City Orders Gas Co to Chart Lines After Explosion Tragedy
Winchester moves to survey Consumers Utilities Co facilities with State Corporation Commission engineers and provide a map of mains and appurtenances. Action follows Harrisonburg beauty college explosion blamed on butane gas buildup. 30 injured, several fatally. Council warns of franchise suspension if not completed in 30 days.
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Winchester
Consumers Utilities Co
State Corporation Commission
City Council
Harrisonburg
Bureau of Mines
S. Lee Grant
State Corporation Committee
Winchester City Council
Gas Co
John W. Jones
Coble
Council
A. J. Bell
Gas Pipe Leak Found on Pall Mall Street
A Consumers Utilities Co crew traced a leak in a 2 inch Pall Mall Street main to a corroded pipe three feet underground. A section rusted to hole as big as a dime was removed, shown to city solicitor James P. Reardon whose home earlier reported the gas odor. The line had been in the ground about 25 years. HALE HAVEN PEACHES FOR SALE at E R Conner's Packing House City.
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Consumers Utilities Co
Pall Mall St
S. Stewart St
James P. Reardon
Reardon
Hale Haven
Winchester Council Approves 2000 Traffic Survey Funding
In a 9 to 3 vote the Winchester council approved spending 2000 dollars for a fall traffic survey by the State highway department. Mayor C R Anderson, W W Dellinger and Libert Smith opposed, saying the money could fund street improvements and the timing was improper. A Staunton survey cited by supporters reportedly improved traffic flow, reduced accidents, and increased meter revenue.
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Winchester
State Highway Department
C. R. Anderson
W. W. Dellinger
Libert Smith
Anderson
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Charlottesville
J. T. Kremer
Public Safety Committee
Kremer
Loudoun St
Cork
Piccadilly
Main Street
N. Kent St
National Ave
Malden Drive
Patterson Ave
Jefferson St
Armory Grounds
City Delinquent Tax Lists Tabled for Council Action
City Treasurer W A Baker presented delinquent tax lists for 1943 through 1946 and opposed publishing the personal property list. He proposed a trial plan with City Auditor John W Jones to collect without extra costs and asked referral to the solicitor, finance committee, and mayor. The council approved. He noted only 4600 dollars of 1946 assessments remain uncollected and delinquent real estate totals 406 dollars.
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W. A. Baker
John W. Jones
James P. Reardon
Finance Committee
Baker
Child Dies During Thunder Drum Corps Practice
Nancy Lee Pollock two years old died after collapsing in her crib while a drum and bugle corps rehearsed nearby. Her mother said the child feared thunder like sounds. Detective Albert Helvitson reported the death occurred in PHILIA on August 13.
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Phil” Phia
Nancy Lee Pollock
Albert Helvitson
English Loan Discussions Due To Open Monday
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder announced talks will begin Monday with British officials on easing terms of the 3 750 000 000 loan to Britain. The talks will be conducted by the National Advisory Council on International Monetary Problems, with a British delegation led by Sir Wilfrid Eady arriving this weekend. The discussions, focused on loan terms within the Anglo American agreement, will not cover broader issues of the dollar crisis or European aid. Snyder rejected rumors of a gold price rise to 50 dollars an ounce, stating no plans exist.
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Washington
Snyder
Britain
National Advisory Council On International Monetary Problems
Wilfed Eady
Hugh Dalton
England
London
Treasury
Arab Quarters Under Curfew in Jaffa After Stabbings
The Palestine government imposed a rigid curfew on Jaffa’s Manshieh and Carton Arab quarters as Arab Jewish strife escalates. Military and police patrols restricted the two zones between Jaffa and Tel Aviv after two Arabs and one Jew were stabbed to death in the area.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Jaffa
Holy Land
Manshieh
Carton
No-Man's Land
Tel Aviv
U S Delegation Leaves For Conference at Rio
President Truman sent the United States delegation to the Pan American security meeting in Rio de Janeiro with well wishes for a peaceful and successful conference. Warren R. Austin and Bernard Baruch spoke of unity in the Western Hemisphere as they prepared to travel south for the talks.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Mr. Truman
Washington National Airport
Warren R. Austin
U. S
U. N. Security Council
Vermont
Vandenberg
Marshall
Austin
Winchester Boosts Recreation Budget for Director Hire
Winchester City Council approved a higher recreation department budget to fund a new director, with C A Hobert noting prior salary limits blocked hires. The plan requires an extra 1200 yearly, but only 900 this year due to time elapsed, and council committee support was voiced with amendments reallocating funds from rent to salaries. The new director is hoped to arrive in October, while Rotary urges broader youth facilities and a coordinated center approach.
