Wheat planting in Frederick and Clarke counties seen favorable
Frederick and Clarke counties expect a good response to government wheat planting pleas though profits may be limited. In Frederick 12 000 acres are harvested at about 20 bushels per acre, while Clarke reports 10 000 acres with similar yields and concerns about labor costs.
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Frederick County
Clarke County
W. Olcott
Stine
Erick County
Thorne
Hart
Leap Prolific
Old Fire Helmet Presented to Rouss Co. Fire Hall
At a monthly meeting of the Rouss Fire Company Emma py St. an old fire helmet was presented. B F. Arthur Jr. announced the helmet’s preservation after its fire rage and its addition to the relics on display at the fire hall.
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Irvin L
Stonesifer
Calvary Pentecostal Church
God and Organization
South End Fire CO
Harry Rainsberger, Jr
Stonewall High School
White Hall
Kaiser-Prazier
Manhattan
Yellott Reassigned as Lexington Office Shift Planned
The State Highway Department announced a residency reorganization affecting Warren County with new offices at Kray and Edinburg. Veteran staff Frank Fawcett will head the residency. Yellett may move to grow. Fleen transfers to Edinburg. Yellett, a 27 year employee, arrived in Winchester in 1940.
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State Guway Department
Winchester
Warren Clarke County
Kray
Freeerick
Edinburg
Warren County
Winester
Frederick County
F. M. Yell
Yellet
Frank Fawcett
Fleen
Hillsvile
Yellett
Winches
Warenton Va
Virginia
Highway Department
Seek Supervisors Nominees In Frederick County
Four candidates seek the Democratic nomination for the Frederick county board of supervisors in the August 5 primary. In Gainesboro district Landon B. Whitacre faces incumbent M. Fout. Back Creek district holder C. M. RosenbeBeer seeks re election against Ellsworth Dodson. In Opequon district Byron Brumback runs against William P. Harris. in Shawnee district Ralph Marker faces incumbent William Carpenter.
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Frederick County
Ellsworth Dodson
Byron Oo. Brumback
Middletown
Opequon
William P. Harris
Stephens City
Ralph Marker
Shawnee
William Carpenter
Tiny 2 pound baby revived at funeral home then dies in hospital
In Beckley West Virginia on August 2 a two pound baby boy born six months early at a Coal City home gasped back to life on a Rose funeral home table. Embalmer Douglas Bryant and assistant Steve Hilton aided chest compressions and hot cotton to revive him before he was sent to Raleigh General Hospital where he died at 12 05 a m. Doctors said survival is rare for such prematures.
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Beckley
W. Va
Delbert Warden
Coal City
Raleigh General Hospital
Douglas Bryant
The
Rose Funeral Home
Bryant
Steve Hilton
Fred Richmond
J. J. Newman
Lillybrook
Gasoline Sales in Virginia Hit Record June Total
Virginia gasoline sales for June reached 52,156,286 gallons, a new state record. Revenue amounted to 3,130,286 dollars, topping last June's figure, according to the state division of motor vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
State Division of Motor Vehicles
Soviet Parachute Record Set at 36960 Feet
The Central Air Club of the USSR announced Lt. Col. V G Romanyuk established a Soviet parachute jump record at about 36960 feet. He remained aloft for 18 minutes and 40 seconds during the previous day's drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Central Air Club of the Ussr
V. G. Romanyuk
Berryville Horseshow Attendance Reaches 3000
The Berryville horseshow drew about 3000 spectators on the grounds as the Clarke county junior board of trade hosted an evening dance for 100 couples at the Community building. Port Maker owned by Dr. and Mrs. Alvin I. Kay of Washington won the open working hunter.
