Partition Of India Starts Amid Violence In Subcontinent
Calcutta initiates partition steps as Punjab readies to vote next Monday amid Hindu Sikh clashes. In Lucknow area landholders clash with tenants leaving 50 dead and scores hurt. Lahore riots fatally injure at least 15 and injure sixty as Amritsar set to vote on partition. Bengal moves to separate Hindu and Muslim areas linking to Hindustan and Pakistan. Mountbatten plans outline states to become British dominions by August.
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NEW Lhi
India
Calcutta
Punjab
Lucknow
United Provinces
Lahore
Providence
H. B. Williams
Nnjab
Amritsar Monay
Bengal
Hindustan
Pakistan
Lord Mountbat Battern
Police Hunt For Stolen Two Story Prefab Home
East Peoria Illinois police seek a missing two story prefabricated house. Earl A Allen a railroad brakeman reported the home disappeared after his run neighbors saw a man loading house parts into a truck and thought Allen planned a relocation.
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East Peoria
Earl A. Allen
Allen
Senate Restores Navy Budget With $177 Million Increase
Senate appropriations committee recommends adding 177 million to the Navy budget for fiscal 1948. The House cut about 370 million from a 4.033 billion request. The plan keeps 43 000 officers and 395 000 enlisted, with 265 ships fully manned and 28 with reduced crews, and 5 793 aircraft.
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Washington
Senate
House
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Navy
Bridges
Lions Sponsor Scouts for Fall Circus in Clarke County
Clarke county Lions sponsor two Boy Scouts one Cub pack and their units for the Scout Circus in Winchester November 7 and 8. They presented charters for the troops at Boyce Berryville and the Berryville Cub pack. The club plans to donate ten dollars from the fifty dollar requested to cover expenses for Clarke's world jamboree representative.
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Clarke County
Winchester
Clarke County Lions
Boyce
Berryville
Herb Wilkins
Clark County
France
Clarke Lions
C. E. Miley, Jr
W. D. Wisecarver
W. D. Burber
David Donovan
J. W. Olcott
Reginald Morrison
Tousley Hooker
Lion Hardesty
Lion Olcott
Big Bass Hooked By City Anglers on North Fork
Dr George G. Snarr and Clark Cooper weighed two large bass on opening day of Virginia's bass season. Snarr’s fish reached 4 pounds 14 ounces while Cooper’s weighed 3 pounds. They fished the North Fork near Posey Hollow using artificial bait and kept seven bass between them.
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George G. Snarr
Clark Cooper
Virginia
Snarr
Cooper
North Fork
Posey Hollow
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Ray Shank
Francis Punk
William Coffman
Boyd Kline
Byrd Chided By Oregon Solon in Senate Chamber
Sen Morse interrupted his remarks as Senators Caine and Byrd entered the Senate chamber and began talking. The presiding officer rapped to restore order, and the conversation stopped.
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Sen
Byrd
Oregon Solon
Washington
Morse
Senate Chamber
Caine
R-Wash
D-Va
Gurney
For Sale Five Room House With Modern Conveniences
For sale a five room house in a residential section with modern conveniences. Includes phone contact 5172 for details. Date line indicates 6 20 1p 21.
Farm Accident Rate In Virginia Reported
State agriculture officials cite a Federal Bureau of Agriculture Economics survey of 419 farms in 22 Virginia counties showing one injury per 28 farms in the last quarter of 1946 as campaigns to cut accident tolls proceed.
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Richmond
State Agriculture Ociats
Federal Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Virginia
Stalin Faces Momentous Choice On Europe Plan
Stalin weighs whether the Soviet Union should join Britain's and France's European recovery plan led by George Marshall. Bevin, Ramadier, and Bidault urge Moscow to decide by Monday, as Pravda reports Russia is "considering" the proposal amid economic and political stakes.
