Farmers confident of earnings after sales meeting
Farmers from five Northern Vic and three West Virginia counties who attended a Winchester meeting express confidence in earnings over the coming years. Julian A. Everly of Production du Assa cites debt reduction, mechanization, and marketing improvements. The PCA reports a record year with strong earnings and assets, with stockholders optimistic about future ownership of a local bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic
West Virginia
Winchester
Julian A. Everly
Production du Assa
Everly
PCA
Capitol Theater
U.S
Armer
Balimore
Action Credit Assa
Ings
P. D. Sanders
Thern
Sarah Hall
Shenandoah Uetion Credit Assn
Ofational Farm Loan Assn
Dhener
Med
Assoons
Howard Duncan
Ont Royal
Warren H. Risler
Charles
Ad J. M. Fishpan
Berge
SPCA
Wakeman
Fourth District Special Election Nears In Virginia
More than 20 000 voters are expected to cast ballots in Virginia’s fourth congressional district to replace the late Congressman Patrick Mr. Drewry. Democratic candidates include State Senator Morton Goode of Dinwiddie Commonwealth’s Attorney Watkins M Abbitt of Appomattox and Commonwealth’s Attorney Robert W Ar nold of Sussex. Republican candidate is T Robert Cocks, a Kenbridge manufacturer. The district covers Petersburg and Hopewell.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Fourth
Patrick Mr. Drewry
Morton Goode
Dinwiddie
Commowealth
Watkins M. Abbitt
Appomattox
Commonwealth
Robert W. Arnold
Sussex
T. Robert Cocks
Kenbridge
Pettersburg
Hopewell
Quads Do Fine After Birth At Latrobe
Zavada quadruplets three girls and a boy born by cesarean section to Mrs Barbara Wagner Zavada weigh a total 13 pounds. They entered their second day of life and were reported doing fine. Deliveries occurred yesterday in Latrobe Pennsylvania.
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W. E. Hill, Jr
Highland Ave. Presbyterian Church
Prevention Week Launched in City Meeting Officials Discuss Crime
City representatives churches and schools met with the Winchester exchange club to plan Crime Prevention Week. Last year city arrests reached a record high. In the photo from left to right are Exchange president Charles Dick Dr L F Havermale mayor Anderson Imogene Minton Florence Harley Police Chief J Thomas Boyd and Joseph Massie Jr commonwealth's attorney for Frederick County. Valley Photo Center.
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Winchester Exchange Club
Charles Dick
L. F. Havermale
Market
St. Methodist Church
Ministerial Assn
Anderson
Imogene Minton
Florence Harley
Handley
J. Thomas Boyd
Joseph Massie Jr
The
Exchange Club
Commonwealth
Frederick County
Valley Photo Center
Mayor Praises Exchange Club Role in Crime Prevention Week
Mayor C. R. Anderson applauded the Winchester Exchange Club for sponsoring Crime Prevention Week and urged citizens to join in reducing crime. He stressed individual responsibility starting at home, then school and church, to keep youth from crime.
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National Exchange Club
C. R. Anderson
Winchester
Burning Motors Give Fire Cos Week-end Runs
City fire-fighting equipment was called out three times over the week end but damage was slight. At 8 30 this morning an electric motor used on a construction job at Robinson Cold Storage plant caught fire. The blaze was out when Sarah Zane fire truck arrived.
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Robinson Cold
Sarah Zane
Harry R. Lantz
Berryville Ave
Lantz
Wallace Campaign Opens in Virginia Delegates Form Committee
Wallace for president supporters convened in Richmond with 45 attendees from nine congressional districts. The gathering, organized by the Food Tobacco Agricultural and Allied Workers Union of America CIO, nominated an 11 member committee to drive the campaign efforts.
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Richmond
Wallace
Virginia
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America
CIO
Thomas Snubs Fellow Senators On Speculations
Sen Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma tells a Senate appropriations subcommittee he resents investigation into his commodity trading and private activities He warns that further interference with his Senate office would be an insult to Oklahoma He and aides may be targeted in the probe led by Sen Ferguson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma Democrat
Senate Appropriations
Senate
Oklahoma
Ferguson
Sen
Ferguson P-Mich
Truman
Anderson
Thomas
Edith Incras
Beth Uege
E. T. Maynard
Chicago
Secretas Anderson
North Korea Puppet Government Hinted by U.S. Official
A high American official stated that a Russian puppet government has been established in North Korea with an army a flag and a constitution despite international agreements. The claim suggests a formal structure backing Pyongyang despite external pressure.
