University honors Eisenhower and Nimitz with Doctor of Laws
In Richmond Virginia the University of Richmond awarded Doctor of Laws honorary degrees to General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Admiral Chester F. Nimitz. Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman praised Eisenhower for contingency planning and a flexible naval force, noting their leadership in European operations.
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Richmond
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Douglas Southall Freeman
Army War College
Eisenhower
Army
Chester F. Nimitz
Naval Operations
University of Richmond
Freeman
Nimitz
Dr. Freeman
Confederacy
Russia to Continue to Participate In the UNO
The Soviet Union signaled it would stay involved in United Nations activities despite recent Tehran related disputes. Borisstein attended a security council rules committee meeting and a Soviet spokesman indicated Gromyko might not attend an open Iran session, with alternates ready. The council planned executive session, delaying further Iran discussion until April 10.
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New York
Russia
United Nations
Andrei Gromyko
Borisstein
Committee of Experts
Security Council
Victor Ulancher
Gromyko
Council
Yester
Rusaoa Ct
Moscow
Quo Tai-Chi
China
Iran
Caspian
Hussein Alam
Dromyko
East 61St Street
Welcome Home Welcome Home the names of those local men
Local residents await details as a public notice lists names of men connected to a homecoming event. The notice emphasizes community recognition and marks the occasion with brief acknowledgments.
Memorial Foundation Party and Auction Notice
Notice for Eagles Memorial Foundation event a party on Saturday March 30 with door prizes nylon hose prizes and an auction sale at 398 Xe Loudoun St Winchester Va on Saturday 20 1908 details signed by COMMITTEE DO sale notice remains in local community record.
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Notice Eagles Memorial Foundation
Loudoun St
Winchester
Soviet Consul Aids Redin in Espionage Case
In Portland Lt. Nicolai G. Redin, 29, jailed on $25,000 bail after espionage charges, weighs accepting Seattle trial. Soviet Consul General Michael S. Vavilov arrived from San Francisco to secure bail or custody, with U S District Attorney Hess staff speculating on release to Vavilov.
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Portland
Ore
Seattle
Nicolai G. Redin
U. S
Yellowstone
Russia
Redin
Michael S. Vavilov
San Francisco
Henry Hess
Vavilov
House Committee of Unamerican Activities
Elmer Legion
Rose for Trial in Montreal Over Secrets to Soviet Russia
Pred Rose a Communist and member of Parliament was summoned for trial in Montreal on charges of imparting official secrets to Soviet Russia. He was ordered to prison with bail set at $10,000.
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Montreal
Pred Rose
Onyone
Russia
Public Sale Tomorrow Includes Cattle and Farm Equipment
Public sale scheduled for tomorrow features 57 cattle 2 horses and assorted farm machinery. The notice lists Presser Pingley Carper Cleaners as involved parties with no additional sale details available.
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Presser
Pingley &Carper
Fire destroys Baker's Drug Store and Worth's building
A major blaze in Shenandoah Valley destroyed Baker's Drug Store, Worth's ladies wear, and a second floor. Damage estimated between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars as firefighters battled hot flames from the tobacco storeroom above the drug store. Deputy state fire marshal A J Bell and store manager Homer Hall planned entry to inspect safes at 1 PM. Firefighters breached second floor windows and found the blaze centered in the building. the upper floor collapsed into the first, with smoke and water engulfing the structure. Ted Moseley from Miller's Drug Store raised the alarm at about 12 15 AM. W E Argenbright the fire chief injured a back during the effort.
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Bell
Homer Hall
Moseley
Ted Moseley
Miller’s Drug
Miller’s Drug Store
Loudoun
Boscawen
Baker’s Drug Store
W. E. Argenbright
Worth's
Names of Apple Blossom Princesses Soon
More than 20 girls' schools and several horticultural societies will send representatives to attend Her Majesty Queen Shenandoah XIX during the Apple Blossom Festival this year. Mrs. B. B. Dutton announced the invitation and said a complete list of princesses and attendants will likely be released next week. Tom Baldridge, festival di-
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B. B. Dutton
Department of the Queen
Notice of Business Address Change for Lawrence C Pee Rewence Agency
The Lawrence C Pee Rewence Agency reports it is doing business at SE 301 Kerr St until a new location is obtained. The notice appears in the March 28 edition and references Thursdays events and opening times.
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Lawrence C. Pee Rewence Agency
Busiony Rg
Kerr St
OPA Adds Meat Control To Curb Wartime Slaughter
Washington March 28 The Office of Price Administration said it will reinstate another wartime meat control to curb black market cattle dealing. The plan targets non federation allied slaughterhouses with new restrictions to drive meat into established channels and out of the hands of fly by night operators boosting prices. The order allows limits on animals a plant can butcher and tightens custom slaughter practices affecting restaurants wholesalers and retailers who rely on live cattle to cover shortages.
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Washington
OPA
Price Agency
Agriculture Department
US May Seize Idle Canneries Over Labor Dispute
Labor Department officials said the government may seize idle California canneries and strike bound farm equipment plants to protect the food supply. California canneries process about a third of the nation’s canned fruits and vegetables while farmers need new machinery to meet production goals. Secretary Schwellenbach’s return and a Friday meeting with three farm equipment firms are planned amid a CIO strike that has left 42,500 workers idle.
