American Legion Buys Snider Home In Winchester
The Conrad Hoover Post purchases the south side of the Snider property at Cameron Street with plans to convert first and second floor rooms for local needs. The move makes the post the state’s largest with about 700 paid members for 1950, and a formal opening will follow after fund work and public activities. The north side remains with John B. Solenberger & Co. Inc. and used for storage.
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Cameron St
Legionnaire
James Shirley
Baker
Conrad Hoover
Legion Post
Clowe
Robert Manuel
Kenneth Patton
Eugene Dearing
Robert Piszano
Commander Baker
Ma Winchester Comments on Lenten Self-Examination
A column notes that during the church season believers are expected to reflect on adherence to tenets, humility, and sacrifice as part of the Christian calendar.
Beauty Shoppe Announces Open Date at Cork Street
Announcement notes updated hours for area Beauty Shoppe at 6 Cork St. The shop will be open Wednesday Thursday and Friday night with hot water available at all times. Contact number 6133.
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Beauty
Cork St
British Parties Rally Voters in Final Appeals
Labour and Conservative leaders urged Britain’s 34 million voters to support their sides as undecided voters make up a large share. Polls show Labour at about 45 percent and Conservatives at about 43.5 percent with Liberals around 10.5 percent, plus one percent for others. Bookmakers quoted close odds, while both parties pushed a last minute turnout drive ahead of tomorrow’s election.
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Catservists
Labor
Britain
Liberals
London Daily Express
London
Douglas
Duggie
Stewart
Elks to Lead Winchester Red Cross Campaign Drive
Winchester Elks to conduct the 1950 Red Cross drive with Perry Wright named chairman and a committee including Robert Newlin Arthur Streit Lee Fisher and others. Seven Lions Club volunteers join the Elks committee. The group will meet 8 p m Monday at the Elks home to finalize plans for solicitation starting next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Wrigh
Robert Newlin
Arthur Streit
Lee Fisher
Jack
Warren Eddy
L. Baker Loper
Robert Bowers
John Chapman
Mike Levi
Henry T. Goode
Robert Manuel
William Schneider
Joseph Prickett
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Ed Startzman
Robert Worsley
Arthur Gilkey
Carl Lewis
Maynard Wisecarver
Percy Stultz
Leroy Cahill
C. F. Schenck
Local Schools Have Enough Coal
Winchester Public Schools Superintendent Garland Quarles said Handley has enough coal to finish the firing season while other buildings hold about six weeks. County Schools Superintendent R E Ayler agreed the fuel supply should last through the winter with strategic shifts between buildings.
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Garland Quarles
Winchester Public Schools
Handley
John Kerr
Quarles
R. E. Ayler
Charter Granted To Fruit Company
The charter authorizes a firm to produce and market fruits and vegetables, livestock and poultry, and Christmas trees with capital of $100,000. The acts confirm the company’s permit to operate under the stated scope and limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruit Company
Mitted
Hours Open and Sales at Local Motor Co
The Motor Co announces service hours from 8 a m to 5 p m and sales hours from 6 a m to 9 p m, daily Monday through Saturday. Listed reference numbers appear as 1p-2-16-61 and 1p 2422-24-25-3¢ for internal tracking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor CO
All Male Jury Drawn in Mercy Killing Trial
An all male jury with a 54 average age and at least seven Catholics was selected for a mercy killing trial. A 13th juror was named as an alternate. Prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty if Dr. Sander is convicted of first degree murder for allegedly hastening Abbie Borreto’s death by injecting air into her veins. The jury was seated after issues over alleged tampering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Wyman
Harold
Wescott
Arthur F. Auger
Wyman
Phinney
Sander
William H. Craig
Abbie Borreto
Aid to Europe Plan Explained by Hoffman to Senate
A Hoffman plan before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee seeks to boost European exports to the United States by up to 1.25 billion dollars yearly. It envisions a Paris staff to aid Europe in expanding export markets while arguing the move would not significantly affect the U S economy. Hoffman said Europe could sell goods in the United States and urged limited direct government relief for losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Western
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Senate
House
Paris
America
U. S
United States
Whoozis
Ohio
Firemen Battle City Dump Blaze After 12th Alarm
Fire crews answered a 12th alarm from 7:23 p.m. Friday as Winchester equipment rushed to the city dump at 7:30 last night to combat a one acre fire but caused no serious damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Hazardous Driving Initiative Advances Today
Officials push a safety drive focusing on hazardous roads and reckless behavior with community programs and enforcement actions expected to run through the day. Police, traffic agencies, and local organizations mobilize to reduce crashes and educate drivers.
Reassessment Debate Fails To Advance In Senate Today
In Richmond Virginia a planned reassessment bill stalled in the Senate as leaders delayed action to finish amendments. The House debated annexation measures while the budget faced changes and continued study of urban growth impacts.
