Truman Told Compromise OPA Bill Is All He Can Get
Democratic leaders pressed President Truman to sign the compromise price controls bill before Sunday when current law expires. Speaker Rayburn and Senate leaders warned that without this measure price controls would fade, while Truman weighed whether to address the nation.
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Truman
Washington
Barkley
White House
Senate
Rayburn
House
McCormack
McKellar
D-Tenn
White
Maine
O’daniel
D-Tex
Congress
Veterans Transition to Civilian Jobs Noted in Local List
Veterans now in civilian occupations include William A. Swisher with six months Army service at Miller and Anderson Plumbing and Heating Co. M. E. Royston Jr. recently released from the Army Air Corps after two years with Guam service returns to B and M Chevrolet Co. Employers of veterans may call the Star to name veterans recently employed.
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Armed
William A. Swisher
Miller and Anderson Plumbing and Heating Co
M. E. Royston, Jr
Army Air Corps
Guam
B and M Chevrlet Co
Star
Hat Box Opens Saturday At Nine A.M At Loudoun Street
Local shop announces opening hours and a complete line of hats bags and gloves at 154 N Loudoun St A souvenir will be given to every visitor on the opening day Offers begin Saturday morning at 9 with shoppers urged to visit the new hat shop on opening day in town
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Loudoun St
Garbage collection changes and Eagle initiation notice
Beginning July 1 the municipality shifts to twice weekly garbage pickups with detailed day changes and curb timing. An Eagle Aerie initiation is scheduled for Sunday June 30 at 3 p m in the Aerie room with refreshments to follow in the social room.
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Aerie
Bread Output Falls as Restrictions Tighten
A survey of local bakers finds bread output at 60 to 70 percent of last year while limits on millers to 75 percent of prior bread flour production edge up to 85 percent on July 1. Officials expect relief from the U S Agriculture emergency flour distribution though normal levels may not return until fall.
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Royal Baking Co
Front Royal
Howver
U. S. As of Agriculture
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Bluefield
W. Va
Des Moines
Kansas City
Detroit
Winchester
Kern Named Vice President of Virginia Post Office Clerks
John H. Kern elected first vice president of the Virginia Federation of Post Office Clerks at the state convention in Lynchburg Virginia Others attending from Winchester Post Office include Herman See John H Quick J Elwood Snyder and Carl L Campbell See is an officer in the national organization serving as the national representative to the state group.
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John H. Kern
Virginia Federation of Post Office Clerks
Virginia
Lynchburg
Winchester
Herman See
John H. Quick
J. Elwood Snyder
Carl L. Campbell
See
National Organization of Post Office Clerks
Cecil H Loy Dies Funeral Tomorrow
Cecil H Loy 46 died at his Dodge avenue home after a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. at Omps Funeral Home with Rev. Stanley McFarland officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Loy leaves wife Lola Pingle Loy a brother Earl C Loy a sister Mabel Shirley a step mother Georgia A Loy and two uncles Edward H Loy and D Frank Fries. He was a member of Old Bethel Methodist Church.
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Cecil H. Loy
Dodge Ave
Omps
Stanley McFarland
Alexandria
Mount Hebron
Cema Pallwearers
Maynard Larrick
Lacy Tombling
Boyd Unger
Kenneth Windle
Herbert Smoke
Stewart Mowery
Charles W. Loy
Sidney Fries Loy
Lola Pingle Loy
Earl C. Loy
National Ave
Mabel Shirley
Kernstown
Georgia A. Loy
Edward H. Loy
Winchester
D. Frank Fries
Frederick County
Old Bethel Southern
Wanted Presser Apply in Person at Ping ley and Carper Cleaners
A help wanted notice for a presser position at Ping ley and Carper Cleaners invites applicants to apply in person. The small classified item notes contact details and location implicitly through the business name.
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Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Bank stock to be sold at auction by Dunn and Duvall
Will sell 20 shares of Farmers and Merchants National Bank stock at auction. Auction set for noon on June 29. Auctioneers listed as Dunn and Duvall.
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Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Dunn & Duvall
Garden seeds and supplies ad for Maine growers
Free dry shavings for the hauling. Parkview Ave. (1p 11) Maine grown late seed potatoes. Garden seeds Winchester Seed Company. (6 28 1p 6t)
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Parkview Ave
Maine
Winchester Seed Company
Marshall Moves To Drag China From Civil War
After a quick lunch Marshall met Chou En Lai and outlined the Generalissimo's answers. Communist sources said the unification of government and Communist armies was being resolved with each side retaining a stated size. The next step was defining spheres of authority for the two forces amid efforts to end civil strife in China.
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Chou
Winchester Man On Permanent Officer List
Maj. Ashbury H. Jackson of Winchester is named among Virginia men nominated by President Truman for permanent commissions in the Regular Army. He will hold the rank of Captain of Infantry and is among Valley veterans receiving permanent assignments as part of a 9,800 top cream list drawn from 108,000 wartime applicants. The nominations await Senate confirmation and aim to reach the Regular Army strength of 25,000, with a plan to double to 50,000.
