Meade Estate Scholarship Fund Aims at Virginia Youths
The $495000 Meade estate fund, created for Virginia youths to gain college education, faces Dec. 23 probate hearing in Union County New Jersey. Board includes the Virginia governor, public instruction head, and agriculture commissioner to select recipients. The fund likely yields about $15000 annually, with possible oil income. Eligible applicants must be white Virginians unable to afford college and attend Virginia colleges.
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Virginia
Granville P. Meade
Clarke County
New Jersey
Meade
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commissioner of Agriculture
Texas
Tuck
Agriculture
L. M. Walker Jr
Clay Sets Berlin Election Peace With U S Stance
Gen Lucius D Clay said the United States will not be forced out of Berlin and that his headquarters will stay in the city. He rebutted communist threats as Western Berliners vote on a new city administration. The general noted only routine staff changes as replacements occur.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Five Winchester Elks Memorial Services Sunday
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Elks home for five deceased members of Winchester lodge 867. Names include James L. Keffer Sr., Henry F. Seal, Andrew Bell, W. M. Krise and Ray Robinson with remarks by E. T. Snider and a memorial address by Rear Admiral Morton C. Mumma Jr. USN Retd. of Berryville.
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Elks
Winchester Lodge 867
E. T. Snider
James £. Keffer Sr
Henry F. Seal
Andrew Bell
W. M. Krise
Ray Robinson
P. B. Wight
M. E. Pifer
Rock of Ages
Lang
Morton C. Mumma, Jr
USN
Berryville
Mildred Jones
the Elks
T& Memorial Committee
J. G. Nevitt
J. R. Brandon
A. F. Streit
W. W. Glass
Snider and
Pifer
Sears. Roebuck and CO
S.loudoun
Mail Yule Gifts Early Amid Acute Christmas Congestion
Postmaster General Donaldson warns this year’s Christmas mail sets a daily record volume causing peak congestion and transport issues. He urges immediate mailing of parcels to ensure arrival before Christmas.
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Donaldson
Postal Service
Record Volume Of Mail Expected This Christmas Season
Postmaster Carl Campbell urges residents to mail Christmas cards and gifts early to avoid delays. He cites 1947 as a peak reference and advises mailing by December 10 for out of state cards and local cards a week before December 25. Emergency staffing and packing guidelines are outlined to handle rush time.
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Carl Campbell
Winchester
Campbell
Three Hit and Run Drivers Sought by Police
Winchester citizens reported three hit and run incidents this morning. John Boyd on National Ave said his car was damaged while parked outside his home. L S Mowery on Millwood Ave reported a pickup damaged by an unidentified motorist. Orville Miller on Opequon Ave said a vehicle struck his front yard, wrecking the fence. no license numbers were obtained. Police are pursuing leads with no clues yet.
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Winchester
John Boyd
National Ave
L. S. Mowery
Clearbrook
Millwood Ave
Orville Miller
Opequon Ave
Miller
Better Apple Pack Is Topic Of State Meet
About 600 Virginia fruit growers will attend the 53rd Virginia State Horticultural Society meeting in Roanoke December 15 to 17 to learn ways to improve apple and peach packs. Dr. H N Young will speak on Virginia horticulture needs. Edwin Gould will discuss red mite control. film on the apple life cycle will be shown.
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Virginia
Roanoke
Virginia State Horticultural Society
H. N. Young
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
VPI
Edwin Gould
West Virginia University
Kearneysville
John F. Watson
Staunton
Society
Carroll R. Miller
Appalachian Apple Service
Martinsburg
Chicago
Peach Developments
Peach
P. D. Peterson
Chemical
USDA
P. J. Gunner
A. H. Teske
Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
E. L. Overholser
Tech Horticulture Department
E. Blackburn Moore
Virginia State Apple Commission
Watson
Gould
A. G. Smith Jr
WPI
E. B. Bonham
Chilhowie
Ren. F. Moomaw
Blue Ridge
Moose to Sponsor Scout Troop 21 in Winchester
Winchester Moose lodge takes over sponsorship of Boy Scout troop 21 from the Lions club. Herbert Wilkins, scout executive, announces the change. Sherman Dick, Moose lodge governor, names a troop committee: W. M. Wentz chair, Marion E. Vanscoy, John Lee, Gus Hark. They will meet Scoutmaster Thomas E. Stough to discuss a program.
