Truman names three man board of inquiry on coal strike
President Truman names Sherman Minton George W Taylor and Mark Ethridge to form a three man board to investigate the coal strike and report by April 5. The action follows warnings of possible federal court action and Taft Hartley emergency measures as coal stocks drop and rail service cuts loom.
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Washington
Truman
Sherman Minton
Dematic
Indiana
Seventh U. Circuit Court of Appeals
George W. Taylor
Warror Board
Theniversity of Pennsylvania
Mark K. Ethridge
Louisville Courier-Journal
Mr. Truman
Uiit
Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bureau of Mines
Taftey
Red Cross Campaign Nearing Goal in Shenandoah Valley
The 1948 Red Cross membership drive nears its finish with about a week left. Chairman Arvin Weaver said roughly $9,556 has been raised, about 80 percent of the local quota of $12,000, with $4,000 more needed. Local firms Shenandoah Valley National Bank, Miller and Co., and Virginia Loan and Thrift report 100 percent participation among their staff.
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Red Cross
Arvin Weaver
Weaver
Pei Nt
Shendoah Valley National Bank
Miller and Co
Vira Loan
Thrifc
Pen Elects Nine Directors For Board Change
Homer Alberti Andrew Bow Curtis Fray C E Hofer Leatherman and C Ridge White elected to the board of directors. The board will meet to elect officers for the year. Dr Ronald S Wilson is the current president and will remain on the board after retiring from the presidency.
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Homer Alberti
Andrew Bow
Curtis Fray
C. E. Hoferan Leatherman
C. Ridge- White
Tary
Dronald S. Wilson
Esicent
Main
U S Faces Up to Russia Stiffening Front from Baltic to Adriatic
Berlin dispatch reports Gen Lucius D Clay will stay as military governor in Germany and the US forces will run the American zone indefinitely. Western Allies press Russia to relaunch four power talks while holding back civilian governance. The move signals a firm stance against Soviet expansion and preserves a wide occupation line across Germany Austria and Trieste.
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Germany
Gen. Clay
The
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Washington
U. S
Control Council
Strenghthen
Europe
United States
Austria
Trieste
Tractor-trailer Theft Charge Goes to Jury
Mid dletown man Mack Daniel Howlett faces a Frederick circuit court jury trial for the theft of a Corbett tractor and an associated trailer valued at about $5500, belonging to Shenandoah Transportation Co., Harrisonburg. Prosecution witness J Victor Myers testified Howlett loaded poultry for Washington then Kansas City, later disappearing after reporting tire trouble, with the tractor later found in a New York garage and the trailer unrecovered.
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Mack Daniel Howlett
Middletown
Shenandoah Transportation Co
Harrisonburg
Frederick
George Smith
Earl S. Blanchfield
L. F. Forney
H. C. Moore
Russell Ramey
Ray Hicks
C. M. Terault
Briscoe W. Snapp
Paul Clowser
Clark Jolley
Howlett
Washington
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Myers
St. Louis
Kansas City
New England Star
Indiana
New York
W. Va
Compromise Rent Control Measure Takes Shape In House
Washington March 24 House members drafting a new rent control law signaled readiness to accept a trimmed down home rule provision They studied proposals for creating an agency with veto or review power over local boards that may recommend raising or removing ceilings The House bill would grant local boards final say Removal of the strict local option could clear the way for a one year extension of federal controls beyond next Wednesday
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Washington
Senate
Ministerium Sponsors Good Friday Service at Grace Lutheran
The annual Ministerium sponsored Good Friday service runs noon to 3 p.m. at Grace Lutheran with seven sections on Christ's last words. Rev William Eisenberg leads. Donald King and H C McMurdy are organists. Ministers from Christ Episcopal, Congregational, Centenary Reformed, Montague Ave Methodist, Cork St Christian, Market St Methodist, and First Evangelical United Brethren give short messages. Curtis Bly handles sales. a vocal duet by Mr and Mrs Andrew Babb concludes.
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Grace Lutheran Church
William Eisenberg
Donald King
H. C. McMurtry
Curtis Bly
R. B. Wickes Jr
Frank Seneeadiver
Jay Lowden
Orville Miller
Gilbert
Truman Faces Western Opposition to Truman Nomination
Senator Murray urged the Democratic Party to shelve political fights as signs grew that Truman could face a tough bid for the presidential nomination. Reports of big-city opposition and a strained situation in California fueled Western and Southern dissent over civil rights and Palestine policies.
