Senate Rejects Truman Power to Mandate Price Controls
The Senate defeated Democratic Leader Barkley’s bid to grant President Truman compulsory authority to compel industry price allocation under an anti inflation bill. The 47 to 32 vote blocked a plan to force voluntary agreements, with Morse crossing party lines while Byrd and Robertson opposed. The move could hinder passage of the Taft bill in the special session.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Barkley
Taft
Congress
Mr. Truman
Ohioan
United States
Morse
R-Ore
Byrd and
Robertson
Virginia
Having Children Not Chief Marriage Aim Says Court
The House of Lords rules contraception use by either spouse does not constitute refusal to consummate marriage or grounds for nullification. Lord Jowitt states marriage is not solely for procreation and procreation need not be the principal end of marriage. The decision supports Baxter's case as the appeal is dismissed.
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London
Britain
House of Lords
Lord Jowitt
Frederick Baxter
Baxter
Arthur Heads Walton League In County
J Pinckney Arthur manager of Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Co was elected president of the Winchester Frederick County Izaak Walton League succeeding E E Harbaugh. Leonard Sirbaugh is vice president George T Sanders secretary treasurer new directors include William Wheatley Robert Newlin G T Binner Jr and Harbaugh. Herman S Barr elected chairman of a special committee to study game and fish law changes for the General Assembly meeting next month with members Walter Bursey William Butler William Rooker Jr and Croswell Henderson. committee meets next week.
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J. Pinckney Arthur
Shenandoah Valley
State Board Orders Detailed Waste Reports From Factories
The State Water Control board in Richmond has directed engineers and chemists to prepare detailed reports on industrial wastes from the Heald division of Mead Corp in Lynchburg and other plants including Heinz Vinegar in Winchester O Sullivan Rubber in Winchester Damascus Hosiery Mills in Damascus. Board adds chemical engineer L Hamrick Jr from Hopewell to study trade wastes. The board weighs a Shenandoah river biological survey funded mainly by contributing companies and approves Reynolds Metals plant disposal plans in Chesterfield County and National Container Corp.
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Richmond
State Water Control Board
Heald
Mead Corp
Lynchburg
Heinz
Winchester
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
Damascus Hosiery
Damascus
E. Blackburn Moore
L. Hamrick Jr
Solvay Process Division
Allied Chemical and Dye Co. Hopewell
Shenanoah River
Reynolds Metals Co
Chesterfield County
Allied Chemical and Dye Corp
Hopewell
National Container Corp
Four Methodist Choirs In Yuletide Service
The Brad dock St. Methodist Church hosts four choirs totaling 125 voices for a Christmas service at 7 15 p m Sunday. Miss Helen V Woore opens with four numbers from Bach Pachelbel Brahms and Daquin. Congregation joins in carols and a nativity tableau follows with soloists and choirs performing selections from The Messiah and other carols.
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Braddock St. Methodist Church
Helen V. Woore
Pachelbel
Brahms
Daquin
Smart
Bethlehem
The
Wise Men
Christ Episcopal Building Program Near Completion
Substantial additions to Christ Episcopal church and properties are nearing completion. The sacristy is being renovated with three new rooms including a choir assembly room and vesting rooms. The work is a gift of Frank N. Hack and dedicated to Rev. Robert Burwell Nelson. The project also converts a chapel into a flexible assembly space and adds parish offices, classroom furnishings, and separate worship for different age groups.
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Christ Episcopal Church
F. N. Hack
Frank N. Hack
Robert Burwell Nelson
Christchurch
Nelson
Winchester
Berryville Council Approves 40000 Budget for Next Year
Berryville town council on final reading adopts a 40 268 budget for the fiscal year ending August 31 with no opposition. The plan allocates 21 740 to general fund, 14 500 for water department, and 4 028 for sewer services.
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Berryville
Water Department
Star Tannery Pair Released on Bond After Whiskey Bust
Cheser A. Orndorff and Charles Lee Orndorff of near Star Tannery were bound over by a Federal grand jury inquiry on charges tied to operating a distillery without proper bond. Arrest followed a raid by NBC and Alcohol Tax Unit agents who destroyed a 35 gallon still and 19 gallons of whisky in Paddy Run. Both men were arraigned in Harrisonburg and released on bond.
