Game Study Commission Hears Northern Virginia Groups
The Game Study Commission at Handley Library heard from about six sportsmen’s associations in Northern Virginia including the Winchester Izaak Walton League and the Winchester Frederick County Game and Fish Protective Association. Col Roger S Parrott of Marshall Va spoke first, representing the Northern Virginia League of Sportsmen’s Associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Winchester Izaak Walton League
Winchester
Marshall
Northern Virginia League of Sportsmen's Associations
Parrott
Pollution study plan draws Shenandoah sportsmen
Fred L. Glaize Jr told a public hearing that sportsmen are raising funds to fund pollution checks along the Shenandoah River from Elkton to Castleman's Ferry. The effort aims to publish findings on stream damage and involves nine county groups with over 2,000 members urging the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to set seasons and bag limits while the Legislature stays out.
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Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Game Study Commission
Shenandoah River
Elkton
Castleman’s Ferry
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia
Northern Virginia League of Sportsmen's Associations
Col. Parrott
Sarah Zane Receives New Fire Truck for Action
The Sarah Zane Fire Company unveiled a Buffalo Fire Fighting Apparatus built truck replacing the Seagrave model. It features a 152 hp Hercules motor a 173 inch wheel base a three man two door all steel cab a 500 gpm centrifugal pump 1000 feet of 2 1 2 inch hose and 500 feet of 1 1 2 inch hose with booster reels two booster tanks flood lights a generator set aluminum adders and assorted safety gear. Citizens are invited to inspect the new vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Buffalo Fire Fighting Apparatus Company
Seagrave
C. D
Emerson
Public Hearing On City Budget Set For May 6
Winchester council approves 1947 48 budget on third reading totaling 525 190 51 with education at 120 250 and debt service 101 134. Sewer tax rises from 5 to 10, water and city tax rates adjusted. public hearing scheduled for May 6 at 7.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Cummon
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Glaize
Soap Box Derby In Winchester Promises July Fourth Thrills
The S Cameron Street hill Jail Hill will host Winchester’s Soap Box Derby after July 4. Last year 24 entries raced with Leroy White Jr. setting a 20.45 second record. he cannot race this year. Open to boys 11 to 15, with parental supervision, applications at B and M Chevrolet. plans to improve for 1947 Derby.
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S. Cameron Street
Jail Hill
Winchester
Leroy White
Junior Board of Trade
B & M Chevrolet Company
Wallace thanked by MPs for Anglo American peace efforts
A letter signed by 111 members of Parliament, over 100 of them Labour, thanks Henry A. Wallace for his visit and for contributing to Anglo American understanding and the cause of world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry A. Wallace
Reece And Brown To Speak At GOP Meeting April 26
Reece and Brown will speak at a Republican policy meeting in Winchester at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall on Saturday April 26. Earle Lutz and Robert Woods announced the event to A. B. Solenberger. Reece is national party chairman and Brown a former national campaign director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Reece
Oessman
Clarence Brown
Ynio
Republ
Winchester
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Earle Lutz
Richmond
Republican State Central Committee
Robert Woods
A. B. Solenberger
Virginia
United States
Brown
Washington and Lee University
Reece
Republican Party
Advisory Council Proposes 53 Member Virginia Economic Panel
Richmond April 17 The governor's economic advisory council has completed its study and proposed a permanent Virginia body of 53 members. It would include 45 public members and eight ex officio leaders from Health Agriculture Education Conservation Labor Highways Planning and the Unemployment Compensation Commission to spearhead a nine point program for agriculture industry and commerce growth.
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Richmond
Governor’s Economic Advisory Council
Tuck
Virginia
Health, Agriculture, Education, Conservation, Labor
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Owners Miners Conference Is Government Hope
Washington reports John L. Lewis and mine owners considering a government invitation to begin talks on April 29. The Coal Mines Administration says its authority to operate expires June 30 and seeks a discussion on resuming collective bargaining. Neither side replied immediately, signaling time to think it over. The National Labor Relations Board also weighed in after the coal board letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Coal Mines Administration
N. H. Collisson
Lewis
Natonal Labor Relations Board
Attendance in Public Schools Sees Steady Increase
Officials reported steady gains in public school attendance with fewer than 90 students absent yesterday and fewer than half due to illness. Douglas school led with 23 absentees, John Kerr 21, Virginia Avenue five, and both Handley elementary and the high school had about 20 absentees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Handley
House Tightens Labor Bill Restrictions Ahead of Vote
The House stiffened industry wide bargaining limits and barred union shop across the bill, with exceptions for firms under 100 workers in plants within 50 miles. Rep. Kersten urged employer aid, Rep. Hoffman failed to ban the union shop on a voice vote, and a final vote may be delayed by a technicality as Chairman Hartley presses toward passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Kersten
R-Wis
Hoffman
R-Mich
Hartley
R-Nj
Labor Committee
Sticker Signs Portend Possible Steel Strike After April 30
Pittsburgh reports sticker campaigns on steel workers cars and in United Steelworkers offices warning no contract no work. Expiration of the current contract with U S Steel is April 30, while talks on wage demands and union shop rules continue with uncertain prospects for a settlement.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
CIO Union
United States Steel Corp
Chicago
Steelworkers’ Committee
U. S. Steel
Iron Age
Portal
Anderson Talks To Virginia Commerce Group
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson arrives in Richmond to speak at the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and opening forum. Delegates include Gov. William N. Tuck supporters and a testimonial for the governor.
