Virginia Must Combat Alcoholism Says News Leader
The Richmond News Leader urges the Virginia State Hospital Board to establish a farm hospital for alcoholics as a rational response to 15000 current patients. It argues partial custody for 400 or 500 with medical oversight could relieve the system and calls for using Alcoholic Beverage Control profits to fund treatment plus expert national guidance.
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Richmond News-Leader
State Hospital Board
News-Leader
Virginia
General Assembly
Biddle Dropped From UN Post Nomination
The newspaper endorses President Truman for withdrawing Francis Biddle's nomination as the U S representative on the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It notes Biddle faced Senate opposition and his record as attorney general was not impressive for political aims. Tom Clark replaces him.
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Truman
Francis Biddlee
Pennylvania
United States
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Biddle
Senate
Department of Justice
Poland and Czechoslovakia Decline Paris Plan Push
The article notes Poland and Czechoslovakia refuse participation in the Paris conference on the Marshall Plan. It recalls 1938 39 Munich and the outbreak of war, then observes these nations now lie under Soviet domination, crushed between two armed camps.
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Britain
France
Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
Adolph Hitler
Munich
Great Britain
Germany
Czechom@lovakia
Russia
Hitler
Thanks to John L. Lewis for a defiant ultimatum
The current opinion praises Lewis for demanding a contract clause that voids a Taft Hartley provision allowing suits for damages when unions break contracts. It portrays his demand as a bid for dictatorship and aims to exempt miners from existing law, urging gratitude for the stand.
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John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States
Colleges offer courses on family life says Dr. Popenoe
Dr. Paul Popenoe of the American Institute of Family Relations says over six hundred colleges and universities teach family life while some courses are more historical than practical. He argues many women graduates do not marry and divorced rates rise among those who marry. He urges education on courtship mate selection harmony in marriage finances child guidance and relations with parents and in-laws. He concedes some need for guidance in life problems.
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Paul Popenoe
American Institute of Family Relations
Popenoe
Egg predates chicken says Romer in evolution talk
Harvard University scientist Prof Alfred S Romer told peers that the egg came first in evolution. He cited hard shelled eggs as a key step allowing reptiles to lay eggs on land, freeing them from water and enabling evolution toward mammals and birds, including the chicken.
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Alfred S. Romer
Harvard University
Rhyme For Some Adults Satirizes Star Song In Print
A humorous note in the St. Louis Post Dispatch lampoons a familiar nursery rhyme reimagining Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with a cheeky adult tone. The playful piece contrasts childlike verses with grown up innuendo for comic effect.
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Little Star
Virginia News Roundup From The Year 1946
Frank Minor resigned as office manager of National Fruit Products Co in Winchester to focus on personal affairs. E Blackburn Moore elected chairman of the Virginia State Apple Commission at its Richmond meeting. Winchester golf club sits third in the Bi State league. Leslie Foster announces local Tuberculosis Assn chapter formation. About 12 000 Virginians arrested for exceeding the new 40 mile speed limit. Cherry crop movement toward canning and freezing plants disrupts picking. Holmes Gruber Lewis Gruber Robert Marple and Loring Cannell narrowly escaped a lightning bolt that struck near them in a field.
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Frank Minor
National Fruit Products Co
Winchester
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
Virginia State Apple Commission
Richmond
Winchester Golf Club
Leslie Foster
The
State Tuberculosis Assn
Virginia
Holmes Gruber
Lewis Gruber
Robert
Harry Marple
Loring Cannell
Page picks manager at Lewis Jones Knitting Co
W. Nelson Page named manager to replace Arthur Leafe who retires due to ill health. Woodstock defeats Winchester 4 to 1 before a large crowd in an afternoon game. L Marshall Baker grants Bunker Hill Boy Scouts permission to camp on his Capon River reservation. E G Buck erects vitrifed brick streets in Winchester and is sought by Hagerstown for services. Cumberland Valley Railroad begins summer track cleanup along its line.
