Senator George backs Taft Russell euro relief cut plan
Senate foreign policy leaders clash over trimming the European Recovery Program by about 10 percent. Senator George vouches for the cut, arguing cheaper dollars buy more material next fall, while Senator Connally predicts defeat for the Taft Russell proposal and Senator Lucas opposes any cut. Senator Malone accuses recipient nations of channeling aid to rearm Russia, urging limits to private loans.
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Washington
Senate
Taft and
Russell
George
D-Ga
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Economic Cooperation Administration
Appropriations Committees
FCA
Malone
R-New
United States
Russia
U. S
Iheqeemae
Mrs C S Cochran Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Clarice 8 Cochran of 307 Jefferson Street died suddenly at 3 a.m. today. Born in Detroit she married Clayton J Cochran of B and C Baking Co. Survived by husband and three sons Clayton Jr Douglas FE at home and Donald M a VPI student. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. at residence with Rev W E Eisenberg officiating burial Mount Hebron. Pallbearers named. Sister Mrs Frank A Beck of Newport News and nieces listed. Burial arrangements and transfer details noted.
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Clarice
W. L. Hussong
Elmira
N. Y
W. E. Eisenberg
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Clarence Schenck
Marvin Weaver
Walter Knee
Cecil Grim
Carl Sirbaneh
Glen Nichols
Jones Funeral Home
Five Senators Offer Voluntary Health Insurance Bill
A group of five senators led by Hill proposes a voluntary health insurance bill to expand hospital and medical care. The plan uses federal funds to help states survey, coordinate, and strengthen existing resources and would require service cards for eligible non payers. It includes payroll deductions, unemployment coverage, and broadened prepaid plans with state reimbursements.
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Edwin Harkinson
Washington
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Bas
Truman
Hill
O’conor
Withers
D-Ky
Aiken
RVI
Morse
Alabama
Burton
Supreme Court
Ohio
Winchester Soap Box Derby Set For Aug 3
Committee organized by Chairman William Ligon selected August 3 as the date for Winchester’s annual Soap Box Derby. Six boys have signed up. Winchester JCC will award a bicycle to the runner up. Champion earns trip to Akron finals, a four year scholarship, a new Chevrolet and other prizes. Various volunteers named for publicity prizes concessions track police and parade duties. Ligon, a Virginia native and war veteran, has resided here since 1948.
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William Ligon
Winchester
Winchester Jcc
Akron
Chevrolet
Ligon
Commonwealth District Corp
Charles A. Campbell Jr
Gene Lakers
Robert Bosserman
Herbert Duke
Dave Mahaney
Howard Cather Jr
Roscoe Edwards
Carroll Henkel
Shirley Bly
Dabney Watts
Maurice Trenary
J. D. Warfield
Virginia highway allocations proposed for 9000 mile system
Richmond announces tentative highway allocations totaling 22 042 000 for the coming fiscal year on Virginia's primary road network with hearings set for April 19 in Roanoke covering Bristol, Salem, Lynchburg and Staunton districts. Allocations include Leesburg area 200 000, Lovettsville 65 000, Warrenton 90 000, Narrows Passage 75 000, Pugh's Run 40 000, Forestville 150 000, B and O signals 5 000, Winchester east 40 000, and Cedar Creek bridge and approaches 210 000 across Warren Shenandoah and Frederick counties.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Highway Commission
Roanoke
Bristol
Salem
Lynchburg
Staunton
Loudoun County
Leesburg
Lovettsville
Fauquier County
Warrenton
Shenandoah County
Pugh’s Run
Forestville
Frederick County
Winchester
Warren
Shenandoah
Frederick
Cedar Creek
Wright May Seek Seat in Congress
The Richmond News Leader reported that William A. Wright of Essex county may run for the First district seat in Congress. Representative S Otis Bland announced he will not seek re election when his term ends.
