Small Powers Back Marshall Plan On UN Reform
Canada and the Philippines endorsed the Marshall plan for a larger UN role while Australia signaled support with reservations. China joined the US in discussing reducing veto power as the Assembly awaited Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky who was to deliver Russia's policy speech amid tense debate over the plan.
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New York
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly
Marshall
United Nations
General Assembly
U. S
United States
Russia
U. N
Canada
Phillippines
Australia
Assembly
Security Council
China
Special Assembly
Vishinsky
George Marshall
Warren Austin
U. N. Assembly
International
U S Soldiers Rescue Japs From Floods
Tokyo flood disaster worsened as typhoon rains killed 3 564 and displaced thousands. American troops in assault boats evacuated refugees from rooftops and dikes while air force planes dropped food to those out of reach. Mount Akagi landslides killed 182 and injured 185 as four days of rains continued.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Japan
First Cavalry Division
Kyodo
Akagi
Gamma Perfecture
Tako
Old Southern Custom Cited
Washington reports the Agriculture Department urged adopting a Southern habit of eating leafy greens and pot liquor to combat high living costs. The bulletin called pot liquor a rich mineral and vitamin source and noted it helps retain soluble nutrients after cooking greens.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Rent a secure box this weekend at Farmers & Merchants National Bank
An advertisement urges readers to avoid keeping valuable papers at home and to rent one of the bank’s boxes over the weekend. The note lists Bank address Court House Square and references FDIC membership. It also promotes jewelry sales and Xmas layaway. A separate sale notes a 1939 Plymouth motor with large Heatrola and a contact at George Washington Hotel Barber Shop.
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Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Court House Square
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
Hodgson and Brown
National Ave
Plymouth Motor
Lee
George Washingtoan
Mystery Cloaks Move to Settle Truck Strike
No new developments in a two week truck strike involving Novick Elliott and Allegheny motor lines. Union officials failed to appear and negotiations appeared stalled ahead of Saturday. Elliott Motor Lines terminals remained open in Pittsburgh Richmond Washington and Baltimore. Novick hub in town was at a standstill.
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Novick, Elliott and
Allegheny Motor Lines
C. E. Stutzman
Teamster
Iotel
Wek
Elliott Terminals
Elliott Motor Lines
Pittsburgh
Richmond
Washington
Baltimore
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Allegheny Freight Lines
Novick
Winchester
New WWII Veterans to be Buried in Winchester National Cemetery
Official notice confirms 13 World War II veterans who died overseas will be shipped to Winchester for interment in the National Cemetery. Capt. D. M. Sprinkle, superintendent, received the notice. Names and further details are not released, burials open to veterans beyond Winchester and Frederick County.
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Winchester
U. S. National Cemetery
D. M. Sprinkle
Wincanester
Frederick County
Anti-trust Chief Sent to Direct Meat Inquiry
Attorney General Tom Clark sent the head of the anti-trust division to Chicago to supervise a federal grand jury inquiry into meat industry practices. John F. Sennett, assistant attorney general for anti-trust, was ordered to report in Chicago Monday as subpoenas issue to several meat sector figures. The move follows Clark’s plan to monitor price trends in food and related sectors and comes after a previous grand jury indictment of real estate boards in Washington for fixing commissions.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Antitrust
Chicago
Manis Vedhecoey
Clark
Anti - Trust Division
National Assn. of Real Estate Boards
Washington Real Estate Boards
District of Columbia
LaGuardia Illness Trend Downward
New York reports 64 year old former mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia is in a downward trend in his grave illness according to Dr George Bahhr The doctor says LaGuardia remains in a deep sleep and the immediate outcome is unpredictable An operation on June 18 confirmed an inoperable pancreatic diagnosis as he collapsed Tuesday night and stayed at home
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
William O'Dwyer
George Bahhr
UNRRA
LaGuardia
Baehr
la Guardia
Gandhi Warns of Possible War Over Punjab Violence
New Delhi reports Gandhi declares unless India and Pakistan confess communal atrocities in Punjab and Delhi and curb violence, war between the two new dominions could be unavoidable. He calls a do or die effort to restore peace as Hindus Sikhs and Muslims face turmoil. Hindus leaving Karachi rise fears of reprisals.
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New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Pakistan
India
Punjab
Delhi
Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Karachi
Statesman
Sind
Grain and Cattle Prices Slide at Chicago Board of Trade
Wheat corn and oats fell sharply after the government trimmed November export allocations. Wheat contracts slid the daily limit. corn and oats followed with sizable losses. Cattle at Union Stock Yards weakened with declines up to $2 per hundredweight, while some vealers and bulls held steady and steers eased from $35.75 to about $34 for top choices.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Agriculture Department
Washington
Union
GOP Legislator Hits Speculators In Commodities
Washington reports Kansas Senator Hope urges the House Agriculture Committee to curb grain speculation as fears grow over rising food prices. He calls for voluntary rationing and wage restraint, expanded production, and possible legislative restraints on commodity markets if exchanges fail to act.
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Washington
Cayle Hill
Hope
House Agriculture
Congress
Truman
Kansan
Italy Farm Strike Nearing Solution Moves Toward End
Italy's 1.9 million farm workers appear close to a settlement as Milan reports crop damage from 11 days of neglect. Labor and land owner representatives met with Ministers Segni and Fanfani overnight and reached agreement on some points.
