Germans in zones face hunger and rising unrest
Report from London and Berlin describes angry Germans in the American zone losing patience as food shortages worsen in both the American and British zones. Bevin and Churchill urge action to rebuild the German economy and avert collapse and potential revolt.
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U. S
London
United States
AMG
Ernest Bevin
Herbert Hoover
Ruhr
Rudolf Amelunxen
North Rhein-Westphalia
Hoover
Europe
Amelunxen
Duesseldorf
Germany
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Britaan
France
Soviet
Russia
Britain
State Specialists Meet in Winchester for Annual Session
The Virginia Society of Eye Ear Nose and Throat Specialists held its next annual meeting in Winchester. Dr. Fred Hamlin of Roanoke was elected president, at a one day session last Saturday in Virginia Beach. Dr. E G Gill presented a paper on cataract surgery, one of ten papers read, with Dr. Wallace Gill and Dr. Francis Govern named as officers. For sale notices include Mary Washington asparagus roots at $3 per hundred and beauty shoppe for sale Curly-Top Beauty Shoppe in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Society of Eye
Winchester
Fred Hamlin
Roanoke
Cavalier Hotel
Virginia Beach
E G. Gill
Wallace Gill
Richmond
Francis Govern
Danville
Mary Washington
Winchester Seed Co
N. Cameron St
Red Wing Restaurant Now Open Sundays at 11 to 8
Winchester News Co advertises special popular brands 5c candy bars for Thursday Friday and Saturday. The Red Wing Restaurant announces Sunday hours 11 to 8 with good food prepared with care at 15 S Loudoun St.
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Winchester News CO
S. Loudoun St
RED Wing
Legion Receives New Colors at Winchester Event
The Conrad Hoover Post 21 of the American Legion received the new Colors from Lt. Morton I. Bloom Lodge B Naim B nas Winchester. Participants included Walter Weiner Grover Schlack A J Novick and L E Hill. Miss Betty Cather won an essay contest earning a 500 scholarship and prizes. Congressman Burr P Harrison spoke at the May meeting in Sarah Zane Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Morton I. Bloom
B'Nai B'rith
Winchester
Walter Weiner
B’nai Brith
Grover C. Schlack
Winchester Legion Post
Legion
A. J. Novick
B’nai B'rith
L. E. Hill
Winchester Legion
Betty Cather
Georgia Cather
Commander Hill
Cather
Handley High School
Sarah Zane Hall
Burr P. Harrison
Legion Home
Whiskey From Oil May End Hangovers Says Purdue Chemist
Dr Henry Hass of Purdue University proposes hangover free whiskey made from petroleum products. He says the process yields taste and quality equal to grain liquors and would lack fusel oil, the ingredient blamed for hangovers. The idea was shared in Houston on May 14.
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Houston
Tex
Henry Hass
Chemistry
Purdue University
Tuck Announces Withdrawal Of Telephone Strike Notice
Governor Tuck thanks telephon e workers for loyalty as more than 6 000 of 17 000 polled would work for the state during a potential strike. He notes state seizure plans for C and P properties blocked by Washington Telephone Traffic Union president Mary E Gannon and says future action will depend on the attorney general.
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Tuck
Richmond
Commonwealth
Chesapeake and Potomac Company
Washington Telephone Traffic Union
State Corporation
Virginia
Alexandria
Arlington
Falls Church
Mary E. Gannon
General Assembly of Virginia
Two Day Sale Notice at Patton's Hall Winchester VA
Big two day sale announced for Friday May 16 and Saturday May 17 1947 at 10 am. Location Pattons Hall 1601 S Main St Winchester VA. Vendors Miles Dean R Schneider advertise the sale with ad style notices.
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Patton's
S. Main St
Winchester
Miles
Dean
R. Schneider
Memorial Day Orator Named for Winchester Ceremony
Col. James M Thomson of Balcutha Gaylord Clarke County will deliver the Confederate Memorial Day address at Stonewall Cemetery Winchester Friday June 1 The announcement followed the Turner Ashby Chapter UDC May meeting at Mrs Wyatt Richards home Middle Road Thomson a former publisher of the New Orleans Item Tribune is married to Genevieve Clark daughter of Champ Clark He recalled childhood trips to Winchester for Memorial Day and noted family ties to the cemetery A luncheon will follow the exercises Henry T Hardenburg Winchester Chamber executive secretary spoke at the meeting sharing World War II war experiences
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James M. Thomson
Balcutha
Gaylord
Clarke County
Stonewall Cemetery
Winchester
Col. Thomson
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Wyatt Richard
Middle Road
H. F. Byrd
New Orleans Item-Tribune
News- Paper
Virginia
A. P. Thomson
Summit Point
W. Va
Col
Miss Clark
Genevieve Clark
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Clark
V.M.I. and
New Market Academy
Dr. McGuire Re-Elected Hospital Board Leader at Winchester Memorial
Winchester Memorial Hospital reelected Dr. Hunter H. McGuire as board president at the annual meeting. New officers include John H. Rosenberger as vice president and Dr. James A. Miller as secretary, with Homer Alberti as treasurer. Two new directors Mrs. Kenneth N. Gilpin and Mr. White join for three year terms, and George Greenhalgh fills an unexpired term through May 1948.