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Richmond
Richmond News Leader
William A. Wright
Essex County
S. Otis Bland
Bland Announces Retirement at End Of Present Term
Rep S Otis Bland dean of the Virginia delegation in Congress said he will not seek re election next year. The 77 year old Democrat from the First district noted 31 years of service and urged a successor to take his place for the People of the district.
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Washington
S. Otis Bland
Virginia
Congress
Honorary Fire Chiefs Finalists Named for Apple Blossom Parade
Two entrants vie at Capwich Theatre at 9 p m to select honorary fire chiefs for the Apple Blossom Festival parade on April 28. Miss Lodge, 19, from White Hall, represents Sarah Zane, a Stonewall High graduate employed at Shenandoah Walter National Bank. Miss Adams, 16, of 530 N Braddock St, represents Rousse, a Handley glee club member and Handley sophomore with interests in piano and dancing.
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Capiwch Theatre
Miss Lodge
J. Bruce Lodge
White Hall
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Stonewall High School
Ment
Shenandoah Walier National Bank
Rousse
Miss Adams
Mervel W. Adams
N. Braddock St
Glee Club
Handley
Tornadoes Hit Canton Longdale Blackwell Oklahoma
Four tornadoes struck northwest Oklahoma causing one death and 18 injuries. Canton Longdale and Blackwell suffered heavy damage with many homes and businesses destroyed. The Canton storm struck at 1230 a m then hit Little Longdale before Blackwell was hit later.
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Canton
Okla
Oklahoma
Longdale
Blackwell
Enid
Here
Little Longdale
House hearing weighs World War I pension plan costs
Veterans pension costs are under review as the House veterans committee considers extending Rankin bill provisions to World War II veterans. VA figures show 69,700 WWI veterans would be 65 in 1950, costing about 44 million, with peak cost over a billion in 1965 as nearly 1.92 million ex-servicemen reach pension age.
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Washington
House Veterans Committee
Rankin
House
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pa
Congressional
Carl R. Gray
Car Tag Sales Reach 3625 Units Sold Here
A total of 3625 motor vehicle license tags have been sold through yesterday per E. T. Snider Sr., the local agent. Tags, effective March 15, must be displayed by April 15. Breakdown shows 2605 car tags, 798 truck tags, and 224 miscellaneous. office hours are 7 PM to 9 PM daily, with a plea to avoid waiting until the last days to purchase.
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E. T. Snider Sr
Snider
Army Takes Control of Syria in Temporary Seizure
Brig. Hosny El Zaim, head of the Syrian army, announced a temporary overthrow of the government amid internal clashes and discontent over handling of the Palestine war. He pledged to hand power to a new cabinet once formed with Speaker Faris Bey El Khouri's advice.
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Damascus
Syria
Hosny el Zaim
House of Representatives
el Ziam
Faris Bey el Khouri
United Nations
Israel
Jamil Mardam Bey
Mardam Bey
Khaled Bey Azem
Armistice and Pipeline Fate After Syrian Uprising
Washington dispatch questions the impact of Syria's government overthrow on a potential armistice with Israel and the fate of a key Trans-Arabian petroleum pipeline crossing Syria. The March 30 note considers implications for U S aid plans and regional shipping routes amid the upheaval.
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John M. Mightower
Washington
Aid Administration
Israel
Syria
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Popular Front forming in Paris as Soviet tactic
Italian communist leaders announce a new peace defense front led by Palmiro Togliatti and Luigi Longo. They expect a broad alliance including non communists to emerge from a Paris peace conference planned for April 20, signaling Kremlin emphasis on a revived peace offensive.