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Washington
Sen
Murray
D-Mont
Democratic
Truman
California
Philadelphia
Chicago
Dixie
Palestine
Brooklyn
Ike
New York
Hames M. Power
13Th Assembly
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Sacramento
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
McGrath
J. Howard McGrath
Braddock St Church to Hold Holy Communion Tomorrow Night
Braddock Street Methodist church plans Holy Communion at 7 30 pm as part of Holy Week observances. The service features church choir music and a L ord s Supper and marks first communions for several communicants including Sylvia Francis Brant and Margaret Fay Crisman.
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Braddock St. Methodist Church
Sylvia Francis Brant
Margaret Fay Crisman
Mary Margaret Hinkle
Ann Ebert Holler
Shirley Ann Hulver
Wayne Zirkle Lineberg
Page Lynn Michael
Miles Racey Orndorff
James Martin Scott
Arlene Jean Weakley
Thomas Patrick Wolf
Future Homemakers Schedule District Convention in City
The district convention of Future Homemakers of America clubs from Frederick Warren Clarke and Rappahannock counties will be held at Sarah Zane Fire hall in Frederick City on April 2. Co hosts are Stephens City and Middletown clubs, with over 300 expected attendees bringing lunches. Mary Frances Ramey will preside, Leslie Kline will give the welcome, and Rev Day will give the invocation. Delegates will be elected for the Madison College state convention on June 13.
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Madison College
Smithfield
Mary Frances Ramey
Middletown
Leslie ™. Kline
Frederick County
E. C. Day
Stephens City
Middletoun
Crown bearer chosen for Apple Blossom Festival
Crown bearer will be six year old James Robinson Jr the son of Mr and Mrs J Kenneth Robinson of Merriman's Lane. The announcement by Mrs Virginia Boyd Barr director of the Queen and Court Department notes the family's involvement in the apple industry as horticulturists and manufacturers of apple by products.
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James Robinson JR
J. Kenneth Robinson
Merriman’s Lane
Virginia Boyd Barr
Queen and Court Department
Robinsons
Local Group Backs Church Merger Plan At Conference
Virginia Valley Central Congregational Christian Conference delegates vote to support the merger of the Congregational Christian church with the Evangelical and Reformed church at the mid year session in Henderson North Carolina. Winchester delegates named include Mrs Elsie Nelson Mrs Maude Racey O A Bazzle Miss Virginia Mason Mrs Bessie Mason H F Nelson Mrs Golden Ruth Carter and Mrs Violet Pugh. Conference officials Roy A Larrick and Rev Robert Whitten preside with worship by Rev Clyde Koon and Dr William Scott. The meeting includes noon committee meetings and an afternoon address by Rev R E Newton with the merger decision expected during the 1 45 session.
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Virginia Valley Central Congregational Christian Conference
Tenth Legion
Congregational Christian Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Winchester
Elsie Nelson
Maude Racey
O.A. Bazzle
Virginia Mason
Bessie Mason
H.F. Nelson
Golden Ruth Carter
Violet Pugh
R. A. Whitten
Henderson
N.C
Roy A. Larrick
Robert Whitten
Valley Conference
Clyde Koon
New Market
William Scott
Biancolege
R. E. Newton
Luray
Blaze Engulfs Hagerstown Block In Center District
Firemen answered a general alarm at 12 30 p m battling a blaze in a large store and warehouse building in Hagerstown Maryland center city district It involved the former 8 M Bloom building owned by Carl Groh and spread to Bierns gift shop Obenhaus interior decorating and ware houses Thousands watched as smoke billowed high with a northwest wind. The two to three story brick structure sits near city hall and the downtown square.
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Hagerstown
Bierns_ furniture
Richard Obenhaus
ST Shop
Patterson Hotel
Groh
Red Tinge Charged To Official in Commerce Dept
House debate on a foreign aid bill features Rep Mundt accusing a Commerce Department official of authorizing exports to Russia while selling subscriptions to a Communist front publication. Rep O Konski adds the official Parisius, once a Lutheran minister, was ousted and profited from the Southern Patriot. The claim surfaces as lawmakers push a $6.205 billion aid package to curb Communism in Europe and China.
