Government Eyes Coal Crisis as Strike Spreads Across Regions
Wildcat walkouts grow in West Virginia Kentucky and nearby areas as talks stall in Washington. Officials report about 10 000 miners idle with 50 000 tons lost. Lewis remains absent from sessions and Krug delayed returning to Washington.
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Navy
N. H. Collison
UMW
Lewis
J. A. Krug
Washington
Collisson
West Virginia
Kentucky
Williamson
W. Va
Solid Fuels Administration
Tennessee
SFA
John
Star Seeks Immediate Election Returns From Three Counties
The Winchester Star requests precinct officials in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties to phone in voting results from the Democratic primary as soon after polls close as possible. Call 3424 or 3455. Toll charges may be reversed. The Star office will receive AP returns in Richmond election night.
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Winchester Star
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Star
Associated Press
Richmond
Fire Devours Mine Town In Southwest Virginia Blaze
In Leon Mines Virginia flames destroyed 15 of 26 frame houses leaving 84 homeless. Blasting crews from Blue Diamond Coal used dynamite to clear a path after St Charles fire department failed to reach the blaze. No injuries reported though several escapes occurred as families fled in night clothes.
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Leon Mines
Virginia
Blue Diamond Coal Company
St. Charles
Harry Engles
Reports Denied of 100 Spanish Arrests in Plot
MADRID November 4 A foreign office spokesman denied abroad reports that Spanish police arrested 100 persons last night over an alleged plot to overthrow Franco. He said the national police assured him the reports were unfounded. NBC echoed BBC claims of a Communist led revolt timed to UN Assembly debates in New York. Earlier raids in Madrid suburbs seized printers hand presses a radio receiver a transmitter and thousands of leaflets from the Communist Party Central Committee.
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Madrid
Foreign Office
NBC
BBC
Spain
United Nations Assembly
New York
Central Committee of
The
Communist Party
Red Feathers and Theater Tickets Spark Community Chest Drive
A Valley Airways flight dropped 20 000 red feathers and accompanying leaflets over Winchester to promote the Winchester Frederick County Community Chest drive. About 250 theater tickets were scattered as well, with many items found in Gerrard Cork Kent and surrounding areas. The wind spread the items widely, delighting scouts and children while promoting the drive targeting a $30 000 quota for local agencies.
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George J. Schecter
Valley Airways Inc
Winchester-Frederick County
Winchester
Gerrard
Cork
Kent
Loudoun
Stewart
Piccadilly
Fairmont
National
Boy and Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Sacred Heart Boys Club
Gertrude Barton Day Nursery
Children's Home i
Tension in Palestine After Sect Clash Near Lake Hula
Reported clashes between Arabs and Jews over land at a new Jewish settlement near Lake Hula left three Arabs dead two Jews killed and nine wounded by knife and club. Violence spread to nearby towns while Moslems marked Eid al Adha.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Lake Hula
Jordan
Tiberius
Sea of Galilee
Lake Ula
Aladha
Abraham
Isaac
Royal Air Force
Caraols
Immunization Clinic Plans Are Completed
The Winchester Memorial Hospital Junior Auxiliary announced plans for a free diphtheria immunization clinic on November 7 at the District Nurses Association office from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for children ages six months to seven years. Parents urged to bring unvaccinated children. officials stressed family responsibility in preventing disease.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
District Nurses Association
South End Fire Company Meeting Notice and Local Ads
The South End Fire Company calls its regular monthly meeting for Monday at 8 oclock with all members urged to attend. Also advertised are ads for a new business location, an antique sale on November 20 at Pattons Hall Winchester by Miles B Dean, and a Day Sale group of dresses from Margaret L Hodgson Hat Dress Shop.
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South End Fire Company
Harry Rainsberger
Chemie Bidg
N. Loudoun
Patton’s Hall
Winchester
Miles B. Dean
Margaret L. Hodgson
Big Four Foreign Ministers Open Talks in New York
Secretary Byrnes and British Bevin meet in a skyscraper hotel with Molotov and Couve de Murville as the four prepare for the Eastern Europe peace treaties and Germany. The talks aim to advance Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland treaties and review Trieste and Danube questions.
