Winchester City Officials Bid Farewell After Long Service
Mayor Anderson and five councilmen held their final session after a combined 80 years in public service. Officials praised Anderson’s decades on council and as mayor, with speakers noting continuous dedication to Winchester’s welfare and development.
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Eas
C. R
J. T
Allen Hawthorne
Dellinger
Sebert Lee Coble
Counvill
M. B. Clowe Jr
Smalts
Carson Dettra
W Brumback
Harold Rowe
Lee Miller
Aag
Dr. Anderson
Winchester
Jestone
Ayor
Virginia Bar Exam Passes and Applicants Update
Report notes that the Virginia Bar examined 299 applicants with a pass rate near 142 passing. details indicate the bar examination process and outcomes for OND on August 11.
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Spa of Law
Virginia 5 Bar
Ordinance Creates Winchester Planning Board On Zoning
Dr A T Hawthorne wins final council approval for a four men three women planning board with one council member. The board will study future zoning and changes, report findings to the city council, and has four year terms without pay, starting from passage.
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A. T. Hawthorne
Winchester
Reve Ee
Hawthorne
Corporation Court
Elliott Marshall
Last Chance To Act
Leonard Sirbaugh
Judge Marshall
Fire Safety Day Promoted in Cumberland Valley
Governors from four states back a Fire Safety Day launched by the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association. The event on August 20 at Williamsport High School aims to build community fire safety groups nationwide, with a program featuring state and local officials and experts.
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Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Assn
Williamsport
Yan
Jes E. Dalley Jr
Hagers
Bernard F. Groves Jr
H. M. Layman
Winchester
Elmer Faber
Harrisburg
Roy Allsop
National Mutua Fire Insurance Co
A. J. Bell
Virginia
Harrisonburg
Thomas G. Pullen Jr
Maryland
Butler
Charleston
West Virginia
Albert V. Krewatch
Agriculture Universe
Phil Ryan
Maryland Fire Safety Committee
Gas Co Franchise Revoked in Winchester
Winchester council revoked Consumers Utilities Co franchise granted in 1941 and sent the resolution to the State Corporation Commission which held a hearing on CUC’s request to cease service. An ordinance to regulate bottled gas installation and use was introduced and passed at first two readings. Many customers are expected to switch to bottled gas as regulation begins.
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Winchester Council
Consumers Utilities Co
State Corporation Commission
Requ
Winchester
James P. Reardon
Sebert Smith
CUC
Marshall Spurns Agreement for Harmony in Danube Talks
Secretary of State Marshall urged negotiating for real objectives not mere agreement itself speaking at a news conference after the Belgrade Yugoslavia Danube navigation meeting. He noted the Western Russian divide in talks and avoided comments on Moscow conditions while stressing persistence in seeking genuine settlement through negotiation.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Danube
Moscow
Berlin
Europe
Mar
California Apple Growers Seek to Bolster Prices by Controlled Competition
California Gravenstein growers launch a state supported plan to regulate apple shipments, curtailing volume to curb price slumps. The program sets ripeness and size standards and is backed by the agricultural commissioner, aiming to reduce market gluts and waste while improving grower profits.
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Calif
San .Francisco
California
U. S
New York
Enstein
Gravenstein
Ing
Supervisors Back Court Action on Papermill Road Project
Frederick county supervisors adopt a resolution asking the State Department of Highways to pursue condemnation if needed to secure rights of way for Papermill Road project from Winchester to Front Royal pike. Delinquent tax list approved. dog and poultry claims settled. board reports routine business.
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Frederick County
State Department of Highways
Papermill
J Henkle Henry
E. L. Henry
Winchester
Front Royal Pike
Harry McCann
C. W. Haga
Nineveh
Maurice Keeler
Middletown
Death accidental says Coroner Kipps
Funeral services were held for Mrs. France in Front Royal. Coroner Dr. D. M. Kipps states she died after falling from a window in a floor apartment. She struck the concrete walk, suffering a fractured skull. Rema ins are being shipped to Birmingham for burial. Her husband Gardiner Beman worked at WFPR radio station.
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Calvary Episcopal Church
Front Royal
France
Birmingham
D. M. Kipps
Beman
Gardiner Beman
Matcr
WFPR
Front Roya
Draft Board Personnel Announced
Col Mills F Neal state director of Selective Service says local boards will open at 102 locations in the state on Aug 16. Board no 44 Frederick county lists Ralph Marker Winchester government appeal agent W E Edwards Winchester. Board no 45 Winchester city lists Philip Glaize W Allen Peery and Dabney W Watts government appeal agent.
