Governor Tuck mobilizes Virginia agencies over phone strike
In Richmond on April 25 the Governor calls for full state cooperation to maintain telephone service during a Chesapeake and Potomac strike. Agencies must be ready to seize operations if needed with SCC filling vacancies and up to 99 percent staffing to ensure essential service, with overtime and hardships possible.
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Richmond
Virginia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
State Corporation Commission
H. W. Armistead
NIT
the Commonwealth
Tem
Local National Guard unit to face federal inspection
Company I 116th Infantry will be federally inspected at 7 30 p m tonight at the Winchester armory. The ceremony marks activation of the local National Guard Company with veterans from World War I and 25 new members to be sworn in many veterans of the recent war. Transfers include Walter R Brown Louis C Duvall Lellon R Mc Neally Jr Charles R Miller John Wendell Moreland Elmer R Suddit and William D Vaught. Officers and records review by Second Army Headquarters arrive at 3 30 p m. No dance at Crystal Caverns Strasburg on Apr 26. Antique auction and downtown offices for rent listed.
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116Th Infantry
Winchester
National Guard
Winchester Headquarters Company
Walter R. Brown
Louis C. Duvall
Lellon R. McNeally, Jr
Charles R. Miller
John Wendell Moreland
Elmer R. Suddit
William D. Vaught
Clayton J. Bennington
Harold C. Bly
Paul L. Bolton
Harry W. Bowen
Clyde F. Bowman
Leonard C. Boyce
Richard D. Boyce
Rufus C. Boyce
James A. Claycomb
Russell F. Fletcher
James E. Keffer, Jr
Jack 8. Mangold
Ellwood M. Orndorff
Maynard W. Pitcock
Bergie L. Rickard
Carl C. Seabright
Clarence W. Willingham
Alvin J. Wenzel
Charles Lillis
Second Army
Crystal Caverns
Strasburg
Paul Miller
His Gang
Patton
S. Main St
Miles B. Dean
Schneider
Loudoun St
Rent Control Office In Strasburg to Close April 30
Effective April 30 1947 the Rent Control Office in Strasburg Virginia will close to the public and all companies petitions and for information should be sent to the Rent Control Front Royal Virginia. Apple Blossom Festival Tickets on Sale at George Washington Hotel Winchester Va Pageant Reserved Seats 1 50 Chair Seats 1 25 Parade 1 tax included mail orders accepted include 4 cents for postage and registering
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Strasburg
Virginia
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Winchester Apple Blossom Festival Decorulations Begin
Winchester prepares for the twentieth Apple Blossom Festival as streets and shop windows brandish apple themed displays. Festive banners, new welcome signs, and 200 banners join existing decor across Piccadilly and Loudoun streets. Organizers say decorations will finish tonight with 26 stores already dressed and more to follow.
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Winchester
Milady
Ed Molden
Piccadilly Street
George Washington Hotel
Jack Hotel
Loudoun Street
Piccadilly
Cork
Malden
Clare Loy
Johnnie Dunn
Mummers Wanted for costumes and prizes offered
Wanted 50 boys girls and adults for Mummers. Phone 3323 or see Bernard Grove 9 E Boscawen St Original costumes also Prizes over 50.00. Notice display in Commercial Division of Firemen Parade notify by mail John L Shine Commercial Di Apple Blossom Headquarters Grand View Farm Will O Neal sale May 10th 12 noon Lovett's Shoe Dress Shoppe seeks Bookkeeper with office experience good pay steady job.
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Bernard Grove
Boscawen St
Firemen's Parade
John L. Shine
Apple Blossom
Grand View Farm
Will O’neal
Lovett’s Shoe & Dress
Campaign Money Limits Erased By Pending Bill
Washington report says a bipartisan bill to rewrite federal election laws will remove the Hatch Act spending cap and let presidential campaigns spend freely. Senator Ellender leads the effort, backing changes to tighten reporting while relaxing expenditure limits and restricting individual donations.
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Washington
Ebiender
D-La
Elsender
Senator Robertson opposes housing bill decentralization preferred
Senator A Willis Robertson of Virginia criticizes the Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill. He favors decentralizing industry to lower housing costs and reduce reliance on the plan’s 5 billion dollar low rent provision. He notes 500000 houses would address only a fraction of needs.
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Washington
A. Willis Robertson
Dva
Taft-Ellender-Wagner
Senate Banking and Currency Commitee
Robertson
Ropertson
Jewish resistance needed says Henry Wallace in Paris
Henry A. Wallace declared in Paris that a Jewish resistance movement in Palestine was necessary to arouse the world’s conscience. He expressed hope Britain would honor the 1917 Balfour Declaration and said true world peace requires justice for the Jewish people. Wallace planned a U S speaking tour with at least 15 speeches, with engagements in Hollywood and meetings with Leon Blum.
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Paris
Henry A. Wallace
Palestine
Britain
Holy Land
Wallace
United States
Leon Blum
Blum
Socialist Party
Europe
Hollywood
Hollwood Bowl
Area Presbytery Youth Meeting At Charles Town
The Winchester Presbytery Youth Fellowship Rally will be held in Charles Town West Virginia on Sunday April 27 starting at 3 o clock. Delegates from the Valley region of Virginia nearby West Virginia Maryland and one church in Pennsylvania will attend. The afternoon includes registration at 3, a 3 30 service led by Foster Breneman of Charles Town a 3 45 business meeting led by Helen Boltz of Martinsburg and a 4 15 worship service led by Betty Gibbs of Woodstock with discussions at 4 40 on planning interesting programs by Rev. James Storey. Also notice of Hershey s Drive In Restaurant opening soon and B S Poultry Co offerings.