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Winchester
Winchester Moose Lodge
Herbert Wilkins
Lions Club
Sherman Dick
The
Moose Lodge
W. M. Wentz
Marion E. Vanscoy
John Lee
Gus Hark
Thomas E. Stough
Broiler Production Expands in Winchester Area
Visitors on a county tour inspect large broiler houses in Frederick with capacity up to 12 000 birds. Four producers Rosenberger Crabill Shackleford and Rudd raise about 45 000 broilers with total local output near 100 000. The group includes Cather Wheatley Gordy Sloan and Wolfe who note rising poultry development in the region.
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Winchester
Agriculture Department
Delaware
John Wolfe
Robert Waite
Checkerboard Feed
Ray Rosenberger
Granville Crabill
S. L. Shackleford
A. M. Rudd
Rosenberger
Shackleford
Crabill
Rudd
Wolfe
Frederick
C. Irvine Cather
Winchester Area
Ship Kiangya Disaster Sinks Near Shanghai Killing Thousands
A crowded Kiangya steamship, carrying Shanghai and Nanking refugees, exploded and sank near the Yangtze delta. Rescue boats recovered hundreds of bodies as estimates of those missing climbed into the thousands amid conflicting reports of causes and overloading.
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Shanghai
China Merchantship Company
Yangtze River
Nanking
Battle Near Suchow Threatens Chinese Fate
Chinese nationalist and communist armies mass near Suchow for a decisive clash. Five Communist columns under Gen Chen Yi push toward the Hwai river defenses north of Nanking, seeking to meet three nationalist groups from Suchow. Estimates place Chen Yi’s force at about 150000 with other red columns possibly 75000, threatening a major engagement 30 miles south of the Suchow garrison.
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Nanking
Suchow
China
Chen Yi
Hwai River
Roe
Big Ase
March of Dimes selects Winchester director for 1949 drive
Joseph Butler of 318 West Cecil Street is named campaign director for Winchester and Frederick County for the 1949 March of Dimes appeal to fight infantile paralysis. Dr C R Anderson Frederick County chairman announced the appointment as polio cases surge in Virginia. Butler, an apple grower and Winchester Kiwanis member, follows Herbert Wilkins who resigned to transfer to the District of Columbia. The campaign runs January 14 to 31, aiming to surpass last year’s Frederick County total of 1628 and replenish the Foundation’s strained funds amid Virginia’s polio surge. Butler will announce his committee soon.
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Joseph Butler
W. Cecil Sr
Winchester
Frederick County
C. R. Anderson
Butler
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Herbert Wilkins
District of Columbia
National Foundation For
Virginia
42 Registered For Bloodmobile Visit Thursday
In preparation for the American Red Cross bloodmobile visit to the Presbyterian church next Thursday registration opened at 9 a.m. at the Red Cross office. The Moose lodge of Winchester sponsors. Early registrants include Mr. and Mrs Wilbur Tidler of 119 S Loudoun St. Also 42 employees of the Rockingham Poultry Co op Winchester plant led by Manager George A. Heitz signed up. The Red Cross needs 140 volunteers to give 100 pints of blood dispenser free at Winchester Hospital. Appointments in person or by telephone at the Red Cross office 5412 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.
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American Red Cross
Presbyterian Church
Red Cross
Moose Lodge of
Winchester
Wilbur Tidler
S. Loudoun
Pirs
Rockingham Poultry Coop
George A. Heitz
Winchester Hospital
Cairo Police Chief Dies In Riot Blast
Cairo Egypt December reports say Police Chief Selim Zaki Pasha was fatally wounded by a hand grenade during a student riot near the medical school at Fut university. Three police guards were killed and rioters faced tear gas and stone attacks as authorities pursued them.
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Cairo
Egypt
Selim Zaki Pasha
Fad University
Sudan
School of Medicine
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Pollution board to hear Virginia stream cases and plant expansions
Progress reports on Shenandoah pollution by Merck and American Viscose along with sewage issues in Groveton Fairfax county will be presented to the State Water Control Board. Also on the docket are Hercules Powder plant expansion and Roanoke sewer construction reviews.