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Berryville
Clarke County Junior Board of Trade
Alvin I. Kay
Washington
Litle Chocolate
Donald Sutherland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Blue Chic
Morton W. Smith
Middleburg
Calico Cat
Gail Graham
Purcellville
Kalico Cat
Barbara Graham
Pretty Girl
Mrs. George
Ford Labor Row Narrows to Tuesday Strike Call
Detroit August 2 The CIO United Auto Workers set Tuesday as a tentative strike deadline for 107 000 Ford production workers pending a full UAW CIO executive board vote. If approved and no settlement reached a strike time would be announced at a Sunday meeting as negotiators seek to resolve Taft Hartley law and pension disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio
Ford and
Union
Ford
International Executive Board
UAW
Ford Department
Exonerate Driver Of Bus In Hayfield Death
A coroner inquest found the Reynold's Line bus driver was not guilty in the death of Theodore Alger, struck en route to Winchester. Dr J R Troxell ruled the death accidental after hearing the driver E B Mitchell and observer M Triplett of Hayfield. Triplett testified that the youth ran from behind a passing truck into the bus path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nieaway
Theodore Alger
Reynold’s Line
Winchester
J. R. Troxell
E. B. Mitchell
Co. M. Triplett
Hayfield
Triplett
Byrd Pushes Single Federal Appropriation Bill
Senator Byrd aims to secure early Senate approval for a single all encompassing appropriation bill to replace 12 separate 13 appropriations. The plan stalled at session end but remains under consideration for January with unanimous Senate rules committee backing. Governors letters support the reform noting Virginia already uses one appropriation bill and praising the potential efficiency.
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Washington
Byrd
Senate
Congress
Senate Rules Committee
William M. Tuck
Virginia
National Congress
Tuck
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
James Crick Buys Reynolds Farm At Public Sale
James Crick purchased the Reynolds Farm, a 142 to 145 acre property located six to twelve miles west of Winchester on the Northwestern grade, at a public sale this morning. Bids opened at 6000 dollars, final price reported 9400 dollars. The farm includes a substantial seven room dwelling with bath and electricity, a large barn, good timber, and eight acres of growing corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crick
Winchester
Reynolds
Scouts Set for 11 Day Canadian Adventure
Twenty seven members of Boy Scout Troop 9 with Scoutmaster Harold Rowe and assistants depart at 5 30 a m for an 1400 mile camping tour of Algonquin Park 200 miles north of Toronto starting from the Scout cabin at 1008 S Cameron St They will camp at Hamburg N Y Niagara Falls Huntsville Gananoque Watkins Glen and other locations with a total cost under 30 per scout funded by donations and sponsorship from Market St Methodist Church.
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Boy Scout Troop 9
Harold Rowe
Herman Lee
Paul Chamberlin
Wilbur S. Johnston
Charles E. Johnston
Algonquin National Park
Toronto
Canada
S. Cameron St
Emery
City Park
Winchester
Hamburg
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Huntsville
Ontario
Alagonquin Park
Park
Gananoque
Thousand Islands
Watkins Glen
Susquehanna Trail
Rowe
Market St. Methodist Church
Melton Appointed Treasurer of JBT
At a Winchester meeting of the Junior Board of Trade Howard Melton was elected to the board of directors and named treasurer. Tom Scully and James March were named JBT representatives on the Town Meeting committee for the coming year. Tom Rudd, head of the JET blood donor program, was reappointed. No meetings are scheduled this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Howard Melton
Tom Scully
James March
JBT
Tom Rudd
Honeymooners Visit Niagara Falls In Cement Mixer
Honeymooners travel to Niagara Falls in vehicles of all kinds drawing attention. A couple arrived in a cement mixer prompting puzzled remarks from parking attendants as they explored the popular site.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Front Royal Lumber Storage Building Burns
Fire destroyed a two story storage building and its contents for Rudacille Lumber Co. at Front Royal. A large quantity of hardwood lumber was lost as hundreds watched the blaze burn until Front Royal firemen controlled it at 1 45 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudacille Lumber Co
Front Royal
Negro suspect shot dead by officers in Prentiss
In Prentiss Mississippi on August 1 officers shot and killed a Negro suspect described by Sheriff G O Berry as involved in a rape case at the scene on the highway. Road patrolmen fired their weapons after the suspect allegedly resisted.