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Senate
Richmond
Morton G. Goode
Dinwiddie
House of Delegates
Ralph Lincoln
Smyth
Lincoln
State Tax Study Commission
Louis Lee Guy
Norfolk
Danville
McMurran
House County, Cities and Towns
Stafford
Maryland-Virginia
Potomac River
Annapolis
Maryland
Chesang Bay
Potomac Or
Ten Oratory Winners Compete Here
Ten county winners will compete at 7 30 p m tomorrow at Handley Library in a district oratory contest sponsored by the Virginia Bankers Assn James Hottle of Frederick County and Dorothy Fish of Clarke County are among the contestants They vie for 150 in prize money and the right to enter the state finals at Natural Bridge on March 6 Norman Scott assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Berryville and district chairman announced the judges for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Library
Virginia Bankers Assn
James Hottle
Frederick County
Dorothy Fish
Clarke County
Natural Bridge
Virginia Yates
FEPC Bill Top Priority in House Debate
The House fights over the Fair Employment Practices Commission bill to ban discrimination, seeking swift passage within one legislative day unless a two thirds vote allows longer consideration. Southern Democrats plan filibuster and amendments to block the measure.
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Washington
House
Trugnan Sciva Tishis
George Washington
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Ye Ima
Cri
Dewey Seizes Private Coal Piles in Emergency Move
Albany reports the New York legislature granted emergency powers to seize private coal stocks and impose price controls to curb a fast fad. Dewey sought broader authority to combat the power crisis following a brownout on electric advertising displays since Sunday.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Dewey
Marshall Plan credited for halting Western Europe communist spread
Roving Ambassador W. Averell Harriman today attributed the Marshall Plan with blocking communist influence in Western Europe. He said it prevented takeover of elected governments and trade unions in the region.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Europe
Cotton Branch Adds $4.95 and $5.95 Accessories
Cotton Branch offers new accessory items priced at 4.95 and 5.95. The shoppe lists these prices on page one with no further details about items.
Move for Bush coal seizure legislation gains momentum
The House Labor Committee hears that Bailey plans a seizure bill as a possible response to the coal crisis. Officials discuss government profits from seized operations, while the Truman administration remains cool and may sue John L. Lewis and UMW leaders for contempt as negotiations stall.
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House Labor Committee
Bailey
D-W Va
Labor Committee
Lesinski
United Mine Workers
Truman
Congress
John L. Lewis
Justice Department
Richmond B. Keech
Lewis
UMW
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Government Apple Purchases Reopened for Final Period
Virginia apple growers may participate in a limited final period to supply school lunch needs. Offers to be submitted to the State Office of the Production and Marketing Administration, with apples graded 0 S, No 1 or better and a price of $1 per authorized bushel. The program runs through the 1949 crop end, with about 140 carloads already moved to schools and welfare institutions in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
State Office of the Production and Marketing Administration
R. B. Bridgeforth
Bridgforth
J. Parker Lambeth, Jr
USDA
East Main St
Richmond
President Seeks 60 Day Truce in Nationwide Phone Strike
President Truman urged a 60 day pause in a nation wide telephone strike involving CIO Communications Workers of America and Bell System workers. He asked parties to pursue settlement through bargaining while Cyrus Ching reports the deadline leaves little time for a settlement. Union leaders say the walkout appears inevitable as hours tick toward the Friday 6 am local strike start.
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Washington
Truman
Bell System
CIO Communications
Cyrus 8
Ching
Joseph A. Beirne
Communications Workers of America
Nashville
White House
New York
Break in U S Diplomats Policy Amid Hungary Spying Case
State Department officials hope for improved treatment of American diplomats and local staff in Soviet satellite states. The Hungary Voge ler spy trial angered Washington, with officials denouncing the trial as lacking justice and evidence. Vogeler, an American businessman, received a 15 year sentence.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler
Red
Budapest
Vogeler
Pete
Bulgaria
Vogler
Widow Jailed In Shooting
Barbara Parks, 26, widow of Robert Franklin Parks, is jailed without charge as Page County detectives and Commonwealth's Attorney I R Dovel probe his fatal shooting. Investigators checked the Park home after five bullet holes were found, while 1000 mourners attended funeral rites at Bethlehem Christian Church.
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Dovel
Geoffrey T. Mann
Parks
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Here
Park
Bethlehem Christian Church
Stanley
Churchman McCutcheon Dies in Baltimore
The Venerable Robert T. McCutcheon of Mont Alto Pennsylvania archdeacon of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Harrisburg died in Baltimore at the Methodist Church Home and Hospital last night.
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Baltimore
Robert T. McCutcheon
Mont Alto
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Harrisburg
Methodist Church
Notice to vacate 6 room frame dwelling in Winchester
A notice for a 6 room frame house at 222 Pisceailly Street requires removal from the premises by April 1. Details and inquiries should be directed to the House Committee of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Winchester Virginia, by contacting 6882 after 5 pm or writing.
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Pisceailly St
Rouss Ave
Pp. m. Or
House Committee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Winchester
Truman Urges Free Nations to Use Force Against Communism
President Truman in a straight from the shoulder address says free nations must use force against a deadly Communist attack. He declares democracy defense cannot be avoided and stresses Americans must act decisively in foreign policy.
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Truman
Alexandria
United States
U. S
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Snider
A. C. Oates Lumber Yard
Elks
Perry Wright
Winchester Elks
Red Cross
Virginia General Assembly
Tax Study Commission
Gray, Norris
Bird
State Board of Education
State Corporation Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Howard H. Adams
North
Bryant Baker
George Washington Memorial Building
International
FEPC
Union and
Bell Companies
West Telephone
New Bell Co
Boost
CWA
Churchman
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