City to Adopt Daylight Saving Time May 2
Winchester plans DST start on Sunday May 2 with clocks ahead one hour. City offices, retailers, mills, and schools will shift opening to 1 hour earlier on May 3. County favors EST. school board to decide Monday on DST for schools.
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Winchester
Ralph Larson
Retail Merchants Assn
Merchants’ Association
Mills
Virginia Wooler Co
H. B. McCormac Jr
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
James N. Mason
S. Lee Grant
Frederick County
County Board of Supervisors
Forty Virginias top graduates to get $250 scholarships
Forty of Virginia's top high school graduates will receive $250 scholarships to the University of Virginia next fall, records disclosed by the era Assembly show.
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Richmond
Virginia
University of Virnia
Eras Assembly
Five day Virginia Weather Outlook Warm and Cool Shifts
The seven day forecast for Virginia calls for temperatures about two to four degrees above normal on Saturday and warmer on Monday, with a cooler spell by Wednesday. Rain totals around one quarter inch are expected midweek.
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Monay
Budget Balanced Says Moore Before Rotary Club
Delegate E Blackburn Moore, House majority leader for Winchester Frederick and Clarke, told Rotarians Virginia's budget is balanced despite higher appropriations for schools health and mental hospitals. He argued surpluses fund capital improvements not recurring costs and warned against federal civil rights plans eroding state rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Blackburn Moore
Rotary
Virginia
Moore
United States
Democratic Party
Peace Plea Heard By U N Assembly
The second special Palestine session of the United Nations Assembly opened in New York with a renewed appeal for a Jewish Arab truce in the Holy Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Nations Assembly
Holy Land
Winchester firm to fund memorial unit at hospital
B C Baking Co of Winchester subscribes 2100 dollars to the Winchester Memorial hospital building fund. The firm will establish a company memorial in the enlarged hospital by selecting bed 302 in a five bed ward, with owners J Clayton Cochran and C Douglas Brown noting the community service value and urging other local businesses to support the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
B & C Baking Co
Winchester
Memorial
J. Clayton Cochran
C. Douglas Brown
F. Grove White
Miss M. Miller Dies in Sleep Last of Family
Miss Margaretta Miller a lifelong Winchester resident and last of her prominent Valley family died at 125 N Washington St after years of invalidism. The Loudoun Street Presbyterian member, daughter of the late Dr Lewis A Miller and Elizabeth Schultz Miller, will have funeral services at 3 pm from her home, with Dr Ronald Wilson and Rev Norman Cooper officiating. Interment follows at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers include Dr Lloyd Agnew and others. honorary bearers listed.
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Margaretta Miller
Winchester
Washington St
Miss Miller
Peggie Miller
Lewis A. Miller
Eee Elizabeth (Schultz) Miler
Sallie L. Miller
F. S. Miller
John S. Miller
Fred O. Miller
Bogota Cleanup Urged After General Strike Ends
Workers return to duties in wrecked Bogota as the Colombian labor federation ends the general strike. The union asks cooperation with the government to clean the capital while the city remains under army patrol. Federal police link an army arsenal blast to a planned communist plot for a second Bogota on May 1.
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Bota
Columbia
Bogota
Colombian Workers Federation
Rio DE Janerio
Plane Wreckage Found Near Paris In Clarke County
Wreckage of a small plane with a man believed dead inside was found on a Blue Ridge Mountain fire trail two miles north of Paris. Winchester police notified State police andCAA checks were planned as officers sought missing aircraft details. An impromptu classified line lists local sales and store ads following the report.
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Blue Ridge
Paris
Clarke County
Winchester
CAA
Washington
Worth
Sewage Plant and Water Line Bids Exceed Estimate
Winchester council opened bids for water mains, sewer laterals, and a new sewage treatment plant showing a total of 958 456 dollars, 308 000 above the 1945 estimate tied to a 650 000 bond issue. Low bids came from MS Hudgins Salem and Leo Butler Co Silver Spring with multiple firms bidding across contracts.
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Winchester
Council
Ioer
S. Leerant
M. H. Klegerman
Grant
Klegerman
MS. Hudgins
Salem Va
M.S Hudgins
Leo Butler Co
Silver Spring Md
Wiley N. Jackson Co
Roanoke
Valley Broiler Output Expected Far Higher Than Last Year
Richmond reports the Shenandoah valley and north Georgia show a surge in baby chick placements with 684000 chicks in March. Executive Secretary R Frank Frazier notes Easter demand boosted early sales and warns large placements may depress prices 12 weeks ahead while overall 1948 hatchery output remains below 1947 early-year totals.
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Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia State Poultry Federation
R. Frank Frazier
Frazier
North Georgia
U. S
W and W Reelects Fosbrink and Reports Freight Gain
Winchester and Western Railroad stockholders met in annual session electing J. G. Fosbrink as president L. L. Shreck as vice president Meriel E. Fosbrink as secretary and treasurer Ewell Kerr of Wardensville joined the board of directors A 350 carloads more business was reported than in 1946 plans included building a bridge at Hogue Creek Va painting Gainesboro station and all tool houses erecting new highway crossing signs treating trestle material for longevity and granting a vacation for all employees
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Winchester and Western Railroad
J. G. Fosbrink
L. L. Shreck
Meriel E. Fosbrink
Ewell Kerr
Wardensville
Hogue Creek
Gainesboro
Senate Holds Back 70-Group Air Force Bill
Senate appropriations leaders pause the 3.198 billion 70 group Air Force measure after House approval. Bridges warns the addition is controversial and will face close committee review. Gurney says no rush and wants full facts, predicting the expansion to 170 groups could cost about 66 billion annually.
