Roanoke Legion Leads Virginia Officers Election
Ralph Grubbs of Winchester named vice commander as the Seventh district gains two executive committee members. Westwood Smither of Richmond elected state commander, Elliott re elected department adjutant, and a $47 143 budget approved. The Winchester post honors Grubbs with a gold pin for district leadership.
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M. B. Clowe Jr
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Virginia Department
Roanoke
Westwood Smither
Richmond
Winchester
Clowe
Ralph Grubbs
Joseph H. Freedman
Harisonbure
Elliott
W. Glenn Elliott
Smithers
Nelson F Richards
Salem
Harry F. Carper
Philip A. Wilhite
William Alexandria
Morris F. Wachtel
George B. Collins
Newport News
Legion Museum
Alexandria
The
Legion Auxiliary
James A. Wilkins
Portsmouth
J. E. Wilson
Harrisonburg
Earl Jones
Staunton
Grubbs
L. E. Hill
Resolutions Committee
Richards
Frederick County
Ralph Pollard
Winchester American Legion Auxiliary
Frederick in 1800 overview by Varles with county mills
Frederick area measures 735 square miles 474 400 acres with population figures from official documents White Males 9 350 White Females 8 972 Free people of color 457 Slaves 5 24 513 Mills counted include 75 merchant or grist mills many saw mills several oil mills one paper mill seven fulling mills and one hammer. Notice lists vacation closure Gore's Repair Shop and shop ads for frying chickens poultry delivery and beauty salon notices Catherine Rowe return from vacation and back to school appointments
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Frederick
Charles Varles
W. Heiskell
Winchester
Gore
Catherine Rowe
Alecia Beauty Salon
N. Braddock St
Fire Equipment Betterment Voted At Stephens City
Stephens City Fire Co. met in special session and approved exterior painting of the fire hall, interior redecorating, and purchases including gas masks raincoats and rubber boots. The body of the new truck will be modified by Parker Equipment Co. of Charlotte at an estimated 150 to 200 dollars. a $25 donation to a Winchester band was approved.
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Stephens City Fire Co
McIlwee Band
R. E. Ayler
Winchester
P. E Liffeburg
Paker Equipment Co
Charlotte
N. C
Stephens City
Winchester Fire Companies
Hospital fund drive extended in Shenandoah County
About 930 subscriptions totaling 54,970 have been reported in the Shenandoah County Memorial hospital fund drive, which has been extended for another week to reach the 200,000 dollar goal. Drive chairman W. O. Riley said 2,700 solicitation cards remain unreported.
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Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
W. O. Riley
Drive
City Streets to Receive Seal Coat Asphalt Topping
About 170000 square yards of asphalt and small stone will be laid on 22 city streets in a seal coat program contractor A B Torrence and Co of Elkton carries out. W W Dellinger council street chair notes the work revives old surfaces while not raising street heights. Work ends next month with 12 400 yards on Stewart St and 800 yards on Gibbons St among the totals.
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W. W. Dellinger
Council Street Committee
A. B. Torrence and Co
Elkton
Dellinger
Gibbons Street
Stewart St
Council Street
Rebert Smith
W. Alan Peery
East Piccadilly
East Lane
Lincoln
Piccadilly St
Boscaen
Boscawen
Lincoln St
National Ave
Woodstock
Berryville Ave
Fairview Ave
Virginia Ave
Charles St
Smithfield
Cecil St
N. Washington
Wolfe
Cork St
Academy
Stewart
Washington St
Braddock St
Cork
Greenwall Ave
Kent St
Monmouth
Gerrard St
Courtfield Ave
Clifford St
Courtfield
Gibbons St
Loudoun
Cameron Sts
Pall Mall
Washington
Bond
Southwerk St
Woodmen to Greet State Official at Local Meeting
H. J. Shepherd assistant state manager will attend the Hickory Camp No. 34 Woodmen of the World meeting at IOOF hall tomorrow at 8 p m Commander Ralph Lamon Jr has called the gathering.
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H. J. Shepherd
Hickory
Woodmen of the World
Ioof Hall
Ralph Lamon Jr
Men Flower Raisers In Community Show at Winchester Armory
Men who grow flowers in Winchester will stage a community flower show at the armory from 3 to 9 p m on Sept 30 under four local garden clubs. The event features a men only class, plus sections for youth, with a plant sale to defray expenses and canned goods donations for underprivileged children.
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Winchester
Armory
Winchester-Clarke County
Old Fredericktown
Lord Fairfax
Little Garden
A. Solenberger
Philip B
End of Daylight Saving Time on Sept 25 Declared
City councils set Sunday September 25 as the moment to set clocks back one hour marking the end of daylight saving time. Officials also plan a vote on whether to observe daylight saving time next summer. Statewide practice largely follows standard time.
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State &St
Farm Price Supports May Face Congressional Cuts
Washington reports growing talk in government circles of trimming farm price supports to avert large surpluses. The Agriculture Department projects about 1.5 billion dollars in loans and purchases to sustain this year's crop supports. Private estimates foresee Congress acting next year to reduce support levels for wheat corn cotton and other commodities.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Department
Truman
Yugoslavia accuses Romania of anti-Tito campaign
Yugoslav Foreign Minister Stanjoe Simic delivered a note to the Romanian ambassador in Belgrade accusing Bucharest of urging Yugoslavs to revolt and topple Marshal Tito. The note singles out Ana Pauker and cites insults by Romanian officials and media as part of a broader Cominform split.
