Denmark and Norway Back Western Alliance Talks
Denmark and Norway move toward joining the Atlantic defense talks in Washington as Norway rejects a Soviet non aggression pact. Sweden expected to join within months while Denmark plans to send Rasmussen to Washington to discuss entry.
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Oslo
Norway
Washington
Denmark
Rasmussen
Sweden
Russia
Finland
Evening Moscow
Soviet Union
Ussr
United States
Britain
Scandina
Einer Gerhardsen
Europe
Calis Washington
North Atlantic
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
State Department
Extension of Credit Controls Suits Both Taft and Truman
Washington March 4 Senator Taft and President Truman favor extending government controls over instalment buying beyond June 30. Southern Democrats Maybank and Sparkman push for extended hearings. Truman says consumer credit regulations should be extended despite looser pay-off rules, citing the full employment act and mixed price trends as reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Truman
Senate
Maybank
South Carolina
Sparkman
Alabama
Federal Reserve Board
O’mahoney
D-Wye
House Economic Committee
Congress
Jobless in Land Reaches 3.2 Million in February
Census Bureau reports 3,200,000 unemployed in February, up 550,000 from January, with weather and non seasonal layoffs blamed. The spike follows a 700,000 rise in January, totaling 1,250,000 in two months, the highest since 1942.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Slayer Pleads Innocent Held For Observation
Charles Francis Holber, 40, accused slayer of his wife and child, was committed to a state hospital for criminally insane at Marion Virginia for observation. A Fairfax county grand jury returned two murder indictments against him and he pleaded innocent at arraignment.
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Fairfax
Charles Francis Holber
State Institution
Marion
Fairfax County
Holober
Britain Sets Postwar Defense Budget as Peacetime Peak
Britain’s House of Commons approved defense estimates of 759.86 million pounds, the largest peacetime postwar budget to date, with Defense Minister A. V. Alexander stressing necessity amid Cold War tensions. The vote was 227 to 3. French and other Allies discussed armored forces and defenses as Paris outlined March–April military spending.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
A. V. Alexander
Russia
Moscow
Alexander
Mexico
Philippines
France
Italy
Germany
United States
Finland
Denmark
Truman
Washington
Winchester Eagles hold special meeting March 4 8 p.m
All officers and members of Winchester Aerie No 824 Fraternal Order of Eagles are urged to attend a special meeting Friday night March 4 at 8 p.m. Deputy grand president Mr John T Corrigan will preside. The notice is signed by the secretary. The second notice lists shares to be sold at public auction on Saturday March 5 at 12 noon in front of the Frederick County Court House including 20 shares Commercial and Savings Bank 29 shares Geo Washington Hotel preferred 37 shares National Fruit Prod Co preferred 4 shares Shenandoah Valley National Bank and Shenandoah Valley Nat Bank executor. Coleman Dunn, Auctioneer.
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Winchester
Aerie No
Order of Eagles
John. T. Corrigan
Frederick County Court House
Boon
Commercial & Savings Bank
Geo
Washington Hotel
Pfd
National Pruit Prod. Co
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Shenandoah Valley
Nat
Pank
Coleman Dunn
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabiil
Love
Rouss Fire
Charlie Rouss Fire Co
Robert C. Legge
Duplex House
Braddock St
B. M. Sullivan
Wanted to Buy Small Size Revolver
Personal ad from Care Star column seeking a small size revolver. Appears in a 1p edition with coded reference (1p-3-3-2t). No other details or contacts provided.
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E. M. Care Star
Argentina's Vast Resources Touched At Cork Street Supper
A Cork Street Christian church supper honored Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Hadden Jr before his departure to Clarksville Tennessee for a pastorate and Vanderbilt graduate work. Rev. George Earle Owens discussed Argentina's wealth, culture, and education, noting Buenos Aires as a cultural hub and English gaining prominence in schools and commerce.
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Cork St. Christian Church
W. J. Hadden Jr
Clarksville
Tenn
Vanderbilt Univery
George Earle Owens
Union Theological Seminary
Buenos Aires
Christian Church
Methodists
Argentina
Charles Line of
Gore
Owen
Federated Council of Church Women
Cork St
Richmond
Miami
Pampas
Paris
Latin America
Teatro Colon
la Prensa
Peron
Rome
Angry Russian Mission Flees Frankfurt House
Eight angry Russian soldiers abandoned the Russian repatriation mission in Frankfurt after two days under a U S Army blockade. They left in a convoy toward the Soviet zone, while Russian authorities ordered U S graves registration teams to depart Berlin. The mission burned documents and packed baggage as reporters observed disarray and a tense departure.
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Frankurt
Germany
Berlin
U. S
Soviet Zone
Frankfurt
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Russia
Yalta
Teheran
U. S. State Department
Mission
Mrs A W Hooper Dies in Oklahoma City
Mrs Arthur William Hooper a Winchester native dies in Oklahoma City. She was daughter of the late Arthur M and Ida Wilson Leafe. Survived by husband daughter Anna Bolling Shephard and granddaughter Miss Anne Hardy. Body to be returned to Dallas for services tomorrow.
