Britain to Talk With Russia on Reconstruction
London reports Britain will consult Russia about Marshall plan for European recovery. Bevin heads to Paris for talks, while London waits on early approached Moscow. Britain has received “full clarification” of the U S revival proposals and some Britons hope for more aid before current loan runs out.
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Foreign Office
Britain
Russia
U S
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Moscow
Paris
U. S
France
Europe
Bevin
Edwin Hall Patch
House of Commons
U.S
Strike Ties Up 700 Ships in Coastwide Action
NMU President Joseph Curran announced nearly 700 ships were tied up in U S ports under a No contract no work policy. He warned 1 150 ships could be affected soon if demands remain unmet and more than 2 000 if talks fail, noting tankers were spared and no pickets appeared at piers.
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New York
United States
NMU
Joseph Curran
CIO
Curran
River Pollution Session Planned in Berryville
A Clarke County Izaak Walton League meeting in Berryville will discuss Shenandoah River pollution at 8 p m on Wednesday. Speakers include Eugene Surber head of Leetown Federal fish hatchery who recently tested the river.
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Shenandoah River
Clarke County
Izaak Walton League
Berryville
Eugene Surber
Federal Fish Hatchery
Leetown
Quadruplets Weigh In as Mother Considers Names
In Miles City Montana on June 16 a 34 year old mother Mrs Edward Randash pondered names for her four newborns born Saturday. The three girls and a boy ranged from 1 12 to 3 12 with all doing well. Dr Elna Howard delivered the quadruplets and noted good health.
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Miles City
Mont
Edward Randash
Elna Howard
Randash
Mass grave prepared for 13 unidentified victims
Leesburg officials prepared a common grave in Little Union cemetery for 13 unidentified victims of the Capital Airlines crash that killed 50. Burial ceremonies were delayed as the grave was readied with markers to be placed later.
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Leesburg
Little Union
Capital Airlines
Appeals to Grads To Work in State
BLACKSBURG Virginia June 16 Brig Gen James A Anderson state highway commissioner founded an appeal to Virginia Tech graduates to work and live in Virginia at closing exercises of the college 75th session Acting Tech president Dr Walter S Newman conferred diplomas on a record class of 475 B S and 43 M S candidates about 30 percent expect to take jobs in the state
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Virginia
James A. Anderson
Walter S. Newman
Tech
UN Life or Death Stand for Civilization Cited
Prime Minister Attlee declared the United Nations is a matter of life and death for civilization in a statement from Canterbury England on June 16. The remark emphasized the wartime alliance and postwar stakes in shaping global peace and security.
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Canterbury
Eng
Attlee
United Nations
Winchester Guardsman First Organized Rescue Party Sent
The Virginia National Guard led by Major M. B. Clowe Jr and Captain Robert Manuel organized the first rescue detail for the Capital air liner crash in the Blue Ridge near Hillsboro. Departing 2 45 p m, the 21 2 ton army truck reached the site about 6 pm after a rugged hike.
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Winchester
National Guard
Blue Ridge Mountains
Hillsboro
M. B. Clowe
Robert Manuel
Virginia State Police
Maj
Clowe
Ring Back for Plane Crash Victim but Not Worn Again
A searching party led by L E Hill recovered a $3500 solitaire diamond and a 3500 dollar wedding ring belonging to Mrs Florence Marko, two of 49 victims in a Capital air liner crash in the Blue Ridge near Hillsboro. The team checked Leesburg morgue and the Red Cross station as part of the recovery efforts.
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L. E. Hill
Florence Marko
Joseph Marko
Cleveland
Hillsboro
Nichol's Co
Hill
Winchester
Benton Snider
Ted Mosley
Hugh Price
Leesburg
Union Cemetery
FBI
Red Cross
Five Generations In This Family
LOS ANGELES June 16 five generations are living in one family as five day old Robin Lee Kauling joins her parents Mr and Mrs Robin C Kauling her grandmother Mrs Ruby Reynolds great grandmother Mrs Maybelle Eshelby and great great grandmother Mrs Rosenda Eshelby 87 of San Diego The elder says I have held all of them at one time.
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Los Angeles
Robin Lee Kauling
Robin .c. Kauling
Ruby Reynolds
Maybelle Eshelby
Rosenda Eshelby
San Diego
John W. Hardy Named to ABC Board in Virginia
John W. Hardy, longtime manager of the Statewide retail system for the Alcoholic Beverage Control board, is appointed to the ABC board succeeding John N. Sebrell who died. Governor Tuck calls it a merit appointment and says Hunter Miller will become chairman immediately. No replacement for Hardy’s retail manager post yet announced.
