Allied Rule In Germany Denounced
Soviet Marshal Sokolovsky denounces Western Allies occupancy methods in Germany on eve of Big Four talks. General Clay replies the record speaks for itself and declines further explanation. Sokolovsky cites denazification demilitarization and reparations as breaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Allied Control Council
Potsdam
Yalta
United States
Britain
France
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Council of Foreign Ministers
Sokolovsky
Europe
Armans
Jer Corps
Gern
U. S. to Press First for Pact With Austria
London dispatch reports Secretary of State George C. Marshall intends to push for a completed Austrian independence treaty at the Big Four talks. He arrived from Washington with an open mind on German peace issues, ready to hear Molotov proposals to move the German problem forward amid stalled Moscow Conference positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Washington
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
United States
Austria
Mayor Receives Tuberculosis Poster From Boy Scout
Scout Robert Henry of Troop 9 hands Mayor Anderson a poster reading Protect Your Home from Tuberculosis. The 41st Christmas seal sale, supported by local churches and Winchester Tuberculosis Association, begins Monday with City Hall displaying the poster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Henry
Pat
Grace Lutheran’ Church
Anderson
Boy Scouts
Market St. Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Winchester Tuberculosis Association
Henry
City Hall
Tuberculosis Association
Forest Warden Warns County On Brush Fires
Forest warden F I Jobst urged farmers to delay trash and brush burning until January or February. At a Clearbrook Fire Co. meeting he warned fall and Easter spring are high risk for fires and urged quick reporting of any woods fire. Local officials and fire units from several towns attended. the Clearbrook Fire Co. will host community meetings to promote safe burning and rapid reporting before spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. I. Jobst
Staunton
Clearbrook Fire Co
Jobst
South
Forestry Service
Clearbrook
DeHaven to Bring Jail-breaker From Galveston
Sheriff Robert DeHaven will travel to Galveston Texas with Chief J Thomas Boyd and Trial Justice W Erle Edwards to secure custody of Arthur Stanley Bowles a fugitive from Frederick and Clarke counties wanted for breaking and entering and grand larceny Bowles escaped Berryville jail in January and earlier in August 1946 This is the second Clarke county jail escape authorities expect to keep Bowles out of local jails after capture Bowles will be lodged away from Virginia upon return and the location is not disclosed
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Robert DeHaven
Winchester
Galveston
Texas
Arthur Stanley Bowles
Frederick County
Clarke County
DeHaven
J. Thomas Boyd
W. Erle Edwards
Bowles
Berryville
Wee
Virginia
Snow and Cold Sweep Midwest as Temps Plunge
The coldest air of the season swept into the eastern Rockies and Plains with Casper Wyoming reaching 17 below. Sub zero readings appeared in Nebraska the Dakotas and Kansas as snow and rain affected Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska Kansas Missouri while the Great Lakes to Gulf region stayed milder. A sale notice and local ads follow the weather update mentioning a service station sale for 16000 and a Sunday closure for Polly's Cab due to a death.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Plains States
Mercury
Casper
Wyo
Nebraska
Dakotas
Kansas
Midwest
New England
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
Lake Michigan
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Gulf
Hodgson & Brown, Jewelers
Polly
Raymond Bayliss
Bath
Quick Thinking By Lad of 9 Saves Brother
A nine year old, Jackie Miller, saved his twelve year old brother, Joseph, from possible suffocation during a game of hide and seek. Joseph had hidden in a cedar chest with an automatic lock and Jackie bored holes in the chest to provide air. He then summoned a neighbor to pry off the lid and free him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Jackie Miller
Joseph
Jackie
Strikes Hit Rail Ports and Factories Across France
Paris dispatch reports widespread stoppages as Communist inspired walkouts idle about 700 000 workers across Marseille Toulon and other cities. Rail lines and ports tied up with strikes spreading from coal fields to Paris region affecting mills schools and building trades.
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Paris
Marseille-Paris
France
Marseille
Toulon
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Bordeaux
Rhone Valley
Riviera
Avignon
Italian
An- Ss
Nord
Pas de Calais
Seine
Lille
Prague Bound Plane Crash Kills Six Officials Say Eight Dead
A transport plane en route from Bucharest to Prague crashed on a 2000 foot peak near Jicin, Czechoslovakia, killing eight and injuring 18. The crash occurred last night and the burning wreckage was located six miles from the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jicin
Cechoslovakia
Bucharest
Prague
Corporation Court Calls Two Juries
A Corporation Court grand jury will convene at 10 a.m. Monday. Those summoned are Charles Fries, Leslie Brown, Harvey Carper, Joe Hodgson and McSherry Lupton. A petit jury has been drawn and ordered to report on Friday. Jurors named include Raymond Saxe, Vincent Hollis, Ralph Yount, Clarence A. Swisher, Fred Sturm, Clifford Grim, William Sargent, Edwin Glaize and Harry Ridgeway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Charles Fries
Leslie Brown
Harvey Carper
Joe Hodgson
McSherry Lupton
Raymond Saxe
Vincent Hollis
Ralph Yount
Clarence A. Swisher
Fred Sturm
Clifford Grim
William Sargent
Edwin Glaize
Harry Ridgeway
Meat Shortage To Last Months, Anderson Says
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson warned of a distressing meat shortage and rising prices next spring with February to May as scarce months. He projected a drop in per capita meat consumption and said shortages may extend into June and into October or November 1948 without a wheat crop failure. He discussed margin limits on farm product trading and potential overseas food production deals to ease domestic demand.
