Miners Refund Made By Judge With Union Aid Boosts Strikers
Judge Goldsborough ordered a refund of 2.8 million dollars to the United Mine Workers as part of a contempt fine and the union promptly donated 100000 dollars to support striking telephone workers. The funds will aid strike operations and cover fuel food rent and medical costs for needy strikers. The government warned the injunction against mining strikes remains in force and can be invoked if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Iun
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
UMW
Lewis
UAW
International Executive Board
John T. Jones
C. W. Werkau
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Werkau
Two Local Firms Receive Charters From Virginia
Shenandoah Equipment Company receives charter to deal in agriculture, farm and dairy machinery with Robert R. Butler of Winchester as president James Butler as vice president and Winston C. Grimm as secretary-treasurer Inter-State Orchards Inc organized to engage in raising fruit with Hunter S. Brown of Winchester as president John Babbage of Bound Brook New Jersey as vice president and F Amos Shryock City as secretary-treasurer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Equipment Company
Inter- State Orchards, Inc
Robert R. Butler
Winchester
James Butler
This City
Winston C. Grimm
Wash
D. C
Inter-State Orchard, Inc
Hunter S. Brown
John
Auto Insurance Increases May 1 in 34 States
The National Automobile Underwriters Association announced rate hikes effective May 1 for fire theft and collision insurance across 34 states plus Alaska Hawaii and the District of Columbia. Increases reflect higher losses from older cars worse highways postwar costlier parts and labor and rising driver recklessness.
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New York
Alaska
Hawaii
District of Columbia
National Automobile Underwriters Association
Loudoun St
Virginia Horticultural Queens Represent State and Nearby States
Four young ladies were selected to represent the State Horticultural Societies of Virginia and three neighboring states as princesses in the Queen Shenandoah XX court on May 1 and 2. The lineup includes Eleanor Jeanne Roberts of Pennsylvania, Eleanor Louise Heaps of Maryland, Louisa DeWitt Miller of West Virginia, and Martha Clay Arnold of Winchester, Virginia.
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Virginia
Shenandoah
B. B. Dutton
Eleanor Jeanne Roberts
Pennsylvania
Eleanor Louise Heaps
Maryland
Louisa DeWitt Miller
West Virginia
Martha Clay Arnold
Winchester
Star Today
Arnold
Lester D. Arnold
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Apple Blossom Festival Board
W: Ton College
Richmond
Marshall L. Heaps
Cardiff
Slate Ridge High School
Car
Magnitude Of 20th Apple Blossom Festival In Winchester
Announcement by festival director C A Hobert claims the May 1 and 2 events will exceed all previous editions in size and impact. The Grand Feature Parade on May 2 will include 125 units and over 4 000 participants, the largest crowd in festival history. The breakdown lists 30 floats 32 bands about 1 750 players 10 drum and bugle corps 1 000 musicians and 28 other units with over 1 000 people total. Dr L M Allen returns as parade marshal. Four regional horticulture representatives include Miss Arnold of Virginia Miss Miller of West Virginia Miss Roberts of Pennsylvania and Miss Heaps of Maryland.
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Winchester
Virginia
C. A Hobert
Acec
L. M. Allen
Campaign To Hammer Down Prices Spreading
Newburyport Massachusetts reports a patriotic plan to cut prices by ten percent for ten days. Merchants across New England and beyond adopt similar programs while stores and manufacturers push reductions on various items.
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Newburyport
Mass
Vermont
California
New York
Illinois
Minnesota
New England
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Lever Brothers Company Ofc
Frederick
Clearbrook Co to Aid West Virginia Fires
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Department gains permission to cross into West Virginia to help fight fires near Berkeley County towns along U S Route 11. President W H Lawrence Jr notes 109 members with 40 active firefighters have trained and drilled, while Martinsburg officials welcome cooperation. Plans include a fire drill building and a July 16 yard party at Clearbrook.
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Clearbrook, Co
West Virginia
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Department
W. H. Lawrence, Jr
Clearbrook Company
West Virginia Line
Bunker Hill
Martinsburg
Lawrence
Berkeley
E. W. Argenbright
Winchester
Clearbrook
Hershey's Drive In Restaurant to Open Soon
Local notice announces Hershey's Drive In Restaurant opening soon featuring steaks chops southern fried chicken seafood and sandwich curb service. The ad highlights a broad menu and drive in service for convenience.