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Winchester Council
C. A. Hobert
Recreation Council
Hobert
New Bern
N. C
North Carolina
Leonard Sirbaugh
Airport, Parks and Recreation Committee
Fred Glaize, Jr
Sirbaugh
Winchester
Allen T. Hawthorne
Glaize
Hawthorne
Council On & Matter
McSherry Lupton
Rotary Youth Committee
Lupton
Rotary
Boy Scouts
Pakistan Seeks U N Membership After Partition
A Pakistan provision government envoy argues the Moslem ruled dominion in partitioned India should automatically join the United Nations with India. If wrong, Pakistan would pursue a formal path to join the U N as a separate state per a letter from O A Baig, reacting to a U N legal opinion that India's seat goes to the Hindu majority dominion.
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Lake Success
Pakistan
India
United Nations
U.N
O. A. Baig
Washington
United States
U. N. Legal Department
Anyaeres
Trygve Lie
U. N
Riots in India Kill 45 More Amid Partition Tensions
Riots in Amritsar escalate with 45 more killed, raising two day toll to about 150. Fires burn across Punjab capital as Hindu and Sikh victims targeted by armed Muslim mobs. Twenty five slain today in Hindu sectors, others in stabbing incidents. death toll rose past yesterday's figures awaiting the Punjab boundary commission decision on partition.
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Lamore
India
Punjab
Junjab
Fire chief to review Chestnut Street builder fire risk
City council instructed Fire Chief Taylor Barr to inspect the Potts building on Chestnut Street to determine fire hazard claims raised by Carlton Printz. Potts seeks to build a two story concrete block storeroom and residence at less than $5,000, permit not yet issued, construction started.
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S. Lee Grant
Taylor Barr
H. R. Potts
Chestnut St
Carlton Printz
Printz
Potts
Let
Barr
Commissioner of Revenue
State to Open Seven Mental Clinics in Virginia
Richmond August 13 seven mental hygiene clinics are to be opened in Virginia with a 70000 federal grant. Clinics will operate in Richmond Newport News Alexandria Fairfax Danville Roanoke and Lynchburg with federal funds matching locally provided funds two to one and localities supplying space and equipment.
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Richmond
Virginia
Newport News
Alexandria
Fairfax
Danville
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Monmouth Street Gets 4 Inch Water Main
City council approved spending 1600 dollars for a water distribution survey and 1416.31 dollars for installing a four inch main on Monmouth Street. Funds to come from a 3016 dollar water fund surplus as of last July 1. The prior survey was completed in 1945.
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Monmouth St
Indonesia reports Dutch cease-fire violations in fighting
An Indonesian army communique said the Dutch violated the cease-fire 252 times from Friday through Monday. The truce in the Dutch Indonesian hostilities has been in effect for 10 days.
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Batavia
Java
Winchester Hits 96 Degrees in Muggy Summer Heat
The Winchester Research laboratory thermometer hit 96 at 2:30 PM the hottest so far this summer surpassing 95 set earlier in June. The Midwest faces a heat wave relief by tomorrow night as a cool air mass moves in and showers may follow, with 80s expected across the region Thursday night.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Winchester
Associated Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Chicago Weather Bureau
Midwest
Ohio
Ilinois
Missouri
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Keeps 55 Cats Dies Penniless in San Francisco
Gabriel Gabrello a 50 year old Filipino bicycle messenger died quietly in San Francisco. He kept 55 alley cats in a 9 by 5 room where he lived for 15 years. He died almost penniless and his unusual secret came to light after his death.
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San Francisco
Gabriel Gabrello
Gabrello
British Study: Application of Crisis Powers
London reports government officials meet with trade union leaders and industrialists to plan using crisis controls over labor and wealth. The crisis bill became law after King George VI's assent and Lords approval, authorizing mobilization of British resources to direct labor into essential industries for economic recovery.
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London
George
House of Lords
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
U. S
Winston Churchill
Attlee
VFW Summer Fete Set for August 24 at Opequon
Winchester post Veterans of Foreign Wars to hold summer banquet at Tokes Inn Opequon at 5 30 p m Sunday August 24. Chicken dinner and musical numbers planned. State quartermaster W I Woodell expected, past commander W W Baker toastmaster. James Keffer Jr is general arrangements chairman.
