Apple Blossom Festival Opens Amid Rainy Prep
Rain ushers in Apple Blossom Festival week as volunteers finish floats at Eberts Garage and Handley High School. Queen-elect Anne Carlton Hadley and her court prepare for arrivals while 1,300 musicians and 1,150 cars are housed or checked in across Winchester Frederick Clarke counties and Camp Ritchie.
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Handley High School
Eberts Garage
Ebert
N. Loudoun St
J. S. Recher
Hagerstown
Recher
Festival
Florenz Hinz
Vivian Hershberger
Frances Brengle
William Huff
Duchess
Walter S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Sam Weather
Hough
Winchester
Anne Carleton Hadley
George Washington
Eston Tevalt
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Elliott Motor Lines
Camp Ritchie
National
Rotary district names Felix Edmunds governor nominee
Members of the 275th Rotary district nominate Felix Edmunds of Waynesboro Virginia as their district governor candidate for Kingsport Tennessee.
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Kingsport
Tenn.p
Rotary International
Felix Edmunds
Waynesboro
Election Ordered for Pulaski Employees in Baltimore
The National Labor Relations Board ordered an election to determine if Pulaski Corporation of America employees in Baltimore will be represented by a CIO union. The notice specifies a noontime start on Thursday with all day Friday voting.
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Baltimore
National Labor Relations Board
Pulaski
Co Corporation of America
CIO
Four Accidents Reported In Winchester Area
Four accidents in the city and county caused about 1500 in damage and hospitalized one person. George Bourgoine of Bangor was treated for a broken leg at Winchester Memorial Hospital after an automobile motorcycle crash at Washington and Cork Streets. Other crashes involved a two car collision at East Lane and Piccadilly Street causing 150 in damage, a 1946 Plymouth and a 1940 Ford. a second hit at Route 11 and Lee Street with 220 in damage. and a Berryville Pike crash where a 1950 Nash rammed a tree causing about 1000 in damage to the car.
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George Bourgoine
Bangor
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Washington and
Cork Sts
Maurice Lake
Donald Henry Grim
Rt. 1 A
Bourgoine
East Lane
Piccadilly St
George Conard
Charles Cain
Lucy Kennard Nordheim
Washington St
Daniel Bartley Kahle
E. Piccadilly St
Plymouth
Nordheim
Kahfer
Willard F. Aikens
Martinsburg
Ford
Leon Neil Robinson
Ransor
Route 11
Lee St
Aikens
Berryville Pike
Nash
Wilmer Shoemaker
Stephenson
Winchester
L. P. Coverstone
Shoemaker
Beard to lead Virginia Credit Union League again
Frank H. Beard of Newport News will continue as head of the Virginia Credit Union League for a second year, guiding the organization through ongoing financial cooperative efforts.
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Natural Bridge
Frank H. Beard
Newport News
Virginia Credit Union League
Woodrow Edmondson to perform in Claytor Lake air show
Stunt flyer Woodrow Edmondson of Radford will participate in the air show set for May 28 at Claytor Lake. The announcement confirms his planned appearance as part of the event lineup.
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Radford
Woodrow
Woody) Edmondson
Lynchburg
Claytor Lake
Five Train Collision Kills Bridge Crew in Kimball
Five members of a Norfolk and Western Railway bridge crew were killed when a small speeder car they rode collided head on with an eastbound passenger train near Kimball West Virginia. One worker was injured and hospitalized.
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Welch
W. Va
Norfolk and Western Railway
Kimball
Norfolk
Cincinnati
Henry Houchins
Bluestone
J. B. Arthur
Bluefield
H. I. Rickman
St. Paul
T. J. Cochran
Maxwell, Va
W. E. Lambert
Ironton
VEPCO Claims Rural Co OPS Tied to Washington Holding Group
Richmond VEPCO counsel T Justin Moore told the State Corporation Commission that American rural electric cooperatives are controlled by a vast holding company centered in Claude Wickard’s Washington office. He cited Wickard as blocking VEPCO and Old Dominion Electric Cooperative talks while seeking a federal loan of 14.32 million dollars.
