Truman to address meat shortage report tonight
President Truman and aides prepared a nationwide address on meat shortages as Cabinet members Clark and Anderson joined the White House group. The speech outlined possible actions including scrapping meat patrols or relaxing controls while OPA officials faced uncertainty over price ceilings.
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Washington
Truman
Clark
Agriculture Anderson
White House
John R. Steelman
Eben Ayres
OPA
Republican Party
Ken Cather Earns Jalopy Title at Airport Speedway
Ken Cather won the twenty lap jalopy championship before a crowd of thousands at the Airport Speedway. Carl Anderson finished second as Paul Nycum lost a wheel and Jimmy Shaw hit the east turn barrier. The four drivers—Nycum, Cather, Shaw, and Anderson—competed in the final for the championship. Nine cars ran in the lead changing heat finale. Eisenbergh wrecked in the second heat but was uninjured. Shorty Bowers later saw three of his cars fail in mechanical breakdowns.
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Airport Speedway
Ken Cather
Carl Anderson
Paul Nycum
Jimmy Shaw
Kenneth Eisenbergh
Boswell
Shorty Bowers
Hagerstown
House Cat Triggers Fire Alarm at Mrs Sibert Residence
Winchester fire companies answered two alarms over the weekend. one at Shade's garage proved false. The second alarm at 431 N Loudoun St followed a cat's unusual behavior prompting Mrs Sibert to check and find a kitchen fire.
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Winchester
Shade
Mary Sibert
Loudoun Street
Byrd to Speak at Clarke County Welcome Home Day
United States Senator Byrd as Honorary Chairman will address Clarke County on Welcome Home and Remembrance Day. A local notice reports a missing ladies wrist watch found at Rhodes Drug Store.
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United States
Ay FP
Byrd
Clarke County
Lad
Rhodes’ Drug Store
Harry FP. Byrd
Thompson Returns as Veteran Student at VMI
James McKlhany Thompson of Winchester, a WWII Marine lieutenant, is among about 300 veterans reentering Virginia Military Institute to complete liberal arts studies. He remains in cadet barracks and uniform while pursuing law school after graduation as VMI expands facilities and shore up a $1.5 million endowment campaign.
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Lexington
James McKlhany Thompson
Winchester
Virginia Military Institute
Thompson
U. S. Marine Corps
Byrd to Lead Day Celebration at Radio Listen In
United States Senator Harry F P Byrd will serve as Honorary Chairman for a Day Celebration with a radio listen in scheduled for Tuesday October 15 at 6 35 p m on WINC The event promotes civic observance with Byrd participating in the program.
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WINC
French approve constitution despite De Gaulle opposition
Continental France backed the new charter by 53.6 percent, with 1,212,000 more votes for than against. De Gaulle argued the executive would be too weak, yet his prestige remains high as the vote overall favors the constitution ready to take effect in December.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
de GaGulle
Interior Ministry
Committee On Expenditures On Elections Hearings Open
Washington October 14. The House Campaign Expenditures Committee heard C B Baldwin executive vice chairman say NC PAC has no purge list of candidates to defeat and that decisions rest with local affiliates in 14 states including Maryland. Other groups to be questioned include AFL Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen National Association of Manufacturers and American Action Inc. of Chicago. The committee noted no complaints against the organizations amid scrutiny of CIO PAC. Sale notice for antiques and goods follows.
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Washington
C. B. Baldwin
National Citizens Political Action Commitee
Congress
House Campaign Expenditures Committee
Baldwin
House Committee
Cio-Pac
Nc-Pac
Maryland
AFL
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
National Association of Manufacturers
American
Gore
W. Herrell
Berryville Homecoming and Remembrance Day planned
Clarke county prepares for October 19 celebration honoring veterans. More than a dozen committees work long hours led by George Grove from Berryville High School as chairman of the Aid ing and Clean-up Committee.
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Berryville
Clarke County
George Grove
Berryville High School
Colgate Darden Named Chancellor of William and Mary
Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr., former Virginia governor and Norfolk attorney, is named the new chancellor of the College of William and Mary to fill the post vacant since 1944. President Pomfret hails the appointment and Darden pledges to serve Virginia and the nation.
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Williamsburg
Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr
Virginia
Norfolk
College of William and Mary
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond
Darden
Says College
John E. Pomfret
William and Mary
Commonwealth
General Stilwell Dies After Battlefields and Illness
General Joseph W. Stilwell, famed Sixth Army commander, died at Letterman Hospital of liver cancer with amoebic abscess complications. He entered hospital Sept. 27, had surgery Oct. 3, and died in his sleep. His ashes were scattered over the Pacific after a Carmel home service.
