Britain seals tariff pacts with 15 nations including U.S.
London Oct 29 Harold Wilson says Britain has reached tariff agreements with 15 nations, including the United States, with details to be published in about three weeks. The final act will be at the Geneva conference tomorrow and notes on colonial trade access and imperial preferences are included. Bilateral deals with Britain and the United States, Australia New Zealand and South Africa are announced as concluded, with public details due Nov 18.
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London
Harold Wilson
Board of Trade
Britain
United States
The
Commons
Wilson
Geneva
Switzerland
Uni Conference On Trade and
Emp
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Business Picture Rosy as Olds Sees High Steel Demand
Irving S. Olds, board chairman of United States Steel Corp, stated after a board meeting where the directors approved the first special dividend since 1929 that he sees a continued high rate of operations for a long time. He predicted sustained high demand for all kinds of steel and dismissed concerns of an early market downturn.
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New York
U. Ssmort Corp
Irving S. Olds
Olds
Watch Dog Stolen While On Duty
Baltimore Oct 29 William Ashby 34 was jailed charged with stealing Francis Lynch s nine month old Doberman Pinscher Gretchen valued at 150 Lynch said Gretchen was on duty when Ashby carried her off.
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Baltimore
William Ashby
Francis Lynch
Lynch
Gretchen
Ashby
Clearbrook Fire Co Demonstrates Quick Test Blaze
Clearbrook Fire Co halted a test blaze in a 10 by 10 building with a Rockwood fog nozzle in 3.6 seconds. The demonstration during the semi annual meeting attended by 37 members and led by W H Lawrence Jr showed the fire was extinguished almost instantly.
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W. H. Lawrence Jr
Lawrence
Street Surface Work Resumes on Loudoun Street
After two delays due to an asphalt plant breakdown and rain, street resurfacing on Loudoun Street from Piccadilly to Cork Streets began at 7 a.m. and is to be finished by nightfall. A hot seal coat has been laid on Loudoun from Cork to Gerrard and on Millwood Avenue to the city limits. Sam Finley, Inc. of Roanoke handles the project with more intersections set for surfacing tomorrow.
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Riverton
Loudoun St
Piccadilly
Cork Sts
Loudoun
Cork
Gerrard
Millwood Ave
Cameron St
Sam Finley, Inc
Roanoke
Lions Banquet Attracts 200 Attendees
The Lions District 240 fall conference closed with Rep Burr P Harrison addressing about 200 Lions and guests. Dr A T Hawthorne introduced Harrison as toastmaster before a dancing reception.
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Lions District 240
Burr P. Harrison
Rep.Harrison
A. T. Hawthorne
Winchester Club
Danger in Patton Plan Cited by Britisher
A British wartime chief of staff says Patton's Rhine crossing plan would not have shortened the war and would likely lengthen it. DeGuingand cites counterarguments from Montgomery and Eisenhower era offensives as proof the axis push would risk vulnerable flanks and prolong conflict.
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New York
George S. Patton Jr
Viscount Montgomery
Rhine
Germany
Patton
Montgomery
South Africa
Francis W. DeGuingand
DeGuingand
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fight to end Shenandoah River pollution pushed by Walton leagues
The Isaac Walton league chapters of Winchester and Clarke county plan a continued campaign to stop industrial dumping into the Shenandoah between Front Royal and Harpers Ferry. Admiral Morton C. Mumma calls the river a biological desert. a Clarke county auction funded the effort with $2200, aiding evidence gathering for possible court action and river restoration.
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Berryville
Isaac Walton League
Winchester
Clarke County
Shenandoah River
American Viscose Co
Front Royal
Walton League
Shenandoah
Harpers Ferry
Blue Ridge Mountains
Frederick
Clarke
Morton C. Mumma
Acre
Castelman
Mumma
Coleman Dunn
George Greenhalgh
Springsberry Farm
Admiral Mumman
Fred Glaize
Tom Byrd
Adm
Punch Board Fines Total $150 In Police Court
Two people convicted of illegal possession of punch boards paid $75 fines plus costs each in Police Court yesterday. Gladys Snyder proprietor of Gladys restaurant New Lou doun Street and William Douglas Bowley operator of a Hart and Valley Avenue filling station faced penalties. The case summary notes the total fines amount to $150 and costs.
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Gladys Snyder
Gladys Restaurant
Loudoun St
William Douglas Bowley
Hart and
Valley Ave
Hallowe'en Dance
On Hand for Christmas Apples in Local Storages
Winchester reports 741,932 bushels of apples stored across four local facilities. Winchester Cold Storage holds 432,000 bushels, Virginia Apple Storage 154,932, and other firms 115,000 and 40,000 bushels respectively. Capacity tops 2,000,000 bushels. Movement to buyers increases as Apple Week publicity boosts demand.
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Winchester
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Virginia Apple
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co
Old Mill
Millwood Episcopal Church Pledges 40000 for Rebuild
A large Christ Episcopal church at Millwood meeting pledged 40000 toward rebuilding after Monday fire. Insurance around 55000 plus other funds allow immediate start. engineer reports on wall use and plan. Memorial tablet to Thomas M. Nelson survived. losses include 11 stained glass windows and organ.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Millwood
George Burwell
Thomas M. Nelson
Adelaide Nelson
Baltimore
E. K. Meade
Frederick Parish
Virginia
Everhard Kidder Meade
Startale
Christchurch
Indian Troops Battle Pathans in Kashmir Invasion
New Delhi reports show India sending more troops by air as Pathan tribesmen from Pakistan push toward Srinagar. Pakistan radio claims Srinagar danger, but India says invaders are driven back to hills 30 miles west. About 10,000 Kashmir volunteers join state forces with a Sikh battalion.