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Richmond
John W. Hardy
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
ABC Board
John N. Sebrell
Hardy
Tuck
ABC
Sebrell
Hunter Miller
Canter Named Commerce Head in Berryville Chamber
Berryville Clarke County directors elected Garland Canter president and Loring Kackley secretary treasurer at the May meeting. A project will be agreed upon at the next regular session.
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Berryville
Berryville-Clarke County
House votes to strike protest from records
The House, by a 146 to 7 vote, rejects a Southern Conference for Human Welfare protest describing it as a front organization and orders the record to reflect the strike.
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Washington
House
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
House Committee
Debutante Daughter Among Flight Crash Victims Near Hillsboro
A crash victim near Hillsboro on Friday is identified as the daughter of a wealthy Chicago broker. She was en route to visit friends in Washington and attend a Clarke county debutante party the next evening.
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Hillsboro
Chicago
Washington
Clarke County
Dorothy Ann Hosford
Two from City In Largest Class Of VPI Graduates
Two Winchester men Jerrold Havermale and James Randolph Larrick were among the largest graduating class of Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg. Havermale earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering after Navy radar work at Norfolk, and Larrick plans to enter Washington and Lee University Law School at Lexington.
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Winchester
Jerrold
Havermale
James Randolph Larrick
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Young Havermale
L. F. Havermale
Market Street Methodist Church City
Young Larrick
Fred J. Larrick
Middletown
Larrick
Navy
Havermales
Norfolk
Washington - Lee High School
Arlington
Washington and Lee University Law School
Lexington
Rains Delay Grain Harvest in Frederick County
County agent I Fred Stine says rain has delayed barley cutting in Frederick County but expects harvest to begin in a few days if weather stays favorable. Barley yield will be lighter due to a prior freeze. wheat prospects are better, with harvesting due in about two weeks. Hay and grass crops benefited from rain, indicating a good yield.
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Frederick County
I. Fred Stine
City Volunteers Help Bring Out Bodies of Dead
Winchester volunteers joined a 40 person team that reached the Hillsboro crash scene Saturday afternoon. They carried eight adults and 10 month old Judith Bryan to the Appalachian Trail and then to jeeps bound for Leesburg morgue. The group aided Red Cross workers and related to the victims including Dorothy Ann Hosford and Mrs. Graham Dougherty Sr. who avoided the flight. Captain Funk recalled a deadlier 1940 crash at the same site.
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Winchester
Hillsboro
Carl Hicks
Herman Stine
Thomas Stough
Vance Whitaker
Leonard Newlin
Lawrence Wallace, Jr
John H. Quick
Wilbur R. Johnston
Leroy F. White
Action On Labor Bill May Come At Last Minute
Press Secretary Ross said President Truman may wait to act on the Taft Hartley labor bill until shortly before the Friday midnight deadline. No action on labor legislation before the president returns from a Princeton University speaking engagement tomorrow.
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Washington
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Ross
Princeton University
Death Penalty for Jewish Trio in Palestine Riot
In Jerusalem a military court sentenced three Jews to death for participating in the May 4 Acre jail break that freed 251 prisoners and left 16 dead. Two more Jews were jailed for life. The Irgun group may appeal to the U N commission as Arab strikes disrupt the inquiry.
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United Nations Commission of Palestine
Acre
Irgun Zvai Leumi
U. N. Commission
U. N
Palestine
Cairo
Mufti
Great Britain
Airman Patton Fails to Reach Wreck Scene on Foot
Donald Patton, a Winchester aviator who first sighted the crashed Capital airliner from the air, could not reach the crash site on foot with three Winchester officers. They tried south on the Appalachian trail but found it rough and lacked a compass. They then approached from the west and were advised the route was unfriendly. Patton returned to Winchester by plane while others continued on foot to reach the wreckage at Sunny Ridge and Round Hill.
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CAP
Francis Punk
Winchester Police Department
Funk
Donald Patton
Winchester
Patton
Round Hill
Sunny Ridge
Democrats to Elect City Committee at Fisher Meeting
Secretary W Lee Fisher announces a mass meeting at Reuss City Hall at 7 30 p m tonight to elect the Democratic city committee.
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W. Lee Fisher
Reuss City Hall
Acheson Assails Russia Over European Recovery
Middletown Conn June 16 Dean Acheson undersecretary of state accuses Russia of policies opposed to international accord and recovery. He cites Hungary Potsdam delays German unification and Austrian treaty as evidence of hindering Europe’s recovery and stability.
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Conn
Dean Acheson
Russia
Wesleyan University
Achesos
Hungary
Acheson
Potsdam
Europe
Eastern
Germany
Far East
Truman veto blocks large tax cut for year
President Truman vetoed the 4 billion tax reduction bill, effectively ending any chance of income tax cuts this year. House expected to vote to override. Senate unlikely to concur. He argued the bill is ill aligned with sound fiscal policy and urged tax relief only when inflation and debt are in better balance.
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Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Carroll Reece
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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