Educational Institution Given Property By War Assets
A House committee investigates government surplus and its transfer to education. The War Assets Administration notes American Institute for Foreign Trade acquired land and buildings in Glendale for no cost worth 407000 dollars. Public hearings set for Atlanta on army destruction of radio and electronic gear. A FBI veteran signals a growing blacklist effort as surplus property attracts speculators.
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House
Temper Capital
Benjamin Franklin Fields
Washington
Day
American Institute For Foreign Trade
Glendale
Arizona
Slaughter
D-Mo
Atlanta
J . F. Carroll
WAA
FBI
American Institute For Foreign
Rioting in India Leaves Scores Dead and Wounded
Reports describe direct action protests against British India plans triggering widespread clashes in northeastern city districts. Death tolls cited up to 200 with about 1 500 injured as curfews and troop standbys failed to halt violence.
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Reuters
Delhi
Akron All American Soap Box Derby Contenders Gather
Dispatches from Akron report 112 drivers from 110 cities and Alaska prepare for the first postwar All American Soap Box Derby. Winchester’s Le Roy F. White Jr., age 11 to 15, competes among champions from civic races. Officials say all racers are checked and bow rainbow colored entries race tomorrow at Akron Municipal Airport. The top prize is a four year college scholarship, with a new automobile for the runner up.
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Associated Press
Akron
Ohio
American
Alaska
Winchester
Leroy F. White, Jr
America
Leo Olsterman
Juneau
All Expense College
Virginia court clerks hear plan to modernize state government
Frederick County Clerk H Bruce Green outlined a proposal for an inter association council drawn from treasurers sheriffs commissioners of the revenue trial justices commonwealth attorneys and clerks to meet in November at Richmond to discuss issues affecting member offices. The Virginia Court Clerks Association elected H Elmer Gizer president and named William E Sandidge first vice president with Charles R Purdy second vice president James Ashby third and George R Walters re elected secretary treasurer.
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Commissioners of the Revenue
Virginia
Coun
H. Bruce Green
Green
Richmond
A. Willis Robertson
Colgate W.l. Darden, Jr
Lawrence W. I’anson
Portsmouth
Lee Whitacre
Winchester
H. Elmer Gizer
Atazewell
Virginia Court Clerks Association
Nansemond Hotel
Ocean View
William E. Sandidge
Amherst County
Charles R. Purdy
Hastings
James Ashby
Stafford County
George R. Walters
Prince George County
Typhoon Strikes Iwo Jima Causing Major Air Base Damage
A typhoon with 115 mile per hour winds hit Iwo Jima causing severe damage to U S Air Force installations. Eighty five percent of buildings damaged and power lines down. Food rations ruined. no casualties reported. Forecast to move toward Japan and pass Kyushu toward Honshu.
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Tokyo
Iwo Jima
U. S. Air Force
Observers See Haifa Tragedy Amid Mount Carmel Tension
In Jerusalem Aug 17 Haganah radio Voice of Israel urged Haifa residents to leave homes for a central demonstration. About 1,500 refugees from Mount Carmel were reported. two British ships docked, possibly loading refugees bound for Cyprus. Security girded Haifa harbor as Stern Gang may strike on Haifa rail shops. Vaad Leumi weighs a non cooperation strike against deportations. Ben Gurion rejected Truman’s refugee plan as changing Palestine’s situation, while London Times praised the president’s suggestion.
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Jerusalem
Haganah
Voice of Israel
Haifa
Mount Carmel
Cyprus
Empire
Les
Stern
Vaad Leimi
National Council For Palestine Jews
Truman
Paris
David Ben-Gurion
Jewish Agency Executive
Congress
U. S
Palestine
America
Europe
London
the Times
Times
Local Apples And Peaches High In Sugar Content
Fruit grown in Valley orchards will be tastier this year with high sugar levels. Dr. Walter Hough of the Winchester Research Laboratory notes peaches and apples show above average sweetness. Harvests start soon with peaches moving in volume next week and prices around two to three dollars per bushel or basket.
