Winchester doctors urge bond issue for new sewage plant
Twenty four members of the Winchester Memorial Hospital medical staff endorse a 650000 bond issue to fund a new sewage treatment plant and sewer extensions in Winchester. City officials note a State Health Department letter expresses limited endorsement and urge voter support.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Sup
Richard Messer
Sanitary Engineering
State Department of Health
Mr. Messer
Winchester
Abrams Creek
Messer
Rouss Spring
Virginia Miners Back To Work
Virginia's soft coal miners were expected to return to work today after the United Mine Workers halt ended. The state's conservation measures were eased, railroads restored near-normal service, and the governor's council set aside strip mine plans while keeping an emergency fuel framework ready for possible future activation.
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Richmond
Virginia
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
State Corporation Commission
State Council of Defense
Tuck
Temperature Extremes Reported For The Day
Temperatures reached a high of 172 and a low of 36 this day. A year ago the record showed a high of 58 and a low of 29, marking a dramatic shift in local weather patterns.
For Sale Beauty Shop in City Strip Quarter
For sale beauty shop located at 6 W ork 8S priced at $1,500 with cash terms. Contact Mr. Donald Clowe at 6133 for details.
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Donald Clowe
Winchester Opens Polls For Special Bond Election
Polls for the Winchester special bond issue election open at six in the morning and close at six in the evening. Voting will be at City Hall Friendship Fire Hall Sarah Zane Fire Hall and the Rouss Fire Hall under City Electoral Board supervision. The ballot asks for sewer and water bonds totaling 650000 with boxes for or against.
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City Hall
Friendship Fire Hall
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Rouss Fire Hall
J. W. Arthur
Harry W. Copenhaver
Douglas Barnett
Winchester Mayor Urges Bond Vote for Sewage Plant
Winchester Mayor C R Anderson urges voters to support a city bond issue for a new sewage disposal plant. He says the council studied the need and calls on citizens to vote Tuesday December 10 1946 for health growth and progress.
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C. R. Anderson
Winchester
Dr. Anderson
Izaak Walton League Endorses Sewage Bond Issue
The Winchester Chapter of the Izaak Walton League urged members to vote in favor of a sewage disposal plant bond issue at the upcoming election. The December chapter meeting at the George Washington Hotel on Friday December 13 at 7 o'clock will elect new officers and feature talks by Burr P. Harrison and E. Blackburne.
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Winchester
Izaak Walton League
George Washington Hotel
Burr P. Harrison
E. Blackburn Eee
Important Fire Dept Meeting At Stephens City
R. E. Ayler, president, announced a very important Stephens City Independent Hose Company meeting tonight at the Fire Hall to plan and elect representatives for the county fire zoning meeting held Thursday night at I. Fred Stine's Winchester office.
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R. E. Ayler
Stephens City Independent Hose Company
I. Fred Stine
Winchester
Lucas Demands Investigations Of Labor Unions
Senator Lucas of Illinois urged a sweeping congressional inquiry into labor unions to determine which leaders wield autocratic power and which unions use democratic processes. He cited United Mine Workers and Lewis as examples and pressed Congress to act despite miners returning to work.
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Washington
Lucas
D-Ill
Congress
Illinois
Rane Baer
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Large Selection of Maternity Dresses at Modern Age Shop
A broad range of maternity dresses is offered by Modern Age Shop. The listing highlights a diverse assortment designed for comfort and style, appealing to expecting customers seeking fashionable options.
Miners Of U S Slowly Turning Back To Work
Miners across several states resume work after a 17 day United Mine Workers strike. John L Lewis orders returns. production to normal by midweek. Major fields in Pennsylvania Alabama Illinois and West Virginia see rapid resumes with many pits reopening and transport lines clearing.
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U. S
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
Altoona
West Va
West Virginia
UMW
Kentucky
Big Sandy
Pittsburgh
Alabama
Illinois
John P. Busarello
Busarello
Sonn Lewis
Floor collapses kill one, injure four in Norfolk building
A second floor collapse at the D. D. Jones transfer and warehouse in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, kills J. F. Carroll and injures J. B. Griffin, Mrs. Ethel Scott, and George Green. Griffin assists in rescues despite head injuries as Williams helps free George Grand. In Warrenton, Mrs. James W. Timberlake and Thomas Tolton die repairing an electric pump.