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Winchester
Oklahoma City
Arthur William Hooper
Hooper
Arthur M
Ida Wilson Leafe
Lewis Jones
Leslie B. Shepherd
Berryville
Dallas
Texas
Anna Bolling Shepherd
J. E. Hardy
Johnson Aims for Strong America to Guard Peace
President Truman plans to elevate Louis A. Johnson to defense secretary with broader powers, signaling a push for a stronger, unified department. Johnson meeting with Forrestal at the White House outlines a smooth transition as Hoover Commission urges stronger defense leadership and Eisenhower backs expanded authority.
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Washington
Louis A. Johnson
Defense
America
Johnson
White House
Truman
Forrestal
Cabinet
New York
Defense Forrestal
Congress
American Legion
Hoover Commission
Department of Defense
Hoover
Commission
Herbert Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
Dem
Tenor Ordered To Pay Support For Infant
Ferruccio Tagliavini was ordered to pay 25 dollars a week for the support of a 17 month old daughter with Mary Phillips. The case notes a January 1947 affair and cites his wife Pia Tassinari, a Metropolitan Opera soprano.
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New York
Ferruccio Tagliavini
Metropolitan Opera
Mary Phillips
Tagliavini
Miss Phillips
Pia Tassinari
Fruit Crop Prospects Good Says Dr Groves Pathologist
Dr A B Groves of the Winchester Laboratory says near normal weather from now on keeps fruit prospects favorable. He notes February warmth pushed buds and compares 1949 to 1932, warning that the critical period comes after buds turn green, with past frosts causing damage in March and May.
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A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Groves
Filibuster Pressure Builds in Senate Vote Outlook
Thirty eight of fifty five senators signaled they would vote against a cloture ruling to end a Southern Democratic filibuster led by Lucas of Illinois. The vote could affect Truman civil rights plans and domestic agenda as debate enters its fifth day with uncertain support and possible Barkley guidance.
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Washington
Senate
Associated Press
Barkley
Lucas of
Ilinois
Lucas
Holland
Truman
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Miscegenation Guilty Admitted Man Leaves Virginia
Clark Hamilton Jr. pleaded guilty in Roanoke county circuit court to violating Virginia miscegenation laws. Judge Keister suspended three years as Hamilton prepared to leave the state, reportedly for Baltimore, after marrying Florence Hammond in 1948 and presenting a birth certificate listing him as “colored.”
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Roanoke
Clark Hamilton Jr
Salem
Virginia
T. L. Keister
V. Warren Messick
Hamilton
Roanoke County
Baltimore
Florence Hammond
Russellville
Ala
Famous Handley Singing Group Lives Up To Reputation
Grubbs Studio photo depicts the Handley club with Miss Sadie Finklestein at the piano. Members pictured include Cary Marshall Florence Harley Connie Line Maxine Butler Inez Miller Ann Arthur Patsy Levi Lorraine Price Patricia Frye Imogene Arch Kitty Stephenson Elizabeth Halvosa Virginia Yates Leslie Miller Sarah Leatherman Elizabeth Browning Nancy Hurst Barbara Wheeler Charlotte Knight Betty L McFarland Freda Seldon Betty Jo Dearing Jane Soven.
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Grubbs
Festival Parade Group Confer With Washington Officials
James R. Alexander Jr. director of the Apple Blossom Festival grand feature parade led a delegation to Washington to confer with officials about the annual fete. He was joined by Police Chief J. Thomas Boyd George Sanders and William Battaile and met Rep Burr Harrison in the morning and U S Senator Harry Byrd in the afternoon.
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James R. Alexander Jr
Washington
J. Thomas Boyd
George Sanders
William Battaile
Burr Harrison
U. S
Harry Byrd
Five Charleston Firemen Die in Woolworth Blaze
Fire in Charleston Woolworth store kills five firefighters and injures at least 13. One more missing is J P Little. The disaster, the city’s worst fire, caused about 1 million dollars in damage as flames spread to nearby Kresge building and a roof collapse followed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Woolworth
J. Louis McLane
J. P. Little
Frank N. Miller
Freddie Summers
McLane
Kresge
Ten Cent
Middletown Plans Yard Party Festival Dates
The Middletown Volunteer Fire Co. set an annual yard party for June 18 and an all in one festival for July 28 to raise funds toward a $7,200 fire truck debt. Contributions are welcome while the group keeps the truck for its own members. Delegates will attend the Northern Virginia Firemen’s Assn. district meeting in Staunton March 27 to plan the Front Royal convention. Fire fighting program at the Lee Theatre Middletown March 20 discussed with invitations to Clearbrook to Harrisonburg fire companies.
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Middletown Volunteer Fire Co
T. Ainsworth Sperry
Northern Virginia Firemen’‘s Assn
Staunton
Front Royal
Lee Theatre
Middletown
Clearbrook
Harrisonburg
Virginia 5 Day Weather Forecast
Five day outlook for Virginia from Saturday to Wednesday shows average temperatures four to five degrees above normal. Expect mild conditions Saturday through Monday with colder readings on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rain is likely Monday through Wednesday with total precipitation about a quarter inch.
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Virginia
Farmers Selling Low Buying High Plight Says VPI
VPI economist Dr. Harry M. Love warns that farm prices are falling while the market remains near or below support levels. He urges farmers to cut production costs and notes the history of price versus costs, with frost-boosted fruit and truck crops providing some strength.
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Vpi
Blacksburg
Harry M. Love
Love
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