Apple harvest preparations begin as migrant labor arrives
Three hundred migrant workers are expected in Winchester next week to aid the fruit harvest, with 155 more to join mid month for later varieties. Local labor pools show enough workers to handle packing and processing, while crews will be housed in county and grower camps and distributed as growers place orders.
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Winchester
E. R. Conner
Refuge
P.stephens City
James A
Thechester
A. B. Ligtoves
F. W. Bailey
Virginia State Employment Service
Fruit Indust
VSES
Frederick County Fruit Growers Assn
Fairmont Ave
Descriptive notes on Clarke Frederick and Jefferson counties towns
The article lists villages in Clarke and Frederick Battletown with Milwood White Post and Peach orchards near Winchester. It details population, shops, professions, and an academy in a stone building. Distances from Winchester are given and local notices mention peaches and shop advertisements.
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Clarke
Charles Virles
Frederick Berkeley
Jefferson Counties
Frederick Battletown
White Post
Winchester
Night Coolness Restores Color To Tree Fruit
The article reports a heat wave in the Shenandoah Valley with a 97 degree high at Winchester Laboratory and 95 degree highs on prior days. Orchardists like H. Clay deGrange note no color loss in apples as cool nights persist, supported by Dr. A B Groves who cites the axiom hot days fade color and cool nights restore it. The AP notes no relief in sight as the eastern U S endures continued heat with only a distant cool air mass in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Shenandoah Valley
H. Clay deGrange
de Grange
A. B. Groves
Associated Press
Canada
Federal Weather Bureau
Meat Belt
Dakotas
England States
Polio Delays North Carolina School Openings
Health officials report the polio epidemic declining but warn visible risk remains as schools postpone openings across many regions. Ninety missteps: 1721 cases this year with 87 deaths. northeastern counties will start on schedule. debutante ball from Sept 10-11 moved to Dec 29-30. 135 girls anticipated the mass coming-out event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Paul Reid
State Board of Education
North Carolina
Alfred Wright Heads SS Co op Local Service
Alfred Wright is named president of the Southern States Winchester Service Co op board. About 650 members attended the annual meeting as total purchases reached 572148 dollars with a 6 percent stock dividend and patronage refunds totaling 12190 dollars. New Farm Home advisors were added and a dress show with winners announced.
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Southern States
Winchester Service Co-op
L. C. Ellis
William J. Lockhart
Julian A. Larrick
R. Winchester
Alfred W. Wright
Welltown
Farm Home Advisory Committee
C. D. Dye
R. 2
James Russell Jr
Wadesville
Walter Flory
Sarah Sipe
Boyce
G. H Jones
White Post
Helen Nicodemus
Berryville
Margaret Cornwell
R. 3
Ann Townsend
Bluemont
Ellen Russell
E W. Adams
Gainesboro
James Cornwell
Page Russell
Stephenson
Lewis Lamp
R. 1
E. W. Adams
H. A. Blandford
Bob Carper
W. A. Wright
Walker McC. Bond
Ellis
Bricker predicts sweeping Dewey victory in November
Senator Bricker of Ohio forecast a huge Dewey win in the November election contrasting with Roy Turner’s view that Truman will prevail. Bricker said signs are different and results are largely set, while Turner noted work remains and Truman plans a campaign swing through Oklahoma and the Southwest. Henry Wallace prepares third party efforts in Virginia as labor unity appears uncertain.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Roy Turner
Oklahoma
Truman
Turner
Roosevelt
Dewe
Truman-Barkley Clubs
3000 Expected To Register in City, Counties
Upwards of 3000 young men in Winchester, Frederick, and Clarke counties are to register under the Selective Service Act from Aug 30 to Sept 18. Registration orders start with those born in 1922, then 1928, then 1924, continuing down to the 18 year olds. Local sites include Winchester at 40 Rouss Ave and county locations in Stephens City, Gore, Gainesboro, and the courthouse annex. Clarke county registrants will use the County Office Building with Mrs. Benjamin Crampton and Miss Augusta Forster assisting. Estimated totals: Clarke 644, Frederick 1261, Winchester 1089.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Selective Service
Selective Service Board
Rouss Ave
Stephens City
Gore
Gainesboro
Courthouse
Clarke County
Benjamin Crampton
Augusta Forster
Clarke
Frederick County
Berlin clash as Soviet jeep flees into sector
U S and Soviet forces clash during a wild chase in downtown Berlin. A red beard Soviet lieutenant colonel led the jeep through roadblocks injuring a U S soldier. Americans crossed into the Soviet sector chasing the vehicle before retreating. Col Robert A Willard protested to Soviet leaders after American troops fired as a last resort. Soviet authorities rejected the American protest and filed one of their own. Journalists and several U P and New York Herald Tribune staff were briefly detained during trips into the Soviet zone.
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U.S
Robert A. Willard
U. S
Berlin
United Press
Jack Meehan
U. P
New York Herald Tribune
Wallace to Stay At Negro’s Home In Durham Sunday
Durham August 28 1927 Henry Wallace cancellations at the Washington Duke hotel for a visit to Durham announced by Mary Price North Carolina Progressive party chair He will stay at a Negro home and secretary Viola Scott also a Negro will stay at another Negro home Three white Wallace supporters will stay at a local Negro hotel Frank Grantham says the hotel can take only white guests and Negroes cannot visit white rooms Wallace arrives late tomorrow on a southern campaign swing.
