West Virginia Apple Belts See Shifts in Packaging and Planting
A survey shows OPA ceilings and government buying aided growers during the war. Box packaging gains over baskets with five-pound bags growing, cold storage expands, and tree-run and cold-pack sales rise. Plums and cherries expand, tomatoes rise as fillers, and peaches suffer from an April freeze. Growers report shortages of spraying materials and lumber, hoping for normal conditions next year. Variants include Grimes, Staymen, York, Ben Davis, Delicious with varied yields.
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OPA
Jefferson County
Frome
Hampshire
Hampshire County
Grimes
Yorks
Ben Davis
Delicious
Ex-Tenn sheriff puzzled by Athens jail riot
CARTERSVILLE Ga August 12 ex sheriff Pat Mansfield of McMinn County Tenn who led the political machine says he cannot understand the August 1 jail siege by former soldiers in which 18 were wounded. The vets won the county offices voting fight and Mansfield fled Athens with Boe Dunn. He questions ballot irregularities and recalls friends turning into a mob.
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Cartersville
Pat Mansfield
McMinn County Tenn
Mansfield
Boe Dunn
Athens
Tenn
Conference names Fouque Du Parc secretary general
The conference elected Jacques Fouque Du Parc as secretary general in temporary capacity. It set a general secretariat of eight members with representation from the United States, Great Britain, Russia and France. Debate over inviting Albania, Cuba, Egypt and Mexico opened amid opposition from Greece to Albania’s invitation.
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Russia
Poland
Jacques Fouque du Parc
United States
Great Britain
France
Albania
Cuba
Egypt
Mexico
H. V. Evatt
Australia
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Midgets Remain Undefeated in Sacred Heart Softball
The Midgets defeated the Pee Wees 11 to 3 as Hockman limited the losers to seven hits. LaVecchia and E Dicks led the offense with 12 combined hits and a homer by Dicks.
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Sacred Heart Athletic Club
Hockman
E. Dicks
English Subscriber Pugh Enters Winchester Evening Star
English subscriber J. T. Pugh Esq of Newport has placed his subscription with E. Nelles, English bookseller in London for the Winchester Evening Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Pugh Esq
Newport
England
Winchester Evening Star
E. Nelles
One Foreign Bookseller
London
Abduction Case and Elopement Dot New York Headlines
In New York a 17 year old Navy trainee Arthur Fleischman is jailed on an abduction complaint after marrying his 15 year old bride Lydia Johnson following a late night elopement to Maryland. Their parents debate the marriage as prosecutors prepare arraignment.
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New York
Arthur Fleischman
Navy
Lydia Johnson
Fleischman
Lydia
Maryland
Stonewall Softball Team Heads for Evening Games
The Stonewall Softball Association team will play Stephens City tonight and O'Sullivan tomorrow evening on the White Hall diamond. The association invites all interested persons to attend the games.
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Stonewall Softball Association
Stephens City
O'Sullivan
White Hall
Stonewall Association
National races shape Wisconsin Vermont South Carolina and more
National figure lines showed a shaky Wisconsin race where a Democrat could win if Republicans split. In Vermont Ralph Flanders opposed by S R Waterman for the GOP nomination. Ernest Gibson challenged proctor for the Senate. South Carolina Governor Williams expands a liquor store crusade as Del O Neals and Hinton push voting rights suit. Delaware Republicans set a Senate choice while Democrats pick convention delegates.
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Bly
Bob” la Follette
Wisconsin
Vermont
Warren R. Austin
Truman
United Nations Security Council
Ralph E. Flanders
Boston Federal Reserve Bank
CIO
S. R. Waterman
Waterman
State
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Gibson
Proctor
Ernest W. Gibson
Mortimer R. Proctor
Andrew E. Nuquist
University of Vermont
Charles A. Plumley
South Carolina
Ransome J. Williams
del O'Neal
Hollywood
Williams
J. M. Hinton
National Association For Advance
The
Ment of Colored People
Delaware
Senate
James M. Tunnell
House
Philip A. Traynor
Refugee ships stir harbor crowd as dawn reveals Yagur and Szord
Approximately 1,400 men and women still detained in the harbor aboard the Hagana and Jewish Warrior watched the Yagur anchor at dawn. They sang Hatikvah the Jewish national anthem and cheered as the Szord appeared, amid tense but hopeful scenes among the refugees.
