Winchester Poised To Host Owls Spring Camp
Henry Hardenburg announces dressing rooms at the armory will host the Hagerstown Owls as they eye Inter-State League entry. Owls owner Oren Sterling plans a February 14 visit to Winchester to finalize arrangements. If approved, camp runs April 7 to 27 with 25 to 30 players and six exhibition games booked in Hagestown. Hardenburg will seek lodging and has invited Watertown Athletics to use the April 28 Border League date.
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Winchester
Armory
Henry Hardenburg
Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown Owls
Sterling
Hardenburg
Oren Sterling
Mifflenburg
Prijay
Chamcters of Commerce
Owls
Sunbury
Hagerstown
W. J. Bell
Watertown
N. Y
Baldridge Named Festival Director for Apple Blossom
Tom Baldridge was chosen as fifth Director General of Winchester’s Apple Blossom Festival, the 20th edition set for May 1 and 2. He has long led civic groups, including US JCC roles, and chairs the War Memorial Fund as a key Virginia and Winchester community leader.
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Tom Baldridge
Winchester
Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
USJCC
Baldridge
Kiwanis International
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Virginia Chamber
Front Royal Chamber
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Strike Ends as Brakeblok Plant Workers Return
Construction workers at the Brakeblok plant south of Winchester return to work after a four day stoppage sparked by the firing of a truck driver. The dismissal, for alleged misaccounting of expense funds, led to a union picket and work suspension until a meeting with the contractor. The driver was not rehired.
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Winchester
Teamsters
Ministers Plan Annual Good Friday Service and Clinic Ads
The Winchester Ministerial Association discussed plans for the annual Good Friday service and assigned the inter church committee head to arrange the order of service. Rev. T. J. Hawkins presided during the meeting at Handley Library as Rev. P. F. G. Senger reported receipts of 616.96 since December. Also announced are the Loren’s Clinic dates February 7 and 8 at Winchester Memorial Hospital for children ages 6 to 21 and under 6, with a schedule posted. The page includes local ads for truck repair, wood for sale, and a sale room auction near Braddock Street plus a for sale notice on a new five room brick bungalow with GI loan eligibility.
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Winchester Ministerial Association
T. J. Hawkins
Handley Library
PF. G. Senger
Palace Theatre
Loren’s Clinic
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ford
Oates Lumber Yard
Weather Weighs On Apple Blossom Dates In Winchester
After twenty years of studying weather patterns and blossom timing, the Winchester Apple Blossom Festival directors settle on a fixed date window: the Thursday and Friday nearest May 1. Since 1924 dates ranged from April 18 to May 8, weather shifts often disrupted plans and blossoms.
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Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
P. W. Boyd
Cadet Mumma III Named Staff Member at West Point Howitzer
Cadet Morton C Mumma III son of Rear Admiral and Mrs M C Mumma Jr Berryville Virginia section head of the 1948 Howitzer announced West Point cadet will serve on the Howitzer staff the yearbook at the United States Military Academy Mumma a third year cadet is a Ring Committee and Commit tee varsity rifle team member He attended Virginia Military Institute before entering West Point and was appointed by Senator A W Robertson of Virginia 7th District
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West Point
N. Y
Morton C. Mumma III
M. C. Mumma
Berryville
Mumma
Howitzer
United States Military Academy
Corps of Cadets
Virginia Military Institute
Military Academy
A. W. Robertson
Virginia
U S Accidents Kill 100000 In 1946 Says Council
The National Safety Council reports 1946 U S accidents killed about 100000 people and caused $5.6 billion in losses. Motor vehicle deaths rose 45 percent by April. Home accidents led to 34000 deaths, with rail and air deaths also noted.
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U. S
Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Workers Go Out Quicker Than In Concedes Picard
Federal Judge Frank A. Picard prepared to wind up the Mt Cle Mens Pottery Co case as portal-to-portal pay suits loom. He limited rebuttal witnesses to four and heard five former employees plus a company executive describe walking time from time clock to work benches amid debris, noting workers exit faster than they enter.
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Detroit
Frank A. Picard
Mt. Clemens Pottery Co
Portal
United States Supreme Court
Picard
High Court
James R. Doll
Pottery Company
Clarke County Budget Seeks 1947 48 Increase in Levy
Clarke County School Board submitted a 1947 48 budget of 348 491 to the Board of Supervisors, proposing an 86 388 rise over the prior year and a 51 cent levy increase to 1 60. The board also asked for a 6 000 cash appropriation for teachers bonuses, with 1 550 approved to match state funds. The supervisors will act at the April meeting after a public hearing.
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Berryville
A. F. Robertson
Clarke County Schools
Clarke County School Board
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Clarke
Clarke County
Future Farmers Call Meeting At Handley School
The Northern Triangle Federation of the Future Farmers of America plans a 7:30 PM meeting at Handley High School with about 150 boys from 10 local schools in Rappahannock Page Warren Clarke and Frederick counties. The program includes boxing group singing and special music plus a chapter stunt.
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Northern Triangle Federation of the Future Farmers of America
Handley Ymnasium
Rappahannock
Page, Warren, Clarke
Frederick County
Actress Day Appeals Judge Over Prejudice Claim
Los Angeles February 4 Superior Judge George A Dockweiler backed by a strong defense prep to reply to Miss Day The actress seeks a fair hearing on her interlocutory divorce from J Ray Hendricks airport executive The show cause hearing was delayed until a ruling on prejudice is made and Judge Caryl M Sheldon will decide if Dockweiler must recuse himself.
