Explosion in Jerusalem Kills Sixteen and Wounds Many
A Sabbath blast at a King George Avenue officers club in Jerusalem leaves 16 dead 17 injured and 24 missing. Police and troops search the site amid gunfire exchanges with attackers suspected wounded and captured. A truck near the scene is believed used by assailants.
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Jerusalem
Jewish Agency
Yeshuron San
King George Avenue
Holy Land
Welch
King David
Dr. E. W. Miller Laid To Rest At Mt Hebron
Funeral services for Dr. E W Miller longtime Winchester veterinarian were held at First Angelical United Brethren Church after a 1 30 pm procession from Omps Funeral Home. Rev Franklin Senger and Rev Luther Brid conducted the service followed by burial in Mount Hebron cemetery. Honorary pallbearers included Dr H S Miller Dr Charles Milton Dr Floyd I McClure Dr J M Casey Dr Harry Langdon and Dr Charles Miller.
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E. W. Miller
Winchester
North Braddock Street
Omps Funeral
United Brethren Church
Franklin Senger
Luther G. Brid. Crater Abent
Mount Hebron
Shenandoah Valley
Eget
Shenandoah Coupes
Editorial From Star Wins Praise Of Sen Hawkes of N J
United States Senator Albert W Hawkes of New Jersey asked the Senate for unanimous consent to print in the Congressional Record Appendix an editorial titled Battle for Sol published in the Winchester Star Evening Star on February 25 1947 The senator said the editorial contains words of wisdom for the American people to ponder.
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Washington
United States
Albert W. Hawkes
New Jersey
Senate
Congressional Record
Evening Star
Hawkes
Wood for sale at Oates Lumber Yard
Wood for sale stove length. Call 414. Oates Lumber Yard. Markwoods Rest 211 North Kent now Edna's Lunch under Mrs. Harry Armel management with home cooked meals at reasonable prices. Antique auction Wednesday March 19 at 10 am Patton Hall 1601 Main Winchester by Miles B. Dean.
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Markwoods Rest
N. Kent
Edna
China’s Supreme Council Accepts Soong Resignation
The National Defense Council approved Premier T V Soong's resignation and named Chiang Kai-shek as concurrent president of the Executive Yuan while a new premier is sought. Soong's departure follows criticism of his fiscal policies as Chiang ponders a cabinet reshuffle and possible minority party entries.
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Nanking
China
Supreme National Defense Council
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Executive Yuan
Soong
Chiang
Legislative Yuan
Muntramunicaons
Reso
Soone
Kuomintang
Sun Fo
Sun Yat-Sen
Chang Chun
Marshall
Sun
Fruit Growers To Hear Report On Property
The Frederick County Fruit Growers Association will hold its annual meeting at 7 30 Monday night in the county courthouse. Agenda includes annual reports, committee appointment, a report on PW and White Labor Camp, school property purchase on Fairmont Avenue at 10 400, by laws amendment Retained Capital Investment, nominating committee report and two directors’ election, a resolution on the apple industry, and a 1947 spray schedule program by Dr W S Hough and Dr A B Groves.
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Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
County Court House
Bahaman Li
J.~ Stine
Fairmont Avenue
L. B. Whitacre
H. W. Butler
Fred L. Glaize
Lester D. Arnold
W. 8. Hough
A. B. Groves
New Snow Grips Virginia Workers After Last Storm
Snow returned across portions of Virginia with Winchester Roanoke Bluefield and Covington reporting fresh flakes another inch in an hour in Covington. Bluefield saw record five day totals over 40 inches while Roanoke had heavy snowfall with streets already coated. Weather forecasts hovered between rain and snow as temperatures shifted.
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Virginia
Winchester
Bluefield
West Virginia
Covington
Roanoke
Frederick County Farmers Earn $89 000 In Soil Practices
County production administrator J L Hershman announced that 89 000 will be earned by Frederick County farmers for soil building practices in the 1946 crop year. A total of 830 farmers share in the funds with materials or cash payments. 50 exceeded minimum and receive full practice payments. Others signed farm plans but did not carry out practices. funds redistributed to active participants. Signups for 1947 reached 660, down from 965 in 1946, and the plan deadline was extended from February.