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Richmond
Virginia Electric & Power Company
State Corporation Commission
American Rural Electric Cooperatives
Washington
T. Justin Moore
VEPCO
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Claude Wickard
Wickard
Virginia Electric Cooperatives
Old Dominion
Russians to intensify drive against U.S. policy says Moscow observers
Foreign observers in Moscow expect a stronger Soviet diplomatic push in response to Dean Acheson's total diplomacy policy. They cite protests over the Baltic plane incident, demands for Italian war reparations, a Trieste note, repatriation of Japanese POWs, a Chinese-Soviet trade deal, and opposition to internationalizing Jerusalem. Western sources foresee many issues activated by May 1, possibly prompting a four-power meeting with Russia this summer.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
U.S
Dean Acheson
Soviet Union
United States
Trieste
Britain
France
U. N
Jerusalem
U. S. State Department
Acheson
Russia
Truman to Reply to McCarthy Charges on Subversion
President Truman drafts a reply to Senator McCarthy's charges of Communist influence in the government calling them mad and vicious. Senator Tydings leads the Senate subcommittee while Mahon sits on it. Truman plans a nationwide NBC address to defend the loyalty program and counter McCarthy's attack. Acheson condemns McCarthy as a Kremlin asset and urges loyalty program methods over smearing colleagues.
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Washington
Truman
McCarthy
Acheson
Wisconsin
Department
Mahon
Dconn
NBC
Federal Bar Association
Kremlin
American Society of Newspaper Editors
State Department
George C. Marshall
Festival Photo Contest Scheduled for Apple Blossom Week
Amateur photographers may win prizes totaling 25 dollars in a Winchester Camera Club contest tied to the Apple Blossom Festival. Submissions are due by May 15 at Valley Photo Center and judging will occur soon after. Top prize is 10 dollars, second 5 dollars, and ten honorable photos earn 1 dollar each. Contest coordinators include Charles E. Murphy G N Early H Randolph Stipe T L Bucher and Paul Victor McIntyre.
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Winchester Camera Club
Charles E. Murphy
Valley Photo Center
Murphy
G. N Early
H. Randolph Stipe
T. L. Bucher
Paul Victor McIntyre
Mrs Yost Dies Here In Winchester At Pifer Nursing Home
Mrs Katherine McFadden Yost died at 11 15 last night at Pifer Nursing Home in Winchester She is survived by son J H Yost Jr and daughter Ann Katherine with siblings Mary A McFadden Ann E McFadden Donald James Patrick and James A McFadden Funeral services set for 10 am Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial arrangements at Kurtz Funeral Home Pallbearers named A B Solenberger H W Copenhaver Garland Stillman H D Robinson Jr J Thomas Kremer P L Hockman James T Reardon and William Sullivan
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Katherine McFadden Yost
Pifer Nursing Home
Patrick
Anne McFadden
Winchester
J H. Yost, Jr
Ann Katherine Yost
Mary A. McFadden
Ann E. McFadden
Donald McFadden
James A. McFadden
Parsons
W. Va
Patrick J. Mc
Hainan Island falls to Reds as evacuation ordered
Chiang Kai shek ordered total evacuation of Hainan Island today leaving the island to Communist forces. Nationalist leaders withdrew from Haikou as the defense collapsed and a new base was established at Yulin, with one navy landing craft and three merchant ships ready to carry officials.
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Yulin
Hainan
Chiang Kaishek
Big Island
China
South China
Chiang
Hsueh Yueh
Chen Chi-tang
Nationalis
Yuiin
Railroad Halts Long Distance Trains For Impending Strike
The Pennsylvania Railroad ordered a halt to its long distance passenger trains and all freight service in advance of a threatened locomotive firemen strike. President Walter S. Franklin said the move would prevent passengers being stranded and that long distance service would stop tonight with some trains ending by morning. The strike affecting seven lines becomes effective at 6 am Wednesday, with all freight operations halted by 12 01 am tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Walter S. Franklin
Franklin
PRR
Record Home Building Sparks Demand Across Sectors
Washington reports record breaking home building activity is driving demand for other products. Government data shows construction growth fueling related industries and supplier activity nationwide.