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Russia
Britain
France
Europe
East
Ernest Bevin
U. S
George C. Marshall
Paul Ramadier
Georges Bidault
Paris
Soviet Union
Pravda
Marshall
Tass
Stalin
Careless Shots Kill Cow Near Shenandoah River Dam
Two men narrowly miss stray bullets as a cow is killed and another wounded near the Shenandoah River dam along the Fort road two miles east of Woodstock Virginia. Cows owned by S. E. Baker and Warren B. French. County officers investigate the incident.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah River
Fort Road
Here
S. E. Baker
Warren B. French
All-night Fight Saves Big Levee
Hannibal Missouri and Quincy Illinois faced a second June crest sending hundreds fleeing as levee workers fought through the night. The Mississippi ran 11 feet above flood stage in Hannibal, with a 60 mile Illinois levee still critical and all area residents evacuated. The Red Cross sheltered about 1,000 people at Central Junior High School as floodwaters inundated the lower city.
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Hannibal
Hannibal- Quincy
Ill
Mississippi
Illinois
Red Cross
Pressure on Senate as Byrd Warns Labor Bill Veto May Be Overridden
Senator Byrd said unprecedented Senate pressure surrounds the labor bill veto vote and predicted the veto will be overridden, though the result could be close. He warned that sustaining the veto would halt labor reform for a long time and embolden labor leaders to strike and coercive tactics while urging America to confront internal and external threats.
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Senate
Byrd
Evening Star
Washington
America
John Lewis
Joe Stalin
Missing Barbara Clement prompts 12 state manhunt
MINEOLA New York June 21 a 12 state alarm has been sent for Barbara Riggs Clem ent a 24 second cousin of former Secretary of War Henry L Stim son who vanished after visiting the Stimson home at Cold Spring Harbor Authorities say she was last seen leaving in a gray sedan after spending about five minutes with Mrs Stimson and Henry L Stimson Clement wife of former Marine lieutenant John F Clement mother of a 15 month old son Christopher is described as upset and talking of serious news
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Mineola
N. Y
Barbara Riggs Clement
Henry W. Stimson
Stimson
Cold Spring Harbor
Nassau County
Clement
Vacation School Scheduled Monday for Winchester Church
Winchester Presbyterian church announces vacation church school for children starting 9 a m Monday at the church. The program runs Monday through Friday 9 to 11 30 a m and ends Thursday July 3. Department heads include Miss Sara Tanquary for beginners Miss Ada G Baker and John R MacKinnon for juniors and seniors.
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Vacation Church
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Sara Tanquary
Ada G. Baker
John R. MacKinnon
Junors
Mayor to Attend X-Ray Chest Clinic Monday
Mayor C. R. Anerson says he will attend the general chest clinic at First Baptist Church under the Winchester Tuberculosis Association. Dr. L. M. Allen sanitary inspector G. G. Baker J. B. Cather Strader Lup ton and Rotary president McSherry Lup ton are among others who will use the free or low cost screening offered to Winchester residents Monday from 9 am to noon and 1 to 5 pm with a 65 cent film fee.
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C. R. Anerson
First Baptist Church
Winchester Tuberculosis Assa
L. M. Allen
G. G. Baker
J. B. Cather
The
Lion's Strader
Kiwanis
McSherry Lupton
Rotary
Ciizens
Winchester
Winchester Official Attends Institute in Chapel Hill
Henry Hardenburg executive secretary of the Winchester chamber of commerce leaves for Chapel Hill North Carolina to attend the Southeastern Institute for Chamber of Commerce Executives at the University of North Carolina. More than 300 secretaries from chambers of commerce across the South will attend a week of lectures on development trade territories promotion community leadership and related topics including agriculture industry finance conventions tourism education health and planning.
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Henry Hardenburg
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Chapel Hill
N. C
Southeastern Institute
University of North Carolina
Chambers of Commerce
South
Pheasant Triggers Train Stop in Pierre
Public Utilities Commission reports a ring neck pheasant caused a train to halt after crashing through a locomotive and striking Engineer H. E. Andrus. The incident occurred in Pierre on June 21 as the pheasant disrupted operations by colliding with the locomotive.
City Playground Opens Monday in Rouss Area
The Rouss Springs playground on Millwood Pike will open at 10 a.m. Monday as Recreation Director Hunter Maddox announces hours from 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. and 2 to 5:30 p.m. weekdays with weekend supervision and possible evening sessions if requested. Supervisors are Nancy Butler for under 10s and Lester Singhass for older youths.
