Senate advances veterans merit pay and court session rule
In Richmond Virginia the Senate passed the Pitts Medley bill granting 5 and 10 point veteran differentials on state job exams for WWI and WWII veterans. A joint constitutional amendment to relocate Supreme Court sessions to Richmond was approved. The House heard Delegate Whitehead attack revenue estimates and discussed liquor rationing bills and two gallon per person monthly caps after rationing ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Senate
House of Delegates
Robert Whitehead
Nelson
House
Senate
Supreme Court of Appeals
Whitehead
Wolf
Crockett
Paul Crockett
Stuart B. Campbell
Wythe County
Gibson
General Laws Committee
E. W. Dodd
Botetourt
Craig Counties
State Board of Examiners
Virginia Nurses’ Association
Dodd
State Board
Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Charles T. Moses
Appomattox
Harry C. Stuart
Russell
Candidates Must File By Feb 1 for Winchester Council
Local Democratic primary candidates for Winchester must file with Noble C. Pierce, acting chair, by February 1. Six council seats are up for election.
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Winchester
Noble C. Pierce
Democratic Committee
Welcome Home Walter bag Clark Gienn P Combs
Local men are thanked for public aid as residents welcome Walter bag Clark Gienn P Combs home. The notice notes community recognition and expresses appreciation for those aiding in the effort.
For Sale Wood Stove Length Oates Lum Yard
Classified note offers wood for sale from Oates Lum Yard with contact telephone 6414. Indicates stove length and location details for buyers.
Discuss Italian Boundaries In the postwar conference in London
Deputy foreign ministers from victors begin detailed talks on Italy borders with France Austria and Yugoslavia. Austria submits a written brief on South Tyrol. France seeks minor border changes including the Acosta Valley. A Yugoslav frontier issue awaits a joint report from a four-nation committee.
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London
Italy
France
Austria
Yugoslavia
South
Tyrol
Acosta
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Venezia Giulia
Mill Workers Vote For Union Affiliation At Winchester Mills
The Winchester Knitting Mills vote shows 66 of 81 employees favor representation by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union AFL for collective bargaining. NLRB supervisor Mr. Bolver oversaw the election. a CIO affiliate withdrew beforehand.
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Winchester Knitting Mills
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
AFL
John J. Warner
Bolver
NLRB
United Construction Workers
CIO
Iran Iran Iran Iranian dispute on UN council hearing
The UN Security Council opened its first major hearing on a dispute between sovereign nations over Iran. Soviet aide Vishinsky questioned grounds for action while Iran's new premier Qavam Es Saltaneh and delegate Taqizadeh sought council discussion to avoid international friction. The United States may be drawn in as tensions between Tehran Moscow and London over Greece and Indonesia surface.
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Union
Andréi Y. Vishinsky
Ahmed Qavam Es Saltaneh
Tehran
Ibrahim Hakimi
UNO
Moscow
United States
Russia
Ukraine
Britain
Greece
Indonesia
Iran
Cold Spell Eases Some In City
After two cold nights the temperature in the city began to rise slowly. The low last night and Saturday was nine degrees at the Winchester Research Laboratory. High yesterday reached 35 and was rising this afternoon. Snow accompanied the cold Saturday night with light snowfall in the Lakes region and northern Wisconsin and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Associated
Ess
Lakes
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New York
Maine
South
North Pacific States
Northwest
Rockies
Strother Selected New President of Frederick Council of Churches
The Frederick County Council of Churches elected B. F. Strother of White Hall as president for the year, succeeding H. A. Snapp. Officers named include R. E. Ayler as vice president J. Floyd Wine as secretary and P. E. Lineburg as treasurer. A report showed 660 students at six program schools and a fund balance of 233.19 after paying the executive secretary 168 in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
R. E. Ayler
Stephens City
J. Floyd Wine
Winchester
P. E. Lineburg
Lineburg
Steel Strike to Idle Thousands of Workers Soon
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the CIO United Steelworkers strike enters its eighth day with 750000 workers affected. Auto and auto parts industries risk nearly 250000 idle by week’s end as government officials weigh settlement options and industry splits between peace and fight factions persist.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United
Washington
Administration
Istrike
Ford
Chrysler
Prediction of Japanese attack timing to Admiral Kimmel
Capt Elis M Zacharias testified that in March 1941 he predicted to Rear Adm Kimmel that Japan would start a war with a Sunday morning fleet strike from the north by carrier planes, then retreat. He said the attack would mirror Pearl Harbor and noted an alternate but less likely airstrike via seaplanes.
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Washington
Elis M. Zacharias
EF. Kimmels
United States
Joint
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
W. W. Smith
Zacharias
Hawaiian
Meat Headed Back to America's Dinner Tables
Chicago reports the resumption of slaughtering in 134 packing plants seized by the Agriculture Department as strikes end. Most of the 248 000 AFL CIO meat workers expected to return. deliveries may lag 24 48 hours while carcasses are hung. Some New York drivers will not return amid overtime pay dispute.