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Washington
Phone Equipment Workers Quit Jobs Across the Nation
CIO division 6 of the Communications Workers of America led a 6 am nationwide strike involving 10,000 workers in 43 states and the District of Columbia against Western Electric. Bell System service largely continued as 230,000 other employees reported to work, while talks with federal mediators and a wage dispute mediate a broader halt.
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New York
Division 6
CIO Communications Workers of America
District of Columbia
Bell System
Western Electric Co
America’, Telephone and Telegraph Co
Truman
Baltimore
Syracuse
N. Y
South Bend
Tnd
Virginia educators open three day conference in Roanoke
Division school superintendents from Virginia start a three day conference in Roanoke with a talk on A Program of Public Education for Virginia by Dowell J. Howard acting state superintendent of public instruction.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Dowell J. Howard
Widow of AP war correspondent dies in Norfolk
Mrs. Doreen Hancock widow of an Associated Press war correspondent who died during the evacuation of Java in 1942 died early today in a Norfolk Virginia hospital.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Doreen Hancock
Associated Press
Java
Norfolk, Va
Tru Man Nominates Thomspon for Southern West Virginia U S Attorney
President Tru Man sent to the Senate the nomination of A Garnett Thompson to be U S attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, succeeding Leslie E Given, who resigned.
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Washington
TruMan
Senate
A. Garnett Thompson
U. S
West Virginia
Leslie E. Given
Employment Decline Reported in Virginia Factories
The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry reports manufacturing employment fell 1,100 from mid February to mid March. The March total reached 211,600, slightly below March 1949, with the downward trend expected to continue into July.
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Richmond
State Department of Labor and Industry
Virginia
Department
Apples Stored In Winchester Reach 100000 Bushels
A report shows about 100000 bushels of apples remain in three Winchester storage sites. Bulk at Winchester Cold Storage 74000, Virginia Apple Storage 15409, C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage 12149 bushels. Movement has slowed but market hopes persist for 1949 crop.
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Winchester
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Virginia Apple Storage Co
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co
Winchester Storage
Florida Legislator Shot Dead in St Pete Office
Rep. Charles J. Schuh, a Florida House floor reader, was killed in his St Petersburg office. Charles Gifford a meat cutter confessed saying rotten politics motivated the shooting. Schuh died five hits after a revolver was found on Gifford who was identified from police files.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Charles J. Schuh
Florida House of Representatives
John 8. Siers
Charles Gifford
Schuh
Siers
Gifford
Charles Ross
Bay City
Tex
U S Says New Weapons Surpass All Known Armaments
Secretary of Defense Johnson warns the United States has super destructive weapons that may decide war outcomes. He notes a broadened atomic program after the Soviet test and cites accelerated defense plans. Other defense chiefs report budget strains and manpower cuts as 1949 ends.
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U.S
Johnson
Washington
United States
Defense Johnson
Russia
Earl
Officials Forecast Soviet Drive to Oust Occupation Powers in Berlin
U S officials warn Moscow will renew efforts to seize Berlin with a May 27 to 29 push by half a million German Communist youths. American British and French authorities prepare to resist, possibly with machine gun fire, as Acheson and Truman frame the action as part of a broader Kremlin plan to intimidate the West into concessions.
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Washington
U. S
Berlin
Germany
West
Truman
Acheson
Kremlin
Veterans Hospital Expansion Approved by House
The House voted 279 million dollars to expand the veterans hospital program directing the VA to build 24 new hospitals and expand 14 more. It restores the 16,000 bed cut ordered by President Truman in 1948 with no funding in this bill.
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Washington
House
Veterans’ Hospital
Senate
Veterans’ Administration
Truman
Davis
R-Wis
Beer festival orders urged for prompt delivery
Local notice urges customers to pre order beer for the festival. It lists Ritter Variety at 310 Kern St with phone 5603 and offers 2 case and case lot quantities.
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Ritter
Tere
Kern St
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