Japan approves new constitution after Diet passage
Japan's new constitution passes both Diet houses and will be promulgated November 7 with effect six months later. It renounces war, limits the emperor, creates a U S style supreme court, and designates the lower house as the real power while constituting a bill of rights. Critics call it largely imposed by occupation and doubt it will change national will without broader sentiment.
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Japan
Diet
Supreme Court
United States Tribunal
MacArthur
Vestless suits spark debate among clothiers and wearers
An NA RC style committee warns that a vestless suit trend may exist among young woolen models, but doubts its business wear appeal. The piece argues for preserving the vest as essential and urges men to rally against proposed trend changes amid industry chatter.
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National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
Remembrance Day Observance Shifts in United Kingdom
The Whitehall cenotaph receives a new inscription for a revised Remembrance Day observance replacing the former Armistice. Reports note debate over the date and the change, with Prime Minister Attlee announcing the decision before Parliament’s summer recess.
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Whitehall
Manchester Guardian
Attlee
Memorial Day and Armistice Day May Share Remembrance
The article weighs keeping May 30 for Civil War remembrance and Armistice Day on November 11 for World Wars. It notes state laws after 1918 and suggests the nation may honor both days, with May 30 tied to spring flowers and veterans’ memory, and November 11 tied to two world wars.
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United States
Germany
Meuse-Argonne
France
America
Guffey’s picket line stance praised in labor dispute debate
A Senate report praises Senator Guffey for voting with the C I O on 12 measures while condemning John L. Lewis and the picket line in hotel protests. The editorial argues peaceful picketing is a legitimate, noncriminal activity and warns against overreach turning it into terror.
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Senator Guffey
Senator Mead
Commerce Wallace
Wardman Park
Guffey
Rotary luncheon to feature Col Griffing in Winchester
Col Joel D Griffing of Berryville will be guest speaker at the Winchester Rotary Club weekly luncheon. Gavin Binner Jr announces Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce board meeting at George Washington Hotel on November 10 and 11. Drought forces water supply worries as Winchester Water Committee reports insufficient reserve. District 6 Virginia Education Association meeting draws Winchester teachers to Madison College Harrisonburg tomorrow.
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Joel D. Griffing
Berryville
Selective Service
Virginia
Winchester Rotary Club
Gavin Binner, Jr
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Virginia Education Association
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Handley stadium bleacher collapse injures fans
A section of bleachers at Handley High School stadium collapsed during the Cumberland Handley football game late this afternoon injuring several people. The event is noted among a series of historical items from 1936.
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Handley High School
Cumberland-Handley
G. W. Riley
C. R. Anderson
Juanita Riley
Sue Anderson
Europe
Strength For The Day By Ear Hymns And Worship Tensions
A meditation on mixed hymns in worship notes that some devout worshipers prefer gospel hymns while others favor established church songs. It urges tolerance and praise in a way that suits individual needs, citing a young organist who chose spiritual results over musical taste. The piece references Longmarsh District near Berryville and several land transactions in Greenway and Battle Town districts.
Clarke County Realty Transfers Record Summary
Clarke County records show Merritt Lockwood et ux transferring a 542 14 acre tract known as Calmes Neck east of the Shenandoah River near Berryville to Warren M. Lockwood. Laura G. Kerfoot and husband convey four acres near Millwood on Spout Run Creek to Thomas W. Jackson. Edward McC Williams as Special Commissioner transfers 35 acres on the western Blue Ridge slope in Chapel District to E Willard Jensen and Catherine Jones Jensen. Ernest F. Locke and wife convey their undivided half share to Elbert B. Carlisle and Elizabeth Carlisle in a tract with improvements in Chapel District.
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Merritt Lockwood
Warren M. Lockwood
Berryville
Chapel District
Shenandoah River
E. Willard Jensen
Catherine Jones Jensen
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ernest F. Locke
Elbert B. Carlisle
Elizabeth Lee Carlisle
Minister Shot Dies In Hospital
McANDREWS Ky Oct 24 Constable George W. Smith said Tilden May charged with murder in the slaying of Rev William D Stump was looking for his wife when he entered the elderly pastor s home three days ago. Mrs Kay had been mistreated and her husband thought she might have taken refuge in the home of the 16 year old free will Baptist pastor life resident of McAndrews near the West Virginia border. Rev Stump died in a Williamson W Va hospital Monday night, several hours after the shooting which occurred while he his wife and three of their four children who witnessed the shooting were at dinner.
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Mcandrews
George W. Smith
Tilden
William D. Stump
Smith
Kay
Free Will Baptist
West Virginia
Stump
William+ son
W. Va
Which U S Senator formed Share Our Wealth clubs
A 1947 quiz asks about a Louisiana senator who led Share Our Wealth campaigns in the South before his assassination.
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Louisiana
Lion of
Champagne
Paris
France
O'Dwyer
New York
Mihail Ralea
United States
Patterson
National Guard Association
War Department
Congress
President Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Faroe Islands
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