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Seoul
North Korea
Dr Kayser to Speak at CC Annual Winchester Banquet
Dr Elmer Louis Kayser dean of students at George Washington University will be guest speaker at the Winchester chamber of commerce banquet at York Inn Friday 7 30 p m. 200 members expected. Kayser author of works including the forthcoming Twentieth Century will speak on Why the Marshall Plan. He is a Washington native 51 and has taught at GWU since 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Louis Kayser
George Washington University
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
York Inn
Henry Hardenburg
C. Ridgely White
Peachy Hockman
Fred Sturm
Lamer Keen
J. Thomas Kremer
Kayser
Washington
GWU
Marshall
The
University
Mount Vernon Seminary Board of Trustees
District of Columbia
Nurses School of
St. Elizabeth’'s Hospital
National Order of Merit
Ecuador
Cosmos Club
National Press Club
Butter Corn And Wheat Drop At Winchester Markets
Price adjustments were made in Winchester after last week's grain drop. Butter at Haldeman Creamery quoted 82 cents a pound. bitterfat and butter wholesale down 5 cents. No 2 corn at Winchester Milling Co. 2.05 a bushel, down 15 cents. No 2 winter wheat 2.35 a bushel, down 5 cents. Broilers and feeds also eased. retail dealers continuing price cuts amid strong grain headlines in New York market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haldeman Creamery
Winchester Milling Co
Associated Press
New York
Hagana Says It Can Defend Itself Without UN Aid
Hagana claims strength to hold against Arab attack without UN help if needed. The commander, whose identity remains secret, outlines priorities for arms over manpower, tolerates only a limited international force, seeks British withdrawal, and plans potential shift from defensive to offensive actions after May 15 if hostilities persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Hagana
United Nations
Associated Press
Kaiser-Frazier To Sue Bankers Over Stock Offering
Kaiser-Frazer Corp plans a 7,762,500 suit in the New York State Supreme Court against Otis & Co of Cleveland. The action arises from the withdrawal of a stock offering intended to net 17,220,625 from a 1,590.00 share issue.
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New York
Kaiser Frazer Corp
State Supreme Court
Otis & Co
Cleveland
Girl Dies After Fall Into Hidden Well in Riverside
Eleven year old Dorothy Kenney fell into an old hidden well near her Riverside home as her eight year old brother Joseph watched helplessly. The well collapsed under a lawn area and dirt and ice covered the girl after she disappeared from sight.
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Riverside
N. J
Dorothy Kenney
Joseph
Dorothy
Rent Control Wins 18-5 Vote in House
The House banking committee voted 18-5 to extend present rent controls one month beyond the February 19 expiration. Chairman Wolcott said the extension was not to kill rent controls and signaled likely continuation in some form for at least a year. The Supreme Court later unanimously upheld federal rent controls, saying war powers justify the legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Banking Committee
Wolcott
R-Mich
Supreme Court
Douglas
Paul Jones
Cleveland
Congress
Forest Fire Control Meeting This Week
County fire wardens and others interested in forest fire prevention will attend a dinner meeting at 7 p m tomorrow at the Golden Glow announced by Thomas B Rosenberger chief fire warden About 40 people have been invited including Frederick county supervisors Wardens from Gore Cross Junction Whitacre Opequon Star Tannery Winchester Siler and Gore will attend a forest ry movie will follow the dinner
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Golden Glow
Thomas B. Rosenberger
Rosenberger
Frederick County
Gore
Max Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Clarence Omps
Whitacre
P. P. Preffett
Opequon
Hollis Reynolds
Star Tannery
Carroll Solenberger
Winchester
A. P. Whitacre
Siler
Sloan Wolfe
H. A. Blandford
Robert Muse
Dr Hough Home Convalescence to Continue Weeks
Dr Walter S Hough entomologist at Winchester Research Laboratory is home from a Chicago hospital after a five week convalescence from a heart complication. He will remain in retreat at 523 Fairmont Ave with strict no callers or calls. Dr A B Groves accompanied him home from Chicago.
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Walter S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Chicago
Fairmont Ave
Hough
A. B. Groves
County Game And Fish Assn To Name Officers
Members of the Winchester Frederick County Game and Fish Assn will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in City Hall to elect officers plan the annual banquet and membership drive and discuss game and fish problems Hale C Moore is president A president five vice presidents a secretary and a treasurer will be voted upon Boyd Hammon will report on membership and all members with books out should turn them in at the meeting Topics include stocking trout streams and continuing a bounty on faxes killed in the county The annual banquet is usually held late March or early April
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Winchester
Youth in coma over 72 hours
James Smelser of Grimes remained in critical condition after an accident Friday morning when an iron rim blew from a truck tire striking him in the head. A noon hospital report said he might be a little brighter but still unconscious, having been in a coma for more than 72 hours.
