Byrnes Paris Bound to Attend Peace Conference Opening
Secretary of State Byrnes heads to Paris for the 21 nation peace conference amid early tensions with Molotov over Soviet Hungary reparations and Balkan policy. Truman will accompany Byrnes with other officials aboard the plane for the opening session and Palestine deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrnes
Paris
Molotov
Hungary
United States
Europe
Balkan
State Department
Italy
Bulgaria
Romanian
Finland
Truman
Washington
White House
Vinson
Palestine
Russia
Britain
France
Danube
Bevin Ill. Atlee To Attend Paris Peace Conference
London July 27 The British Foreign Office said Foreign Secretary Bevin is ill and ordered to rest. Prime Minister Atlee will replace Bevin and attend the Paris Peace Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bevin
Atlee
Paris
London
British Foreign Office
Ernestnest Bevin
Berryville Man Killed by Car. Driver Cleared in Inquest
Robert Burner, 27, of near Berryville, was struck and killed about 8 30 by a car driven by Julian C. Garrison of Washington DC on Route 7 near Oak Grove Station. Garrison was charged with involuntary manslaughter but the case was dismissed. coroner Frank E. Tappan ruled instantaneous death. Burner was son of Mr and Mrs John Burner of Berryville and Jefferson County West Virginia, survived by eight siblings. Funeral arrangements pending at John H. Enders Funeral Home in Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Burner
Berryville
Julian C. Garrison
Washington, D. C
Oak Grove
Garrison
C Street
Washington
Loring C. Kackley
H. W. Glascock
Winchester
Burner
Glascock
Frank E. Tappan
Clarke Y
John Burner
Clarke County
Jefferson County
W. Va
Agar
John
James Burner
Edgar Burner
Rippon
Willie Chapman
Annie Cunningham
Dorothy Boyer
Sheperdstown
Carrie Waters
John H. Enders
Sidney Allen Locke
Norfolk and Western
Boyce
Locke
F. E. Tappan
Lock
Frank Steppe
Gainesboro
Martin Steppe
Yee
Steppe
W. W. Smallwood
Jews May Insist On Admission Of 100000 Refugees
Jewish sources in Paris indicate immediate admission of 100000 Jews to Palestine could be a prerequisite for any Jewish acceptance of a British American cabinet plan for partition. The decision hinges on the Jewish Agency executive meeting in Paris on Monday and may affect the plan’s fate. Byrnes announced the plan in Washington and indicated government approval, while London offered no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Palestine
Holy Land
Jewish Agency
Europe
United States Committee of Inquiry
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Washington
London
Byrnes
United Nations
Virginia Republicans Gather in Roanoke for Taft Visit
Virginia Republicans pack Roanoke for a state convention to nominate a candidate for the unexpired Carter Glass term. Several Virginians are discussed as potential nominees, with Roy Wolfe likely to be chosen as temporary chairman. Robert Taft will be the keynote speaker at 2 p.m. with the convention setting the slate to face a Democrat in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
United States
Carter Glass
Roy Wolfe
Gate City
State Executive Committee
Robert Taft
Ohio
Parsons
Harry F. Byrd
Martin A. Hutchinson
Richmond Sawyer
Richmond
Roby Thompson
Fred C. Parks
Abingdon
Ralph Lincoln
Marion
John Locke Green
Arlington County
Ted Dalton
Radford
Frank Angell
E. Dulaney
U S Troops And Jews Clash In Germany
In Bavaria near Munich clashes erupted between displaced persons Jews and German civilians. A Jew was killed and six Germans wounded before American troops restored order. A second and third wave wounded seven Jews as U S troops quelled the unrest at Wolfrathausen, where Jewish aggression included spitting on military police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Bavaria
Wolfrathausen
Munich
U. S. Third Army
United States
Community Chest Meeting Scheduled for Monday
C Ridgely White, acting head of the Winchester Frederick County Community Chest steering committee, announces a general meeting Monday at 8 PM in the Corporation Court room, Rouss City Hall, to elect directors and approve the constitution and by laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ridgely White
Winchester- Frederick
Waynesboro Furniture Strike Settled In Virginia
The Basic Witz Furniture Industries strike affecting Waynesboro and Staunton plants is settled. About 450 workers idle since June 20 will return to work on Monday July 29 after a 15 cent hourly wage increase, a closed shop, and job classifications were the disputed issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Witz Furniture Industries
Staunton
Summer dresses cut in half at Modern Age Shoppe
In a clearance sale the shop advertises summer dresses reduced by half. Also listed are radios and a tube super heterodyne table set by Geo W Kurtz. A reward offer for an Electric Voice microphone and guitar foot control lost in Ridgeway West Virginia last Saturday night July 20. A 4 H Club yard party announced at Whitacre Church July 27. Cocker spaniel puppies for sale by Charles Strasburg Virginia. Mill hours note: Friday half day and Saturday noon closing at OOK Flour Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Kurtz
Ridgeway
W. Va
Martinsburg
Whitacre Church
Charles A
OPA Machinery Is Humming In Washington
Washington July 27 OPA resumes activity after a 25 day lapse and restores ceiling prices to June 30 levels for new and used cars though higher prices on new cars will come. Rent and price control offices awaited official instructions as offices prepared to enforce the revived act and Porter warned clothing prices may rise while the agency issues new orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Green Washington
OPA
Vivian Johnson
Truman
Winchester
Area Rent Control
Strasburg
Johnson
William Hollis
Rent Control Office
Washington
Paul A. Porter
Porter
ABC
Winchester maps distributed by Andrew Bell reach nationwide
