Hiss Accuser Faceoff at Spy Ring Hearing
In Washington a congressional hearing of the House un-American activities committee pits Alger Hiss against Whittaker Chambers over a 1929 Ford. Witnesses claim a title transfer and use of the car by a party organizer, with perjury charges looming for one party.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
House un-American Activities Committee
Hiss
State Department
Chambers
George Crosley
Robert E. Stripling
Communist Party
Stripling
Cherner Motor Co
Crosley
J. Parnellomas
R-Nj
O Farrall Marker Planned Near Clearbrook Virginia
The Virginia Conservation Commission plans a marker for Charles T. O Farrall born near Brucetown and governor 1894 to 1898. Location not fixed but likely at Clearbrook fork to Brucetown in view of tourists. O Farrall born October 21 1840. Confederate veteran. served in Virginia House of Delegates. circuit judge. 12 years in Congress. died 1905.
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Virginia Conservation Commission
Charles T. O’farrall
Brucetown
Virginia
Clearbrook
Charles ‘Triplett O’farrall
Morgan County
West Virginia
Virginia House of Delegates
Congress
William Jennings Bryan
O'Farrell
Notice of gas service disruption and public reminders
Our City gas Service will be discontinued Tuesday Aug 31 at midnight Do not use any gas appliances not connected to tank gas Do not disturb gas pipes valves or meters Our maintenance crew will call We will supply as many customers as possible with SHENGAS tank gas service
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Shengas
the Gas CO
Consumers Utilities Co
Hayfield Demonstration Club
Miss Kinzel to Cast First Ballot in 83rd Year
Miss Emma Kinzel 82 years old plans to vote in November for the re election of Congressman Burr P Harrison. She is the sole surviving child of the late Henry Kinzel and lived at 49 North Loudoun Street Winchester. The photo shows Aspen Hill once home to the Kinzel family and Shenandoah Valley Academy.
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Emma Kinzel
Loudoun St
Theodore Y. Kinzel
Aspen Hill
Frederick County
Henry Kinzel
Shenandoah Valley Academy
A. Magill Smith
Charles L. C. Minor
Rhodes Massie
James B. Lovett
Col. Brantz Maher Roszell
Kenneth E. Henry
Rouss
Winchester
Barrs Studio
Winchester Blood Donor Drive Opens Registration
Registration for Winchester s third peacetime blood donation campaign starts tomorrow and runs to Tuesday. The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit that day. Co chairs Herbert Duke and Howard Cather lead the drive with an active committee and early offers from National Fruit Products Co employees.
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Winchester
Red Cross
Herbert Duke
Howard Cather
Phillip Schumacher
Russell Newcome
Eli Garber
Edwin Glaize
Alex Crockett
Duke
National Fruit Products Co
Margaret Ayres
Joseph W. Pent
Betty Starner
Ella Strother
Winifred Knight
Eston Alt
Charlotte Larrick
Thomas Iochran
Janeva Tisinger
Margaret Keller
Elizabeth Zeigler
Stewart Bell Jr
Memorial Hospital
Christ Episcopal Church
Act Repeal Move by Truman Appears Futile
Washington observers say Truman faces a congressional wall as he again calls for repeal of the Taft Hartley Act during Labor Day campaign events. Analysts note overturning the act would require major Senate and House gains, with few lawmakers convinced repeal is likely.
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Truman
Washington
Detroit
Congress
Senate
House
Sen. Hickenlooper
R - Town
O Mahoney
D-Wye
Winchester Draft Registration Center Moves to 40 Rouss Ave
Registration under the Selective Service Act of 1948 will run August 30 to September 18 at 40 Rouss Ave in Winchester, replacing John Kerr school as the site. Philip Glaize announces the shift. Garland R. Quarles says 25 teachers will staff the site until school starts. county locations include Stephens City Gainesboro Gore high schools and the court house annex.
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Winchester City
Draft Board
Rouss Ave
John Kerr School
Philip Glaize
Garland R. Quarles
Stephens City
Gainesboro
Gore
Court House Annex
Winchester
Tomorow
Record Army Air Force enlistments hit local peak
With August near its end the local Army and Air Force recruiting station reports 54 enlistments under M Sgt Paul O Crabtree commander breaking the prior monthly high of 52. Recent enlistees include H D Pugh Francis Manuel B K Hawes and Orvis C Wantacre a veteran who reenlisted.
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Army and
Airforce
Paul O. Crabtree
Francis Manuel
B. K. Hawes
Ww. F. Henry
L. P Hill
D. P. Hill
Orvis C. Wantacre
Legion to Pick State Commander
Roanoke August 25 A statewide election by Virginia Legionaries will decide the Department commander for 1948 1949. Contenders Wendell P Flynn of Goochland and J Westwood Smithers of Richmond claim momentum with Flynn predicting gains in most districts and Smithers defending his Third district. yard party tonight Hoover Kern Class at Market St Church at 6 pm. auction sale Thursday 7:30 pm furniture glass china books at Headleys Auctions No 7 S Braddock St.
