Winchester educator elected VP of District 6 Virginia E A
Vice Press District G E P Browning assistant to superintendent of Winchester Public Schools was elected vice president of District 6 Virginia Education Association at the recent Winchester meeting. The next annual gathering is set for Madison College Harrisonburg, last hosted there in 1941.
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E. P. Browning
Winchester Public Schools
Virginia Education Association
Winchester
Madison College
Harisonburg
Salvation Army Ties With Armed Forces Highlighted
The British Embassy and General Orsborn visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to lay a wreath honoring Salvation Army workers who died in the war. The piece notes the link between Salvation Army and the military and cites Rev. George Scott Railton’s role in championing the unknown soldier honor.
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General Orsborn
Salvation Army
British War Office
George Scott Railton
George Scott Bailor
United States
Nicholas II Learned English From Tutor Charles Heath
The former Czar of Russia could speak English, as English tutor Charles Heath taught Nicholas II to use the language well.
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Russia
Charles Heath
Nicholas II
Cavaliers name Grimes captain for Penn clash in Philadelphia
George Grimes, crucial for Virginia’s kicking game, is named captain as the Cavaliers prepare for a Saturday showdown with Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Grimes has prior Penn experience from 1943 when with UNC he saw a 9-6 Tar Heel win. other Virginia teams, including William and Mary and Washington and Lee, also practice for weekend opponents in games around Roanoke and Abingdon.
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University of Virginia Cavaliers
Pennsylvania
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Penn
North Carolina
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Tarheels
Williamsburg
William and Mary Indians
Washington and Lee
Duke
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Maryland
Tech
Emory Wasps
Jack Young
Tusculum Pioneers
Abingdon
WASPS
Hampden Sydney
Randolph Macon
Virginia
William and Mary
Indians
Vir
Virginia Tech tops Big Six standings with unbeaten mark
Virginia Tech leads the Big Six with a 1 win 0 loss record and no defeats. Virginia Cavaliers sit second with an unbeaten record marred by a tie with the Gobblers. Other teams include William and Mary and the University of Richmond with mixed results.
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Ginia Tech
Virginia Cavaliers
Gobblers
Virginia
William and Mary
University of Richi
Virginia Tech
Virginia Military
Judges Face District Leaders in Friday Clash
The Handley Judges host Harrisonburg High Friday at 3 p m as one of two unbeaten district clubs. Harrisonburg beat Staunton 7 6 while Covington routed Waynesboro 33 0. Clifton Forge and Warren County also played to 0 0.
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Covington High School
Staunton
Covington
Waynesboro
Warren County High School
Clifton Forge
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Winchester T
Paris Conference Sees Hard Bargaining Over Reparations
Yugoslav delegation reports important concessions but other delegations fail to reciprocate. In plenary sessions the voting method hardened, undermining potential solutions. The Italian Political Commission sought to limit treaty benefits to signatories, creating pressure on non-signers of reparations.
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Kardly
Lifting Contenders Weigh Alternatives To End of Controls
A leading adviser discusses options to end price controls including a holiday on ceilings and higher ceilings, plus the impracticalities of government seizure of packing houses or cattle on farms. Import considerations include lifting the Mexico cattle quarantine and using imported dressed meat to fill gaps as needed. The Ledo Road cost and specs are noted as background.
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Truman
Mexico
Agriculture Department
Market jumps after Truman decontrol move prompt
Stock market rose sharply at the open on a broader decontrol policy by President Truman. Within 15 minutes American Telephone gained over 3 dollars while Southern Railway, Bethlehem Steel, and U S Rubber climbed about 2 to 2.5 dollars as ticker tape lagged floor trading.
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Truman
American Telephone
Southern Railway
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Rubber
Reactions and Meat Price Rollback Fallout
CBS offered coast to coast time for a Republican reply to President Truman's address as GOP leader Carroll Reece seeks balanced radio coverage. Meantime meat price controls begin to lift, with shortages and higher prices likely. experts warn of inflation and wider economic shifts.
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Itics
Truman
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Carroll Reece
Reece
Republican
Columbus
Washington
Governor Tuck backs meat control removal stance
Governor Tuck praised President Truman for lifting meat controls and predicted meat prices would adjust within weeks. He favored removing all OPA controls except rent and said supply and demand would eventually push prices down, a view echoed by state agriculture commissioner L M Walker Jr.
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LaGuardia
Washington
Truman
OPA
Congress
Stock Market
New York
Richmond
Tuck
L. M. Walker, Jr
Warning of possible subversive activity in postwar Germany
Intelligence officials warned that potential unrest could grow into disorder affecting displaced persons and soldiers. Exiled SS and Wehrmacht members are said to influence others, with saboteurs and resistance elements shifting toward long term plans to create phony social groups to sway beliefs.
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New Democratic Parties
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