Expect Ship Settlement In Time To Avert Strike
President Truman said there was a good prospect for settling the maritime labor crisis before nightfall to prevent a shipping tieup. War Shipping Chief Conway indicated Harry Bridges would accept a 22 cent hourly wage rise for CIO longshoremen, with retroactive pay for West Coast seamen remaining as the only outstanding issue.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Granville Conway
Harry Bridges
CIO
Conway
House
Bridges
A. B. Kelly
D-Pa
Labor Department
Death Comes To Major Bowes Dies At 71 On Eve Of Birthday
Major Edward Bowes renowned for the Wheel of Fortune radio show died at his estate in Rumson New Jersey on the eve of his 72nd birthday. Cardinal Spellman administered last rites and Bowes had arrived in failing health from the Waldorf Astoria weeks earlier amid rumors of his death. Born in San Francisco he built a real estate fortune before hosting a 1935 amateur hour that drew about 20 million weekly listeners.
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Rumson
N. J
Edward Bowes
Radio Impressario
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Bowes
Waldorf- Astoria
New York City
San Francisco
Ex servicemen seek civilian jobs in Winchester
Ex servicemen in Winchester are invited to telephone The Star with names of veterans recently employed. J. W. Lloyd with three years in the Army and six months in Europe works at the Firestone Store. Theodore Fletcher with 32 months in the Army including 13 in the Pacific works at Anderson Plumbing and Heating Company.
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Winchester
J. W. Lloyd
Army
Europe
Firestone
Theodore Fletcher
Pacific
Mil and Anderson Plumbing and Eating Company
Star
Viscose Plant Workers Urged to Vote During Furlough
Company announces eligible voters among furloughed employees may vote on Monday and Tuesday June 17 and 18 from 6 30 a m to 4 45 p m at the Main Gate. Those with a gate pass may ride the company bus to vote and back on the next trip. Leadman, Local 371 Business Agent.
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Co. E. Leadman Business
Radio show announced with Dude Webb and His Valley Play Boys
A radio program promises a big new show on Sunday June 16 at 3 and 8 p m in person. The act features Dude Webb and His Valley Play Boys with entertainers singing old and new songs.
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Webb
Valley Playboys
Fiv
Medal of Honor Recipient Leims pictured with wife
Former Marine Lt John H Leims 25 is shown with wife Joyce in Chicago after being cited for bravery at Iwo Jima where he saved two wounded men despite multiple wounds. The photo credits International Soundphoto. June 14. Senate approves a one year extension of price controls. House and Senate differ on OPA powers and July 1 ceiling removals. Bowles and Porter warn of inflation if bill passes.
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Marine Corps
John H. Leims
Harry S. Truman
Joyce
Chicago
Leims
Iwo Jima
International Soundphoto
Senate
OPA
House
Price Agency
Truman
Chester Bowles
Paul Porter
White House
Senate House Committee
Bowles
Porter
Senate House
Barkley
Labor Leaders Address Meeting At Front Royal
About 250 employees at the American Viscose Front Royal plant attended a mass meeting at Front Royal High School Auditorium to discuss whether to remain in the Textile Workers Union of America CIO or join the Chemical Division UMW AFL. CIO speakers touted a national wage policy and welfare benefits, contrasting with AFL positions and noting wage and living standard differences.
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Front Royal
CIO
Front Royal High School
American Viscose
Textile Working Union of America
Chemical Division
United Construction Workers
UMW
AFL
George Balbanzi
International Twua
New York City
Boyd Payton
TWUA
Lynchburg
Philip Murray
Management Labor Conference
Washington
William Green
John L. Lewis
Charles Weber
Virginia Industrial Council
George Meyers
Cumberland
Celenese Corporation
Narrows
Chemical
United Mine Workers, Afl
Lodges To Hold Joint Memorial Services Sunday
The Woodmen Oddfelons Re bekahs and friends plan a joint Memorial service Sunday at 2 30 pm meeting at the Lodge Hall then marching to Mt Hebron Cemetery led by Mag Best Band W Erle Edwards will be master of ceremony and Rev Franklin G Senger will deliver the address If rain falls the service moves to the Lodge Hall public invited
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Oddfelons
Rebekahs
Lodge Hall
Mt. Hebron
Mag Best Band
W. Erle Edwards
Franklin G. Senger
Couple Held On Cruelty Charges In Bedford Case
Dr. and Mrs. David W. Lee of Bedford are bound over to Bedford county court on aggravated assault and battery charges for abusing 19 year old servant ward Beatrice Betty Reffner. Bond set at 1000 after a preliminary hearing. they were convicted of cruelty to a minor and fined 200 plus costs. Betty, from Williamsburg Blair County, testified she was beaten and kept without food and found malnourished at Mercy Hospital in Altoona after being taken from the Lees’ home.
