United States Pushes Palestine Partition At UN Recess
Security Council rejected a one week recess proposal led by the United States. Seven votes needed, amid Russian amendments and private talks to align Soviet support. The Jewish agency signaled determination to proceed with creation of a holy land despite US partition efforts.
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United States
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Austin
U.N. Security Council
Abba Hillel Silver
The
United Alions
Union Officer Imprisoned on Perjury Charge
Harola Christoffel former CIO union officer in Milwaukee was sentenced to two to six years in prison for perjury after denying under oath he was a Communist. He previously led Local 248 of the United Auto Workers at Allis Chalmers Milwaukee plant and was convicted on six counts.
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Washington
Harola
Christoffel
cIo
Milwaukee
Edward M. Curran
John Rogge
Defense
Curran
United Auto Workers
Allis-Chalmers Company
House Labor Committee
Communist Party
McVeagh Nominated Ambassador to Portugal
Washington reports Lincoln McVeagh of Connecticut, currently ambassador to Greece, has been named by President Truman to be ambassador to Portugal. Pending notes suggest the Athens post could stay vacant briefly as Dwight Criswell leads the American aid mission in Greece.
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Washington
Lincoln McVeah
Connecticut
Greece
Truman
Portugal
Athens
Dwight Criswold
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook
The forecast calls for temperatures two to four degrees below normal through March 10. A cold Saturday will give way to warmer conditions by Sunday and early Monday, then turn cooler again Tuesday. Rain or snow is expected Saturday night or Sunday and again around Wednesday, with total precipitation near one third of an inch.
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Virginia
Presbyterians To Honor New Church Members
The Winchester Presbyterian church hosts a 7 30 reception to honor new members with no speeches or dinner. The pastor Dr Ronald Wilson and church leaders will receive members as I Fred Stine outlines next year’s volunteer work.
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Winchester Presbyterian Church
Ronald Wilson
Elders
Fred Stine
Jane Sowers
Ivy Room
Curtis Fray
Kindergaren
Dorothy Larrick Tillotson
Tillotson
J. H. Lowden
Sara Tanquary
Ada Glass Baker
H. Clay deGreange
Mad Pianist Remains Uncured at Eloise Hospital
Detroit report from Eloise asylum notes Maestro X a brilliant music student now two years an inpatient. Dr Gruber says the patient is completely mad in all but music with limited interaction and no evident improvement. The hospital still hopes for a breakthrough to help others as well.
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Detroit
Eloise
Maestro X
T. K. Gruber
Wayne County General Hospital
Gruber
Apple Holdings Here Estimated At 300 000 Bu
Three Winchester cold storages report apple holdings exceeding 300000 bushels with slow movement. Winchester reports 199278 bu, Virginia Apple Storage 85689 bu, Old Mill Storage about 20000 bu. National holdings were 30 million bu Jan 1, US Dept of Agriculture notes West Coast increases. Government lunch program bids due Feb 26. Virginia allocates 500 for crop promotion with Appalachian service staff to assess local market.
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Winchester Cold
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Virginia Apple
Robinson
National Apple
U. S. Department of Agriculture
West
Winchester
South America
Virginia State Apple Commission
Staunton
Virginia
Appalachian Apple Service, Inc
Four New Houses Get City Building Permits
City records show four dwelling permits issued for new houses. Eldridsfe M Lemley gets two one story homes at 313 and 317 Shenandoah Ave costing about 7000 each. Roy Harper obtains a two story brick house on Whitlock Ave costing about 10000. L E Patton receives permission for a one story concrete block dwelling on West St costing about 7000.
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Commissioner of Revenue
Eldridsfe M.lemley
Shenandoah Ave
Roy Harper
W. Pall Mall St
Whitlock Ave
L. E. Patton
West St
Valley tourism groups plan ad campaign to draw visitors
Shenandoah Valley Inc met in Harrisonburg to map funding for a regional advertising program targeting the coming tourist season. Florenz Hinz reported over 100,000 distributed ads and noted rival highway billboards prompting a vigorous response. The group aims to raise 16000 for media and strip maps, with Nat ural Bridge to host headquarters starting March 15 and fund half of the secretary's salary. The next meeting is April 30 in Winchester during the Apple Blossom Festival.
