Robinson Storage Plans Packing House Addition
Robinson Storage to add a 108 by 67 foot one story packing house with basement at Wyck and Cameron Streets across from its plant. Cost estimated at 12000 dollars. Site bought from Pennsylvania Railroad. former barrel factory and storage shed razed after August fire. Also sewer extension approved to prevent street flooding.
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Thomas Cather
Fred L. Glaize Jr
Robinson Co
Winchester Council
Wyck St
Cameron St
Robinsons
Polio Cases in Virginia Steady at 161 for 1948
Virginia reports 161 polio cases for 1948 after removing one Culpeper county case and a Roanoke girl. The total spans 48 counties and nine cities, with Amelia and Mattox counties recording first cases recently. State officials hope the figure avoids a major epidemic despite high year-to-date counts.
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Richmond
Virginia
Roanoke
Culpeper
Health Department
Amelia
Appomattox
Old Dominion
North Carolina
Sales Tax Favored At Newport News
Warwick county board of supervisors joins Virginia counties in asking Gov. Tuck for a special session to pass a state-wide sales tax. The resolution requests funds from the tax be apportioned to counties with no restrictions on how disbursements are made.
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Newport News
Warwick County Board of Supervisors
Virginia
Tuck
Meat savings and local notices in brief ads
Meats advertised at discount with beef pork and veal offers. Local notices include yard party at Pleasant Grove with music and serving at 6:00, apples wanted, stock sale for Potomac Edison stock at County Court House on Saturday August 14, and cleaning services by Crisman Cleaners at 715 S Kent St with pickup delivery.
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M. C
Pleasant Grove
MclIntosh
Greening
E. W. Barr
Winchester Cold Storage Packing House
Potomac Edison
County Court House
Ds.t
Coleman Dunn Auctioneer
Coleman Dunn
Coleman Duna
Canada Lifts Export Controls On Beef and Livestock
Canadian Agri Minister J G Gardiner announced lifting export controls on beef cattle calves and meat products effective next Monday. The move opens the U S market and could raise Canadian retail beef prices 20 to 30 percent while oats and barley export fees are removed.
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Canada
Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
United States
Septeber
U.S
Gardiner
Fund Launched for County Religious Education Program
The Frederick County Council of Churches held a meeting at Evangelical United Brethren church in Winchester to form a drive raising 4300 for a county school religious education program this winter. District heads include F Strother Stonewall John Cammer Shawnee Henry Carbaugh Opequon M A Wiley Back Creek and Mrs Mary Whitacre Gainesboro. Quotas run 500 to 1000 for Stonewall and 1300 for Opequon. Chairmen will oversee student registrations at Sunday schools, not public schools, and Miss Jean Baker and Miss Sarah Wilson will resume teaching posts.
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Frederick County
Chest Chairman Reports Agency Needs to Board
F Grove White, chairman of the Winchester-Frederick County Community Chest budget committee, presents agency needs to the board. The 1949 Chest budget is tentatively approved and the drive will start in October. Agencies include Salvation Army, Boy and Girl Scouts, Children's Home Society, Negro Day Nursery, Gertrude Barton Day Nursery, Boys Club, and Cancer Fund.
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F. Grove White
Winchester - Frederick County
White
Salvation Army
Boy and Girl Scouts
Children’s Home Society
Negro Day Nursery
Gertrude Barton Day Nursery
Boys Club and
Cancer Fund
Soap Box Champ Leaves for Derby
Sonny Cather of Winchester, the Martinsburg soap box derby champion, departs midnight Wednesday with his parents for Akron to race in the national derby Sunday. His racer had been shipped earlier to the competition site.
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Sonny” Cather
Winchester
Martinsburg
Akron
Cather
C. Irvine Cather
Martinsburg Pike
Five day Virginia Outlook Turns Warmer Early Next Week
The five day forecast for Virginia calls for temperatures about two degrees below normal. Coolest weekend then rising temps early next week. Showers expected Monday and Tuesday with rainfall near one half inch, up to about one inch in coastal sections.
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Virginia
Spanos Recovers from Bayliss Dept Gas Blast Injuries
Six of the Bayliss Department Store gas blast victims remain hospitalized at Winchester Memorial. Stock clerk Chris Spanos has five skin grafts and may need more, though he is improving. Fellow clerks Mrs. Sarah McKIlwee and Mrs. Bertha Swisher, and shoppers Mrs. Bertha Baumgardner and Mrs. Ollie Kirby were injured.
