Bombers Set Flight Record in Nationwide Air Show
The Army Air Forces showcased seven B-29s flying from Tokyo to Washington in 30 hours 55 minutes, forming two V formations over Andrews Field to celebrate air defense unification. Lt. Col. Howard F. Hugos praised the flight, while an eighth B-29 diverted for technical reasons. An armada of RAF bombers and a New York city flyover accompanied the event.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Tokyo
Miami
Chicago
New York
Andrews Field
RAF
Urge to Squeeze Led Man to Choke Boy to Death
Chicago reports state’s attorney seeks murder indictment for Joseph Bortnyak a twice convicted sex offender who admitted abducting and strangling 12 year old Charles Bradley After drinking he claimed a deadly urge and strangled the child as he patted him and carried him to a yard under a porch near the Bradley home The boy’s father Glenn Bradley 45 was home on the back porch while the mother worked
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Chicago
William Tuohy
Tuohy
Charles Bradley
Frank Gill
Joseph Bornjfak
Gill
Bortnyak
O' Grortnyak
Bradley
Glenn A
Berryville Horse Show Closes Under Blue Skies
Under clear skies about 2,000 spectators attended the Berryville Horse Show on its final day. Crowds filled the grounds and traffic eased along the highway as hundreds looked on from tents and grandstands while horses were shown in various classes. The event followed yesterday’s noon recess and featured a horse pulling contest won by I. K. Morehead’s team.
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Berryville
Merry
I. K. Morehead
Taft Attacks Truman Policy on Foreign and Domestic Affairs
Senator Taft with Ohio backing assailed Truman on foreign policy as befuddled and dominated by CIO influence. He urged a Republican win next year to reset U S policy and criticized Potsdam and Morgenthau Plan while promoting restraint on Marshall Plan loans and selective congressional action.
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Truman
Columbus
A. Taft
California
Taft
CIO
Congress
Europe
Germany
Ohio
World
United States
Rouss Fire Co. Notice for August Monthly Meeting
The Charlie Rouss Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday at 8 p m. All members are urged to attend. B F Arthur Jr President.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
July rainfall exceeds average and crops benefit in Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory reports July rainfall at 4.95 inches, 1.19 inches above the 34 year average of 3.76, about 30 percent higher. Temperatures averaged 74.8 in 1946 vs 72.6 this month, a 2.2 degree drop. Wind and storms affected area from Buena Vista to Charlottesville with damage including downed power lines and collapsed structures. A Virginia fatality occurred when a worker was crushed under a wall in Buena Vista.
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Winchester
Virginia
Buena Vista
Danville
Charlottesville
Luray
Richmond
Carillon
Byrd
West Cary Street
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Robinson and
Main Sts
Apple harvest drive begins with Bahamans listed for work
Requests for 110 Bahamans to work in apple harvest are listed by the county fruit growers association. Migrants are to report to the association camp on Oct. 1 under the U S Department of Agriculture labor division. The 10 acre camp was purchased by the association for 10 400.
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U. S. Department of Agriculure
School Board
Department of Agriculture
Fred Stine
Price cited for two boxes at thirteen cents
An OCR fragment notes the correct price as two boxes for 13 cents. The text is fragmented and mentions prices without providing full context or details about the item or source.
Consolidated School Plans Discussed by Frederick County Board
Frederick County school board members voiced satisfaction with preliminary consolidated high school plans prepared by Dix on and Norman, with architect W Irving Dixon detailing blueprints. Superintendent Leslie D Kline noted financing methods and planned a joint meeting with the board of supervisors to review the project, with Dowell J Howard also to be invited. The regular monthly meeting is set for next Wednesday.
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Frederick County School Board
W. Irving Dixon
Dixon and Norman
Leslie
D. Kline
Dixon
State Department of Public Instruction
Kline
Board of Supervisors
Dowell J. Howard
Nan Instruction
Virginia
School bells to toll as classes start on Sep 8
City and county schools announce opening dates. Garland R. Quarles says Winchester schools begin Monday September 8 after staff meetings September 5 and 6. County superintendent Leslie D. Kline confirms a separate start for county teachers and schools.
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Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
Leslie D. Kline
Planes Blamed For Forest Fires In Utah Incident
Salt Lake City Aug 1 Supervisor F C Koziol of Wasatch National Forest says fire lookouts now monitor aircraft after fires often follow plane overflights. He notes burning material dropped from planes may start fires when no other cause is found.
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Salt Lake City
U.S. Forest Service
F. C. Koziol
Wasatch National Forest
Ben
Ex-Sen Hawes Dies at 78 in Washington
Harry B. Hawes former Democratic senator from Missouri died at his Washington home at age 78. After leaving the Senate in 1933 he practiced law there representing the Philippine government and the Philippine Sugar Association.
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Washington
Harry B. Hawes
Missouri
Senate
Philippine Sugar Assn
Four Candidates In County Supervisors Nomination Race
In Race For Supervisors Nomination Shown are four of the 10 candidates for membership on the County Board of Supervisors. Top row features C Irvine Cather fruit grower and poultry producer in Stonewall district facing Grover Teets, and William P Harris active churchman and retired farmer opposed in Opequon by Byron O Brumback. Bottom row shows H M Fout incumbent Gainesboro district opposed by Landon B Whitacre and Dodson farmer of Ourstein Falls running in Back Creek district against C M Rosenberger incumbent and chairman.
