Richmond Builder Seeks 48 Dwellings On City Boundary
William Maxey, Richmond builder, asked City Council for water and sewer service for 48 units planned on Winchester's southern edge near Montague Ave. The $400,000 project would extend beyond city limits and include seven buildings with front and rear entrances, aimed for occupancy by late fall.
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William Maxey
Richmond
Winchester
Maxey
J. Henkel
E. L. Henry
Montague Ave
Water and Sewer
Percy D. Miller
J. Lee Miller
Braddock St
Henry Ave
Lambdon Ave
E. Tucker Carlton
Hopewell
Pencil Day Plans for Winchester Hospital Day
Plans are set for Winchester's first Pencil Day on May 12 sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital led by Mrs. J. D. Shockey. The event coincides with National Hospital Day and Florence Nightingale's birthday, raising funds via pencil sales to support auxiliary charitable work and hospital services in the community.
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Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
J. D. Shockey
National Hospital
Florence Nightingale
Modern Nursing
Homer E. Alberti
Alberti
John B. McKee
E. Willis Lacy Jr
W. H. Bosserman Jr
James Madden
L. J. Sjostrom
Charles Snider
C. L. Riley
H. W. Ebert Jr
B. B. Dutton
Truman's Trip Not Affected by Strike
President Truman's cross country train trip appears unchanged by the railroad firemen's strike starting today. David F. Robertson of the union said special instructions would guide safe expedited movement of the presidential train. The train was in Idaho and heads to a Chicago speech on May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Truman
David F. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Idaho
A. C. Oates
Ladies Aid Society of
Timber Ridge Church
Byrd Urges Less Legislation for Virginia and Nation
State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr told the Kiwanis Club that the country needs less legislation not more. He lauded Virginia legislators for integrity and hard work and promoted his Byrd Tax Bill to cap expenditures and return excess revenues to taxpayers. He argued taxes are borne by all workers and cited federal tax burdens on weekly earnings as proof of hidden taxes, urging a ceiling on public spending to protect productive effort.
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Harry F. Byrd, Jr
The
Kiwanis Club Today
Virginia
United States
Winchester
Byrd
Richmond
Kiwanis Club
Ten Years Ago Today Hitler's Blitzkrieg Decisive War Entry
Berlin marks the ten year anniversary of the 1940 western invasion. On May 10 Nazi legions struck the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg and France ending in rapid conquest and Paris fall. The city celebrates not the memory but the silence of those monuments erased.
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Berlin
Hitler
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Maginot Line
Holland
Paris
Europe
Winchester Considers New Natural Gas Franchise Terms
The Public and Local Improvements Committee led by Mayor M B Clowe Jr directs City Manager S Lee Grant and City Solicitor Dabney Watts to draft an advertisement outlining conditions for a Winchester natural gas franchise. The move follows Valley Gas Co interest and prior Consumers Utilities Co franchise revocation from 1948.
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M. B. Clowe Jr
Dabney Watts
S. Lee Grant
Winchester
Clowe
Valley Gas Company
Consumers Utilities Co
CUC
Watts
W. W. Spear
Herndon
The
Valley Gas Co
Virginia Gas Transmission Corp
New Councilmen Invited to Attend Summer Meetings
Councilman J Lee Miller urged inviting six Democratic candidates to sit in on summer meetings to learn council procedure and current issues. Among the six nominees are two incumbents John Steck and Dr William P McGuire, plus two former members Dr C R Anderson and A Lee Coble. First terms begin in September for H William Butler and William S Sargent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lee Miller
John Steck
William P. McGuire
C. R. Anderson
A. Lee Coble
H. William Butler
William S. Sargent
Wherry Plans Senate Response to Truman Western Tour
Senator Wherry Republican floor leader said Republicans will use the Senate to answer President Truman during his Western tour. The plan, tied to party committees, aims to keep the GOP position before the public. Ferguson followed with a critique of Truman’s remarks on the Teapot Dome era. Democrat Lucas blasted GOP tactics amid the exchange.
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Washington
Wherry
Senate
Truman
Republican National Committee
House
GOP
Ferguson
Wyo
Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Lucas
Illinois
France Schemes Coal and Steel Pool for Europe
A French proposal to pool Europe's coal and steel was seen as a potential remedy for the Cold War rift over reintegrating Germany into the West. Schuman urged a common high authority to oversee Franco German output with invites to East and West European states. Western leaders welcomed the plan as key to European unity and countering Soviet pressure. France Saar and Lorraine would be pooled first, with Ruhr under international control.
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London
Europe
Germany
Russia
Robert Schuman
France
Lorraine
Saar
Ruhr
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adnauer
Adenaer
Council of Europe
Council
Schuman
U. S
Britain
United States
Paris
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Bevin
Liberal News Chronicle
Graphic
House trims nearly 600 million from general bill
The House voted to cut about 600 million dollars from the 29.496 billion general appropriation bill in a move that shapes funding across agencies.
