Russia and U.S. clash on future control of Italy
Paris May 1 Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov and U S Secretary Byrnes clashed over Italian treaty provisions as the council rejected Austria’s bid for the southern Tyrol and debated a general commission to oversee treaty implementation. Moscow sided with Trieste and Istria demands while Britain France and the U S opposed annexation moves as talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Vyacheslay
Molotov U
James F. Byrnes
Italy
Foreign ‘Council
Austria
Byrnes
Molotov
Soviet Union
Russia
Trieste
Istrian
Britain
France
United States
South Tyrol
Power Rate Cuts Take Effect in Northern Virginia
New Northern Virginia Power Co rates drop on May 1 1946 under State Corporation Commission order the sixth cut since 1930. Domestic commercial street lighting and small power customers receive benefits along with a rural line extension plan reducing assured monthly revenue to six dollars per mile of new line with kilowatt hour allocations per applicable rate schedule. A separate note mentions Kilby state prison escape during the night by tunneling under a wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Va. Power Co
State Corporation Commission of
W. Va
Northern Virginia
Welcome Home Honor Roll Offers Star Aid to Veterans
The Star invites readers to help welcome home returning veterans and to supply the names of local men who have received discharges. Each day the list will be supplemented with new names from the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Lowery's Market to Close Thursday Noon for Weekend Reopen
Lowery's Market will close at noon Thursday and reopen Saturday morning. Phone 4968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowery’s
Bank Closing Notice During Apple Blossom Festival
The Winchester banks will close at noon on Thursday May 2 and Friday May 3 for the Apple Blossom Festival. Commercial and Savings Bank and Farmers and Merchants National Bank announce the brief closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Commercial & Savings Bank
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Two Winchester Officers to Be Decorated by Nimitz
Two former Navy officers from Winchester Lt. J G Custer and Arthur W Gilkey will receive honors in a luncheon at Winchester Country Club tomorrow noon. Custer will get the Distinguished Flying Cross and Gilkey the Navy Air Medal for bravery on a Luzon reconnaissance flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Winchester
J. G
C. A. Custer
Arthur W. Gilkey
Chester W. Nimitz
Winchester Country Club
Custer
Gilkey
Admiral Kinkaid
Luzon
Merger Plan Criticized By Forrestal
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal warned the Senate Naval Committee that proposed legislation to merge the Army and the Navy could lead to outright abolition or downgrading of the Marine Corps. He urged against centralizing power and cautioned that merge now and organize later would weaken naval aviation and marine forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Forestal
Marine Corps
Army
Navy
Armed Services
Senate Naval Committee
Naval Aviation
Senate Military Committee
Germany
Norway
Narvik
Virginia State Guard Receives Positive Annual Inspection
General E. E. Goodwyn announced the fifth annual inspection of the Virginia State Guard, completed April 8, showing the force well trained and equipped. Ten companies were rated excellent and 40 satisfactory, with only two rifle companies failing federal requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
E. E. Goodwyn
Virginia State Guard
Goodwyn
State Employes In Line With Adjacent States
Virginia has a lower per capita burden of state workers than Indiana Kentucky North Carolina West Virginia and Maryland after adjustments by state budget and personnel director J H Bradford His study uses Census 1944 data and accounts for services unique to Virginia such as medical school hospitals state alcohol beverage control and forest fire crews asserting misperceptions about overstaffing based on equal service expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Bradford
Virginia
Bradford
Indiana
Kentucky
North Carolina
West Virginia
Maryland
Census Bureau
Destroyer Escort Solar Destroyed In Explosions At Earle
A Navy destroyer escort Solar suffered a bow loss and total destruction after three blasts at the U S Navy Earle pier in New Jersey. Five crewmen were missing and 150 injured as a railroad car laden with ammunition exploded, causing warehouse and pier fires and damage extending two and a half miles. Admiral Paul Foster led a fleet inquiry as officials said the blast cause is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle
N. J
Solar
U. SS. Navy
New York Bay
Third
Naval District Public Information Office
New York
Navy
Paul F. Foster
U.S. Navy
Third Naval District
Mixed Reactions to Jewish Immigration Report to Palestine
An Anglo American commission urges admitting 100000 Jews to the British mandate of Palestine drawing mixed responses in the US Britain and Arab lands. The White House called the reaction largely favorable while Arabs warn of violence and Soviet alignment fears.
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Washington
British Mandate of Palestine
White House
Charles G. Ross
Britain
Attlee
House of Commons
Holy Land
Wi Ng
Palestine
Cairo
Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha
The
Arab League
Jerusalem
Middle East
Russia
London
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Europe
League of Nations
Joint Inquiry Committee
United States
Congress
Commons
Correspondents Held by Reds in Manchuria
Five American correspondents detained since the fall of Changchun on April 16 are under armed guard in protective house arrest. They protest their confinement and loss of two cameras, and request official intervention for release and safe return to Mukden. A Peiping report cites unspecified technical problems delaying their evacuation.
