Race Issue Surfaces As GOP Platform Panel Opens
Texas delegate Orville Bullington protests lack of southern representation on the civil rights subcommittee and demands southern input. He opposes FEPC and anti lynch laws claiming constitutional issues, while noting the south should have two party parity. Agnes Jones Gifford swaps posts, shifting duties to economics and small business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Republican Platform Committee
Texas
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
Tex
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Masachusetts
Agnes Jones Gifford
South Orange
N. J
Burlington
Gifford
Bullington
South
FEPC
Bicycle Safety Parade Judges Are Selected
Miss Clowe Jr. and Hugh T. Henry join City officials as judges for a Saturday parade under the Recreation department and Montgomery Ward. Prizes honor most beautiful, most comical, and most original bikes. Entries close at Ward’s tomorrow. over 100 children have entered. The route goes north on Loudoun to Piccadilly, east to Cameron, then south on Cameron for safer riding.
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Miss Clowe Jr
American Legion Post
Hugh T. Henry
Joseph Ritter
Recreation Department
Montgomery Ward
Ward
Sporting Goods
Loudoun
Piccadilly
Cameron
Post Office Clerks Convention Opens In City
The 27th annual Virginia State Federation of Post Office Clerks and Womans Auxiliary convenes in the city with 9 a.m. registration at the George Washington hotel lobby. Activities include a 10:30 a.m. joint assembly, invocations, welcoming addresses by local and state officials, and sessions for members and auxiliaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia State Federation of Post Office Clerks and Womans Auxiliary
George Washington
Carl Campbell
Ronald Wilson
Winchester Presbyterian Church
C. R. Anderson
Herman Lee
Taylor Simpson
W. Nelson Page
A. E. Sears
Richmond
Virginia Federation Post Office
M. H. Burnett
Lynchburg
Virginia
Glenn Roe
Akron
NFPOC
Oscar Whitesell
Greensboro
N. C
H. C. Thaxton
Washington
Ken Windle
Historical City Four
Fritz Kuhn Captured in Munich Faces Ten Year Denazification Sentence
Fritz Kuhn, German American band leader and former Dachau internee, recaptured by German police in Bernkastel. He escaped Dachau Feb 4, was convicted in absentia April 20 and sentenced to 10 years hard labor as a major Nazi offender. His arrest follows scrutiny over a chemist license.
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Munich
Germany
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
Dachau
Anton Zirngibl
Presbyterian Youth Meet At Massanetta Springs Conference
Presbyterian churches near Winchester send 45 youths aged 12 to 15 to the Massanetta Springs conference June 21 to 27. Delegates from Loudoun Street Highland Avenue Burnt Kernstown Stones Chapel represent five area churches with teachers and family attendees.
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Massanetta Springs
Winchester
Loudoun St. Church
Patsy Bell
Paul Bell
George Stickley
Suzanne Sprenkle
Patty Sanders
Esther Dearing
Glanda Keckley
Betty Cram
Suzanne Rosenberger
Ross Smith
Peggy Barrett
John Arnold
Rosalie Golightly
Shirley
Jane Patton
Bobby Williams
Bobby Rinker
Kernstown
Nancy Nickelson
Phyllis Campbell
Bobby Lee Smith
Stones Chapel
Mitchell Hieronimus
Harry Elliott
Mary Rebecca Wolverton
Ronald S. Wilson
Wilson
Joseph S. Ducknall
R. K. McDonald
Harry Newell
Robert Sutton
Orville Wine
Loudoun St
Sarah Leatherman
Jane
Susan Sowers
Kitty Stephenson
Funeral Rites Of Capt Thomson In Charles Town
funeral services were held in Charles Town for Capt Paul J Thomson Jr USMC killed in 1944 Pacific fighting. the remains accompanied by military escort. a VMI graduate, he died june 15 1944 during the saipan invasion. survived by mother and siblings. pallbearers listed.