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New York
Secol
Withritain
Ry Bevin
Eastern Europe
Germany
Byrnés
Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Couve de Murville
Council of Foreign Ministers
Byrnes
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Paris
Russia
Trieste
Danube
Europe
Molotov
Britain
France
United Nations Assembly
Service Station Operator Wins Lions Big Prize
Delbert Sibert a 32 year old ex serviceman and owner of a 1946 Packard Clipper sedan won the Lions Club festival prize of a new car. About 800 people attended the five day event raising funds for sight conservation. Sibert purchased seven tickets and received the news Saturday after initially thinking it a joke.
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Delbert Sibert
Glaize Avenue
Sibert
Lions Club
Lions Sight
East End
Berryville
National Avenues
Georgia Lee Kimble
S. Kent Street
P. G. Ireland
Elections At A Glance Given By The Associated Press
Polls close in parts of East by 4 p m EST and as late as 1 a m EST in Washington state for a nine hour window. Estimated votes total 35 471 339. Voting precincts numbered 131 072. Forty eight Senate seats up plus 34 elections with 97 candidates. House races total 432 seats with 880 candidates. Thirty three governors to be elected with 88 candidates. Maine elected a senator governor and three House members all Republicans on Sept 9.
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Associated Press
Somer Row
East
Washington State
Maine
House
Truman Pushes Trusteeship Plan for Defense Bases
President Truman maintained a sideline role as voters prepared for the election while his administration backed exclusive U N trusteeship of captured Pacific island bases critical to U S defense. Secretary Ross outlined that policy, reiterating a January 15 position that the United Nations would authorize sole trusteeship as long as bases are needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Truman
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Coie
United States
Pacific Island
Ross
United Nations
U. N
Delegates Mourn FDR With UN Tribute at Hyde Park
Delegates from 51 nations gathered in Hyde Park New York to honor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Foreign Minister Molotov led wreaths with other diplomats including Spaak and Vishinsky, paying respect and inscribing commemorative plaques.
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Fdr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
China
Venezuela
Canada
Yugoslavia
Nicaragua
Paul- Henry Spaak
United Nations Assembly
U. N
V. M. Molotov
Child Hurt in Fall From Car Back Door Near Clarke County
Four year old Nancy Louise Brooke daughter of Lioye Russell Brooke fell from the back door of her father's car on Route 50 near Opequo in Clarke County. She suffered extensive lacerations and brush burns and was taken to the hospital in satisfactory condition before being released home.
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Nancy Louise Brooke
Lioye Russell Brooke
Bar Hospital
Clarke County
Opequo
National election string of 16 states shapes two year course
Balloting in 16 states on the eve of the vote will decide whether Democrats or Republicans control the House and Senate in the 80th Congress with 35 million voters choosing among more than 1 000 candidates. Republicans aim to gain nine Senate seats while Democrats seek wins in key races and challenge GOP prospects in Ohio Pennsylvania Delaware and Wisconsin. Maine reelects Brewster as observers predict a protest vote against the Truman Administration.
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Massachusetts
California
House
Senate
New York
Missouri
Idaho
Montana
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
New Mexico
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Tllinois
GOP
Seers Tagua
Charpy
Robert M. LaFollette
Maine
Owen Brewster
Horace A. Hildreth
Truman
Father's Shot At Supposed Deer Wounds Wife Baby Dies
In Augusta Maine a man aiming at a deer wounded his wife Dorothy Laughton 22 of Winthrop and killed their premature daughter born by emergency Caesar. The baby died from a blood clot after surgery two hours later. The mother and infant's medical status remained guarded with the sheriff calling the incident accidental.
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Augusta
Dorothy Laughton
Winthrop
Au Hospital
Gusta
Charles A. Warst
Arthur Laugh
Rexall
Winchester mayor issues a voter proclamation
The mayor of Winchester Virginia urges all citizens to vote in the November 5 election. He states voting is both a right and duty of Americans and specifies November 5 as election day. The proclamation is dated November 4, 1946, and signed by Mayor C R Anderson.
