Ex-GI Rob Bennear Throat of Thomas County H hitch-hiker assault case
Police say no new leads in the Wednesday night attack on Robert Bennear of Thomas. He remains unconscious with a pistol wound and fractured skull. Trooper E B Mitchell and Capt Funk report locating the attack site on old Route 50 and reconstructing events as Bennear was forced to stop, hand over his wrist watch and ring, and resist the wallet demand.
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Robert Bennear
Thomas
Bennear
E. B. Mitchell
Mitchell
F. M. Funk
Winchester Police Department
Funk
West Virginia
Washington
Lee Sutton
Thomas Motion Picture
Peter
Florida
Old Rt. 50
Benear
Thomas Man
Minister Pays Traffic Fine in Pennies
Gordon T. Mason of Middleburg faced a traffic fine for speeding and was ordered to appear in police court on November 14 but did not. He paid a ten dollar fine plus four dollars twenty-five cents in 1,425 pennies mailed from Washington in a box labeled by a Christmas tag, with postage thirty cents and the mint count unverified at noon.
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Gordon T. Mason
Middleburg
Winchester
Washington
Police Department Bureau of Traffic
Mason
Milburn
Millwood Avenue
Assistant Attorney General Fights with Opponent in Court
In Atlanta on November 23 Assistant Attorney General Dan Duke fought with President Emory C. Burke of the Anti Negro Anti Jewish Columbians Inc in Fulton County courthouse after a heated verbal exchange.
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Atlanta
Dan Duke
Emory C. Burke
Fire at Cody Hotel Sends Elderly Guests to Hospital
In Grand Rapids Michigan a fire at the Cody Hotel forced scores of elderly guests to flee. Two women were hospitalized neither were fire victims one suffered a heart attack and the other was an invalid. The 108 year old landmark dated to the lumber era.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Cody
Michigan
Nation's Business Leaders Brace for Fallout of Coal Walkout
The second coal crisis of the year triggered widespread disruption as miners walked off, signaling a sharp hit to production. Steel mills cut furnace use while electric output hit a new high, and cities prepared brownouts to conserve fuel. Auto output neared the postwar peak amid generally stronger retail activity and rising business failures.
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Associated Press
O. Pars
New York
Mack
United States Delays UN Talks With Private Troop Consultations
Private American consultations at the United Nations seek to unite the Big Five on world troop inventories and disarmament. The talks, not official conferences, aim to produce a formal proposal after a 48 hour postponement and involve several US delegates, excluding Molotov and Bevin from top level talks.
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United States
United Nations
Rogge
Britain
France
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Molotov
Russia
Father-in-law to oppose pardon for Epes
T G Williams of Richmond Va will oppose clemency for his son in law Samuel G Epes who is serving life for murdering his wife Mary Lee Williams. A public clemency hearing is set in Columbia S C on Monday at the request of Dr L T Stoneburner Jr. of Richmond. Epes began serving his sentence October 29 after conviction for poisoning and suffocating his wife in January.
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Jackksonville
Fila
T. G. Williams
Samuel G. Epes
Richmond
Mary Lee Williams
Williams
Columbia
S. C
Ransome J. Williams
L. T
South Carolina
Jacksonville
Clerk of House veteran South Trimble dies at 82
Washington November 23 South Trimble 82 longtime clerk of the House of Representatives died at his home after a brief illness. A Hazel Green Kentucky native he entered the House in 1901 as a Democratic representative from Kentucky and served three terms. He was elected clerk in 1911 and served until 1918 and again held the post from 1931 through the current Congress. Tomorrow would have marked his 61st wedding anniversary.
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Washington
South Trimble
House of Representatives
Trimble
Hazel Green
Kentucky
Hodgson & Brown
11 Americans Marooned In Alps Reached At Last
Sixty rescuers reached the crash site high in the Swiss Alps as 11 Americans remained marooned in a 8600 foot glacial bowl after a C-53 crash. Brig. Gen. Ralph Snavely directed U S Army rescue efforts with two climbers reaching the scene and about 50 climbers close behind. High altitude helicopter support and transport planes were planned to bring survivors down to an army hospital in Munich.
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Alps
Meiringen
Switzerland
Ralph Snavely
U.S. Army
U. S. Army
Ralph Tate
U. S
Austria
Tate
Munich
Pisa
Bernese Oberland
Interlaken
Jungfrau
Europe
Edgar Robinson
Westover
West Palm Beach
Fla
Paris
Robinson
Enlistments Sought Before Federal Inspections In Staunton
Report from the 3rd battalion 116th Infantry 29th Division meeting at the U S Army Recruiting Office Staunton cites Col Arthur T Sheppe noting Winchester headquarter unit is ready for federal inspection and a December 2 division inspection followed by December 9 Second Army Headquarters inspection. appeals to enlist more men in both headquarters company and Company 2.