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Changchun
Mukden
Peiping
First Apple Blossom Festival 1924 22 Years Ago
Winchester prepares for the 19th annual Apple Blossom Festival opening tomorrow. The first festival was held May 3 1924 with Queen Elizabeth Steck and King Pomo designation. The pageant featured eight dancing girls and noted officials and sponsors from Winchester Frederick County Kernstown and Shenandoah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
United States
Elizabeth Steck
J. Victor Arthur
Steck
Richard H. Gray
Robert Gray
Gray
Catherine Barnett
Walter Barnett
Fredericks County
Elizabeth Smith
W. A. Ryan
Winchester Gas Company
Weeks
RR. Gray Williams
Robert B. Nelson
Marion Cornwell
Georgia Conrad
Edith Harlee
Mary Steck
Julia Reno
Berry Rice
Catherine Harwell
Margaret
Winchester Apple Blossom Festival Ready For Crowd Of Up To 100000
Miss Nancy Anderson is to be crowned Queen Shenandoah XIX as Winchester prepares for the 19th Annual Apple Blossom Festival. Hotels are booked, crowds of up to 100000 are expected, and street vendors and food concessions line the main district. The festival features Queen Shenandoah XIX’s coronation by Fleet Admiral Nimitz at Handley High School and a pageant titled Our Heritage.
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Winchester
Tomorow
Wate
George Washington
Jack
Nancy Anderson
Siva Obatee
W.weee
Grant Pollock
ABC
Ition P' Princesses
George W Ton
Anderson
Handley High School
Chester W. Nimitz
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Wesley Circle
Shenan
Tomor
Anderson Urges Delay in Lifting Meat Price Controls
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson told the Senate banking committee that if meat shortages and black market conditions persist for 90 days he would favor removing price controls on meat. He cited new slaughter quotas and anti black market efforts as key, but warned a lift could trigger higher prices before reform takes effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anderson
Senate Banking Committee
Barkley
D-Ky
Office of War Mobilization
OPA
John W. Snyder
Truman promises loan and aid to France in two months
Paris officials said President Truman pledged US loan to France is on the way and agreed to aid in meeting France wheat and food needs in the next two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Truman
George Bidault
France
United States
Aevotion Corpsman Reported by Students on University Grounds
Alexandria scene as aevotion corporal is seen by students all morning while attempting to stage a demonstration on campus.
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Alexandria
County PTA outlines deplorable state of county schools
Frederick County PTA representatives told State Superintendent Dr. Lancaster of serious school conditions in Winchester today. They cited bus shortages, crowded rooms, needed repairs, and a teacher shortage while about 25 people attended the Handley Library meeting chaired by Charles E. Staples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Lancaster
Dabney
Lancaster
PTA
Winchester
Frederick County Teachers Association
Charles E. Staples
County
Handley Library
Staples
Charges Against Spain Pile Up
NEW YORK May 1 The United Nations security council subcommittee on Spain faced a flood of charges from Spanish Republicans alleging wholesale imprisonments and torture in Barcelona after the 1939 Franco victory monument was blown up by unidentified persons. Exiled prime minister Jose Giral cables claim 560 jailed and mistreated in Barcelona with 25 near death as documents already reach the subcommittee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Barcelona
United Nations Security Council
Spain
Jose Giral
Ublicans
Con
Blossom Festival Closures Reported For Bailey Firms
Partial page notes Bailey Bros and Bailey's Market will close early at noon on both days of the Brossom Festival. Flower Shop Co and Smaltz & Sova are also listed in the notice with closing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brossom
the Flower Shop Co
B. Smalts & Sov
Store Closure Notice From Harry Murphy and Brother
Our store will be closed from Thursday noop until Sa morning at 7 o clock. Harry Murphy & Brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Murphy & Brother
Warning on Expired Auto Licenses Chief Warns Court Action
Police Chief C. W. Hollis declares all city and state auto licenses expired by midnight 4 15 1946 and plates must be displayed immediately or court action will follow.
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C. W. Hollis
FUR COAT STORAGE AT MODERN AGE SHOP
Storage and repair work offered at Modern Age Shop fully insured with coverage for fur coats.
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Ors
Kilby State Prison
Forrestal
General Goodwyn
Commission
Reds
Robert 8. Smith
Princess Clarke County
Virginia Hardesty
Queen Shenandoah
Kaye Lee Hinz
Row
Amherst Street
Mrs
Nelson Page
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations Commission On Human Rights
U. N
Brooks
R-Ijl
Senate
Detroit
Frank Lebaido
Rosalie Giganti
Bailey Bros. and
Bailey’s Market
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