Winchester Adopts 1949 50 Tax Levy At $1.65
Winchester city council on the final budget reading kept the real estate tax rate at $1.65 for 1949 50 and approved a general fund budget of 603925. The budget includes 5000 for a city reassessment aimed at valuing property at true value before adjusting the tax rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
John Steck Jr
Steck
M. B. Clowe Jr
Public Safety Committee
Lee Miller
Harold Rowe
Teachers Dismiss School to Attend Board Meeting
Wise Virginia April 13 Classes operated normally today after 5000 pupils enjoyed an unexpected holiday when teachers took a day off to attend a board of supervisors meeting. The proposed levy cut from 2.35 to 2.20 was argued by R C Hamblen, chair of the Virginia Coal Operators Assn taxation committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Wise County
Board of Supervisors
R. C. Hamblen
Virginia Coal Operators Assn
Watts Appointed City Solicitor in Winchester Council
Winchester selects Dabney W. Watts to replace James P. Reardon as city solicitor, with Reardon retiring due to ill health after years in office. Reardon notes council must guard historic traditions as zoning ordinances are read for first and second time, enlarging district boundaries and creating a northeast residential zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Council
Dabney W. Watts
James P Reardon
Reardon
Watts
Richmond
Washington and Lee
Commonwealth
M. B. Clowe Jr
Bloodmobile push spurs Winchester donors to register
Mrs. E. M. Whiting explains her support for the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Winchester next Tuesday. She notes veteran donors like Mr. McSherry Lupton and George Sanders, recalls wartime plasma needs, and urges local women in the Civic League to help register volunteers for the blood program in peacetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Winchester
Women’s Civic League
Star
E. M. Whiting
W. Clifford St
Women's Civic League
McSherry Lupton
George Sanders
Margaret Cain
Liung
Anzio
Saipan
Normandy
Air Force Picked For A Bomb Tasks Says Rep Cannon
In a confrontation over military funding Rep Cannon asserts Air Force bombers would deliver a nuclear blow to Moscow if war comes. He defends Navy- Air Force budget levels while Vinson pushes to add 300 million to strengthen the Navy and its air arm.
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Washington
Rep
Cannon
DMO
House
Moscow
United States
Appropriations Committee
Navy
Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Budget Bureau
Little Kathy Buried In Her Easter Gown
Three year old Kathy Fiscus was laid to rest in a white Easter gown in San Marino California after dying from suffocation in a well incident. Donations to a Los Angeles Children’s Hospital were requested in lieu of flowers as officials closed another abandoned well in a vacant Los Angeles lot.
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San Marino
Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Tat
Children’s Hospital
Los Angeles
Frederick Newbarr
Kathy
George M. Uhl
Auction Sale of Antiques and 1938 Chevrolet Pickup
Headley’s Auction announces a sale on Saturday April 16 at 1 00 p m at the J W Baker Residence 214 S Braddock St featuring antiques 1938 Chevrolet Pickup tools ladders lawn furniture radio and general household goods Directors of the Clear Brook Volunteer Fire Dept meet Monday April 18 at 8 p m for annual election and business. Movies and
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J. W. Baker
S. Braddock St
Headley's
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Dept
Congress Seeks ECA Compromise in Foreign Aid Debate
Lawmakers from both chambers push for swift settlement of a 200 million dollar gap between House and Senate foreign aid bills. The two panels, each with five members, aim to extend the European Recovery Program for 15 more months through June 30, 1950, with House rejecting a 150 million contract authority and trimming 50 million from the fund while adding a private investment guarantee option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Knee
D-W. Va
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Economic Administration
Embezzler with Two Wives Sponsored Memphis Basketball Teams
David Prager, 29, told police he stole about 19 000 to 27 762 dollars from Hunt-Berlin Coal Co to support two wives in Memphis and Los Angeles. He funded two amateur Memphis basketball teams, held road trips and gifts, and planned weekends between cities as authorities arrested him on an embezzlement warrant after returning from Los Angeles. His Memphis wife learned of his finances. his Los Angeles wife said she still loves him.
