Apples in Cold Storage Reach 625000 Bushels Moved Since November
Storage reports show 625000 bushels moved since November with current holdings at 295117. Winchester Cold Storage leads with 216768 held, movements around 88000 this month, peak estimates near 500000. Apple storage firms like Apple Storage Co and Robinson Ice report declines or steady movement, while Appalachian belt accounts total 2062846 bushels as of Feb 15 across Virginis, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and nearby states.
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Concensus
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Apple Storage Co
Robinson Ice and Cold Co
Appalachian Belt
W. Va
Maryland
Former Treasurer To Get a Parole
The Parole Board said the former Hastings treasurer, who was sentenced in 1949 after pleading to mishandling about $15 000, is likely to be released from prison within two weeks.
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Cui Ta’ Oe
Parole Board
Hastings
Petition for county annexation in Clarke county 1858
Local history notes a Feb 6 1858 petition to the General Assembly to annex southern Clarke County. signers include Hugh Gordon Pendleton M Allen Shepherd Lewis R Butcher Hart H W Isbell and Martha Davis. Committee referral followed. Feb 27 1858 A G Davis introduced House Bill 454 to annex part of Jefferson to Clarke. No further action recorded. petitions preserved in the Virginia State Library.
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Northern
Bountry
Ne General Assembly
Clarke
Henandoah
Hugh — Gordon H. Pendleton
M. Allen
Sure. Shepherd
Lewis
R. Butcher
Hart
H. W
Martha Davis
John Raff
L Williams
Thomas B. Isbell
del. A. G. Davis
Monongalia County
Jefferson
Rippon
Virginia State Library
Richmond
Kay's Beauty Shoppe Opens With Evening Hours
Announcement for Kay's Beauty Shoppe at 6 Cork Street states the shop will be open Wednesday Thursday and Friday nights with hot water available at all times.
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Kay
Cork St
Hooded bandits loot Cleveland magnate in daylight raid
Six hooded robbers stormed the home of 93 year old William G. Mather in Cleveland. They pistol whipped his wife and escaped with jewelry valued between 200 000 and 800 000. A nurse nearby woke to the attack as one robber struck Mrs Mather to silence her.
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Cleveland
William G. Mather
Mather
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co
Mrs. Mather
Walter Mussell
Residents Seek Additions to State Secondary Roads
Frederick County citizens ask nine new roads join the State Secondary Road System and urge improvements on 15 existing routes. Proposals include surface treatments on Rt. 622 west of Rt. 629 and Rt. 611 southwest of Rt. 50, plus widening Rt. 609 east of Rt. 11. Public hearing held by the Frederick County Board of Supervisors.
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Frederick County
West Virginia Line
Woodstock
Winchester
Forest Trail
Bellview Ave
Rt. 11
Stickley Farm
Richard Ave
Hogue Creek
Hayfield
Gainesboro
Marine Won't Talk About Dad's Killing
Carson W. James, a 27 year old Marine sergeant, held for Michigan authorities in the 1947 slaying of his father Stanley James, refused to discuss the death. James agreed to waive extradition and return to Michigan where murder charges are expected. The elder James, 54, was killed after a Thanksgiving party. bones found under a cowshed.
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Prescott
Ariz
Michigan
Carson W. James
Marine Corps
Ash Fork
Stanley James
James
Muriel Hockensmith
Frank Porter
Thousand Scouts To Journey In Convoy To Antietam
One thousand Boy Scouts from the Shenandoah Area Council will travel in a police escorted convoy on Saturday to Antietam Battlefield for the first annual pilgrimage. The route runs from Winchester to Martinsburg then to the battlefield with state police from Virginia West Virginia and Maryland providing escort. The event includes a brief ceremony and a history talk by Charles H Younger superintendent of the park.
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Douglas A. Cather
Shenandoah
Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Antietam Battle Ground
Thomas Boyd
Winchester
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Martinsburg
Market St
West Virginia Line
Shepherdstown
Antitam’ National Battlefield
Charles H. Younger
B. A. Poland
Council
Crime prevention talks reach local high schools
Winchester Exchange Club sponsors National Crime Prevention Week talks at area schools. Claude B. Smalts Jr. will speak at Handley School and Lt. Joe Ritter at Stonewall. Others already addressed include Commonwealth Attorney Joseph Massie, City Attorney Randolph Larrick, Parks Director Charles Aikin, and Attorney Fred Larrick.