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W. Nelson Page
Lewis Jones Knitting Company
Arthur Leafe
Woodstock
Winchester
L. Marshall Baker
W. Va
Boy Scouts
Bunker Hill
Capon River
Hagerstown
Cumberland Valley Railroad Co
Harrison Byrd to Speak at Nelson Theatre Opening
Rep Burr P Harrison and Harry F Byrd Jr both of Winchester will speak at the Mt Jackson Nelson theatre opening tomorrow night. Tom Baldridge will act as master of ceremonies with a Mt Jackson band concert from 6:30 to 7:30. The theatre owned by State Senator Burgess Nelson was closed since last March 9 after a fire razed it.
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Burr P. Harrison
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester
New Nelson Theatre
Mt. Jackson
Tom Baldridge
Burgess Nelson
Strength For The Day
When life seems hard recall history’s sterling figures like Socrates and Jesus. Their suffering and injustice tested character and obedience, showing tribulation can refine souls and help imperfect people grow toward greater strength.
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Socrates
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus
Joil
How's Your I Q Seven Quiz Questions Page 2
A reader quiz asks about Plato Apology life future, Washington State election winner, gods fed on ambrosia and nectar, NMU meaning, rural Ireland fuel, E-boat naval vessel type, armadillo’s gait, sentence correction, Alaska river length, Carnoustie golf winner, and Maine potato starch figure.
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Washington State
Ireland
Alaska
Carnoustie
Scotland
Baptists Rout Presbyterians 21 to 6 in Softball
The Baptist softball team defeated the Presbyterian senior church nine 21 to 6 with Gerbig pitching for the winners and Tillotsom opposing. A Cork Street Christian Catholic game was postponed due to rough diamond conditions on Virginia Avenue. Junior division saw Braddock Street Methodists forfeiting to United Brethren 9 to 0.
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Presbyterian
Gerbig
Tillotsom
Cork Street
Virginia Avenue
Braddock Street Methodists
United Brethren
Montague Avenue
Highland Avenues
Hunter Maddox
Former Gun Club Site to Host New Teams
The former gun club site at Rouss Springs will be used by teams that previously played on the Virginia Avenue diamond, reallocating facilities for upcoming schedules and competitions.
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Gun Club
Rouss Springs
Virginia Avenue
U. S. Plans Press for Reform in China
Peiping July 15 Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer named to a fact finding mission seen as showing U S policy in China has moved away from drift Two options discussed include pulling out of China or taking steps to secure unity and democracy as urged by President Truman and allied ministers
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Peiping
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
United States
Truman
U.S. urged to back reforms in China civil war context
Reports from Nanking indicate U S officials favor reforms in land rents and ownership to widen civilian support while avoiding full military backing for the Chinese government in its civil war. The goal is to press for broad popular backing.
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China
United States
Chinese Troops Reenter North China Front Near Tientsin
Dispatches report Chinese troops reentered the Tientsin Pukow area thirty three miles south of Tsinan as government forces advanced. The communists withdrew in the face of superior government strength.
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Tientsin-Pukow
Tsinan
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Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester, Va
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National Representatives DeLisser, Inc
44Th St
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Mr. Biddle
Do. Clark
Francis Biddle
Richmond News Leader
Southwest Virginia Enterprise
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Harrison
Byrd
Nelson Theater
I.Q
Maine
American Severn
Chas. W. Webber
Charlottesville
Greyhound Terminal
N. Braddock St
Baptists
Presbyterians
U. S
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Frederick
State of
State Corporation Commission
Eerree
Cate Oes
Paul M. Haldeman
Virginia Loan and Thrift Corp
Sta of Virginia
Percy D. Miller
H. C. Sheetz
R. M. Swimley
County of
Pat. M. Haldeman
Elener Stimmel
Nanking
Chi
Valley Weatherstrip and
Cc. B. Smalts & 8On
National Avenue
Grove’s
Davenport
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Loudoun St
Life of Virginia Policyowners
Life of Virginia Field Representatives
Life Insurance Company of
America
Life of Virginia
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Bradford H. Walker
Robert E. Henley
G. B. Masters
Bell Building
N. Loudoun St
C. Ridgely White
Rouss Ave
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