President Signs Order to Delay Railway Strike
The President issued an order delaying a planned strike across 12 western railroads by creating an emergency board to investigate the dispute with the Switchmen’s Union of North America. The move postpones the walkout for 60 days and involves carriers including the Chicago Great Western and Denver and Rio Grande, with about 4,000 union members ready to strike. The core demand is a 40 hour work week and wage alignment with switchmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Railroads
Switchman’s Union of North America
Chicago Great Western
Chicago
Rock Island
Salt Lake City
Uni Depot and Railroad Company
Paul
Chinea
Aney Board
Omnibus Money Bill Advances in House Amid Spending Curb Plan
The House Appropriations Committee tentatively approved part of a $29,000,000 omnibus bill funding over 40 federal agencies for the 1951 year starting July 1. Defenses items may be set aside pending final figures, with strong bipartisan support for curbing nonessential spending. Congress aims to send the bill to the floor early next week, but voting is after the Easter recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wington
Torrow
Cannon
D-Mo
Defense Department
House
House Appropriations Committee
Three in One Furnace Converts Fuel by Dial
Harry Einbender of Die sel Oil Burner Corp New York unveils a three in one furnace that switches coal oil or gas heat by turning a dial. Approved for home and commercial use by the New York State Board of Standards and Appeals the unit requires supplies of all fuels and rapid conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Harry Einbender
Diesel Oil Burner Corporation of
New York
New York State Board of Standards and Appeals
Four More Festival Princesses Named for Winchester Event
Three District of Columbia school girls and one Winchester resident will serve as princesses for Queen on XXIII at Winchester's 23rd apple blossom festival on April 27 and 28. Marcia Anne Grady of George Washington University and Elizabeth Adams Cather of Handley High are joined by Jean Cragin of American University and Carolyn Jane McSpadden of Holton Arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Winchester
George Washington University
Marcia ‘Anne Grady
Immaculata Seminary
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington
Southern Seminary Junior College
Buena Vista
Virginia
Miss Grady
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Marcia
Rignald Grady
Westgate
Maryland
Elizabeth Adams Cather
Handley
Frederick County
Miss Cather
Irving Cather
Martinsburg Pike
Elizabeth
Jean Cragin
American University
Kappa Delta Sorority
Jean
Newton High School
New London Junior College
New London
Connecticut
Fire Groups to Parade in Apple Blossom Festival
Thirty one fire companies have applied to participate in the Apple Blossom Festival firemen parade directed by John Hawse. Handley High School Band will lead the parade and perform in both the pageant and main parade. The route returns to Piccadilly Loudon Gerrard Handley Blvd to boost seating. Firemen offer over $900 in prizes and will close with a Handley Bowl fireworks display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Howse
Hawse
Handley High School
Piccadilly
Loudon
Loudoun
Gerrard
Setwart
Handley Blvd
Handley School
Handley Bowl
Five Injured In Two Car Crash Near Wardensville
Five persons were taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital Saturday afternoon after a two car collision near Wardensville. Victims include Garrett Lee 48 Mathias W V with facial lacerations and jaw injury Arnice Whetzel 16 Mathias with deep facial lacerations and left thigh fracture Otis Cullers 30 Mathias with facial lacerations and right knee injury Dunbar Caldwell 24 Mathias with hip Marvin Crane 44 Weston with facial lacerations and right knee injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Wardensville
Garrett Lee
Mathias
W. Va
Arnice Whetzel
Otis Cullers
Dunbar
Caldwell
Marvin Crane
Weston
Gibbon Street Home Damaged by Fire
Fire at 25 Gibbon Street damaged a living room upstairs bedroom and wall partition with smoke and water. Damage estimated at 300 to 400 dollars and started in the flue area, firemen reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Johnson
Gibbon St
Girl 14 Kills Sleeping Twin Sister in Fresno
Fresno authorities report 14 year old Alice Jo ny killed her sleeping twin Sally Richard with a .22 rifle. Assistant district attorney Dan B. Eymann says a murder charge will be filed. Sheriff J W Ripperdan calls it sibling rivalry within the same family and notes the twins were not identical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Calif
Dan B. Eymann
Alice Richard
Sally
Sally Richard
Edgard V. Richard
Eymann
Alice Jony
J. W. Ripperdan
Bell Named Group Proxy at Winchester Frederick Unit ed World Federalists
Stewart Bell Jr was elected chairman of the Winchester Frederick County chapter of United World Federalists at the annual meeting in the Presbyterian Church assembly room Friday evening. Elected as officers for the coming year were Ronald S Wilson and Thomas G Scully as vice presidents, Mrs Harry K Benham as executive secretary, Mrs Charles Marks as secretary, and Henry T Goode Jr as treasurer. The advisory board remained unchanged. Reports from Mrs Ronald S Wilson and T G Scully summarized the year’s activities, including the state convention held in Richmond on January 11 with seven local chapter members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Bell, Jr
Winchester- Frederick County
United World Federalists
Presbyterian Church Assembly
Ronald S. Wilson
Thomas G. Scully
Harry K. Benham
Charles Marks
Henry T. Goode, Jr
H. K. Benham
Walker McC. Bond
Harold G. Brown
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
E. T. Clark
H. Clayde Grange
McSherry Lupton
J. B. McKee
John H. Rosenberger
Charles P. Marks
T. G. Scully
House committee cuts 1 billion from 1951 European recovery funds
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to replace 1 billion dollars in cash for the 1951 European recovery bill with surplus farm commodities valued at 1 billion dollars. The amendment by Rep Vorys of Ohio overrides administration objections and aims to ship commodities to participating nations based on needs. Chairman Kee said the move would cripple ECA administration and the farm support program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Vorys