Winchester Pastor To Get Honorary A. M. Degree
Ashland Va April 24 Three Virginia Methodist ministers and a Richmond attorney will receive honorary degrees from Randolph Macon College at an honors convocation May 6 The ministers Rev A C Acey Danville Rev Roscoe Jones Petersburg District and Rev W E Thomas Winchester District will be awarded Doctor of Divinity The Richmond lawyer James Mullen a trustee of Randolph Macon will receive Doctor of Laws honorary degree
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Ashland
Richmond
Randolph-Macon College
A. C. Acey
First Methodist Church
Danville
Roscoe Jones
Petersburg
W. E. Thomas
Winchester
James Mullen
Randolph Macon
Corporation Court Grand Jury Called for Monday Morning
A corporation court grand jury will convene Monday at 10 a.m. Those ordered to appear include H. W. Ebert Jr R. E. Avey Earl Clowser Ed Molden A J Novick George W Good and Harry F Nelson. Presentments include Margaret O Smith charged with passing a bad check at Montgomery Ward Houston Painter accused of stealing a car from Roy Duvall Eliza Strange with James Clifton Thomas charged in entering Harry Ransom’s building and stealing $15 and Thomas William Gray held for stealing a car from Stanley Boyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
H. W. Ebert, Jr
R. E. Avey
Earl Clowser
Ed Molden
A. J. Novick
George W. Good
Harry F. Nelson
Margaret O. Smith
Montgomery Ward
Houston Painter
Roy Duvall
Eliza Strange
James Clifton Thomas
Harry Ransom
Thomas William Gray
Stanley Boyce
Grand View Farm Will O Neal Attend Sale
Grand View Farm announces Will O Neal will attend the sale on Saturday May 10 at 12 noon. See inside page ad each Wednesday following for details. Court commissioners note from the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand View Farm
Will O'Neal
Price correction at Baker's Cit-Rate Store
Advertisement error corrected for SIMILAC and PABLUM prices. SIMILAC now 4c and PABLUM 49c. Correct price for CITRATE OF MAGNESIA is 9c per bottle. finett?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker's
Pablum
Baker’s
Finett
Apple Orchards May Bloom If Weather Warms Up
Orchard men in and around Winchest er expect hundreds of acres to bloom for the Apple Blossom Festival on May 1 and 2 if temperatures rise. Buds are late this year and likely to enter the pink stage early next week, with blossoms emerging 3 to 8 days after. Peach plum and cherry trees are already in bloom and so far cool nights have caused no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
May case opens as defense denounces war grants funds
Washington April 24. Sawyer Smith attorney for Andrew J May denies two $1000 checks for securing War Department favors went to May personally and says they were funneled to the 1944 Democratic campaign fund. He told jurors the government could trigger a full disclosure of the transaction if pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
War Department
Sawyer Smith
May
Smith
Planters Nut and Chocolate founder seriously ill in Mercy Hospital
In 1994 O Ammedeo Qbid 71 of Driver Virginia founder and president of the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company is seriously ill with a heart ailment at Mercy Hospital.
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O-Ammedeo
Driver
The
Planters Nut and Chocolate Company
Mercy Hospital
Virginia Cancer Foundation reports 239 cases in early 1947
The Virginia Cancer Foundation announced 239 cases were diagnosed and treated in the first three months of 1947, a rise of more than 98 percent from the same period in the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Virginia Cancer Foundation
Mines Shut in Pike and Floyd Counties for Safety Violations
Twenty six bituminous coal mines in Pike and Floyd counties employing about 1000 men were ordered closed for failing to meet safety requirements of the Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals.
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Pikeville
Pike and
Floyd Counties
Kentucky Deveepo of Mines and Minerals
Senate moves toward vote on Gordon Clapp TVA nomination
The Senate prepared to vote on Gordon R. Clapp to head the Tennessee Valley Authority with Senator Hill predicting confirmation. In Richmond, the state comptroller reported nine month general fund revenues of 40.7 million dollars, up 3.67 million from last year.
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Washington
Senate
Gordon R. Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority
Hill
Ala
Richmond
State Comptroller's Office
Governor Tuck Visits Norton Before Resting At High Knob
Governor Tuck and party spent the night in Norton and planned to visit High Knob National Recreation Area before moving toward Richmond. They traveled via Dickinson County with stops at Haysi and dined at a Wise County prison camp. The governor was accompanied by State Comptroller Henry Gilmer and Virginia Budget Director J H Bradford.