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Baylass Dept
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Chris Spanos
Chris
George Spanos
North Ave
Sarah McKilwee
Glaize Ave
Bertha Swisher
Sharp
Bertha Baumgardner
Martinsburg
Ollie Kirby
Inwood
B-29 Crash Near Roswell Kills Twelve Crewmen
Roswell Record reports a B 29 Superfortress crash three miles south of Walker Air Force Base last night killed twelve crewmen and left eight others seriously injured. Col John D Ryan announced eight escaped but would not confirm fatalities pending relative notification.
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Roswell
N. M
Walker Air Force Base
Hear
John D. Ryan
Winchester Considered Center for Retired Persons
Gene Sakers of the chamber of commerce says Winchester may become a hub for retirees as the city is added to a new book Where Shall I Retire. Freelance writers Jean and Eugene Beng e of Asheville NC selected Winchester among about 30 cities and asked for climate living conditions recreation and cultural advantages details.
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Winchester
Gene Sakers
Chamber of Commer
Ing
Jean and
Eugene Benge
Ashville
N.C
Lakers
Russians Evacuate Berlin Kommandatura
Russians remove the four power Kommandatura flag in Berlin completing a division of the city from their view. They withdraw July 1 from the Allied Kommandatura and plan to guard their new arch peta Kommandatura in the American sector. U.S. authorities report Americans favor a strong Berlin front even at the risk of war.
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Berlin
Kommandatura
Archpeta Kommandatura
Allied Control Council
Germany
Allied Control Authority
En Act
U.S
Britain
France
U. S
U S
Russia
United States
Two Coal Laden Planes Crash at Berlin Airport
Two United States four engined C-54 aircraft crashed at Templehof airport Berlin during a heavy landing. One aircraft burned after breaching a fence near a busy street while the crew escaped via an emergency hatch. The second plane damaged on a half finished runway. the crew unhurt. Initial reports varied over cargo being food or coal. Five Americans killed in earlier morning incidents.
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Berlin
United States
Templehof
Acci
Virginia farmers invited to hybrid corn tour Sept 1–2
The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station schedules its second annual corn tour for September 1 and 2. Participants will visit Shenandoah valley, Orange Piedmont, Ettrick, and Williamsburg plots to view 27 fertilizer combinations across two planting rates. Leaders include Clarence Genter and staff.
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Blacksburg
Clarence F. Genter
Staunton
Shenandoah Valley
Genter
G. Myron Shear
Curtis W. Roane
Boyd Harshbareer
Gen
Family narrowly escapes as trailer overturns at Riverton
A tractor-trailer bound for Pittsburgh overturned on the 1929 Ford Roadster at the Rt 522 and 55 intersection in Riverton. Mr and Mrs Roy Owens and their child of Front Royal escaped with minor injuries as hundreds of peanut bags cushioned the crash. About 150 bags of peanuts were strewn along the highway.
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Pittsburgh
Riverton
Roy Owens
Front Royal
Court Clerks Hear Rep Harrison Address at Virginia Meet
Roanoke August 13 members of the Virginia Court Clerks Association opened a two day convention with a report from president William E. Sandidge of Amherst. Tomorrow morning Congressman B N Harrison of Winchester is slated to speak.
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Roanoke
Virginia Court Clerks’ Assn
William E. Sandidge
Amherst
Bn. Se. Harrison
Winchester
Nottingham Kennels Boarding Notice
Nottingham Kennels offers boarding for dogs or cats. Phone 4965. Backer.
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Nottingham
US to grant asylum to two Soviet teachers in US
State Department pledged asylum if they wish to stay, while denying Soviet claims that US agencies kidnapping. Ambassador Smith told Molotov no US involvement and promised full investigation. one teacher, Lamarine, said to have sought FBI interview.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
Department
Michael J. McDermott
Moscow Radio
Robert A. Lovett
Wash
Ington
Michael Ivanovitch Lamarine
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McDermott
Molotov
Smith
Oksana Stepanova Kosenkina
Yakob Lomakin
New York
Police Guard Tightens At Hospital After Confrontation
Russian tea cher Mrs Kosenkina suffers internal injuries a fractured pelvis and leg and a serious but not critical condition after jumping from the Soviet consulate building. Vice Consul Chepurnykh visits the injured woman and confirms her identification of the vice consul. Detective Dyczko reports security remains strong at the hospital with two Soviet officials arranged to speak to her if she chooses.