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Rome
Kremlin
Central Committee
Palmiro Togliatti
Luigi Longo
Togliatti
Longo
Paris
Germany's Problems Up for Discussion by Acheson
Secretary of State Dean Acheson said major German problems would be discussed with western European foreign ministers as they gather to sign the North Atlantic treaty. He noted talks would be informal and hoped to advance issues such as forming a German government with Bevin and Schuman.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Germany
Britain
Ernest Bevin
France
Robert Schuman
Free French
Rally of the French People
RPF
Henri Queuille
Norway
London
Western European Union
Royal Naval
Seer Lantens
Chuikov Replaces Sokolovsky as Soviet Germany Governor
Moscow announces Gen. Vassily I Chuikov named military governor of the Soviet zone in Germany succeeding Marshal Sokolovsky. The switch prompts western speculation on hardening posture and possible German rearmament efforts and new defense lines north of Berlin.
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Moscow
Vassily I. Chuikov
Stalingrad
Lublin
Germany
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Berlin
Communist Party
Kremlin
Georgi K. Zhukov
Gen
Eee
Telegraf
Red Army
Baltic
Longwood College in Farmville Drops Old Name
Farmville news reports the State teachers college plans to rename after 25 years of use the institution once known as the State teachers college at Farmville, adopting Longwood college. The estate Longwood, once owned by Peter Johnston Sr., is noted as the birthplace of Confederate generals and UVA faculty, with historical ties cited as context for the name change.
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Farmville
State Teachers College
Longwood College
Longwood
Peter Johnston Sr
Joseph E. Johnston
Charles Venable
University of Virginia
State Board of Education
Harrisonburg
Fredericksburg
Madison College
Mary Washington College
General Assembly
Judge Marshall Defends Jury System at Front Royal Talk
Judge Elliott Marshall warned that many guilty persons may be freed by a jury but few innocent people are convicted, in an address before the Men’s Brotherhood at First Baptist Church Front Royal.
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Elliott Marshall
Men's Brotherhood of First Baptist Church
Front Royal
United States
Milk prices to drop a cent in Roanoke Pulaski area
The Virginia Milk Commission ordered a one cent reduction in retail milk prices in the Roanoke Pulaski marketing area. The new price will be 21 cents per quart from 22 cents, effective Friday.
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Alexandria
Roanoke-Pulaski
Virginia Milk Commission
DeGaulle Urges U S to Arm France at Once
Paris March 30 Gen Charles DeGaulle urged the United States to arm France immediately as Western Europe’s main defender under the North Atlantic pact. He warned against naming Britain as Europe’s chief defender and called for definite strategic commitments and timely arms shipments to France.
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Paris
Charles DeGaulle
United States
France
Europe
Rhine
Britain
de Gaulle
Russia
Blue Ridge fire roars toward Martinsburg West Virginia
A large forest fire rages across the Blue Ridge south of Charles Town West Virginia threatening vast timberlands estimated at up to 2000 acres. The blaze moves toward the Virginia state line and is seen as far north as Clarke and Frederick counties with crews from Paw Paw Rawson and nearby towns battling the flames through the night.
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Virginia State Line
West Virginia
Panhandle
Purcellville
Loudoun County
Virginia
Paw Paw
W. Va
Rawson
Aechines ‘Pias
Parole System Hit By Lynchburg Attorney Critique
Lynchburg Commonwealth's Attorney William T. Spencer Jr. denounces what he calls a dangerous relaxation of Virginia's parole system. He cites Gov. Tuck's pardon of a Lynchburg man and recent parole board actions releasing a Lynchburg Negro.
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Lynchburg
Commonwealth
William T. Spencer Jr
Virginia
Gev. Tuck
Virginia Parole Board
Church Launches Improvement Plan For Spring Cleanup
A church led by Rev tor begins an extensive spring cleaning and renovation to add space for the choir. Interior painting and varnishing finish walls while doors gain glass inserts. Exterior work includes new panels and a green paint update. Completion target is before Psalm Sunday.
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Revtor
Improv
Rena
Tim
Harrison to Speak At Ground-breaking
Ground-breaking ceremonies for the Warren construction project will feature speaker Harrison. Officials expect a formal address marking the start of the development and its official kickoff on site.
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Harrison
Warren
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