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County Board of Supervisors
C. Irvine Cather
Stonewall
Grover Teets
William P. Harris
Opequon
Byron O. Brumback
H. M. Fout
Gainesboro
Landon B. Whitacre
Dodson
Ourstein Falls
Back Creek
C. M. Rosenberger
Peters Studio
Government Sets 1948 Wheat Planting Goal at 75 Million Acres
The agriculture department urges farmers to plant at least 75 million acres of bread grain to sustain large exports to shortage areas abroad through the fall of 1949. The goal exceeds the 1947 target of about 70.7 million acres and far above prewar levels around 50 million acres. Farmers surpassed the 1947 goal by roughly 7 million acres, aiding the record wheat crop.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Fish Game Meeting Called for Monday
Hale Moore president calls a special Winchester Frederick County Game and Fish Association meeting at 7 30 p m Monday in city hall to discuss state game laws and present a final report on membership tickets.
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Hale Moore
Winchester-Frederick County Game and Fish Assn
City Hall
Frances Rebecca Affleck Holder of Sunday School Attendance Dies
Miss Frances Rebecca Affleck died in Winchester Memorial Hospital yesterday in her 96th year. A native of Winchester she attended Loudoun Street Presbyterian School from age five and held 53 consecutive Sunday rolls without a miss. Funeral service set for 3 p m tomorrow at Highland Ave Presbyterian Church, which she helped found. She lived at the Braddock and Church streets corner home all her life.
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Highland Ave. Presbyteriano Church
Frances Rebecca Affleck
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Loudoun St. Presbyterian Church School
Miss Affleck
Braddock and
Team Sts
Alexander Gladstone Affleck
Ann Elizabeth Hoover
Kernstown
General Motors Raises Car Prices 2 to 6 Percent
General Motors Corp. announces an immediate price increase of up to six percent on all passenger cars including Cadillac Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac and Chevrolet. President C. E. Wilson cites higher labor and material costs from April wage settlements and rising steel and pig iron costs as the reason.
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Detroit
Generalotors Corp
Cadillac
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Chevrolet
C .E. Wilson
CIO
United Auto
Britain to Tighten Slim Food Rations
London reports forecast immediate large scale cuts in Britain’s already meagre food rations as cabinet ministers study crisis plans. Prime Minister Attle to disclose details in Commons on Wednesday with sources: cuts of 25 to 50 percent in meat butter grain and tinned foods, especially fruit and vegetables.
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London
Britain
Attle
House of Commons
Daily Express
Daily Telegraph
Modern Age Shoppe clearance creates dress sale run
Notice items list a clearance sale at Modern Age Shoppe offering summer dresses at five ten twelve and seventeen fifty dollars. Also notes Mellwee's Municipal Band will meet at Rouss Hall at two and play at the Park at two thirty instead of one and a half.
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S. Loudoun St
Mellwee
Rouss Hall
J. W. Reese
Elliot Roosevelt Selected Hughes Plane, General Says
In Ann Arbor Michigan on August 1 Walter Springer president of the Board of Education was bitten by his own false teeth during a car collision. Springer said the dentures were in his shirt pocket and jammed into his flesh when the crash occurred.
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Hughes
Ann Arbor
Mich
Walter Springer
Russia Charges U S Mediation Move In Indonesia
The Soviet Union blasted a U S mediation bid on Indonesia as a ploy to bypass the United Nations. Andrei Gromyko urged the Security Council to act bindingly to halt hostilities, while Herschel Johnson pressed Washington’s offer to mediate with the Indonesian republic and Dutch forces.
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Indonesia
United Nations
Security Council
Netherlands
Andrei A. Gromyko
Elise
U. S
Gromyko
Herschel V. Johnson
Eelco N. van Kleffens
Washington
Johnson
U.S
Five Day Forecast for Virginia Mixed Temperatures
The forecast shows near normal temperatures with a touch higher in the west and lower in the far east. Monday will be cooler and Wednesday warmer. A Sunday showers bring total precipitation around a quarter inch.
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Virginia
Senate Probers Hear Story of Hughes War Plane Role
Senate investigators heard that Howard Hughes was deemed the best available for wartime photo reconnaissance after the air force declined earlier options. Major General Echols testified the sea corps’ experts found speed and modification potential could make a Hughes plane the fastest of its type, with Arnold summoning Echols to review European theater planes.
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Oliver
Elliott Roosevelt
Howard Hughes
Air Force High Command
Ecols
Senate War Committee
Sea Corps
Air Corps
R-Mich
Echols
Porf
Hughes
H. H. Arnold
Air Forces
Europe
É Welt
State to Abolish Winchester Office Of Highways
The state will abolish the Winchester highway office and replace it with a new office at Luray effective Sept. 1. Officials say the change will make it easier to shift men and equipment to the Warren County area and place roads in Page, Warren, and Clarke under Luray residency while Erick and Shenandoah counties come under Edinburg residency.
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Luray
Ent
Warren County
Page
Warren
Clarke Counties
Erick
Shenandoah Coun
Edinburg
Veterans Train at Winchester Airport Under GI Bill
Forty four veterans from Frederick and Clarke counties and beyond attend flight training at Valley Airways Inc. Winchester Municipal Airport. Courses include private pilot, commercial, and instructor ratings with ten non veteran students. Managing officer George J. Schecter operates the program, one of Virginia's first fully approved by the State Board of Education and Veterans Administration.
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Clarke Counties
Valley Airways Inc
Winchester Municipal
The
George J. Schecter
Glaize Ave
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