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Charles Town
Paul J. Thomson Jr
USMC
Pacific
Thomson
Paul J. Thomson
Morgan St
Virginia Military Institute
Saipan
Central Pacific
South Pacific
Harry F. Byrd Jr
James M. Thomson, 2d
Bigelow C Thomson
Pembroke Grove
W. Berry Grove
Johnc. Breckenridge
James W. Thomson 2d
Bigelow C. Thomson
City Senior Employee Marks 26th Birthday in Winchester
Corrine T. Barnett, deputy clerk of Winchester Corporation court, completes 26 years of service. A Bedford native who moved to the city in 1914, she lives at 308 S. Cameron St. Her late husband was C. Douglas Barnett. She began as deputy to June 17, 1922, under Capt. J.B. Beverley, later Gray, Clark M. Smith, and now Clerk Peyton Marshall.
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Winchester
Corrine T. Barnett
Corporation Court
Bedford
W. M. Thomas
E. Piccadilly St
J.B. Beverley
Gray
Clark M. Smith
Peyton Marshall
Airliner Carrying 41 Crashes Near Mt Carmel
United Airlines flight 624 from San Diego to New York with 37 passengers and four crew is reported down near Mt Carmel Pennsylvania. The two engine DC 6 struck high tension wires at an anthracite colliery and burned. police indicate all aboard are dead with no survivors.
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New York
United Airlines
San Diego
Mt. Carmel
Ira F. Roadarme
C. A. Garner
Jeddo-Highland Coal Co
Ed Darlington
Bloomsburg
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington
Death Row Life Turns Freed Man To Religion
Julius Petro, 26, of Cleveland, after 19 months on death row, recounts turning to faith following acquittal of first degree murder at a retrial. A prior jury had condemned him to die. retrial lasted 13 hours before the acquittal.
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Death Row
Cleveland
Julius Petro
Fate of draft bill hangs as House debates 1-year term
In Washington June 17, House members push to finish debate on the Selective Service bill amid threats of filibuster. The House voted 156 to 88 to cut service to one year and scrap medical drafting plans, while Senate leaders vow to stay in session until a draft measure passes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Wherry
Sen
R-Neb
Martin
R-Mass
Shafer
R-Mich
Ieast
Yakerebatly
State Intervenes In Auto Liability Insurance Hearing
Richmond June 17 C F Joyner Jr state motor vehicles commissioner admitted as intervenor as State Corporation Commission opened a hearing on proposed major increases in automobile liability insurance rates. Insurers seek 24.6 percent rise in bodily injury rates and 43.4 percent in property damage with higher figures for under 25 drivers under a new reclassification plan.
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Richmond
C. F. Joyner Jr
Bankers Attend State Convention in Hot Springs
Winchester area bank officials attend the Virginia Bankers Association annual convention at Hot Springs. Attendees include Shenandoah National Bank president Harold G. Brown, G. Frank Butsler, and Robert B. Puller of Farmers and Merchants National, all of Winchester, plus Roy E. Potts and Ralph Ware of Berryville.
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Winchester
Virginia Bankers Assn
Hot Springs
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah National
G. Frank Butsler
Robert B. Puller
Farmers and Merchants National
Roy E. Potts
Ralph Ware
Berryville
Strike Wave Grips 25 French Towns Amid Pay Demands
Paris reports a nationwide strike surge with over 25 towns affected and up to 100000 workers likely off by night. Clermont-Ferrand's tire factory clashes left 200 hospitalized and 400 treated at home as 20 percent pay increases are urged. Police and troops reinforced operations nationwide, including 4000 railway workers in Villeneuve-Triage.
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Paris
France
Clermont-Ferrand
Red
Ceneral Federation of Labor
Cominform
Humanite
Franc-Tireur
Bercougnan
Michelin
Clermont Frrand
Villeneuve - Triage
Lewis and operators still far apart on pension plan
Washington June 17 under government prodding John L Lewis and soft coal operators exchanged offers on their contract dispute. They remained far apart as Cyrus Ching of the Federal Mediation Service called the meeting exploratory and said operators would meet the union alone later. Lewis proposed keeping United Mine Workers on the job after June 30 if a $100 a month pension for retired miners is granted. Operators offered a new contract with no wage increase but a pension plan providing $100 pensions only if old age Social Security payments are included.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Cyrus
Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Apple Institute Sessions Open In Harrisburg
Annual meeting of the Apple Institute opened in Harrisburg Pennsylvania with attendees including Lester Arnold from local area M E Knouse of Peach Glen and Robert J Rea of Mt Jackson for Hearty Virginia Inc The program covered crop prospects and market outlook A promotion plan will be discussed tomorrow An orchard tour by bus caravan Saturday ends with lunch at Handley High School Winchester local growers invited to attend
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National Apple Institute
Harrisburg
Lester Arnold
M. E. Knouse
Peach Glen
National Fruit
Robert J. Rea
Mt. Jackson
Hearty Virginia, Inc
Winchester
Handley High School
Shenandoah Man Charged With Murder in Roanoke Fireman Death
William Comer of Shenandoah is jailed on a murder charge after an altercation at a Shenandoah pool parlor led to the death of Richard J. Yates of Roanoke a Norfolk and Western railway fireman. Yates died at Rockingham Memorial Hospital after being moved from Shenandoah. autopsy to be performed in Charlottesville.
