First of Gov. Battle's Legislative Recommendations Are Introduced
The first emergency bills for local school construction funding of 45 million dollars were introduced in the Virginia General Assembly. Governor Battle plans fast action with co patrons in both House and Senate as hearings on the 597 million dollar budget proceed. The article notes sales tax discussion and no current repeal of the poll tax by the governor.
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Gov. Battle
Richmond
Battle
General Assembly
House
Senate
Robert O. Norris
Finance Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Committee
Adams
Norris
Institutions of Higher Learning
Jack W. Witten
Tazewell
Witten
Virginia
Samuel E. Pope
Southampton
House Committee
Russell County
Roy B. Davis
Halifax
John W. Fletcher
Honaker
Turner A. Gilmer
Lebanon
Gilmer
Local Men Create Color Converters for TV Sets
Two local men built color converters costing 45 cents each to view CBS channel 9. Phil Whitney and Harry Nelson demonstrated a cardboard wheel with red blue and green cellophane spun before the TV to produce color pictures. The tests run by three companies aim for FCC approval within two years.
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Phil Whitney
CBS
Washington
Harry Albert Nelson
Governor Battle Focuses on Virginia School Funding
In his inaugural address Governor John S. Battle pledges immediate construction of new school buildings and higher teacher salaries. He aims to strengthen fundamentals, vows a school system second to none, and criticizes the current lack of emphasis on core subjects in Virginia schools.
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Virginia
John S. Battle
Richmond
Bands Seize Batavia City in West Java Attack
Rebel guerrillas led by a former Dutch captain seized Batavia's key centers in Bandoeng and the surrounding mountain city. About 600 guerrillas, including Dutch Indonesian corps deserters, reportedly captured the army headquarters and the telephone exchange while federal forces held out in the city’s north. Dutch and Indonesian troops prepared coordinated action against the first major challenge to the United States of Indonesia venture.
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Jakarta
Batavia
Tagel
West Java
Bandoeng
United States of Indonesia
Local Man Nabbed in Florida After Escape
Sheriff W. W. Smallwood Jr. and Trooper J. H. Wood traveled from Berryville to Bartow Florida to recapture a Clarke County prisoner charged with non support desertion and jumping 500 bond. The fugitive reportedly left four children and his wife is dead.
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W. W. Smallwood, Jr
J. H. Wood
Berryville
Bartow, Fla
Clarke County
Freeman
Round Hill Center Plans for Top Hillbilly Entertainers
Round Hill Center will host a program featuring national Hillbilly entertainers at the new community center dedicated last week. Proceeds from suppers and social hours will help pay the $8,000 building debt. Donations at the dedication totaled $440. Speakers included County Superintendent R. E. Ayler and Stephens City High School principal Paul Beable.
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New Round Hill
R. E. Ayler
Paul Beable
Stephens City High School
James C. Gordon
Stephens City
Middletown
Earl Cather
John Larrick
Charges Leveled Against Judge Bazile in Virginia Debate
Richmond. Delegate William J. Gibson accused Judge Leon M. Bazile of misconduct and urged a House investigation. Hanover delegate Edmund deJarnette admitted difficulty answering but supported inquiry. Caroline’s Frank Beazley defended Bazile as highly qualified. Goolrick and Butzner, aligned with Bazile, supported his side during a recent controversy.
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Richmond
William J. Gibson
Fredericksburg
House of Delegates
Leon M. Bazile
15Th
House
Bazile
Gibson
Edmund T. deJarnette
Hanover
Frank Beazley
Caroline
Virginia
C. O'Connor Goolrick
J. D. Butzner
Goolrick
Butzner
Accident Patient Improves After Rt 50 Roll Over
Harold Dunn, hospitalized in Clarke county after a 1947 Dodge overturned on Rt 50, was reported conscious and making satisfactory progress. State Trooper J H Wood said three soldiers riding with him were uninjured. the car was reportedly demolished after the non collision accident.
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Harold Dunn
Rt. 50
Clarke County
J. H. Wood
Dunn
Winchester Blood Drive Set With 68th Pint Donation
Frank Halliwell of Arena Pennsylvania will donate his 68th pint at the Presbyterian Church during the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit in Winchester. He has given 7 pints in 12 states over eight years and urges others to register, noting the local quota is 100 pints and only 33 registrations have been recorded.
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Red Cross
Frank Halliwell
Arena
Halliwell
George Washington Hotel
American Legion
Presbyterian Church
Bloodmobile
Winchester
Virginia
Zanesville, Ohio
Childrens Hospital
Columbus
Ohio
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Ind
Kenneth Patton
Legion Committee
Rat Survey Planned in Winchester and Frederick County
Health officer Dr. Paul Chapman announced a rat infestation survey for Winchester and Frederick County on January 30 31 and February 1. A Federal loaned rodent control expert will conduct the survey from Norfolk with aid from Conley Weston of Richmond. The study will assess the city dump and then guide control measures.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Paul Chapman
Chapman
Virginia Department of Health
Norfolk
Conley Weston
Richmond
Health Department
Hiss to Appeal Perjury Conviction Next Wednesday
Alger Hiss, convicted of perjury and linked to prewar Soviet spies, will appeal immediately after sentencing in Federal Court. Defense counsel Claude B. Cross said the appeal will be filed with the U S Circuit Court of Appeals, with possible grounds not disclosed.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Roosevelt
Yalta
Hiss
Claude B. Cross
Brookline
Mass
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cross
Circuit Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
U. S
U.S
Henry W. Goddard
Alan Hale Dies at 57 Veteran Film Character Actor
Hollywood announces the death of Alan Hale at 57 after a virus infection and liver ailment. Hale, a 39 year motion picture veteran, died in Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital following a Helena premiere trip. Survivors include his widow Gretchen Hale and daughters Karen and Jeanne. Hale appeared in about 200 films and played Little John in Robin Hood films.