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Winchester Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tokes Inn
Opequon
W. I. Woodell
W. W. Baker
James Keffer, Jr
Blake Named Supervisor at State Agriculture Department
George Blake, now with the Federal Production and Marketing Administration, will join the State department of agriculture by September 1 as supervisor of the commodity distribution unit. L. M. Walker Jr., State commissioner, announced he will oversee surplus commodity goods for state institutions and free school lunch programs in public schools.
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Richmond
George Blake
Fedeal Production and Marketing Administration
State Department of Agriculture
L. M. Walker, Jr
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Marshall Seeks Speedy Korea Accord From Soviet Union
Secretary of State Marshall urged Russia to reexamine its stalled work toward a unified provisional government for Korea by August 21 1947 in a letter to Molotov. He stressed the joint commission must report progress so both nations may consider further steps toward an independent united Korea under Moscow talks.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
Korea
Molotov
United States
Joint Commission
United Nations
Councilmen Accept Bid to Lions Fete on Senseng Road Shelter
City council members accepted an invitation to a 5 p.m. program next Wednesday as Winchester Lions present a picnic shelter on Senseng Road recreation area at about $4 000. Ralph Hengeveld led the Lions committee inviting the council and Dr A T Hawthorne moved approval. The program will include band music a speaker and free refreshments.
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Winchester Lions
Senseng Road
Ralph Hengeveld
Lions Recreation Committee
A. T. Hawthorne
Hengeveld
VPI appoints Dr. Walter Newman as president
Dr. Walter S. Newman will become Virginia Tech president on Sept. 1 after serving as acting president since Hutcheson's December departure. A Woodstock native and Hampden-Sydney graduate with a PhD from Pennsylvania State, he led a state education department and directed the National Youth Administration.
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Blacksburg
Walter S. Newman
Virginia Tech
VPI
John R. Hutcheson
Hutcheson
Newman
Board of Visitors
Woodstock
Hampden-Sydney College
Pennsylvania
NYA
State Department
Virginia
National Youth Administration
Dabney S. Lancaster
State Teachers College
Farmville
Motorship Diamond Knot Sinks After Collision
In fog near Crescent Bay Alaska Steamship Co motorship Diamond Knot sank after daybreak following a collision with the Penn Victory outside Race Rocks. The 36 crew evacuated to lifeboats, the cargo worth 3 million dollars aboard, as tugs towed both vessels toward Washington shore and coast guard crash boats aided in the salvage effort.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Alaska Steamship Co
Diamond Knot
Crescent Bay
Here
Penn Victory
Juan de Fuca
Race Rocks
Vancouver Island
Penn
Alaska
Washington
Elks Picnic Set At Butler Farm On Apple Pie Ridge
Winchester Elks announce their annual picnic at Butler Farm on Apple Pie Ridge Road near Ghecesne Place. The event on August 27 begins games and entertainment at 2 p.m. with dinner at 5 p.m. Howard J. Cahill chairs the planning committee with members Warren Eddy James DuShane Chris E T Snider James Nevitt and Herbert Seidel.
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Winchestie Elks
Harry — Farm
Ghecesne Place
Apple Pie Ridge Road
Howard J. Cahill
Warren Eddy
James DuShane
Chris E. T. Snider
James Nevitt Herbert Seidel
Dog Nuisance Here Worst Ever Seen in City
T A Riley of 367 Gray Ave told city council last night that dogs in his neighborhood keep residents from sleeping after midnight. He compared the issue to Harrisonburg where one policeman handles dog complaints. Councilman E E Baker, also on Gray Ave, agreed the nuisance is significant and referenced the old committee led by Smith.
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T. A. Riley
Gray Ave
Mr. Riley
Harrisonburg
E. E. Baker
Smith
Main City Streets May Be Repaved
City manager S. Lee Grant told council he and Resident Highway Engineer FP. M. Yellett are planning to resurface major streets. A paving contractor will be available to do the work, and funds will be transferred from salary and wages to cover asphalt surface application.
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S. Lee Grant
FP. M. Yellett
Grant
Youth Choir Event At Unsted Brethren Church
On Wednesday August 13 at 6 pm a youth choir event will be held at the rear of Unsted Brethren Church.
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Unsted Brethren Church
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Loudoun
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Recreation Post
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Dominion
Mercury
VFW
Blake
Russ
Free
Lions’ Fete
Walter Newman
State Education Department
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Western
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