Fire Prevention Education Drive To Be Pushed
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Fireman’s Assn meets in Waynesboro Pa to promote a 15 minute daily fire prevention class in public schools. Officers installed include Charles E Dailey as president and Boyd Endorses Plan as executive committee chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Fireman’s Assn
Waynesboro
Charles E. Dailey
Hagerstown
Williams Musey
Boyd
John Boyd
CVVFA
Washington Elm Falls on Main Street at Berkeley Springs
The historic Washington elm in Berkeley Springs West Virginia reportedly planted by George Washington collapsed onto Main Street last night. No injuries or property damage occurred. Spectators saw the 15 foot circumference tree with deteriorated interior after years of tree surgeon care.
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Washington Elm Falls
Main St
Berkeley Springs
The
Star
W. Va
Washington
State Park
George Washington
Main Street
York Inn Nights No Cover Charge With Piano Entertainment
The York Inn announces no cover charge Monday through Friday. Each evening from 8 until closing the pub will feature piano entertainer Rinker Jumbo performing favorite songs. Advertisements also list several sale notices and local classified items including a 1941 Chevrolet for sale and a reopening of Virginie's Beauty Shoppe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Rinker
Adams Esso
S. Loudoun & Gerrard St
Apt
Frank Minor
West Boscawen
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
L. M. Allen
Ent
Winchester. V
Federal Deposits Corp
Bracket
Elbertas
Ray Rinker
Stephens City
Virginie
Virginia Anderson
Greece Crisis Persist After U S Efforts Fail
The Greek government crisis persists as Greece struggles with guerilla fighting in the north and attempts to form a new cabinet stall after Demetrios Maximos resigns. Themis Sophoulis refused a premiership, while U S aid chief Dwight Griswold urges unity amid regional pressure and international maneuvering regarding oil and Soviet influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Greece
Washington
Eaton
RNJ
U. S. House Foreign Affairs Committee
Tehran
Iran
Red Army
Russian
Azerbaijan
Red Control
Moscow
Russia
Bulgaria
Fatherland Front
Nikola Petkov
Agrarians
Petkov
Soviet Union
U.S
United States
Demetrios Maximos
Constanti Tsaldaris
Themistakles Sophoulis
Liberal Party
Lincoln MacVeagh
Sophou
Refugee Ships Reach Gibraltar After 46th Day Aboard
Three British transports with 4,400 Jewish refugees arrived at Gibraltar escorted by a cruiser and two destroyers. The refugees, routed after attempting to enter Palestine aboard Exodus 1947, had refused disembarkation options in France and moved toward Hamburg in the British zone of Germany.
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Gibraltar
Germany
Palestine
Holy Land
France
Port de ‘Bouc
Hamburg
Five Day Forecast for Virginia Sees Mild Temps and Showers
The period will run a bit above normal with temperatures higher than usual. Showers are expected Wednesday and generally wet conditions on Friday. Total rainfall ranges from half to three quarters of an inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
World Bank chief backs Britain's cash help promise
John J. McCloy, president of the World Bank, voiced optimism Britain will avert a crisis and said the bank stands ready to consider reconstruction loans if Britain requests one. He noted Britain has not indicated interest and stressed Britain will not collapse. The U.S. seeks more information on shifting purchases to Empire nations under existing loan terms.
