Weichel Charges House Committee Seeks To Shield Commission
Rep. Weichel accuses the House Merchant Marine Committee of trying to shield wartime Maritime Commission finances during a hearing with Henry Kaiser and son Edgar. Chairman Bland defends full fact discovery as Kaiser disputes figures showing profits and prior investments.
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Rep. Weichel
House Committee
Washington
Weichel
Rohio
House
Merchant Marine Committee
Maritime Commission
Bland
D A
Henry Kaiser
Edgar
Dillions
Marvin Coles
Florida
Five Day Weather Forecast For Five State Region
Five day forecast covers the Middle Atlantic states and Eastern New York with near normal temperatures. A cooling trend starts midweek with warming again by Saturday and Sunday. Precipitation expected as two to four tenths, with showers mainly Thursday or Friday. Regular notes for Ohio and adjacent areas warn of below normal temperatures through Friday and possible three to four tenths of precipitation in scattered showers through Friday or Saturday.
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Middle Atlantic
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Cattle Roam Ranges As U S Is Meat Hungry
Washington reports a paradox in meat supply as cattle on U S farms remain near 1944 peaks while range cattle stay abundant. Government price uncertainty slows marketings and beef in shops stays meager as Secretary Clinton P Anderson prepares a radio address on farm price policies.
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Washington
Anderson
Clinton P. Anderson
Martinsburg fund for Sgt Horne family raised here
A local fund gathered 650.50 dollars for Mrs. Joe Horne widow of Sgt Horne who was killed in the line of duty. The West Virginia State Trooper had been stationed in Martinsburg for years and was well known in the tri state area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Joe Horne
Sgt. Horne
Tri-State
SEC Probes September Stock Slump with Data Requests
The SEC asks all NYSE members for sales data from Sept 3 to reconstruct trading. James Treanor Jr. says questionnaires on every round lot will be returned by Oct 7 and used to analyze 15 minute market segments. If irregularities are found, complete probes of specific issues may follow.
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U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
New York Stock Exchange
SEC
James A. Treanor, Jr
Trading and Exchange Division
New York
Treanor
Questio
Commission
Davis Mistook Officers for Firemen and Is Jailed
Dewey Davis of Washington DC was placed in jail for 10 days after pleading not guilty to drunken and disorderly conduct. He asked officers outside the police station to pour water on him believing they were firemen, and was fined $5 plus costs. Capt. F M Punk testified he and others were approached as Davis demanded water. Davis claimed he was not drunk and mistook the officers for firemen.
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Dewey Davis
Washington, D. C
John Rice
Davis
Smithfield Avenue
Arena
Funk
F. M. Punk
Betas
Punk
China Delegate Challenges Red Move In U N
Chinese delegate C L Hsia said he would challenge Soviet charges in the United Nations Security Council that U S troops in China threaten world peace. Delegates prepared to resume debate on admitting data on Allied troop dispositions in foreign non-enemy countries.
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Lake Success
N. Y
C. L. Hsia
Russia
United Nations Security Council
U. S
China
Hsia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Bus Service Planned In City On Delivery Of Six Buses
The city reports an order for six city buses to be delivered soon with three from City Buses. The Ford engined regular service buses carry 27 passengers and will start service once the three arrive. About 12 people have applied for bus driver positions. The new Kern Bus Terminal's first floor should be finished in a few weeks.
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Io Ae
New
Kern
Anti-Lynch Group Visits President Truman at White House
Delegation from the National Committee Against Mob Violence meets President Truman at the White House to deliver a statement urging him to end mob violence. Pictured are Boris Khishkin, Frederick E. Reissig, Truman, Walter White, and James Carey.
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National Committee Against Mob Violence
Truman
White House
Boris Khishkin
Frederick E. Reissig
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James Carey
G16
International Soundphoto
Winchester Native Held in Assault and Robbery Case
Beverly Patton a Winchester native now in the Bronx is jailed on suspicion of felonious assault and robbery of Allen Putnam in Stephens City. Putnam was found badly beaten at the Plaza on the Front Royal pike and reported his pocketbook with about $183 missing.
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Beverley Patton
Winchester
Bronx
New York
Allen Putnam
Stephens City
Robert DeHaven
Putnam
Front Royal Pike
DeHaven
Woolf
Patton
Road House
DeHayda
Polio Victim From Oakland In Richmond Hospital
Mrs. Fred Unger of Oakland near the West Virginia line is in a Richmond hospital after an infantile paralysis attack at home. She first was treated at Winchester Memorial and then at the University of Virginia and finally moved to Richmond. Her condition is reported improving.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Fred Unger
Oakland
W. Va.Va
Richmond
Unger
Virginia Orchards
Winchester Memorial
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Meat Shortage Warns Hopkins Officials
Johns Hopkins Hospital purchasing agent Neal Johnson warned the meat shortage could force hospitals to send patients home if not eased. He urged ending meat controls as other Baltimore hospital leaders called for action, criticizing price ceilings and stressing immediate need to protect patients' lives.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Neal Johnson
Shenandoah County Democrats Endorse Harrison for Congress
Shenandoah County Democrats at Woodstock mass meeting endorse Judge Burr P. Harrison for Congress in the Seventh District to succeed A Willis Robertson. Page County also endorses Harrison at Luray while Warren County votes today. Delegates to Staunton district convention to vote as a unit. northern counties expected to back Harrison. Speakers praise the Winchester jurist and his long service.