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Hagana
Passengers from Hungary Poland and Yugoslavia on Yagur voyage
An 80 ton auxiliary schooner carrying a Turkish crew sought to reach Beyrouth Lebanon but demanded Haifa instead. Most passengers, including many women, hailed from Hungary Poland Yugoslavia or Germany.
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Beyrouth
Beirut
Lebanon
Haifa
Hungary
Poland
Yugoslavia
Germany
Frederick County Board of Agriculture to meet Wednesday
The Frederick County Board of Agriculture will hold its quarterly meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the county courthouse. Plans for a farm and home market in Winchester will be considered and Mrs H P Lovett the committee chair will report on progress.
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Frederick County Board of Agriculture
County Court House
Winchester
H. P. Lovett
Services Tomorrow For Harman Child
Funeral services for Joyce Page Harman six month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Garland Harman of 163 1 2 North Loudoun Street will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 from Omps Funeral Home with Rev John Teter. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Born February 12 1946 she died last evening at 9 45 after a month long illness. Survived by her father formerly of Wadesville Clarke County and her mother Zantha Willis of Breathesville Maryland a twin sister Janice Lee Harman and another sister Garland Ann.
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Joyce Page Harman
Garland Harman
Loudoun Street
Omps Funeral
John Teter
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Wadesville
Clarke County
Zantha Willis
Breathesville
Janice Lee Harman
Garland Ann
Police Court Roundup: Drunk Disorderly Driving Offenses
In police court Judge John Rice presided this morning Elmer James Brooks of Kent Street faced a drunk charge with a 35 dollar fine plus costs Samuel Jenkins of Millwood Avenue was cited for disorderly conduct with 20 dollars and costs Alvin Strawderman of Loudoun Street faced a dunk charge and Clark Smith of Loudoun Street faced a driving under the influence charge with 100 dollars and costs Smith was given a 30 day jail term suspended and his operator license revoked for one year.
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John Rice
Elmer James Brooks
Kent Street
Samuel Jenkins
Millwood Avenue
Alvin Strawderman
Loudoun Street
Clark Smith
Smith
Infant Dwyer Dies in Winchester Memorial Hospital
Four week old Donald Dwyer son of Ira and Velma Dwyer of Clarke county died yesterday at 3 20 PM in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born July 11 in the hospital he is survived by his parents and a sister Bonnie Lee Dwyer. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with the cortege leaving Omps Funeral Home at 12 30 PM for Marlowe Cemetery near Martinsburg where graveside rites are at 2 PM conducted by Rev F T Pulcher. Interment will follow.
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Donald Dwyer
Ira Dwyer
Fdereick County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Rileyville
Velma Golightly
Boyce
Clarke County
Charles Town Road
Bonnie Lee Dwyer
Omps Funeral Home
Marlowe Cemetery
Martinsburg
F. T. Pulcher
David Grant Buried in Hagerstown with Masonic Rites
Funeral services for David Grant who died Saturday morning in Hagerstown were held at A. M. E. Zion Church at 2 30 this afternoon with Masonic honors. He was a brother in law of John M Morris of 413 South Brad Street.
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David Grant
Hagerstown
A. M. BE. Zion Church
John M. Morris
South
Brad
Notable Life of Local Figure Mentioned
Surviving spouse listed as Mrs. Lucy Morris Grant formerly of Winchester. The notice confirms his continued family ties and residence details in the local community.
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Dock Street
Lucy Morris Grant
Winchester
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