Senator predicts about 4.7 billion income tax cut
Sen George of Georgia said the Senate committee will vote on an income tax cut of about 4.75 billion dollars. House Republicans aim to shrink the measure to attract Democratic support, hoping to override a presidential veto with a two thirds margin. Milliken sees a range from 4.5 to 5.0 billion, with George placing the figure midway.
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Washington
Sen. George
D-Ga
Georgia
Millikin
R-Cole
House
Senate
Milliken
George
Truman Seeks 55 Million Aid Before ERP Passage
President Truman asked Congress for an extra 55 million to aid western Europe until the European Recovery Program is enacted. Congress approved 540 million in aid last fall, including 18 million for China, with expectations this money would cover needs until March.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
China
Illegitimate Children Care Shaped by Frederick Parish Duty
Local practice in colonial Frederick County assigned care of illegitimate children to Frederick Parish vestry. Mothers faced public punishment and possible extended servitude. fathers rarely admitted. Wardens sought guardians to educate and apprentice abused children under county law.
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Frederick County
Frederick Parish
Frederick
For Sale and Community Notices Items From 1948
Old classified style notices advertise 20 tons of mixed hay for sale phone Ralph F Beaver 4068 with a March 10 1948 filing. A Winchester Gun Club shooting event is listed for March 13 1948 at Winchester Canton No 18. A store and service station repurchase notice from Mr and Mrs Harry Shirley requests patronage. A fire department executive council meeting is scheduled for March 10 7 30 p m Friendship Hall Web. An on site service station opening at Corner Navy and North Ave invites serving customers.
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Ralph F_ Beaver
Winchester
Winchester Canton NO
Sunnyside
Harry Shirley
Emen
Winchester Volunteer Fire Departments
Friendship Hall
Web
Taylor Barr
Leap Year Boosts Marriage Licenses in Winchester 1948
Court officials note overall 1948 marriage licenses issued in Winchester top 1947 through February. County clerk reports 113 licenses this year, 16 more than February 1947, while City clerk sees 95 in February after 105 in January. Total 313 year to date vs 302 last year, still far from 1947’s yearly 2554. No licenses on Feb 29 but two marriages occurred that date with 1951 anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Winchester
School Budget Awaiting End Of Legislature
The Frederick County school board, after two meetings, waits for the General Assembly to finish its session. Superintendent Leslie C Kline says items will be settled after adjournment, with a special session planned to finalize the budget. Plans for a new consolidated high school hinge on completed plans and specifications, with bids hoped by late March or early April.
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Frederick County
Leslie C.line
General Assembly
Consolidated High School
Kline
McGrath Urges Backlash Against Truman Attackers
Democratic Chairman J Howard McGrath urged party leaders to strike back at attackers of the Truman administration during a two day meeting in Washington. He sought grass roots advice from key men to bolster President Truman's open campaign while leaders from many regions attended behind closed doors.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
McGrath
John M. Redding
Redding
Fete at Boyce For High School Benefit Friday
Clarke County hosts a fund raising fete at Boyce school to buy blackout classroom blinds stage curtains and other items. The event features a magician skit by local actors cakewalk prizes and a merchandise auction with items from Winchester merchants and local businesses. Proceeds support visual education and school needs with admission set at 50 cents.
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Boyce High School
Lee
Clarke County Cakes
Walter Denny
W. R. Thompson
Washington
Clarke County
C. E. Miley
Henry Hawkins
R. G. Buckley
Julian A. Everly
Edward B. Lee
J. M. Casey
Ed Longerbeam
Ned Mallory
Berryville
R.G. Buckley
Sarah Sipe
Barr Farm and Orchard Supply Co
Winchester
Everly
Clarke
Earl Shade Equipment Co
Miller and Anderson
C. S. Brumback and Sons
Bradley Garden
Lupton Orchard Supply Supply Co
Miller's Hardware
Boyce School
C. E. Milley
Virginia Apple Tax Bill Clarifies West Virginia Apples
An AP dispatch from Richmond reports Delegate E. Blackburn Moore pared a bill to tax Virginia apples only at 14 cents per bushel, by applying the packed fruit tax solely to Virginia grown apples and removing WV apples from Virginia packing tax. The measure leaves Virginia grown apples untaxed in Virginia.
