Gas Company Will Cooperate In Any Survey
The Consumers Utilities Co. will cooperate with city and state authorities in a survey of its Winchester facilities. A. Starkey, manager, questioned council procedure but said cooperation is possible if a State Corporation Commission engineer conducts the survey. He noted prior inspections by a SCC engineer, underwriters, and outside firms, and expressed doubt on independent surveys' value. He pledged full cooperation if SCC provides the engineer.
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Consumers Utilities Co
Winchester
Am A. Starkey
Front Royal
Starkey
State Corporation Commission
Council
Sta
Beee Eek Ip
Concen
American Gas Assa
Local Legion elects Blakemore state commander at Richmond
John A. Blakemore of Abingdon was elected state commander at the Virginia Legion convention in Richmond with 18 Winchester post votes. Henry B. Meador of Staunton was named district vice commander. Other officials elected include vice commanders Alexander Jordan Hugh F. Walker E T Jones Charles S. Ballentine national committeeman F Clinton Knight department chaplain Roy E Orrell sergeant at arms Harry r Twine.
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Winlchester
American Legion
John A. Blakemore
Abingdon
Richmond
Henry B. Meador
Staunton
Winchester
Mifflin B. Clowe, Jr
Conrad Hoover
Clowe
Virginia
Alexander Jordan
Hugh F. Walker
E .T. Jones
Charles S. Ballentine
F. Clinton Knight
Roy E. Orrell
Harry Ry Twine
22 Must Pay with Lives Buch enwalds Horrorists Sentenced
DACHAU Germany Aug 14 A American war crimes court sentenced 22 Buchenwald camp attendants to hang for Nazi atrocities. Five others received life terms including Ilse Koch widow of the former camp commandant. Sentences ranged 20, 15, and 10 years. The trial convicted 31 defendants after four months. Over 50,000 prisoners died at Buchenwald near Weimar.
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Dachau
Germany
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Prau Ilse Kock
Buchenwald
Weimar
Thuringia
Goethe
Hermann Pister
Frau Ilse Koch Sentenced to Life in Prison
An American war crimes tribunal orders Ilse Koch to spend the rest of her life in prison for her role as the widow of the infamous Buchenwald camp commandant. The ruling notes her notoriety as the “queen of Buchenwald” and the suffering of thousands of victims.
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Frau Ilse Koch
Pleas of Not Guilty Entered By Farben Directors
Twenty one I G Farben directors pleaded not guilty before an American war crimes court in Nuremberg to charges of conspiring to start a war for profit. The trial was delayed, with Aug. 27 set for start. several defendants were absent or excused due to personal reasons.
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Nuremberg
Germany
Aus
I. G. Farben Chemical Trust
Farben
Telford Taylor
Adolfer
Max Bruggenmann
Karl Wurster
Carl Lautenschlaeger
Europe
Hermann Goering
Marshall Lands At Rio Airport
At Rio de Janeiro on August 14 U S Secretary of State George C Marshall arrived at the military airbase for the Inter American conference on hemisphere defense opening tomorrow. Delegates expect his reaction to an Argentine proposal to add economic issues and a possible push for a Marshall Plan for the Western Hemisphere. US officials say the talks should focus on defense matters.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U. 8
George C. Marshall
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Marshall
United States
Turnpike Extension to Reach Harrisburg Area
Governor James H. Duff says construction will begin in 1948 on a 120 mile eastern extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike from Carlisle to Paoli, twenty miles west of Philadelphia.
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Harrisburg
James H. Duff
Carisle
Paoli
Philadelphia
Social Security Office Processes 1500 Claims Monthly
The Winchester SSA office serves five Virginia counties and three West Virginia counties. Most claims are for workers aged 65 and retired. In Frederick county 185 claims exist, 69 are 65+ monthly benefits. Winchester has 190 claims, 93 are retired workers. Monthly total benefits amount to 1852 dollars.
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Harry A. Nelson
Social Security Administration
Winchester
Virginia
Warren
Page
Shenandoah
Clarke
Frederick
W. Va
Frederick County
Hit and run deaths lead to manslaughter charges
Mrs. Bessie Stottlemyer died from injuries after a hit and run on Route 50 near Winchester. Benjamin Thompson of Washington and John Floyd of Camden were charged with manslaughter and held in jail after a chase by local and state police. The duo faced additional hit and run and vehicle act charges with arraignment pending records check.
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Bessie Stottlemeyer
Arthur C. Stottlemeyer
Millwood Pike
Winchester Memorial Hospital
J. Thomas Boyd
Benjamin Lewis Thompson
Washington
John Lee Floyd
Camden
N. J
High Point
N. C
Stottlemyer
George W
Margaret DeHaven Whitacre
Frederick County
Christ Episcopal Church
Pleaves
Arthur G. Stottlemyer
Winchester
Joseph Lingo
Hinton Jackson
Irma Hottle
Maynard Wisecarver
Jones
James B. Roe
Mt. Hebron
Thompson and
Ployd
Woodstock
Valley Pike
Strasburg
Boyd
Hospital Faces Baby Boom and Space Crunch
The hospital reported 42 births with extra bassinets and more nurse aides called in. By morning the baby population fell to 35, seven bassinets remained empty, and management placed cots and beds on sunporches and in halls. Parents mainly came from Winchester Frederick County Strasburg Wardensville Mt Williams Royal High View W Va Boyce. Five infants were born Monday three Tuesday two Wednesday and two this morning.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Strasburg
Wardensville
Mt. Williams
Royal
High View
W. Va
Boyce
Canning of Corn and Peaches Hits Peak Period
At the Berryville cannery workers canned 751 jars of corn and peaches on Tuesday. Mrs. Stickley cited increasing helpers, with many named families and individuals contributing. The facility plans Monday to Thursday operations next week to meet the peak canning wave.
