City eyed for large television plant awaits decision
Winchester chamber in talks with a New York plant locator about a branch TV factory that could hire 750 to 800 women, with 20 acres needed and site availability noted. A Retail Merchants panel meets Monday to discuss helping bring the facility, described as among the nation’s top three, to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
New York
Winchester
Gene Sakers
Chamber
Retail Merchants Association
Lakers
United States
Virginia
Sakers
Four Teens Stage Beer Carton Theft at Green Lantern
Two 19 year olds must serve 30 days in jail and two juveniles are committed to the State Department of Public Welfare for the August 11 theft of a carton of beer from the Green Lantern Service Station. Names listed include Paul Burcham and Roger Patrick with the other two from Winchester. Trial Justice W Erle Edwards admonished them for gang style behavior and warned they are headed in the wrong direction.
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State Department of Publi Welfare
Green Lantern
Paul Burcham
Stephens City
Roger Patrick
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Clyde Vance
Commonwealth
Joseph Massie, Jr
W. Erle Edwards
Thousands to View James Wood High School Opening
County officials expect several thousand visitors to inspect the new James Wood High School tomorrow. The $1 million plant will be open 1 to 5 p m. Registration for the term begins Friday, September 1, with pupils sorted by surname each day: A–C Monday, D–H Tuesday, I–P Wednesday, Q–T Thursday, and U–Z Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wood High School
Postal Clerk Purchases Seven Room House at Auction
Taylor Simpson of 309 Kerr Street, a Winchester Post Office clerk, won the seven room frame house at 686 Woodland Avenue in public auction to settle the Florence Myers Barr estate. Bids opened at 9000 and rose to 11600 before Simpson's high bid. Executor A. B. Solenberger. Sale called by Coleman Dunn.
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Taylor Simpson
Kerr Street
Winchester Post Office
Woodland Avenue
Florence Myers Barr
Simpson
A. B. Solenberger
Barr
Coleman Dunn
Golden Glow
House OF Good Food
Suits Sold for 6.90 At Parker Execution in 1895
An old Winchester News extra reports Thornton Parker’s 1895 execution after a guilty verdict for attempted assault. It notes ads for a $6.90 dress suit, beer prices, a scaffold in the jail yard, and Parker’s calm crucible on the gallows with a final Heavenward statement.
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Eugene Miller
Slagle
Winchester
H. Hable
Loudoun
Boscawen
Winchester News
Thornton Parker
Star
Sol Goldman
Pittsburgh
Extra
Parker
Middletown
Philip Langley
Isaac Allemony
M. J. Hardesty
J. E. Lupton
Clark Cather
J. McFarland
Isaac J. Lamb
J. E. Newlin
Isaac Miller
J. W. Harper
John Myers
William McKown
Car
G. W. Larrick
W. T. Harris
Public Invited To Alcoholics Meet In Winchester Parish Hall
A Winchester Frederick County Alcoholics Anonymous spokesman announced an open meeting at 8 15 p m Tuesday in Christ Episcopal Church Parish Hall 132 West Boscawen Street. Washington Arlington and Alexandria speakers will discuss their experiences as alcoholics. The event aims to familiarize Winchester residents with AA work and the path to recovery from this disease. The spokesman noted recovery rates and urged overcoming stigma as tuberculosis efforts did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester-Frederick County
Alcoholics Anonymous
Christ Episcopal Church
W. Boscawen St
Washington, D. C
Arlington
Alexandria
Winchester
Alcoholiss Anonymous
Collision Causes Damages To Pontiac And Truck In Town
Early this morning a collision at Loudoun and Piccadilly Streets damaged a 1941 Pontiac sedan valued at $75 and a 1948 truck valued at $5. Edward S. Walters of Charles Town drove the Pontiac and Billy Hartman of Purgitsville, West Virginia, drove the South Branch Motor Freight Company truck.
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Loudoun
Piccadilly Streets
Edwards. Walters
Charles Town
South Branch Motor Freight Company
Billy Hartman
Purgitsville
W. Va
Virginia apple crop forecast tops 11 million bushels
Virginia's 1950 apple crop is expected near 11.4 million bushels, about 33 percent above 1949. Prof. A H Teske of VPI told the Frederick County Fruit Growers Association about marketing to reach profit, stressing picking and handling. A Winchester clinic discussed pre packaging and the rise of film bags with unit packs and canned stock moves noted by W W Hunt.
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Virginia
A. H. Teske
VPI Horticulturist
Frederick County
Teske
Winchester Area
W. W. Hunt
National Fruit Product Company
Hunt
Apple
W. M. Gaunt, Jr
Southeastern Chain Store Council
Kroger Co
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Colonial Stores
Safeway
How Businessmen Learn of Government Contracts
James Marlow explains the government bid system. The Department of Commerce runs a network with 42 offices and about 2100 local outlets that display daily contract summaries from the Chicago hub. Bidders like Jones in Peoria monitor these notices and submit price quotes to the respective Army or service branch.
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James Marlow
Washington
Department of Commerce
Department
Local Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Chicago
Army
New York
Jones
Peoria
Chamber of Commerce
Breeders to Meet Friday Evening in Winchester
James P. Reardon Jr. presides at an 8 p m membership meeting of the Frederick Clarke Breeding Association at Frederick County Court House Winchester. Objective is to decide how to continue artificial dairy cattle breeding amid Virginia center support and potential North Shenandoah area service.