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Zot I. Chepburny
Kosenkina
Grant P
Sam Dycske
Nol
Hospital Ed
Ezrt
Dyczko
Rose
Chepurnykh
Rear End Crashes Injure Four Cars on City Streets
Police estimate total damage of 320 dollars from two rear end crashes on Millwood Ave and National Ave. Thomas Coleman of McKeesport stopped for directions and was struck by David Zimmerman driving a 1947 Chevrolet. Kathryn McCauley Smith braked for a dog darting into National Ave. Elsworth LeMaster failed to stop, causing front end damage to their 1946 Ford and 1948 Studebaker respectively.
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Millwood Ave
Thomas Coleman
McKeesport
David E. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Man
Studebaker
National Ave
Ford
Kathryn McCauley Smith
Greenwall Ave
Elsworth Ernest le Master
W. Hart St
Mayor Threatens Councilmen in Ousting Battle
Pomeroy Ohio August 13 Delmar A Canaday a former professional boxer leads a clash with the village council which seeks his removal for alleged improper purchases withholding information and denying defendants due process He warns he would “lower the boom” on any council member who acts against him while the council cites insults and threats as basis for ouster.
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Pomeroy. O
Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Thomas J. Herbert
Canaday
FSA Region 3 Office to Move From Richmond
The Federal Security Agency will relocate Region 3 from Richmond to Washington within 90 days, affecting about 40 employees. Erval R. Coffey will stay as regional director overseeing Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina and the District of Columbia. Space issues in Richmond cited as the reason for the move.
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Washington
Federal Security Agency
Richmond
Oscar Ewing
Federal Security Administrator
Social Security Administration
Public Health Service
Office of Education
Erval R. Coffey
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Car 2
District of Colum
Battaile Receives Diamond Award For Moose Lodge Service
William Battaile, former president of Winchester Moose, received a diamond pin merit award for outstanding achievement during his tenure as lodge chief. Governor Sherman Dick presented the honor as the lodge grew to about 225 members under his leadership.
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William Battaile
Winchester Moose
Sherman Dick
Battaile
Ruth's Condition Still Alarming In New York
Memorial hospital issued a bulletin saying Babe Ruth shows no improvement with a moderately high fever and general condition unchanged. The update contrasted with a previous bulletin that he had rallied and improved.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Homerun King
Memorial Hospital
Bentley Denies Currie Ties to Spy Ring in Hearings
Lauchlin Currie former Roosevelt aide testified before the House that he is not connected to a spy ring. Miss Bentley alleges Currie informed a ring member US code deciphering was near. Currie calls the claim hearsay three times removed and denies any communist affiliation.
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Washington
Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
New Yor
House
T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
Currie
United States
Communist Party
Rainfall Slows Stephens City Cannery Output
Mrs. W. M. Stickley 3d notes weather impact on canning this season at Stephens City Cannery. Supervisors report beans rotting on vines and falling off while the plant operates about 16 days. Facilities store peaches, corn and a few beans, with Belle of Georgia and Halehaven peaches canned.
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W. M. Stickley
Stephens City
Frustrated teachers blamed for pupil woes
London Aug 13 A report to the International Conference on Child Psychiatry cites Dr Gordin Stephens of Winnipeg saying a frustrated teacher can make pupils frustrated. He warns a drab teacher stifles initiative and damages emotional growth, with rigid supervision and public meddling as key causes.
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London
International Conference On Child Psychiatry
Gordin Stephens
Winnipeg
Stephens
Gore Boy Scouts Seek Charter for Troop at Baptist Church
Scout troop requests charter through the church with a ceremony planned for presentation. Scout Executive Herb Wilkins notes the charter will be awarded at a special event. Harold Pugh leads the troop with Leslie Lucas as assistant and Rev. Vergil Hudson as troop committee chair. Members Coam Kerns James Lawyer B L Larrick M A Wiley assist on the committee. Charter candidates Marion Largent Julian Pugh Layne Secrist Whitacre Joe Palmer Elmer BACK TO SCHOOL Children who see better learn more. Have their EYES examined today and be sure. HODGSON AND BROWN Registered Optometrists. CHRISMAN CLEANERS 7115 S. Kent St. Dresses Hand Picked benelle, Dial 7145.
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Ahe
Baptist Church
Herb Wilkins
Harold Pugh
Leslie Lucas
Vergil Hudson
Coam Kerns
James Lawyer
B. L. Larrick
M. A. Wiley
Marion Largent
Julian Pugh
Layne Secrist
Whitacre
Joe Palmer
Elmer
Hodgson and Brown
Chrisman Cleaners
S. Kent St
Benelle
Dial
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Soap Box Champ
Derby
Spanos
Rep
B. P. Harrison
Red
FSA
B & & Poultry
Colonial Kitchen
Ruth
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