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Winchester
Cc. R. Anderson
Winchester Chamber Dinner to Feature Brakeblock President
Brakeblok President and Chamber Speaker to address the Winchester Chamber of Commerce dinner at York Inn on Wednesday night. Invitations extended to Virginia State Chamber of Commerce Shenandoah Valley officials Mayor C R Anderson Delegate Blackburn Rep A Willis Robertson Senator Harry Byrd Burr Harrison W A Blume of American Brake Shoe Company will be principal speaker. A 30 minute magic show and a radio reception demonstration are also on the program.
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Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
York Inn
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
C. R. Anderson
Blackburn
A. Willis Robertson
Harry F Byrd
Burr P. Harrison
W. A. Blume
American Brakebaok Division
American Brake Shoe Company
United Nations eyes Geneva as potential home site
Soviet Russia asks UN steering committee to list old League quarters in Geneva as a possible permanent home site for the United Nations. Russia did not disclose its preferred position on Geneva. An American woman, Mrs Irene Dmochowska of Chicago, faces charges in Warsaw for conspiring with an underground group to overthrow the Polish provisional regime. She is tried for possessing firearms and aiding two men linked to the killing of a Polish official.
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United Nations
Success
Russia
League of Nations
Geneva
Warsaw
Irene 34
Chicago
Dmochowska
Wieslaw Plonski
Boleslaw Panek
Boleslaw Scibiorek
Stanislaw Nikolajcryk
Polish Peasant Party
Red Cross Survey After Mine Disaster At Leona
The American Red Cross conducts a survey of emergency needs at Leona Mines Virginia after a blast and dynamite destroyed 15 houses. Roy Wilson the general field representative and Mrs EB Staggs secretary of the Lee County United Cross Chapter lead the assessment.
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RED Cross
Washington
American Red Cross
Leona Mines
Leroy Wilson
EB. Staggs
Lee County
Uaited Cross
Trans World pilots strike may end after tentative accord
Federal mediator Frank P. Douglas announced a tentative accord to end the 15 day Trans World Airline pilots strike and reported progress toward arbitration agreement. The development follows the nationwide disruption affecting air travel and labor talks.
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Washington
Frank P. Douglass
Trans World
Maplewood Nursing Home
W. Clifford St
Diack Pursevelope
Philadelphia
Jack
Get Out Vote Theme Song For Local Area
Winchester and Frederick county voters face an election to choose two United States Senators and a Seventh District representative with new voting hours from 6 p m to 7 30 p m. Officials list precincts and workers as list includes John Kater Robert Crim Lester Kerlin Charles Smith Mary Forney and others. Democratic groups plan a quiet get out the vote drive, with teams of 20 members each aiming to register 10 voters. The Chamber of Commerce offers headquarters for voter checks and numerous organizations are asked to cooperate in the drive.
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Winchester
Frederick County
United States
Rouss
John Kater
Robert Crim
Lester Kerlin
Charles Smith
Mary Forney
B. F. Arthur
W. W. Glass
Ro«ge Swartz
F. M. Yeakle
L . Bill
City Hall-Porres
Fansler
E. B. Estes
Holmes Larrick
L. Irvin Carper
Harry Murphy
Sarah Zaneabert
S. Bell
Earl Parks
Helstey
E. Miller Streit
Prone B. Crawford
Anderson
Qornge
Chamber
Chamber F Commerce
Rouss Os
Kiwanis 5 Cie
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Women’s Society
B'naiee American Legion
Elks Club
Paul Order of Moose
Girls’ Athletic Association
Quota Club
Women's Civic League
Century Club
VFW
Beta Sigma, Phi, Dar
Ministerial Association
Woodmen of the World
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Retail Merchants Association
Women's Federation of
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J. G. Hollinger & Son Real Estate Insurance
B. P. Harrison
Lions
Ana
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Headley’s Auctions
H. J. Heinz Co
Byrd
Robertson
Harrison
Thur
Pri
Sat
Brakeblok President Chamber
Zane Pot Conan
New Rochelle
Noble C. Pierce
Conn C. Pierce
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Pierce
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