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116Th Inf
U. S. Army
Staunton
Arthur T. Sheppe
Winchester Harrisonburg
Charlottesville
Sheppe
Winchester
Second Army
Rainbow Inn
Sonny Prye
Dimouts Hit Virginia As Coal Strike Expands
President Truman orders wartime dimouts in Virginia as coal mine shutdown triggers state wide and federal power curtailments. The State Corporation Commission extends the brownout to all counties while the Federal Civilian Production Administration imposes similar limits on coal generated power and interior lighting.
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Associated Press
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Federal
Civilian Production Administration
SCC
CPA
Commission
State Corporation
Ern
Northern
Cenginia m
Virginian
N. and W
Roanoke
United Mine
John L. Lewis
Government Moves to Ease Coal Shortage
President Truman returns to Washington to chair weekend talks on the coal situation as government actions target easing shortages. A broad order halts nonessential electricity use in 21 states and D C, while legal actions against John S Lewis continue over contract terminations that sparked a government mine shutdown.
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Truman
Florida
Florda
John S. Lewis
District of Columbia
Justice Department
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U. S
T. Alan Goldsborough
White House
John R. Steelman
Key West
John D. Small
Corner Small
Truman May Call In Bi-Partisan Congress Leaders
President Truman may convene a bi partisan conference of congressional leaders if next week shows no quick coal strike solution. A White House aide said the aim is to canvass proposals for a strike ending framework and to decide whether to recall the 79th Congress or shape a bill for the 80th to act in January. Senator Wiley noted Republicans could join in discussing possible legislation.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Capitol Hill
Wiley
R-Wis
Rpublicans
Strike Sidelights at Harmarsville Mine
Coal miner Stanley Gorzobek 52 shrugs after shift at Harmarsville mine near Pittsburgh as 400 000 miners walk out. They strike after government refuses to negotiate with United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis on a new contract.
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Stanley Gorzobek
Harmarsville
Pittsburgh
Gorzobek
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
International Soundphoto
Byrd Urges Prosecution of UMW Leaders in All-Out Strike Plan
Sen. Byrd dispatches telegram to Attorney General Clarke and Interior Secretary Krug urging charges against local United Mine Workers officials for leadership in the coal strike. He calls for impounding union funds and welfare payments, and asks a special Congress session to advance needed laws to end national strikes in public necessities.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Byrd
Virginia
Tom Clarke
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
John Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Congress
Taber Pushes Higher Slash In Public Spending
Rep. Taber of New York, likely next House Appropriations chair, proposed reducing government spending to 29.141 billion dollars for next year. He said the plan would allow paying off 3 billion of the national debt and leave room to cut individual income taxes.
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Washington
Rep
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Anc Sts
Wanted cider apples Heinz Co and sale of farm implements
Wanted cider apples for Heinz Co. Also sale of all farm implements at J B Clowser farm two miles west of Hay field at 1 p m Friday November 29 1946.
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H. J. Heinz CO
J. B. Clowser Farm
Injured in Hunt Update From Gaylord Area
Injury report from the Blue Ridge Hunt notes Mrs Blu g respec of Gaylord and others harmed in separate hunts. Mrs 8 eer recovered at home after a back injury from Memorial Hospital. Mrs Nolan of War a county has a fractured wrist and arm and has returned home. Mrs Bowman sustained slight injuries and also returned home.
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Blug
Gaylord
Ann Shaffer Nolan
8Eer
Memorial Hospital
Nolan
Bowman
Poultry Concern Head Speaks To Area Feed Dealers
Thomas Heltz, general manager of the Rockingham Poultry Marketing Corporation, addressed Winchester area feed dealers at a turkey banquet in the George Washington Hotel. Heitz outlined how the cooperative provides a non profit marketing facility to growers, paying more than private plants. Howard Pringle, manager of the Rockingham Cooperative, welcomed attendees and reviewed the cooperative’s history and purpose for local poultry growers.
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Thomas Heltz
Rockingham Poultryarketing Corporation
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Heitz
Howard Pringle
Winchester Rockingham Cooperative
Pringle
Rockingham Cooperative
Anthracite Miner Return To Collieries
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on November 23 miners resumed work after a sympathy walkout by about 10 000 soft coal workers. Loomis Local members voted to return but asked John L Lewis to make room in prison for 700 workers if he is jailed. Mines began operating again as workers streamed back into pits with predictions that all collieries would be manned by Monday.
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Wilkes-Barre
Loomis
UMW
John L. Lewis
Punishing Winds Hit California Coast in Storm Lashing Era
San Francisco reports punishing winds the worst since 1926 leaving damaged buildings uprooted trees and disrupted communications. Two deaths are linked to high Sierra snows as the storm eased. Notice cites Farm Credit offices closing November 25 and 26 with maturities due postponed under secretary treasurer Julian A Everly.
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San Francisco
California
Farm Credit
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