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County Production and Marketing Administration
J. L. Hershman
Frederick County
Hershman
Clarke Co School Properties Sold At Public Auction
A large Berryville crowd gathered at the Berryville Court House for the public sale of two Clarke County school properties. The Pine Grove site in Battletown district sold to S. Reid for $2 and the Chapel School site in Chapel district went to W. B. Watkins Jr. of Boyce for $1, with Coleman Dunn of Winchester presiding.
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the Star
Berryville
Berryville Court House
Pine Grove
Battletown
S. Reid, Oesee
W. B. Watkins, Jr
Boyce
Chapel
Coleman Dunn
Winchester
FBI Credentials Prompt Eight Year-Old to Aid Jewel Case
In Spokane on March 14 an eight year old boy pressured an FBI agent to show credentials then helped locate 13450 dollars worth jewelry linked to a missing shipment from Chicago. The jewels were traced after a delivery truck error and two other youths interacted with the items.
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Spokane
Wash
FBI
Une
Rodney Peterson
George F. Jewett
H. G. Maynor
Maynor
Rodney
PBI
Dale Randant
Dale
Red Cross Drive In Winchester Is In Full Swing
The 1947 Red Cross Fund Drive opened in Winchester and Frederick County led by 80 volunteers under Miss Mary Lou Steele to canvass the city house to house. The goal is to enroll every resident as a paid up member in 1947 with a county wide quota of 11340 dollars. Local leaders include J. T. Kremer Ben Belchie H B McCormac Jr Ralph Pifer Joseph Massie Jr Emma Robinson and four district heads Claude Gore Landon Whitacre Mrs H T Snapp and P E Lineburg.
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Red Cross
Winchester
Frederick County
Mary Lou Steele
Philip Glaize
Winchester- Frederick County
American Red Cross
Virginia
J. T. Kremer
Commerce
Ben Belchie
H. B McCormac
Stonewall
Landon Whitacre
Gainesboro
Back Creek
H. T. Snapp
Shawnee
P. E. Lineburg
Opequon
United Nations Chief Warns on Ununsigned Treaties
Trygve Lie, UN secretary-general, said until Germany and Japan peace treaties are signed, serious issues will persist among the victorious powers. He spoke before the League for Industrial Democracy, urging compromises in a spirit of agreement to ease global tensions.
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New York
Trygve Lie
United Nations
League For Industrial Democracy
Lie
Flooding Threatens Trinidad Bolivia As 10 000 Seek Rescue
Bolivian authorities warn that Mamore and Ivari basins may flood the city of Trinidad, with 50 percent of structures at risk. Rescue boats are en route. 1 500 children to be evacuated. Cattle losses could exceed 100 000 head as 5 700 square miles flood. Four US Catalina flying boats head toward Balboa to aid operations.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Trinidad
Mamore
Ivari
Arroyo de San Juan
Suarez Lake
National
Rigoberto Suarez
Beni Department
Lloyd Airline
United States Army
Catalina
West Palm Beach
Fla
Balboa
C. Z
Telephone Co Workers File Strike Notice
More than 100000 telephone workers in at least 23 states filed 30 day strike notices with the federal government as part of a coordinated plan by the National Federation of Telephone Workers. Officials said no strike would begin before April at the earliest and noted the notices were largely formal to keep within the law.
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Associated Press
National Federation of Telephone Workers
New York
New Jersey
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Colorado
Arizona
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
New Mexico
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
California
Thomas A Lambert
Mountain States Federation of Telephone Workers
Chicago
Denver
Joseph A. Beirne
NFTW
Senate Labor Committee
National Federation
Bell Telephone
Frederick County Schools To Open Monday With Regular Time
Superintendent Leslie D. Kline announced all Frederick County schools will open Monday at the regular time after closures since February 21 due to a snow storm. Clarke County schools, also closed for over a week, will reopen Monday as well.
