Britain Rejects Palestine Partition Plan by Cabinet
Britain declines to back or substantially support the Soviet American partition plan for Palestine. London sources say the country will not use force for any settlement and will not fund or unilaterally implement the plan or extend mandatory control beyond May.
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London
Britain
Palestine
United Nations Assembly
U. N
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Holy Land
Driver Pleads Hit Run Guilty Put on Probation
Elwood L. Fletcher of Gore pleaded guilty in Frederick circuit court to a hit and run resulting in a fatal injury. Judge Elliott Marshall sentenced him to two years suspended and three years probation. Foreman died after being struck near Gore on July 5. his widow and six children survive. Massie Jr. presented the Commonwealth case.
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Elwood L. Fletcher
Gore
Frederick
Elliott Marshall
Fletcher
Harry Kern Jr
Earl Foreman
Foreman
Joseph Massie Jr
Commonwealth
E W Devereux of Boyce Dies at 39
Edward Winslow C. Devereaux, 39, of Boyce, died early today at Winchester Memorial hospital. He had lived in Clarke county for several years after moving from Chevy Chase, Maryland. He was a Catholic and married to Sallie Turner of Washington, D C. Additional details were unavailable.
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Edward Winslow C. Devereaux
Boyce
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Clarke County
Chevy Chase
Sallie Turner
Washington, D. C
Reinterment for World War II Soldier Milton R. Carroll
Mil it on R Carroll was reinterred at National Cemetery after remains returned from Europe. Military rites were held for the S Sgt son of Mr and Mrs Charles Carroll with Rev James Roe officiating. The funeral followed arrival by train to Winchester and processed from the Jones residence to the service. He leaves a widow Mrs Sap Seekfort Cedarville and three brothers.
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Panera
National Cemetery
Milton R. Carroll
Germany
Charles Carroll
Berryville
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio
Jonesee
Sgt. Carroll
Miss Sap Seekfort
Cedarville
Governor Tuck to Submit Public Education Plan
Richmond November 13 Governor Tuck spoke on budget recommendations to the 1948 General Assembly to push a program for further advancement of public education. He cited state figures ranking Virginia 26nd in teacher salaries, countering critics who placed the state 46th.
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Richmond
Tuck
General Assembly
Old Dominion
Virginia
Rail Union Forms Political League for 1948 election
Executives of 19 railroad unions push to create Railroad Labor's Political League to campaign in 1948 without violating the Taft Hartley Act. Washington offices separate from the Railway Labor executives Assn. Not joined by Whitneys Trainmen or Locomotive Engineers.
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Washington
A. F. Whitney
Alvanley Johnston
Payroll Tax Hinted To Help City Revenue
Richmond November report from the legislative commission on state and local taxes urges the next General Assembly to appoint a special commission. It favors raising the maximum license tax for utilities to one percent and allowing payroll taxes by city charters, with changes to gasoline tax payments for streets. A seven page dissent by Norfolk's Robert B. Tunstall notes the study was not thorough and criticizes funding and time limits.
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Richmond
Legislative Commission
General Assembly
Robert B. Tunstall
Norfolk
Tunstall
Farms Resume Fall Plowing Following Rain
County Agent I. Fred Stine notes work centers on tall plowing, shucking corn, pruning orchards, and fighting mice. Rain boosts moisture four inches, aiding pastures and small grains though slowing harvest. farmers expect corn cribbing by month end if weather holds. Wheat seeding progresses, soil previously too hard for plowing.
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Fari
Fred Stine
Missing College Girl Found Working in Cafe
Patricia Ann Black 17 year old Westhampton college student and daughter of George A. Black vice president of General Foods Corp. was found today working as a waitress in a Williamsburg coffee shop. Dr J B Tucker described her as an amnesia victim after being recognized by Capt Sam Peach from newspaper pictures.
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Williamsburg
Patricia Ann Black
Westhampton College
George A. Black
General Foods Corp
J. B. Tucker
Sam Peach
Colonial Williamsburg
Pipe for Street Signs Arrives
City Manager S. Lee Grant reported that prewar pipe to serve as street sign standards has arrived. The city will install new signs as soon as help is available, beginning with old streets and proceeding to newly opened streets with orders already placed.
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S. Lee Grant
Grant
Zigler Elected President of Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Howard S. Zigler of Timberville was elected president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, succeeding C. F. Holsinger who led the federation for 19 years and declined reelection. Zigler is a former member of the General Assembly from Rockingham County.
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Richmond
Howard S. Zigler
Timberville
General Assembly
Rockingham County
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
C. F. Holsinger
Gala Fashion Revue At Stonewall High School
A gala fashion revue featuring men's clothes and the New Look of 1947 plus group singing at Stonewall High School on November 17 1947. No admission charged.
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Stonewall High School
16Th St
Arlington
Carroll
Carroll Barber Shop
Patton Grocery
N. Loudoun St
Carroll Bush
Economic pistol debate prompts export cut talk
Rep Lodge urged using sanctions against Russia while Harriman cautioned against total trade shutdown preferring targeted measures. He backed restricting resources to cooperative nations and noted potential aid to Eastern Europe if they break from Soviet influence.
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Washington
Lodge
R-Conn
United States
Russia
Harriman
Soviet Bloc
U. S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Soviet Russia
France
Italy
Austria
America
Europe
Poland
Hungary
Rep
Jackson
Calif
Vandenberg
Rmich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pringle Scheduled for Poultry Outlook Speech
Victor Pringle assistant general manager of the Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative will speak on The Future Marketing Outlook for Poultry at 7 30 p m tomorrow at the county court house. M E Coe VPI poultry specialist outlines plans for the second annual area poultry conference in Winchester January 21 and 22. County Agent I Fred Stine notes strong producer interest and possible formation of an area poultry association with out of county attendees listed from Virginia and West Virginia counties.