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LURA
Abram Brubaker
Page County
William Comer
Shenandoah
Richard J. Yates
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Yates
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Harrisonburg
Brubaker
Charlottesville
India Charges Dutch Using Divide and Rule in Java
India at the United Nations accuses the Dutch of a divide and rule policy in Indonesia. P. P. Pillai, India’s UN representative, says the Dutch are creating puppet states in West Java and Madura by carving off territory, as the Indonesian crisis unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Java
Cinderella Beauty Ad Announces Genevieve Long Hire
The shop at 24 W Piccadilly St announces Genevieve Long, formerly at Blue & Gray, has joined Cinderella Beauty. They invite friends and customers to visit the newly remodeled shop for the latest in air dressing. Jane Greenawait.
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W. Piccadilly St
Genevieve Long
The
Blue & Gray
War Danger Question Sparks House Session
Rep Rankin pressed Secretary Marshall in a heated House debate asking if Marshall told the foreign affairs committee there is no war danger. Marshall had testified privately to an eight decade overviews of world conditions, while attendees remained tight lipped about his assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
Marshall
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Stassen Concedes Taft Dewey Top Him on 1st Ballot
Harold E Stassen concedes he will be third on the first GOP convention ballot in Philadelphia and aims to lead liberal and younger Republicans to win by the ninth ballot He says Dewey or Taft may lead on the first roll call and praises Senator Vandenberg while denying plans for a second-place ticket slot.
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Stassen
Taft
Dewey
Jack Bell
Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Republican Party
Sen. Taft
Sen Vandenberg
Sen. Vandenberg
Maine
New Yorker
Railroads Win Rate and Fare Pact Amid Veto Overrules
Congress votes 297 to 100 to exempt railroads and surface carriers from anti trust actions if rate and fare agreements receive Interstate Commerce Commission approval. Senate override yesterday and House today mark Truman's third major veto reversal in a week, a historic sequence noted by lawmakers.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Mr. Truman
Congressional
United States Employment Service
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
White House
Fire Co Sends Three Delegates To Luray Meet
William Godenour Dan Dod son and Roy White represent the South End Fire Co at the Northern Virginia Firemen’s Assn convention in Luray which opened today. Three local companies plan to parade at 7 p m EST with about 75 uniformed men and the McIlwee Municipal band. Pat Dunn will drive the Rouss hook and ladder truck, Lee A Brown the Sarah Zane truck, Melvin Renner the South End truck.
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William Godenour
Dan Dodson
Roy White
South €Nd Fire Co
Northern Virginia Firemen’s Assn
Luray
Sarah Zane
South End
Rouss
MclIiwee Municipal
Pat Dunn
Lee A. Brown
Melvin Renner
Three Safes Blown in Rocky Mount Businesses
Three safes were blown last night in Rocky Mount Virginia with theft of cash checks and valuables. Targets included Main Street Garage Western Auto store and Southern Dairies milk station office.
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Rocky Mount
Main St
Western Auto Store
Southern Dairies Milk
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Joseph W. Martin, Jr
James W. Wadsworth
Walter G. Andrews
Armed Services Committee
International
Capt. Thomson
Colonial Kitchen
Ridgeway Priday
Payne's Chapel
Shield
Singer
Seal’s Singer Shop
Rhodes Drug Store
Blue & Gray Beauty Shop
Beauty Service of Distinction
Mary Shernan
Truman Vero
Apple Institute
Orchard Tour
Jane Greenawait
Rep
Minnesotan
Dopsters
Fire Co
Charles E. Yeager
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Army
Clarence Mackay
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