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Leslie D. Kline
Frederick County
Clarke County
First Concert By Municipal Band On Sunday
The McIi wee Municipal Band under Gaylen Strance will present its first 3 o clock concert of the year tomorrow afternoon at Handley High Auditorium. The program is arranged for public entertainment with no admission charge.
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MclIiwee
Gaylen Strance
Handley High A
Temperatures Report Peak and Lows for Region
Daily readings show a high of 30 and a low of 17. Year ago the high was 55 and the low 24.
Fourteen Airmen Parachute to Safety in Aleutians
Fourteen Army Air Forces fliers abandon their flaming B-29 over the Aleutian Peninsula and are rescued by three amphibian planes. The bomber crashed near Naknek while searching for another B-29 missing since Monday. All airmen were found safe and cared for at three locations.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Army Air Forces
Aleutian Peninsula
Alaskan Air Command
N. M. Johnson
Mason City
Naknek
Elmendrof Field
Here
Katmaj
Monay
Bikini
Signs Against Lilienthal Says Senator Bridges
Senator Bridges asserts signs oppose confirmation of David E. Lilienthal as Atomic Energy Commission chairman. He cites a 7 to 5 Senate Public Works vote to reject Gordon Clapp as TVA director, and notes Lilienthal and Clapp shared close ties to the Tennessee Valley Authority project amid crossfire from Senator McKellar.
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Washington
Bridges
R.N. H
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate Public Works Committee
Gordon Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senator McKellar
D.tenn
McKellar
Democrats Use Five Republicans to Block Debt Cut Vote
In Washington on March 1 Democrats, aided by five Republicans, overturned a GOP plan to trim 4.5 billion from the Truman budget of 37.5 billion for the next fiscal year. The Senate approved 2.6 billion in debt reduction after a split on surplus sale proceeds, with Wherry’s amendment defeated 39 to 38 as adjournment followed.
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Washington
Hinda Er Kaneve
Congress
Truman
GOP
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
R.-Neb
Lewis Douglas Crowns Blossom Queen at Apple Blossom Festival
Ambassador to Great Britain Lewis Douglas crowned Mrs. Elizabeth Artemus Whitney as Queen Shenandoah during the Apple Blossom Festival opening on May 3 1934. The event marked the start of the annual celebration in the region.
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Lewis Douglas
Truman
Great Britain
Elizabeth Artemus Whitney
Shenandoah
Fourth Religious Institute Opens in Berryville Church
The fourth Religious Education Institute of Winchester Presbytery meets at Berryville Presbyterian Church on Tuesday March 4 1947 starting at 3 p m. It gathers church officers teachers Sunday School leaders and adult workers. Rev L B Gibbs pastor of Woodstock Presbyterian Church chairs the Winchester Presbytery committee. Registration begins at 3 p.m.
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Fourth Religious Institute
Winchester
Berryville Presbyterian Church
Currie
Religious Education Institute of
Winchester Presbytery
Religious Education Committee of
L. B. Gibbs
Presbyterian Church of
Woodstock
Committee of Religious Education of
U S faces Greece role amid British pullout risk
Washington sources say a US plan may spend up to 250000 900 this year to keep Greece as a democratic bulwark amid a new diplomatic crisis discussed by President Truman and Secretary Marshall with congressional leaders. A US commission, headed by Paul Porter, could advise on expenditures as Britain signals it cannot sustain troop levels.
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Washington
United States
Greece
Trueman
Mareshall
White House
Bri
Bevin
Paul Porter
Europe
Future
Turkey
Britain
George D-Gay
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dardanelles
State Acheson
Patterson
New
International Refugee Organization
South End Fire Co. Plans March Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Co. will be held Monday evening March 3 at 8 p m. All members are urged to attend. Harry Rainsberger Jr., Captain.
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South End Fire Co
Harry Rainsberger, Jr
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Sen. Hawkes
N. J
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Chinas Supreme Council
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Apple
Red Cross Drive
Ed Molden
Headley’s
Hodgson & Brown
Kline
Frederick Co
McCann
Baltimore and Ohio
Stephenson
Highway Department
Peter
Lilienthal
Manila
Mindanao
Philippine Department of Interior
Bukidnon
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