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Cheser A. Orndorff
Charles Lee Orndorff
Star Tannery
NBC
Alcoholic Tax Unit
Paddy Run
Harrisonburg
New Year’s Eve Dance and Christmas Notice at Winchester Armory
Winchester Aerie No 824 announces a Christmas Party at their Home on Saturday December 20 to raise funds for food for needy families. Officers and members urged to attend with families and friends. Also a shooting match at the Armory Winchester VA on Saturday December 20 1947 starting at 10 AM with prizes of turkeys and chickens.
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Winchester Aerie No
Armory
Winchester
Holiday Apple Sales Light Says Storages See Slow Movement
Holiday demand for apples remains weak with storage totals around 557000 bushels across four plants Winchester Virginia Robinson Old Mill and Virginia Apple Storage report 336370 141000 54825 and 25000 bushels respectively Rail shipments are light though local sales may rise slightly. Northwest C grade pricing keeps East sales under profit levels, and some canner plants stayed closed leaving fewer fresh C grade apples available.
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Winchester
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Virginia Apple Storage
Robinson
Old Mill
Virginia Storage
East
Ice Cream Co. Opens Winchester Distributing Plant
The Imperial Ice Cream Co. division of Fairmont Foods Co. opens a distributing plant at 410 Smithfield Ave in Winchester. J. F. Brown says the Harrisonburg plant will serve the local branch until a modern city plant for ice cream and candy is built. A site at 1800 02 Valley Ave has been bought for the proposed building, but construction is delayed due to material shortages.
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Imperial Ice Cream Co
Fairmont Foods Co
Smithfield Ave
Winchester
J. F. Brown
Harrisonburg
Valley Ave
Xmas Gift Sale Ad With Clothing And Produce Berrville
A compact early ad highlights plenty of Christmas trees in cedar and pine at 50c to 1.50. It also advertises B S Poultry and Berryville Market on Berryville Ave with special offers. Campbell's Teen Shoppe promotes girls wool plaid sport shirts as a season gift.
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B & S Poultry
N. Cameron
Berryville Ave
Beryville Ave
Campbell
Chest Yet $12,000 Short of Its Goal
The Winchester-Frederick County Community Chest is $12,000 short of its $34,000 goal with $21,850 raised so far. Officials consider a house-to-house canvass in January to secure the remaining funds from industries and places that have not yet reported.
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Winchester - Frederick County
Capt Pingley Buried With Military Rites at Arlington
Capt. Pingley, a World War II veteran, was reburied with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. The service was conducted by Protestant and Catholic officials. Attending were the widow and family, local officers, and fellow servicemembers from Co. K Charlottesville and Handley School connections. He had led the Headquarters company of the National Guard at Winchester and was commissioned at Fort Benning.
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Whales Go Pinley Jr
Arlington National Cemetery
Pingley
Paul Duncan
Tress
Lucy
W. G.’ Ley
Win
Chester
Robert Manuel
M. B. Clowe
Ronald White
E. T. Clarke
William Barr
Mack Noonan
Charles W. Dunlap
Felix Brannon
Co. K
Charlottesville
Handley
Handley School
National Guard
Winchester
Fort Benning
Two Send CARE Parcels Abroad
Ralph Hardy, appointed by the Exchange club as CARE coordinator, announced CARE is a year round project not just for Christmas. Two donors sent $10 each to send CARE packages overseas, one to a former GermanPOW once relocated here and another to a family in England. CARE guarantees delivery of 12 relief boxes across 15 countries.