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Henry Hardenburg
Shenandoah Valley Inc
Harrisonburg
Florenz Hinz
Florida
Shenandoah Valley
Hinz
Natural Bridge
Winchester
Towboat Natchez Sinks After River Collision
Fourteen to twenty crewmen feared dead or missing when the towboat Natchez struck a bridge piling on a Mississippi River current near Greenville. Captain William A Howell of the Sohia-Latonia recovered the Natchez pilot Walter Hass of St. Louis. master John Browinski of St. Louis was reported missing. The Natchez, owned by Federal Barge Lines and chartered to Standard Oil Co of Ohio, was hauling crude oil from Mayersville to St. Louis and sank after impacting a bridge, with eleven survivors aboard the Sohia-Latonia arriving at Greenville.
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Miss
Natchez
William A Howell
Sohia-Latonia
Howell
Walter Hass
St. Louis
John Browinski
Federal Barge Lines
Standard Oil Co. of
Ohio
Mayersville
Finns Split Over Red Military Pact Opposition
In Helsinki on March 5 two minority parties declared their opposition to a military alliance with Russia. Their stance leaves a majority of Parliament aligned against such a pact while Conservatives and Liberals joined other groups in approving opening talks with the Soviet Union on a friendship and mutual assistance agreement.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Parliaar
Soviet Union
President Truman Returns From Southern Vacation
President Truman arrives back in Washington from Key West at 2 06 P M and schedules a cabinet meeting for 4 P M his first act after the southern trip A brief dispatch notes the return and immediate official business.
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Washington
Truman
Key West
Fla
Middletown Protests License Bid for Local Beer Sale
A petition seeks a public hearing before ABC approves a beer license for the Borden building. Proponents cite the Lee theater and soda fountain as teen gathering spots near Grace Methodist Church, which the church board protested on March 2.
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State
ABC Board
Borden
Middletown
Lee Theater
Grace Methodist Church Board of Stewards
Eggs fall three cents in city produce quotations
Eggs tumbled three cents a dozen in city produce quotations today with Grade A large at 45 cents. Highest price paid for heavy breed yearling hens for delivery Monday. Call B and S Poultry for price by phone 5231.
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Call B & S Poultry
Ammonia Tank Explosion Kills One at Pittsburgh Plant
A Denholm Packing Co ammonia tank exploded in Pittsburgh's East Liberty section killing James Bell 455 a stationary engineer. About 100 workers were inside and 5 injured including three with ammonia poisoning. Firefighters wore gas masks as ambulances rushed to the scene. Damage est at 15000 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Denholm Packing Co
James Bell
Meat Packing
East Liberty
Ida May Love
H. H. Stutsman
William Davis
Last of Sales Tax Bills Die in Committee
In Richmond on March 5 the House finance committee killed three sales tax proposals ending all sales tax efforts in the Assembly. A Senate bill to reimpose the two percent gross receipts tax was repealed two years ago. The House appropriations committee rejected the boiler inspection bill 8 to 5. The House courts of justice committee approved a Senate bill to retire State Corporation Commission members after 25 years service at three fourth pay.
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House Finance Committee
Assembly
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
House Courts of Justice
State Corporation Commission
Virginia House Seeks Own Way in Racial Discrimination Bill
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a resolution urging Congress to let Southern states remove racial discrimination “in their own way.” The debate centered on a substitute anti-Truman voting bill amid Capitol Hill attention and a tense public hearing. The measure would allow presidential and vice presidential candidates on the Virginia ballot while permitting the state’s 11 electoral votes to be withheld if the state Democratic party rejects a candidate or platform.
