Gas Co Probe Here to Follow Harrisonburg Gas Co
Harrisonburg moves to gain full gas installation data after a two day probe into the Pauline beauty shop blast. Winchester and Front Royal are urged to file similar material with city hall. Investigators traced the explosion to gas buildup in the Masters building basement, ignited by a match.
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Consumers Utility Co
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Lee Grant
Grant
William Starkey
Front Royal
George D. Conrad
National Board of Underwriters
State Corporation Commission
U. S. Bureau of Mines
T. R
Harrison- Conrad
Jesse Mullen
Mullen
CAA Plans to Aid Virginia Airports in 1947 48
Virginia will receive 943064 dollars in federal aid for seven airport projects in the 1947 48 Civil Aeronautics Administration program. Funds target four airports previously unused last year Richard E Byrd Richmond Norfolk municipal Staunton municipal and Roanoke municipal Staunton municipal gains 60000 for grading drainage and landing strips.
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Washington
Virginia
Civil Aeronautics Administration
A. Willis Robertson
Richard E. Byrd
Richmond
Norfolk Municipal
Staunton Municipal
Roanoke Municipal
Turkey Growers To Hear Sen Byrd At Virginia Meeting
In Harrisonburg the Virginia Turkey Growers Association begins its fourth regional meeting with Senator Byrd as the opening speaker at the two day gathering. Charles W. Wampler Sr whose family introduced the formal pale nostion of turkeys will be honored.
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Harrisonburg
Virginia Turkey Growers Assn
Senator Byrd
Charles W. Wampler
Virginia
Fighters weigh identical for Montgomery Williams title bout
In Philadelphia at the municipal stadium Bob Montgomery and Ike Williams each weighed 133 3 4 pounds for their 15 round light weight title fight. The synchronized weigh in sets the stage for a closely matched contest tonight.
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Philadelphia
Bob Montgomery
Ike Williams
Municipal Stadium
First Big Victory for Peace Won by United Nations
Indonesian and Dutch announcements of cease-fire ended 15 days of fighting. Jogjakarta broadcast the UN halt with plans for a midnight order and Soekarno message as Dutch troop withdrawals began. Semarang showed little action ahead of the deadline.
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United Nations
Indonesia
Batavia
Java
Seceni
Tonite Op
U. N. Security Council
Jogjakarta
Soekarno
Mos Netherlands
Semarang
Jogjakaria
Heavy Voting Tomorrow in Frederick County Primary
One of the largest Democratic primary turnouts expected as Frederick County voters select five county supervisor nominees. Three incumbents seek reelection amid several district contests centered on schools. Polls open 6 30 a m to 7 30 p m with 21 precincts serving.
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Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
H. C. Light
Stonewall
G. W. Lemley
Opequon
Sina Dodaniel Wennt
Potenny Brumback
William P. Harris
Grover Teets
Corvnne Cather
Shawnee
William Carpenter
Ralph Marker
Odom Begins World Flight From Orchard Airport
William P. Odom launched a solo 19 600 mile speed flight around the world from Orchard airport at 3 31 50 p m EST. The Chicago destination marked the start of his global journey.
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Chicago
Aux
William P. Odom
Orchard Airport
Rioters Held In Anti Jewish Demonstrations
Court actions began in three English cities against people arrested over anti Jewish riots after reprisal hangings in Palestine. Liverpool remanded 12 on bail for anti Jewish trouble. Sakford reported 23 incidents. Manchester saw a 400 person protest outside an assembly hall while Jews danced inside.
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London
Palestine
Liverpool
Sakford
Horace Newbold
Lancashire and Cheshire Federation of Trades Councils
Manchester
Sien Ae
Japanese Liberals Ready to Take Over
Former Premier Shigeru Yoshida said he expects his right wing Liberal party to seize control of the government before the peace conference. He warned the coalition cabinet of Premier Tetsu Katayama may last only one or two months, with liberals prepared to take over at any time.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Tetsu Katayama
Berlin rubble removal may be fifty year job
Berlin’s postwar rubble cleanup is projected to take about 50 years. Telegraf cites technical circles as saying 70 million cubic yards of debris must be moved with 2.84 million moved and 923,000 disposed since 1945. Women prove the best workers, while many men and former Nazis stand idle.
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Berlin
Richard Kasischke
Telegraf
Hitler
Cleaning business vacation and pick up notice
Notice states Pingley and Carper Cleaners will close for vacations and plant repairs from August 11 to August 17. They offer same day pickup and next day delivery with finished or rough dried fabrics and claim lower prices than competitors. Fidelity La Bendix is referenced.
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Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Fidelity la
Bendix
Winchester factory employment trends show gains
Winchester mills Virginia Woolen Co and Winchester Knitting Mills report steady or rising employment while state trends slip in non durable goods. O Sullivan Rubber Corp expands capacity and jobs, durable and semi durable output expected to rise. overall city employment to hold and finish the year with increases.