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Associated Press
Richmond
E. Blackburn Moore
Virginia
Star
West Virginia
Moore
Unemployment Drops in 3 County Virginia Area
Unemployment peak reached 765 in February in Winchester area then declined to 650. F W Bailey of the Virginia State Employment Service says a net 115 workers were removed from the list in the past month with most unemployed in unskilled and semi skilled jobs.
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F. W. Bailey
Winchester
Virginia State Employment Service
Bailey
Frederick
Clarke
Loudoun
Winchester native H B McCormac named 1948 Apple Blossom VP
H B McCormac, treasurer of Virginia Woolen Co and Berkeley Woolen Co, is named vice-president of the 1948 Apple Blossom Festival by President H Delmar Robinson. A Winchester lifelong resident, he has served on festival committees and on local boards including Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
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H. B. McCormac
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Rotary
Junior Board of Trade
Winchester Golf Club
Red Cross
Boy Scout
Winchester Memorial Hospital
New Jersey
Lawrenceville School
Lehigh University
McCormac
Evelyn Montgomery
S. Stewart Ue
Friendship Co. Chooses Girl for Firemen's Parade
At the March meeting of the Friendship Fire Co. a committee of Mitchell Seabright Lawrence Shine and Benny Ramaccotti will select a company girl for the parade on April 29. William Dando and John Boyd urged strong support and event organizers invited attendance at memorial services for the late Rev. Robert Nelson. The Greenbrier Military Academy band was approved to use the fire hall during the festival.
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Talmadge Lofton
H. Rhinetay L. Burke
Jonae _ bership
The
Friendship Fire Co
William Dando
Cumberland Valley Fireman's Assn
John Boyd
Mitchell Seabright
Lawrence Shine
Benny Ramaccotti
Boyd
Dando
CVVFA
J. Pinckney Arthur
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert Nelson
Greenbrier Military Academy
Memorial Service Honors 12 Friendship Fire Co. Deaths of 1947
Twelve Friendship Fire Co members who died in 1947 will be memorialized at a public service 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Market St Methodist church. Dr. Lewis F Havermale will lead. firemen will meet at Friendship hall 7 p.m. and march to the church.
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Friendship Fire Co
Market St. Methodist Church
James Loy
James Jenkins
Samuel Forney
Robert B. Nelson
George Hardy
C. Douglas Barnett
John Kerns
William Geanious
Henry Kern Maurice Grim Arthur N. Ritter
Brent Brill
Lewis F. Havermale
Friendship Hall
Pingley & Carper
GOP Would Send Guns Abroad in Broad Aid Plan
Republican members of the House foreign affairs committee discussed expanding foreign aid to include sending guns and weapons to any country where Communists threaten. The plan, raised at a closed conference led by Rep. Vorys, would target Greece Turkey and China and hinges on future decisions, with Sen. Wherry predicting a vote soon on ERP.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Greece
Turkey
China
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
McFeels War
Dowell
R-Pa
Rep
Hinshaw
Calif
Vorys
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Europe
Marshall
Garsson Brothers Indicted In Wartime Contract Frauds
A federal grand jury charged the Garsson brothers and associates in a wartime Illinois munitions scheme. The three count indictment covers suspected fraud on $78 million in contracts with Erie Basin Metal Products and others. The defendants, previously convicted of bribes with Rep. Andrew J. May, are free pending appeals.