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Walter Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
E. P. Bean
Bean
Elbertas
Frederick County
W. I. Derflinger
Stephens City
Winchester
Star Office
Derflinger
Three Men Held For Grand Jury Action At Winchester
Luther Miller Crisman Henry Shipe and William Robert Shipe seasonal workers at Stonewall Orchards near Winchester were held for grand jury action by Trial Justice W Eric Edwards. They face charges of breaking and entering the dwelling of Wayne Blankenship with intent to commit a felony. Bond set at 1500 each. They remained jailed.
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Luther Miller
Crisman Henry Shipe
William Robert Shipe
Stonewall
Winchester
W. Eric Edwards
Wayne Blankenship
Blankenship
Edwards
Wilbur Chapman
Orchard
Mary Carter
Miller
Shipes
Seale
Jim Sawyer
Fun Frolic Picnic and Fire Co Notice Stephens City
Independent Hose Co. of Stephens City hosts Fun Frolic Games and refreshments on Fire Company lot each evening August 14 to 17. Notice closes August 26 through September 3 for vacations. Sarah Zane Fire Co. members attending the Wednesday August 21 picnic should leave names with the driver.
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Independent Hose Co
Stephens City
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Manslaughter Charge Against Secrist Dismissed
Trial Judge W Erle Edwards dismissed an involuntary manslaughter warrant against Melvin Woodrow Secrist of Gore in the July 13 highway accident that killed pedestrian Robert F Storm. The judge ruled Storm walked into the highway, making the death accidental after visiting the scene with witnesses and officials.
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W. Erle Edwards
Melvin Woodrow Secrist
Gore
Robert F. Storm
Edwards
Storm
Secrist
Commonwealth Attornin A
Sereommonwealth
A’ ' Kuykendall
State Police
Sergean Woolf
Seale
Ridgeway Roller Rink Welcomes All With Yard Party
At Ridgeway Roller Rink every night at 10 30 pm a yard party event is announced for August 21 with country ham and chicken served at 6 00 pm. The notice lists dates including August 13 17 20 21.
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Ridgeway Roller Rink
Welltown
Thunderbird Head Issues Statement On Airfield Sale
Lt Gen Barton K Yount says the American Institute for Foreign Trade was formed to serve the United States after buying Thunderbird Airfield and Thunder bird Field No 1 at Glendale for 407000 at full discount. The Hours Surplus Property Committee in Washington proposed an inquiry into the purchases.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Barton K. Yount
American Institute For Foreign Trade
Thunderbird Airfield
United States
Yount
Army
Institute
Washington
Thunderbird Field No. 1
Glendale
Jap War Commander Kills Wife and Children Then Kills Self
Rear Admiral Shiro Sato once led Japanese naval forces in New Guinea. He killed his wife and two children in their sleep, then died by suicide with the same pistol. A note spoke of defeat and degradation and friends said he had a nervous breakdown after his return from New Guinea.
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Yokosuka
Japan
Shiro Sato
New Guinea
Major Clashes In Athens End With Widespread Casualties
In two major confrontations near Volos, about 200 Communist band members clashed with gendarmerie. In Karyai hand to hand fighting left 21 dead and about 50 wounded, including the band leader. in Aghia a seven hour battle left 19 dead and several injured.
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Athens
P—Fo
Volos
Karyai
Aghia
Austria Iran To Be Heard By Conference On Invitation
Paris Peace Conference votes 15 to 6 to invite Austria to explain its view on the Italy treaty on the same terms as Albania Mexico Cuba and Egypt. Soviet Russia urges Iran invitation on the same footing with no voting rights.
