Britain backs Schuman plan but wont rush EU unity
Prime Minister Attlee told Parliament Britain favors cooperation in Western Europe’s coal and steel plan yet rejects any supranational authority. The Labour Party warned against ceding sovereignty while Britain prepares its own approach and awaits negotiations in Paris with Western European nations.
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London
Attlee
Schuman
Europe
Labor Party
Schman
Paris
United Kingdom
France
Britain
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Foreign Office
First School Check Authorized Today
The Virginia State Department of Education authorized the state comptroller to issue the first check under a $45 million school construction grant. Petersburg receives $130,736 as the initial installment for the $764,487.50 Peabody Negro high school project, the first approved four year construction program. The plan totals $1,404,487.50 for new and current construction without bonds or notes yet issued.
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Richmond
State Department of Education
Petersburg
Peabody Negro High School
State Board of Education
Pioneer News Service Denies Mob Ties in Racing News
William Milasky part owner of Pioneer News Service testifies before a Senate crime committee denying gangsters or racketeers control the St Louis racing news operation. He asserts no questionable characters are connected with Pioneer News. Attorney General Taylor has claimed Pioneer is controlled by a syndicate run by a vicious criminal element.
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Washington
William Milasky
Pioneer News Service
Senate
St. Louis
Milasky
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Poneer News
Pioneer News
J. F E. Taylor
Pioneer
Regional Committees Set Up To Screen Meade Scholarships
Nine regional committees were named by the Virginia State Department of Education to screen Granville P. Meade Fund scholarships. Applications move from local divisions to regional chairs then to the state committee led by Governor Battle and officials. By August 1 recipients may be notified. nine scholarships will be awarded next year, rising to 29 in year four. Meade left the fund to Virginia through his widow, Mrs. Meade.
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Richmond
Granville P. Meade
State Department of Education
R. C. Haydon
Governor Battle
Dowell J. Howard
Tendent of Public Instruction
Parke C. Brinkley
Haydon
Virginia
Meade
Clarke County
New Jersey
New Legion Home Opens Friday in Virginia
The American Legion to dedicate its new home at 117 N Cameron St Friday evening. Commander Robert S. Baker announced a 7 30 start with a 30 minute Winchester Municipal Band concert and an 8 00 dedication address by Rep Burr Harrison. An inspection and refreshments follow. The building cost 19000 to purchase plus 6000 for remodeling and houses social dining rooms on the first floor and meeting rooms on the second. The 40 and 8 club will use the third floor for a meeting room.
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Conrad Hoover
Legion Home
N. Cameron St
Robert S. Baker
Baker
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester
Veterans’ Organization
W. B. Snider
Seatonnaires
Legion Homes
Virginia
Byrd Jr to Speak at Winchester Elks Flag Day
State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr will address the Flag Day Service at the Winchester Lodge 867 Elks Home tomorrow at 8 p m The program opens with a Star Spangled Banner prelude by Marvin Hutchinson and Mary Martha Hisenberg The talk titled Our Flag follows introductory exercises by Exalted Ruler Lee A Ebert and officers A committee including Maurice Pifer W W Glass Water Johnson Beverly Bailey and Bruce Gorham organized the ceremony
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Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks Home
Marvin K. Hutchinson
Mary Martha Hisenberg
Byrd
Lee A. Ebert
Maurice Pifer
W. W. Glass
Water Johnson
Beverly Bailey
Bruce Gorham
Former Czech May Stay in the U.S.
The United States granted Vladimir Houdek, former Czech representative to the UN, permission to remain in the country citing risk to his life if returned to Communist Czechoslovakia. Houdek resigned his UN post on May 16 after breaking with the Czech government.
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Washington
United States
Vladimir Houdek
United Nations
Houdek
Czechoslovakia
Forrestal Diary Pages Reveal Amerasia Case Mention
Cincinnati report states the diary shows James V Forrestal asked that President Truman be informed about Amerasia related matters. It notes May 28 1945 entry naming Lt Andrew Roth and Philip Jaffe with links to Amerasia and the Russian consul in New York. Duffield, executor representative, cites no delay request.
