Radio Says Reds Make Attempt To Lay Plans For Korean Solution
London May 10 The radio reported that Russia accepted American proposals to consult Korean representatives on forming a provisional government in Korea. Molotov wrote to Marshall, and Washington noted no comment until translation. The letter signals efforts to resume joint U S Soviet talks in Seoul and to convene the commission without further delay.
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London
Ussia
Ameri
Korea
V. M. Molotov
George C. Marshall
Russia
United States
Seoul
Washington
State Department
Marshall
Molotov
Joint Commission
Moscow
Penns Electric Workers Win New Operating Contract
Approximately 1,200 production and maintenance employees of the Pennsylvania Electric Co gain undisclosed wage increases under a new contract agreed by the utility and the AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Effective May 26, the deal adds sick leave, one holiday, and three weeks vacation for those with 15 years’ service, with ratification by locals in Bradford Oil City and Altoona. Penelec serves 17 western and central Pennsylvania counties from Erie to the Maryland line.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Electric Co
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Bradford
Oil City
Altoona
Penelec
Pennsylvania
Erie
Maryland
Ex-Soldier Admits Hoax About Slaying Buried in Wise
Ex-serviceman Brad ley Casteel told officers he killed a Baltimore barmaid Anne Richardson in 1941 and buried her body in Wise County's Bone Hollow. After a three hour interrogation he admitted the tale was false, stating he made it up. He is listed as 30 years old.
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Wise
Bradley Casteel
Wise County
Bone Hollow
Norfolk
Baltimore
Anne Richardson
House Approves 400 Million Greek Turkish Aid Measure
The House and Senate endorsed a peacetime foreign aid package totaling 400 million dollars to Greece and Turkey to counter Soviet influence. The final roll call was 287 to 107 with a Republican-Democrat coalition supporting the bill and a small bloc opposing. Differences between Senate and House versions involve UN Charter references and civilian screening requirements.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Rep. Marcantonio
New
U S Opposes Russian Demand On Palestine
The United States opposed a Russian proposal to include a mandate for immediate Palestinian independence in the UN inquiry commission. Herschel V. Johnson argued against inserting compulsory ideas, while Andrei Gromyko said the plan should be considered. Delegates expect independence would be a long process with British approval needed.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
United Nations Inquiry Commission
Palestine
Herschel V. Johnson
General Assembly
Commission
Johnson
United
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Assembly
Tion
Great Britain
Holy Land
Galloways in Clarke County sue Norfolk and Western
Galloways T Fleet Galloway and Elizabeth D Galloway sue Norfolk and Western Railway Company in Clarke County. Case placed with Sheriff W W Smallwool Jr and set for May 14 trial by Circuit Court order with venue drawn. Plaintiffs seek $10000 damages for alleged careless operation of steam engines and sparks causing fires and tree destruction across several instances.
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T. Fleet Galloway
Elizabeth D. Galloway
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
W. W. Smallwool, Jr
Clarke County
Loring C. Kackley
Cheret Ok Nt Ling
Allei
NYU Coed Saved After Thrown Before Subway Train
Bertha Pataky a 21 year old Brooklyn resident and NYU senior was hurled head first onto subway tracks by a man. Two roadbed workers moved in swiftly and carried her to safety beneath the platform ledge while onlookers tackled the attacker.
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New York
New York University
Miss Pataky
Brazilian Army Officers Held Over Plot Against Government
General Zenobia Da Costa announced the arrest of a number of army sergeants on charges of conspiring against Brazil’s government. Diario De Noticias reported about 30 sergeants seized for organizing a military plot to restore former President Getulio Vargas.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
Zenobia da Costa
Diario de Noticias
Getulio Vargas
Maryland Youth Legislators Face Hurdles in Seminar Session
Maryland high school youths in Annapolis tested state government processes during a first hand seminar. The Boys Senate backed annual sessions, and a bill to ban blocking pickets. The House approved pre marital exams for venereal disease and a committee to study road wear.
