Winchester Council Adopts 15 Dollar Pay Increase for Police
Winchester Common Council approved a $15 raise for city policemen in a four hour session. They also passed 1951 License and Sewer Rental ordinances and taxi cab permit changes, increasing Polly's Cab fleet to nine but with votes and conditions on compliance. Discussions touched taxi rates, fleet limits, and district home for the aged and infirm at the former Station site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Miller
Winchester Common Council
Winchester
Joseph Massie, Jr
Polly’s Cab, Inc
Claude Smalts
Lie Safety Committee
Polly
J. Lee Miller
Dr. C
Commissioner of Revenue
Coiner Built Berryville Store into $150000 Annual Trade
Emmett Gordon Coiner rose from a $6.50 cash start to run Coiner’s Department Store in Berryville for 51 years, selling in 1946 when annual business reached $150,000. He later chaired the Bank of Clarke County’s board as it grew from $10,500 in stock to over $3 million in assets, guiding local economy alongside Clarke County’s population and development. The profile traces his 1895 move to Berryville at age 20 and notes his retirement from retail to focus on the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Garrard
Emmett Gordon Coiner
Bank of
Clarke County
Berryville
Coiner
Ylen
Fishersville
Augusta County
Virginia
David Coiner
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal
Kennedy Decries US Policy as Crisis in Korea Era
Joseph P Kennedy warned in a Virginia Law School forum that America's foreign policy is in personal crisis and has strengthened Communism. He urged withdrawal from Korea and Asia where defendable, and criticized Europe’s Elbe Rhine lines and hemispheric defense as weak. He questioned gains from four decades of war and asked where buffers against Russia exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Russia
Joseph P. Kennedy
America
Virginia Law School Forum
United States
Korea
Asia
Elbe
Rhine River
Europe
Kennedy
East German law threatens death for war collaborators
East Germany's communist parliament approved a death penalty law for offenses against peace. The measure targets Germans aiding Western powers and applies to those abroad, with the United States, Britain, and France named in the category of warmongering states. Western officials call it a desperate move in Russia's drive to scuttle European defense. Western German officials oppose military participation without equal partner status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Germany
United States
Britaan
France
Soviet Zone
Supreme Court
Russia
Western Europe
Moratorium Sought on Partisan Politics in Crisis
Democratic National Chairman William M. Boyle Jr called on the Republican Party to declare a moratorium on partisan politics during the current international crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William M. Boyle, Jr
Republican Party
Plastic gullet lets patient eat normally after esophagus tube transplant
Surgeons at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore remove the diseased esophagus and replace it with a flexible plastic tube in the first human procedure of its kind. Dr. Edgar F. Berman led the operation on a cancer patient, noting it offers palliation rather than a cure and could aid children who swallow dangerous substances. The hospital cautioned that more cases are needed to evaluate usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Sinai Hospital
Edgar F. Berman
Berman
Hoffberger Laboratory
Draft Speed-up Begins as Army Faces Worsening Menace
The Army boosts January and February draft calls by 78 percent, up to 80 000 men each month, to reach about 1 264 000 by July. The drive aims to support Korea casualties exceeding 27 940 and bolster mobile defense, Europe forces, and home reserves amid possible national emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton C. Fay
Washington
Korea
Truman
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Statust
National Guard
Five Jockeys Hurt As Charles Town Race Day Ends
Five riders were injured in a six horse spill at Charles Town track during the first event. All were taken to Charles Town General Hospital with no serious injuries, while the day's remaining jockeys quit to end the program. George Bush was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
Charles Town General Hospital
C. L. Bakhsh
Tommy Kane
Arthur Carvalho
Nick Shuk
E. Robart
George Bush
H. K. Riley
Riley
Fire in Ladies Lounge Delays Hotel Firemen Called
Fire this morning in a waste basket in the ladies lounge at the George Washington Hotel brought fire trucks to the scene but the blaze was out on arrival. Manager Eugene Branch attributed the fire to a cigarette and said there was no damage. Valuable orchard and equipment to be sold Friday December 15 at C. E. Omps place Kernstown, sale on premises at 1 p.m.
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George Washington Hotel
Eugene Branch
C. E. Omps
Kernstown
Truman Plans Rapid Military Buildup and Emergency Talks
President Truman told congressional leaders of a very rapid military buildup and won Republican support as a dangerous emergency was acknowledged. A national emergency proclamation may follow. Truman to address the nation Friday at 10 30 p m to explain sacrifices at home for arms and supplies.
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Washington
Truman
Congressional
White House
Congress
Mr. Truman
Lucas
D-Ill
Vinson
D-Ga
Wherry
R-Neb
United States
Taft
Senate
House
Martin
Massachusetts
House Gop
Apple Picker Nabbed in Capital Arrest in Manslaughter case
Clarke County Sheriff Smallwood leaves for Richmond to pick up Steve Bohannon 35 arrested by Richmond Police on a manslaughter charge related to the October 21 beating death of George M. Gough. Four itinerant apple pickers linked to Byrd apple orchard incident. Creed Russell 43 of El Paso and Jim Parks 41 of Roanoke jailed. Walter Craven from Baltimore at large.
