Connally Warns Europe Backslide If Aid Fails
Senator Connally urged a $597 million winter relief bill to curb Communism in Western Europe and prevent hunger driven unrest. He joined Vandenberg in pursuing allied peace with Austria and Germany if Russia balks, and proposed U S controls on foreign relief purchases to avoid price inflation.
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Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Europe
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
Austria
Germany
Russia
Texas
Council of One Ministers
Logon
Suronmment
U. S
France
Italy
Ball
R-Minn
United States
Minnesota
Argentina
Five Day Thanksgiving Forecast for Virginia
A five day outlook from November 26 to 30 shows Virginia temperatures near normal. Expect generally windy conditions with mostly sunny skies across the period.
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Virginia
Telegraph Strike Threatens National Emergency At White House
Western Union telegraph workers threaten a 50 000 strong strike over a 15 cent hourly pay rise raising the possibility that President Truman may invoke the national emergency provisions of the Taft Hartley act. Union ballots proceed as negotiations fail.
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Washington
Western Union
Truman
Western Union Telegraph
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Telegraph Employes Union
Telegraph Workers Union
AFL
Federal Conciliation Service
CTU
TEU
TWU
Frank Bloom
New York
CIO Communications Assn
Clark
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
National Labor Relations Board
Bloom
Commission
Bidault Survives Leftist Pressure Amid Big Four Talks
France’s Georges Bidault faces intensified pressure from Communist factions as he joins a pivotal Big Four session over Germany. The veteran foreign minister champions U S and British unity amid strikes and postwar unrest, while his stance on European cooperation and wartime leadership shapes French policy.
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London
Georges
Bidault
France
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Frances
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Robert Schuman
Council of Foreign Ministers
Army Transport Breaks in Two On Alaskan Reef
In Alaska near Graham Island the army transport Clarksdale Victory fractured in half on a reef. Coast Guard reported three survivors on shore while 49 crewmen were aboard. The Denali alerted rescuers. Wachusetts and Citrus were en route to the scene as heavy swells battered the stricken vessel.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Coast Guard
Clarksdale Victory
Graham Island
U. S. Denali
Alaska Steamship Co
Gerald R. Laugeson
San Francisco
Wachusetts
Juneau
Citrus
Port MacArthur
Laugeson
Underground war factories disapproved by experts
Army experts reviewing Nazi wartime production conclude buried, dispersed factories are not the answer. Airpower atomic energy alter production, and underground work is costly, time consuming, and harms mass production. German delays in organizing all out production before 1942 limited wartime output.
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Washington
Nazi Germany
G. F. Robin
Early Sunday Bells Fall Silent in Laguna Beach Church
In Laguna Beach California Reverend Raymond I Brahams says his Presbyterian church will not ring the 8 and 3 30 a m Sunday services. The move comes after a letter claimed the bells disturb Sunday morning rest.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
Raymond I. Brahams
Presbyterian Church
Convicts End 15 hour Siege at Wisconsin Prison
WAAPUN Wis Nov 25 Sixty nine striking convicts surrendered after a 15 hour siege by more than 150 armed officers at a state prison north of Milwaukee. Four guards held as hostages were released unharmed and weapons found included wooden clubs sharpened metal bits and pipes.
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Waapun
Wis
Milwaukee
Union Protest forces high school band from parade
Ridley township high school band withdraws from Montgomery county Thanksgiving day parade after Bryn Mawr Fire Co president says officials of Local 484 Musicians Protective Union AFL threatened action if the band marched. The move follows an edict from a Petrillo controlled union.
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Norristown
Ridley Township
Montgomery County
Petrillo Controlled
Joseph B. Allen Jr
Bryn Mawr Fire Co
Tony. Allen
Bryn Mawr Firemen
Musicians Protective Union
AFL
Hannegan Loses Cabinet Post to Lead Ball Club
Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan resigns to head a group purchasing the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team of the National League and serve as its president. Jesse M. Donaldson is named to succeed him as postmaster general, effective December 1.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Washington
Robert E. Hannegan
Truman
Jesse M. Donaldson
Hannegan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
McGrath
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Donaldson
Mr. Truman
Fuel Oil May Be Increased
Washington November 25. Standard Oil executive M J Rathbone told a Senate small business subcommittee that refining operations are shifting to produce more fuel oil and less gasoline. He stated Standard Oil Co of New Jersey is leading this changeover as the principal domestic refining and marketing subsidiary of the Standard Oil System.
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Washington
Standard Oil Co
M. J. Rathbone
New Jersey
Senate
Legion Head Views FFA Exhibit at Handley High
State Legion commander John A. Blakemore inspects the Handley high school farm display in the main hall as part of a tour with accompanying Legion members. He comments on the Handley FFA exhibit and its agricultural display.
