Lawson Voted In Contempt By HUAC In Hollywood Probe
The House Committee on Un American Activities voted screenwriter John Howard Lawson in contempt for refusing to state whether he is or ever was a Communist. The hearing in Hollywood continued with Lawson arguing rights, as subcommittee efforts proceed toward full committee action and possible prosecution.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
John Howard Lawson
Robert E. Stripling
Hollywood
House
United States
Eric Johnson
Lawson
Committee
Thomas
44 Killed In Air Crash Near Athens
An ABA Swedish Airlines transport crashed into Mt Hymettos southeast of Athens killing all 44 aboard. The crew included Swedes led by Capt. Kenneth John Douglas and two Americans, Mr. Warner and Miss Rush, with 36 passengers and eight crew.
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Athens
Greek Air Force
Mt. Hymettos
ABA
Stockholm
Kenneth John Douglas
Air Force
Attica
Hassani
Istanbul
Rome
Mr. Warner
Miss Rush
Final Honors for Area War Dead Reach New York for Reburial
The body of Pvt. George Conley Trenary 19 son of Mrs Eth el Trenary arrives in New York for reburial in his native soil He is the first Winchester area World War II dead to be returned from overseas The transport Joseph V Connolly docked carrying 6251 dead including 118 Virginians The Memorial in Central Park drew about 150000 attendees as 250000 watched the procession Officials expect up to 30 days before all bodies are turned over to kin
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George Conley Trenary
Ethel Trenary
N. Loudoun St
Thomas Frederick Trenary
Germany
New York
Pvt
Trenary
Winchester
Joseph V. Connolly
Howard C. Shipp
USA
Iva Shipp
W. King St. Strasburg
Samuel A. Hallman
Sam Hallman
Front Royal
James O. Grandstaff
James B. Grandstaff
Woodstock
Milton R. Carroll
Bessie S. Carrol
Cedarville
Roy M. Simpson
Edith I. Robinson
Waterlick
Henri Chapelle American Military Cemetery
Eupen
Belgium
Joseph Connolly
Central Park
Connolly
Hudson River
Brooklyn
Advisors Report on Tourist Trade
A Virginia sub committee led by Sen J D Hagood of Clover completed its study of the state's tourist trade at an executive session and sent a report to the full advisory council. The 1946 General Assembly resolution urged attention to the tourist industry noting many motorist catering establishments were unsanitary unattractive or unfit for use.
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Richmond
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
J. D. Hagood
Clover
General Assembly
Hagood
Commonwealth
Vets Delay Starting College Courses
The Veterans Administration reports about half of 14.5 million World War II veterans have applied for education benefits but fewer than a third have begun courses. Over 2 million applicants have not started. Training runs until July 1951 or four years from discharge. Of 7.149 million applicants, 4.37 million entered training with 355,000 in the disabled veterans program.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Disabled
United Nations Condemns Propaganda Amid War Threats Vote
The United Nations 55 to 0 vote condemns propaganda likely to provoke threats to peace. A Soviet anti warmonger proposal was defeated after Russia withdrew alleged warmongering charges in the United States Greece and Turkey. The 57 nation political committee rejected all four points, ending the Soviet proposal.
Two Girls Die In Climbing Peak
Santa Fe New Mexico officials said they were informed that two Los Alamos project secretaries, missing since Saturday, were found dead on the icy slopes of Truchas Peak after attempting the climb.
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Santa FE
N. M
Los Alamos
Atomic Energy Project
Truchas Peak
Governor Calls Maryland Assembly Special Session
Governor Lane issued a call for the General Assembly to meet in special session on November 5 to aid Baltimore city with its financial troubles. The new state sales tax law is expected to be a major topic of discussion.
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Annapolis
Lane
General Assembly
Baltimore City
Maryland
World food crisis could bring global chaos warned in report
An International Emergency Food council report warns that food and dollar shortages abroad could trigger world economic collapse. Crop year output is forecast below prewar levels with 200 million more people to feed, yet per capita supplies remain 2 3 percent below last year and 10 percent under prewar.