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Washington
Anderson
Senate House Economic Committee
Senate
House Economic Committee
Truman
Cuba
Mexico
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate House Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
France
Italy
Austria
County Offers $100 For Solving Murder
The Henry County Board of Supervisors posted a $100 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the death of Howard Charles Clark a 44 year old man found shot in his Ridgeway home on October 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Henry County Board of Supervisors
Howard Charles Clark
Ridgeway
Italy Faces Potential General Strike Across Nation
In Rome on November 22 1944 Pietri Nenni a pro Communist Socialist leader warned a nationwide general strike could follow continuing violence against workers He recalled Italy's 1904 general strike and urged mass action to defend workers. Labor groups in the south pressed for olive crop compensation and unemployment protection while violence around strikes appeared to subside with no fresh disturbances after a Bitonto clash leaving 12 police injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pietri Nenni
Italy
Nenne
Milan
Bitonto
Where Can State Find 20 Million Battle Asks
Richmond Virginia November 22 The Revenue Association wrap up annual sessions with Senator John S Battle chair of the Senate finance committee posing the question where Virginia should find an extra 20 to 25 million dollars in annual revenue while warning of a projected decline in general fund revenues from 59.5 million in 1947 to 35 to 40 million. He noted rising education funding and other requests as proof of growing need and urged Virginians to solve the fiscal puzzle. Garland Gray introduced Battle who is floated as a potential 1939 lieutenant governor candidate. Garrett G Ballard of Medford County was elected president succeeding Ira L Harding of Halifax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Battle
Charlottesville
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Battle
Garland Gray
Corena
Garrett G. Ballart
Medford County
Ira L. Harding
Halifax
United Nations Poised to Vote on Palestine Partition
The United Nations prepared to decide Palestine partition after 10 weeks of debate. Delegates expect possible final adjournment by Tuesday midnight as the plan proposes independent Arab and Jewish states with administration to be turned over to a U N commission as the British withdraw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
United Nations
Assembly
Palestine
Palestine Committee
U. N
Commission
New Type Torpedoes Sink Five U-boats
Groton Connecticut submarine base said U S S submarines using a new torpedo type sank four German U boats in the Atlantic this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groton
Conn
U. S S
Atlantic
Navy
Horse Prices Down at Lexington Fall Sales
Decline of 990 dollars in average price for weanlings yearlings and breeding stock as Kennel and fall horse sales closed. Across the week 754 head sold for 1 826 075 dollars, compared with 1946 totals of 734 head for 2 407 150 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Head
Hodgson and
BROWN
Pine Motor Co
S. Loudoun St
Patton's
Winchester
Virginia
Miles B. Dean
Senate Moves Bill for 597 Million Aid to France Italy Austria
The Senate foreign relations committee urged swift action on a bill authorizing 597 million dollars in aid to France Italy and Austria. The measure aims to provide fuel food and essentials to keep their economies and populations from hardship this winter. Debate on the bill set to begin Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Italy
Austria
Senate Hearing Refers Papers To Justice Dept
The wartime dealings of General Bennett Meyers led the Senate war investigating subcommittee to send the entire record to prosecutors for possible criminal actions. Attorney General Clark plans a grand jury presentation next week with U S District Attorney George Mortis Fay coordinating. Hap Arnold testified that a high ranking officer disgraced his uniform and rank, prompting calls for action over bonds and perjury questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Bennett E. Meyers
Tgerson
Rmich
Clark
U.S
George Mortis Fay
Justice Department
Henry H
Hap
Army Air Force
Sweden
Meyers
Taft Hartley Act Invoked Against Printers Union
National Labor Relations Board charges the International Typographical Union with unfair labor practices under the Taft Hartley Act. Disputes disrupted newspaper plants in Chicago and Detroit as the union pursued a no contract policy. A NLRB examiner will hear the case December 9 in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
International Re Union
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
ITU
Chicago
Detroit
NLRB
Indianapolis
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U. S
George Marshall
Oxford University
England
Clearbrook Company
Orton Lofton
Ston
Agriculture
Arnold
B. E. Meyers
Gen. Arnold
H. H. Arnold
Gen. Bennett. Meyers
Richmond
Commissioners of the Revenue Assn
U. N. Assembly
Holy Land
Justice Dept
Federal District Attorney
Ferguson
Printers’ Union
Hishie
International
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