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Area Poultry Organization
Court House
Victor Pringle
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative, Inc
Broadway
M. E. Coe
VPI
Winchester
I. Fred Stine
Area Poultry Association
Virginia
J. W. Olcott
Clarke
W. H. Cockerill
Loudoun
D. M. Cloyd
Warren
J. C. Conner
Shenandoah
W. H. Lyne
Rappahannock
West Virginia
W.N. McClung
Berkeley
D. I
New Mexico Battleship Lost and Found Off New York Harbor
The 30,000 ton battleship New Mexico was lost then found today 58 miles outside New York harbor. Two tug crews towed her and Newark officials deployed fireboats to block scrapping on the city waterfront amid a disputes over her fate.
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Newark
N. J
New Mexico
New York Harbor
Women’s Vote League Conference in Charlott esville
The League of Women Voters of Virginia holds its first annual convention in Charlottesville Friday and Saturday with Miss Anna Lord Strauss, national president, as a guest. Mrs. James Cash of Crozet delivers the welcome. Mrs. Jean Carroll from Pennsylvania speaks. Colgate W. Darden Jr. of the University of Virginia discusses education’s future for Virginia.
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Charlottesville
League of Women Voters of Virginia
Anna Lord Strauss
National Organization
James Cash
Crozet
Albemarle League
Jean Carroll
Pennsylvania
Missouri League
Colgate W. Darden Jr Jr
University of Virginia
Virginia
Policeman Sued by Photographer Over Arrest at Fatal Accident
Frederick Maryland November 13 a photographer Charles W Roekle sues Police Lt Frank K Dorsey for 2000 damages claiming illegal imprisonment after being booked for a non existing crime while taking pictures at a fatal accident scene He says he was forced to deposit collateral.
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Frederick
Frank K. Dorsey
Charles W. Roekle
Dorsey
Roelke
UAW Leaders Re-elect Reuther as CIO Drive Grows
Atlantic City November elections cement Walter Reuther and allies in top UAW posts and bolster CIO efforts to curb Communist influence. Reuther backed by Emil Mazey Dick Gosser and John Livingston, aiming to expand control on the 900000-member union and push pressure on CIO leadership.
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UAW
Front Row
Walter Reuther
Emil Mazey
Dick Gosser
John Livingston
Atlantic City
United Atto Workers
CIO
Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Philip Murray
CED Says Tax Load Can Be Cut $6 Billion
Washington report summarizes the Committee for Economic Development finding that U S tax load could be reduced by 6 billion dollars in 1948 without harming foreign aid or national debt payments. It urges broad cuts through the 1950s, with a plan linking lower brackets, community property taxation, and removal of excise taxes.
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
U. S
Knutson
R-Minn
Bosen
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pacific island colony voyage by 174 foot tug voyage set
A 174 foot tug carries 17 farmers and families to a jungle Pacific island near Chirote off Chiriqui Panama to escape housing shortages and high prices. Owned by Harper Henry of Los Angeles, the group plans a rugged life clearing land and making brooms from tropical grass with some revenue from broom sales. They expect arrival in about three weeks.
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Los Angeles
Pacific
Coast Guard
Harper Henry
Chirote
Chiriqui
Panama
Henry
Elisworth Dodson
Mountain Falls
French Troops and Police Battle Communists in Marseille
Marseille sees troops and mobile guards patrolling as Communist labor leaders call for a general strike after rioting leaves one dead and six wounded. Shipping halts as unions drop work, while Mayor Carlini and Assistant Mayor Milani are among the injured.
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Marseille
Rhone Delta Central Council of Trade Unions
Carlini
Pierre Milani
Charles le
Rally of the French
RPF
Cavem Ool
South's Best Backs Clash This Saturday
An offensive duel pits Lu Gambino of Maryland and Charley Justice of North Carolina in a Southern Conference clash at Griffith Stadium Washington on Saturday.
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Washington
Lu Gambino
Maryland
Charley Justice
North Carolina
Griffith Stadium
Colonel Outlines Plan to Counter Air Force Stock Rumors
Col. William B. Nuckols testified before investigating senators about rumors in early 1943 that air force purchasing officers held stock in firms they dealt with. He proposed steps including a potential stock holdings survey and confidential letters to high officers requesting asset disclosures.
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Washington
William B. Nuckols
Air Force
Nuckols
Air Force Publc
AFF
Associated
Associated Press
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Republic Aviation
Ira Eaker
Meyers
Res
Caseia Neler
George E. Stratemeyer
Bumper Wheat Crop Possible in U S in 1949
Washington reports that a bumper wheat crop may be possible next year despite delayed sowing. About 25 percent of the intended wheat acreage in Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas Colorado and New Mexico remained unseeded by November 1 due to dry weather. If seeding progresses and drought states yield about half this year, a total crop of at least 1 billion bushels could be harvested.
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Washington
Great Plains
Coal's role in Europe's recovery amid postwar shortages
James Marlow explains Europe's recovery hinges on coal output from Britain and Germany. The Ruhr in Germany with 325000 miners now yields about 70 million tons, far below prewar levels due to bomb damage transport collapse and housing shortages. Britain with 719000 miners produces about 197 million tons, hindering exports to Western Europe. The United States ships coal to Europe to relieve the shortage.
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James Marlow
Washington
Europe
Britain
Germany
United States
Ruhr
Sritadn
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