U S Faces $18 Billion Aid Request At Europe Plan
Paris dispatch notes Western Europe’s 16 nations seeking nearly $18 billion in U S aid over 1948 1951 in a Marshall Plan revival The report may be rewritten as US opposition concerns its readability and public backing Clayton urged simplification while Bevin and Ciozzahaye planned attendance and a final session adjustment was discussed
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Paris
Europe
United States
U. S
William L. Clayton
Clayton
Wv Bevin
Sforza
Ernest Bevin
Carlo Ciozzahaye
George C. Marshall
U.S
Conference
Cooperation Committee
Bunting Starts Midwest Trip Tomorrow
Earl Bunting president of the National Association of Manufacturers and Mrs Bunting depart Martinsburg for Chicago then Minneapolis NAM region meetings begin Monday. He will speak in Des Moines Mastings Neb and St Louis with press conferences and radio appearances in each city.
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Earl Bunting
National Association of Manufacturers
Bunting
Martinsburg
Chicago
Illinois City
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Mastings
Neb
St. Louis
New York
Winchester
Five Day Virginia Weather Forecast Highlight
Five day forecast for Virginia from Sept 13 to 17 notes thundershowers on Saturday and possible coastal showers, with total rainfall between three quarters and one inch. Cooler weekend, warmer Monday, then cooler Wednesday with highs six to eight degrees above normal, followed by increasing humidity beginning Sunday.
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Virginia
Harry, 90, Plans Third Marriage After 62 Year First
A 90 year old wine merchant who just divorced his second wife revealed plans to remarry. His first wife died in 1943 after a 62 year marriage.
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Harry
Great Hurricane Threat Near Caribbean Reaches Florida
A full fledged Atlantic hurricane with 143 mph winds moves west-northwest at 20 mph. It centers 300 miles east of Puerto Rico and 1,500 miles from Florida as precautions rise in Miami with vessels moved to shelters and warnings issued for the Lesser Antilles and approaching storm path. The Missouri battleship later carries President Truman from Rio de Janeiro.
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Miami
Fla
Barbuda
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Truman
Rio de Janeiro
Florida
Miami River
Weather Bureau
Lesser Antilles
Gen. R. L. Bullard Dies at 86 Former WWI leader passes away in New York
Lieut. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard aged 86 died of a brain hemorrhage at Fort Jay Hospital on Governor's Island. A veteran from the 1880s Indian campaigns to World War I, he earned the nickname counterattack Bullard for his Chateau Thierry reply and led units in Cartigny, Montdidier, the Second Battle of the Marne, and the Argonne before commanding the Second Army in October 1918. A native of Youngsboro Alabama, Bullard retired January 15, 1925.
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New York
Robert Lee Bullard
Fort Jay Hospital
Governor's Island
Bullard
Chateau Thierry
Amoys
Cartigny
Montdidier
the Marne
Argonne
Youngsboro
Ala
Prefab Homes Promise Mass Production Yet Face Hurdles
Washington reports the prefabricated home industry may one day flood the market with mass produced houses. Yet output remains slow with 37 200 units in 1946 and 18 275 in early 1947, due to funding cuts, material shortages, and logistic challenges.
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Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Federal
Office of the
Wyatt
R&construction Finance Corporation
RFC
Durips
Harry H. Steidle
Home Manufacturers’ Institute
City acquires new garbage equipment and plans changes
The city unveiled a Gar Wood load packer and bucket loader ordered from Baker Equipment Co to improve collection. Both trucks arrive and will be used for two weekly citywide pickups, with alley collections paused to adjust routes and curbside plans under City Manager S. Lee Grant.
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S. Lee Grant
Baker Equipment Co
Richmond
City Sanitary Committee
W. P. McGuire
J. T. Kremer
W. W. Dellinger
Lewis Opposes AFL Affidavits Under Taft-Hartley Act
Chicago report notes John L. Lewis blocks signing non-communist affidavits by AFL leaders delaying policy on the Taft-Hartley act. With 14 council members in favor, Lewis risks depriving AFL unions of NLRB facilities. William Green postpones briefing to 5 p.m.