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Washington
Senate
Bridges
Gurney
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
GOP
Bridges’ Group
Armed Services Committee
UMIT Bill Dead, Halleck States
Congress will not enact a universal military training bill this year Halleck said at the American Society of Newspaper Editors meeting The first emphasis will be on Selective Service Halleck told editors in Washington April 16.
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Washington
Congress
House
Halleck
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Western Europe Binds Unity Under Marshall Plan Pact
Western Europe formalized a united effort to recover from war and poverty by signing a 3000-word charter creating the European Organization of Economic Cooperation in Paris. The group includes Austria Belgium Britain France Greece Iceland Italy Luxembourg Norway the Netherlands Portugal Sweden Switzerland Turkey and the western German zones. Paul Henri Spaak to chair the council Sir Edmund Hall-Patch named first president Robert Marjolin to be secretary general.
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Paris
Europe
European Organization of Economic Cooperation
United States
European Recovery Program
ERP
Paul- Henri Spaak
Belgium
Britain
Sir Edmund Hall-Patch
Robert Marjolin
France
Germany
Ernest Bevin
Austria
Denmark
Greece
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Norway
Netherlands
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
U. S
Teachers to Meet in Frederick County Courthouse
Frederick county teachers association will meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the courthouse. County superintendent Leslie D. Kline will speak, officers will be elected, and committee reports given.
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Frederick County Teachers Association
Worrow
Court House
Leslie D. Kline
Harper's Ferry Raid and its Legacy in Local History
Recount of John Brown's 1859 seizure of the U S Arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Notes the Boston secret committee funders and supporters, the failed slave uprising, and subsequent reactions in Emerson, Longfellow, and Whittier. Also lists a poultry ad snippet and delivery note.
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Everard Kidder Meade
Harper's Ferry
John Brown
U.S
Boston
Frank E. Sanborn
George L. Swearns
T.W. Higginson
Gerrit Smith
Theodore Parker
Emerson
Longfellow
Whittier
11 Scout Troops To Be Promoted At Fete Tonight
Representatives from eight county communities and three Winchester groups attend a Boy Scout together dinner at Cork St Christian Church at 6 30 pm. The event aims to promote new troops and features a film Scout Trail to Citizenship and remarks by W Erle Edwards and Herbert Wilkins.
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Winchester
Cork St. Christian Church
W. Erle Edwards
Herbert Wilkins
Gore
White Hall
Albin
Whitacre
Clearbrook Fire Co
Kernstown Methodist Church
Reliance Eub
Gainesboro
S. Byrne Downing Jr
Hartman
Laurens Jones
B&b
Truman Commended by New York Democrats for 1948 bid
The New York state Democratic committee adopted a resolution commending President Truman and signaling the delegation's support for his candidacy at the upcoming convention.
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Truman
N. Y
Democrats
NEW Yrk
Democratic Committee
President Truman
Tojo Trial Deliberations Begin After Two-Year Case
In Tokyo the international war crimes tribunal starts deliberations on Hideki Tojo and 24 other Japanese wartime leaders case. The trial began two years ago and now moves to the verdict phase.
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Tokyo
International War Crimes Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Supervisors Grant Funds For County Schools And Salaries
Frederick County supervisors approved a $6000 general fund allocation for county schools and a $6000 addition for teacher salaries for the coming term. County Superintendent Leslie D. Kline said the package, plus $12,000 from a will, should raise teacher pay by $120 to $150 monthly next year. Budget for 1948-49 was balanced, though about $4000 less than expected, after cutting a $3750 bus and reallocating surplus to fuel and repairs. College graduates will start at $150 a month with raises for experience. lowest paid teachers earned $1080 last year.
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Frederick County
Kline
Board of Supervisors
General Fund
Star Tannery
General Motors Cuts Operations Amid Coal Stoppage
General Motors said its automotive division foundries machine shops and pressrooms would close by April 23 due to a coal mining stoppage, affecting about 200000 workers. It hopes material receipts allow resumption in fabricating plants by May 3.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
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City Hall
Assn
U. N. Assembly
Hel Hd
Aetiviites
Omar Bradley
House Armed Services Committee
Russia
Greenland
Azores
Spitzbergen
International Soundphoto
B. and C. Baking Co
M. Miller
Ida Fisher Lycett
Rexall Ic
Brooks’ Pharmacy
MOOSE
N. Loudoun
Presbyterian Church
Lovett’s Shoe & Dress Shop
Winchester Seed Co
Hillyard's
Wall Paper
E. Piccadilly St
Colonial Kitchen
South End
Hogue Creek Bridge
Umit
Russell’s
GLAD
Bules Rainbow Collection
Eastern Star
Old Express
Sip
Western Europe
Tojo
General Motors
Colombia
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