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Sesson
Maryland General Assembly
Senate
House
Boys Senate
Maryland
Free State
Boys’ Senate
Real Assembly
Massie Announces Run for Frederick County State Attorney
Joseph A Massie of Winchester a World War II veteran and Virginia Law School graduate announces his bid for state attorney in Frederick County subject to the August Democratic primary. He would succeed J Sloan Kuykendall who will not seek re election. Massie veteran fighter pilot and instructor in the Navy Air Corps is married to Teresa Jennings and has one daughter. He leads the Winchester Exchange Club and is vice president elect of the Junior Board of Trade.
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Jose, Massie, Jr
Winchester
Wege
Ealth
Frederick
Massie
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Virginia
Bessie Love
William S. Love
Joseph A. Massie, Sr
Rappahannock County
University of Virginia Law School
Navy Air Corps
Teresa Jennings
Hot Springs
Ark
Winchester Exchange Club
Junior Board of Trade
Truman Seeks Funds To Purge Communists
President Truman requests 24.9 million dollars to purge disloyal government workers mainly Communists and their sympathizers. The Civil Service Commission would receive 16.16 million and the FBI 8.74 million for investigations through June 30, 1948. The plan includes loyalty checks by cross referencing names and fingerprints with FBI files and appeals to a Civil Service Commission review board.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Civil Service Commission
FBI
Rep
O’konski
R-Wis
Anti-Communist Association of America
House
Rep. Rankin
D-Miss
House Committee On
UnAmerican
Bloom
Rep. Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ambling Assault Takes Dixie Victory in Close Finish
Ambling Assault, aiming for Whirlaway’s record, won the Dixie by a half length over Little Mr. Big to earn $24,700 and lift his career earnings to $498,470. He trails Whirlaway by about $62,921 and Ekyme by $19,815 for second place all time.
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Baltimore
Whirlaway
Little Mr. Big
Tail
Dixie
Irene
Vernon Castle
Etymie
Whirly
Mothers Day Service Gathering at United Brethren Church
All members are requested to assemble at the Eagle's Home and attend in a body the Mother's Day service to be held at United Brethren Church on North Brad dock St. May 11 at 3 p.m.
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United Brethren Church
North Braddock St
Baptist Report Sets Code For Negro Treatment
A Southern Baptist Convention committee on race relations proposed a code of conduct toward Negroes urging a respectful view and actions. The principles emphasize seeing Negroes as persons, eliminating prejudice, avoiding contempt, and opposing injustices as with one’s own race.
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ST. Louis
Southern Baptist Convention
Committee On Race Relations
Resident Fires Shot at Prowler in Nighttime Yard
A resident on EB Cork Street fired a shotgun at a prowler seen in a neighbor’s back yard. The suspect, believed African American, escaped about 50 yards away as officers questioned residents and pursued the man. The incident marks another recent report of a prowler in the same city area. Officers Ritter Stotler Boyce and Milburn investigated.
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Cork Street
John G. Rogers
Steve
Mariner
Rogers
Erie
Set. Ritter
Stotler, Boyce and
Milburn
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean Estate Probate Filed
Petition filed in federal court estimates Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean estate at 919 550 with jewels at not less than 350 000 and debts about 174 000. The will provides life use of the Friendship mansion for her two sons John and Edward McLean and son in law Robert Reynolds. Grandchildren will share the estate about 20 years hence.
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Washington
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Virginia State Police officers return from traffic institute
Sgt. F. L. Woolf of Strasburg Virginia State Police completed a three week course at Northwestern University Evanston Ill in a Traffic Institute. Fifty four men attended including Sgt. Duvall Fizer Suffolk and Trooper M H Kent Lynchburg. Also attending were three representatives from China.
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F. L. Woolf
Virginia State Police
Strasburg
Northwestern University
Evanston
Uiversity
Virginia State Police Force
Duvall Fizer
Suffolk
M. H. Kent
Lynchburg
China
Berryville Unit Prepares for Federal Inspection
The 29th Reconnaissance Troop mechanized National Guard unit is set for a federal inspection. Meanwhile the Berryville unit continues its recruitment drive.