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Norfolk
D. D. Jones Transfer and Warehouse Company
J. F. Carroll
J. B. Griffin Company
J. B. Griffin
Ethel Scott
George Green
Griffin
Scott
Grand
Carroll
James Williams
Warrenton
James W. Timberlake
Thomas Tolton
Timberlake
Massey Dies at 62 at Home in Virginia Town
Thomas William Massie 62 of 522 S Kent Street died at 1 35 a m after two weeks illness from complications Born June 1 1884 in Kernstown Va he was son of the late T William Massie and Jane Elizabeth Berry Massie A former guard at the Virginia Woolen Company he was a Baptist Church member Surviving include a grandchild Funeral arrangements are pending with General Home Church officiant Rev E T Clark Interment will follow on a later line
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Thomas William Massie
S. Kent Street
Kernstown
T. William Massie
Jane Elizabeth Berry Massie
Massie
Virginia Woolen Company
Baptist Church of
This
Mises and
Bes Phews
Puneral Services
E. T. Clark
German built liner Europa sinks after gale at Le Havre
The 49746 ton Europa, renamed Liberte by France, snapped moorings in a gale and sank in the Le Havre basin with a heavy list. All aboard were evacuated by 8 a.m. There were no deaths. The Liberte had been in French hands as war reparations since 1928. Other ships drifted or were damaged but fire crews and officials reported no loss of life.
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French Line
Liberte
Hamburg
Sea and Win
Two American Mothers Die in Arkansas and South Carolina Fires
In Lepanto Arkansas a mother J C Adams 38 and her three year old son Ralph died after a farmhouse blaze that also injured six other family members including her husband and infant Lola Mae. In Sumter South Carolina Leon Everett Richburg 29 an expectant mother and her three sons Leon 5 Jimmy 3 and John 1 died when a wood stove blast sparked a house fire.
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Lepanto
Ark
Lola Mae
Ralph
J. C. Adams
South Carolina
Sumter
S. C
Leon Everett Richburg
Richburg
Leon
Jimmy
John
Richberg
Stock Exchange Prices Rise Then Retreat After Coal Settlement
New York trading opened with a strong rise as coal strike settlement boosted prices. Most issues gained 1 to 6 dollars a share before late selling pared gains. Ticker lagged floor activity with 950000 shares moving in the first hour, the heaviest since last January. Also noting a sergeant sale of a 1940 Dodge sedan in Winchester and a local sale on suits and coats ongoing.
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New York
Stock Exchange
New York Exchange
Oates Lumber Yard
Civil and Police Justice Court
Winchester
Prye
M.emacy
Kin Seek Word of Fire Victims
Grief and despair fill the tense faces of J. T. Mitchell of Gainesville Ga father of a girl believed burned to death in the Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta Ga as he visits the Salvation Army information bureau seeking news. At right is Claude Pettyjohn of Chamblee Ga uncle of another girl believed among the 120 or more dead.
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J. T. Mitchell
Gainesville
Winecoff
Atlanta
Salvation Army
Pureau
Claude Pettyjohn
Chamblee
Winchester youth among dead in nation’s worst hotel fire
Andrew Babb of Winchester remains in hospital as the nation’s deadliest hotel blaze climbs to 120. Patsy Griffin, 14, granddaughter of Mrs. R. 58S. Smith of Frederick Yount, Bainbridge, Ga, is identified among the victims. An AP reporter noted five of fifty Georgia girls suffocated in one room. Griffin attended a youth conference in Atlanta and was registered at the Winecoff Hotel.
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Patsy Griffin
R. 58S. Smith
Frederick Yount
Associated Press
Georgia
Miss Griffin
Massie
Griffin
Bainbridge
Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
Cae D. Burch
Chattanooga
Soutern Bowling Chamon
Ha Hall of
Albany
Supreme Court To Hear Lewis Appeal January Fourteenth
The Supreme Court fast tracks the John L. Lewis contempt case five days after a 3.51 million dollar fine against Lewis and the United Mine Workers. Justices bypass the appeals court to hear arguments on Tuesday January 14.
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Supreme Court
Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
U. S. Court of Appeals
United Mine Workers
Cve d
National Labor
Eld Ste
Federal Communications Commission
WOKO
Investigation Ordered After Winecoff Hotel Fire Toll Rises
Atlanta reports the Winecoff Hotel blaze death toll at 120 with three more victims added. City and county probes ordered as officials consider criminal negligence. a grand jury will convene to review the case. Solicitor General E. E. Andrews holds talks with fire marshal and underwriters. Sixty four injured remain hospitalized, eleven in critical condition.
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E. E. Andrews
Henry Chandler
Ee Sala
Sesprong
Bae
William B. Hartsfield
Tion
Flames Turn Saskatchewan Hotel Into Inferno Killing and Injuring
Fire at the Hotel in Saskatoon quickly engulfed the building after a can of gasoline near a kitchen range ignited. Eleven people reported injured as flames and smoke trapped guests, with eyewitness Pred Pries describing the chaotic scene as the room filled with eight foot high flames and the draft driving the blaze inward.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Rena d
Canada
Queen's Hotel Ne
Halifax
Pred Pries
Pries
Fries
Washington
Lanier Place
Northwest
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Anderson
Fire Dept
Stephens City
Pinntirnad
Thelma Carroll
Winchester Bus Company
Miss Carroll
National Avenue
O’sullivan Rubber Company
Berryville
Richard Kern
Thos. W. Massey
Europa
United States
Frederick County
Fire Scene
Peachtree Street
Wincoff
U.S
International Soundphoto
Andrew Babb
Saskatchewan
Fredericksburg
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