Last Rail Passenger And Express Service To End In Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio Railway seeks authority to discontinue local trains 54 and 55 through Winchester Virginia and Maryland West Virginia. The trains carry few paying passengers and all express shipments. loss estimated at $30,000 annually. Arrival and departure times for Brunswick Strasburg Winchester noted. freight and mail service largely unaffected.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Winchester
State Corporation Commission of
West Virginia
Public Service Commission of
Maryland
Weverton
Ferry
Charles Town
Waeburg
R. M. van Gant
Brunswick
Strasburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington
Baltimore
Southern
Railway Express
J. W. Morrow
Big party at the South End Fire Co tonight
Notice lists event at South End Fire Company Tonight at 8 30 with party plans. Also includes classified ads for a 1948 Buick for sale, a furniture sale, ironers demonstration, another Buick sale, a bake sale for Troop 9, and a spring cleaning estimate offer.
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South End
Pri
H. W. Ebert
Buick
R. G. Wolverton
Ironrite Ironers
Molden Electric CO
S. Loudoun St
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Tickets Now On Sale
Tickets for the 1949 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival events go on sale at Malden’s Electric Co. store in Loudoun. Reserved seats and bleacher tickets for the Forerunners parade, Firemen’s Parade, Grand Feature Parade, coronation ceremonies, Princesses’ Ball, Queen’s Ball, and Johnny Long orchestra performances are available, with early purchase urged as a sellout is expected.
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Shenandoah
Malden’s Electric Co
Loudoun
Johnny Long
Armory
Maldens
Lillian Johnson
Festival Tickets Committee
Senate Refuses To Bar ECA Fund Use by Socialists
The Senate rejected 62 to 20 an amendment by Senator Kem to prohibit using 5580 million in European aid funds to nationalize or socialize European industries. Connally said the ban was unmanageable. Hoff man warned it would undermine recovery and aid communist propaganda. The swift vote suggested a move to clear amendments and proceed to final passage.
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Senate
Washington
Kem
Rmo
Hem
England
Connally
D-Tex
Paul Hoffman
United States
Europe
Pollard Seeks House of Delegates Seat
Richmond attorney Fred G. Pollard 30 announced his candidacy for the House of Delegates subject to the Democratic primary. He is the son of retired Federal judge Robert N. Pollard.
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Richmond
Fred G. Pollard
House of Delegates
Robert N. Pollard
China Ponders Red Ultimatum For Surrender
Acting President Li Tsung jen offered to sacrifice himself to help peace talks with Mao Zedong amid reports of a communist demand that government leaders surrender. He telegraphed Mao denying plans to remove Chiang Kai shek and urged peace after an earlier ultimatum setting a surrender by Tuesday.
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Tuesay
Pai
Chiang Kai-shek
Ningpo
Canton
Li Tsung—jen
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping
Mao
Stolen Bank Bonds Recovered at Home Of Richard Crowe
In New York on April 8, authorities recovered most of the $883,660 stolen from the National City bank by banker Richard Crowe. About $660,000 in negotiable bonds were found under the attic floor of Crowe’s Staten Island home after he directed FBI agents to the spot with his attorney. Crowe previously claimed he dumped the bonds into New York harbor. His wife Honora Wall Crowe urged him to disclose their fate.
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New York
Richard Crowe
National City Bank
Crowe
FBI
Staten Island
Planes Sweep Seas For Derelict with Tots Locked Below
Coast Guard planes search the East Coast for a storm battered derelict schooner believed to hold two children locked below decks. The drifting two master Kewe Rat in, described by a tanker as tallying with the vessel, carried Donald Parrot and his wife from the Bahamas on April 1.
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New York
Coast Guard
Charleston
D. C
Keewatin
Donald Parrot
Salem
Mass
Bahamas
Parrot
Virginia tourist industry urged to build facilities
Florenz Hinz, aide to Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, told Warrenton Lions Virginia lacks facilities to keep tourists longer. He argued tourism is a by product of trade and not an industry, noting visitors spend little in Shenandoah National Park. He urged creating tourist industry plants in Virginia to capture spending.
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Florenz Hinz
Warrenton
Commonwealth
Virginia
California
Maine
Hinz
Shenandoah National Park
U S
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Ente
Lamb prices rise across chop varieties in New York
New York dealers report lamb prices climbing to 1.25 per pound for loin chops, up from 1.05 the prior week. Rib chops rise to 1.05 from 93 cents, shoulder chops to 95 cents from 89, and leg cuts to 75 cents from 69.
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New York
City Department of
Georgia Teachers Threaten Walkout Over School Funds
Georgia teachers faced a rebuff as nearly 200 quit classes in protest of voters rejecting taxes for a $23 million school improvement fund. Leaders urged further walkouts until a special legislature session votes new funds, while Gov. Talmadge refused to call one.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Aes
O. C. Aderhold
Athens
Georgia Education Assn
Aderhold
GEA
Roy Adams
Paul Hurt
Polk County
Herman Talmadge
L. M. Shelf
Rockmart
Polk County Teachers Assn
Shelf
Talmadge
Red Underground Sought Key Jobs Testified in Court
An undercover FBI source, Herbert A. Philbrick, described communist plans to colonize key U S industrial plants including General Electric Lynn Mass jet engine plant in 1947. He testified against eleven party leaders, detailing underground work by business professionals and a 1946 party line order.
