President Truman Addresses Values and Britain Loan Priority
The president outlined three points in a press conference: the coal strike nears a long stoppage, he doubts authority to end it without John L. Lewis, and he values Britain's loan as highly as labor reform. He warned of mass unemployment and industry shutdowns while urging Congress to consider Britain's loan, despite domestic upheaval.
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Truman
John L. Lewis
Congress
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Harry S. Truman
Miller Howard chosen for Virginia education leadership
G Tyler Miller appoints assistant state superintendent of public instruction with Dowell J Howard as ally. Retiring superintendent Dr Lancaster lauds Howard as a standout in Virginia education. The Miller Howard team signals a strong future for the state’s school program as Florida politics show Holland securing the Democratic nomination for U S Senator and George A Smathers defeating Pat Cannon for Congress.
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G. Tyler Miller
Lancaster
Dowell J. Howard
Virginia
Howard
Dowell Howard
Boyce High School
Winchester
Miller
Florida
Holland
United States
Charles O. Andrews
Pat Cannon
George A. Smathers
Smathers
Congress
PAC influence shapes Alabama and Ohio primaries with mixed results
In Alabama the CIO Political Action Committee backed incumbents in the Fifth and Ninth districts with one victory and one defeat. The gubernatorial race will head to a run off between J. E. Folsom and Handy Ellis after a split field. In Ohio PAC support aided a Roosevelt Democrat who finished third as James W. Huffman won the nomination to face John W. Bricker in November.
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Alabama
CIO Political Action Committee
PAC
J. E. Folsom
Handy Ellis
Ellis
Ohio
Cleveland
James W. Huffman
Huffman
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Rationing of Power Hits 1100 Illinois Communit
The State Commerce Commission enforces strict power limits across 1100 Illinois communities as coal reserves dry up in three weeks. Manufacturers face 24 hours of electricity a week and complete weekend shutdowns with nonessential users barred before 2 PM and after 6 PM. The measure targets 400,000 miners and signals broader national action amid rising costs and ruined schedules.
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Richmond News Leader
Illinois
State Commerce Commission
Commission
Winchester Memorial Hospital Adds Three Directors
At the annual board meeting three new members joined Winchester Memorial Hospital’s Board: Harry L. McCann Hobson C. McGehee and Mrs. Homer E. Alberti. Cpl James Douglas Butler received the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious aerial achievement. About 125 Scouts Scouters and friends attended Rock Enon Day activities last Saturday per Phil Hunter the Scout commissioner.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Harry L. McCann
Hobson C. McGehee
Homer E. Alberti
Cpl
James Douglas Butler
Phil Hunter
Friends of
Scouting
Rock Enon
Reverend Edwards Appointed Army Chaplain Lieutenant
The Rev. Jonathan Edwards, assistant pastor of the Presbyterian Church for two months and former Woodstock pastor for 12 years, has received appointment as Chaplain with the rank of First Lieutenant in the U S Army. At Friendship Fire Co meeting, Harry Lewis resigned as second lieutenant after being elected driver. Capt. Frank M. Wray, Berryville attorney, commanded the Virginia Protective Force, promoted to Lt Colonel of the Twelfth Battalion.
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Jonathan Edwards
Presbyterian Church
Woodstock
U. S. Army
Friendship Fire Co
Harry Lewis
Lester Forney
Frank M. Wray
Berryville
Virginia Protective Force
Lakehurst Aims for Boom as Labor Stretches Thin
Ten years ago the city saw its first building surge in years amid labor shortages. The German Zeppelin Hindenburg lands at Lakehurst New Jersey after a record 62 hour Atlantic crossing. Haile Selassie travels to plead with the League of Nations believing in a path to restore Ethiopia from Italian aggression.
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Zeppelin Hindenberg
Lakehurst
N. J
Haile Selassie
Ethopian
League of Nations
Knights Templar Sermon At Market Street Church
Twenty five years ago the annual sermon for Winchester Commandery No. 12 Knights Templar was delivered last night at Market Street Episcopal Church by the Rev. Sir Knight H G Spencer a former pastor now residing in Piedmont Virginia. One hundred Boy Scouts attended their weekly meeting last Friday evening.
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Winchester Commandery
Knights Templar
Market Street Episcopal Church
Knight H. G. Spencer
Piedmont
Strength For The Day By Earl L. Douglas
An essay argues religion surpasses human experience not reason. It cites Jesus walking on water and Charles E. Jefferson on Christianity beyond personal measure. It notes scientists speak on material facts while spiritual truths exceed experience yet remain reasonable.
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Jesus
Charles E. Jefferson
How's Your I. Q Quiz Questions Page 2
A reader asks seven trivia prompts including a veteran film actor death in Hollywood on April 1, duration of oil company stake for Russia, island oceans, top battleships, Sacred Cow vehicle, Army of Occupation Medals eligibility, Naval Academy attendance, tax and calorie facts, and cigarette tax per pack.
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Russia
Cocos Island
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian Ocean
U. S. Navy
Truman
U.S. Naval Academy
U. S. Treasury Department
Fire company urges residents to buy hose for protection
The Rouss Fire Company informs suburban residents through The Star that protection requires buying hose. State Senator Lucian Lupton T. W. Steck and Walter Grove speak at Round Hill Literary Society meeting as members.
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Star
Lucian Lupton
T. W. Steck
Walter Grove
Round Hill Literary Society
Moscow Browder mission tests the postwar world order
Paul Mallon surveys shifts in global leftist strategy as Communists seek to bend France's postwar constitution and CIO unions toward centralized power. He notes British Labour and CIO bans on Communists, then questions whether Moscow will accept genuine capitalism or press for a new global order through cooperation or coercion.
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Kremlin
France
Muscovities
de Gaulle
Chamber of Deputies
Nen
Cabnet
Earl Browder
Russia
Moscow
Beg
World Conflict Narrowed to Statism and Dictatorship
The article contrasts British socialism favoring parliamentary democracy with a broader clash of systems. It frames the world conflict as a confrontation between Statism and Dictatorship on one side and Communism on the other, with democratic forms at stake.
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Russia
Union of Soviet Socialist Repub
Chicago Grain Quotations May 9 Opening Prices
May rye leads gains with short covering lifting to 2.75 3 4. Wheat futures open at 1.38 1 2 for July and 1.83 1 2 for September. Corn bids hover around 1.21 1 2. Rye May at 2.73 1 2 3 4 with July 1.40 1 2 and Sept 1.48 1 2. Barley May 1.26 1 2 with July 1.26 1 4 Sept 1.26 1 2 Dec 1.26 1 2.
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Chicago
Balloon Released at Festival Found on Timber Ridge
A red balloon from the Festival Parade was found on Timber Ridge by Bruce Larrick of Highview West Virginia. The balloon carried a note requesting return to Fred Staples Winchester and noted the release by Ted Staples of Berryville Avenue.
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Bruce Larrick
Highview
W. Va
Pleace
Fred Staples
Winchester
Ted
Carlton Staples
Berryville Avenue
New Jersey
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