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Bedford
Justice of the
Cyril H. Bingham
David W. Lee
Bedford County
Ward
Donald Harris
Bingham
Lee
Beatrice Betty Reffner
Williamsburg
Blair County
David Lee
The
Humane Society of Western Pennsylvania
Betty
Mercy Hospital
Altoona
4 Days More to Save at N and P Style Shoppe
New building near completion prompts move from temporary location. The store touts drastic reductions as it transitions, urging shoppers to seize deals before relocation. Names and dates are unclear due to OCR.
Truman Gives No Hint of Action on Future Labor Bills
President Truman declined to comment on future labor legislation and said he would not preview actions until bills reach his desk. The press conference followed a pause in action on a diluted Case bill as Republicans show caution while Democrats push for an emergency measure with long range study.
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Truman
Washington
Senate House
House Rules Committee
Francis Case
R-Sd
Byrd
D-Va
Bishops Deplore Unrest in Poland
Polish bishops condemned a wave of unrest sweeping the nation and called for an end to violence and abuses of personal freedom. They warned the crisis could harm the country’s fate, criticizing both terroristic bands and government security agencies amid post concorst severance tensions.
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Czestochowa
Poland
Ministry of Public Security
Stanislaw Mikolajcgyk
Peasant Party
Taylor To Remain At Vatican Until Peace Is Secured
President Truman announced at a news conference that Myron C. Taylor will continue as ambassador to the Vatican until world peace is secured and peace treaties are written. He said no official representative would remain after that.
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Taylor
Vatican
Washington
Myron C. Taylor
Truman
See Less Chance Of Red Attack on U.S. Marine Base
Tsingtao reports a reduced threat of Communist attack as U S Marines and naval personnel maintain alert status on the Nat ionalist held Shantung Peninsula seaport. Marine positions are prepared around the airport and northern ridges while naval ships remain at sea or in port.
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Tsingtao
U.S
Fourth Army
Shantung Peninsula
Hsia-Chuang
Litu-Ting
Shanghai
Fourth Marine Regiment
Keller E. Rockey
China
Adm. Cooke
Louis E. Woods
First
Marine Air Wing
Peiping
Los Angeles
U. S
Seventh Fleet
Booby Trap Kills Worker in Virginia Furniture Plant
Commonwealth's Attorney W. R. Broadus Jr said a Bassett Furniture Company worker admitted booby trapping an instrument room after a dispute with J Russell Smith 38 who died when a dynamite blast damaged a kiln control room. A. J. Gusler 52 signed a statement admitting planted charges.
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Martinsvile
Commonwealth
W. R. Broadus, Jr
Smith
J. Russell Smith
Bassett Furniture Company
A. J. Gusler
Gusler
J. Mitchell Davis
Airborne Fighting Equipment to Be Shown Here Weekend
The 82nd Division airborne unit will exhibit at City Hall Plaza Saturday and Sunday. Lt. Wallace O. Lisding leads 1st Platoon with 12 enlisted men. Demonstrations include 75 mm recoilless rifle, parachutes, tow ropes and captured arms. Shows run 11 am to 10 pm Saturday and 1:30 pm to 10 pm Sunday with an 8 pm film screening.