Andrew Bell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, announced 50 000 Winchester maps printed and ready for distribution. The two sided 16 by 22 inch booklet maps are being mailed to major cities including San Francisco Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Camden Albany Nashville and more. The folders also advertise Skyline Drive and include a city map with historic sites churches hotels tours offices population 14500 and area 4 310 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
United States
Bell
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Camden
N. J
Albany
Nashville
Skyline Drive
Senate to probe shield for Garsson case in Chem Warfare inquiry
Senate War Investigating Committee plans an inquiry into whether Chemical Warfare Service officers shielded Army Captain Murray Garsson from dangerous service. Senator Kilgore urged witnesses, including Garsson, and questioned orders to keep him safe. The probe also seeks fixes for profit loopholes in military contracts and reviews with Comptroller General Lindsay Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Chemical Warfare Service
Murray Garsson
Munitions Company
Senate War Investigating Committee
Kilgore
D.-W.va
Joseph Garsson
Garsson
George Meader
Young Garsson
Midwest Munitions Combine
Rep
May
D.-Ky
House Military Committee
Lindsa Warren
Mead
War Investigating Committee
Warren
General Accounting Office
Garsson Munitons
Government Tired of Mining Coal Says Krug in Broadcast
Secretary of the Interior Krug declared the government is tired of mining coal and aims to return the mines to private owners by fall. He spoke on a Mutual radio broadcast and said he will urge President Truman to veto the Tide lands Oil Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stuart peace proposal heads to Nanking talks
P U S ambassador John Leighton Stuart travels from Washington to Kuling to join Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and special envoy George C. Marshall for weekend discussions aimed at breaking the deadlocked peace negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Nanking
P.U
John Leighton Stuart
China
Kuling
Chiang Ka-Shek
George C. Marshall
Congress Calls for Adjournment of 79th Congress
Washington July 27 The House passed a resolution calling for adjournment of the 79th Congress next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
House
79Th Congress
Georgia Offers High Reward For Mob Slayers of Negroes
Governor Ellis Arnall announced rewards totaling more than 10000 dollars for information leading to arrests and convictions of participants in the Walton County mob killings. He ordered state police to stay to aid local authorities as he condemned the massacre and urged swift federal and state action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Atlanta
Ellis Arnal
Walton Coun
Walton County
Ferreuini
Arnall
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Monroe
William E. Spence
JBI
George Dorsey
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Jack Gautier
Macon
Talmadge
Cheyenne
Wyo
Marcantono
Al-Ny
Truman
Old Subscribers Of Star Continue In Happy Family
Gerrardstown residents PF Trimble and RA Trimble have kept The Star since 1906. J W Cammer reports owning the first Star folded by the power press in 1900, his family subscribers since 1896. E M DeHaven, now in Washington DC, praises The Star after years with the Evening Times and reporting for The Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Happy Family
John Sloat
E. M. DeHaven
Washington, D. C
The
Old Evening Times
Siler
Times
DeHaven
Axtell With Truman's Backing Opens Campaign
Enos A. Axtell, backed by President Truman, opened his bid for the Fifth Congressional District seat. He pledged not to embarrass the President by voting with reactionaries while criticizing Roger C. Slaughter as ultra conservative aligned with organized wealth. He said he would not blindly support all administration measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Enos A. Axtell
Truman
Roger C. Slaughter
Fifth Congressional District
Axtell
Slaughter
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Antiques Auction at Winchester with Phone 7161
Antiques auction set for Thursday August 1 starting 10 a m at 7 S Braddock St Second Floor Winchester Virginia Headley’s Auctions. Also Brannon's Cleaners advertises new phone number 7161 Berryville Ave City Limit open till 8 p.m. Delicatessen Store offers ready cooked meats salads relishes 24 hour service at 16 South Braddock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Braddock
Winchester
Headley’s Auctions
Brannon’s Cleaners
Berryville Ave
South Braddock
Texas Democrats Closing Bitter Campaign Today
Texas Democrats and hundreds of officials close a bitter race with 1 800 000 expected voters. The governor contest centers on Dr Homer Rainey with opponents Beauford Jester Jerry Sadler Grover Sellers and John Lee Smith amid a national party push and local mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Democraic Party
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Baptist Minster
Texas League
American Youth Commission
Tom Connally
Dr. Rainey
Beauford Jester
Jerry Sadler
Grover Sellers
John Lee Smith
County Peach Crop To Start Moving To Market Next Week
Frederick County peach producers expect moving to market next week as larger packers begin shipments. The 1944 yield was 138000 bushels. a 100000 bushel conservative forecast for 1946. Elevations on Timber Ridge show good size and quality despite frost losses in lower areas.
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Frederick County
A. H. Teske
Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
SL Fred Stine
Timber Ridge
Stine
E. P. Bean
Bean
Georgia Belle and
Elberta
Cather
National Fruit Product Co
Winchester
H. W. Butler
Wiliams
Trans‘Parent
Duchess
Wealthy
Butler
Eee
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Associated Press
West Virginia
By Romney Wheeler
Virginia
Senator Taft
Waynesboro Furniture Industries
Shield Young Garsson
Krug
IER
Ing Star
Kien
First Star
Texas
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