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New York
U. S
FBI
Red Underground
General Electric Company
Lynn
Mass
Herbert A. Philbrick
Boston
Philbrick
Massachusetts
New
Boston and Maine Railroad
General Electric
Atlantic Treaty Nations Seek U.S. Arms Aid for Europe
Eight Western European and Nordic nations appealed to Washington for military arms and financial aid to bolster the Western alliance. Secretary Acheson said Congress should enact a comprehensive aid program, while President Truman prepares a formal request potentially totaling around 2 billion dollars with defense plans under review.
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Washington
America
West
United States
Congress
Acheson
United States Senate
Truman
Britain
France
Beligum
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Western European Union
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Canada
Alliance
Europe
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Myers
Pennsylvania
Senate
Snyder Predicts Prosperity Period
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder predicted a coming era of great business development in U S history. He emphasized confidence in the future as essential and warned against complacency while describing a shift toward a healthier market and unprecedented economic strength. He cited governmental financial soundness as beyond question.
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Chicago
Treasury
Snyder
America
United States
Speed in Service Alarms Customer Speed in Service Alarms Customer
A Binghamton New York housewife complained a taxi driver went too fast after she used a short wave radio to summon a cab. The radio linked to the next door car and the driver arrived quickly, prompting her to refuse the ride and call another company.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Western Powers Reach Complete Agreement on German Issues
Washington reports three Western powers have reached a complete agreement on outstanding German issues as debates continue in Congress over a new farm program. The note outlines broad government price supports, a shift from price floors to minimum income guarantees, and expanded controls on farm operations triggering eligibility for aid.
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House
Senate
American Parm Bureau Federation
Bureau
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Jury Convicts Canadian Red on Forgery Count
A Ottawa jury convicted Sam Carr, 43, of conspiring to utter a forged passport for a Russian agent. Deliberations lasted 90 minutes. sentence deferred. Carr, a New York born former Labor Progressive organizer, testified he left Canada in 1946 with a passport to Cuba.
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Ottawa
Sam Carr
Carr
A. G. McDougall
Labor-Progressive Party
Igancy Witczak
Excessive Taxes Feared by Tuck
Gov. Tuck told the Peters burg chamber of commerce that state and localities must unite to finance government needs. He praised bonds for construction and urged state help when local means fall short, aiming to curb excessive taxation.
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Petersburg
Tuck
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
Five Day Weather Outlook for Virginia
Five day outlook for Virginia from Saturday to Wednesday shows temperatures 3 to 4 degrees below normal with a cool start. A rising trend is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday. Showers are likely late Sunday into Sunday night totaling a quarter inch or less.
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Virginia
Taxi Strike Wanes in New York as Mayor Accused
In New York on April 8 a union chief said about 80 percent of the citys 11000 taxicabs were on the street. He labeled Mayor William O Dwyer a double crosser and accused him of a conspiracy to break the week old taxi strike. The charge came from A D Lewis brother of John L Lewis UMW leader.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
A. D Lewis
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
36 Men Indicted For Gambling in Washington Area
A special grand jury investigating gambling in the Washington area for 11 months indicted 36 men on gambling law violations. Those charged include William Snags Lewis described as a big-time operator and Harry Kopel, owner of Hammel's restaurant, among others. The arrests followed raids on five establishments in Washington and Prince Georges County Maryland.
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Washington
Prince Georges County
William “Snags” Lewis
Harry 8. Kopel
Hammel
Winter Artist Ezra Winter Found Dead in Woods
Ezra Winter, 63, renowned mural painter, was found dead from a shotgun wound behind his Canaan Connecticut home. Medical examiner Dr. R C Sellen ruled death by own action. Family said he had been in ill health for over a year.
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Canaan. Conn
Ezra Winter
R. C. Sellen
Winter
America to Build $70 Million Superliner at Newport News
The United States will construct a 49,000 ton 980 foot superliner at Newport News to compete with Britain's transatlantic lines. Construction, funded by $42 million federal aid and $28 million from United States Lines, will start immediately with a 1952 summer sea debut.
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America
Newport News
Washington
Britain
W. W. Smith
Maritime Commission
United States
National Defense
United States Lines
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Birth of German Republic May End Military Rule
The United States Britain and France said military control over Western Germany would continue until the German Republic is established. Occupation forces stay under civilian oversight with high commissioners as the supreme allied agency. The new occupation statute will form the West German government constitution and define powers and restricted industries.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Repubic
State Acheson
Bevin
Robert Schuman
Allied Agency of Control
Bette Sgionnate
London
Forensic Contests Enter Stephens City Gainesboro Hopefuls
Stephens City and Gainesboro high schools will each send two contestants to the Group 3 regional forensic meet at Madison College in Harrisonburg at 1 30 p m tomorrow. From Stephens City Robert Madigan competes in boys public speaking Betty Vonn Brill in girls public contests. Gainesboro participants Patricia F Su and James Robinson represent District L in poetry reading and boys prose reading. Joel T Kidd Madison meeting director. Four districts compete.
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Gainesboro
Stephens City
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Robert Madigan
Betty Vonn Brill
Patricia F. Su
James Robinson
Joel T. Kidd
Madison
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Pollard
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Hankow
Nanking
Baker
Julian W. Headley
St. Ann's Guild
Episcopal Church House
Arthur M. Jackel
D.D
N. Loudoundst
Berryville Ave
Atlantic Treaty Nations
U.S
Agriculture
Brannan
House Agriculture Committee
Red
Washington Area
Republic
Hillyard's
Piccadilly St
Aerie No. 12
King Carter Hotel
Col. 8Th and
Broad Sts
Katherine Pifer
U. S. Route 50
Gore
Isaac Creek
Chares Bock, Jr
Hollins St
Frederick County
County Court House
Rouss Ave
Coleman C. Dunn
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