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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1947
Page
2
Earl Bunting president of the National Association of Manufacturers will address Mutual tonight from 10 15 to 10 30 in reply to President Truman s speech yesterday on industry and price cutting It will be carried over WOR New York.
Funeral services for Horace C Dixon a well known Berryville citizen who died yesterday morning will be held Thursday at 2 o clock from St Luke's Baptist Church Berryville. Interment will be in Milton Valley cemetery at Josephine Berryville.
William Mackensen Baltimore Yearly Meeting executive secretary will show films of the American Service work abroad at the Friends Meeting House corner Washington and Piccadilly streets on Thursday April 24 at 8 o clock.
The State Highway Department called for bids on six road projects including a four lane overpass over the Virginian Railway and the Roanoke River near Kumis six miles west of the area. Bids open at 8 a.m. May 13. Also listed was a fur treatment work on Route 340 in the county four miles north.
The NFTW urged local negotiating committees to press Bell System companies for cash wage offers after a misstep left a Jersey report of a 71 2 cent hourly increase disputed by Bell. NFTW claims the offer was made and could break the strike front as 39 unions push for nationwide wage standards while ATT has yet to enter talks. Federal conciliators hint at new proposals to resolve a three hundred thousand employee walkout, but details remain undisclosed.
Weirton Steel Co and labor leaders near a new wage agreement. Union official Edward A. Ross states the general committee is ready to meet to ratify a contract as talks approach a fruitful termination.
Senator Vandenberg, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke on the floor in Washington as the 4 pm EST vote neared on the 400 million Greek Turkish aid measure. He called President Truman's policy "inflammable" and repudiated a claim that it would mean war with the Soviets.
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder urged the Senate to kill the House passed bill cutting income taxes from 30 percent to 10.5 percent. He opposed a quick tax cut, urged reviewing the tax system later, and warned the House plan is inequitable and would complicate the individual tax. He cited strong economy and high budget, and argued for maintaining existing taxes.
The seller transfers all interest in the O A E and Awn Company to partners Aubrey and Harold Hensley. They will continue to operate the business under Donald D. Anderson Jr. as a named party. The notice records the change in ownership and ongoing management.
Alf M. Landon told the Republican National Committee in Kansas City that without economic and political statesmanship another planned economy is inevitable. He warned high prices threaten free enterprise and urged Congress to curb costs by hearings with industry and labor leaders.
New Orleans police and District Attorney Racivitch investigated a knife attack on Rev. James W. Courtney S J as he provided Holy Communion at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. He was stabbed in the throat neck and back and remained in Mercy Hospital in great pain. An ex Marine Laurentz 26 was questioned and reportedly lost the power of speech after the attack.
The provided item lists correct quiz answers: 1 Australia 2 Russia 3 fabric design execution method 4 February 11 Old Style 5 Franklin D. Roosevelt Then. Famed English actor. 9 Minerva 10 False John Adams was the second.
Miss Margar et McDonald of Boyce remains in critical condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a compound skull fracture from a fall or jump from a car near Gaylord early Sunday. She has not regained consciousness.
All chairmen and assistants for the Apple Blossom Festival firemen's parade are requested to meet at Sarah Zane Hall tomorrow night at 8. Parade director John Boyd calls the meeting, the last before the event on May 1. He also released two more fire companies joining the parade.
Rev. E H Jackson chairs the Union Prayer Services of the Colored churches in Winchester. The gathering will be held at St. Paul's Methodist Church on Wednesday evening at 8 30 o'clock.
The National Apple Institute urged improved product quality and aggressive advertising to sustain sales as consumer demand peaks. Speakers highlighted educating clerks and promoting uses like apple pie, while Virginia’s Apple Commission outlined funding for Appalachian services and a future policy framework. A health unit for Frederick county received unanimous endorsement.
The Men’s Fellowship Class of Burnt Presbyterian Church at Albin will meet Friday at 8 o’clock. Mr. W. W. Glass of Winchester will lead a round table discussion. Refreshments will be served and invitations are extended to all men of the community.
State police at Richmond identify the motorist who burned to death in a Sunday night crash on U S Route 1 north of Boswell's Corner as W L Tugwell of Aberdeen North Carolina. The body was identified by a son in law of the deceased.
A sales directory lists farm auctions and household goods in Virginia towns including Orange, Va Vaucluse Middleburg Winchester Berryville Stephens City and Lynchburg with sale dates in April May and June. Items range from livestock poultry implements machinery to antques and furniture with addresses and times.
A public auction will be held in front of the County Court House in Winchester Virginia at 11 30 A M on Saturday April 26 1947 to sell a lot of land near Hillcrest Sub division adjoining Hillcrest Avenue It measures 50 feet by 100 feet and was conveyed to Martha Newlin by Bertha Calvert in 1945 with a correction deed in 1942 The sale is conducted by auctioneer Coleman Dunn.
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