State Crews Battle Iced Roads and R.522 Crash Wrecks Car
Freezing rain iced highways around Winchester causing minor injuries from a sidewalk fall to a wreck on Route 522. A Ford driven by C. Lee Whitacre sustained heavy damage. he escaped with minor injuries. Five state crews treated slick surfaces starting 3 pm, with worst conditions on Route 50 and Route 522 north of Winchester.
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Winchester
Hilda Bayliss
Opequon
Leon Darvin
Winchester Junk Co
C. Lee Whitacre
Siler
Whitacre
J. 8. Fant
Lewis Moseley
Here
Ppos
Greyhound Bus Terminal
Washington
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
North Central
Vicksburg
Lower
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Gulf States
Atlantic
Driver Summoned On Reckless Charge After Route 50 Crash
Jerry Nelson Clark 71 of North Loudoun Street is summoned for reckless driving after a 日报 accident at Route 50 and Route 522 west of the city. He struck Floyd Hoff 31 of Boyce in a 1936 Plymouth causing about 475 dollars damage. Clark’s 1936 Pontiac sustained about 250 dollars damage and he suffered a bruised right knee.
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Jerry Nelson Clark
N. Loudoun St
Clark
Floyd Hoff
Boyce
Marine Sergeant Seeks Recruits in Winchester
Sgt M W Brainerd of the Washington D C Marine recruiting office travels to Winchester to recruit young men ages 17 to 30 amid new physical and reenlistment rules. Direct transfer to Quantico for veterans of other services. Event Friday 10 am to 2 pm in the Post Office basement. Also medals for veterans available. discharge copy required. Christmas trees for sale nearby at Hershey Creamery Valley Pike.
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M. W. Brainerd
Marine Recruiting Office
Washington, D. C
Winchester
Marine Corps
Sgt. Brainerd
Marine Barracks
Quantico
Corps
Hershey Creamery Valley
Teenage brides seek return of their husbands in court
Two war veterans sue for habeas corpus to bring back their 14 and 16 year old brides married Dec 5 in Moyock North Carolina. The judge keeps hearings until Thursday as custody battles unfold with the Andersons seeking dissolution and the men arguing the girls wish to stay with their spouses.
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Norfolk
Clyde Jacobs
Moyock
N. C
Jacobs
Pauline
Frances
A. W. Anderson
City Farm
Milton Tyndall
Floyd Swanner
Andersons
Consel
Senate OKs NLRB Nominees for Board and Counsel
The Senate confirmed President Truman's three nominees to the National Labor Relations Board. Abe Murdock and J. Copeland Gray were named as board members, and Robert N. Denham was approved as general counsel.
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Washington
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
Abe Murdock
Utah
Price Fixing Charged In Boston Egg Market
Attorney General Clark announced the indictment of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange and 12 produce firms for conspiring to fix egg prices in New England. The federal grand jury in Boston charged them under anti-trust laws with a maximum penalty of a $5,000 fine for organizations on conviction.
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Washington
Clark
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
New England
Boston
Duke of Woolen Co. Appointed Red Cross Safety Chairman
H. Jr. Duke of Virginia Woolen Co. becomes safety and accident prevention chairman for the Winchester Frederick County Red Cross chapter. He succeeds City Fire Chief Taylor Barr and aims to educate the public on first aid benefits and life saving. Duke has been with Virginia Woolen since 1945, served in the military, and is active in local groups.
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Virginia Hockensmith
Winchester
American Legion
Junior Board of Trade
Shenandoah Valley Textile Executive Assn
Duke
Virginia Woolen
Frederick County
Power Co Plans Generating Plant Near Front Royal
Potomac Edison Co of Hagerstown registered with the SEC to sell 4 million in 30 year bonds and 1 million in common stock to West Penn Electric to finance a 14.788 million three year construction program. The main project is a new generating station near Front Royal Virginia, expected ready late 1949 at an estimated cost of 6.5 million.
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Philadelphia
Potomac Edison Co
Hagerstown
Securities and Exchange Commission
Potomac
West Penn Electric Co
Front Royal
Clarke County Holds Rat Eradication Meeting in Berryville
Orchardists farmers and other interested persons gathered in Berryville Clarke county at the courthouse to outline plans for a county-wide rat eradication drive set for early next year. Speakers included L K Dystra of the U S Department of Interior and John C Jones with local and district offices. Attending leaders included James Thomson Tom Byrd and Ralphsey with County Agent J W Olcott presiding.
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Clarke County
Court House
Berryville
L. K. Dystra
U. S. Department of Interior
Boston
John C. Jones
Washington
James Thomson
Tom Byrd
Ralph Sey
J. W. Olcott
Taft Seeks Senate Endorsement of Anti-inflation Plan
Senator Taft announced he would push a three point Republican anti inflation bill through the Senate before adjournment of the special session. He said he abandoned efforts to strike a House agreement and preferred to proceed in the Senate with the modified Walcott bill. Taft met with House leaders but reported no definite agreement for rapid action.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Congress
GOP
House
Wolcott
R-Mich
Banking Committee
Tobey
Rnh
Halleck
Ind
Power Failure Paralyzes Star Area as Lines Burn
A 75 minute power outage hit the south end of the city and part of the county after a main Kent Street feeder burned in four spots. The Northern Virginia Power Co reported wind and sleet may have caused the fault. no injuries were recorded though lines carried 4,000 volts and toppled onto streets near the Economy Machine Shop and the Evening Star office.