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Baltimore
Garsson Brothers and Associates
Illinois
Frank H. Patton
Department of Justice
Prosentor
Erie Basin Metal Products Co
Elgin, Jr
Henry M
Murray W. Garsson
Allen B. Gellman
Joseph T. Weiss
Harry S. Glick
Chicago
Garsson
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
Erie Basin
Interstate Machinery Co
Illinois Watch Case Co
Elgin
Industrial Parley At VMI Draws Four From City
Four Winchester businessmen are expected to attend a Virginia Industrial Management conference at VMI March 19 and 20. K. C. Doyle J. G. Sjostrom H. B. McCormac Jr of Virginia Woolen Co and Paul Terretta of O Sullivan Rubber Co will attend. McCormac will introduce the Rev. George D Heaton who will address Friday in Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia Industrial Management
VMI
K. C. Doyle
J. G. Sjostrom
H. B. McCormac Jr
Virginia Woolen Co
Paul Terretta
O’sullivan Rubber Co
McCormac
George D Heaton
Charlotte
N.C
Reds Threaten To Bolt Big 5 Palestine Talks
In New York on March 11 Andrei Gromyko warned Russia would quit the Big Power Palestine talks if Jewish and Arab representatives or the U N Palestine Commission were admitted. Sir Alexander Cadogan said Britain would terminate the mandate May 15 and leave Palestine, and both sides signaled no final invitation decisions yet.
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New York
Russia
Palestine
Andrei A. Gromyko
Arabs of
Jewish Agency
Gromyko
U. N. Palestine Commission
U.S
Alexander Cadogan
Cadogan
U. N. Assembly
Arab Higher Committee For
Arab Higher Committee
U. S
Arab Committee For Palestine
Senate Roads Bill Wins House Group Approval
The Virginia House roads committee approved a Senate bill by a 12 5 vote to allocate 300 per mile from state highway funds for maintenance of secondary streets in towns and cities. The amendment guarantees allocations come from primary funds and freezes the secondary road expenditure ratio at 1947 48 levels. All cities and towns with 3500 or more population qualify.
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Richmond
House Roads Committee
Senate
Virginia
Ernest Robertson
Roanoke County
Vinton
James A. Anderson
Soil Conservation Contracts Cover 60 Percent of Crop Land
Frederick county farmers sign up for 36 600 to support soil conservation practices in 1948. J L Hershman reports 757 farmers participate about 45 percent of the county’s growers owning 61 percent of crop land and 60 percent of pasture land. Districts list Opequon 217 Stonewall 170 Shawnee 144 Gainesboro 131 Buck 95. ACA office in Winchester closes Saturdays. hours Monday through Friday remain.
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Frederick County
J. L. Hershman
County Agricultural Conservation Assn
Opequon
Fresh Cold Snap Brings Icy Roads Across States
A strong cold wave chills a wide area from New Mexico to Michigan and into the Canadian border. Temperatures drop to 20 below in Kansas with heavy snow blanketing Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri. Icy highway conditions are feared in the Valley amid continuing frigid conditions through Friday.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Michigan
Federal Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Canadian
Arkansas
Mission
Tennes
Hotel Fined 3500 for Overcharging Tenants in 1946
U S district court in Norfolk fined Victor H Mifer operator of Beachmore apartment hotel 3500 for overcharging tenants during the 1946 summer season. He was convicted on ten counts of charging rents above control levels with one tenant reportedly paying 540 cash over a 210 check to obtain an apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
U. S. District Court
Virginia Beach
Victor H. Mifer
Beachmore
Explosive attack damages Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem
A blast ripped the closely guarded Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem injuring 89 and killing eight. An American flag bearing car entered the courtyard, then fled in a waiting taxi, raising suspicions of a theft linked to US official material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Jewish Agency
Palestine Jewry
Haganah
Virginia Democrats Set Ballot Plan For Presidential Ticket
Richmond March 11 The Senate privileges and elections committee amended the governor's anti human bill to allow the president's name to appear on the November Virginia ballot without petition. The measure passed the House earlier and moves to the Senate floor. The bill would let Virginia's Democratic convention veto the national nominee and instruct its electors to back a candidate chosen by the state party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Senate Privileges and Electors Committee
Virginia
Senate
Robert C. Vaden
Pittsylvania
House
Vaden
Tuck
Chan
Truman
Ande
Democratic Party
Democratic Party of
Philadelphia
Democratic Convention
National Democratic Party
U S Reactions Split After MacArthur Presidential Hint
New York Times dispatch from Tokyo reports occupation authorities screen Japanese readers for American reaction to Gen. Douglas MacArthur as a presidential candidate. Allied censors have deleted a comment and held up other dispatches from major U S newspapers for about 24 hours.
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New York
New York Times
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
United States
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