State News Brevities Highlights From 1946 Assembly And Local Incidents
AP notes shows 58 percent of 786 bills introduced in the 1946 Virginia General Assembly were approved by both chambers. Gov. Northam-appointed director of the division of purchase and printing named. Virginia farmers slowed by strikes in farm equipment factories. A fatal auto crash near Zion's Cross Roads kills James Edward Estes. Frank B. Estes injured. Virginia road camps report abolition of flogging ahead of June 18 law. Baptist leadership clinic planned at Second Baptist Church with the Virginia Baptist Sunday School Board. Dr. Alexander Guerry to speak at Randolph-Macon Woman's College Founders Day.
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Richmond
House
E. Griffith Dodson
General Assembly
Senate
Government Help For Farmers Asked
CHICAGO March 12 D T Carlson president of the American Dairy Association urged immediate government policies to save the world from starvation and halt the decline in milk output and dairy farming. He warned that American farmers are facing a “tragedy” under current policies and called for a change to avoid further loss of cows and soil, saying the nation cannot meet dairy goals without action.
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Chicago
D. T. Carlson
American Dairy Association
America
Carlson
ADA
Farmers to Meet at Clearbrook
Clearbrook residents are urged to attend a March 13 meeting at 7:30 p m in Stonewall High School. Speakers include Croswel Henderson planning technician Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District and I Fred Stine county agent. A G Smith will discuss landscape and vegetable gardening. Community agricultural committee members will be elected.
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Clearbrook
Stonewall High School
Croswel Henderson
Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District
Madeline B. Myers
I. Fred Stine
A. G. Smith
County Board of Agriculture
Officers Study Strange Death in Burned Car Skeleton
Bakersfield Calif March 12 sheriff experts examine a fire blackened skeleton found chained to a burned car interior. The car owned by Gerald D Curtis Arcadia missing since January. Coroner says chain allowed self restraint. whether murder or bizarre death remains undetermined.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Gerald D. Curtis
Arcadia
John Louistalot
Red Troops to Make Stopover at Changchun and Mukden
Russian troops evacuating Mukden lack transport and must stop at Changchun before moving to Soviet soil. Chinese forces gain control of Mukden as Russians withdraw from factories and barracks. Chinese officials plan truce teams amid factional strife and a Changchun dispatch reports 104 hours after evacuation. A separate Chungking protest marks Sun Yat Sen’s death anniversary with about 4000 demonstrators.
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Chungking
Mukden
Changchun
Tung Yén-Ping
Manchuria
Russia
Sun Yat Sen
Republic
Smalley Buys Berryville Goldsmith Home
Berryville Virginia March 12 former mayor John Goldsmith sold his long owned residence to Herbert M Smalley. The house, one of the town s oldest, came from the Dr Robert Powell estate in 1920 and had belonged to the Page family for 82 years. A public sale of household goods is planned for May 16.
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Berryville
John Goldsmith
Herbert M. Smalley
Mr. Goldsmith
Robert Powell
Page
Goldsmith
Evelyn Page
Gas Factory Stomach to Relief with Erb-Help
A woman describes chronic stomach gas bloating and headaches that vanished after taking Erb-Help. She credits 12 herbs for cleansing bowels and easing gas after meals. The ad urges others with gas and constipation to try Erb-Help, sold at all drug stores in Winchester.
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Winchester
Winchester Park Nine Set to Open 1946 Season May 5
Winchester Park Association plans the 1946 baseball opener for Sunday May 5 likely against Front Royal or a Washington team. The squad will include six ex servicemen and last year’s regulars plus new uniforms and ground work begins April 1. The club seeks funds for uniforms and operations and invites scheduling letters from interested clubs.
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Winchester Park
Winchester Park Association
Front Royal
Washington
A. Ryland Conner
Glenton Mentzer
Park
Chester Miller
Front Royal Nine
Ball Park
Louis Renner
National Avenue
Renner
Soviet Press Attacks Churchill and Stresses Russo Ameri ca Unity
Izvestia denounces Churchill for Fulton remarks and urges a Russo American alliance posture. The Soviet article mocks British policy while praising growing traditional friendly ties with the United States amid criticism of Hoover and US intervention.