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Washington
House
C. and O. Railway Cancels Key Passenger Routes
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway announced halting passenger service to Washington D C Chicago Toledo Columbus and Grand Rapids Michigan though not part of the strike. It will cancel 22 trains while freight and coal services remain active.
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Ceveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Toledo
Columbus
Grand Rapids
Mich
Firemew Brotherhood
Southern
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Detroit
Washington
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Colonial Beach Considers Gambling Ship as State Governors Offer Aid
Colonial Beach officials plan to seek help from Maryland and Virginia governors after a town council meeting. The offshore vessel Pleasure Island is suspected of hosting bar and slot activity to skirt Virginia laws, with Maryland contemplating licensing actions and an investigation into its authority.
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Colonial Beach
Maryland
Virginia
William Preston Lane
Hall Hammond
Norman Brewington
Brewington
Governor Battle
Potomac River
Pleasure Island
Coast Guard
Frank Tims
Newport News
C. L. Dixon
Hampton
Tims
Pleasure Fishing, Inc
Oppenheimer Denies Meeting With Communists Allegedly Held in Berkeley
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer denies a 1941 claim that he hosted a secret Communist meeting at his Berkeley home. Mrs. Paul Crouch testified before a state Senate committee that she attended the gathering in the physicist's house while he was at the University of California. Oppenheimer, then with the UC physics department and now head of the Institute for Advanced Study, said he never belonged to the Communist Party or hosted such a group. Crouch, a former Communist since 1929, testified that the meeting aimed to explain a shift in party line to support the war effort after Germany attacked the Soviet Union.
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Oakland
Calif
Robert Oppenheimer
Berkeley
Paul Crouch
State Senate
Princeton
N. J
Communist Party
Crouch
Gastonia
N. C
State Senate Un-American Committee
San Francisco Bay Area
Germany
Soviet Union
Truman Opens Idaho Oregon Tour Presses Cold War Resolve
President Truman on a 14 city swing through Idaho and Oregon warns the Cold War with Russia will last a long time. He signs the National Science Foundation Act to boost atomic research and science funding for peace. He cites the 1945 New Mexico test and notes the Arco reactor project on Snake River Plain.
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Truman
Russia
Pocatello
Idaho
National Science Foundation
United States
Oregon
New Mexico
Laramie
Wyo
Mr. Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Snake River
Arco
Here
Negro Foreman Chosen by All White Jury
In Atlanta seven white jurors selected Hugo A Sayles as jury foreman marking the first Afro American chosen to lead an otherwise all white jury. The defendant Charles Echols, also a Negro, was convicted on two counts of forgery and sentenced to five to seven years on each count.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Hugo A. Sayles
Charles Echols
Accounts Approved for Eight Court Clerks in Richmond
State Auditor J. Gordon Bennett reported to the Governor that the accounts and records of eight court clerks in Richmond were approved today, confirming proper handling of funds and duties.
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Richmond
J. Gordon Bennett
Mediation Fails as Rail Firemen Strike Paralyzes Network
A nationwide rail firemen strike begins at 6 a.m. local time and cripples service on four major systems. Mediation efforts collapse after hours of talks as Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen seeks added firemen for safety, while unions claim discipline and dispatch issues across lines including New York Central and Pennsylvania.
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the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood
O'Neill
Robb Allie
Michigan Association of Railroads
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Southern Railway
South
Santa Fe
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Boston and Albany
Acheson Praises French Plan to Pool Europe Coal Steel
Secretary of State Dean Acheson lauds the French proposal to pool Europe s coal and steel industries as a step toward economic integration.
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London
Dean Acheson
Europe
Rcoal
Senator Says Racketeers Are Becoming Nation's New Rich
Senator Ferguson warned that racketeers are investing profits in legitimate business to become the new rich and could derail a Senate crime inquiry. Vice President Barkley is expected to announce the five senators on the special investigating committee with Kefauver likely to chair. Ferguson cited his experience as a prosecutor and said underworld leaders may use private investments to shield major cases.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
America
Senate
Barkley
Special
Kefavuer
D-Tenn
Michigan
Underworld
City Council Approves 1950 1951 Budget of 886 304
The City Council approved the Finance Committee's recommendation for the 1950 51 budget totaling 886 304, maintaining the present 1 65 tax rate. John Steck led the final reading as officials noted concerns that the rate may still be too low given upcoming expenses. Major allocations include General Fund 299 014, Public Assistance 68 915, Schools 292 200, Water and Sewer 79 464, with maintenance on City Hall topping the list at 5 000 for painting and interior redecorating.
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John Steck
Muaintene Capital
Menterre
Board of Assessors
Civil & Police Justice Court
Corporation Court
Clerk of Corporations
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Eugene Miller
Winslow Porter
F. Amos Shryock
M. B. Clowe, Jr
C. & O. Railway
John 8. Battle
Francis A. O'Neill
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Lockhart
S. Loudoun Street
City
Berryville
Old
Virginia Han
Baptist Church
Willow Lawn
Vv. F. W
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