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Washington
International Emergency Food Council
D. A. Fitzgerald
Emergency Council
United States
Argentina
Europe
Asia
Mrs. S. Lloyd’s Brother Killed In Utah Air Crash
Gerard B. Lambert Jr. of Wianno Massachusetts is named among 52 victims of a Boyce Canyon Utah airliner crash. He was father of a deceased child and connected to Millwood via Carter Hall owner Gerard B Lambert Sr. and his wife former Miss Jane Wells. The article traces Lambert family ties to St. Louis and personal history including a Reno divorce and a Veiled Prophet Queen link.
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Gerard B. Lambert, Jr
Wianno
Mass
Boyce Canyon
Utah
Stacey B. Lloyd Jr
Millwood
Gerard B. Lambert
Princeton
N. J
Carter Hall
Maloren B. Clapton
Washington University Corp
St. Louis
Wianna
Lambert, Jr
Santa Barbara
Calif
G. B. Lambert
Jane Wells
Prophet Queen
Elsa Cover Mackintosh
Reno
Lambert Pharmacal Co
Dr. Clapton
James T. Walker
Hurt in Wreck Driver Held as Car Stealer
Bernard Harden of Marion North Carolina is hurt with a broken leg and other injuries at Winchester Memorial hospital and charged with larceny for the Saturday night theft of a 1939 40 Buick sedan from John Scully. He wrecked the car near Fisher's Hill Route 11 Sunday morning and is held by Strasburg officer Ted Pangle. Harden is also investigated in a Martinsburg car theft found abandoned and out of gas near Clearbrook. The Buick belonged to Arnold C. McCune. Estimated damage to Scully’s car is about 400 dollars. The driver apparently lost control at high speed and the vehicle turned over on the highway.
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Bernard Harden
Marion
N. C
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John 8. Scully
Harden
Winchester
Fisher's Hill
Ted Pangle
Strasburg
Martinsburg
Clearbrook
Arnold C. McCune
Scully
Showers Forecast Across Midwest and Plains
Weather officials expect showers tomorrow to pause the dry spell harming pastures and grain. Rain has fallen across the Mississippi Valley into Kansas Oklahoma and Texas with an inch or more moisture in Illinois Missouri and Arkansas.
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Mississippi Valley
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Chicago Weather Bureau
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Grain and Hog Prices Lower Amid Conference Notes
Washington reports an all day White House conference with 100 leaders on economic problems at home and abroad. Marshall will outline U S foreign policy objectives as Senate leaders push emergency aid and the long term plan. Domestic prices eased modestly with wheat corn hogs down, cattle steady, eggs steady, butter and poultry unchanged.
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Washington
White House
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Europe
Marshall
Ross
United States
George Malone
R-Nev
Tom Connally
D- Tex
Congress
Wheat Belt
Omaha
St. Louis
Robert Taft
Elks to Greet District Deputy in Winchester Visit
District Deputy Kenneth W. Brugh from Pulaski Virginia will pay an official visit to Winchester Elks on Wednesday night. He serves as deputy of the grand exalted ruler for western Virginia. A special program includes initiation ceremonies for new members and a social session will follow in the club rooms downstairs.
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Winchester
Lions District 24 C Plans Fall Conference in City
Presidents secretaries and representatives from 42 Lions clubs in District 24 C including northern Virginia will meet tomorrow for the annual district governor fall conference. Alva Sapp district governor opens with cabinet at 11 at First Baptist church followed by a 12 15 luncheon and 2 pm sessions. A city tour by bus led by W W Glass precedes a 7 pm banquet at Sarah Zane fire hall with Rep Burr P Harrison as speaker and Dr A T Hawthorne as toastmaster.
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Lions Clubs
Northern Virginia
Alva Sapp
First Baptist Church
W. W. Glass
Burr P. Harrison
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
A. T. Hawthorne
Made-to-Order Weather Coming
The Weather Bureau chief predicts a future shift from forecasting to weather creation. F W Reichelderfer told a Chicago roundtable that droughts could end climate could be altered to make every state California and hurricanes destroyed. He said rain making could be national and used for fog clearance and farming, though progress remains slow. Elmer Laing, a Winchester barber, has joined George Washington Hotel Barber Shop.
