Iran Target Of Another Attack by Moscow Radio
London report summarizes Moscow Radio asserting Iran defends British oil concessions while denying Russia new concessions in Iran. Izvestia writer Alexeev claims the 1921 Soviet Iran treaty barred third party concessions but was violated by Iran in 1922 1923 1937 and 1939 to favor Standard Oil and Anglo Iranian Oil Company.
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London
Moscow Radio
Iran
Russia
Alexeev
Izvestia
Standard Oil
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
U. S
Soviet Union
Vits Baku
United States
Fight widens on OPA extension
Washington dispatch reports Congress debating extending the Office of Price Administration. House opponents seek a nine month limit on any new leases for OPA and support curtailing its powers if continued. Truman favors a one year extension ending June 30 and opposes automatic price controls.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
OPA
Truman
House
Mr. Truman
Welcome Home Vincent Fansler Jimmy Livengood Harold L Foreman
Notice lists local servicemen receiving toais and ai eee. Golden Glow Coffee Shop and Restaurant will open March 18 at 25 East Gerrard Street Route 50 with details for community patrons.
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Vincent Fansler
Jimmy Livengood
Harold L. Foreman
Golden Glow
East Gerrard Street
Iranian War Minister Denials Amid Russian Invasion Claims
Iran's war minister denied statements about defending an atoll if Russian troops head toward Tehran. Political officials said his remarks were misinterpreted by a war department interpreter during a March 13 press conference. Reports also described Russian advances around Lake Urmia and toward Kurdistan, fueling talk of a Tehran risk and possible independent Kurdish state.
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Tehran
Ahmedi
Prince Firouz
Waranag
War Department
Firouza
Lake Urmia
Turkey
Iraq
Saujbulagh
Ghazi Mohammed
Red Army
Bukan
Kurdistan
Russia
Iran
Istanbul
Bulgaria
Sofia
Rose to Return To Parliament
OTTAWA March 16 Fred Rose Communist member of parliament accused of working with a Moscow directed espionage ring is expected to return to his seat in the House of Commons Monday. Prime Minister King urged careful study of interim royal commission reports on the spy network.
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Ottawa
Fred Rose
Huse of Commons
W. L. Mackenzie
Rose
Montreal
King
CIO Political Action Committee Reenters Campaigns for Labor-Favored Congress
The CIO Political Action Committee said it will launch a drive to nominate and elect congressional candidates favorable to labor issues. It has authority to register and seek voluntary contributions of at least $1 from CIO members, estimated around 6 million. A 1944 effort by CIO workers raised under $500,000.
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Washington
CIO Political Action Committee
PAC
CIO
Willard Battery Announcement on Page 2
A Willard Battery notice appears on page 2 today indicating a public sale or procurement action. Details read clearly despite OCR. Authority and precise terms are partially legible, with the event date implied by surrounding page context.
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Willard Battery
Marshall Sees Critical Manchurian Situation
General George C. Marshall told newsmen after meetings with President Truman and Secretary Byrnes that the Manchurian crisis is extremely critical and urged strong American support for China. He cited 250 Nationalist divisions including 39 American trained units now moving from Burma toward Manchuria, stressing stability as essential to world peace.
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Manchuria
Truman
State Byrnes
Marshall
China
Stabil
United States
State Department
War Department
Burma
Week end Recess In Coal Parley
Washington march 16. Bituminous coal operators use a weekend recess in the wage conference to prepare their reply to John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. Four days of talks centered on better health and working conditions, with Lewis proposing the operators present their wage offer. The week end recess was sought by Charles O Neill, operator committee chair. He said a reply would take time and did not estimate when. The current contract ends in April and the strike threat remains.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Charles O'Neill
GOP Convention in Roanoke Chooses Senate Nomination Plan
Virginia Republicans gathered in Roanoke to nominate a U S Senate candidate and vote on revisions to the party platform. Rumors pointed to Ted Dalton John Locke Green J A Garber Howard Zigler Joseph C Schaffer and S Floyd Landreth as possible nominees with Landreth delivering the keynote address in the afternoon.
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Roanoke
Virginia
United States Senate
Senate
Ted Dalton
Radford
John Locke Green
Arlington County
J. A. Garber
Harrisonburg
Howard Zigler
Roc
Joseph C. Schaffer
Wytheville
Congress
Floyd Landreth
Galax
P.m
Navy Lowers Point Scores for Enlisted and Waves
The Navy announces new discharge point standards effective June 2 and June 15. Enlisted men with 24 points and Waves with 18 may return to civilian life, dropping to 23 and 17 respectively. About 307,000 enlisted personnel and 26,000 officers are affected, per the Navy Department.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Department
White restaurant Excellent salary job
Box 10 care Star. The notice mentions a job at a white restaurant with an excellent salary and requests correspondence through Box 10 at the Star.
Churchill Urges UN Security Council Action on Soviet Policies
Winston Churchill urged the Soviet Union to submit its international problems to the United Nations Security Council to maintain anti Axis sympathy. He warned that if Russia pressures Turkey over the Dardanelles, it will bear responsibility. He noted U S and Britain offered a joint guarantee of Dardanelles freedom, and emphasized open straits must remain under collective oversight.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Soviet Union
United Nations Security Council
Great Britain
Russia
Iran
Council
UNO
Turkey
Dardanes
Churchill
America
Dardanelles
Constantinople
United States
Europe
Danube
Rhine
Soviet Russia
Innei
Barney to Direct Festival Publicity
Wendell Barney has been named director of publicity and promotion for the 19th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to be held May 2 and 3. He will coordinate publicity promotion advertising and literature distribution for the event.