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Roanoke
Virginia Legionnaires
Department of Virginia
Wendell P. Flynn
Goochland County
J. Westwood Smithers
Richmond
Flynn
Smithers
Hoover-Kern
Market St. Church
Ds.t
S. Braddock St
County Issues Permits for Four Dwelling Units
County grants building permits for four dwellings a dance hall and a barn with total estimated cost about 26500. Combs plan a six room concrete block bungalow on R 50 near the city for 7000. Lockhart to build six room block dwelling on Ward Ave for 4000. Ashwood to erect four room dwelling for 2500. Collins to build five room brick veneer bungalow on R 11 for about 5000. Wallace to build 35 by 65 block dance hall east of Gore for 7000. Bohrer permitted a 1000 frame barn east of Reynolds Store on road to Angers Store.
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Wilson R
Anita R. Combs
National Ave
William J. Lockhart
Winchester
Ward Ave
Ernest M
Glenna Ashwood
Mt. Williams
Michael A. Collins
N. Braddock St
Bert Wallace
Gore
Roy Bohrer
Cross Junction
Reynolds
Angers Store
W. A
Child Cruelty Charges Laid To Two Couples
Two couples, the Coxs of Atlanta and an Indiana couple, face court on cruelty to children charges. In Atlanta, a father and stepmother bonded at $500 for forcing Martha Ann and Donald to weed from dawn to night with no water. Martha Ann, seven, was chained in a tree and beaten for alleged 25 cent theft.
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Atlanta
W. W. Woolfolk
Wm. S. Cox
Fulton County
Martha Ann
Donald
Woolfolk
Living Cost at Peak Shocks Workers and Families
Government figures show consumer prices rising to a new high, with a 3 cent an hour pay hike for about 265000 General Motors workers. June costs for the same food items rose to 21.68 dollars versus 10 dollars in 1935 39, putting a three person market basket at 705 dollars yearly.
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Washington
General Motor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Byrd's Picnic Set for Lat Saturday at Rosemont Orchards
Sen Byrds Apple Growers Picnic scheduled near Berryville Rosemont orchards will be held rain or shine with talks by Thomas B Byrd Dr Clayton P Harley and Dr Ansel B Groves on spray schedules hormone sprays fungicides and orchard practices. National Apple Institute and Appalachian Apple Service officials discuss marketing conditions.
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Byrd
Rosemont Orchards
Berryville
Norfolk and Western
Berrysville
Virginia
Thomas B. Byrd
Byrd Orchards
Clayton P. Harley
U. S. Agricultural Research Administration
Ansel B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Truman Nold
National Apple Institute
Carroll Miller
Appalachian Apple Service
Gainesboro Offers Writer Colony At $1 a Day
Writer's Digest notes Mae Bowers of Gainesboro offers room and board for one or two women writers for a dollar a day. The proposal includes simple food, garden produce, meat and eggs, no electricity, outdoor toilet, hot water from a tea kettle, a nearby garage, and a 9 by 12 foot bedroom with two windows.
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Gainesboro
Writer’s Digest
Mae Bowers
Frederick County
Paradise
Writer's Digest
Bowers
Winchester
22 Airmen Die In Two Crashes Of Army Planes
At Hickam Field Hawaii on August 25 a Okinawa bound Superfortress crashed after engine failure, killing sixteen airmen and injuring four. A second collision near Newton New Jersey killed four Air Force personnel aboard a C-47 while a B-25 returned safely to Stewart Field.
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Hickam Field
Hawaii
Barber's Point
98Th
Spokane Wash
Newton
N. J
Air Force
New Jersey
Stewar Field
U S Agrees To Closing Consulate In Siberia
Secretary of State Marshall announced the United States will accept Russia’s order to close the American consulate in Vladivostok Siberia. President Truman announced the revocation of Jacob Lomakin as Russian consul general in New York. Marshall called the action regrettable but not very serious and noted no progress on reopening a consulate in Leningrad.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Russia
Vladivostok
Siberia
Jacob Lomakin
New York
Truman
Yorktown
Pacific
Leningrad
Moscow
San Francisco
Withers
Steel and Oil Allocations To Continue
President Truman announced that the National Security Resources Board recommends continuing voluntary allocations of petroleum and steel. The White House said mandatory authority would be invoked if current agreements fail to work, as the Williamsburg docked near Yorktown.
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Yorktown
Truman
National Security Resources Board
White House
Williamsburg
Navy Mine
Here
Congress
Draft influences few marriages in local area
Draft exemption for married men has caused no great rush for licenses in the county. Clerk Peyton Marshal and deputy clerk report no significant increase. Circuit court office notes 12 licenses filed last Saturday and 15 the Saturday before, with about 100 licenses issued this month.
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Corporation Court Clerk
Peyton Marshal
Douglas Barnett
Marshall
Circuit Court Clerk’s
Annual Membership Meeting At Winchester Service Priday
Southern States Winchester Service hosts its annual meeting on Friday August 27 at 7:30 p.m. EST at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall. P. W. Plumy Lumber advertises rock lath and gypsum board. For sale two new bungalows on Glaize Avenue with four rooms bath pantry basement furnace city water and sewer priced at 6500 each. Call 6251.
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Glaize Avenue
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U. S
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Peter
Headen
Potsdamer Platz
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Legion
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Marion County Children’s Guardian
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