Health unit plan approved by Frederick County Agriculture Board
The Frederick County Board of Agriculture unanimously approved sponsoring a county health unit in cooperation with Winchester city and possibly Clarke county. A 13 community farm and home unit demonstrations program was approved, with elections for representatives in 13 communities planned for 1947. Funds paid to German prisoners and imported labor totaled $101,694.99 for farm and orchard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Board of Agriculture
SDA
Good Farm
Anda
An Scenenries
Cooperative Farm and Home Market, Inc
Walker McClond
Board of
Memoirm
Winchester
Bond
Farm
Bauhn A
Stine Farm Auction Brings Over Twenty Thousand Dollars
The E L Stine farm sold this morning in front of the county courthouse for 20940 dollars in four tracts. Purchasers were Hugh Solenberrer Ford Luttrell and Bageant Stine. Coleman Dunn served as auctioneer. A separate sale at the poor farm yesterday afternoon grossed 550 dollars. A 1940 Dodge sold for 800 dollars to J W Williams of Frederick County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E L. Stine
County Court House
Hugh Solenberrer
Ford Luttrell
Bageant Stine
Coleman Dunn
Dunn
J. W. Williams
Prederick County
Industry Taking Issue With CIO Report By Nathan
Industry leaders rejected a CIO report claiming wages can rise 25 percent without price hikes. CIO President Philip Murray, citing Robert R. Nathan, warned such forecasts ignore profits and losses across firms and industries and could trigger more strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Nathan
Washington
Indus
Philip Murray
Robert R. Nathan
War Agency
Chief Hollis Enforces Holiday Firework Rules
Police chief C. W. Hollis announces city ordinance prohibits sale of fireworks before 8 a.m. December 23 and after 6 p.m. January 1 and will be strictly enforced. Violations are a misdemeanor with a minimum fine. officers instructed to curb premature celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hollis
Hollis
Leon Blum Elected Interim French Leader
Paris December 12. Socialist Leon Blum, 74, was elected president of the interim French government which will serve until mid January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Leon B
Interstate Commerce Commission Po River Basin Meeting
The Interstate Commerce Commission on the Potomac River Basin met here with about 30 representatives. Discussion covered increased appropriations for pollution abatement and a cooperative sampling program to monitor water purity across the basin with industry participation and federal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Potomac River Basin
United States
Commission
Area Commission
Labor Committee Proposes Constructive Labor Legislation
A House group with Democratic and Republican members endorses a constructive not punitive labor plan to curb disputes and foster high employment. It urges end of OPA controls in 1947, tax cuts only with stable finances, and measures to curb strikes while requiring unions to register with the Securities Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ther Ip
Deccrats
Repo
OPA
Sen
Byrd
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Virginia
Securities Commission
Wagner Labor Relations Ct
Five Year Old Slugs Santa in New Britain Store
A five year old boy punched Santa at a New Britain department store after claiming Santa promised a bicycle last year. He feared an empty sock on Christmas Day if Santa did not deliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Conn
Santa Claus
Santa
Scout Troops Aid JBT Drive Bundle Day In Winchester
Seven local scout troops will assist in the annual JBT Bundle Day in Winchester on Saturday afternoon. Scout masters praise four scouts each for work on a fleet of trucks to cover the city. crews include Henry Bush Ray Garrabrandt Harold Rowy Bushrod Harris Julian Armel and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JBT
Winchester
Fellowship Club
E. B. Cooper
Henry Bush
Ray Garrabrandt
Harold Rowy
Bushrod Harris
Julian Armel
Ieee
Temperatures Mixed as Warm Day Follows Cold Spell
Readings show a high of 55 and a low of 37 today, with a year ago peak of 31 and trough of 15. The contrast highlights a mild rebound from recent cold.
Andrew Babb Survives Fire Rescue From Hotel
Andrew Babb, an engineer for Nation al Fruit Product Co., awakens to a blaze at a hotel on Saturday. He climbs to safety by a transom and window as flames and smoke fill the rear of the building. Fire crews reach the scene with ladders only reaching to the eighth floor, delaying rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babb
Plane Crashes Prompt New Mt Rainier Search Efforts
A rescue effort continues after a 7 corps transport plane with 32 crew went missing Tuesday afternoon and reappeared near Mt. Rainier. Authorities dismissed a rumor about green flare reports and moved responders to Longmire as the search resumes at dawn near McChord Field.