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James Smelser
Robert Smelser
Grimes
Father of Heiress Toast of Community
Julius Paulekas a 60 year old coal miner in Washington Pennsylvania expresses pride and sorrow after his daughter Eva wed Winthrop Rockefeller in Palm Beach Florida He says he will stay a coal miner despite the favorable match and money while noting his estrangement from Eva since a 1932 Chicago visit and the long separation from Eva’s mother Mrs Peter Nevekas of Lowell Indiana
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Washington
Julius Paulekas
Eva
Winthrop Rockefeller
Palm Beach
Fla
Paulekas
Peter Nevekas
Lowell
Ind
Chicago
Bargain Buick Super cuts price on late 1946 model
A dark green 1946 Buick Super with low mileage, radio, heater, air conditioning and seat covers is offered in A-1 condition. The car is available for viewing at Ken's Auto Service on Martinsburg Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken’s Auto Service
Martinsburg Pike
Red Cross Drive Division Heads Appointed
Marvin D. Weaver named division heads for the Red Cross annual membership drive. Fred Brumback leads the county drive, Mrs. A. C. Halvosa handles residential workers, Ben Belchie the organizations, and Charles Marks wholesale and retail. H. B. McCormac heads special gifts, Paul Anderson commerce and industry, Emma Parks Robinson the colored residents, and Hoye Riley publicity. Campaign goal is $13,300.
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Red Cross
Marvin D. Weaver
Weaver
Fred Brumback
A. C. Halvosa
Ben Belchie
Charles
H. B. McCormac
Paul Anderson
Emma Parks Robinson
Hoye Riley
Paris Picked for United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations announced that Paris is the site selected for this year’s General Assembly session. The decision was reported from Lake Success on February 16.
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Lake Success
Paris
General Assembly
United Nations
Auto Crashes Hospitalize Two and Damages Estimated
Two persons were hospitalized and property damage estimated at $1500 after two weekend accidents. Mrs Lucy L Moore of 131 Purcell Ave and Mrs Irene Legge of 719 National Ave were treated and expected to be released. Moore collided head on with a car driven by Maurice Calvin Legge 20 of 719 National Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy L. Moore
Purcell Ave
Irene Legge
National Ave
E. B. Mitchell
Moore
Maurice Calvin Legge
Clark
Hazel McKee
Legge
Hogue Creek
Hogue Creek Bridge
Robert DeHaven
L. M. Moseley
Leenberg
Erie
Cletus Asia Whitacre
Capon Bridge
Whitacre
Pennsylvania
Restricted Load Limits in Effect on Virginia Roads
Restricted road limits were in effect across most Virginia highways as thaw continues. Officials noted cracks forming on state roads while temporary repairs proceed on rutted dirt routes. The warm spell is hoped to persist to dry road beds, with limits likely lasting until April 1.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Congressman Criticizes Army Chair Purchase Plan
Rep. Engel R Mich criticized army plans to buy 161 172 custom built chairs for offices. He said the army would have paid $26 each instead of $9.45, saving if protested about $2 567 000 and preventing wasteful expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Engel
R-Mich
Truman seeks more aid for Greece and Turkey in report
President Truman told Congress he will ask additional military aid for Greece and Turkey as part of continuing support against Communist influence. He described ongoing Soviet pressure and the impact on Greek villagers while noting aid may come under the European Recovery Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Russia
Balkans
Assembly Votes On Income Tax Credit Bill
Richmond February 16 State Senator Harry F Jr of Winchester introduced a bill to allow a wife to claim a credit for half her husband earnings for income tax purposes. A House Delegate Whitehead of Nelson introduced a joint resolution supporting the Marshall Plan and urging Virginia congressmen to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Harry F. Jr
Winchester
Whitehead
Nelson
Virginia
Inventor Urges Smokeless Fuel By Distillation
Detroit audience hears L. C. Karrick outline a coal distillation process that yields gas and smokeless fuel from low grade coal. He claims the method could vastly expand fuel supplies, producing gas, crude oil, electricity and by products for industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
L. C. Karrick
Nelsonville
Wayne University
UAW
Karrick
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Luther F. Hamilton
Braddock St
Headley’s Auctions
Wallace Supporters Farm Committee
Solon
Dr. Kayser
Schools of Washington
Johns Hopkins University
Columbia University
Kaiser-Frazier
Dr. Hough
County Game and Fish Assn
Red Cross Drive
U. N
Headon
City
Utica
N.Y
Mary Hoage
W. B. Falvo
Assembly
Sen. Byrd
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