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Rouss Springs
Millwood Pike
Hunter Maddox
Rouss
Maddox
Nancy Butler
Lester Singhass
Miss Butler
Handley High School
Lynchburg College
Singhass
Shepherd College
Stephens City High School
Handley
Douglas
Virginia Grant
Handlev High School
Madison College
Handle
Douglas School
Flanora Davis
Albert Clark
Storer College
Reuss
Gambler Benjamin Siegel Shot Dead in Beverly Hills Attack
In Beverly Hills the gambler Benjamin Bugsie Siegel 41 was shot through an open window while reading a newspaper at a home. Police Capt. William W. White said a gunman fired through curtains wounding Siegel as guests including Allen Smiley watched. The crime ties to organized crime figures once linked to Murder Inc and Lepke Buchalter.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Benjamin
Bugsie) Siegel
William W. White
Siegel
Allen Smiley
Sporting World
White
Smitty
New York
Public Enemy
Louis’ ‘Lepke! Buchaster
Murder, Inc
Sing Sing
Las Vegas
Nev
Smiley
Charles Hill
Jerry Mason
For Sale Suburban Home with Three Bedrooms and Extras
Delightful suburban home for sale with seven rooms including sleeping porch tile bath lavatory on first floor hardwood floors water heat and large jet. Passes 30 days. Contact B. M. Sullivan 34 Rouss Avenue Tel 5522. Also wanted to rent three bedroom house or apartment urgently. contact Gene Miller 5998 or 3428.
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Harwood
B. M. Sullivan
Rouss Avenue
Gene Miller
Last All-Night Session In 1927
Washington dispatch notes that the Senate held an extended session in March 1927 during the William Ware election contest, marking the first long continuous session in over two decades.
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Washington
Senate
William Ware
Pennsylvania
Summer Services By Friends Open Sunday Night
Bliss Forbush a nationally known Quaker leader will speak at 7 p m tomorrow during summer vesper services on the Green of the Friends Meeting House in Winchester. The weekly event runs Sundays through August 31 sponsored by the Winchester Ministerial Assn with music by the Cantabile choir.
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Bliss Forbush
Baltimore
City Union
Friends Meeting House
City
Winchester Ministerial Assn
Forbush
Friends General Conference
The
Friends School
Cantablie Choir
Jay H Lowden
First Baptist Church
Clues lacking in rape case in Norfolk
Norfolk police reported no leads identifying the motorist described by a 33 year old Roanoke woman who said she was raped twice after entering a car thinking it was a taxicab. She said the driver laughed when she demanded exit and a second man muffled her screams with a coat.
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Norfolk
Police Today
Roanoke
English Papers And The Truman Hartley Taft Veto
British newspapers led with the U S veto fight over the Hartley Taft labor bill. The Daily Herald called the bill one of the most reactionary measures in American history and the Manchester Guardian suggested Truman could be influenced by Wallace's tour and fears of a third party aiding a Republican win in 1948.
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London
Washington
Truman
Daily Herald
Labor Movement
Manchester Guardian
Henry Wallace
United States
Fees of Labor Bill Seek Delay Until Tuesday
The Senate wrestles with the Taft-Hartley labor bill as a veto override vote remains unresolved. Sharply divided lines persist and no agreement on a fixed time for voting on overriding President Truman's rejection, with the chamber entering a second day of continuous session.
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Truman
Taft-Hartley
Taft Leads Effort as Senate Delays Vote on Veto Bill
The Senate debates a final vote on the President's veto with Taft and Morse in a delaying standstill. Morse seeks to push action to next week while White and Pepper resist, prompting a late night floor fight and a near empty chamber by dawn.
Race Car Driver Tours City with Safety Message
E. G. Cannonball Baker, 65 year old endurance racer with world stock car records, toured Winchester to size up drivers and traffic. He urged one way streets, safe driving, and gave four rules: see all extremes, and give right of way. He driven a Nash pace car from Indianapolis 500 and displayed at Winchester Nash plant.
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Winchester
Nash
Indianapolis
Baker
Loudoun
Cork
Braddock
Boscawen
Winchester Nash Company
Piccadilly
New York
Los Angeles
Warenton
Philadel
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