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Los Angeles
George A. Dockweiler
Jaaine Bey Ad Riage
Maine
Leo Durosier
Brooklyn Dodgers
Miss Day
J. Ray Hendricks
Caryl M. Sheldon
Superior Court
Doskweiler
Deputy Rent Boss Opposes 10 Percent Rent Increase
Ivan D. Carson, OPA deputy rent administrator, told Congress a blanket 10 percent rent rise is not warranted under current standards. An order for such an increase was drafted by OT C but blocked by President Truman. Carson testified before the Senate Banking Committee amid questions about his role and approval of the hike.
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Washington
Ivan D. Carson
OPA
Congress
Office of Temporary Controls
Truman
Ote
Carson
Bencemank
Compromise Tax Plan Aims At Lower Brackets
Washington Feb 3 A tax cutting plan by House Rules Chair Allen would give small earners larger percentage relief than high brackets. His scale taxes up to 2500 at 20 percent, 2500 to 5000 at 17 percent, 5000 to 10000 at 15 percent, above 10000 at 10 percent. He says the proposal would cut about 2.75 billion overall versus 3.35 billion under Knutson’s flat cut.
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Allen
Washington
GOP
R-N
House Rules Committee
Illinois
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
R-Mass
AFL Council Sees Ball Taft Bill as Threat to Unions
The AFL Executive Council proposed changes to labor laws that would preserve union liberties while rejecting the Ball Taft Smith bill. William Green called the measure a tool for employers, urging defeat by Congress and indicating support only for amendments not infringing on union rights.
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Miami
Pila
AFL Executive Council
AFL
William Green
Green
Joseph R Padway
GOP
Ball
Minnesota
Taft
Ohio
Smith
New Jersey
Truman
Congress
Padway
Executive Council
Douglas High School band ex-members urged to meeting
All ex-members of the Douglas High School band are urged to attend a meeting tonight at the home of Mrs. Charles D. at 620 S Brad Dock St at 8 00. Veterans and alumni are invited to gather for updates and plans.
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Douglas High School
Bard
Charles d
S. Braddock St
Byrd Recalls Little America Camp In Snow Tunnel Visit
Admiral Richard E. Byrd slid into the crystal caverns of his early Little America camps and found a corncob pipe, tobacco, and a long unused coffee can. He led a small party including his son Richard E. Byrd Jr. as they explored tunnels, a crushed science building, and preserved relics from 1928 to 1939.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Little America
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Richard E. Byrd, Jr
Americas
Admiral Byrd
United States
Paul Siple
Eric
Fred Dustin
Amory
Waite
Louis Just
Salina
Kans
Jack R. Starr
Houston
Tex
Admiral Mitscher Laid To Rest In Arlington Ceremony
Admiral Marc A. Mitscher dies of coronary thrombosis at Norfolk Naval Hospital at sixty. Funeral at Fort Myer Chapel, Arlington, with burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Lt. Comdr. W. D. Biggers to escort body from Washington. praised for wartime leadership with Task Force 58 in the Pacific. Survived by widow Frances Smalley Mitscher and mother Mrs. Mitscher. sister and address details noted.
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Norfolk
Marc A. Mitscher
Pacific
Japan
Arlington National Cemetery
Mitscher
Fort Myer
W. D. Biggers
USN
Washington
Solomons
Truk
Marianas
Shangri la
Togo
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
Frances Smalley Mitscher
Norfolk Naval Hospital
Soviet Russia challenges U.S. stance on world disarmament
In the United Nations Security Council, Soviet Delegate Andrei Gromyko attacked Warren Austin as illogical for tying universal arms reduction to an international security system. The exchange framed a dispute over prerequisites for global disarmament and safeguards against evasion.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Warren R. Austin
U. S
House Puts On Steam To Limit President's Term
House Judiciary committee approved a constitutional amendment to limit presidents to two terms with six Democrats dissenting and fifteen Republicans supporting. The measure may reach a Thursday House vote. An earlier one term proposal was rejected 1 to 7 in a closed session.
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House
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Truman
Walter
D-Pa
Kefauver
Tennessee
Jer
New York
Cleffof Ky
Bryson
South Cravens
Arkansas
Lane Massachusetts
Cold Wave Targets East as Temp Drop Expected
The weather bureau warned of a cold wave spreading from the upper Mississippi and Missouri Valley regions to the Middle Atlantic States. Temperatures may fall to near zero in the Appalachians and around 15 degrees along the coast with gale and snow conditions in parts of the Midwest and Northeast.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Missouri Lakes
Ohio Valles
New York
Penney
West Virginia
Appalachians
Legislators Debate Truman Control Powers Amid War Powers Extension
Washington February 4 legislators weigh President Truman's plea to extend wartime controls during the reconversion period. Senate leaders Russell and Taft discuss continuation of powers over coal gas electricity and other commodities while aiming to end wartime executive authority swiftly.
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Washington
Pate
Russell
D-Ga
Taft
Ohio
Republican Sting Committee
Truman
Georgia
For Sale: 1 Male Labrador and 1 Beagle
For sale two dogs listed under undersigned F W Pinfrey in W E Edwards area. Contact details partly readable with old time phrasing.
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W. E. Edwards
F. W. Pinfrey
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Gerri
Civic Lec
Sungalow
G. I. Loan
Ed Molden
Mumma III
Mrs. Mumma
Future Farmers Call Meeting
Handley School
Day
Bryant, Inc
Taber
R-Ny
House Appropriations Committee
War Assets Administration
Veterans Administration
AFL Council
Ball, Taft Bill
Son
Dad
Admiral
Richard E Byrd
Pacific Ranger
Arlington
Soviet Russia
Shenandoah Motor CO
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