U S Moves Quickly on Housing Supply Boost
The Truman administration launches expedients to ease veterans housing shortages by removing duties on timber and nails for construction. The plan includes duty free designation for specified lumber products, a $20 per ton premium for housing nails excess to quotas, and a drive against black markets amid reports of high nail prices.
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Washington
Truman
Wilson
Wyatt
Housing Agency
NHA
CPA
Canada
U.S
Portland
Ore
West
New Orleans
H. C. Berkes
Southern Pine Association
Russia
Sweden
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Atty General Clark Fires Rogge Over Disclosures
Attorney General Tom Clark dismissed O. John Rogge from his post as assistant to the attorney general for quoting from a department report in a speech. Rogge claimed Nazi schemes to defeat Roosevelt in 1936 1940 and 1944 and cited wartime sedition cases against 30 Americans.
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Washington
Tom Clark
O. John Rogge
Rogge
Clark
Department
Roosevelt
Swarthmore College
Germany
John L. Lewis
Navy Day mass flight canceled by bad weather
Norfolk Va Oct 26 The Navy called off its proposed Navy Day mass flight of 400 planes due to poor conditions. The plan had scheduled takeoff after 9 am and rendezvous over Richmond at 10 am for a flight to New York via Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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Norfolk
Navy
Richmond
New York
Washoe
Baltimore
Philadelphia
U S Party criticized for shift toward force and atomic diplomacy
The Communist Party newspaper Pra vda in Moscow accuses the Democratic Party of abandoning Roosevelt policy for forceful ideas and dollar democracy. It says Democrats yielded to reactionary Republicans and to capitalistic monopolies and moved toward the views of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, a Byrnes adviser at one point.
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U. 8S
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Roosevelt
United States
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
State Byrnes
Aris
Detective Cleared in Richmond Murder Case
James Robert Straughan a 33 year old Southern Railway detective was acquitted by a Chesterfield county circuit court jury on murder charges in the death of Wrenley F Webster of Beach claiming self defense The verdict came after about an hour and a half of deliberation.
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Richmond
Chesterfield County
James Robert Straughan
Southern Railway
Wrenley F. Webster
Beach
Winchester Speaker Named For Union Service
Dr. S. L. Flickinger pastor of Centenary Church will be guest speaker at a Sunday union service in Shepherdstown West Virginia. He will discuss The Reformation for 1946.
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S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Church
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Filickinger
Sacred Heart Club Inaugurates Touch Football League
Sacred Heart Athletic Club for Boys will start its Touch Football League with three teams playing a double round robin. The first game, rained out last Sunday, is set for Sunday at 1 p.m. at Winchester Recreational Park: Midgets vs Tigers.
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Sacred Heart Athletic Club
Winchester Recreational Park
Tigers
Pee Wees
Night River Rescue Ends in Tragedy as Nan Dies
Charles Beach recounts a chilling riverbank night in which masked robbers attacked him and Nan. They fled with gear while Beach carried Nan to a boat and tried to save her with artificial respiration. Nan died in Beach's arms as church bells rang from San Miguel.
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Nan
San Miguel Church
Answers to the Daily Quiz Revealed for Page Four
Answers to the Daily Quiz printed on Page Four list ten items including pay figures for the American Ambassador to Great Britain and Cabinet members, identify the Republican National Committee, name a national week, give a birth date, state an approximate weight, note scrap sale, cite four freedoms, identify the Lolos, mention Core, and declare no sweetness difference is false.
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Great Britain
National
Winchester shoppers face slow drive to VA center
About 52,747 people live within 20 miles of Winchester with 30 minute slow driving time to Northwest Virginia's shopping center.
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Winchester
Northwest
Virginia
Market Quotations Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Report
USDA-10 a m quotations show mixed prices with cattle and calves uneven. Baltimore supply over 5000 for the week, with varying bids for steers, heifers, cows, and calves. Chicago buyers report higher tone on hogs and cattle with records and ranges for feed and Western grass cattle.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Market Quiet as Stocks Step Sluggishly Forward
New York stock market cooled in a slow Saturday session as investors held back amid labor disputes and potential economic hurdles. Gains were minor and leaders mostly lagged, with about 300000 shares changing hands and several key issues resistant to advance.