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Washington
John J. McCloy
World Bank
Britain
McCloy
United States
Empire Counties
Guard Recruiting Campaign Set for Sept 16 to Nov 16
Richmond August 26 Plans for a National Guard recruiting campaign of state wide and national scope were discussed today by Virginia National Guard regimental and battalion commanders. The campaign will run from September 16 to November 16. In ten months the guard has recruited about 2000 personnel. Brig Gen Samuel Waller adjutant general called the conference following a directive from President Truman on August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
National Guard
Virginia National Guard
Samuel Waller
Truman
Naps in Cab Crashes Northbound Trucks Near Gainsboro
Robert Wilton Tinsman of Cross Junction escaped serious injury when his truck fell asleep driving north on Route 522 near Gainsboro. He rear collided with the rear of J. M. Chapman’s truck operated by Ollie Brown, also northbound, in front of Tinsman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wilton Tinsman
Cross Junction
Gainsboro
J. M. Chapman
Ollie Brown
Tinsman
Social Security Card Warnings Spur Caution by Merchants
Harry Nelson, manager of the Social Security office, warned merchants to require additional identification beyond a social security card when cashing checks for strangers. Hagestown police seek a man who passed 13 bad checks in two days using a social security card for ID, per the local manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Nelson
Nelson
Hagerstown
Dynklor insecticide touted four times stronger than DDT
New insecticide Dynklor, claimed four times as potent as DDT, was demoed by United States Rubber for home pests and grasshoppers. John P. Coe described it as a double edged weapon offering stomach and contact poisoning with up to three months residue on surfaces. It targets grasshopper belts across Dakotas to New Mexico with chlordane as the active ingredient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Rubber
John P. Coe
Naugatuck Chemical Division
Mr. Coe
Synklor
Coe
Dakotas
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Judge Browning Dies Veteran Virginia Jurist 80
Richmond Aug 26 Justice George L Browning 80 longtime member of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and former House of Delegates member died in a Richmond hospital where he had undergone major surgery Funeral services will be at St Thomas Episcopal church Orange with burial in Graham cemetery He wrote 299 opinions in 17 years on the court and was known for concise wit and independence with notable work on the photographic examiners case and constitutional law
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
George L. Browning
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
House of Delegates
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Orange
Graham
Browning
General Assembly
Virginia
Evelyn Byrd Hill Browning
Supreme Court
Staunton
Stau
Communal Riots Rage Unchecked Through India
In New Delhi Aug 26 rioting persisted in the Punjab with Sikhs Hindus and Muslims in reprisals while Lahore and Amritsar reported subsiding unrest Rail travel across the newly partitioned India Pakistan province remained precarious Hindu and Muslim leaders urged an end to violence Nehru returned from East Punjab and briefed the joint defense council on the crisis confirms ongoing turmoil
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Lahore
Amritsar
Punjab
India
Pakistan
India-Pakistan Joint Defense Council
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Star to Not Publish on Labor Day Holiday
The Star will not publish on Monday September 1 1947 in observance of Labor Day, a national holiday, as noted by The Evening Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
THE
Evening Star
Second Cease Fire Request Urged in Indonesia Hostilities
The United Nations Security Council urged a second cease fire between the Dutch and Indonesians over East Indies fighting. The vote was 10 to 0 with Britain abstaining, after protests over violations of the Aug. 1 cease-fire request and Aug. 4 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Security Council
East Indies
Britain
United Nations
France
Belgium
Holland
Eelco N. van Kleffens
Andrei A. Gromyko
Poland
Gromyko
Pola
Batavia
The
Hague
International Court of Justice
U. N
United States
Poultry Producers Assn Organized By Winchester Group
At a Winchester court house meeting poultry producers feed dealers processors and others decided to form a Poultry Producers Assn to cover all industry stages in the area An organizing committee will draft plans with a November membership meeting likely to establish the group replacing the county poultry committee and related bodies Officials from Pennsylvania Delaware and Virginia were invited to join the January area meeting planned by M E Coe and W P I to outline the program and coordination efforts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Winchester
Poultry Producers Assn
C. Irvine Cather
Irvine Williams
G. A. Crabill
Melvin Seldon
E. H. Prengle
M. E. Coe
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Virginia
Special Committee On Organization
Seven Girls Escape from Oklahoma Girls Town Mediation Cell
TECUMSEH Okla Aug 26 Seven girls clad only in panties and brassieres broke from a steel barred mediation cell at Girls Town a state correctional institution and fled into rugged country nearby. Superintendent Mrs Merle Fuller said the group was confined to meditate infractions of the rules and noted they had no shoes and may be hiding in canyons near the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tecumseh. Okla
Girls Town
Merle Fuller
Trial Justice Court Revenues Increase in 1946
Richmond reports that the annual operations of trial justice courts show fiscal year 1946 revenue receipts totaling 1,466,085.58 dollars, up from 1,241,531.63 dollars in 1945, an increase of 224,553.95 dollars. This state summary highlights the rising court income for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Bailey and
Goodman
N. Loudoun St
Poison Death Leads to Preacher's Murder Warrants
Rev Gordon Miller faced a murder warrant after follower Ernest Davis drank poison at an open air church service. Davis died Saturday. authorities cite strychnine and other poison as the cause. Miller, calling himself a pastor of the free church of God, described the incident as a faith test and plans to resume services next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerville
Gordon Miller
St. Mark
Ted
A. H. Glenn
Glenn
Mifier
Ernest Davis
Davis
W. A. Hyden
Trion
Miller
Free Church of God
T. J. Esty
A. L. Martin
C. D. Rivers
T. C. Brown
Taylorsville
Sam Davis
Headrick
Viscose Corp. Amends Contract with Union
Meadville locals of the CIO Textile Workers Union announce amendments to the American Viscose contract. The changes grant double time holiday pay for hourly workers on eight holidays and liberalize social benefits. Ratification by four of seven local unions is required, with locals at Lewistown Marcus Hook Parkersburg Nitro Front Royal and Roanoke involved.