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San Francisco
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Sixth Army
Letterman General Hospital
Presidio of
Revenee
Stilwell
Carmel
Pacific Ocean
Lend Lease Settlement Talks Open With Soviet Russia
Washington reports the United States reserves the right to recapture lend lease items before closing the wartime account with the Soviet Union. Officials note that such recapture clauses exist with seven other nations and that Russia is unlikely to be charged for war materiel destroyed in the war. The main Soviet civilian items may require partial payment.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Moscow
Committee Picks 18 to Study Virginia Teacher Recruitment
Dr Dabney S Lancaster former state superintendent and head of Farmville State Teachers College chairs an 18 member Virginia Education Association commission to study teacher recruitment. The slate includes University of Virginia rector Edward R Stettinius state education leaders and school administrators from Richmond Lynchburg Roanoke and Alexandria among others. The names were announced by VEA official Robert F Williams after appointment by acting president Z T Kyle.
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Dabney S. Lancaster
Farmville State Teachers College
Virginia Education Association
Virginia
Commission
Z. T. Kyle
VEA
Robert F. Williams
Edward R. Stettinius
University of Virginia
G. Tyler Miller
J. L. Blair Buck
W. J. Gifford
Madison College
Harrisonburg
M’ledge Moffett
Radford College
E. F. Yates
House of Delegates
Powhatan
Chesterfield
Lloyd C. Bird
George Scott Shackleford
Roanoke
Mary Phlegar Smith
Dinwiddie County
Annie N Hancock
Floyd School
Lynchburg
No Peace Sign In Hotel Strike In Washington
Guests in 18 Washington hotels monitor weather as they await word on possible chilly rooms and cold showers amid a strike by 5,000 APL service workers. AFL Engineers Local considers sympathy action. diplomats and officials prepare for continued disruption.
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Washington
APL
Jesse West
AFL Engineers
Pilot Vin Casazza Freed After 29 Days With Lolos
Lt Vin Cent Casazza returned to base near Sichang China after 29 days as a prisoner of the Lolos. He was among U S airmen captured when their B 29 Superfortress crashed. An American expedition seeks the fate of five other fliers said to be in Lolo hands.
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Vincent Casazza
Sichang
China
U. S
Skyways Magazine
City Group Receives WCTU Excellence Award
Winchester among fifteen groups honored for excellence by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia. The award announced by Mrs. Lillian Shepherd close to the WCTU convention. Resolutions urged prohibition of liquor ads and Sunday amusements, and called for more motion picture abstinence and protest of waste in grain and sugar used for alcohol. Six new department directors were chosen.
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Winchester
WCTU
Lillian Shepherd
Roanoke
Women's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia
the Temperance Union
Lquor
Council Charges Regimentation of Agriculture
The International Emergency Food Council met in Washington amid charges of attempts to regiment American agriculture on a world wide scale. The group named organizations it said are involved and urged a House investigation. Secretary General D A Fitzgerald stated the council is not committed to any commodity outcome.
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Washington
International Emergency Food Council
House
Genral D. A. Fitzgerald
Byrd Addresses Charlottesville Community Chest Drive
Senator Byrd warned world peace rests on fair conditions protecting the weak from the powerful. He lauded Edward R. Stettinius Jr. for work toward just peace and cautioned against attacks on Truman Byrnes and Stettinius. He noted Russian reactions to Pepper and Wallace. He pledged support for the U S program and leaders.
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Charlottesville
Byrd
Virginia
Stettinius
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Truman
Byrnes
Russia
Walllace
Wallace
Pepper
America
Secrepei Byrnes
Finland Treaty Adopted Despite United States Objections
The Paris Peace Conference approved the Finnish peace draft amid U S objections including a disputed Arctic port transfer and property damage terms. President Foreign Minister Georges Bidault called a four power meeting to shape final treaties, with Molotov and Soviet delegates heading to New York for the U N assembly.
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United States
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
New York
Georges Bidault
France
Foreign
Vu. M. Molotov
Sev
Harare
Britishiservido
Southhampton
Finland
Steamessien
Arctic
Petsamo
Russia
United Molotov
Global News Bulletins From October Fourteen
Reports from Pittsburgh Toronto Washington and Vatican City detail a power strike ending in AFL trolleymen returning to work in Pittsburgh, judges holding court with power in their chambers, rationing of meat in Canada, Truman denying atomic bombs outside the U.S., a Supreme Court rejection on unseating Bilbo, and Cordell Hull's serious condition in Washington.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Power Union
Urgh
Henry Ellenbogen
Bilbo
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Senator Ae
Senate
James L. P. Rumble
New York City
Mississippi
Virginia Conference opens 164th session in Lynchburg
Opening sessions of the 164th annual Virginia Conference of the Methodist order were held in Lynchburg at 7 30 p m at the city armory with all business sessions to follow.
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Methodist
Lynchburg
Virginia
Methodist Order
City Armory
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