Lord Mayor of London to Crown Shenandoah Queen
The Lord Mayor Cuthbert Lowel Ackroyd accepts to crown Laura Mimi MacArthur Shenandoah XXIX at the April 26 festival. He arrives New York a day before and travels by plane to Winchester with Mrs. Ackroyd and others. The party includes Alderman Waley Cohen and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd
Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Thomas G. Scully
Laura
Mimi” MacArthur
Shenandoah
New York
Winchester
B. N. Waley Cohen
Waley-Cohen
Charles F. Glenny
M V. O
William T. Boston
Blue Ridge Mountains
England
Scully
Bradford
Yorkshire
Witneys
Oxfordshire
Lloyds
Dewsbury
University of London
Finches
Bromley
Kent
Mansion House
Joyce Whytee
Cambridge
John Robert Whyte
Oxford University
Christopher Lowell
Royal Artillery
Home Guard
Advisory Council
Eastern Command Welfare of
Common Council
City of London
Royal Hospitals
Church Commissioners For
St. Mary-le- Bow
Cheapside
National Brotherhood Movement
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Royal Order of Orange-Nassau
Holland
Legion of Honour
France
Rosemont
Ceiling Collapse Injures Three At Bronx Synagogue
A Passover service at Yeshiva and Mesivta Zichron Meshe in the Bronx saw a 20 by 30 foot ceiling section collapse onto the balcony injuring three women. Two are in critical condition. Cantor Max Weisen led the service as debris rained down and worshippers escaped. Officials cite possible roof snow load as a factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bronx
Max Wiesen
Yeshiva and Mesivta Zichron Meshe
Morris Ave
169Th
170Th Streets
Israel L. Hausman
Cantor Weisen
John B. Sullivan
Franco Predicted Then That News Shaped Today
The article recalls Franco predicting major shifts in Cold War alignments two years earlier. It notes Tito's rift with Stalin, Tito's Moscow ties, and Franco's influence on Francoist and Western policies. It cites a 1954 Madrid meeting where Franco warned of changing Yugoslavia Russia relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franco
Yugoslavia
Russia
Marshal Tito
Khrushchev
Tito
Stalin
United States
Parco Palace
Madrid
US Information Agency seeks 135 million boost in propaganda
U S Information Agency chief Theodore C Streibert asked a House Appropriations subcommittee to raise funding to 135 million dollars for the next fiscal year an increase about 55 percent over current levels He proposed using a mothballed aircraft carrier fitted with Cinerama and nonmilitary displays for tours in Africa the Near and Far East at an estimated first year cost of 54 5 million dollars He also urged free distribution of hand powered phonographs and records to 27 countries to tell Americas story and backed a shift toward diplomatic economic and psychological actions rather than military means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Information Agency
Russia
USIA
Theodore C Streibert
House
Congress
Streibert
Voice of America
America
Near
Far East
U. S
Georgia Peach Crop Suffers Major Freeze Loss
Georgia peach farmers face about half of the 1954 production after a freezing spell, with losses estimated around five million dollars in the state. The report notes variation by orchard and says the 50 percent crop loss is the maximum expected for 1956. Carolinas and parts of Virginia show little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Associated Press
Carolinas
Danville
Virginia
Griffin
Victor E. Prince
U. S
Fort Valley
E. F. Savage
George Experiment Station
South Georgia Beach
Seaboard
Chilton County
Ala
Chilton
Alabama
Tennessee
Arkansa
Washington Negro Woman Sentenced For Grand Larceny
Hilda Augusta Smith aged 40 of Washington DC was sentenced in Corporation Court for grand larceny. She pleaded guilty to multiple counts including aiding and the concealment of stolen merchandise. Sentences total three years on each charge and run concurrently. Cephas Bamun Glover, 29, also pleaded guilty and his case referred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Augusta Smith
Washington, D. C
Hilda Smith
Cephas Bamun Glover
Woman Refuses Free Rabies Shots After Fox Bite
A 56 year old Ontario housewife bitten by a fox on her porch refuses a free 14 day anti rabies treatment. She says she does not fear death, despite health officials urging vaccination and a spike in rabid foxes in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
North Bay
Ont
John Hart
Powassan
Colonial Kitchen
Conferees Back Rigid Crop Price Supports and Parity
A Senate House conference committee agreed on a one year extension of rigid price supports for basic crops and accepted a dual parity method using the higher of two formulas. They also moved to remove total price support limits and to approve $1.2 billion in annual soil bank payments, despite opposition from President Eisenhower and Secretary Benson. Time tight to pass a compromise before the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Eisenhower
Agriculture Benson
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Soil Bank
House Agriculture Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
Congress
World Problems, U S Foreign Policies Surveyed at Parley
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. President Eisenhower Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent and Mexican President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines opened a wide ranging survey of world problems and U S foreign policies at the North American summit. The leaders planned to discuss the Middle East crisis and broader global issues in a cordial, informal session at the Greenbrier Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Eisenhower
Louis St. Laurent
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Mexico
U.S
Dulles
Middle East
Greenbrier
St. Laurent
Ruiz Cortines
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Luis Padilla Nervo
Fisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower jokes about poisoned ginger ale episode on private rail car
President Eisenhower lightens the ginger ale scare as Secret Service and railroad investigators probe illnesses from drinks aboard his private car. Secret Service Chief Baughman cautions it could take days to uncover details. Tuohy says Eisenhower joked about the matter and that he drinks no pop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Eisenhower
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Walter J. Tuohy
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Tuohy
Virginia Superintendents urged to observe segregation policy in athletics
Atty. Gen. J Lindsay Almond Jr advised Virginia public school officials to follow the Pope resolution on separating white and colored students in athletic contests. The opinion was prompted by a Tazewell County inquiry about a football schedule with McDowell County, West Virginia, and notes intent to avoid federal encroachments while preserving state policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Almond
Tazewell County Commonwealth
Wade S. Cates
Tazewell High School
MacDowell County
W. Va
Tazewell
McDowell
Del
Sam Pope
Southampton
General Assembly
Teacher Refuses Resign Over Proposed Teachers Union
A Greensville County High School distributive education teacher, Shelby Arritt, declined a suggestion to resign after advocating a teachers union at a March 19 faculty meeting. Arritt seeks a $4000 to $8000 pay scale and a state sales tax to fund salaries. the State Department of Education will not recommend him for next year’s distributive education post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Greensville County High School
Shelby Arritt
Greensville County
E. R Riedel
Arritt
Riedel
Spotsylvania
Staunton
Richmond
State Department of Education
Virginia weather forecast and notices
Increasing cloudiness with showers in southwest and extreme west tonight. Wednesday cloudy and mild with more showers. Five day forecast calls for below normal temperatures with rain on Wednesday and Saturday and total precipitation around a quarter to a half inch. Alston R LaFollette becomes sole owner of L M Transportation after dissolution of partnership with Ralph H McIlwee on March 15 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Winchester
Alston R. LaFollette
L & M Transportation
Ralph H. MeIlwee
Mr. McIlwee
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H. F. Byrd, Jr
Ion
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Communist
Franco Interview
the Star
Pardo Palace
Editor of
Generalissimo Franco
Generalissimo
Spain
U.S. Information Agency
Loyd W. Williams
Bryan Stotler
State Department
Com
Ion of Tito
Munist
Malenkov
Kremlin
Chanticleer Inn
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Army
Roy Kern
Senseny Road
Grove Furniture CO
Frederick Clarke
Coates
McDowell County
Alston FP. LaFollette
Ralph H. McIlwee
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