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Hunter H. McGuire
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John H. Rosenberger
James A Miller
Homer Alberti
W. H. Wrence, Jr
F. Grove White
McGuire
B. B. Duton
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Clifford Grim
Frank N. Hack
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Hobson McGehee
Mr. Rosenberger
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Mr. White
George Greenhalgh
Earl Bunting
Walter D. Myers
H. I. Pifer
B. B. Dutton
Leon Slavin
J. W. Warden
Louis Baker
John McKee
George Smith
Leslie M. Bell
E C. Stuart
Stewart Bell, Jr
Wyatt Richard
Mob Trial Case Underway in South Carolina
In Greenville South Carolina May 14 the state moves to reinforce its case against 28 taxi drivers and three businessmen charged with lynching a young Negro. The court denies defense attempts to bar 26 signed statements as evidence, with Judge J Robert Martin presiding.
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Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
J. Robert Martin
Freeman Free On Directed Verdict May Garssons Held
Justice Schweinhaut freed Joseph F. Freeman on war fraud charges but denied directed verdicts for A. J. May and Henry and Murray Garston after the government rested its case.
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Freeman
Garssons
Washington
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Joseph F. Freeman
A. J. May
Henry and
Murray Garston
N. Cameron
UN to Form Palestine Inquiry Commission
New York May 14 The United Nations moves to create an 11 nation Palestine inquiry commission with a staff of 40 to 50 led by an assistant secretary general. The assembly debated the commission’s instructions while the secretariat prepares a neutral team ready to deploy to the Holy Land this summer. Victor Ho of China is eyed to head the administrative staff’s trusteeship division.
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New York
United Nations Assembly For Immediate Independence of
Palestine
United Nations
Palestine Inquiry Commission
Holy Land
General Assembly
Inquiry Commission
al- Trenagy
Full Assembly
Lake Success
Tryeve Lie
Secretarit
Commission
Lie
Victor Hoo
China
Kiracofe Jr. Completes Basic Training Course
J R Kiracofe Jr of Winchester Virginia, representative for The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, completed a basic training school course in New Haven Connecticut this week. Charles P Rice, Manager, announced the invitation followed company requirements for a three year training program for company representatives.
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Jess R. Kiracofe, Jr
Winchester
Washington, D. C
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
New Haven
Conn
Charles P. Rice
Rice
Kiracofe
Lodge Outlines Basic Points Of Foreign Policy
Senator Lodge urged careful foreign aid, warning against wasting funds and calling for a modern American diplomatic corps. He tied aid to commitments, urged export of democracy, and a strong national economy and military. The discussion accompanied a $350 million famine relief bill and a separate $400 million anti Soviet program.
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Lodge
United States
Vandenberg
Senate
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Stepheny City
Whitacre
RFC
Kemn
R-Mo
House
Kem
Truman Urges Higher Minimum Wage To 65 Cents
President Truman urged Congress to raise the statutory minimum wage from 40 to 65 cents an hour and to push production with price reductions. He said portal legislation should enable labor and management to plan for full production and employment stability amid ongoing wage disputes and potential lawsuits.
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Portal
Congress
Washington
Truman Gress
Truman
Oo Oe
Schwellenbach
Taft
Ohio
House
Senate
Supreme Court
International Monetary Fund nomination by Truman
Andrew N. Overby was nominated by President Truman to be United States executive director of the International Monetary Fund. General MacArthur said he would stay in Tokyo until peace negotiations with Japan are completed. Russian command in North Korea seeks to resume talks in Seoul to form a united provisional government. Bethlehem Steel Tidewater plant to expand output 14 percent at Sparrows Point becoming second largest U.S. producer.
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Truman
Washington
Andrew N. Overby
United States
International Monetary Fund
MacArthur
Tokyo
Japan
Seoul
North Korea
U. S
Pyongyang
Heijo
Russia
Baltimore
Stewart J. Cort
Bethlehem Steel Company
Tidewater Steel
Sparrows Point
McNutt resigns as ambassador to the Philippines
Washington reports Paul V. McNutt has submitted his resignation as ambassador to the Philippines effective at the president's convening. He had indicated last fall he planned to retire from government service to join a private law firm in New York. Stuttgart notes Hjalmar Schacht, ex finance minister and Reichsbank head, moved from a hospital to Ludwigsburg Internment Camp to serve an eight year denazification sentence.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
McNutt
New York
Stuttgart
Hialmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Ludwigsburg
Oakland man survives five days crushed in wreck
Ernest K. Steele lived to recount his ordeal after being pinned beneath a wrecked car in Oakland for five days. Surgeons at Permanente Foundation Hospital reported possible amputation of part of his right hand but overall condition was satisfactory.
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Oakland
Calif
Ernest K. Steele
Permanente Foundation Hospital
Pontiac Sedan Stolen and Turned Over to FBI in West Virginia
A 1937 Pontiac sedan stolen in county West Virginia was found abandoned five miles east of Winchester on U S Route 50 by Trooper J. Fant. The car was nearly burned, a rod through the engine block. No arrests. fingerprints checked. Owner listed as D Lester Wilt of Eglon WV.
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County
W. Va
Winchester
J. 8
Fant
FBI
Warren Rudolph
City Police Department
D. Lester Wilt
Eglon
Tornado Rips Trailer Camp. 26 Hospitalized in Ohio
A tornado swept through a trailer camp in FPINDLAY Ohio injuring 26 residents and destroying 42 trailers with three workers seriously hurt in a municipal barn collapse. A preceding hailstorm battered the area as the twister struck from the eastern rim of the city.
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Ohio
Vwift
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