Soviet Troop News Demand Spurs UN Council Clash
In Lake Success New York the Soviet Union pressed a request for information on Allied troop dispositions in foreign nonenemy states. The move drew sharp opposition from U S and Britain who argued the matter falls outside UN Security Council jurisdiction unless tied to a explicit threat to peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Success
N. Y
Russia
U. S
United Nations Security Council
Herschel V. Johnson
Alexander Cadogan
U. N
Walton League Leader Pushes Wildlife Goals in Virginia
Walter Fentress urges revised game war den system and enforcement of new anti politician law. He asks for a full time paid legislative representative for the Eastern Seaboard and outlines 1910s era wildlife, education, and funding priorities at the Virginia Division meeting in Front Royal. He backs coastal forest efforts in the Dismal Swamp and completion of George Washington and Jefferson purchase units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Eastern Seaboard
Izaak Walton League
State Board of Education
Pittman-Robertson
Coastal National Forest
George Washington
Thomas Jeffer
U S and Russia Align Over Romania Reparations
The United States and Russia moved to limit Romania’s reparations, abandoning full compensation for Allied property losses and signaling a shift in the postwar indemnity framework. Britain, France, and Italy reacted while Bevin sought talks, and negotiations touched on Palestine and Italian territories.
Mrs Evalyn McLean Reynolds Dies in Washington
The daughter of the Hope diamond owner Mrs Evalyn McLean Reynolds 25 died in Washington from an accidental overdose of sleeping tablets. She was the wife of former Senator Robert Reynolds 61 whom she wed in 1941.
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Evalyn McLean Reynolds
Washington
Robert Reynolds
International
Big Four Ministers Back Paris For Key Peace Talks
Paris September 23 The Big Four foreign ministers attend the Paris Peace Conference as ninth week opens with aim to reach quick consensus by October 15. British Foreign Secretary Bevin returns to London talks on Palestine, restoring full ministerial council. U S Secretary Byrnes presses for within October 5 completion of commission work while Harriman becomes Commerce Secretary and Farley appears, but claims of a Wallace removal deal are denied. Britain may press for full compensation for Allied losses in the Balkans as the Balkan Finland Economic Commission debates the issue.
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Johnson
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Gromyko
Ukraine
Greece
Balkans
United Nations
Paris
United States
Romania
Willard Thorp
U. S. State Department
France
Italian Economic Commission
Thorp
Britain
Ernest Bevin
London
Palestine
Georges Bidault
V. M. Molotov
Council of Foreign Ministers
British
Foreign Office
Bevin
Council
Molotov
Moscow
Byrnes
U. S
James F. Byrnes
W. Averell Harriman
Henry A. Wallace
James A. Farley
Farley
Connally
Vandenberg
Truman
Wallace
Roosevelt
Harriman
Washington
Henry Wallace
al Smith
New Deal
CIO
Frank Knox
Roosevel
Boy Scout Lewis Ebert Wins First Class Badge
Lewis H. Ebert of Troop 40 received the first class badge at the Shawnee District Court of Honor held last week at the Episcopal Chapel. The ceremony also awarded four second class ranks and several merit badges including wood work first aid and life saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis H. Ebert
Boy Scouts of America
Shawnee District Court of Honor
Episcopal Chapel
First Baptist Church
Gary Whitfield
Market Street Methodist Church
Charles Robertson
L. Gardner Brannon
Presbyterian Church
Warren Larrick
Braddock Street
Freddy Bolineau
Charles Johnston
Lewis Ebert
Don Hough
Marion Brill
Eugene Cunningham
Ryland Conner
Alson Hott
Herbert J. Wilkins
Stout
Staples Seeks Separate Ballot For Amendments
In Richmond Virginia on September 23 Attorney General Staples advised the State Board of Elections that one ballot could cover the November 5 general election questions including a constitutional amendment and a special senatorial election to replace Carter Glass. He noted no legal barrier to a single ballot but suggested a separate ballot for the amendment may be preferable.
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Richmond
Staples
State Board of Elections
Marvin Gray
The
Elections Board
Carter Glass
Vets Offices on Loudoun Street Open for Veterans
The Winchester American Legion and VFW announce ward M. Mathews of the Front Royal area director State Division of War Veterans Claims will be in Winchester every Wednesday to assist veterans. He will be at L. E. Hill's office 118 N Loudoun Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday nights to help prepare pension and insurance claims and related benefits.
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Winchester American Legion
VFW
M. Mathews
Front Royal
State Division of War Veteran’s Claims
Winchester
Frederick County
Mathews
L. E. Hill
N. Loudoun _ street
Rescuers Recall Belgian Airliner Crash Night Ops
The Sabena crash near Gander left 26 dead. Bodies to be buried at the scene to avoid endangering rescuers as 18 survivors are hospitalized. Rescue teams describe harrowing conditions with burned and soaked passengers and a night of rain and rough terrain.