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Prentiss
Miss
G. O. Berry
Middletown council approves tax levy increase for water system
The Middletown town council passes a third reading ordinance raising the tax levy from 40 to 75 cents per $100 of assessed real and personal property to fund a bond issue for a town water system approved last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Notice of partial business closure for repairs
A local notice states a site will be closed from August 11 for repairs. Pingley and Carper are referenced in the notice. The closure affects unspecified services and is time limited to the repair period.
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Pingley
Senator questions Meyer on government entertainment costs
In a busy Senate war investigating subcommittee session chaired by Sen. Ferguson, John W. Meyer, publicist for Howard Hughes, was questioned by the senator and fellow members about expenditures for entertaining government officials.
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Senate War Investigating Subcommittee
Sen. Ferguson
John W. Meyer
Howard Hughes
Harrisonburg Council Probes Blast Aftermath
Harrisonburg city officials convened a special session to review a report by City Attorney George D. Conrad on the blast that killed 11 and injured over 20. Mayor Bernard T. Denton said the investigating board will file official findings soon. Engineers C W Owings and Hylton R Brown joined Fire Marshal James M. Hayes and local authorities in the probe.
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Harrisonburg
George D. Conrad
Eens
Bernard T. Denton
Bureau of Mines
James M. Hayes
National Board of Underwriters
Bureau of Mines Engineers
C. W. Owings
Hylton R. Brown
Hayes
Probe Group
Battle hints governorship race in 1949 primary
Charolttesville August 2 State Senator John S Battle dropped what locals call a hint that he will run for governor in the 1949 primary He stated he seeks election to his last term in the General Assembly while addressing a Public meeting of the local Young Democratic club in Charlottesville Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
John S. Battle
General Assembly
Young Democratic Club
End Indonesian Strife United Nations Orders
United Nations orders Indonesia and the Netherlands to cease hostilities immediately, calling it the strongest UN action to end the July 20 fighting. The council threatens economic sanctions and possible military action under the UN charter if needed to restore peace and security.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Indonesia
Netherlands
Beeres Ney Miler
U. N
Chill Night Brings Blankets Out Again
A cold spell drives residents to pull out extra blankets as the temperature drops to 57 degrees, down from 92 on Thursday. The forecast hints at showers in Friday’s outlook and possible Sunday rain, with Virginia expecting partly cloudy and warmer conditions and West Virginia near showers by night.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Plight of Poultrymen Again Told
Poultry growers in Winchester and elsewhere press Senators Byrd and Harrison to export refrigerated birds to Europe as government plans to sell 300000 pounds of frozen young tom turkeys threaten prices. Harrison cites cannery export as alternative. Anderson and officials weigh options amid feed costs and domestic demand.
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Winchester
Byrd
Harrison
Clinton P. Anderson
Rep
State, War and Agriculture Departments
Probers in Row On Draft Status Of Witnesses
The Senate investigation of a wartime aircraft contract faces clashes over deferment questions as I W Meyer Hughes publicity links surface. Meyer says he spent money entertaining Roosevelt in New York and at a Culver City trip while Hughes fights to avoid testifying. Meyer faces a subpoena and the inquiry may pause until next week with Roosevelt and Hughes expected on the stand.
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Washngton
Senate
Howard Hughes
I. W. Meyer
Hughes
Meyer
Soneertland
Elliott Semen
Hughack
Impos- Meyer
Potracts
Hughes Co
Cain
Slack
Justice Department
Congressional
Ferguson Ae Cain
Brewster
Ason
Justice O
Thenee
Mon Ferguson
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Gabe
New York
Senate War Investigating Committee
Ferguson
Culver City
Calif
Europe
Air Corps
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Frederick, Clarke Counties
Rouss Co
Yellottoes
Lexington
American Brakeblok
Moose Club
Sun
N. Loudoun St
Baker & Anderson
Fidelity Laundry
Byron
Brumback Opequon District
Landon B. Whitacre
Gainesboro District
Shawnee District
C. M. Rosenberger
Back Creek District
Ford Motor Co
Sen
Col. Roosevelt
Boy Scouts
National Park
Melton
Front Royal Lumber Storage Bldg
Burns
Senator Grills
John W. Meena
Senator Ferguson
Harrisonburg Council
Anderson
Colonial Kitchen
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