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Winchester
Virginia Woolen Co
Winchester Knitting Mills
Associated Press
Richmond
Virinia
Woolen Mills
Virginia Woolen Mills
Winchester Knitting Co
K. J. Warner
O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan Rubber Corp
James A. Mason
Filipino First Aid Director to Study Winchester Program
Dr. Romegg Y. Altienza, director of first aid and water safety for the Philippine National Red Cross, will make a three month study visit in the United States and visit the Winchester chapter August 12 to 13. He arrives Tuesday night with Charles Harman to observe local programs including the industrial first aid program at the Virginia Woolen Mill.
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Romegg Y. Altienza
Philippine National Red Cross Society
United States
Winchester
Altienza
Charles Harman
American Red Cross
Virginia
Indictments Sought in Lynch Attempt in Northhampton
Solicitor Arnest Tyler urged a Northampton grand jury to indict seven white men on charges related to an attempt to lynch Godwin Bush, a 24 year old Nero, on May 23. He also sought an indictment for an alleged attempt to rape a young white stenographer. Bush fled armed masked mobsters who had taken him from jail and placed him in a waiting car.
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Jackson
N. C
Arnest Tyler
Northhampton
Godwin Bush
Nero
Nezro
Bush
Sweltering Heat Misses Winchester
Heat spared the East Coast while Winchester faced high humidity and light showers Sunday night. Pools drew bathers as temperatures ranged from 64 to 79 with a 110 in the Sun Coast Mississippi Valley near Pierre South Dakota.
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East Coast
Winchester
Mississippi Valley
Pierre
S. D
Stine's Chapel Church Event in Clarke County
An event at Stine's Chapel Church in Clarke county occurred on Tuesday August 5. Details are limited to the location and date from the readable fragment.
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Stine’s Chapel Church
Clarke County
Speed Highway Through City Is Proposed
The Public Roads Administration outlined an East West express route across Virginia beginning at Newport News and serving the Norfolk area. Of 37 681 miles of interstate to be built in 20 years 911 miles will be in Virginia with 57 miles in cities and the rest rural. Rural traffic averages 3131 vehicles daily. The Virginia cross state link would run Norfolk Newport News to Richmond and Staunton alongside the Valley Route. Other routes listed include Washington Richmond Petersburg Smithfield and more. Winchester office engineer F M Yellett leads survey near Middletown Cedar Creek bridge relocation. The project ties to an express highway sometimes called a super turnpike.
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Washington
Public Roads Administration
Virginia
Newport News
Norfolk
Norfolk-Newport News
Richmond
Staunton
Washington-Richmond - Petersburg
Smithfield
N. C
Fayeteville-Jacksonville
Durham - Greensio
Washington-Strasburg
Winchester
F. M. Yellett
State Department of Highways
Middletown
Cedar Creek
Plan to Avert Ford Co Strike Hinted by UAW
DETROIT A UAW official said the union has a new proposal to avert a strike by 107000 Ford Motor Co employees. Richard T. Leonard did not reveal terms and said it would be offered at a last ditch session. The strike was set for noon Tuesday after Ford said it had no new plans to avoid the walkout.
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Detroit
Pan
United Auto Workers
Unan
Ford Motor Co
Richard T. Leonard
Uaw-Cio
Leonard
Consigners Announced for Winchester Purebred Hog Sale
Plans for the Winchester purebred hog sale at the Virginia Livestock Auction Market are set for 1 p m Friday. Consignors include C S Patterson New Hope Berkshires E O Carpenter and Sons and others listing 63 registered bred sows open gifts and boars across Berkshire Duroc Jersey Hampshire Hereford O C and Poland China breeds. The consignment breakdown shows 7 Berkshire 19 Duroc Jersey 17 Hampshire 6 Hereford 2 O C and 12 Poland China hogs.
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Winchester
Virginia
Berkshires
C. S. Patterson
New Hope
C. M. Rosenberger & Son
Hayfield
Duroes
E. O. Carpenter
T. E. Abernathy
McKenny
J. B. Terrill
Rt. 3
Orange
Henry M Cline
Clearbrook
Marion
Berkshire
Duroc-Jersey
Hampshires
Hereford
O. C
Poland
China
German Films Return to World Market Soon
Washington reports that the German film industry will be allowed to export again, with only films produced after Allied occupation beginning to be cleared for export. The policy aims to restart postwar German cinema in the international market.
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Washington
Plane lands in tree after engine trouble near Williamsport
Two Cleveland men escaped injury when their private passenger plane suffered engine trouble and pancaked into the top of a large oak tree on the mountains. Pilot Robert C. Miller described the landing as a controlled crash. A political ad endorses C. Irvine Cather for Stonewall District Board of Supervisors with a note to vote tomorrow.
