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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1946
Page
9
The United States battleship Missouri will tour the Mediterranean through April visiting Turkey Greece Italy Gibraltar and North Africa, an American naval spokesman said.
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In Atlantic City on March 18 the United States announced it does not plan UNRRA beyond 1946 in Europe and mid 1947 in Asia. Acting Delegate Tyler Wood stated UNRRA cannot solve all postwar ills or sustain large programs indefinitely. The note interrupts a local push to extend UNRRA versus transferring duties to the United Nations Organization.
John G. Winant said after a session with President Truman that he hopes to retire soon as American ambassador to Great Britain and plans to return to London around April 1 for a brief period.
NORFOLK daylight saving time likely banned in Virginia except by federal action after July 1 under Senate bill 109 enacted by the recent General Assembly session. The bill sets Eastern Standard Time in Virginia from July 1 1946 with caveats to federal law and Interstate Commerce Commission orders. RICHMOND public hearing set for April on waiving the two per cent gross receipts tax on out of state truckers, 10 a m in the old Senate chamber. RICHMOND J W Robertson of Lynchburg elected president of the Virginia Association of Milk Sanitarians at its first assembly opening at Hotel Richmond. DANVILLE Mrs Sallie Brown Shadrick wife of Dr Samuel A Shadrick died after a long illness.
The article reports that major U.S. automakers plan no new models this year with a focus on increasing production of existing lines. Ford confirms no 1947 cars until after year end, while Chrysler and GM have produced tens of thousands of units since peacetime conversion began last July, GM paused by a strike and may resume around April.
The Senate Labor Committee rejected several proposed changes to a labor bill. Balligan's plan to require mediation before strikes failed 9 to 6, as did a provision to remove supervisors from the act and a bid to create public utility fact finding boards. Taft's proposal to subject unions to contract lawsuits failed 10 to 4.
The White House said President Truman seeks fullest possible conservation of food supplies for global hunger relief rather than eliminating public dinners. Press Secretary Ross released a telegram to Arthur J. Hartnett of the Hotel Association of Washington noting support for banquets that conserve cereals fats and oils and align with the food conservation program.
Persons and organizations interested in playing softball and baseball in Winchester are urged to attend a special meeting at City Hall Wednesday night at 7:30.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports Americans ate more pork than beef in 1944. Per capita consumption was 74 pounds for pork and 53 pounds for beef.
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson condemned the Pace farm price bill in Kansas City arguing it would fuel inflation and wreck the stabilization and price control program. He said it would lift parity prices now but lower them later as farm wages swing more than other economic factors.
Two more earthquakes in Sand Canyon rattled the Los Angeles area at 7:50 and 7:51 a.m. tumbling boulders onto the mountainside near the aqueduct. The tremors follow a sequence that damaged the region last week.
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