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7 Corps
Mt. Ranier
Toledo
Washington
Coast Guard
Longmire
Army Air Forces
McChord Field
Tacoma
Roanoke Attorney Defends SH Attendant In Death Trial
Staunton Va December 12 The trial set for January 15 in Staunton Corporation Court covers John William Wood 53 a former Salem resident and Western State Hospital attendant charged with feloniously beating and killing patient Albert Walker Shifflett 49 of Rockingham County. Wood is one of three attendants indicted with Herbert Bentch convicted of involuntary manslaughter and David Clark still awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
John William Wood
Salem
Western State Hospital
Staunton Corporation Court
Wood
Commonwealth
Anis G. Messick
Counsl
Shiffiett
E. W. Armstrong Co
East Piccadilly Street
Mr. McKay
Ridgewood Inc
Ieip-71 ‘Co
al Khaht
W. A. Baker
Home Safe After Winecoff Fire Injury
Andrew Babb of this city, treated for slight injuries at Grady Hospital in Atlanta after last Saturday’s Winecoff Hotel fire, is pictured with his sister in law Rosalie B. Oakes. He was discharged Tuesday and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Babb
sGrady
Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
Rosalie
Oakes
Babb
Flood Trapped Families Seek Escape Near Seattle
Twenty people including men women and children waited on upper floors as Fort Lewis soldiers and county deputies failed in multiple rescue attempts. A bridge was submerged and too unstable for trucks while the flood currents blocked crossing. Heavy rains caused slides in the Yakima River Canyon delaying 435 passengers on the Milwaukee Road Olympian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Fort Lewis
Yakima River Canyon
Cascades
Milwaukee Railroad
Olympian
Demurrer Heard In Virginia Securities Case Tomorrow
In Richmond, the State Corporation Commission will hear a demurrer to applying Virginia Securities Law to John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers of America at 10 a m tomorrow. Gordon B. Ambler represents the M and C Victor Werne opposes him in the petition case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
State Corporation Commission
Tomorow
Gordon B. Ambler
C. Victor Werne
Ambler
Werne
Wood for Sale at Oates Lumber Yard
Wood for sale stove length available from Oates Lumber Yard. Contact cell 6414 for details and pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oates Lumber Yard
Arms Reduction Speeded By U N Sub Committee
A United Nations sub committee rapidly approved the first half of a draft world arms reduction plan after two amendments. Canada proposed measures require Security Council programs to be approved by a special General Assembly session and ratified by member states. A second clause tightens that any program must ensure atomic energy is for peaceful use only. The measures passed 10 to 9 and unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Nations
Security Council
General Assembly
U. N
Canada
Franco Spain
Oscar Lange
Assebly
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Maj Gen Robins Identifies Promoter in Bilbo Hearings
Maj Gen Thomas M Robbins testified before the Senate War Investigating Committee that A B Friend acted as promoter and front man for contractors who won a 1 731 029 dollar Army air field contract in Meridian Mississippi. The retired Army engineer said Friend appeared in Washington on behalf of the contractors as Bilbo probes gifts to the Mississippian senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas M. Robbins
A. B. Priend
Bilbo
Dmiss
Army Air Field
Meridian
Miss
Robbins
Army Engineers
Senate War Investigating Committee
Fulbright Presses Truman to Step Down Yet Praises Handling
Senator J William Fulbright credits President Truman with a good job managing the coal strike crisis but repeats his call for Truman to resign in favor of a Republican. He argues the move is for the country's and the party's best interests despite criticism from Democrats and Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. William Fulbrgiht
Truman
Sale of Tricycles and Scooters by Snider & Son
W B Snider and Son at 323 North Cameron list a sale of tricycles and scooters with catalog items and pricing. The listing appears as a local classifieds notice dated December. The ad notes quantities and item types available for immediate purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Snider & Son
N. Cameron
Seal Sales Near Two Thousand In Two Week Drive
Returns from the first two weeks of the annual Christmas Seal Sale total $1,900, announced by Dr. E. T. Clark president of the Winchester Tuberculosis Association. The drive opened November 25 with mail deliveries to 3,850 residents and runs through Christmas toward a $4,600 goal to fund X rays for food handlers and barbers, case funding, education, sanatorium care, milk and medicine for TB patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Clark
Winchester Tuberculosis Association
Chrismas
Clark
War Emergencies and Retarded By Strikes
President Truman said the war emergency might have ended earlier if not for strikes delaying reconversion. He announced revamped war agencies and plans to send three messages to Congress. He did not speculate on ending the emergency or tax cut, noting debt reduction and Republican opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Third Battalion Meeting Friday Night at Winchester Armory
National Guard Headquarters Company Third Battalion will meet Friday at 7 15 PM at the Winchester Armory. Members are reminded to bring their discharge papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Battalion
National Guard
Winchester
Ice house collapse on West Side leaves multiple dead
Eight people were killed and 38 believed buried after an ice house on 484 West 184th Street toppled a wall and wrecked a tenement. Fire officials found four bodies, hospitals treated over twenty injured, and investigators sought the cause amid a prior day fire. Mayor O Dwyer visited the scene as priests offered last rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Re West Side
Frank Moorehead
Anthony Biancardi
Corrado
Thomas P. Phy
West 184Th Street
David
William O'Dwyer
Winchester Bus Co Pleased With City Reception
City officials report strong response to the new Winchester bus services started Monday on three routes. Eugene Smoleroff, general manager, notes schedule flaws but overall satisfaction and nine drivers now employed under Arthur R. Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Bus Company
Winchester
Eugene Smoleroff
Arthur R. Dean
Five Hundred Handley Students To Sing Christmas Carols
Handley School hosts a concert of Christmas carols Sunday December 15 at 3 p m in the school auditorium. About 500 pupils including 250 in an elementary chorus and groups Vivace Club and High School Glee Club perform for about an hour directed by Miss Gwendolyn Haynes. The annual event draws large crowds and is designed to foster reverence for carols and Christmas spirit. Winchester public invited to attend.
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Handley
Handley School
Auditori
Gwendolyn Haynes
Winchester
A High School Glee Club
Garland R. Quarles
Inder
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Arms of Agricultural Board
E. L. Stine Farm
Ru'es
Leon Blum
France
House
Roanoke
Andrew J. Babb
Lewis
Bismarck
N. D
Kenneth R. Yeiter
Bismarck Tribune
South End
Bufflick
Gd Ae Cleaners
Harrisonburg
Robins
Bilbo Committee
Fulbright
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
N.Y
Bus Company
Glee Club
the Herald
Mendelssohn
Rave Hawkins
R. Pyne
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