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Meadville
Edward L. Pearson
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
American Viscose Corp
Pearson
American Viscose
Lewistown
Marcus Hook
Parkersburg
Nitro
V. Va
Front Royal
Roanoke
Waterfront Fire Ravages Canadian Port Sparking $3 Million Loss
A waterfront fire at Port Alberni British Columbia destroyed a government assembly warehouse and wharf with 1.5 million board feet of lumber 600 tons of plywood and damaged the 10 000 ton British freighter Sampet amid amid streams of water. The blaze caused an estimated 3 million dollars in damage and officials sought an immediate parliamentary inquiry. The Lam pet lumber and Standard Oil tanks nearby escaped severe damage.
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Port Alberni
B. C
Sampet
Liament
John Gibson
Pariate
England
Lampet
Alberni Pacific
Pacific Coast
Berryville Beauty Pageant Names 37 Entrants
The Berryville beauty pageant at the Northern Virginia show grounds invites entries for the 2nd annual event. Over 100 sponsors have pledged support. Contestants announced include Betty Boden, Winifred Knight, Audrey Brown, Mary Frances Ramey, Helen Silman, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Virginia
Berryville Horse Show Grounds
John O. Hardestry
Berryville
J. W. Olcott
Betty Boden
Winifred Knight
Audrey Brown
Mary Frances Ramey
Helen V. Silman
Jean Feight
Louise O’rourk
Patsy Dillon
Betty Welsh
Connie Hune Huffman
Frances Anne Nichols
Betty Hatcher
Ann Hatcher
Jeanne Dillon
Jacquelin Newkirk
Legion Sounds Sirens On Eve of Convention
New York August 26 veterans stream to Manhattan for the 28th American Legion convention opening Thursday. A Chicago post brought baby alligators coconuts and a drum bugle corps to showcase civic pageantry. Leaders push universal military training amid housing and defense reviews as governors and federal officials attend.
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Legion
American Legion
Chicago
Eighth Ave
Florida
Manhattan
Fifth Ave
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion's National Housing Committee
National Security Committee
National Defense
Norton H. Pear
Detroit
Legion's Auxiliary
Paul H. Griffith
Congress
Pear
Virginia
Western Hemisphere security zone proposal includes Alaska and Greenland
At the Inter-American Conference in Quitandinha Brazil the United States backed a proposal to defend the Western Hemisphere from Arctic to Antarctic as a security zone. Alaska and Greenland are included, with a five nation subcommittee drafting twelve core clauses for mutual defense. President Truman was rumored to attend a Sept. 5 visit.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
United States
Arctic
Antarctic
Alaska
Greenland
Sen. Vandenburg
R-Midh
Mexico
Peru
Bolivia
United Nations
Judes
Panama
North American
Argentina
Matodas Cmc
Sen
Sutiste
Truman
Elbertas Bring $2 Bn on Farm Curb Market
Elberta peaches show at curb market priced at two dollars per bushel posted by T Newton Cather of Winchester. Cather plans two week harvest from his 40 acre orchard after Belle of Georgia loss from frost. Newcomer shopper Mrs Eston Rudolph noted. Grover Schlack, market manager, heads to New York for American Legion convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Newton Cather
Winchester
Cather
Belle of Georgia
Eston Rudolph
Stephenson
Grover Schlack
American Legion
New York
Schlack
Legge to Address Home Ec Session
W. R. Legge district supervisor of agricultural education in northern Virginia will speak at the opening session of the Home Economics teachers conference August 28 29 and 30 at the George Washington Hotel The general session begins at 10 a m after registration Archie Robertson Clarke county schools superintendent will give the welcome Forty two home economics teachers are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Legge
Northern
Virginia
Home Economics Teachers Conference
George Washington Hotel
James Roe
Christ Episcopal
Leslie D. Kline
Archie Robertson
Clarke County
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William Dando
Harrisonburg
Gardwell Bradshaw
Martinsburg
L. Jacobs
George Ridgeley
Funkstown
Reginald Bluebaugh
Baltimore
Bernard Groves
H. M. Layman
E. W. Argenbright
Harry Insberger, Jr
Layman
Winton Pope
York Inn
Cong
Associated Press
Supreme Court of Appeals
Henry W. Holt
Justice Browning Was
John Armistead Browning
Mary Lewis Willis Browning
Rappahannock County
University of Virginia
Georgetown University
Madison
Orange Counties
Armistead Willis Browning
Chadds Ford
George L. Browning, II
Boston
Mass
Francis H. Browning
Seaford
Dela
Indonesia
Trial Justice Court
Viscose Corp
Canadian Port
Legge
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