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Washington
Labor Department
California
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Union
Wood stove shipment to Oates Lumber Yard
Telegraph notice states a wood stove is headed to Oates Lumber Yard and provides telephone contact 6414 for inquiries. The brief item records a delivery update in a small business notice column.
Orchardists fret as warm trend risks early apple bloom
Virginia forecast calls for occasional rain with little temperature change. Clarke and Frederick county orchardists fear ongoing warm conditions will push apples toward early bloom, with last killing frosts historically in late April to early May. Early varieties show pink tint as buds advance despite frost risks.
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Beyay
Winchester Research Laboratory
Clarke
Frederick
Virinia
Aurora Borealis disrupts long range communications across Atlantic
Aurora Borealis caused widespread disturbances to transatlantic radio circuits for days, disrupting long distance communications between the United States and Europe. The Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company reported signals fluctuated from 6 a to early today, with some services retained. Radio Corporation of America noted interruptions were intermittent and limited in scope.
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York
Aurora Borealis
M. Gutbreek
Mackay Radio and Telesh Company, Inc
United Sates
Europe
Armal
Radio Corporation of
Amca
Bishop Balmer Showers to Deliver Sermon Sunday
The Rev. F G Senger announces Bishop J Balmer Showers will preach at 11 a m Sunday in the First United Brethren Church. A noted platform speaker, he holds the Eastern Area bishopric of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and has held roles in Bonebrake Theological Seminary and Religious Telescope.
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F. G. Senger
J. Balmer Showers
First United Brethern Church
Bishop Showers
United States
Chataquas
Senger
Church of the United Brethers In Christ
Bonebrake Theological Seminary
Dayton
Ohio
Russia Objects To Testimony At War Crimes Trial
At Nuremberg March 28 a witness sought to testify that a 1939 treaty signed by Joachim von Ribbentrop and V M Molotov planned the partition of Poland and the Baltic States. Soviet Prosecutor A A Rudenko objected, saying the matter is irrelevant and the witness was noted as testimony concerns.
Kaiser-Frazer Cars By Mid-Summer
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation said its first automobiles would be ready for shipment to dealers by mid summer. The new entrant in the automotive field announced the planned production timeline from Detroit.
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Kaiser-Frazer
Detroit
Kaiser-Prazer Corporation
Atom Bomb Will Not Explode the Pacific Ocean
Scientists near St. Louis concluded in a private discussion that an atomic blast in Bikini Atoll tests would not cause the Pacific Ocean to explode. The debate touched on how water would split into hydrogen and oxygen under extreme heat, with the ratio two parts hydrogen to one part oxygen referenced.
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Pacific Ocean
ST. Louis
Bikini Atoll
Singer Sewing Machine sued by the OPA in federal court
The Office of Price Administration seeks damages of 1 125 000 from Singer Sewing Machine Co for violations of price ceilings and tie in sales. A survey found 375 000 in overcharges on used machines from July 1 1945 to Feb 25 1946. An injunction would require proper maximum prices for used machines and ban oversales.
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Kansas City
Office of Price Administration
Singer Sewing Marchine Company
Dick Bennett
OPA
United States
Bennett
Gory
St. Louis
Auto Workers Elect Reuther
Atlantic City march 28 Walter Reuther newly elected president of the CIO United Auto Workers outlined goals after defeating R J Thomas. He called for farm equipment union expansion unified union plant-wide responsibility workers strike authorization guaranteed annual wage and white collar organizing. He pledged to stand with Philip Murray and unite the CIO in common fights.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
R. J. Thomas
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
International Union
Philip Murray
Pointer Pups Enter Open Puppy Stakes Trial
Benton Snider Jr and Wilbur Smith plan to enter their 10 month old pointer pups in the Open Puppy Stakes of the Maryland Sporting Dog Association on April 6. The field trials will be held at Seven Winds farm three miles northwest of Laurel in Shenandoah Park Bay and Is.
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Benton Snider, Jr
Wilbur Smith
Maryland Sporting Dog Association
Seven Knds
Laurel
Shenandoah Park Bay
Virginia Seizes Virginia Electric and Power Property
Governor Tuck declared a Virginia state of emergency to seize the property and equipment of the Virginia Electric and Power Company to prevent service disruption amid a looming strike by about 1,800 workers. The move comes after a noon deadline for an IBEW yes or no on state takeover. J. C. McIntosh, IBEW spokesman, said the union’s reply was evasive and nonresponsive.
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Richmond
Tuck
Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia Electric and Company
Commonwealth
Virginia Electric and Power Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
J. C. McIntosh
Winchester Not In Vepco System
The Virginia Electric and Power Company faces a possible strike by key electrical employees on April 1. The company serves about 29,600 square miles across Virginia West Virginia and North Carolina with electric service to roughly 977 communities and surrounding rural areas totaling about 1 670 000 people. It covers more than 10 850 miles of pole lines in the region.
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Richmond
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Northern Power 2
Virginia Company
Panel — Y Palachian Electric Foundia
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