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Anderson
Virginia Commerce Group
Richmond
Clinton P. Anderson
Washinton
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
U. S
A. Willis Robertson
Wilfred A. Roper
Douglas 8. Freeman
William N. Tuck
Albert W. Hawkes
New Jersey
Tuck
O. F. Northington
Fredericksburg
Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
George Zehmer
Charlottesville
Cooperative Education Association
C. F. Holsinger
Harrisonburg
Virginia Farm Bureau, Federation
Clem D
Dr Kau Repeats Talk For Rotary Club Audience
Dr. L. S. Kau, pathologist and laboratory director at Winchester Memorial Hospital, spoke again to the local Rotary Club. He previously discussed Shanghais eight years under Japanese occupation, and today presented the continuation of that topic in a second installment.
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L. S. Kau
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Dr. Kau
Shanghai
Kau
Winchester County Game Banquet draws many reservations
At the Winchester and Frederick County Game Association meeting 100 reservations are on file for a Friday night banquet at 7 o'clock in Sarah Zane Hall. Attendance likely exceeds 100, tickets must be reported to Jack Brandon tonight. A trout stocking report and turkey stocking possibilities are planned with wildlife officials. Film selections include Silver Rainbows Tigers of the North and Wild Turkeys in Virginia. A $20 grant was approved for the county Board of Agriculture to purchase a new movie Tomorrow Will Be Fair.
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Winchester and Frederick County
Virginia
County Board of Agriculture
Destruction Over Texas City Seen From the Sky
Eyewitness Hal Boyle reports from Texas City after a series of blasts and oil fires. He describes an industrial port in flames, smoke reaching 3,000 feet, and burning storage tanks as a sobering comparis on to Nagasaki and Bari. The scene shows life and death in a single landscape.
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Texas City
Tex
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Boyle
Nagasaki
Japan
Bari- Italy
Ploesti
Rumanian
Ind
J. P. Talton
Atlanta
Eastern Air Lines
Earl Bunting Completes Mid-West Speaking Tour
NAM president Earl Bunting finished a Mid West tour in Detroit, with stops in Cincinnati Milwaukee and St Paul. He plans trips to New York Boston and the West Coast to fill NAM engagements beginning April 27.
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Earl Bunting
National Association of Manufacturers
Detroit
O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Michigan Auto City
Mr. Bunting
New York
Boston
West Coast
Festival Program Off Press With Queen Greeting
Frank Naddeo, editor of the 1947 festival program, shows an advance forty four page booklet featuring a four color reproduction of Frank Kenam natural color apple. The publication includes a welcome from Her Majesty Queen Shenandoah XX and Miss Jean Cartwright Lane, a sketch of the festival and Weleweeter, the two day events pageant, gowns of Princesses, and listings of sponsors and contributors. It will be distributed by Shenandoah Wholesalers and go on sale tomorrow at points in Winchester and nearby towns.
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S. Frank Naddeo
Star Office
Frank Ken
Apple
Shenandoah XX
Jean Cartwright Lane‘ Gausther
Maryland
Garland R. Quarles
Frank Naddeo
Shenandoah
Picadilly Street
Winchester
John L Lewis attacks Krug over coal safety charges
News in Washington reports John L. Lewis contending Secretary of the Interior Krug made a falsehood accusing the United Mine Workers of noncooperation in coal mine safety. He dismissed Krug's testimony as a slur before the Senate Public Lands Committee.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Interior
Krug
United Mine Workers
UMW
Senate Public Lands Committee
Dworshak
Idaho
Princess Elizabeth engagement rumor unconfirmed in London
London reports an Ottawa claim that Princess Elizabeth would announce her engagement on Monday the day of her twenty first birthday but London officials say the report cannot be confirmed. Greece Turkey loan supporters await Senate vote on 400 million dollar aid package. timing set for next Tuesday after an overtime session last night.
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London
Ottawa
Elizabeth
Greece
Turkey
Washington
Truman
Senate
Company I 116th Infantry Faces April 25 Federal Inspection
Alvan J. Wenzel announces tentative April 25 as the inspection date for Company I 116th Infantry. The unit remains six men short of the required 24 for inspection, but Wenzel is confident they will meet the deadline. Weazel and Lil lis were approved as officers by the Army Board in Richmond. TAN BARK ad offers rock oak bark contracts at $20 per short ton for shipments to Williamsport Maryland.
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Alvan J. Wenzel
116Th Infantry
Wenzel
Weazel
Charles Lillis
Army Board
Richmond
Winchester
Tbs
Williamsport
Maryland
Texas City Proclaims Emergency as Death Toll Rises
Gov Beauford Jester issued a state of emergency proclamation for Texas City while residents return home. Firefighters fight oil tank fires as 650 dead and 3,000 injured are reported. 15,000 residents shrink to about 1,000 amid evacuations and gas threats.
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Texas City
Tex
Beauford Jester
Austin
J. &. Hill
J. ©. Trahan
Texas
Clarence Quinn
Mayer Han
V. Jester
Ely
Arence
J. Thahen
Herbert More
Galveston County
A. R. Duncan
Houston
Galveston
Saturday Specials and Local Ads Highlight Upcoming Sales
Local notices advertise a dairy head sale by J W Rees on April 21 and a Grand VFW farm trend sale by Will O Neal on May 10. Also listed are a round dance at Ole Mill Wheel House April 19 and Red Wing Restaurant opening Sundays from 11 am to 6 pm at 15 W Boscawen St.
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J. W. Rees
Berryville Pike
RED Wing
A. S
W. Boscawen St
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Sarah Zane
Seagraves
Wallace
GOP
Sarah Zane Hall
Advisory Council
Owners-Miners
Government Hope
Hawkes
General Assembly
Rotary Club
Rosamond DuJardin
Dunlap Tire Corp
Loudoun
Lawrence Michael
Arlington Republican
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Michael
A. C. Oates
Lovett
Senon & Dress Shoppe
Hockman Sale
Pege
Ans
Willis E. Hammontree
Maryville
Tenn
Mary S. Yeakley
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