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Rome
Italy
Milan
Turin
Anonio Segni
Amintore Fanfani
Agriculture
Constituent Assembly
Christian Democratic
Alcide de Gasperi
Public Sale for John H. Myers Estate Near Stephenson
John H. Myers Estate holds a public sale near Stephenson on September 20 at 1 PM. Items include household goods and shop tools.
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John H. Myers
Stephenson
Rev R K McDonald elected moderator at Winchester Presbytery
The Rev. R. K. McDonald pastor of Berryville Presbyterian church was elected moderator at the fall meeting of Winchester Presbytery held yesterday and Tuesday at Moorefield West Virginia. McDonald succeeds Rev J S Ducknall and is a Hampden Sydney Union Theological Seminary graduate. He previously led a pastorate in Hanover Virginia.
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R. K. McDonald
Berryville
Keyser
S. R. Diehl
Martinsburg
John C. Siler
Shepherdstown
Maurice Dodd
Falling Waters
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Charles Kernan
Moorefield
Kenneth Shick
Front Royal
Allen Jones
Romney
James Storey
Charles Town
Stewart Bell, Jr
Auto Workers Turn to Co-ops In Food Fight
In Michigan an estimated 180000 auto workers unite to form a consumer cooperative to curb rising food prices. The CIO United Auto Workers asks 40 large locals to donate 1 per capita for working capital and to coordinate food purchases. Reuther calls it an emergency program and a 10 member committee will oversee the effort as more locals join the initiative. Local leaders approved the plan after inflation criticism and existing cold food at cost schemes.
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Detroit
Michigan Auto
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Michigan
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Police Chiefs Hear Talk by FBI Chief
Roanoke report covering Charles W. Brown agent in charge Richmond office delivering a address to the 22nd convention of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police. He urged nationwide cooperative effort to combat widespread crime.
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FBI
Roanoke
Charles W. Brown
Richmond
Virginia Assn. of Chiefs of Police
Court OKs Bare Midriff Dress in Divorce Case
In Los Angeles on September 18, Superior Judge Alfred E. Paonessa ruled Mrs. Dorothy Goldring's bare midriff party dress "perfectly decent" and "good looking" amid a contested divorce. The dress, exposing perhaps an inch of midriff, was challenged after her husband tore her blouse. she repaired it in court with the judge's chambers used as a dressing room.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Goldring
Alfred E. Paonessa
United States Named on Dutch-Indonesian Peace Commission
New York September 18 United States chosen to serve with Australia and Belgium on a three member United Nations commission to aid Dutch Indonesian conflict talks. Spaak and Evatt announced the selection saying the United States will join the panel. Indonesia picked Australia and the Netherlands chose Belgium to complete the trio.
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New York
United States
Australia
Belgium
United Nations Commission
Paul-Henri Spaak
Herbert V. Evatt
Herschel V. Johnson
U. 8
Security Council
U.S
Council
Netherlands
Indonesia
Slash in Grain Shipments May Hamper Europe
Washington reports a 35 percent cut in November grain exports as Europe faces food shortages under the Marshall plan. Officials warn reduced shipments threaten European work capacity and the self-help recovery program, with Congress to decide on U S aid.
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Europe
Washington
United States
Marshall
Congress
Flanders Warns Coal Wage Pact Mirrors Munich Pact
Senator Flanders, chairing a Senate subcommittee on prices, warned that if industry copies the coal and steel wage pact led by John L. Lewis the government will intervene with controls on wages prices and profits. He called the agreement a calamity and likened it to a cartel, urging moderation in wages and pricing to avert a recession or collapse.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Flanders
R-Vt
John L. Lewis
Coal and Steel
New England
United Mine Workers
U. S. Steel Corp
Second Economic Institute of the United States Chamber of Commerce
Senate House
Flanders 5
Lewis
U. S. Steel
Warnings Extend As Far West as Louisiana
Hurricane warnings extended westward from Pensacola to Morgan City as a tropical hurricane moved west northwestward about 190 miles south of Apalachicola. An army plane rechecked the center 60 miles west of its prior position. Gov. Caldwell announced a presidential emergency in Florida as residents fled and red cross alerts rose.
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New Orleans
Pensacola
Fla
Morgan City
Apalachicola
Florida
Weather Bureau
Millard Caldwell
Truman
Gulf of Mexico
Miami
Palm Beach
Gulf
Na Myers
Federal Works Administration
Atlanta
Federal Reserve
Montgomery
Ala
James Folsom
Red Cross
Fort Myers
GIRDLES and Corset Shoppe Ad Seeks Workers and Notice
Local classifieds list GIRDLES closing line of Roll On Panty Girdles and Garter Belts at cost at Laura B Henshell Corset Shoppe 111 S Loudoun St. Also notices for janitor, Bannister's Cafe closure for alterations, auto parts, and an Apple Picker position with accommodations in Berryville.
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Laura B. Henshell
S. Loudoun Street
Pine Motor Co
Ares
H. J. Heinz CO
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John Lewis
Louisiana
Sebring
Gold Coast
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