Ohio
Kee
D-W.va
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
ECA
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Apple Export Subsidy Extended to May First
The Agriculture Department extended its apple export subsidy program until May 1. It pays exporters up to 50 percent of the export price but not more than 1.25 dollars per bushel. By March 1, 1,806,907 bushels had been exported or declared for export under the program, less than two percent of last year’s crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Motorist Charged After Route 12 Turnover Near Double Tollgate
Joseph Butler of Front Royal was charged with driving while intoxicated after his 1938 Ford sedan left Rt 12, struck a pole, breached a fence, and overturned one-half mile east of Double Tollgate. A passenger, whose name is not clearly reported, was hospitalized at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Butler was to be tried at Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Butler
Front Royal
Rt. 12
Double Tollgate
Berryville
James H. Woodi Pg
Butler
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester Sewage Plant Attracts 150 At Virginia Waste Workers Meet
Winchester hosts 150 members of the Virginia Industrial Wastes and Sewage Workers Assn for annual sessions March 30 31 at the new million dollar sewage treatment plant. The program includes papers by Robert Phillips and Thomas Brastow on industrial waste disposal and Front Royal Viscose plant pollution. Visits to the Winchester plant and American Viscose Corp facilities are planned with hotel headquarters at George Washington Hotel and welcome by Mayor Clowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia Industrial Wastes and Sewage Workers Assn
Robert 5. Phillips
Charlotte
N. C
Virginia
Samuel H. Reaves
Front Royal
American Viscose Corp
Thomas F. Brastow
Avisco
Charles E. Reen
Johns Hopkins University
George Washington Hotel
Bryant L. Strother
Hopewell
M. B. Clowe
Bipartisan Foreign Policy Sought as Vandenberg Absence Hits
Washington reports the administration is pushing to revive bipartisan foreign policy amid Senator Vandenberg’s absence due to illness. Attorney General McGrath leads outreach while Dean Rusk plans meetings with six senators, but Republicans seek higher level coordination once led by Lovett and Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
McGrath
State Department
Dean Rusk
Southeast Asia
Robert Lovett
George Marshall
Acheson
Lovett
Capitol Hill
Hal McIntyre Orchestra Engaged for Shenandoah Apple Blossom Ball
Hal McIntyre and his orchestra have been engaged for one of two name-band dances at the 23rd Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on April 27 and 28 in Winchester. The band will play the queen's ball on the festival's second evening at the National Guard armory. Also featured are Frankie Lester June Stuart and the McIntots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal McIntyre
Winchester
National Guard
Miller
McIntyre
America
Washington
Hal
Frankie Lester
June Stuart
the McIntots
Wife Slayer Laughs When Sentenced
Louis Wolfe, a 42 year old Montreal contractor, laughed as he was sentenced in Kings County to die in the electric chair. The judge found him sane and set the date for the week of April 23 for execution for the 1944 killing of his actress wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lewis Wolfe
Montreal
Kings County
Louis Goldstein
Wolfe
Golstein
Low
Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs dies at 74
Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan, died at home in Encino California of a heart attack after three months of illness. At his death fifteen Tarzan novels awaited publication and a film contract for fifteen more projects circulated among producers. His works earned millions from movie rights and royalties with over forty million books sold worldwide and translations into numerous languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encino
Calif
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan
Burroughs
Johnny Weissmuller
Buster Crabbe
Lex Barker
Africa
Genevieve Long Clevenger
Gen-Lee
W. Boscawen
Loyalty Files Opened for Probing Group in State Dept
In Key West President Truman backs Secretary Acheson and dismisses rumors of a change. Reports say he may allow limited access to loyalty files of those accused by Senator McCarthy for inspection by a Senate committee, limited to specific charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Truman
Acheson
Charles 3. Ross
Justice Vinson
Ross
State Department
Secretary of State
White House
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations
St. White House
Philip C. Jessup
icCarthy
Arthy Jessup
State Acheson
Department
Alger Hiss
U. S
FBI
Civil Service Review Board
John 8. Service
Senate
Americans blocked from leaving China amid last minute evacuation halt
The State Department said a mass evacuation of Americans in Shanghai Peiping and other cities was halted when two landing craft were refused entry. Officials and private nationals alike sought exit permits amid a Nationalist blockade and mined river channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eieke Dante
Gommstonness
China
Seeeed Tepe
Peiping
Shanghai
Yangtze River
State Department
Hong Kong
Chinese Reds In Difficulty
Washington dispatches indicate State Department officials see China’s Communist rulers facing sharp internal troubles. Any move to extend Communist control into Southeast Asia is expected to be slowed or delayed, with plans to aid Southeast Asian nations like Indochina to defend against Communist influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
China
Red
Southeast Asia
Indochina
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Marcia Grady
Elizabeth Cather
Malcolm A. Cragin
West Newton
Massachusetts
Holton Arms Junior College Festival
Carolyn Jane McSpadden
Lawrence McSpadden
Memphis
Tennessee
Carolyn
Miss Hutchison
School For Girls
Holton Arms
Holton Athletic Association
Miss McSpadden
Carolyn McSpadden
Gibbon Street
Congregational Christian Church
Stockton
Gould
Abe Miller
Valley Ave
Bell
Gol
Apple
Dean Acheson
Johnny Long
Glenn Miller
Benny Goodman
Goodman
Cromwell
Far East
Jessup
United States Senate
United of Government
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