on Budget Bill
Virginia's 1948 General Assembly convened with Gov. Tuck's budget and reform plans in the hopper. Committees will shape hundreds of measures including budget recommendations, measures on banking, charity, and state government reorganization as sessions resume.
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Tuck
Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Gov. Tuck
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