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Chicago
America
AFL
CIO
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ralph A. Walter
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Walter
New York City
AFL Teamsters Union
New York
Swift, Armour and Wilson
Social Security Expansion Urged
The Federal Security Agency urged expanding Social Security to benefit veterans with insurance credits for time in uniform as part of a national system. The Social Security Board's 10th annual report calls for medical cost insurance, a single national unemployment program, broader coverage, and weekly benefits of at least 25 dollars.
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Wawshington
Uniform
Federal Security Agency
Social Security Board
Congress
Tydings Urges World Disarmament Conference Action
Senator Tydings filed a resolution calling for an immediate world disarmament conference to avert an atomic world war. He warned UN control may fail and urged civilian policy making with military liaison when needed. Dr Davies testified for 1,500 scientists opposing military control of atomic policy.
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Washington
Tydings
D.-Md
Senate
Truman
Cor Eall
Maryland
United Nations Action For
United Nations Organization
Senate Committee On Atomic Energy
Harrison Davies
Federation of Atomic Scientists
Davies
Winchester
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Ard
Advises Against Labor Baiting Bill Amid Senate Hearing
Harold C. Havighurst a labor law professor told the Senate Labor Committee that enacting labor baiting legislation could push the nation toward civil war. He urged support for President Truman's fact finding proposal with subpoenas and a 30 day cooling off period for strikes, contrasting House plans lacking subpoenas or cooling off.
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Washington
Harold C. Havighurst
Havighurst
Senate Committee
Truman
House Committee
Ball
R.minn
Hatch
Fires Take A Toll of 25 Lives Across Nation
A nationwide spate of fires claimed 25 lives with Kansas City reporting 10 dead and four injured in an apartment blaze. Six children perished. a four months old infant died in a separate Chicago incident. Other fatal fires occurred in Skowhegan Maine Monroe Louisiana Charleston West Virginia and Columbia Tennessee. A ship fire near New York Harbor and a lakeside cottage blaze in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin added to the toll.
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Kansas City
Elem
Skowhegan
Chicago
Monroe
Charleston
W. Va
Columbia
Tenn
New York Harbor
Jacob Luckenbach
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Unfair Labor Practices Case Against GM Is Opened
DETROIT, Jan. 28. Government counsel opened an unfair labor practices case against General Motors before trial examiner Gerard D. Reilly. The NLRB says GM refused to bargain in good faith as the UAW CIO strike entered its 69th day. Evidence will include wage increases at other automakers, such as Ford and Chrysler, to compare offers with GM.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Harold A. Cranefield
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors
Gerard D. Reilly
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Cranefield
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corp
Uaw-Cio
NLRB
UAW
Walter
Confession Re reveals Slaying of Wife by Eggers and Bowers
The two men confessed to killing Dorothy Eggers and described attempts to discard body parts. Eggers said he burned Dorothy’s head and hands in an incinerator at home while admitting the act occurred in the morning, claiming it was illegal to burn after noon.
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Bowers Eggers
Eggers
Dorothy
Salvation Army Mortgage Burned in Winchester Ceremony
E. E. Harbaugh addressed a capacity crowd at Salvation Army headquarters Saturday night praising the mortgage burn while Mayor Anderson sent a congratulatory message read by Andrew Bell. The annual maintenance drive under Ed L. Molden nears completion with $1,200 still needed to reach the $5,850 goal. The women’s division led by Mrs. A. C. Halvosa submitted an report.
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E. E. Harbaugh
Salva Army
Winchester
Clyde Koon
Andrew Bell
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
C. R. Anderson
Army
Salvation Army
L. Molden
A. C. Halvosa
War Crimes Court Told of Children Thrown Into Furnaces
Mme Marie Claude Vaillant Couturier testified at the International Military Tribunal about Auschwitz and Oswiecim gas chambers. She described trains, selection, and children hurled alive into furnaces, with doctors conducting sterilization experiments as bands played on the platform.
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Mernberg
Oscheim
Auschwitz
International Military Tribunal
Mme
Marie Claude Vaillant- Couturier
Nce
Constituent Assembly
War Crimes Court
Auschwitz Station
Farm Sale Notice at Dr WD Lyers Farm
Feb sale ad notes a farm sale at Dr WD Lyers Farm with details on page two of today's issue. The readable fragment indicates an auction or sale event set for February 1.
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Lyers’ Farm
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Halifax
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr
London Foreign Office
Kerr
Earl of Halifax
International
B. F. Strother
Frederick Council of Churches
Stonewall
Gore
Gainesboro
Miller
Ayler
Julian L. Larrick
C. G. Wilkins
R. E. Aylor
Mars
Meat
Sen
Atomic Committee
Northwestern University
Senate Labor Committee
Rules Committee
Herbert H. Lehman
UNRRA
Sir Frederick Morgan
Sir Frederick
Poland
Lehman
The
Associated Press
Winchester Evening Star
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