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Memphis
Tenn
David Prager
M. A. Hinds
Los Angeles
Hinds
Prager
Hunt-Berlin Coal Co
Jerry
Hernando
Miss
Anita Coburn Prager
Annie Prager
Council Opposes Rate Hike and Train Service Cut
The city council approved a resolution opposing a proposed rate increase by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co and protested the B and O Railroad plan to discontinue passenger express and mail service into Winchester on trains 54 and 55. Petersburg chamber asks the State Corporation Commission to withhold the rate rise unless necessity is proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Clowe Jr
C and P Telephone Co
B and O
Winchester
State Corporation Commission
Petersburg
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Bake Sale At Northern Va Power Co Window
A bake sale sponsored by the Youth Fellowship of Gainesboro Church will be held Friday April 15 starting at 10 am in the Northern Virginia Power Co window location. Proceeds benefit church programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Va. Power Co
Gainesboro Chures
3 Hour Good Friday Service At Presbyterian Church
The Winchester Ministerial Association announces a three hour Good Friday service starting at noon at the Presbyterian church. Dr Ronald S Wilson will preside with brief talks from ministerial members and congregational singing after each address. Organists Mrs Gilbert Tillotson and Mrs Leonard Sirbaugh. An organ prelude at noon precedes 12 15 p m talk by Dr E T Clark on The First Word.
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Presbyterian Church
Winchester Ministerial Assn
Ronalds. Wilson
Ministerium
Gilbert Tillotson
Leonard Sirbaugh
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Joseph S. Duckwall
Highland Ave. Chapel
W. E
Renters at Council Meeting Debated Rent Control
Local renters attended the council session where a proposed public meeting on rent control was discussed but not voted on. The council will study a citizen request before taking any initiative while officers considered voter registrar changes and a ward precinct move. An ordinance approved a drive in service station with six 1000 gallon tanks near Millwood and Rouss Springs roads.
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Council Concensus
Clowe
City Electorial Board
Winchester
Second Ward
Reuss
South End
Millwood Ave
Rouss Springs Road
James Boyce
Woodland Avenue
Boyce
Installation of Officers at Rous Ave Club Room
Maryland Fried Chicken advertises Easter corsages and urges placing orders now while outlining tonight’s club room installation of officers on Rous Avenue.
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Rous Ave
Maryland Fried Chicken
Miss Margret Thors Crowned Queen of Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Margret Thors daughter of Icelandic envoy Thor Thors was chosen queen of the 22nd Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival at Winchester. The event, directed by Tom Idridge, runs April 28 and 29 with noted past queens and international ties highlighted.
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Margret Thors
U. S
Thor Thors
Mdme
Thors
Jlavik
Iceland
Washington, D. C
Winchester
Tom Idridge
Perity
School of
One Nations
Xxii
Blue Ridge Mount
United States
Gretchen van Zandt Merrill
Bing Crosby
Genevie Garner
Jack
Garner
Lillian Somoza
Astoria Somoza
Nancy Anderson
Clinton P. Anderson
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
England
Fire Company Seeks Marching Participants for Parade
Rouwss Fire Company invites all members to join the Fireman parade during the Apple Blossom Festival. Sign up at the Engine House before Saturday April 23.
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Rouwss Fire Company
Engine House
Festival Tickets On Sale For Parade And Luncheon
Tickets priced at 3.00 include tax for the Stag Luncheon and pageant seats. Public sale announces Robt Eagle property auction Thursday April 14 at 1 p.m. at 33 S Loudoun St with specials on junior and misses dresses priced at 10.0 each. Tickets available at Molden Electric Co phone 7725.
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Piremen
Molden Electric CO
Eagle Property
Loume
Campbell
S. Loudoun St
Setani Eithacdon "Aring
Gardner B. Hillyard
Sy Poe Tae
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Shenandoah
Council
City Planning Board
Fairfax Lane
Washington St. N. Braddock St
Washington St
Boscawen and
Piccadilly
Berryville Ave
Kerr St
Elm St
Baker Knight St
Orchard Ave
National Ave
Elm
MES. Whiting
Air Force
Rep. Cannon
W. B. Snider & Son
North Loudoun St
Arthur M. Jackel
Wiener
N. Main
Congress
Campbell’s
Loudoun St
X. B. Smides & Song
Cashier
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