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Chicago
John L. Lewis
AFL Executive Council
Lewis
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
William Green
Stubborn Landlord Changes His Mind
Philadelphia item notes Abraham Weiner vacating jail after vows to stay jailed over rent overcharges, bonds posted by relatives. Community notices list local events and business ads including parties, store closings, sales, and professional notices.
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Philad
SPHIA
Abraham Weiner
South End
United States Demands Immediate Release of Nine Captives
The State Department filed a vigorous protest with Yugoslavia demanding the immediate release of nine British and American military personnel seized near Trieste. Two Americans remain detained along with seven Britons. five Britons released after alleged maltreatment. The notices detail arrests from Aug 2 to Aug 21 near the Albano Vescova and Pola zones as Yugoslavia occupies Trieste with Allied forces, amid UN plans.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Trieste
State Department
Yugoslav Foreign Office
United Nations
Lincoln White
Department
Second South Lancashire Regiment
Albano Vescova
Isonzo
Plezzo
Ajax
Pola
Zone B
First Battalion
Royal Rifle Corps
Corn and Wheat Futures Drop on Chicago Board
Wheat, corn and lard fell the daily limit on the Chicago Board of Trade with July wheat at 2.434 a bushel, down 10 cents, May corn at 2.27 1/4, down 8 cents, and November pork at 20.12, down 2 a hundredweight. Butter and eggs also declined on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Three Truck Lines Strike Resumes Amid Wage Holdouts
Union members rejected a wage offer from Novick Lines Alleghany Fright Co and Elliot Motor Lines as the strike enters its seventh day. Mechanics accepted a proposal but drivers and helpers demand about 25 percent raise. Breakdown pay remains a dispute with management seeking two hours free time before pay starts. Four lines reached new terms and resumed operations while three remain on strike with local offices in Cumberland and Winchester involved.
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Novick Lines
Alleghany Fright Co
Elliot Motor Lines
AFL
C. E. Stutzman
Cumberland and Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Cholera Threat Looms Over India and Pakistan
Reports say 400 cholera cases with 10 percent mortality in Kasur near Lahore as serum supplies rush to refugee camps in both dominions. Delhi camps report no cases yet but face filth, hunger, and water shortages amid Hindu Sikh violence. Rioting subsides though new incidents occur as curfew loosens.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Kasur
Lahore
Delhi
Twin Cities
Eighteen Die In Boiler Blast Aboard Reina Del Pacifico
Eighteen dead or dying and over 50 injured from a boiler explosion aboard the British liner Reina Del Pacifico, docked at Belfast after a sea blast during a wartime refit. The ship towed in damaged, with inquiries into sabotage. The injured were treated in Bangor Donaghadee and Newtownards hospitals as five tugs and lifeboats aided.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Reina del Pacifico
Copeland Island
Belfast Bay
An Sos
Bangor
Donaghadee
Newotwnards
Liverpool
United States
Chile
Bermuda
Panama Canal
Wholesale Food Prices Ease In Some Lines
Wholesale prices show pockets of relief as some commodities drop while retail rates remain high. Eggs sell for 1 per dozen in Philadelphia and New York, butter at 1.05 or 92 cents in stores, and wholesale butter declines a cent. futures for grains weaken. Housewives and unions push for price controls amid suspected shortages, with consumer resistance rising in several cities.
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New York
Philadelphia
New York League of Women
Toledo
Springfield
Ohio
Sal Lake City
Detroit
St. Louis
Chicago
Marshall Plans Spotlight Role at U. N. Session
Indications mounted that the U S delegation under Secretary of State George C Marshall aimed for a leading position in the General Assembly. Marshall was to arrive tonight and speak early in the general debate following Mexico, outlining basic U S policy and signaling American firmness.