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Cincinnati
James V. Forrestal
Amerasia
Truman
Eugene Duffield
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Secretary of Defense
Duffield
Forrestal
Correa
Department of Justice
Andrew Roth
Jaffe
New York City
New York
Philip Jaffe
Amerasia Magazine
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Milwaukee
Hoover
Bicycle Parade Set for Tomorrow
Mayor M. B. Clowe Jr and Police Chief J. Thomas Boyd will pick winners and award prizes in the Bicycle Safety Parade at 10 a.m. The event forms at 9 a.m. in front of Montgomery Ward, then routes through Loudoun Cork Cameron Piccadilly back to Loudoun. Judges announce winners from a stand and prizes include sporting goods. All contestants receive free Coca Colas and Palace Theater tickets. Seventy five contestants had registered this morning with more expected by evening.
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M. B. Clowe Jr
J. Thomas Boyd
Montgomery Ward
Loudoun St
Cork
Cameron
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Palace Theater
Hartley Launches Right Wing Political Movement
Fred A. Hartley Jr. resigns as head of the Tool Owners' Union to pursue a new right wing political group opposing CIO PAC and AFL Labor League. A former New Jersey congressman and Taft Hartley co author, he will forgo a $20 000 salary to build support nationwide.
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Washington
Fred A. Hartley, Jr
Tool Owners’ Union
CIO
PAC
AFL
Labor League
Hartley
Congress
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
U. S
Political Action Committee
Labor League For Political Education
Cio-Pac
AFL Poltical League
Presbyterians Oppose Use of Public Funds for Parochial Schools
The 90th Presbyterian Church General Assembly opposed diverting public school funds to parochial sectarian schools and resolved to resist efforts to weaken church state separation. It also urged President Truman not to appoint a Vatican representative and discussed withdrawal from the World Council of Churches.
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Massanetta Springs
90Th Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Standing Committee On
Truman
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Benjamin Rice Lacy, Jr
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Inter-Church Relations Committee
Assembly
World Council of Churches
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Council
Church
High Court
Standing Committee
Board of Education
General Council
Federal Council
Division of
Christian Relations
Orlando
Fla
John H. Marion
Spillman College
Spillman
A. R. Batchellor
Atlanta
Division of Negro Work
Board of Church Extension
Senator McKellar Collapses in Senate Hall
Senator McKellar of Tennessee fainted after leaving the Senate chamber and was aided by Senators Maybank and Knowland and a Capitol police officer. The 81 year old dean of the Senate has a history of fainting spells and recently recovered from a severe cold and prior burn injuries.
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Washington
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Chamber
Senate
Maybank
D-Sc
Knowland
R-Cailif
Capitol
Virginia Weather Outlook Sees Warm Humid Midweek Then Warmer
Five day outlook for Virginia from tomorrow through Sunday June 18 expects temperatures a little above normal. Wednesday turns warm and humid with showers. Thursday cools slightly, then rising trend into the weekend. Rain is possible Wednesday and Saturday, around half an inch total.
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Virginia
Sale of the Late Will Miller Estate at Headley’s Auction
Auctioneer announces the sale of the late Will Miller Estate to be held Thursday Friday and Saturday at Headley’s Auction Gallery. Readiness includes catalog and viewing times as listed in the notice.
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Will Miller
Rainstorms Sweep Midwest with Damaging Winds
Weather across Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois and Michigan turned stormy with wind gusts near 75 mph in Madison and two inches of rain in Madison and La Crosse. No injuries were reported as authorities assessed crop and communication line damage.
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Midwest
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Michigan
Madison
Wis
la Crosse
Frederick County Boosts Tax Levy by 20 Cents for 1950 51
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors approved a 1950 51 budget raising the tax levy by 20 cents to 2 15, allocating 55 cents for general county costs 1 for schools and 60 cents for a building fund. Only one citizen attended the public hearing. The board scheduled a June 29 hearing for the James Wood Consolidated High School zoning ordinance with restrictions on the area near Merriman's Lane to Route 50. A proposal to convert part of the Cameron Street county lot into a curb market was placed under study with a July report expected.
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Frederick
James Wood
Frederick County Planning Board
Zoning and Planning Board
Walker McC. Bond
Cameron Street
Bailey's General Store
Six of 51 Saved After Air France C-54 Crash
Air France reported only six of 51 people aboard a C-54 Skymaster perished or survived after ditching the plane into the Persian Gulf near Bahrain. Survivors include four men, a radio operator, and Chief Pilot Jean Fladek, seriously injured. Bodies of four men and two women recovered. 39 missing, including one infant. The craft was en route from Karachi to Cairo with a stopover in Bahrain when forced down.