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New Delhi
India
Kashmir
Northwest Frontier
Pakistan
Sprinagar
Emperor to visit two A bombed cities
Emperor Hirohito will make his first visit to Hiroshima and Nagasaki since the atomic bomb attacks as part of a tour of southwestern Japan late next month. He has not visited either city since the bombings.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Hiroshima
Japan
Nagasaki
Truman panel calls for end to racial segregation now
A 15 member committee named by President Truman urged immediate action to eliminate segregation and discrimination in trains buses schools hospitals theaters hotels and private employment. It backed federal anti lynching anti poll tax and fair employment laws and urged states to outlaw restrictive covenants binding owners not to sell to undesirables. Continued on Page 2 Col 5.
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Washington
Truman
Businessman in Bucks County Linked to Escaped Convict
DOYLESTOWN Pa Oct 29 A woman who married James Robert Collins and bore him two children learned ten years later he was an escaped convict serving life for a bank robbery. Letters traced by Sheriff H Raymond Ahlum led Alabama authorities to Collins in a local well digging project. He admitted the past when confronted and asked the sheriff not to be harsh.
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Doylestown
James Robert Collins
Agnes Kline
Collins
Alabama
Claude D. Hurt
Bucks County
Ahlum
W. E. Collins
Mobile
Ala
Polish Peasant Party Purged In Parliament
In Warsaw on October 29 leftists reorganized the Polish Peasant party removing five Mikolajczyk allies from parliamentary representation. Czeslaw Wycech named chief spokesman for 26 deputies as the party leadership shifted under Communist bloc influence.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Polish Peasant Party
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Mikolajczyk
Danish Reds Lose Half of Parliament Seats
Danish Communists drop to nine seats out of eighteen as final returns show them sixth in a seven party field. The Social Democrats gain nine to reach 57 seats and the Right of Center Agrarian party picks up 11 to 49 seats.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Folketing
Social Democrats
Right of Center Agrarian Party
Knud Kristensen
Polketing
Agrarians
Liberals
Georgists
National Unity
National Unity Party
New Baltimore York Highway Planned
Gov W Preston Lane announced plans for a Baltimore York highway at a joint meeting of the Baltimore Association of Commerce and the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce. He said the route is a high priority in Maryland's $169 million highway program and depends largely on Baltimore's ability to receive and feed traffic for the new roadway.
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Harrisburg
W. Preston Lane
Maryland
Baltimore Assn. of Commerce
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Maryland General Assembly
Baltimore City
Military court seeks character witnesses in Shanghai and Beijing
Military authorities search for three character witnesses to testify at a court martial. Two are jailed in Shanghai, the third is imprisoned in Peking. Also notes on a fire sale at Hat Box and local rummage sale details.
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Shanghai
Peking
Oregon Governor Missing in Plane Flight to Lake
Governor Earl Snell and state officials vanished after a private plane left Klamath Falls for Kittridge ranch near Coleman Lake. Commander Tolley said seven planes hunted the area as clouds hindered air search. pilot Cliff Hogue and Oscar Kittridge were among those aboard or involved in the planned trip.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Hugh Tolley
Lake Couny Ares
Oscar Kittridge
Cornett
Coleman Lake
Films and Men Refuse to Reveal Communist Ties
Washington October 29. Movie director Edward Dmytryk joined six others in declining to answer questions from the House committee on un-American activities about Communist affiliation. The committee cited two witnesses for contempt this morning and four earlier and warned it will continue until all Communists in Hollywood are exposed.
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Washington
Edward Dmytryk
House Committee On UN
Drivers Without Inspection Tag Face Arrest
Col. C. W. Woodson Jr. announced no extension for vehicle inspection. Uninspected vehicles after the October 31 deadline will be arrested. State police begin enforcement checks on November 1.
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Richmond
Col. C. W. Woodson Jr
Woodson
Convicted of Theft At Blind Man's Stand
Elizabeth New Jersey October 29 a Newark lawyer was found guilty by a mixed jury of eight women and four men of twice stealing cigars from the stand of a blind man. He wept as the verdict was read and testified he forgot to pay.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Newark
Harry Lief
Mail Strike Ends in Tokyo After Wage Dispute
Mass absenteeism to enforce wage increases ended today in the Tokyo post office. Officials say it will take eight days to dig out from the backlog, and the wage issue remains unsettled.
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Tokyo
British coal output leads aid by 4.77 million tons in 43 weeks
Britain reports coal mines boosted production in the first 43 weeks of the year, with the ministry noting an increase of about 4,771,200 tons over the previous year. The figure accompanies a longer term output comparison and notes recent weekly totals.
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London
Britsh
Ministry
Leering Lizards Keep Em Awake Lawsuit Stirs Ginger Drink Claim
In Los Angeles on October 29 two married couples sue bottlers and distributors for 10000 damages claiming after mixing a Moscow mule they saw a live lizard or salamander in ginger beer bottles. They say the creature disturbed their sleep and caused vivid dreams of mules and leers from bottles. The plaintiffs are Mr. and Mrs. George Horsman and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin White.
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Los Angeles
Moscow
George Horsman
Marvin White
Rochester Teenagers Run Their Own Night Club
A group of Rochester high school students operate The Barn a teen night club offering dancing music and food without liquor. Funded by publisher Frank Gannett and county land permission the venue reports crowds of 500 to 600 teens nightly and strict self governance by student leaders with adult advisors.
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Rochester
N. Y
Manhattan
Frank Gannett
Garnett
Monroe
Gannet
Gannett
Gannett Youth Club
Vance
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HAT Box
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North Londonm St
Wonder's
Arthur Seabright
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Hal Boyle
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