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New York
U. S
United Nations
George C. Marshall
General Assembly
Marshall
U.S
Mexico
Wallace Says Wall Street to Run the World at Madison Square Garden
Henry A. Wallace told about eighteen thousand people at Madison Square Garden that under Republicans Wall Street ran America and under the current administration Wall Street will run the world. The speech was sponsored by the Progressive Citizens of America.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Wall Street
America
Wallace
Madison Square Garden
Progressive Citizens of America Stoves
Heinz receives cider apples daily for production
The Heinz company reports daily receipts of cider apples for production. A separate line advertises auto repair services with glass installation and new or used auto parts available from Valley Wrecking Co at Martinsburg Pike.
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H. J. Heinz CO
Valley Wrecking Co
Martinsburg Pike
Human-headed spider captured near Nanking
A Chinese report from Tsinan describes a human headed spider with a small body and a full head including eyebrows eyes mouth and nose being captured outside the city walls near Nanking on September 12.
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Nanking
China
Tsinan
Missing Youth Sought by 100 In Mountains
Stephen Rosenthal a 12 year old son of Dr and Mrs Sanford M Rosenthal of Washington was missing in Clarke county near the Blue Ridge mountains where 100 officers and volunteers searched the area. He was last seen about 2 pm yesterday leaving the summer home toward the Mt Carmel road.
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Stephen Rosenthal
Sanford M. Rosenthal
Washington
Blue Ridge Mountains
Clarke County
Young Rosenthal
Mt. Carmel
Frog Hollow
Rosenthal
T. F. Galloway
W. W. Smallwood
Pete Carper
Bay
Gallaway
Clarke County Red Cross
Terminal Pay Bonds One-third Cashed by Vets
Treasury reports show veterans exchanged more than a third of terminal leave bonds in the first week of cashing. About 8.9 million veterans held $1.838 billion in bonds, with $61.8 million paid out including $25.3 million of interest. Roughly three million veterans converted bonds to cash, though below early estimates.
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Washington
Treasury
Senators clash over steel industry and nationalization
Senator Martin of Pennsylvania warned that a public be damned stance by steel makers could invite government policing or nationalization. Benjamin Fairless of U S Steel countered that the industry is meeting demand and investing heavily, while E G Grace of Bethlehem Steel cited ongoing capacity expansion and no sales to black or grey markets.
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Washington
Martin
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Fairless
U. S. Steel
Stern
Mai
Senate
Steel Committee
United States Senate
E. G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Co
Gasoline and Fuel Oil Price Cut by Texas Co Dealers
Texas Company officials announced a price cut for gasoline and light fuel oil by local dealers across nine states to meet Jersey Standard prices. The cut ranges up to half a cent per gallon for gasoline and about four tenths of a cent for light fuel oil, varying by locality in Maryland Virginia and West Virginia.
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New York
Texas Co
Jersey Standard
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
State Police Suspend 12 Inspection Stations in Virginia
Virginia State Police under Col. C. W. Woodson Jr announced the temporary suspension of 12 motor vehicle inspection stations across the state after routine field investigations found improper practices and failure to follow department instructions. No further extension of the Oct 31 inspection deadline was announced.
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Richmond
Col. C. W. Woodson, Jr
Virginia
Woodson
Norfolk
Petersburg
Amherst
Lee, Susset, Carroll
Prince George
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Caribbean
R. L. Bullard
T H
L. Zuckerman & Sons
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
Edna Dinges O'Neal
Herbert S. Larrick
Admr
Washington St
Snapp
Dr. Powers
Sam
State Dept
Front Royal Quantico Marines
Avisco
G. W. Morris
U. N
Wall St
S. Loudoun
J. Grove Furniture CO
E. B. Clevenger
Pine Motor Co
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
B & &S Poultry CO
Clarke Co
GOP
Pats Fairless
Grace
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