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Durham
N. C
Henry Wallace
Tomogon
Washington Duke
Mary Price
North Carolina
Progressive Party
Wallace
Viola Scott
Frank Grantham
The
Miss Price
Byrd Apple Picnic Highlights Big Year for Appalachian Service
More than 2000 guests attended Senator Byrd’s apple picnic at Rosemont orchard near Beryville where Carroll R. Miller of Appalachian Apple Service outlined a $100,000 budget and plans for a growing market. He spoke on expanding dealer service, a new 22 minute color apple film, a juice extractor project, and a tandem effort with New York growers to boost apple processing. Gov. Tuck attended. a new market information service will track daily Appalachian Belt sales across four states.
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Byrd
Rosemont
Beryville
Carroll R. Miller
Appalachian Apple Service
United States
Tuck
Miller
Virginia State Apple Commission
West Virginia
Appalachian
Midwest
Virginia
Roanoke
Harry E. Dixon
New York State
Apple Market
Giant Mars Sets Seaplane Distance Record in Chicago Flight
Navy giant seaplane Caroline Mars landed in Lake Michigan at Burnham Park after a nonstop Honolulu to Ann Arbor and back to Chicago flight. Official time 24 hours 12 minutes, unofficial mileage about 4,716 miles, surpassing the 4,375 mile previous record for flying boats. The craft cruised over Chicago before landing in the lake.
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Chicago
Navy
Raat
Coast May Feel Hurricane Effect Sometime Sunday
A small but vicious tropical hurricane moved 670 miles east of Florida with winds of 100 to 115 mph. Weather officials warned the storm could approach the mainland along the Atlantic coast, with effects likely to be felt Sunday if it maintains its northwest track.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Florida
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Seaboard
Melbourne
Heatwave Shocks Reuss City Hall Thermometer Readings
Prisoners offered no complaints at the police lockup as a heatwave pressed on. Inside the station the thermometer read 84 degrees while a sun exposed exterior gauge neared 110. City Treasurer W A Baker questioned the readings before leaving for the day.
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Reuss
W. A. Baker
J. Thomas Boyd
Reso Red Peach Ripens at Stephens City Orchards
About 500 trees of the Reso Red peach variety at E. R. Conner’s orchards five miles from Stephens City begin ripening. A fruit measured 12 inches in circumference and weighed a pound. Conner expects to sell to local trade next week at around 83 dollars per bushel, possibly lower.
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E. R. Conner
Stephens City
Conner
UN Air Patrol Officers Shot Down in Gaza Area
Two French UN air patrol officers were killed when their jet was shot at near Gaza Palestine. The plane landed at Gaza airfield after the attack. a U.S. crew member was injured. UN plans an investigation team from Haifa to Gaza to determine if the crash was in flight or on the runway. Lt Col Joseph Queru and Capt Pierre Jannel were the victims.
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Tel Aviv
United Nations
Gaza
Palestine
U. N
Gaza Strip
Joseph Queru
Pierre Jannel
U.N
Haifa
Tor
Israel
Frances Cabinet Falls in Paris Crisis Deepens
Paris reports a grave French crisis as Premier Marie's government falls, ending the so called Third Force coalition. Socialists Radicals and Popular Republicans split over finance power and wage raises amid Communist pressure. De Gaulle and Thorez are feared to shape the next government as Four Power talks in Moscow stall.
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Paris
France
Marie
Charles le Gaulle
Popular Republcans
National
Assembly
Marie's
Paul Reynaud
Reynaud
Eeds
Naud
Comm
Bly
de Gaulle
de Gaullists
Vincent Auriol
Nists
Auriol
Maurice Thorez
Moscow
Andre Marie
Comraunique
Two Homes Sold at Auction in Front of Courthouse
D C Lichliter and John Gavis won bids on two estate parcels at noon today. Lichliter paid 10000 for the 12 room Emma Grimm property at 218 S Loudoun St while Gavis bought the late Mrs. V V Brewer home at 328 Cameron St for 7750. The sales were conducted by auctioneer R P Duvall with Coleman Dunn providing the notice. Lichliter and Gavis plan to occupy or relocate respective properties as stated.
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D. C
Lichliter
John
Gavis
S. Washington St
S. Loudoun St
Emma Grimm
L H. Grimm
JH. Grimm
Margaret I. Twigg
R. P. Duvall
Germain St
V. V. Brewer
Cameron St
Warren Eddy
Coleman Dunn
W. H. Moore
Ex Chief Justice Hughes Dies at 86
Osterville Mass August 28 Charles Evans Hughes former chief justice of the United States dies at 86 after a heart ailment. He had been living quietly in Washington since leaving the bench July 1 1941 and suffered congestive heart failure and uremic poisoning. His son Charles Evans Hughes Jr said death followed a critical decline.
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Osterville
Mass
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Hughes
Harding
Coolidge
New York
U. S. Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes Jr
Washington
Harlan Fiske Stone
Blood Donation Drive Seeks Volunteers in Winchester
Stewart Bell Jr of the local Red Cross notes poor citizen interest during the first two days of registration for Winchester’s third peacetime blood campaign. By 11 a.m. total signups were under 40 of the 120 needed, with about 30 from Winchester industries. Herbert Duke's committee, National Fruit workers, and other firms indicate growing support and expect increased donations.
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Stewart Bell Jr
Red Cross
Winchester
Bell
Winchester Industries
Herbert Duke
JBT
National Fruit
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Howard McGrath
Detroit
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CIO
John Lewis
Organized Labor
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Congress
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Russia
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Carroll Miller
Appalachian Service
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Gaza Field
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Ness
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