July May See Auto Surplus Demand Slack in Top Range
Detroit April 27 autos output is at a ten year high with production likely exceeding demand for most makes especially in lower price brackets. Dealers faced backlogs eight to ten months ago but rising prices and subsequent cuts trimmed unfilled orders. Despite price cuts, demand remains not greatly stimulated and output may exceed seasonal needs into mid summer.
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Detroit
Oewaive
Automotive News
United States
Slav Probe Witness Blames Embassies as Fifth Column
Judge Blair F. Gunther of Pittsburgh testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He said Iron Curtain embassies in the United States are fostering a fifth column among Slavic-origin citizens to cripple national defense.
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Blair F. Gunther
Pittsburgh
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Gunther
American Slav Congress Board
U. S
Auto dealers face tougher selling battle postwar data
Car makers shift pressure to dealers as competition intensifies. Industry surveys show 49 173 dealers now exist, up 3000 from a year ago, amid belief buying power remains steady and a large pool of overage vehicles sustains demand. The AMA estimates 13 million vehicles are ten years old or older.
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Automotive News
Automobile Manufacturers’ Assn
Local Market Prices and Feed Rates Listed
A dated local markets snippet lists daily corrected prices for flour corn meal grain and feeds. It includes wheat under 14 per cent moisture corn meal white 5 and 10 pound bags and various egg and broiler feeds with prices per hundred weight or bag. It also shows wholesale and retail butter and butterfat pricing.
District Nurses Assn Maintains First Aid Stations at Festival
The District Nurses Association runs first aid stations for the festival pageant. One station will be on the Handley grounds on both days with others at 22 S Loudoun and 149 N Loudoun. Stations will be staffed by Mrs. Mary Farmer Miss Evelyn Dean and six Winchester Hospital nurses.
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Handley Grounds
S. Loudoun
N. Loudoun
Mary Farmer
Evelyn Dean
Winchester Hospital
Firemen Parade Lineup and Participating Groups
Coverage details parade divisions with fire departments from Leesburg to West Virginia and Maryland. Includes visiting units 68 strong and city bands, mummers, majorettes, honorary chiefs, and school bands from Martinsburg, Winchester, and surrounding towns. Highlights include United Nations flags, Army band, and adjudication of honorary fire chief position.
Quartet of Out of Town Honorary Wardens in Apple Blossom Contes
Four of more than twenty fire company representatives will vie at Handley Library at 6 p.m. to elect an honorary fire chief for the visiting division in the Apple Blossom Festival firemen parade. Miss Beverege Miss Reedy Miss Estep and Miss Cox represent Charles Town New Market Harrisonburg and Bolivar Harpers Ferry respectively. Shirley Bly says photographers will pick the winner for the fete.
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Clarksburg
Dixie Ann Hager
Clearbrook
Catherine Lemley
Stephens City
Sarah Ridings
Middletown
Elk’s Clown Band
Washington
Winton Pope
United Nations
United States Army Band
Leesburg
Berryville
Rowlesburg
W. Va
Wardensville
Purcellville
McIlwee Band
VMI
Round Hill
Warrenton
McIlwee
Culpeper
Brunswick
Martinsburg
Reneal Hose Co
Toms Brook
Riverdale
Williamsport
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg HS
Westphal Hose Co
Strasburg Fire Company
Taneytown
Miami _ Edison
Hagerstown
Harrisonburg
Charles Town
Front Royal Fire Dept
Moose
United Fire Co
Frederick
Appleland
Independent
Citizens Fire Companies
Morris Frock Post
College Park
Fire Dept. Hose Co
New Market
Woodstock Fire Company
Potomac Fire Dept
Potomac Fire Co
Westernport
Hamilton
Broadway
Luray
Fairmont State Teachers College
Mt. Jackson
Edinburg Fire Dept
Richwood
W.va
Hose Co
Vienna
Gary
Ashburn
Wilson Memorial Band
Staunton
Staunton Fire Company
Silver Springs
Montgomery-Blair
Molden Electric Co
Handley Library
Miss Beverege
Citizens Fire Company
Reedy
Estep
Miss Cox
Friendship Fire Co
Bolivar and
Shirley Bly
Legion Post Sells Apple Annual Programs At Festival
The local Legion post takes over the Apple Annual sale for the festival opening tomorrow. Scouts assist in the sale and will share in the proceeds. A 10 000 somtes watch is to be seen in Washington.
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Legion Post
Washington
Woman Motorist Loses Appeal on Drunken Driving
A five man corporation court jury upheld a lower court conviction for drunken driving by Mrs. Charlotte Nicodemus Adkins of 358S Stewart St. Her car struck a curb and telephone pole on Berryville Ave March 28. She was fined 100 dollars plus costs. the jury also imposed 100 dollars fine in tolling the appeal.
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Charlotte Nicodemus Adkins
State Plans 7500 Miles of Center Line Repaint This Fall
The State highway department will repaint about 7500 miles of highway center line before the 1949 marking season ends this Fall. Work opened earlier this month with good conditions, as winter left roads in better shape than the year before. Reflectorized paint and specialized trucks are used in eight districts to improve night visibility and safety.
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State Highway Department
Virginia
J. L. Thomas
Thomas
Oleomargine Tax Repeal Advances in Senate Committee
The Senate finance committee approved the House passed Oleomargine tax repeal bill and sent the measure to the full Senate. Chairman George of Georgia said there was no clear timing for a Senate vote.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
George
D-Ga
Miners and Operators Plot Strategy For 1949 Coal Talks
John L. Lewis and top soft coal operators met to map how to handle 1949 contract negotiations. Some oppose wage hikes amid shrinking markets and fierce competition with other fuels. Moody of the Southern Coal Producers Assn invited early talks and cited ending the old pact, prompting questions of a potential split from other producers.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Assn
Moody
Festival preparations bustle as 60 MP's aid security
Traffic surges to Baltimore area for two day fete with uniformed police aid from adjacent towns and 60 Army MPs. Carnival rides go up on the plaza while 38 princesses arrive HQ at George Washington hotel and press crews secure credentials from major outlets.
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Army
Loudoun St
Boscawen
Piccadilly
George Washington Hotel
Nora Elizabeth Gordon
Commerce
Virgil Strader
C. W. Atkins
Clifford Grim
C. F. Germelman
Bruce Gorham
Baltimore Sun
News-Post
Washington Post
Star and Times- Herald
MGM
Universal and Movietone
United Press
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Waynesboro
Lynchburg
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Bell's
Out of Town
Betty June Estep
Betty JO Cox
Ruth Beverege
Anna R. Reedy
Charles Getzendanner
Harry F. Carper
G. W. Stanley
Robert Lee
John L. Glaize
Jospeh Massie Jr
Commonwealth's
Dabney Watts
U. K
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rean
Foot Troubles
X-Rey
Legeetis
John W. Rosenberger
Braddock
Amel
Grove's
Serta Englander Craftsman
S. Loudoun St
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
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