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New York
Eastman Kodak, Texas Co
Chrysler
Chesapeake and Ohio
United Aircraft
Consolidated Edison
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
American Telephone
International Harvester
North American
General Electric
du Pont
Allied Chemical
N. Y. Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Great Northern
Army seeks extra 350 million for occupation relief abroad
The Army moved to obtain an additional 350 million dollars for occupation and relief abroad through next June 30, raising the War Department total to 775 million for occupied lands beyond the 425 million originally appropriated. Arlington man Ollie M Patton Jr and Mrs Marion Linds, both of Washington, drowned when their canoe capsized in the Potomac near the Key Bridge. Lt Cmdr F A Frits reported the incident after being awakened by his barking dog.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Arlington
Potomac River
Key Bridge
Ollie M. Patton, Jr
Marion Linds
Cmdr
F. A. Frits
Chicago Grain Quotations
Opening grain futures show Wheat with Jan 2.0078 Mar 1.9215 May 1.87. Corn Jan 1.3614 1-4 Mar 1.3212 1-2 May 1.3038 7-8. Oats Nov 61 7-8 3-4 Dec 76 3-8 1-2 Mar 70 1-8 May 67 3-8 1-4.
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Chicago
Asa L. Brill Dies at 83 in Maple Wood Nursing Home
Asa L. Brill, 83, died this morning at 7:30 at Maple Wood Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements had not been announced by late afternoon.
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Asa L. Brill
Maple Wood
Political clash echoes in 1948 campaign crossfire
Senators Hill and Warren attack GOP and Democratic rivals as electioneering shifts to major issues. Brown predicts Republican House gains and tax cuts while Wallace and Luce push civil rights and anti-lynching stances amid party warfare over leadership and policy.
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Lister Hill
Alabama
Hill
Brown
Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
GOP
John L. Lewis
Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
California
Alben Barkley
Senate
May
Andrew J. May
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Truman
Los Angeles
Rep
Clare Boothe Luce
Rconn
New York
Wallace
Cal
Bilbo
Men Campuses and Churches Host Sunday Bible Classes
Grace Lutheran Church led by Rev William E Eisenberg holds a 9 45 a m Men's Bible Class with R L Jones Sr chairing a officers nomination committee. First Baptist Dr E T Clark teaches at 9 45 a m with warm welcome. Wesleyan Market Street Methodist and Open Door Presbyterian offer 9 45 a m sessions with invites to bring friends. Golden Rule Braddock Street Methodist features 15 minute Historic City Four concert and C P McVicar lesson. Frank T McFaden Presbyterian class at 9 45 a m taught by W W Glass with visitors welcome.
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William E. Eisenberg
Grace Lutheran Church
R. L. Jones
Cass
First Baptist Church
E. T. Clark
Market Street Methodist Church
J. S. Ducknall
Presbyterian Church
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Historic City Four
Eugene Russell
Robert Leggé
John Pelter
Robert Snapp
C. P. McVicar
McFaden
Frank T. McFaden
The
W. W. Glass
Russian regrets in Flory case as investigation begins
Russian authorities expressed regret over the fatal shooting of Harry Flory Jr. by a Russian military policeman near Berlin. An intermediate report to General Lucius D. Clay announced a full inquiry is underway by a Soviet board of officers, with a later comprehensive report to follow.
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Flory
Berlin
Harry Flory, Jr
Pawnee City
Neb
Lucius D. Clay
1939 Buick Sedan Brings $1000 At Public Auction
A 1939 Buick sedan sold for 1000 dollars at a noon public sale in front of the courthouse. Raymond Hottle was the successful bidder. A 1935 Buick coupe was offered at the same sale.
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Court House
Raymond Hottle
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S. Loudoun St
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the Star
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Route 11
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Herbert S. Larrick
Kimsul
Brumback
Adam
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Chapman Motor Co
J. G. Holsinger & Son
Court Square
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S & F Bargain Store
Capitol Theater
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E. R. Crumpton National Surgical Fitters
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General Typewriter Exchange
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