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Shenandoah County
Court House
Woodstock
Burr P. Harrison
Congress
Virginia
A. Willis Robertson
United States Senate
Page County
Luray
Harrison
Robertson
Staunton
Winchester
Warren County
Frederick County
Judge Harrison
Jurist
Demilitarize Bulgarias 180 Mile Border With Greece
At the Peace Conference the Military Commission voted eleven to seven to defortify Slav Bulgaria by demilitarizing its 180 mile frontier with Greece. The move mirrors Italys frontier demilitarization with Yugoslavia, with Brazil and Slav delegates dissenting. The vote came as Big Four ministers prepared to discuss Italy colonies and other treaty changes.
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Paris
Peace Conference Military Commission
Slav
Eurepe
Bulgaria
Foreign Ministers Council
Greece
Italy
Yugoslavia
Brazil
R. Hodgson
Australia
Hodgson
Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
Libya
Eritrea
Gladwyn Jebb
Walls Cave In Crushed Mrs Sibert at Capon Lake Cottage
A basement cave in at the Capon Lake cottage of Mrs. Henrietta Sibert 65 widow of J William Sibert Winchester postmaster and former fire chief killed her as she moved fruit supplies. Termites had weakened the cellar framework and tons of earth collapsed trapping her from the waist down. Neighbor Frank Hott le summoned help. She died within minutes.
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Henrietta Sibert
J. William Sibert
Winchester
Wilson
Winchester Fire Department
Sibert
Capon Lake
W. Va
Here
Wardensville
Laura Stine Alsorff
New York State
Peyton Street
Grace Lutheran Church
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Eden Seeks New Spirit to Deter War With Russia
London reports Anthony Eden calls for a new approach by the United States and Britain to Russia to ease an imminent war threat. He urges government action to dissipate suspicions and promote peaceful coexistence of communism and capitalism. In Moscow, Stalin says no real war danger exists and warns against monopolistic US atomic power while endorsing demilitarization of Germany.
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London
Anthony Eden
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Watford
Security Council
Eden
Henry A. Wallace
British Commonwealth
Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Union
China
Alexander Wi
London Sunday Times
Britain
Germany
Western Europe
Winchester Recreation Park plan revision to be presented
F Ellwood Allen, noted park planner from New York, will present a revised recreation park study at Winchester City Hall. The plan expands the 242 acre site with new facilities including a swimming pool golf course and tennis courts. Citizens and council members are urged to attend.
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Winchester Recreation Park
City Hall Court Room
F. Ellwood Allen
New York City
Allen
Winchester Recreation Department
Hollingsworth
Recreation Department
Recreational Council
National Recreation Association of America
Park Recreation Planners
Americans Pause To Pay Tribute To Friends-Dogs
National Dog Week runs Sunday to Saturday with slogan Faithfully Yours. Benton Snider praises the dog as a yearly focal point for reflection while leaders like Lowell Thomas Dale Carnegie and Robert Ripley share heartfelt messages about dogs and loyalty. Senator West’s tribute extols the dog as man’s unselfish, steadfast friend through prosperity and poverty.
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Benton Snider
Lowell Thomas
Dale Carnegie
Robert Ripley
Senator West
Trucks Sold Under Suspicion Raise Surplus Questions
Washington reports 200 plus war radio trucks sold for 4500 dollars each instead of 7800. General Mollison labeled the sale mysterious and the House committee vows a full inquiry. Several WAA employees were fired as electronics shipments to selling agencies were frozen amid concerns of impropriety. The trucks were shown to Halli-Crafters Corp in Chicago and later offered to Gimbels in New York.
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Washington
Conmartiae
J. A. Mollison
War Administration
WAA
Mollison
Halli- Crafters Corp
Chicago
Gimbels
New York
Proposed zoning ordinance change in Winchester Virginia
Notice of a Common Council hearing in Winchester to discuss amending the zoning ordinance adopted April 5 1940. The meeting is at 7 30 P M on Tuesday October 1 1946. The purpose is to exempt the Scully property at 102 Stewar Seren Abie from the zoned area.
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Common Council
Winchester
Virginia
Arta
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Kaiser
Kaiser Shipbuilding Enterprises
Irvin Price Irvine Price
Clarke County
Farmers’ Committee
Berryville
Gold Star
Reginald G. Morrison
Lloyd Williams
American Legion Post
H. J. Heinz Co
Ridgewood
Brannon’s Cleaners
Berryville Ave
City Limits
Wenders
Radio Tonight
Cirec
Martinsburg Fund
Sgt
Horne
Red
U. N
Beverly Patton
City
Richmond Hospital
Handley Auditorium
Alice McKinster
N. Loudoun Street
Gington
Northern Virginia Power Co
Women's Civic League
Hopkins
OPA
Shenandoah Co
Page
Warren
Coun
Frank HH. Stumbeck
Frank S. Tavern
Shenandoality
R.S. iWricht Jr
D. Wine
Europe
Col. Hodgson
Churchill
Eever
Owen
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
United Nations
Ellwood Allen
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