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Ralph Hardy
Exchange Club
Cooperative
Europe
Germain
England
Hardy
CARE
First Insured Farm Mortgage Loan Placed
MADISON Virginia December 18 P Spurgeon L Harlow one farmer received the first insured farm mortgage loan in Virginia under new congressional legislation here today A loan made by the State Bank of Madison is insured by the Farm Home Administration Harlow and his wife plan to purchase a 206 acre farm in the Locust Dale district near Rochelle The insured mortgage program is designed to enable farm workers to become farm owners and to aid small farm owners in enlarging or improving their present units
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Madison
P—Spurgeon L. Harlow
Virginia
State Bank of Madison
Farm Home Administration
Harlow
Locust Dale
Rochelle
Meat Packing Co-op Financed $530,000 Raised
Shen Valley Meat Packers Inc a meat processing co operative closed its membership drive with 1250 members subscribing 530000 dollars toward construction of a packing plant Frederick county producers and dealers contributed 12900 dollars and elected B V Unger as director until the March election A list of Frederick county subscribers includes Walter T Anderson Wilmer A Anderson Roy L Bageant and others Livestock market,
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Meat Packing Co-op
Timbervville
Shen Valley Meat Packers, Inc
Frederick County
B. V. Unger
Walter T. Anderson
Wilmer A. Anderson
Roy L. Bageant
Carrie D. L. Bond
Walker McC. Bond
P. W. Boyd
H. M. Brumback
Nelson Carpenter
T. Newton Cather
C. D. Dye
W. H. Gold
Viola V. Grant
Herbert W. Harmer
J .L. Heishman
P. S. Heishman
Richard L. Luttrell
Walter C. Miller
L. R. Omps
Paul Richards
D. K. Russell
Alfred Li. Snapp
H. T. Snapp
O. M. Swimley
Grover Teets
Landon B. Whitacre
C. K. Wright
B. W. Unger
Ralph Marker
C. E. Campbell
Fred C. Ridgeway
William Hugene Larrick
J. W. Larrick
Jack Larrick
William Reuter
Knitting Mill Plans New Dept Opening Jan 1
Winchester Knitting Mill aims to start a new rayon division by January 1 under manager John Warner. Fifty workers will staff the operation producing men's rayon underwear with women already being interviewed for cutting and sewing work. A cement block warehouse measuring 100 by 30 is also under construction at the local plant.
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Winchester Knitting Mill
John Warner
Warner
Weather Generally Fair for Nation's Christmas Shoppers
Sub zero cold swept portions of the midwest while temperatures rise elsewhere. International Falls Minnesota saw 16 below zero and light snow fell around the Great Lakes Northern Plains and Pacific Northwest. A new blast of cold air was expected to move in tonight and tomorrow keeping most of the country under fair conditions except the affected regions. The rest of the nation reported generally fair weather for holiday shoppers.
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Associated Press
Midwest
International Falls
Minn
Canadian
Great Lakes
Northern Plains
Pacific Northwest
Farm net income up 20 percent on 3 percent grain output
The Agriculture Department reported a 20 percent rise in net farm income to about 186 billion dollars for 1947. Cash receipts from farm products reached around 30.3 billion with 19 percent more than last year, while gross income totaled about 34.6 billion and expenses were about 16.6 billion.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Six Engine KB47 Stratojet Makes 145 Mile Test Hop
The KB47 Stratojet, described as potentially the world’s most powerful plane, completed a 145 mile test hop at Moses Lake Washington. The six jet engine Boeing bomber weighs 60 tons and can carry a 10 ton bomb load at about 500 mph. It requires a crew of three and is one of two such planes ordered by the Air Forces with about 10 million dollars invested in the program.
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Moses Lake
Wash
Boeing
Law Granting Authority To Be Asked
Washington December 18 The House ordered an investigation into government and private speculation on commodity markets a special committee to seek authority. Senator Young said the Senate appropriations panel agreed to ask Secretary of Agriculture Anderson for a list of large traders and to reveal it publicly if necessary. Anderson testified he would not shield traders by withholding information and warned against forcing disclosure without further action by Congress.
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Washington
The
Housee Toaay
Young
R-Nd
Senate
Anderson
Desron
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Committed
Congress
Knowland
New Brakeblok Plant in Winchester Starts Operations
A 15 worker startup at the American Brakeblok plant on Paper Mill Rd begins producing friction materials such as brake linings for automotive aviation and factory use. Superintendent J Lehmann leads the operation with plans to hire 25 to 50 more workers next year as production scales up.
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American Brakeblok
Paper Mill Rd
J. Lehmann
Detroit
Howard L. DuBois
Winchester
American Brakeshoe Co
Lehmann
Ragnar Benson Inc
Chicago
J.oe Turnbull Co
Cleveand
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Special Committee On Game and Fish Laws
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Handel
Frank Sencindiver
Harrington
Betty June Hursy
Adams-Wilson Crusader Choir
the Shepherds
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Hopkins
Roy Wickes Jr
Frank Eustler
Lester Singhass
Marvin Hutchinson
Rocher
Bethlehem Bethlehem
Goldsworthy
Four Choirs
Roger
Marie Garber
Mueller
Charles Wesley
Jane H. Metz
Sara
Christ Episcopal
Winchester Armory
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Norfolk
International Soundphoto
Imperial Company
Capt
Lovett’s
Loudoun St
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Loudoun
California
Geo. W. Clowser
Clark St
W. B. Snider and Son
House
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