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London
Mar
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Goebbels
Izvesti
Churchill
America
England
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
United States
Herbert Hoover
Japan
Manchuria
Izvestia
Fresh France Move on Spain Faces UN Security Council
Washington observed fresh French evidence on Franco in Spain as Paris pushes for UN Security Council action. The United States rejected an earlier bid, widening East‑West rifts with Russia backing the French effort while Britain opposed. The State Department released notes on Bulgaria and France while signaling openness to reconsideration if new evidence emerges. Paris argues Franco commands about two million armed men in Spain.
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Washington
France
Spain
Generalissimo Franco
UNO
Security Council
United States
Big Five
Russia
United Nations Agency
Britain
China
State Department
Franco
Paris
Franco Reinforcements Shift European Frontier Tensions
The report notes Franco closed the Spanish frontier and, around that time, reinforced frontier military units. It contrasts with the European population context, outlining how army size relates to national demographics and regional security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Franco
House Approves Use of Vessels for Atomic Tests
The House approved a bill by 314 to 25 to let the Navy use about 100 warships for mid Pacific atomic bomb tests this spring. The vote followed objections to delaying until permanent peace. The body also authorized a China ship surplus sale of 271 vessels to form a new navy nucleus.
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Washington
House
Senate
mid-Pacific
China
Autos Collide On Valley Avenue
An automobile owned by William Rinker of the Middle Road collided with a car driven by P. J. Yeager of Erie Pennsylvania on Valley avenue this morning around 8 35 o clock. Mrs Yeager was admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital for overnight observation. Rinker party had slight injuries. Patrolman J A Thompson investigated.
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William R. Rinker
Middle Road
P. J. Yeager
Erie
Valley Avenue
Rinker
Yeager
Winchester Memorial Hospital
J. A. Thompson
Gladys Entrekin Leads Glamour for TWA Hostesses
Cairo reports Gladys Entrekin chief hostess of TWA's international division, a decade in the air with over 8,000 hours and 1,500,000 miles flown. She recruits from domestic service, plans overseas teams, and notes dating conflicts as crews pursue global routes.
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Cairo
Gladys Entrekin
World Air Lines
Gladys
TWA
Coatesville
Penn
Philadelphia
Bilateral Leg Amputees Club of America formed in Utah
The abbreviation Blaca stands for Bilateral Leg Amputees Club of America Inc. It was organized at Bushnell General Hospital in Brigham City Utah with 72 charter members. It is an organization of legless veterans.
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Associated Press
Arthur B. Gathright
Tuck
Division of Purchase and Printing
Umder
Department of Finance
Virginia
L. M. Walker, Jr
Charlottesville
James Edward Estes
Newport News
Frank B. Estes
Hampton
University Today
Zion’s Cross Roads
Louisa County
Rice M. Youell
State Commissioner of Corrections
Virginia Road
Second Baptist Church
Virginia Baptist Sunday School Board and Training Union
Lynchburg
Alexander Guerry
University of the South At
Sewanee, Tenn
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Tryf
H. M. Smalley
Lee Fawcett
Ernie Burch
Joe Swanson
Chick Curry
Lawrence Grim
Leon Pope
H. F. Nelson
Pine Motor Company
Willard
Chevrolet Sales
Bickers Motor Co
Amoco
Chapman Motor Co
Dellinger Bros
H. W. Ebert Garage
Loy’s Garage
Maynard Renner
Smith's
E. Piccadilly St. Garvin
J. Walter Cammer Tire Co
McNeiley & Himelright
Ed Moore
Smith Pontiac Sales & Service
Gerrard & Valley Ave
Fred Teets
W. W. Lupton Farm Machinery Dealers
Lupton Orchard Service
C. F. Dunlap Valley Service Station, Inc
Willard Batteries
Zenith
Rae
Miller’s Drug Store
Loudoun St
Advertiser
Geometries
Rayon Crepes
Taffetas
McCall and
Our Nations Department
Dept “Winchester
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