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Paris
Air France
Bahrein
Persian Gulf
Jean Fladek
Bahrein Island
Saudi Arabia
Karachi
Pakistan
Cairo
Egypt
Senator George pushes liberal social security expansion
Senator George of Georgia opened debate on a Senate bill to add nearly ten million people to social security and raise benefits. He said the reform modernizes a 1939 formula and aims to reduce state and federal burdens while expanding coverage and easing eligibility. about 700,000 more would join in 1951, with farmers and some professionals excluded.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Low turnout marks city council election with 133 votes
Only 133 voters had cast ballots by 1 30 p m in the city election to fill six council seats. Polls stay open until 7 30 p m with Rouss precinct recording the largest turnout of 65. First voters included Miss Mary Jane McCone at Rouss and Mr Butler at Friendship. City Hall and Sarah Zane precincts logged small totals as officials noted the uncontested race.
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Rouss
Mary Jane McCone
W. P. McGuire
H. William Butler Jr
C. R. Anderson
Butler
Friendship
John W. Kater
Mary Forney
Nettie Forney
J. J. Jones
L J. Wright
B F. Arthur Jr
J. Robert Swart
W. W. Glass
E. R. Huntsberry Jr
Harry S. Stewart
City Hall
Sarah Zane
J. M. Steck Jr
A. Lee Coble
William S. Sargent
John Hawse
J. F. Helsley
E. Earl Parks
Robert 8. Bell
J. F .Bayliss
B. F. Davis
E. B. Estes
L. Irving Carper
Ruby T. Sheetz
Harold R. Anderson
U. C
Truman Outlines Fair Deal Aims to Stakeholders
President Truman spoke from the White House lawn to the National Association of Radio Farm Directors outlining the Fair Deal. He said the goal is equal shares for business industry labor and farmers and praised farm progress while stressing reorganizing the distribution system to solve domestic problems.
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Washington (P
Truman
White House
National Association of Radio Farm Directors
Senators Seek Senate Inquiry Into Amerasia Case
Twenty Republicans urge a full investigation by the Senate Judiciary Committee into the Amerasia secret documents case. Senator Capehart leads the drive citing five year old actions and possible cover up while Philip Jaffe faces fines and possible contempt for defying questions. Contempt actions loom against two additional witnesses.
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Washington
Justice Department
Amerasia
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Judiciary Committee
McCarthy
R-Wis
GOP
Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
New York
Congress
Philip Jaffe
Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Jaffe
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Middletown Election Total 73 Votes Cast
In Middletown a three way mayoral race and six council seats were decided from a field of ten candidates. Election officials reported orderly voting with 73 ballots counted at the single balloting place in the town fire hall.
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Middletown
Mid
S. E. Good
Howard Owings
F J. Larrick
Virginias towns vote in local elections today
Voters in Virginia municipalities large and small go to the polls to choose local government members for varying terms. Richmond expected the biggest turnout with nine council seats and an expressway decision, while Danville and Fredericksburg ran nine and six seats respectively, with incumbents and new candidates in play.
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Virginia
Associated Press
Richmond
Richmond Field
Fredericksburg
Milk strike violence in western Pennsylvania escalates
State Police patrols moved through a seven county area near Pittsburgh as four men were arrested for blocking a highway into Bergman’s Dairy in Derry. The injunction bans interference with dairy operations while a five year old walkout by 2300 AFL Dairy Workers union members shows no quick settlement.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Andrew J. Hudock
Greensburg
Hudock
Bergman
Derry
Westmoreland County
APL 4d
Duff
Howard Bud Thomas
Westmoreland
AFL Dairy Workers Union
Greater
Photo Winners Awarded Prize at Winchester Meeting
Amateur photographers at the Apple Blossom Festival contest received prizes during the Winchester Camera Club gathering led by G N Early and Charles E Mur phy. Ralph Boyce won first prize a cash total of $25 was shared by four others with $19 $4 and $1 awards.
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Winchester Camera Club
G.N. Early
Ansco
Ralph Boyce
Charles E. Murphy
H. Randolph Stipe
Clarence Lamp
Charles Anderson
Hillary Brant
Charles A. Cooper
Salvation Army Hall
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines
Stephens City election sees low turnout
A blank ballot for Stephens City mayor and council seats drew little interest as only 33 voters had cast ballots by 2 pm. Election officials G. C. Shryock G. W. Lemley and P. E. Lineburg oversaw polling in the council room of the Baptist Deus e Store Building.
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Stephens City
G. C. Shryock
G. W. Lemley
P. E. Lineburg
Baptist Deuse
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New Legion
Senator Byrd, Jr
U.S
Presbyterians
Senator McKellar
Weather Outlook
Headley
Police
Milk
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