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Legion Head
FFA
John A. Blakemore
The
American Legion
Handley High School
Handley Ffa
Blakemore
Brighten up your home with new wallpaper
Holiday décor push: Hillyard's at 41 E Piccadilly St promotes fresh wallpaper selection as an in store display.
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Hillyard's
E. Piccadilly St
Fireside Notice Closed All Day Thanksgiving
Deb Sibert's Service Station on National and Berryville Ave will be closed all day Thanksgiving.
Handley and Martinsburg gridiron broadcast on WINC
Thanksgiving Day game broadcast 2 15 P M from WINC featuring Handley versus Martinsburg. Sponsored by Shenandoah Motor Co Inc. Also notes a Thanksgiving Dance at Ole Mill Wheel Berryville Pike with weekend dice nights.
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Handley
Shooting Match Opens Thanksgiving Day at Sunnyside
Thanksgiving Day November 27, 1947 event at Sunnyside twelve miles northwest of Winchester on Rt. 522 starts at 10 a m. Prize turkeys awarded. Organizer L. F. Buck McDonald.
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Sunnyside
Winchester
L. F. Buck McDonald
Thanksgiving Day Hours At Winchester Abattoir
Our retail meat department will be closed all day on Thanksgiving Day. Locker department open as usual. Winchester City Abattoir.
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Winchester City
General Rail Walkout Shakes French Lines
Paris reports a general rail walkout by the Seenists allied with the Communist led General Confederation of Labor as France faces a labor crisis. Informants say Premier Schuman could conscript workers in key roles and may offer higher wages before a possible crackdown on strikes, which involve over a million workers.
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Paris
General Confederation of Labor
France
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Mayor to Head March of Dimes Drive in Frederick County
Dr C R Anderson mayor of Winchester will serve as Frederick county director of the 1948 March of Dimes campaign. Wade G McCargo state campaign chair announces the appointment urging Frederick county to join in the largest campaign for polio aid. Frederick county last January contributed 3444 dollars, with half staying local and half going to the national foundation for research and epidemic aid.
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C. R. Anderson
Winchester
Frederick County
Wade G. McCargo
Richmond
Dr. Anderson
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
National Foundation Headquarters Reserve
Colonial Kitchen
Thanksgiving Day No Star in Pentagon Edition
The Star will not publish on Thursday November 27 1947 Thanksgiving Day, a national holiday. THE EVENING STAR.
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the Star
THE
Evening Star
Grand Jury Opens Probe Into Gen Meyers Activities
The U S grand jury in Washington begins inquiry into Gen Meyers deputy Air Force purchasing chief. Witnesses Martin Smith and Kenneth Bowers testified as the panel questions Meyers amid a broader push by Justice Department officials to assemble data on his actions. Meyers is stripped of medals and pension and faces court martial as the Air Force overhauls its purchasing system.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Forces
U. S
George Morris Fay
Meyers
Martin Smith
Kenneth Bowers
Air Force
Senate War Investigating Committee
T. Vincent Quinn
Justice Department
Grand Jury
Independent Air Force
Farm Areas Buying Furniture in Volume
Lawrence H. Whiting, president of the American Furniture Mart, said sales and production in the home goods industry are at an all time high this year. He noted the better agricultural areas are registering the heaviest buying of home goods.
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Chicago
Lawrence H. Whiting
American Furniture Mart
America
Four Power ministers outline six German Austrian peace items
The four power council agreed on six agenda items for talks on postwar German and Austrian peace. Molotov unexpectedly accepted a proposal to discuss the Byrnes treaty to ensure German disarmament. The session opened at Lancaster House with Bevin Bidault and others present.
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London
Council of Foreign Ministers
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Sin
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Georges Bidault
Moscow
Four Negro Children Die in Fire in Scott Arkansas
In Scott Arkansas a family fire killed four children and seriously burned the mother who reentered the burning frame dwelling to save them. The father Clark Maxey escaped with superficial burns after awakening around 1 a.m. and pulling his wife from the flames.
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Scott
Ark
Clark Maxey
GOP to Develop Positive Program with Congress
Chairman Carroll Reece reportedly pledged closer work with Congress to craft a positive GOP campaign program. A meeting with three senatorial critics led to support for offering alternatives rather than attacking President Truman. Senators Baldwin Smith and Planders voiced alignment on consulting lawmakers to unify GOP views.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Congress
Carroll Reece
Reece
Truman
Baldwin
Conn
Smith
Planders
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Pani
National Committee
Capitol Hill
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Hensell
S. Loudoun St
MclIiwee Municipal Band
Buzzella’s Shop
Armory
Jack Fretwell Orchestra
Admissior
Big Four
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Berlin
Molotov
Marshal Sokolovsky
General Rail
March of Dimes
Wed
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative
North Kent
HATSY
Margaret L. Hodgson
Byrnes
GOP
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