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Virginia
State Water Control Board
Merck and Co
Elkton
American Viscose Corp
Plant Royal
Groveton
Fairfax County
Hercules Powder Co
Hopewell
Roanoke
Merck
Merck Co
American Viscose
Shenandoah River
Hunting Creek
Potomac
Rainfall floods rivers along James watershed
Heavy 24 hour rainfall across the James river watershed sent the river rising with crests expected by weekend. Scottsville on the James flooded sections to about a foot while R 522 near Louisa was blocked by the North Anna river and secondary roads closed in several counties.
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James River
Richmond
James
Bremo Bluff
Columbia
Scottsville-Columbia
Weather Bureau
Scottsville
Highway Department
Louisa County
North Anna
State Highway Department
Louisa
Appomattox
Buckingham
Nelson County
U N Assembly Adjournment Plan Voted By Steering Group
The 14 motion steering committee approved an American proposal to adjourn the United Nations Assembly in Paris by the night of December 7 11 12. Rus disposed of current business. The Assembly convened in Paris Sept 21 and will continue in Europe until adjournment.
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Paris
United Nations Assembly
Rus
Europe
Soviet Bloc Gains Bargaining Hand
In Paris the UN political committee narrowly approves the amended British Palestine conciliation plan 25 to 21 with absences. Russia and five satellites voted against. Big Five to select a three nation commission to reconcile Jewish Arab differences, with binding references to 1947 partition and Bernadotte proposals removed. The General Assembly vote is expected next week.
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Paris
United Nations
General Assembly
Russia
Palestine
United States
Britain
France
China
Security Council
Holy Land
Commission
Israel
Arab Palestine
Monday Deadline For Saving Penalty On Tax Payment
The final day to pay Winchester city real estate and personal property taxes without a five percent penalty is Monday. Officials estimated 224000 would flow into the treasury for the 1948-49 budget, and City Auditor John Jones expects about 90 percent of citizens to have paid by Monday evening.
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Treasury
John Jones
Winchester
France Proposes International Ruhr Authority to Control German Industry
France demands lasting international supervision over German coal iron and steel output challenging the American plan for sole German management. Henri Bonnet criticizes U S stance calling Ruhr control insufficient to prevent future militarism and urges a European authority minus Russia to decentralize German industry oust Nazis and guide profits.
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Washington
Germany
Ruhr
State Department
U. S
Henri Bonnet
Lovett
Bonnet
Russia
Hitler
State Dept Leak Identified In Hiss Chambers Case
The House committee announced new evidence linking the State Department leaks to Whittaker Chambers. Robert E. Stribling said documents and sworn statements will be shown, and a subpoena was served on Chambers' Baltimore attorney Richard F. Cleveland.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Robert E. Stribling
State Department
Chambers
Whittaker Chambers
Redunderes
Stripling
Richard F. Cleveland
Baltimore
Hiss
Red
Sen
Ameaiene
Cleveland
Clark
New York
Wilson Auld
Communist Party
Maryland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chamber
Local History Miniature Painter In Winchester Ad
L M Christophe painter from the Royal Academy in Paris offers likenesses in miniature at short notice for a moderate price in Winchester. He stays not more than one month from Sept 10 1790. The Clarke County Historical Association seeks readers who own or know of Christophe miniatures.
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Winchester
Virginia Gazette
Winchester Advertiser
L. M. Christophe
Royal Academy
Paris
Beys
The
Clarke County Historical Assn
Christophe
Phillips Brooks Calendar of 1947 hotel notice
SOUTH END FIRE CO. announces December 6th 8 PM regular meeting at the hotel. Movies of firemen's conversion will be shown and refreshments served. Captain Harry Rainsberger signs the notice.
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Phillips Brooks
South End Fire CO
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Clay
Elks Memorial
State Horticulture Society
Moose
Yangtze
Ningpo
Here
Chekiang
Steamship Company
March of Dimes
W. A. Baker
Shenandoah
Water Control Board
Associated Press
U.N
Seering Group
Soviet
Folke Berndotte
Trans- Jordan
State Dept
Prober
Everard Kidder Meade
Harry Rainsberger
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