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London
Yugoslavia
Romania
Marshal Tito
Stanjoe Simic
Belgrade
Tito
Tanjuz
Ana Pauker
Cominform
Soviet
Russia
Pauker
Firemen Vote to Buy Iron Lung for Public Use
Winchester Fire Department group plans to raise 1500 dollars to acquire an iron lung. The device, used by army and navy in war, would be part of Friendship Fire Co ambulance with no charge for public use. The project aims to aid polio victims and community welfare. In a separate report, a 34 year old mother died after delivering a son in an iron lung at Grace hospital following a Caesarean section.
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Army
Navy
Friendship Fire Co
Barr
Fire Departments
Winchester
Morgantown
N. C
Lucy Smith
Grace Hospital
U S Churches Aid Christian Unity On World Basis
American churches show rising concern for worldwide cooperation and unity, said Rev Dr Samuel McCrea Cavert of New York in a conference paper for visitors to the World Council of Churches assembly. Cavert, secretary of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, noted the contrast with historic emphasis on freedom and diversity.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
U. S
Samuel McCrea Cavert
New York
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Cavert
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
World Council of Churches
United
Hiss and Chambers Clash in Hyde Park Theater of War
Congressional HUAC grilling returns to a charged clash as Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss present divergent accounts about a prewar communist underground. The two men accuse each other of perjury amid a daylong hearing that stretched into the night.
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Washington
Aus
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
House un-American Activities Committee
Hiss
Chambers
Ford
Envoys Ready For Probable Last Kremlin Session
Western officials led by U S Ambassador Walter B Smith French envoy Yves Chataigneau and British envoy Frank Roberts gather in Moscow for what may be the final phase of Four Power talks on Germany and East West rifts A senior source says a general area of agreement exists while further talks focus on technicalities A plan for a Berlin accord among Big Four financial experts is floated in London
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Moscow
Germany
U. 8
Walter B. Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Smith
Stalin
Y. M. Molotov
Fiery package panics crowd on subway in Brooklyn
Py scores of riders fled in panic when an unidentified man’s paper wrapped package exploded and burned aboard a Brooklyn BMT car. The device squad inspected remnants. about 200 passengers avoided serious injuries as the man vanished at the next station. Witnesses described a sudden blast and smoke filling the car.
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New York
Brooklyn
BMT
Permit Granted To Turn Garage Into Library
Dr W P McGuire is approved to remodel a Handley Blvd garage into a library. Other permits include two garages for Lyle P Strosnider Shawnee Ave and Lewis G Dinkle 313 Gray Ave, plus Mamimie Lamio 349 National Ave for a concrete block coal shed storeroom. Walter Knee may raze the old City Hotel on N Loudoun St.
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W. P. McGuire
Handley Blvd
Lyle P. Strosnider O
Shawnee Ave
Lewis G. Dinkle
Gray Ave
Mamimie Lam
National Ave
Walter Knee
Old City
George Washington Garage
N. Loudoun St
Cops Mistake Diplomats for Holdup Men on West 58th Street
In New York police misidentified Dominican Republic officials as holdup suspects. Consul general Rafel Comprez Perez and Col. Frank A Feliz Miranda confronted officers on West 58th Street after a reported holdup proved unfounded. Perez grabbed the detective’s wrist while Miranda moved to defend.
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New York
Dominican Republic
Manhattan
West 58Th St
Rafel Comprez Perez
Experts Urge Weekly Gas-Explosion Inspection in Winchester
The Bureau of Mines final report on the June 23 Raylass Dept Store blast cites propane gas leaks from street gas mains entering the basement as the cause. It urges weekly inspections after earlier daily measures and lists 17 recommendations to prevent future incidents, including leak precautions and malodorant use.
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Bureau of Mines
Raylass Dept
Winchester
G. W. Jones
C W. Owings
Baylass Dept
Raylass Company
Berlin City Hall clashes as 10000 protest. SED push for Bonn talks
In Berlin Aug 26 a communist demonstration surged into city hall as 500 protesters entered the building amid a 10 000 strong crowd. The Socialist Unity Party led by Moscow aligned officials demanded a new city administration and a delegation to Bonn. Police used reserves to restore order and warned safety could not be guaranteed.
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Berlin
Optemunists
Red
Ber
Soviet Union
Europe
Coumei
Germany
Bonn
Sec Urity Party
SED
Jonalée
Mittee
Luke
Elec
Ferdinandensburg
Friedensburg
Counc
Paul Marthgraf
Socialist Unity Part
Cit
Theity Hall
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American. Legion
Photo Barrs
Agriculture Dept
County Court House
Firemen’s Assn
U.S
Churches Aid
Christian Unity
Berlift Council
Hiss-Chambers
State Department
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Robert E. Stripling
Kiss
Spree
Santy
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Higbook
Kremlin
Lin
Gainesboro
Benefit of Church
Emma A. Grimm
Colonial Kitchen
Perez
Col
Frank A. Feliz Miranda
Cty Hall
Dr. Kurg
SEC
S. Cameron St
Warren Eddy
Coleman Dunn
Southern States
Winchester Service Priday
Sarah Zane Pire Hell
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