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Berryville
Clarke County
W. W. Smallwood, Jr
Richmond
Steve Bohannon
Smallwood
George M. Gough
Byrd
Creed Russell
el Paso
Texas
Jim Parks
Roanoke
Walter Craven
Baltimore
For Sale 1950 Mercury Club Coupe at Big Reduction
For sale a nearly new 1950 Mercury Club Coupe with 7000 miles. Price reduced. Contact H. W. Ebert Buick. Also orders taken for fresh stressed turkeys for Christmas delivery. W. M. Stickley Stephens City.
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H. W. Ebert
Buick
W. M. Stickley
Stephens City
Britain Ends Marshall Plan Aid Early in 1949
The flow of Marshall Plan recovery funds to Britain will end January 1 as Britain’s economic recovery accelerates. From April 1948 through 1949 Britain received about 2.69 billion dollars. 175 million dollars will be used for the last six months of the year. The move follows talks with Britain, and Britain becomes the first country to exit the program, with no change to defense burden sharing under NATO.
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Washington
Britain
William C. Foster
Hugh Gaitskell
House of Commonas
Foster
Eeconomic Cooperation Administration
ECA
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Ocvodneny
Miller Attacks Byrd as a Dangerous Demagogue in Virginia Race
Richmond reports Francis Pickens Miller branding Senator Harry F. Byrd as a dangerous demagogue. Miller accused Byrd of appealing to passion and prejudice and using anti CIO rhetoric to divert attention from real issues. He warned Byrd’s aristocratic image hides manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Francis Pickens
Miller
Byrd
Virginia
Orginia
CIO
Lee Ward Democratic Club
Fellowship Movie Slated at Theater
A charity matinee at Capitol Theatre on Saturday at 10 AM benefits the Fellowship Club. The event features a two reel Technicolor featurette Wagon Wheel West, ten color cartoons, Bugs Bunny and friends, Santa Claus, and a surprise stage act. Admission is a non perishable food donation to help Winchester and Frederick County families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theatre
Fellowship Club
Ip Club
Winchester
Frederick County
Bugs Bunny
Porky Pig
Daffy Duck
Tweety Pie
Santa Claus
Cherry Pie Contest Set Tomorrow at James Wood High
A state cherry pie baking contest will be held tomorrow evening at 6 30 at James Wood High School to pick a winner to represent Virginia at the National Cherry Pie Baking Play on February 21 in Chicago Illinois. Six county and city entrants include Shirley Long Handley High Winchester Pat Perry Frederick County Rebecca Ann Ashley Clarke County Joan Brown Rappahannock Patsy Collins Warren and Verna Gray Arlington. Judges are Mary McCoy Ruth McNeil and Mariana Durst. The Shenandoah Valley Cherry Growers Association sponsors the state contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wood High School
Virginia
Chicago
Shirley Long
Handley High School
Winchester
Pat Perry
Frederick County
Rebecca Ann Ashley
Clarke County
Joan Brown
Rappanhannock
Patsy
Collins
Warren
Verna Gray
Arlington County
City Council shelves meters on municipal lot
Harris County council members shelved a plan to install parking meters on the municipal lot but said the one hour parking limit will continue to be enforced.
Campaigns in Five States Hit By Truman in an Angry Letter
President Truman condemns campaign tactics in five states Utah North Carolina Illinois Indiana as low. Senate Campaign Committee opens inquiries into campaign costs and defamatory literature.
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Truman
Washington
Senate Campaign Committee
Gillette
Iowa
Utah
North Carolina
Hebert
Louisiana
Illinois
Indiana
Committee of
Evacuation at Hungnam Ends Korea Retreat
About 60 000 American and allied troops evacuated Hungnam in a rapid pullout from northeast Korea. Chinese forces massed up to 80 000 along the retreat route as U S and allied units defended a last beachhead, loading troops and materiel onto landing craft and preparing two C 47 airstrips for the final escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Hungnam
Korea
George Burdick
Lakeport
Calif
10Th Corps
Hungnam-Ham
Winchester Sees Cold Snap With 35 Degree Day
The Winchester area recorded 35 degrees as a fourth straight day in the 30s. The city noted a 43 degree high on December with a morning low of 13 and a coldest date of 11. Expect continued cloudy and cold conditions tonight and Thursday.
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Winchester
Yg Laboratory
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U.N
J. M. Steck, Jr
Ford
Percy Miller
National Fruit
Virginia Wollen Co
Shenadoah Valley
Apple Cider and Inegar Co
Winchester Steam Laundry
Bailey Brothers
Emmett Coiner
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
E. G. Conner
Rhoden
U.S
Senator Byrd
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