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James P. Reardon, Jr
Frederick Clarke Breeding Association
Frederick County
Winchester
West Virginia
Virginia
Martinsburg
W. H. Armstrong
Virginia Artificial Breeding Center
Rocky Mount
Arden S. Foster
VPI
Stephens City
Shenandoah
Warren
Frederick and
Clarke
Spy suspect Sobell awaits transfer to New York
Sobell 33, New York radar expert of Russian descent, is held on a $100000 bond in Webb County jail after Mexican secret police turned him over to the FBI in a border transfer. He fled to Mexico amid the Klaus Fuchs spy ring arrests and faces removal papers signed by U S District Judge Allred. Sobell is described as a friend of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. he worked 1947 to 1949 at Reeves Instrument Co Manhattan on top secret gunfire control equipment.
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Laredo
Tex
Martin Sobell
Russia
New York
Webb County
Mexico
Sobell
FBI
U. S
Frank Retail
Klaus Fuchs
Mexico City
Rio Grande River
James V. Allred
Corpus Christi
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Reeves Instrument Company
E. 91St Street
Manhattan
Armed Services
War News At a Glance Highlights Korean Front Actions
South Koreans land on Tokchock Island near Seoul as North Koreans retreat north and southwest of Taegu. U N forces advance toward Kumwha while Marines push Reds back at Changnyong. American B 29s hit Chungjin near Soviet territory. North Korea appeals to Red Cross for aid. Allied air drops urge civilians to flee. Truman taps Walter Bedell Smith to run the CIA.
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Associated Press
Korean Front
Tokchock Island
Seoul
Taegu
MacArthur
U.N
Kumwha
Naktong River
Changnyong
Chungjin
1951 Taxes to Be Higher Than Ever
Senator George says next year’s federal tax take will exceed 44 billion, with a second installment tax bill adding 7 billion to cover Korea and defense. Proposals include an excess profits tax on corporations, adjustments for co ops and building lenders, closing loopholes, and a general tax overhaul. One bill already provides a 5 billion increase.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Korea
Senate
House
Quadruplets Born To War Bride in Australia
English war bride Betty Sara 29 gives birth to quadruplets at Bellingen hospital in Australia. The births occurred across Thursday night Friday night Saturday night with the last arrival a boy. The first two babies have names not released, while the other two are listed as a girl and a boy. Father Percy Sara 32, ambulance superintendent, kept vigil, smoking cigarettes. The doctors say the latest arrival is the weakest. mother remains weak but well and all three older siblings are doing fine.
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Sydney
Australia
Betty Sara
Bellingen Hospital
Percy Sara
Former Ambassador to Russia to Head U S Spy Program
Walter Bedell Smith, former ambassador to Russia from 1946 to 1949 and World War I Army veteran, is named director of the CIA in September. He succeeds Rear Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, who leaves to command a cruiser division. President Truman favored Smith for his background, while officials deny a link to intelligence concerns over the North Korean invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Moscow
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Smith
United States
Russia
Truman
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
White House
Charles Ross
Hillenkoetter
Navy
Illenkoetter
Ross
U.S
South Korea
Eisenhower
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Stalin
Office of Strategic Services
William V. Donovan
OSS
Japan backs United Nations in Korea with self defense claim
Tokyo publishes a 3800 word White Paper declaring Japan aligned with the United Nations and Western democracies in the Korea conflict. It urges public cooperation to prevent sabotage and warns of organized Communist acts while framing Japan as a special prize under the China Communist Soviet treaty.
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Tokyo
Nippon
United Nations
Japan
U. N
100000 Reds On Move in China
Senator Wiley says a crack Chinese Communist force, reported as 200000 strong, is being moved north toward the Korean border. He cannot reveal his source but notes the unit may include Koreans trained in Manchuria by Russians. Destination remains unknown.
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Washington
Wiley
Freighter Battered By Hurricane Winds
A hurricane battered freighter 7,247 tons bound for Los Angeles from Norfolk. Two Coast Guard cutters escorted the ship toward Wilmington. All crewmen were safe. The storm, then 400 miles east of Jacksonville, headed northeast with 140 mph winds but presented no immediate land threat.
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Miami
Fla
Wilmington
N. C
Coast Guard
Russell FR. Jones
Los Angeles
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Fila
Miami Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Carolina Capes
Juveniles Believed To Be Gas Thieves
Three juvenile suspects faced a court hearing after police found gasoline containers and siphoning hose at the Sanitary Dairy on 27 Garrard Jt and in a nearby car on James Street. Dairy owner N B Shingleton reported thefts from delivery trucks and prompted the Saturday court date.
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Sanitary Dairy
E. Garrard Jt
N. B. Shingleton
Winchester
James Street
First Lions Club President and Establishment Year
The Lions Club’s first president and the year the club began are asked. The Capitol Theater’s former name is requested as well.
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Lions Club
Capitol Theater
Communists alleged four division build up near Taegu fronts
General MacArthur's headquarters reported a possible four division North Korean build up along the Naktong west of Taegu. The front was largely silenced by a communications blackout as teletype and phone lines to reporters were cut. Despite the gap, Allied patrols advanced four to six miles into enemy territory while South Korean forces landed on Tokchok Island, seeking to disrupt rear areas behind Communist lines.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nations
Naktong River
U.S. Wall
Naktong
Taegu
Associated Press
Lief Erickson
Eighth Army
Korea
United States
U.S
U. N
Cea
Changnyong
Tokchok
Inchon
Seoul
Yellow Sea
Navy
Thia
O A
Chinni
Hurricane alert for Cape Hatteras as storm shifts north
North Carolina issued alerts as an Atlantic hurricane moved 350 miles east of Georgia and toward the Cape Hatteras area. The storm center whirled with 140 mph winds, expected to pass east of land by Sunday. small boats were urged to seek harbors while ships avoid the storm. The Russell R Jones steamed toward Jacksonville with the Tulane escorting through 70 mph seas and heavy smoke from a cargo fire.
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Miami
Fla
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Ee Ga
Cape Harras
Caroling
Russell R. Jones
Jacksonville
Tulane
Tom Choc
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