Winchester Woolen to Liquidate After Stockholders Vote
Winchester Woolen Mill Co stockholders voted to liquidate with Treasurer McVicar presiding in the absence of President Miller. The firm reports a backlog of orders for student sport wear and men’s suiting, but no new orders are being taken, leaving 10 women and 40 men at the plant idle for weeks. The six-building complex on Millwood Road has book value about 126000 dollars, with machinery comprising most of that. The plant, built by the Williams Brothers over 50 years ago, was bought in 1931 at bankruptcy for 20000. The company has about 70000 dollars in cash working capital and no debt against the plant. Five dozen stockholders were informed of the liquidation plan and its effect on 50 employees, including long-time mechanic Stover Carper with fifty years on the job.
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Winchester Woolen Mill Co
Charles P. McVicar
Percy D. Miller
Miler
McVicar
Marvin D. Weaver
Millwood Ra
Weaver
Williams Brothers
Hunter Williams
Miss Bertha
Winchester
Mitauldaton Wif
Soviet and West clash over Germany Austria tensions rise
London April 21 Russian Western powers dispute grows with a Tass dispatch blaming a British plane for a Berlin crash on April 5. In Vienna US and Russia blame each other after a street clash in the American zone as three Russian officers tried to arrest a displaced person. American MPs wrested the woman from the Russians. Berlin deputy commandant W T Babcock called his Russian counterpart the biggest spreader of falsehoods since Napoleon. Western powers plan steps to stabilize western Germany financially and grant self governing powers.
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London
Germany
Austria
Tass
Berlin
Vienna
United States
Russia
U.S
W.T. Babcock
Oods
Ananias
Britain
France
Dewey Tops Ballot At W L Convention
Dewey polled 324 votes to lead eleven candidates for the residential nomination at Washington and Lee university's mock Republican National convention in Lexington. He did not reach the 488 needed for the nomination.
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Lexington
Dewey
Eac
Washington and Lee University
Missing B-29 Crew Vanishes During Training Flight
TOKYO April 21 The U S Air Force reports a B 29 with a crew of 10 disappeared yesterday over the Western Pacific during a training mission. More than 50 air force planes are searching for the big bomber.
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Tokyo
Western Pacific
U. S
Air Force
Adams Appointed to Aeronautics Board
President Truman announced Russell B. Adams of West Virginia to the Aeronautics Board. He will serve through December 31.
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Washington
Truman
Russell B. Adams
Westginia
Vil Aeronautics Board
Russians Rush To Mollify East Germany
In Berlin April 41 Russians and German communists launch a morale boosting campaign to offset Marshall plan aid to Western Germany. They announce increased steel production and end of confiscations to resume private and socialized industry work, declare denazification finished, and urge amnestied Nazis to participate in reconstruction. The Moscow controlled press also blames American intervention for Italian political defeat.
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Berlin
Germany
Jaegliche Rundschau
Italy
Virginia Highway Traffic Sets Record For March
A Virginia highway department report shows total highway travel in March up 12.2 percent from last year and 26.4 percent from 1941. Foreign passenger cars fell 5.4 percent vs March 1947, while Virginia passenger cars rose 15.76 percent. Commercial vehicles climbed 19.4 percent versus last year.
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Richmond
Virginia
Highway Department
Public Housing Battle Emerges In Senate Clash
In Washington on April 21, Senate backers pressed ahead on a long range public housing bill. An amendment by Sen. Cain would strike the government owned 503,000 housing units provision. The measure aims to spur 15 million new homes in 10 years and extend the home loan insurance program with rental housing incentives and a slum clearance plan. A final ballot was pending.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Cain
R-Wash
Merchants Back Clean Up Campaign For Apple Blossom Week
The Retail Merchants Association endorses the Winchester JET clean up and paint up drive. President Ralph Larson urges non preparing properties to be ready as thousands of visitors arrive for the Apple Blossom Festival next week.