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Kent St
Gerrard St
Northern Virginia Power Co
R. G. Cox
Economy Machine Shop
Evening Star
Six Navy Airmen Killed in Air Collision at Norfolk Navy Yard
Six naval airmen died when a Corsair fighter and a patrol bomber collided midair over Norfolk naval air station. The two aircraft crashed. seven aboard the bomber survived.
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Navy
Norfolk
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Coats for Girls at Campbell's Teen Shop
Hooded and box coats in plaids and plain colors priced for sizes 7 to 14. Only a few left, hurry to Campbell's Teen Shop.
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Campbell's
Campbell's Teens Shop Ad Offers Coats Leggings for Girls
Five coats and legging sets remain in wine and green in sizes 2 5 and 66x plus a pig skin gloves offer in brown white and oatmeal. Also promotes a 1940 Chevrolet Panel Truck for sale at 712 N Loudoun St and Christmas apples from Butler's Packing House with bundles and shipping.
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Harry
Campbell's
Loudoun St
Butler’s Packing House
Nolde
Shoecenter, Inc
Cost of Living Rise for Four In 34 Cities Revealed
The Bureau of Labor Statistics told Congress that a typical employed father, a housewife and two children now need about $450 more annually to maintain a modest standard of living in 34 major cities than 22 months ago. Food remains the largest cost, with June budgets showing wide city variations.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
Ewan Clague
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Taft
House Appropriations
Clague
House-State Economic Committee
Cincinnati
New York
Seattle
Richmond
Driver Fined After Drunken Driving Plea in West Virginia
Percy Carl Sponaugle of Franklin was fined 100 and costs by Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards on a drunken driving charge after a nolo contendere plea. A jail sentence was suspended. A prior bench warrant for reckless driving had been sworn last month after manslaughter charges were dismissed by Judge Eliott Marshall. Sponaugle drove a truck involved in a November 1946 collision that killed Mrs. Alverta Steele.
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Percy Carl Sponaugle
Franklin
W. Va
W. Erle Edwards
Sponaugle
Aeign
Eliott Marshall
Alverta Steele
Eggs Return To Jap Ration At 20 Cents Each
Tokyo reports eggs will reenter Japanese food rations for the first time in four years, with distribution limited to children. Official price is 10 yen each, about 20 cents, while black market sales run at 18 yen apiece.
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Tokyo
Clarke County safety council praised for traffic death reduction
E H Williams Jr executive director of the State highway safety committee lauded Clarke county safety council for reducing traffic fatalities in Virginia. He noted fewer deaths to Dec 1 than last year despite a 14.9 percent rise in traffic volume and a 38.6 percent drop in pedestrian fatalities. Ralph Dorsey chairs the local group.
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E. H. Williams, Jr
State Highway Safety Committee
Clarke County Safety Council
Virginia
Williams
Ralph Dorsey
Appropriation Raised for Bureau of Reclamation
The House appropriations committee recommended 31 939 000 dollars for the Bureau of Reclamation, 2 564 000 more than the administration asked. The decision was reported from Washington on December 16.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Bureau of Reclamation
$88 Million Cut From Foreign Aid Measure
A congressional committee reduced the emergency foreign aid program by 88 million dollars and trimmed the France Italy and Austria requests to 509 million for the overall measure guiding aid through the winter. China received no funds though a reserve potential remains.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
France
Italy
Austria
China
Congress
Truman
Five Day Weather Forecast for Virginia Heading Cold
Five day outlook from December 17 to 21 shows a consistently cold period with little temperature variation. Average temperatures near or just below normal. Rain or snow expected toward week’s end totaling about one quarter to one half inch.
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Virginia
Eight German States Ready To Take Action
London reports tentative plans by the United States Britain and France for economic consolidation of Western Germany to aid European recovery. Exploratory talks begin at a dinner hosted by French Foreign Minister Bidault with Marshall and German advisers drafting merger proposals for the three Western zones. Molotov left soon after the Big Four collapse as Eastern Germany remains under Soviet occupation.
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London
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Bidault
Marshall
Washington
Molotov
West Zone Action May Come Speedily
Frankfurt reports edge in German politics as Western Germany's two major parties the Christian Social Union and Social Democrats meet to draft proposals for forming a government amid post London conference economic crisis. Observers expect a signal from Allied authorities soon, potentially this Friday or Saturday.
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Frankfurt
London
Germany
Christian Social Union
Ote Ae Social Democrats
Christian Democratic Party
Western
Europe
Red
Bootlegger’s Yule Card Flubs Oklahoma Sheriff
Oklahoma City sheriff received Christmas cards from a bootlegger praising his friendship and help. Telephone numbers on a red card led to calls about prices and appointments, ending with the bootlegger’s pack lighter by 42 pounds and the holiday spirit spoiled.
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Oklahoma City
Prohibition
Oklahoma
Socielties
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