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Washington
House Today
Commerce Department
Russia
Rep
Mundt
R-Sd
Herbert W. Parisius
Rice Lake
Wis
O’konski
R-Wis
Parisius
Southern Patriot
House UN- American Activities Committee
O'Konski
House
Europe
China
Edwards Praises 1948 General Assembly Session
BLACKSBURG March 24 Mayor Horace Edwards Richmond state Democratic chairman told Blacksburg Kiwanis the 1948 General Assembly laid more groundwork for health medical care and hospitalization programs than any other legislative session in history.
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Blacksburg
Horace Edwards
Richmond
General Assembly
Edwards
Blacksburg Kiwanis
Virginia General Assembly
Branch Named to Shenandoah Valley Tourism Committee
Eugene R. Branch of the George Washington hotel joins a special committee to manage a $5000 Shenandoah Valley Inc advertising fund for billboards along north south routes into the Shenandoah region. The group will also draft a strip map for routes to Florida and New England. The Valley Pike will be billed as The Scenic Short Route to the South. Shenandoah Valley Inc. office moves to Natural Bridge. Florenz Hinz assists Apple Blossom Festival promotion, donated by the Valley chamber.
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Eugene R. Branch
George Washington
Shenandoah Valley Inc
Shenanoah Valley
Florida
New England
Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Natural Bridge
Florenz Hinz
Valley Chamber Group
War type Plane Engines Sold To Russians
Congressional testimony reports Leroy H. Lucky of Dallas bought 46 war type airplane engines from the War Assets Administration last year and sold them for export to Russia and Poland. He said the engines were suitable for bombers or troop carrying planes and were shipped to Russia by Moore-McCormack steamship lines.
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Washington
War Assets Administration
Russia
Poland
Leroy H. Lucky
Dallas
Tex
Lucky
House
Moore-Maccormack Steamship Lines
Wallace supporter evades questions on communism at hearings
Seymour Linfield of New York City, a Wallace supporter, refused direct answers about membership in the Young Communist League while before the Senate armed services committee. He read a prepared statement opposing a draft and universal military training as lawmakers debated defense needs and manpower limits. Some members backed plans to limit drafts, excluding husbands veterans and men over 27 from peacetime service.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Young Communist League
Seymour Linfield
New York City
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Virginia Speeds Expansion of TB Sanatoria
Virginia will push a virtual rebuilding of two tuberculosis sanatoria this summer with bids near the 3.4 million dollar appropriation. Blue Ridge near Charlottesville will rise to 500 beds and Piedmont at Burkeville will be rebuilt to 320. Catawba is planned for late the year with 2.06 million in new construction. The work is labeled emergency construction by Gov. Tuck and aims to create premier facilities.
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Richmond
Virginia
L. J. Roper
Blue Ridge Sanatorium
Charlottesville
Piedmont Sanatorium
Burkeville
Roper
Tuck
Art Commission
Supreme Court
Dunbar
Eastern State Hospital
Blue Ridge
Piedmont
Catawba Sanatrium
House Passes 4.8 Billion Tax Cut Bill for Truman
The House approved a 4.8 billion tax slashing bill by 289 to 66 and sent it to President Truman. Senate passage was 79 to 11, with a two thirds majority. Sixty-four Democrats joined 225 Republicans in support in the House.
How Virginians Voted on Bill
The House vote on the income tax reduction bill shows party lines and regional splits. Democrats supported the measure with 84 in favor, while opponents included several named Virginians and West Virginia members listed among the 64 against.
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Virginia
Almond
Abbitt
Gary
Yeens
West Virginia
Bland
H Th
Harrison
Flannagan
Kee
Truman Veto Possible On Tax Bill Overriding Question
The Tax Bill, easing taxes for 552 million filers and many low income people, faces a possible veto by President Truman. A two thirds majority in both houses would be needed to override. Senate vote was 78 to 11. lawmakers warn some Democrats may switch to uphold the veto. The measure includes increases in exemptions and property splitting rules, with refunds planned for overpayments next year. News items follow about local businesses and Easter plants.
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L'Ruman
Pepper
Dixie
Sen
Mr. Truman
Wallace
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Martin Sen. Taft
Doughton
Rep
D-Nc
Knutson
R-Minn
White House
Golden Glow
Virginia Ave
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Lee Grant
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H. B. McCormac, Jr
Ed Molden
Frank Armstrong
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Percy Miller
Lester D. Arnold
Herman Stine
John J. Wanker
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Roy Cather
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Jim Shockey
Eugene Branch
Solenberger
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W. B. Snider & Son
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