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Chamber of Commerce
Wendell Barney
Department of Publicity
Tom Baldridge
Barney
Leach Calkins and Scott
Winchester ordinance restricts parallel parking on Amherst Street
An ordinance by Winchester Common Council amends traffic rules permitting parallel parking on both sides of Amherst Street from Braddock Street to Indian Alley. The area will be limited to one hour parking from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. except Sundays and holidays. Dated March 5, 1946. Cp-1
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City OF
Winchester
Virginia
Amherst Street
Braddock Street
Indian Alley
Cp-1
Bowles condemns obstructionists delaying housing program
Chester Bowles, in a transcribed ABC address, calls a reactionary obstructionist minority a bottleneck to the plan for 2.7 million new homes in two years. He says contractors eager to build exist nationwide and criticizes those opposing hard hitting housing reforms. He predicts Congress will approve a strong program despite detractors.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
ABC Network
Bowles
Congress
Clarke Sale Brings Record Prices for Draft Horses
Clarke Sale at county Farmers Cooperative drew bids on twenty draft horses and one mule pair plus farm machinery. Top price went to a 10 year old mare at $160 bought by Walter Hardesty and C E Wisecarver. second high at $150 each with Wisecarver purchasing a pair. Other buyers included Edgar Ramburg J G Burch Bean and Thompson and a mule pair sold for $201. The lowest price recorded was $85.
Shocks From Mojave Quake Echo 1920s Tempests
In the Mojave Desert about 150 miles north of Los Angeles a tremor caused a nine foot hole in a concrete pipeline spraying 100000 gallons per minute. The quake, felt first at 5 21 am PST, is compared to the Long Beach disaster and the 1925 Santa Barbara quake with several aftershocks later in the day.
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Mojave Desert
Here
Long Beach
Santa Barbara
Parents Sentenced Under Virginia Compulsory Education Law
A Virginia court today sentenced multiple parents to thirty days in jail for violating compulsory education laws. Justice W. E. Ed presided. the cases reference non attendance and enforcement of schooling requirements.
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State of
Virginia
Coun
W. E. Ed
A. C. Corbin
Pay Annual Tribute To St Patrick Parade
New York reporters describe the St Patrick's Day parade along Fi Avenue with Irish groups from Cork Kerry Dublin and Mayo in the reviewing stand for the first time since 1894 75 000 participants expected under sunny skies promised by the weatherman named OBrien or Murphy.
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New York
Cork
Kerry
Dublin
Fi Avenue
Share
William O'Dwyer
Mayo
Erin
O'Brien
Murphy
Tornadoes Kill Four in Alabama and Other World Wires
Alabama reports four dead after tornadoes and high winds. Other noted items include Japan passenger car plunge killing fifteen with sixty-one injured in Hokkaido, Pope Pius XII urging church involvement in public life, Dutch official executed, Russia denials on UNRRA aid, US focus on atomic energy research, and a Pravda dispatch on loot seized by Americans.
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Moscow
Pravda
Uaerdieeata
Setetes
Japan
United States
Communist Party
Mass Meeting Plans For Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Major John Scully III announces a public mass meeting next Friday night to review festival plans. department heads and committee workers will present reports and accept suggestions for the fete. Invitations went to local, county, state officials and to representatives of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce and related groups.
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John 8. Scully, III
Esscee
Sting
Comple
Major Scully
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Berlin Ammunition Blast Hurts 300. Casualties Rise
An explosion at Alexander Kaserne in midtown Berlin, a Russian military and German civil police HQ, injures 300 with at least one police fatality and many seriously hurt. Officials say the blast likely accidental, possibly from old German ammunition. Police and Red Army units seal the area as ambulances respond.
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Ps Piedies
Ammon
Alexander Kaserne
Berlin
Red Army
Alexanderplatz
Church Dinner Attracts 350 Members In Union Theological Talk
About 350 attended the annual church dinner where Dr. Ben R. Lacy of Union Theological Seminary Richmond spoke on serving as individuals and as a church. He outlined three church roles fellowship comfort and salvation and urged member cooperation to sustain church activities. Rev. Dr. Ronald Wilson delivered a brief address.
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Tely
I Terian Christ
Ben R. Lacy
Union Theological
Richmond
Dr. Lacy
Lacy
Ronald 8. Wilson
Iran to Ask UNO Security Council to Reopen Case
Iran intends to ask the United Nations Security Council to reexamine its dispute with Russia. The move is backed by the United States at least in principle, with officials signaling support for using the UN charter to ease Middle East tensions and Russian moves. The request would be submitted as the council convenes in New York on March 26.
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Washington
Russia
UNO
Iran
Security Council
Moscow
United States
Sts
Ahmed Qavam
Middle East
Turkey
Byrnes
York
State Department
Beene
UNO Security Council
New York
Record Auto License Sales Yesterday
Bell issued licenses totaling 1 024.76 with 238 licenses issued yesterday. Breakdown shows 185 automobile 46 truck 1 convertible 5 trailer and 1 motorcycle license.
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Bell
Short Time Weather Prospects For Fruit Seen Better This Year
Weather outlook for fruit in the area appears brighter than a year ago. Carroll R. Miller of Appalachian Apple Service cites March temperatures and a late-March warmth pattern, with a prediction of cooler early-week conditions ahead. A table from Experiment Station data shows March temperatures, supporting expectations of a mixed pattern through mid March.
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Carroll R. Miller
Appalachian Apple Service
Martinsburg
Mar
Miller
Capitol Restaurant Closed for Repairs
Capitol Restaurant will be closed Monday and Tuesday March 18 and 19 for repairs.
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Capitol
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Pius XII
Rome
the Hague
Max Blokzijl
Holland
Atlantic City
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UNRRA
Rubenstein
Soviet News Times
Imum
Kearneysville
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