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Austria
Iran
Paris
Italy
Albania
Mexico
Cuba
Egypt
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Soviet Russia
Yugoslavia
Andreiy
Vishinsky
South Tyrol
United Nations
Byrd Claims Federal Jobs Are Manufactured
Senator Byrd of Virginia asserts federal employment is manufactured to retain workers on the government payroll. He cites a Senate Economy Committee report noting June payroll cuts in war agencies offset by personnel increases in other bureaus. The report details large job shifts across departments and agencies.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
House Economy Committee
War and Navy Departments
Hart admits starting Grand Hotel fire that killed seven
Police official announced Shelley Hart, 35, former bellhop, confessed to starting a fire at the Grand Hotel in Parkersburg West Virginia. Hart said he acted while angry at owner Thomas Solomon as Fire Chief Archie W Cook and Police Chief Clarence Hylbert presented the statement to reporters. The four story walkup hotel blaze resulted in seven deaths.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Clarence Hylbert
Shelley Hart
Hylbert
Archie W. Cook
Hart
Seonywalle
C Teese
Thomas Solomon
Funeral Monday for Mrs Coiner at Berryville
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie W Phillips Coiner wife of Emmett G Coiner longtime Berryville resident and retired merchant will be Monday at 11 from John H Enders Funeral Home in Berryville Rev H Brown Jr of Franktown Va will officiate Interment in Green Hill Cemetery Pallbearers named Mrs Coiner died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a week of illness She was active in Duncan Memorial Methodist Church and the WCTU and led church music and women’s groups in Berryville Clarke County.
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Nannie W. Phillips Coiner
Emmett G. Coiner
Berryville
John H. Enders
H. Brown, Jr
Franktown
Duncan Memorial Methdist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Hugh Owens
Roy E. Potts
T. C. Hall
Thomas Howell
Chester H. Hobert
Hugh Thomas
Conner
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Clarke County
Hannah Blake Pas
Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
Women's Society of Christian Service
Friendly Bible
Great Lakes Tie-Up Spreading Says NMU Leader
Detroit August 17 A CIO National Maritime Union official said more Great Lakes ships are being laid up with “an increasing number” of the 400 American registry vessels idle. He refused to revise the NMU claim of 98 idle ships on Friday, noting an official tabulation later. He added ports show more union activity, with picketing and ships tying up, and he may travel to Ashtabula to probe reports of strike breaking. The NMU has warned it will respond with force if confirmed.
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Detroit
CIO National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
Stack Nant Geemeoseph
NMU - Dent
NMU
Shenandoah Valley National Bank names new board head
Harold G. Brown elected president and cashier at the Shenandoah Valley National Bank board meeting. He succeeds the late G Gray Williams. W Nelson Page elected chairman of the board. Brown joined the bank November 1 1931 as vice president and has served on the board since January 1937.
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Brown
Williams
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valie National Bank
G. Gray W Williams
W. Nelson Page
Diety
Bank of Washington
Culpeper National Bank
Culpeper
Richmond
Union Bank and Federal Trust Company
National Fruit Product Co to Operate Monday
National Fruit Product Company Winchester plant will begin receiving apples Monday August 19. Company awaits government price policy before setting prices. Plant employees will receive an 18 percent wage increase and at least one extra hour of pay compared with last year.
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Winchester
National Fruit Product Company
The
Basa Oehants Rene Ets
Tte
American Legion to Assist Vets With New Pay Process
Veterans seeking terminal leave pay will receive help from the American Legion of Virginia which will coordinate assistance for applications. The service will not be available at post offices for about 30 days, delaying relief for those eligible.
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American Legion
Richmond
Isluea i
Ase Tance American Legion de Virginia
Flood Strikes Illinois Rural Towns Leaving Dozens Homeless
Heavy rains trigger Mississippi River flood across Illinois and Missouri. A burst levee near Pearl, Illinois, left 1,200 homeless and four dead. Rescue boats saved 400 in East St. Louis area. several deaths reported from electrocution and drowning.
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Illinois
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Pearl
Hoover
Pike County
Steve Hoover
Illinois River
Sst. Louis
East St. Louis
Belleville
Coast Guard
Washa Park District
East So
Uis
Elsberry
Centl
Weather Bureau
Rochester
Des Moines
Kansas
Phillipsburg
Alberta
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Margaret Colvin
Sherwood Blue
By Alex Singleton
India
College Street
Calcutta
Red Cross
Jima
Mt. Carmel
Peoples Cleaners
VA. Tavern Park
Sun
Woody Liggett
Skeeter
E. Boscawen St
Thunderbird
Sen
Polly
Coiner
National Fruit Product Co
Biles
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