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Norton
Tuck
High Knob
National Recreation Area
Richmond
Henry Gilmer
Virginia
J. H. Bradford
Dickinson County
Haysi
Wise County
V. F. W. Membbers
Rouss Ave
Lovett
Foreign Ministers Moscow Conference Ends in Deadlock
The four power Conference of Foreign Ministers adjourned in disagreement on German and Austrian issues. A November London meeting is set, with plans for a possible earlier session in New York during the United Nations General Assembly. Marshall, disappointed, hoped progress on the Austrian and four power pact, proposed in Paris a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.S
Mall
Germany
London
New York
United Nations
Recommendations Made for Local Poultry Industry
A Fred erick County Poultry Committee meeting urged VPI input in Valley, blueprints for poultry buildings, and curbs on Newcastle disease. Plans include May 27 area meeting with Commissioner L. M. Walker, promotion of U S supervised hatcheries, and Grow Healthy Chick programs amid high feed costs and ample supplies.
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Mar
Ceme
Ene
Frederick County Poultry Committee
VPI
New Castle
L. M. Walker
U.S
U. S
M. E. Coe
Stor
Massachusetts Episcopalians Back Birth Control Move
The Massachusetts Episcopal Diocese endorsed legalizing the circulation of birth control data to married couples. It noted Massachusetts bans such information and urged “planned parenthood” for married persons who need it, arguing contraception is in accord with God’s ordinance when used for family welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts Episcopal Diocese
Massachusetts
Winchester Doctor Honored By Group of Orthodontists
MOBILE Alabama April 24 Dr 8 D Gore of New Orleans named president elect of the Southern Society of Orthodontists Officers were elected and installed as the two day annual meeting closed Dr N J Leonard was installed as president One society head takes office a year after election Dr J E Brown Jr Mobile retiring president Other officers include Dr Or Van Deusen Winchester VA president and Dr L T Orlando Florida secretary More than 200 medical men attended the meeting here
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Mobile
Ala
8. D. Gore
New Orleans
Southern Society of Orthodontists
N. J. Leonard
J. E. Brown, Jr
Or. van Deusen
Winchester
L. T. Orlando
Pla
GM Rejects UAW CIO Arbitration Offer
General Motors today refused to submit the wage dispute to arbitration. The UAW CIO had proposed an 11 1/2 cent raise for 220 000 GM workers with a three man panel to decide if the extra 3 cents should be a flat increase. GM said such issues should be settled by collective bargaining and noted it had offered a 11 1/2 cent raise plus 32 cents for six holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio
General Motors
GM UA
Threeman Arbitration Board
Harry W. Anderson
Baltimorean To Address Bankers At Country Club
A Baltimorean will speak to bankers at a country club event in Maryland. The program runs 5 30 to 6 45 with plans led by Ralph M Ware Roy E Potts Norman C Scott and others from Glen Robertson Front Royal and Water. The Stonewall Jackson group includes bank officers and employees from Frederick Clarke Warren Page Shenandoah counties. Officers listed include Norman C Scott president and John E Burke vice president. Publicity chairs Jess Kiracofe and Miss Kelle Bailey with Elsie Mathews as Women’s Committee member. Board of Governors names Glenn Robertson Claude Grim Roy Potts John Gano Ralph N Ware and Robert D Glaize. Orchestrated for banker education in theory and practice. WANTED 50 Mummers. Contact 3323 or Bernard Grove for costumes or display notices for Firemen’s Parade.
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George W. Ton Hotel
Ralph M. Ware
Roy E. Potts
Norman C. Scott
Glen Robertson
John E. Burke
Claude M. Grim
Wilbur Feltner
Robert D. Glaize
Wm. Rosecoe Edwards
Harold G. Brown
Isabelle
Elsie Mathews
Stonewall Jackson
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Page
Shenandoah
First National Bank of
Berryville
John E
Citizens National Bank of
Royal
Pailey
Shenandoah Na Bank
Winchester
William Roscoe Edwards
Mercial & Savings Bank
Glenn Reertson
Glenn Robertson
Claude Grim
Roy Potts
John Gano
Ralph N. Ware
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State of Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Commercial & Savings Bank
John I. Sloat
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
J. H. Yost
Hubert
Diff
Maryland College For Women
Lutherville, Md
Miss Heaps
Miss Miller
W. Va
Edward W. Miller
Romney
Mary Washington College
University of Virginia
Romney High School
Dramee Glee Club
Miss Roberts
A. E. Roberts
Revloc, Pa
Pennsylvania State College
Hood College
Ebensburg High School
Ebensburg
Penn State
M. Patton
S. Main St
Miles B. Dean
R. Schneider
Bulletins
Clapp
Marshall
State Department
Frank Turgeon, JR
Valley Counties
Episcopalians
Baltimorean
Harper R. Clarke
Bernard Grove
E. Boscawen
John L. Shine
Apple Biessem
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