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Chicago
U. S. Weather Bureau
F. W. Reichelderfer
University of Chicago
Weather Bureau
California
Barber
Elmer Laing
Winchester
City
George Washington Hotel
Rooms Over Crystal For Rent For Offices Or Beauty Parlor
Rooms above the Crystal available for offices or a beauty parlor. Phone 4917. Also offered: guaranteed auto repair work with glass installed and new or used auto parts by Valley Wrecking Co. Martinsburg Pike.
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Valley Wreckimg Co
Martinsburg Pike
H Delmar Robinson Heads Apple Blossom Festival
H Delmer Robinson elected president of the 1948 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival at a directors meeting in Winchester. Officers named include B McCormac Jr as vice president Frank Armstrong Jr treasurer and Thomas B Baldridge as secretary. Five new directors added and 237 responses favored continuing the festival with 203 for and 31 against.
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H. Delmer Robinson
B. McCormac Jr
Virginia Woolen Co
Frank Armstrong Jr
National Fruit Products Co
Thomas B. Baldridge
Clarke T. Cooper
Philip W. Boyd
William Battaile
B and M Chevrolet
Howard Melton
Commonwealth Discount Corp
D. K. Russell
Walker Bond
Ken
Baldridge
Ben Belchie
Cooper
W. R. Legge
Robinson
J. Pinckney Arthur
Dr. B. B. Dutton
Mr. McCormac
McSherry Lupton
Man, Jr
Ralph Heslata
Eugene Branch
Ed Molden
John Warner
Clifford Grim
J. M. Steck Jr
William Cooper
H. F. Byrd Jr
Kenneth Robinson
T. G. Scully
DeGaulle Calls for Dissolution of Parliament in France
Paris reports General Charles De Gaulle urged dissolution of the National Assembly and new voting laws after municipal elections. He accused the Communists of seeking a reactionary dictatorship and demanded a coherent parliamentary majority for France. The Rally of the French People led in towns but lacked overall rural support.
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Paris
Charles DeGaulle
France
DeGaulle
Alle
Rally of the French People
RPF
Polish Peasant Party Leader Mikolajczyk Flees Poland
Warsaw officials confirm Stanislas Mikolajczyk, head of the Polish Peasant party, has fled the country with his secretary and three aides and their wives. An inquiry will probe guard or agency negligence and possible aid to the escape. The exact route remains unknown as investigators work on the case.
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Larry Allen
Warsaw
Logan
Stanislas Mikolajerk
Polish Peasant Party
Mikolajczk
Mikolajeczk
Parachutist Chatist Hockman Nears 1100th Jump
Richard Hoffman a seasoned para chutist from Winchester is close to his 1100th jump after soaring through 18,000 foot drops. Since 1937 he has toured air shows nationwide and mostly performs in the South while often leaping from a Piper Cub.
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Richard
Dick” Hoffman
Winchester
Hockman
Chester
Blaze Demolishes Historic Christ Church at Millwood
Fire gutted the 1832 Christ Church at Millwood near Winchester just after a rededication. Rector Rev. G Peyton Craighill spotted the blaze at 9:30 a.m. as crews fought flames from a basement oil furnace. Insurance loss could reach 150,000 to 175,000, with priceless stained glass and bronze memorials destroyed. Firefighters from multiple companies battled the blaze, fearing leaf litter and dry woods would spread. The limestone walls and bell tower survived, awaiting assessment for rebuilding.
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Christchurch
Millwood
Winchester
G. Peyton Craighill
Berryville
Lupton
Melvin Renner
Lupton Orchard Service Fire Company
Sarah Zane and
Clearbrook Fire
Clearbrook
Henry Gilpin
Virginia
Graham Dougherty
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Geishas Assured Volcanic Look
Tokyo reports a playful quiz of fashion amid volcanic ash from Kusuku. A local shop Diana runs a fire sale with discounts on beauty products as readers note odd effects from ash exposure.
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Hollywood Probers
Robert W. Kenny
Isue
Kenny
N. Y
Pvt. G. C. Yoer
Ation
Red Warmonger
U.N
U. S
Greece
Turkey
Fitzgerald
Council
S. Lloyd
Elks
Lions
Pine Motor CO
Christ Episcopal Church
H. Delmar Robinson
England
Mikolajczyk
Chatist Hockman
Dick Hockman
Tokyo
Kusuku
Diana Shops
Diana
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