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Richmond
Col. Mills F. Neal
Selective Service
Frederick County
Ralph Marker
Winchester
W. E. Edwards
Winchester City
Philip Glaize
W. Allen Peery
Dabney W. Watts
Hospital Benefit Fun Fete Draws Large Crowd At Winchester
A big crowd gathered at the Old Airport grounds for a Winchester Memorial hospital building fund event. Exchange Night featured Lions oversight with John Jones leading the Exchange committee and Dr Thornton John Goodwin Delmer Robinson Jr Walter Massie Shirley Bly Lloyd Martin and Fred Brumback assisting. Don Patton and His Swing Boys were set to perform that evening.
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Old Airport Grounds
Winchester Memorial Hospital Building Fund
Winchester Lions
John Jones
Dr. Thornton
John Goodwin
Delmer Robinson Jr
Walter Massie
Shirley Bly
Lloyd Martin
Fred Brumback
Don Patton
Swing Boys
Premier Voted Power to Trim Expenses in France
In Paris on August 11, Prime Minister Andre Marie secured a third victory as National Assembly deputies approved his reform bill 325 to 215. The measure grants Marie and his cross party cabinet broad authority to manage the financial crisis, including trimming government expenses and boosting production.
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Paris
Andre Marie
National Assembly
Marie
France
Housewives Boycott Meat Markets Hits Several Cities
Housewives stage a nation wide boycott of meat stores as a corn crop promise hints at lower prices in a year or two. Cleveland retailers report slumping sales while Louisville restaurants adopt meatless Tuesdays and protesters gather at San Francisco packers and Chicago stockyards.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Chester G. Newcomb
Cleveland Provision Co
Louisville
Carl B. Haelin
Assn
San Francisco
Chicago
Four polio cases boost Virginia total to 150 in 1948
Four new polio cases were reported to the State health department, raising Virginia’s 1948 total to 150. The cases include an 11 year old boy in Floyd county, a 22 year old woman in Shenandoah county, a 15 month old boy in Arlington county, and a one year old boy in Prince William county.
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Richmond
State Health Department
Virginia
Floyd County
Shendoah County
Arlington County
Prince Willia County
New Pastor Rev A Hayne Boozer to Preach in Stephens City
Rev A Hayne Boozer newly elected pastor of Trinity Lutheran Stephens City and St Pauls Lutheran Cedar Creek to preach his first sermon Sunday morning at St Pauls and again at 8 pm. Boozer a Newberry South Carolina native a graduate of Newberry College and Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary served Orangeburg Lutheran since 1932. He is a Lions member active in civic affairs. Mrs Boozer formerly Gertrude Gillespie of South Carolina. They have two children Annabel and Allen. Family arriving in Stephens City today.
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A. Hayne Boozer
Trinity Lutheran Church
Stephens City
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Cedar Creek
St. Paul's
Newberry
D. C
Newberry College
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
Columbia
Southern Conference
Convention of
United Lutheran Church
The
Lions At
Orangeburg
Boozer
Gertrude Gillespie
S. C
Annabel
Allen
Army suggests annexing National Guard to boost army strength
A Defense department advisory board proposed that the Army annex the National Guard doubling total force from about 600000. The study urged a single Federal reserve force for all services to use in national emergencies, arguing Guard units cannot currently engage in major combat operations.
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Washington
National Guard
Defense Department
Army
Gordon Gray
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Embassy Payoff Charged in Capitol Hill Spy Hearings
The Capitol Hill spy hearings linked a confessed wartime communist spy to a Russian embassy official described as the payoff man who once handed her 100 twenty dollar bills. Secretary Marshall said the United States will protect witnesses who testify and will uphold diplomatic immunity for Soviet officials while opposing any interference. Bentley said the embassy source supplied money and a medal, and a subcommittee will visit New York for closed sessions with Mir Ivanovitch Samarin.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Marshall
United States
Miss Bentley
Elizabeth T. Bentley
House
Gromov
Cer
Thomas
R-Nj
New York
Mir Ivanovitch Samarin
Push
Canada
Senators to Resume Probe of Communists
Washington on August 11 Republicans plan to renew hearings on communists in government through September. Sen Ferguson's committee will target one case focusing on William W. Remington and seek FBI information while Sen McClellan and Sen Pepper clash over the Senate inquiry amid broader political debate.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Roosevelt
Truman
Arkansas
Elizabeth Bentley
Moscow
Paign
Ferguson Committee
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Miss Bentley
House un-American Activities Committee
Senate
Ferguson
House
Clark
Remington
FBI
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Dial
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Carper’s Valley
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Wall Street Journal
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Wnchester Civil Air Patrol
George Ulrich
Hedrick Light
Frank Schecter
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Stone Church
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