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Gander
Mid
Gilbert Perier
Sabena Airlines
Porter
Perter
Cpl
Harry A. Hought
Windber
Pfc
Alfred A. Pogacsnik
Cleveland
Ohio
Serbano S. Rascon
Raton
Harriman Named Commerce Secretary Pick for Truman
Wason and London reports praise Harriman as a businesslike choice to join President Truman's cabinet. Harriman said he would support Truman Byrnes foreign policy and pursue peace, with embassy notes noting talks planned in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert W. Wason
National Association of Manufacturers
W. Averell Harriman
Rain Brings Relief as Winchester Offsets Dry Spell
Rain arrived in Winchester boosting crops as a record September drought looms. Latest Winchester Research Laboratory data show 1.82 inches for the month while local maturity crops suffer from the prior dry spell.
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Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
American Airmen Possibly Sold as Slaves to Lolo Tribesmen
Ambassador J Leighton Stuart said there was reason to believe missing B 29 fliers may still be alive as slaves in Lolo Land near Shangri La. Reported captives tended herds and performed menial tasks for Lolo tribesmen in the inaccessible western China region.
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Stuart
Nanking
J. Leighton Stuart
Lolo
Shangri- la
Union University of
Tibet
China
Hannegan Sees Wallace Backing Democratic Ticket
Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan said Wallace would likely support Democratic candidates for the November 5 election. He offered to arrange Wallace as a speaker for Democratic events and endorsed Harriman as Wallace’s Commerce successor.
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Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic Party
Henry A. Wallace
National Committee
Commerce
Wallace
Hannegan
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Harrimegan
Grace V. Smith Hearing Set For October 7
Grace M. Smith appeals a 20 year murder sentence from Harrisonburg in 1945. Hearing opens 9:30 p m October 7 in Richmond with opinion day October 14. Court to hear four criminal, nineteen civil, and two Commission cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Grace M. Smith
Circuit Court of County
Industrial Commission
State Corporation Commission
Eleven High Schools Form District L of Group 3
Eleven high schools in Clarke Frederick and Shenandoah counties met at Middletown High School last Saturday to organize District L of Group 3 of the Virginia High School League. Officers elected were J. M. Garber chairman C. E Miley Jr vice chairman and Robert E Ayler treasurer.
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Clarke
Frederick
Shenandoah
Middletown High School
Virginia High School League
Berrybille
Gore
Bryant R. Harper
Stonewall
C. Ralph Lutz
New Market
Boyce
C. E.“Miley, Jr
Edinburg
J. M. Garber
Strasburg
C. E. Miley
Ship Builders Hearing Opens In Washington
The General Accounting Office cited estimated wartime ship builders profits of 356 million dollars on 22 million invested to argue for protecting tax payers. Hearings before a House subcommittee examined 19 companies and contracts with government yards and no profit clauses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Accounting Office
Ralph E. Casey
Accounting Office
House
Merchant Marine
Kaiser
Maritime Commission
Ment
Barret and Hill Shipyard
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Inc
California Ship Building Corp
Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd
Delta Ship Building Co., Inc
J. A. Johns Construction Co., Inc
Kaiser Co., Inc
Vancouver
Richard Yard No. 3
Truck Strike Ties Up Novick Transfer Co
About 125 union workers at Novick Transfer Co in Cumberland Maryland were ordered off the job in sympathy with a general trucking strike. The walkout, led by AFL Local 453 officials, ties up most operations and a fleet of about 100 trucks. Other Cumberland truckers are not involved and a similar strike is active in New York and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novick Transfer Company
Cumberland
Winchester
Wilbur Swiggett
C. E. Stutzman
AFL
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Novicks
Novick
Maryland
New York
Richmond
Hagerstown
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Walter Fentress
Walton League
Royal
W. Boscawen
Episcopal Church
L. M. Bell
Sam McL. Birch
WM. P. Schenck
Edwin C. Yost
Fleisher
S. Braddock St
N. Bradock St
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
Ridgewood Fruit Industries
Gibstone Hotel
West Gerrard St
Robert L. Anderson
Edith Huff
Ciger Apples
Telehhone
H. J. Heinz Co
Valley Pike
Faith Baldwin
Brannon’s
Berryville Ave
Big 4
Boy Scout
Loudoun Street
Dr. Henderson
Truman- Byrnes
Wall Street
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific
Jean
Secretary of Commerce
International Soundphoto
West China
Grace V. Smith
Agenda
Ship Builders
Henry J. Kaiser
Casey
St. Johns River
St. Johns
Thecome Tractor
aeson-Starrett Co
Commission Statistics
Novick Transfer Co
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