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the Stephens In
Loring
Kellery
Was ‘Keller Stickley
Samuel McDonald
George Lowery
Robert Snapp
W. M.rete
Farrell Stewart
E. N. Didawick
Ee Hauck
L. Booze
Martha Funk
Holmes Yeakle
R. E. Ayler
Ernest Flowers
D. O. Lemarr
Barley
Ollie Lowery
Stickley
Berryville
Gladys Racer
Rebels Battle For Asuncion
Buenos Aires dispatches say Paraguayan rebels, supported by sympathizers in Argentina, press toward Asuncion with attacks on three city sides. They reportedly seized and burned President Higinio Morinigo's residence in northern Asuncion as the government fought to hold the capital.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Asuncion
Paraguay
Higinio Morinigo
U S Cancels Billion in Debt Owed by Italy
The United States agreed to cancel about 1 billion dollars in debts owed by the Italian government. The decision was announced by the State Department after three months of negotiation with an Italian financial mission to ease burdensome clauses of the agreement.
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Washington
United States
Sale Save Wes
Mess
State Department
Socalan
Violent Rioting Marks Birth Of New Nation
Karachi reports violence as Britain surrenders government to Pakistan. Punjab city Lahore endures fires with 153 killed and 136 wounded. Gandhi residence attacked in Calcutta amid communal strife. Mountbatten praises Pakistan move as historic transition to two sovereign states.
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Karachi
Britain
Pakistan
Punjab
Lord Mountbatten
Lahore
Lahoe
Calcutta
Bengal
Mohandas K. Gandhi
H. S. Suhrawardy
Gandhi
97 Degree Day Sets Summer High in Winchester
The 2 p m reading reached 97 degrees in Winchester marking a new summer high after yesterday's 96. The heat wave lingers with showers predicted later tonight and relief not expected until tomorrow night. Soft drink demand and pool use surge as residents seek relief.
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Winchester
Rees
Associated Press
Great Plains
Indiana-Ohio
Winchester Research Laboratory
A. B. Groves
Willow Lawn
J. E. Metz
Peoples Drum Store
E. E. Harbauch
Coca Cola Bottling Works
Truman Rejects CIO Plan to Parley on Prices
Senator O Mahoney said Congress must choose between an intelligent production stimulation program and continued private rationing of autos gasoline and steel. He noted oil firms and others ration output and urged action by Congress, not political campaigns, to curb inflation with real production growth.
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Truman
CIO
Congress
Washington
O'Mahoney
D - Wye
Wyoming
Clark
Wri
National City Bank of New York
Pepper Backs Truman in 1948 Election Race
Senator Pepper of Florida voiced support for President Truman for re election after a White House visit. He urged Truman to be nominated and elected, praising the president as sincere and the salt of earth while contrasting the Republicans as the party of privilege. Pepper also aligned with liberal Democratic aims and labor groups.
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Washington
White House
Pepper
D-Fla
Truman
Florida
Democratic Party
Wallace Pepper
CIO
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
the Nation Committee
Wallace
Party of the People
Republican Party
Man saves grandson as train hits stalled car
In McKenney Virginia on August 14 Adrian Crowder 77 sacrificed his life to save his 11 year old grandson after a car stalled on railroad tracks his warning to jump to safety came too late for him as a train struck the vehicle.
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Mckenney
Adrian Crowder
Soapbox Derby Winner Heads to Akron National Race
Jerry Allen White 14 of Winchester will race Sunday in Akron against 135 boys from the United States Alaska and Canada for top honors in the 10th annual derby. He travels with his mother and sister. Leroy White Jr and Ralph White join later. The local champ’s red racer, 27.2 seconds on July 4, will compete before an expected 100000 spectators in an event featuring 75 heats with aviator James H. Doolittle as an honored guest.
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Jerry Allen White
Winchester
Akron
United States
Alaska
Canada
Jerry
Leroy White
Mary Catherine White
Martinsburg
Ralph White
I. Pred Stine, Jr
Mayflower
Porthe Hotel
President backs Justice Dept probe into prices
President Truman endorses Attorney General Clark's antitrust price investigation. He cites a goal to curb rises in food clothing and housing prices while maintaining production to fight inflation. He reflects on a prior labor management conference as influential and expects the probe to target responsible parties.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
Ees
Clark
Ene
Aneral Clark
Department
Anti-Trust
Man
Russia Brands U.S. Efforts in Greece as Interference
In a United Nations Security Council speech, Andrei Gromyko denounced U.S. aid to Greece and the Greek government. He warned that the Soviet veto would again block American and Australian proposals. He accused Axis collaborators of high positions and said Western proposals must be rejected.
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Russia
United
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Greece
U. 8
Herschel V. Johnson
Albania
Yugoslavia
Termite Ridden Home Is Burned In Meass. Aug. 14
A World War I veteran Martel and his wife evacuated as a termite infested dwelling burned in Sturbridge. The couple plans to rebuild a new structure on the site after fleeing the blaze.
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Sturbridge, Meass
Hale Haven Peaches for Sale at E R Conner's Packing
Hale Haven peaches for sale at E R Conner's Packing in Stephens City. Extra fine for canning and sale.
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Hale Haven
E. R. Conner
Stephens City
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Stephens City High School
Independent Hose Company
C. E. Babb
Millwood Avenue
John Deve
Heaven
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Hitler
Rio
U. S
Italy
O’mahoney
Justice Dept
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