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Williamsport
Cleveland
Robert C. Miller
Board of Supervisors of
Stonewall
C. Irvine Cather
Corn at All-Time High on Chicago Board of Trade
September corn rose to $2.2238 a bushel marking an all time high in the 99 year history of the Chicago Board of Trade. The gain from last Saturday’s close was eight cents and the prior record was $2.21 by the July contract. No. 1 white corn held at $2.30 a bushel to oo by Winchester Milling Corp.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Winchester Milling
Orp
One-third Boost In Ruhr Coal Aim Of U S Britain
The United States and Britain plan a one-third rise in Ruhr coal output by year end as a Marshall Plan contribution. Current production is about 220000 tons daily, with targets of 300000 in December and 350000+ later. Talks on details are forthcoming amid Europe’s recovery and British controls.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Attlee
Let Europe Go Red Says Congressman May Be Best Cure
Rep. O Konski of Wisconsin argues the best approach to Europe is a Marshall plan to save its people from Communism. He says the threat is used to pressure the US and proposes letting Europe experience Communism to prove its failure.
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Europe
Washington
O’konski
Wis
Woman Creates Self Immolation Torch Then Dies in Hospital
In Miami on August 4 Marie Bastista a Cuban native and wife of chef Marie Bastista set herself ablaze after applying paint thinner to her body. She died five hours later in a hospital.
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Miami
Fla
Marie Bastista
Bastista
Cuba
Hospital-bound Amps In Two-car Mixup
At 5 p.m. Saturday two cars on Millwood Ave collided, damaging the 1946 Dodge owned by Mrs Helen Miller Hill of Winchester and driven by Anderson-Ross Sr., and a 1946 Plymouth owned and operated by William Stewart Lewis of Winchester. No injuries. about $125 in damage. no charges.
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Millwood Ave
Dodge
Helen Miller Hill
Winchester
Thomas Walter Anderson- Ross Sr
Plymouth
William Stewart Lewis
R. J
L. E. Hill
Anderson
C. E. Lushbaugh
Hagerstown
F. Funk
Lewis
Hill
Final Week at Camp Negro Ends Camp Operation
The Shenandoah area council reports that Boy Scouts are tending camp at Rock Enon this week, marking the final week of operation for the camp this summer.
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Shenandoah Area
Rock Enon
Jacksonville Man Dies From Inland Canal Fish Bite
An elderly former Jacksonville resident who had a left leg amputated after a large fish mangled it in an inland canal on July 21 died today in St. Augustine Florida.
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ST. Augustine
Fra
Jacksonville
Virginians Named for Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
The Navy Department announced 37 Virginians chosen for entry into the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps.
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Washington
Navy Department
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Five Midget Cars Piled Up at Winchester Speed Way
Five midget racers crashed on the third lap of the third heat at Winchester Airport Speedway with over 3,000 fans watching. Little John of Miami and Shorty Bowers locked wheels, Art Gottier hit the guard rail, and Ken Cather and Carl Miller followed into the pileup. Cather was briefly hospitalized but returned for the final race. Tom Frost called it the most spectacular crash he had seen. John Pavinger of Philadelphia won the 25 lap feature with AL Fleming second and Curry Williams third.
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Winchester Airport Speedway
Little’ John
Miami
Bowers
Art Gottier
Tom Frost
Warrenton
AAA
Cather
Philadelphia
John Pavinger
AL Fleming
Curry Williams
Ken Heine
Craig Mellinger
ARDC
Open all day fresh candies and ice cream shop
An advertisement notes open daily except Sunday with home made candy and ice cream. Also listed are meeting notices for South End Fire Department and Stonewall High School 4-H Club events with dates in August and a car dealer promotion for Kaiser-Prazer and Manhattan along with used cars and immediate delivery from Kern Motor Co at Monmouth and Main.
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Stonewall High School
White Hall
Kaiser-Prazier
Manhattan
Kern Motor CO
Monmouth
Complete Facts Promised in Plane Inquiry
Eliott Roosevelt testified he was ordered home from Europe to advise on reconnaissance, denying use of his position to smear his father. The hearing explored ties between Hughes aircraft contracts and entertainment, with Meyer admitting purchases for actress Faye Emerson and noting Roosevelt’s influence on the warplane decision.
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Washington
Eliott Roosevelt
Europe
Roosevelt
John Meyer
Hughes
Anesur Fotes
Stene Sons
Senate
Emerson Meyer
Howard Hughes
Faye Emerson
Elliott Roosevelt
Meyer
Ns Welt
A Gredante
New York
Ferguson
United States
Emerson
Clinics for Crippled Children at Winchester Memorial
Scheduled clinics at Winchester Memorial Hospital run 2 to 5 p m for crippled children over six and 8 30 a m to 1 p m Saturday for those under six No appointments and no adults allowed were advised in the notice
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
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Federal Public Roads Administration
Ford Co
UAW
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Via
R. I. Winchester
Ruhr
U. S
Carl Miller
Ken Cather
South End
Harry Rainsberger, Jr
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