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Winchester Presbytery
Charles Town
W. Va
Valley
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Foster Breneman
Helen M. Boltz
Martinsburg
Youth Fellowship
Betty Gibbs
Woodstock
James Storey
Bomb blast at Tel Aviv police billet kills several
A blast at the Sarona police billet near Tel Aviv leaves at least five dead including a British inspector and four constables, with seven missing. British troops surround Tel Aviv amid warnings of a crackdown while roadblocks seal Jerusalem. A driver in a police uniform vanished after the mail truck bombing. a mined bridge near Jerusalem was later found safe.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Argun Zvai Leumi
Saronam
Roops
Israel Rokeach
Sarona
Virginia author Willa Cather dies at 70 in Virginia
Willa Sibat Cather Pulitzer prize winning novelist died of a cerebral hemorrhage late yesterday at age 70. Born in Frederick County Virginia she grew up in Nebraska and authored My Antonia Comes For the Archers and Saphira and the Slave Girl. The 1923 Pulitzer was awarded for One of Ours. Plane crash near Shanghai kills three farmers. Alfred P Moore of Blacksburg Va pilot.
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Virginia
Willa Cather
Shanghai
Alfred P. Moore
Blacksburg
China National Aviation Corporation
Public Auction on West Cork Street by Dunn & Duvall
Public auction listing for a 40 ft frontage brick building at 19 West Cork Street with corner Indian Alley, to be sold in thirds with balance due in five annual payments. Auctioneer Dunn & Duvall, Coleman Dunn. Conditions noted for sale on April 26 at 12:90 noon in front of the Court House.
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Court House
West
Cork Street
Dunn & Duvall
Coleman Dunn
Nation's price structure out of balance after month of talks
The nation faces an unbalanced price structure after a month of discussion sparked by Truman and Young. Analysts note price declines for several commodities yet many key items remain unchanged or higher. An AP survey lists changes in wholesale prices for scrap steel turpentine eggs cocoa coffee flour lard butter hogs corn oats and rises in hides cattle lamb rye cotton with many basic materials holding firm.
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Truman
Young Speaks
New York
Associated Press
Nine Bankers Guilty as Jury Convicts in Misuse Case
A federal jury in Richmond convicted nine defendants of aiding and abetting in misapplication of funds tied to Farmers and Merchants State Bank affairs. Proffit was innocent on one count and guilty on the other. each other defendant faces varied counts from one to four.
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Richmond
Federal District Court
Joseph E. Profit
Floyd County Bank
Purnell Price
Stuart Campbell
Hugh N. Rakes
Leesburg
Lillian Conner Rakes
Joseph A. Sowers
Paul Karsten, Jr
Fredericksburg Bank
Kyle M. Weeks
Proffit
Floyd Bank
Clarence L. Robey
Purcellville National Bank
D. E. Nelson
Roanoke
Harry L. Lamson
Washington Loan
GM And Workers Reach Agreement On Wages And Benefits
Detroit April 25 The CIO United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp agreed on an 11 1 2 cent basic hourly rise plus six paid holidays and new vacation pay. The pact, prepared for signatures, covers 220000 GM production workers and raises call-in pay from three to four hours for idled workers. The deal sets a pattern for the auto industry wage drive this year.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
Republicans Arrive in Winchester to Prepare Forum
GOP officials from Virginia led by State Chairman Robert Woods arrive in Winchester to finalize plans for an open Republican forum at Sarah Zane Hall. Key speakers include Ohio Congressman Clarence J. Brown and Republican National Chairman Carroll Reece. program details announced and public invitation issued.
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Virginia
Robert Woods
Pearisburg
Winchester
Sarah Zane Hall
Wood
Curtis M. Dozier
Richmond
Clarence R. Adalt
Leesburg
Emily Logan
Woodstock
Phyllis A. Otley
W C., Demi
Price cut plan attacked by railroad head and Taft at ANPA dinner
Robert R. Young of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Senator Taft spoke at an ANPA convention dinner condemning government price cut pressure. They argued the president’s policies burden business, raise costs, and threaten railroad investment, with Taft noting rising living costs and factory waste.
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Senator Taft
New York
Robert R. Young
Pfd
Ace Railroad
Sen. Taft
R-Ohio
Bureau of Advertiseing
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
Richard W
Phia Bulletin
Bureau
Young
All America
Taft
Ny Howard
Peru
Editorsan Society of Newspaper
Cleveland News
Five Day Weather Report for Virginia State
A five day forecast for Virginia shows a cool Saturday then warmer conditions into Monday and cooler again by Wednesday. Temperatures will average about four degrees above normal with showers on Saturday and rain late Monday into Tuesday, with total rainfall between one and three quarters of an inch.
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State of Virginia
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Brewster
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Henry Wallace
Area Presbytery
Hershey's
B & S Poultry CO
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Macphail
A. B. Candler
Larry MacPhail
Leo Durocher
New York Yankee
Cincinnati
Chandler
Babe Ruth
Yankee Stadium
Congress
George C. Marshall
Moscow
K Street Real Estate Public Auction
Associated Press Survey
GOP
Annopaaces Expansion
Marilyn Mae Beissig
Ae Stitler
Marilyn
Woodberry
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