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Berryville
National Guard
Senator George Opposes Senate Tax Cut Plan
Senator George of Georgia argued the Senate Finance Committee approved a 4 billion dollar yearly income tax cut would leave no surplus for the 258 billion dollar public debt. The plan lowers rates to 30 to 10.5 percent with a six month delay in effect and uses a graduated schedule affecting wage earners from 30 to 10.5 percent and 15 to 10 percent in following years.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Senate
Democrats Unveil Milder Labor Bill in Senate Battle
Senator Murray and 10 Democrats introduced a new labor bill in the Senate as a milder alternative to Taft backed measures. Taft accused the move of dilatory tactics while Democrats defended it, citing President Truman's recommendations. The chamber also defeated one proposal to curb jurisdictional strikes and adopted another allowing employer suits over damages from secondary boycotts.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Murray
D-Mont
Senate Labor Committee
Lucas
Hatch
Pepper
Dfla
Ohioan
Ball
R-Minn
Michigan May Hold Priority On Trip Here
Police say three men arrested in Winchester after a Falls Church garage robbery may have Michigan ties. Jack Wheeler of Canonsburg Michigan confessed to about 15 break ins in Grand Rapids and a market robbery in Iona Michigan with Calvin Northrup. Wheeler later said Northrup joined some Michigan thefts while the trio had about 600 dollars on arrest with the rest spent on clothes watches guns scooters and entertainment.
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C. W. Hollis
Hollis
Michigan
Jack Gilbert Wheeler
Cannonsburg
Mich
Grand Rapid
Iona
Wheeler
Calvin Northrup
Grand Rapids
Division Avenue
Winchester
Falls Church
Oklahoma State Rep Jimie Scott Declared Mentally Ill
Oklahoma City on May 10 three physicians ruled representative Jimie Scott from Holdenville mentally ill and ordered him committed to the Veterans Administration for hospital care.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Jimie Scott
Holdenville
Veterans Administration
Home mortgage debt hits record high in US
The Federal Home Loan Bank Administration reports American homes carry 24.6 billion dollars in mortgage debt, a 15 percent rise from the 1930 peak, marking the largest total in history.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Administration
Musial Hospitalized With Appendicitis in St Louis
ST LOUIS May 10 Stan Musial star first baseman of the World Champion Cardinals was admitted to St John’s Hospital in St Louis suffering from appendicitis with doubt on whether an operation would be done now. JAMESTOWN Va May 10 the 340th anniversary of the landing of the first permanent English settlers in America will be observed with services in the Little Church at 3 30 p m. LAKE SUCCESS N Y May 10 The Philippines proposed the UN set up an interim government for Palestine pending a final Holy Land solution.
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World Bank
Ashington
France
Western
Europe
ST. Louis
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
St. John’s Hospital
Jamestown
America
Lake Success
N. Y
Philippines
United Nations
Palestine
Holy Land
Red Cross Board Meeting Postponed
Red Cross Headquarters announced the regular board meeting scheduled for Monday night has been postponed until further notice.
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Red Cross Board
Red Cross
Communist push nears Taiyuan as air force strikes
Report from Nanking on May 10 states Chinese Communist armies reached within about twelve miles of Taiyuan the capital of Shansi province. The government answered with around 100 warplanes in a bid to halt the advance.
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Nanking
Taiyuan
North China
Shansi
Frost Hits Area Apples After Cold Wave
Dr. A. B. Groves notes apples in the Winchester area have been very thinned after another night of freezing temperatures. Lows near 28 degrees were recorded in Winchester with colder readings in southern Frederick County and Clarke County reports of damage to apples and peaches, while some high ground orchards avoided serious loss.
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A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Winchester
Frederick
CAA
Sidoureee Air Tribe
Delock
Aerornautic
Walter 8. Hough
A. C. Oates
E. P. Bean
Clarke County
Ralph Dorsey
Berryville
Dorsey
Old Mill
Berryville Pike
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Virginia Real Estate Association Executive Committee
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York
American Labor Party
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
Real General Assembly
Annapolis
Joseph A. Massie
Kuykendall
W. Va
Baptist Report
Sgt. Woolf
Dr. Groves
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Richmond Pantheys Bureau
The
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Laborato
Stephens City
Laboraton
Norris
Foon
Mother Schraft
Capitol Restaurant
Winchester Seed Co
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