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Alan Hale
Hale
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Helena
Mont
Montana
Gretchen Hale
Karen
Jeanne
Little John
Douglas Fairbank
Erro' Flynn
Robin Hood
Washington, D.C
Old
Philadelphia Bulletin
David Wark Griffith
Old Lub Company
Philadelphia
Villian
Truman proposes broad tax cuts and revenue shifts
President Truman outlines a plan to cut seven excise taxes without specifying amounts and to offset losses by closing loopholes. He targets oil and mineral depletion allowances and calls for higher corporate, estate, and gift taxes to raise about 1 billion dollars annually for the government.
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Associated Press
Truman
Attempt to End Coal Strike Fails
Pittsburgh report shows John L. Lewis district officials fail to end the no contract no work strike in seven soft coal states. About 37 000 of 90 000 miners indicated willingness to return to work, but pickets blocked many from resuming production.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
West Virginia
Cecil J. Urbaniak
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Pennsylvana
Steel
Ohio
Kentucky
Duquesne Light Co
Alaska Bill Blocks FEPC Debate Today
Washington House action blocks immediate debate on President Truman's fair employment practices measure. Speaker Rayburn shifts focus by recognizing Alaska bill under 21 day rule, delaying FEPC amid rules fight and a stalled foreign bill move.
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Washington
House
Truman
Rayburn
Peterson
D-Fla
Alaska
FEPC
Kee
D-W Va
Foreign Affairs Committee
Rules Committee
Lesinski
D-Mich
Labor Committee
Truman calls for huge tax boosts on corporations and estates
President Truman asked Congress to enact a broad tax program featuring a billion-dollar rise in taxes on corporations estates and large gifts while cutting excise taxes and closing loopholes. He urged revenue replacement for any cuts and outlined planned changes to corporate estate and gift tax rules.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Treasury Department
Tucker Cleared In Fraud Case
Preston Tucker and six associates were found innocent of federal charges tied to a 28 million venture to mass produce a rear engine automobile. The jury delivered a verdict after 17 hours of deliberation on 73 government witnesses presented over three months.
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Chicago
Tucker Corporation
Preston T. Tucker
Tucker
The
Cliff Knoble
Mammoth Confidence
Group Told U S May Enter Pact
The Truman Administration urged Senate hearings on a United Nations genocide pact, asserting U S constitutional authority to join the genocide convention. Solicitor General Philip B. Perlman said the Justice Department finds no constitutional bar to U S participation and referenced the June submission of the agreement for consideration.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Philip B. Perlman
Senate Foreign Relations
Justice Department
United States
Senate Group
Killing of ABC investigator leads to murder charges
State police report the capture of Watts Burton and Mar Zie Mamie Dillon for the murder near Bland of Floyd F. Vincent an ABC board agent. The suspects are from Bland Route 3, with Dillon identified as Burton’s common law wife. Detectives also note a $1.5 million Brink’s raid where nail files or pens opened six doors to the cashier’s cage. A missing New York nightclub entertainer Juanita Eden Patine, 28, was found in Fredericksburg and treated at Maryporters after being reported missing a week earlier by her sister Anita Eden.
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Boston
Brink
Predericksburg
New York
Mary Porters
Juanita Eden Patine
Anita Eden
Hearing Postponed On Coal Mine Work Week Injunction
A Federal District Court granted a six day delay in the government bid to end the three day work week in soft coal mines. The hearing moved from Thursday to Wednesday February 1.
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Washington
Federal District Court
Gordon Gray Named for North Carolina University Post
Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray has been chosen by a nominating committee to serve as president of the Greater University of North Carolina in Raleigh. The selection aims to lead a major state higher education project and expand regional cooperation.
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Raleigh
N. C
Secretary
Army
Gordon Gray
University of North Caro
Strike Appears Certain As CIO Union Warns Of Mass Phone Walkout
The CIO's Communications Workers foresees a nationwide telephone strike and urges its parent CIO body to mobilize all 6,000,000 members. They threaten to flood the system with calls to disable automatic equipment if a strike occurs.
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Washington
CIO
Driving Midwest Lowland Dwellers From Homes
A major midwest food threat forced about 3 500 people from their homes along the lower river. The crisis uprooted families and strained local relief efforts as authorities worked to secure shelter and aid.
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Midwest
Eee River
Diamond Theft Reported at Core Laboratories
A theft in Greenville Texas involves missing diamonds valued between 50000 and 75000 dollars from Core Laboratories during a Saturday vacation period. Police are investigating and seeking information on the missing gems and any suspects.
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Greenville
Tex
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