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82Nd Division
Virginia
Army Advisory Committee of
Winchester
Homer Alberti
Peckthe
Wml
Seco Bet
France
Wallace O.lisding
U S Will Destroy A Bombs If Adequate Controls Fixed
President Truman said Justice Jackson issued a statement criticizing Justice Black amid a feud at the Supreme Court. He said he had no resignation indications from either side and noted Jackson wired him before releasing the Nuernberg statement. Vinson is nominated for chief justice.
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U.S
Washinggton
Truman
Robert H. Jackson
Hungo Black
Jackson
Black
Nuernberg
United Mine Workers
Mr. Truman
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
the Treasury
Italians Asked To Support Republic
Premier Alcide de Gasperi urged Italians by radio to back the new Republic after a tense plebiscite. Umberto left Italy for Lisbon to avoid civil war as the cabinet labeled the royal proclamation a falsehood and questioned its authorship.
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Rome
Alcide de Gas
Umberto
Lisbon
Italy
Barcelona
Cabin T
Alcide de Gasperi
Adolfo Infate
Steelman Appointed Reconversion Head
President Truman announced John R. Steelman will head the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, succeeding John R. Snyder who was nominated for Secretary of the Treasury. Steelman will also remain labor advisor to the President at the request of Secretary Schwellenbach as OWMR is gradually liquified.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
John R. Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury
OWMR
OWRM
Snyder
Labor
Schwellenbach
Baruch proposes international atomic energy authority
Francis W. Carpenter reports from New York on Bernard Baruch's unveiling at the first United Nations panel of a plan to create an international atomic energy authority. The proposal calls for no veto in the framework, cessation of bomb manufacture, destruction of existing stock, and enforceable sanctions with international law to govern peaceful atomic use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Carpenter
New York
United States
Bernard M Baruch
United and Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Ee Baruch
A Sta
International Atomic Meat Authority
Baruch
Baguch
United Nations
Tim
Sugar Ration Cut for Commercial Bakers Effective July
The OPA orders a 60 percent sugar allotment for bakers for July through September, aligning them with candy makers and ice cream producers to curb pastry output and protect flour for bread. A second home canning stamp, spare stamp 10, becomes valid July 1 and runs through Oct 31, with stamp nine usable through Oct 31 as well.
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Washington
OPA
Eight Virginia State Guard Units To Remain In Service
Richmond Va June 14 Brig Gen E E Goodwyn commanding general of the Virginia State Guard announces eight battalions will continue in service until the Virginia units of the National Guard are reorganized possibly one more year.
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Richmond
E. E. Goodwyn
Virginia State Guard
Virginia
National Guard
Rouss Fire Company Meets June 14 Urges Full Attendance
The Charlie Rouss Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting on Friday June 14 at 8 oclock. All members are urged to attend. Signed by Co. C. DETTRA president.
McNutt Named U S Ambassador to the Philippines
Paul V. McNutt will become the first U S ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines with Senate nomination expected today or tomorrow. He is currently high commissioner aiding preparations for the July 4 inauguration of independence. Rear Adm. Gilchrist Stockton is appointed U S embassy attache at Manila.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
United States
Republic of Philippines
Woud
Senate
McNutt
Philippines
Islands
Adm
Gilchrist Stockton
U. S
Manila
Three Die As Car Hits Semi Trailer In Norfolk County
An Army officer and two women were killed and another officer injured early today when their automobile struck a loaded semi trailer on Route 13 in Norfolk County. Patrolmen J. J. Kelly and D H. Barkley reported the crash occurred at 4 15 am. The dead include Second Lieut. Conrad Montrose and others with no addresses listed.
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Norfolk
Wanted War Veteran Steward For Local Club
Local club seeks a sober veteran steward with cooking ability. Apply by stated internal notes 6 12 14 1p 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Big party at South End Fire Co tonight
The South End Fire Co hosts a big party tonight at 8 30 pm. The notice invites attendees to join the event and enjoy the gathering at the fire company hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Offices of Dr. E. B. Flickinger Closed June and July
Notice that Dr. E. B. Flickinger will close his offices during June and July and will reopen at a new location in August.
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E. B. Flickinger
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Major Bowes
Virginia Tavern Park
Sion
U.S. Marine Base
International Atomic Development Authority
U.N
York
Alvin York
Albany
WASG
Paul McNutt
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