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Assn
Ralph Larson
Seamstresses Finish Gay Street Decorations For Apple Blossom Festival
Miss Mary DeHaven and Mrs Edwin Clevenger pose at the Singer Sewing Center as they rush to complete banners for the Apple Blossom Festival April 29 30. Clark Loy directs work on Loudoun Street banners with support from Singer Sewing Machine Co and volunteers including William Mattingly Mrs Mary Goode and Mrs Evhel Bicker.
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Mary DeHaven
Edwin Clevenger
Singer Sewing Center
Clark Loy
Cloyce
Singer Sewing Machine& Co
Wiliam Mattingly
Mary Goode
Evhel Bicker
$110,000 Rewards Offered For W P Reuther Gunman
The CIO United Auto Workers set a $100,000 bounty on the gunman who shot Walter P. Reuther, following a city offer of $10,000. Reuther was gravely wounded but expected to live, with doctors saying his right arm was nearly torn off by the blast. Police pursued a single man seen fleeing in a red sedan as witnesses reported a sawn off shotgun used at close range. The case sparked a broad manhunt and investigations of associates and neighbors.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Auto Workers
Harry S. Toy
Mman
United Auto Workers
Martinson
James N. McNally
Jack Harvill
Toy
Uaw-Cio
Emil Mary
Kim Sigler
20 inch Trout Largest Taken Opening Day
Frank M. Yeakie of 1711 Valley Ave caught a 20 inch rainbow trout on Cedar Creek near the R. 55 bridge on opening day. He and witnesses Leslie Reid and Clarence Whitacre reported seven trout of 12 inches or longer in the early morning crowds. Yeakie said the catch yielded a real thrill after a brief battle. Garland Smith of 568 N. Loudoun St also reported seven trout including an 18 inch specimen from Cedar Creek below Paddy's Run with Charles Turpin along.
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Cedar Creek
Frank M. Yeakie
Valley Ave
Yeakle
R. 55 Bridge
Winchester
Leslie Reid
Clarence Whitacre
Garland Smith
Loudoun St
Smith
Paddy’s Run
Charles Turpin
Woodland Ave
Col McCormick to Speak in Clarke County
Col Robert R. McCormick, Chicago Tribune editor and historian, arrives in Martinsburg after attending the AP centennial in New York. He will address Clarke County Historical Society at Berryville Episcopal Parish House at 8 p.m. tomorrow, open to the public. He plans to stay in Clarke County until Friday or Saturday and marks anniversaries tied to George Washington and early McCormicks in the region.
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Robert R. McCormick
Associated Press
New York
Martinsburg
Ralph Richardson
Clarke County
The
Chicago Tribune
Col. Mc. Carmick
George Washington
McCormick
Jefferson County
Frederick
Colonel
Shenandoah Valley
Chicago
Col. McCormick
Front Royal Annexation Suit Opens Before Appeals Court
Front Royal faces an annexation dispute led by Warren County with three Supreme Court of Appeals designated judges hearing the case. Attorneys for the town and opposing interests, including manufacturers and railroads, argued over land scope and annexation boundaries.
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Front Royal
Supreme Court of Appeals
Warren County
Edward Meeks
Amnerse
W. W. Ford
Luray
Earl Abbote
Clifton Forge
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Winchester
Egilroods
Blossom Festival Fund Short by More Than Three Thousand
H Delmer Robinson president of the 1948 Apple Blossom Festival organization said about $900 has been raised after his appeal to citizens. He thanked contributors and urged others to donate quickly. More than $3000 is still needed to meet the festival budget.
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H. Delmer Robinson
Robinson
Work is Play Since I Got Glasses at Hodgson and Brown
An advertisement for Hodgson and Brown Registered Optometrists promotes eye exams and glasses. It highlights eye examinations, filled prescriptions, and duplicated lenses. The service emphasizes a complete optical experience from exam to eyewear.