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House of Delegates
Congress
Capitol Hill
William M
Tuck
Nations Party
House Committee On Privileges and Election
Virginia
Democratic Party
National Party
Senate
House
Hutchinson
Martin A. Hutchinson
U. 58
Byrd
Boothe
Denny
Armstead Boothe
Alexandria
Collins Denny
Methodist Episcopal Church
Truman
Japanese Plums Lilacs Frosted by 13 Degree Dip
The Associated Press reports frosts dropped to mid winter levels from Colorado to Maine with 13 degree readings in Northern Virginia. Dr. A B Groves notes possible bud injury to Japanese plums and lilacs frost, but little orchard damage expected. Heavy snow totals include 20 inches at Ellis and 13 inches at Dodge City in Kansas. Western Kansas wheat growers call the snow fortunate for the new crop.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Maine
Virginia
Winchester Research Laboratory
A. B. Groves
Kansas
Ellis
Dodge City
Festival Aide Melton Named Apple Blossom Co Finance Director
Howard Melton serves as co finance director of the 21st annual Apple Blossom Festival to be held Thursday and Friday April 29 30. He is area manager of The Commonwealth Discount Corp treasurer and director on the Junior Board of Trade and a Rotary committee worker. He married Marion Walton of Richmond and they have three boys.
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Howard Melton
Melton
Commonwealth Discount Corp
Junior Board of Trade
Rotary International
Marion Walton
Richmond
Square Dance at Rainbow Inn This Saturday Night
A square dance event is scheduled at the Rainbow Inn on Saturday night March 6. The dance runs 3 to 5 and 11 I p? reads the notice. Organizers invite dancers and callers to join in a social evening.
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Rainbow Inn
Warning light halts traffic at fire house on N Loudoun
A red warning light hangs from a cable in front of the Sarah Zane engine house on N Loudoun street. It activates on alarm, stopping traffic briefly until equipment backs out. A time switch cuts the light off after 20 seconds. The device was bought before the war but installation delayed by time switch issues.
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N. Loudoun Street
Sarah Zane
Harriman Defies Congress on Condon Loyalty Records
Washington March 5 The Commerce Department refused to hand loyalty records on Dr Edward Condon to the House UnAmerican Activities Committee stating public interest would be prejudiced. Harriman cited attorney general advice and confidential information in the file, risking jeopardizing loyalty program effectiveness.
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Commerce Department
House
Edward A. Don John L. Towne
Department
Que
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Congress
Committee
Mackinnon
Rminn
Hoffman
R-Mich
Rich
R-Pa
un-American Activities Subcommittee
Condon
National Bureau of Standards
un-American Activities Committee
Dr. Condon
Clark
Thomas Plans
Haring Harriman
Plea to Deny Education Funds Is Lost
The Republican House appropriations committee rejected a subcommittee plan to withhold federal funds for hospital construction and vocational education from states denying Negroes equal educational and job opportunities. The Keefe subcommittee proposal, tied to a 1.017 billion dollar bill, was defeated 25 to 6 in a closed session. The full bill remains under debate with$170 million at risk, including $135 million for hospital construction.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Keefe
R-Wis
Action Uskee
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
House
Poheces
Truman
United Staes Employment Service
Social Security Administration
Public Health Service
Roswell Magill Backs Tax Cut Range Four to Six Billion
Roswell Magill former Treasury official told the Senate Finance Committee that a four to six billion dollar tax cut would be enormously beneficial to the economy. He cited 1947 and 1948 surpluses above 16.4 billion and argued revenue losses from a cut might be lower than the House's six and a half billion figure. He warned evasion would tempt and collection would become easier, reducing costs.
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Washington
Roswell Magill
New Des Treasury
the Treasury
Farm Price Support In 1949 Is Problem
Washington dispatch explains parity and farm price support in simple terms. Parity means prices are equal to earlier buying power and government buys crops to keep prices from dropping. The base period 1909-14 shows the concept with wheat at $1 per bushel then and $2 now, with goods costing more.
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
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