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Virginia
Truman
United States
Ashbury H. Jackson
North Ave
Winchester
Jackson
Maj. Jackson
Valley
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Virginia official forecasts four lane Route 11 from WV line to Bristol
General James A. Anderson told the Roanoke Rotary Club that within years U S Route 11 could become a four lane highway from the West Virginia line north of Winchester to Bristol. Resident engineer F M Yellett cited prohibitive current costs for new highways and said area work focuses on secondary roads. Anderson noted 1944 legislation plans a 20 year Virginia highway program to upgrade primary routes 1 11 and 250 to four lanes statewide.
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Associated Press
Roanoke Today
James A. Anderson
Virginia Department of Highways
Roanoke
U. S
Yellett
General Anderson
Virginia
Commonwealth
Soviet Union Objects to Voting Rule at Atomic Commission
New York June 28 AP Soviet Russia challenged a proposed two thirds vote rule for all decisions at the Atomic Energy Commission session as it begins work toward a permanent atomic control agency. Andrei A Gromyko reserved the right to raise the issue at today's closed meeting.
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New York
Soviet
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
United Nations Security Council
Committee of Experts On Rules
Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
Truman backs Baruch as UN atomic talks begin
President Truman promises full support to Bernard Baruch in a message to the U N delegate as the atomic commission starts work on a compromise formula uniting U S and Soviet plans. The session focuses on procedure with press barred, while Gromyko vetoes shadow Security Council debating Spain.
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New York
Truman
Bernard Baruch
United States
United Nations Atomic Commission
U. S
U.S
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Gromyko
Security Council
U. N. Ue
Mrs Brand Praises Campaign Tactics At National PAC School
Washington June 28 Experts in campaigning with folk songs and buttonholing Congressmen taught at the National Citizens PAC School. Ballad singers from New York joined a general session to show hillbilly band appeals for wooing votes while an afternoon class discussed techniques for dealing with Congress and the history of pressure groups.
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Washington
National Citizens Pac
New York
General Assembly
Congress
PAC
NCPAC
Evelyn Brand
Congressional Research
Friends Democracy
PAC Friends of
Nc-Pac
Brand
Sweeping War Profit Probe Is Promised
Washington June 28 senators said President Truman has agreed to empower the defense investigating committee to probe individual and corporate income tax returns as part of a wide war profits inquiry. The Truman Committee will examine mushrooming outfits and interlocking boards tied to war contracts to close loopholes in tax laws. Public hearings were set to begin Monday with Truman’s cooperation expected on necessary records though income tax returns were not yet confirmed.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
White House
Chamber
Defense
Associated
Congress
Mead
D-Ny
Defense Investigating Committee
OPA Faces Rent Fears If Controls End
Washington reports nervousness over rent outcomes as Congress debates a rent control extension. OPA officials say rents could rise if controls lapse while landlords push renewal clauses raising rates. Isaac Carson notes tenants may sign voluntary leases, binding them without triggering evictions.
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Washington
OPA
Congress
Ivan D. Carson
Carson
Paul Mise
Mississippi Negroes Vote In Primary
Mississippi voters prepare for a major primary as Theodore Bilbo seeks a third Senate nomination amid tensions over Negro voting rights. Bilbo denounces federal enforcement while urging white voters to block Black participation. observers note Negro turnout remains small in a state with a large Black population.
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Kris Kreeger
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
U.S. Supreme Court
Theodore G. Bilbo
Senate
Bilbo
Justice Department
Winchester Derby Builds Wide City Interest and Plans
Final plans for Winchester's first Soap Box Derby were laid by the Junior Board of Trade committee. A parade starts at 1 pm on Derby Day July 4 with 28 entrants aged 11 to 15 from local addresses. Officials include track director Bill Lohr, registrar Glen Snyder, chief starter John Scully, and police liaison.
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Winchester
Battaile
Bill Lohr
Paul Ayres
Hilltop
Scotty Binner
Berlyn Moore
Jim March
Glen Snyder
Rod Sirbaugh
John Scully
Douglas Cather
Woody Glaize
Bobylor
Upton Snider
Ralph Mulvey
Ed Molden
Jim Sargent
Chester Riley
Derby Downs
Jail Hill
Ben Belchie
Bud Lewis
Big Four ministers seek quick five treaty drafts in Paris
In Paris on June 28 the Big Four foreign ministers held a long session to draft skeleton peace pacts for Italy Bulgaria Romania Hungary and Finland ahead of a 21 nation peace conference. They eyed Trieste and reparations issues as key hurdles to a summer conference. James Byrnes joked about needing a breath after the session.
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Paris
Dodecanese
Italy
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Finland
Trieste
U. S
Weekend Weather Outlook Slightly Warmer Ahead
Weather prospects for the weekend show scattered thundershowers with Saturday and Sunday into Monday across the north and south. Expected precipitation under half an inch in the south and up to three quarters in the north. Cooler conditions Sunday in the north and Monday in the south. A warming trend returns Tuesday and Wednesday with temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above normal.
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Weather Bureau
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International
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Max Harrelson
U. N. General Assembly
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The
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Special Attention
the Evening Star
Mrs. Brand
D. Harold Oliver
Big Four
Rents
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Junior Board of Trade
Dick Rush
Joe McDaniel
Toledo Scale Company
West Virginia
Ross Knee
Valley Avenue
Richard L. Boxwell, Jr
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Laris
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