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Hodgson and
BROWN
Operators Seek Court Block on Miners Pension Payouts
Coal operators ask a federal court to bar payments from the miners welfare fund until the validity of the pension arrangement negotiated by John L. Lewis and Sen. Bridges is resolved. Ezra Van Horn, trustee for the operators, contends pensions to miners who did not contribute to the fund are illegal under the plan offering 100 dollars a month to eligible 62 year olds with 20 years in the industry.
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Washington
Ezra van Horn
Miners Pension and Welfare Fund
John L. Lewis
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
van Horn
Lewis and Bridges
Draft All Men In Future War Advised By Dr Bush
Dr Vannevar Bush urged universal military service in wartime in a letter to the House armed services committee. He said future wars would require total national manpower and that legislation should be ready to implement universal service without delay.
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Washington
Vannevar Bush
House Armed Services Committee
Bush
Army-Navy Air Force Research and Development Board
Andrews
John E. Dahlquist
Army
Dahlquist
National Guard
Congress
Hail Insurance Rates Raised in Virginia Counties
The State Corporation Commission ruled to raise hail insurance rates from 7 to 10 dollars per 100 in Albemarle Augusta Frederick and Nelson counties and from 5 to 6 dollars per 100 in Nottoway and Prince Edward counties. The commission also decided not to amend rates on tree fruits berries and grapes under the 10 percent deductible clause.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Albemarle
Augusta
Frederick
Nelson
Nottoway
Prince Edward
America pushes UN back up plan for Palestine truce
Lake Success April 214 The United States calls on the United Nations Security Council to back its demand for a Palestine truce. A spokesman said the U S would propose a UN truce commission and may propose military forces to aid the commission.
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Lake Success
United States
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
U. S
U. N
Navy finds oil gusher rate in Arctic wells study
Olympia March 21 The adjutant general says Navy oil development in the Arctic shows about one gusher per seven wells drilled across a 32000 square mile area from Point Barrow Alaska. Brig. Gen. Ensley Llewelly disclosed the normal rate at a Capitol press club address.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington State Adjutant General
Navy
Arctic
Ensley Llewelly
Capitol City Press Club
Liberty
Arctic Circle
Point Barrow
Alaska
Miners Slow In Response To Lewis Plea In Pennsylvania
Miners in Western Pennsylvania showed slow response to John L. Lewis appeal for a work return. UMW district officials hoped normal pit operation would resume soon. About 5,500 workers were at work, roughly 10 percent of normal crews, with 150,000 tons produced yesterday and uncertain today.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers District
Pirania
Washington
Union
Lewis
Steel Company
U. S. Stele Corp
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Pnnsylvania
U.S. Steel Subsidiary
West Virginia
Kentucky
Judge Goldsborough Bans Soft Coal Strike for 80 Days
Judge T Alan Goldsborough issued an injunction under the Taft Hartley law banning the soft coal strike for about 80 days replacing a temporary order. John L Lewis was found guilty of contempt and fined 20000 personally and 1400000 for the United Mine Workers. Further fines or jail time await on civil contempt as Lewis seeks a pardon and miners to return to work. The government argued the public interest remains in peril and the strike persists despite Lewis claims the strike is over.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Aes
Taft-Harvey
Justice Dpartment
National Assa
Goldsborough
Visitors to View Springbury Farm Open During Garden Week
Springbury Farm the estate of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Greenhalgh between Millwood and Berryville will open to visitors next Saturday and stay through May 1, Virginia Garden Week. The house preserves French influence from John Holker who built it in 1792, with restoration completed by Perry Shaw Hepburn in 1923 35 and gardens by Ellen Shipman. Visitors may tour the first floor rooms grounds gardens and stables and see rare antiques and two statues lifted from a lodge gate in England.
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Springbury Farm
George P. Greenhalgh
Millwood
Berryville
Virginia
Springsbury Farm
Colonel Stubblefield
John Holker
Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn
Williamsburg
Ellen Shipman
New York
Clare Hoffman
Toledo
Les
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