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Winchester Exchange Club
Handley School
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Joe Ritter
Winchester Police Force
Stonewall
Joseph Massie
City
Randolph Larrick
Middletown
Charles Aikin
Parks and Recreation
Gore
Fred Larrick
Gainesboro
Byrd Calls Truman Chief Obstacle To Balanced Budget
Senator Harry Byrd voices opposition to President Truman arguing he hinders a balanced federal budget. He cites Truman's push to spend 8.0 billion dollars more for 1951 and cites the presidents deficit stance as unavoidable despite stating dislike for deficits. The budget projects 42.4 billion in outlays with a 5.1 billion deficit.
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Truman
Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Congress
Virginia
New York Times
Arthur Krock
Lynchburg area backs county wide school improvement plan
Appomattox County citizens voted at a mass meeting yesterday to support a county wide school improvement program costing about a half mill.
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Lynchburg
Appomattox County
Virginia Senate Advances State Realty Assessments Bill
The Virginia Senate passed the Gray-Norris-Bird bill for state supervised real estate assessments in counties every six years to qualify for state equalization funds. The 27 to 10 vote also moved an $11 million transfer from the Sinking Fund to the Literary Fund for school construction loans.
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Richmond
Senate
Battle
Gray
Sussex
Marvin Minter
Mathews
A. 8
Harrison
Brunswick
Minter
House Committee On Courts of Justice
Boothe
Virginia Race Relations Commission
House Roads Committee
Edmunds and Purcell
Guy
Breeden-Baldwin
FBI Man to Speak To Policemen Here
W C Sullivan FBI special agent will be guest speaker at a 630 p m banquet honoring officers who completed the Winchester Police Training School Twenty three policemen took written exams at the final class session which began in January Certificates will be awarded at the George Washington Hotel Police Chief J Thomas Boyd will present them Toastmaster J Sloan Kuykendall Winchester attorney and former Commonwealth s attorney for Frederick County will preside Invocation by Rev Robert A Whitten Judge Elliott Marshall will introduce the speaker and musical entertainment will follow by Howard Holland Charles Aikin and Kenneth White
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W. C. Sullivan
Washington Bureau
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Winchester Police Training School
George Washington Hotel
J. Thomas Boyd
W. Va
Boyd
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Winchester
Commonwealth’s
Frederick County
Robert A. Whitten
Congregation Christian Church
Elliott Marshall
Front Royal
Winchester Corporation Court
Frederick County Circuit Court
Howard Holland
Charles Aikin
Kenneth White
Mercy Killing Trial Began Over Dying Patient Case
The defense argues the act was not murder and that Dr. Sander administered injections to Mrs. Abbie Borroto as she lay dying of cancer in Hillsboro County Hospital on December 4. Prosecutors claim the doctor killed her by injecting air, noting Borroto might have lived two more days.
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Tor
Phinney
Sandergas
Dr. Sander
Abbie Borreto
Hillsboro County Hospital
Borroto
Sander
Robert Biron
Unmoved By Bomb Newspapers Say
Moscow papers mark the 32nd anniversary of the Soviet Army vowing the public not to fear atomic blackmail Pravda calls the people uncrushable while Izvestia hails a first class army ready to deter aggressors Notice of U C T meeting at Elks Home 8:00 p m Friday Feb 24 1950 incloses banquet and initiation date March 25 with J R Brandon secretary
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Izvestia
Hitler
Europe
U. Cc. T
Elks Home
J. R. Brandon
Sec’y. Alp
Bethany High Students Readmitted After Walkout Row
Four Bethany High School pupils suspended after a walkout and a queen kissing incident are allowed back today as the school board lifts the ban. Attorneys prepare a district court suit alleging incompetence and sect influence against the board and district leaders.
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Bethany
Okla
Bethany High School
Harry Edwards
Fred L Sikes
Citizens Committee
Britons Vote In Large Turnout For Historic General Election
Britons by the millions flocked to polling places to decide whether to keep Labour rule or return the Conservative government. Early estimates showed heavy turnout across England Scotland and Wales with 34 410 306 qualified voters and about 26 million expected to vote for the 625 seat House of Commons.
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London
England
Scotland
Wales
House of Commons
Attlee
Labor Party
Churchill
Labor
Britain
Trafalgar Square
Piccadilly Circus
John Bull
PLC
Campbell Named Merchant's Proxy
Clyde 8 Campbell has been elected president of the Retail Merchants Assn in Winchester succeeding Ralph Larson. J Ott is vice president and Samuel Johnston treasurer. Campbell, a Navy veteran, previously ran Montgomery Ward stores and settled in Winchester in 1941.
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Clyde
Campbell
Winchester
Montgomery Ward
East
Rome
Chamber of Commerce
Grace Lutheran Church
Dunlap Ave
Trains Run Hours Late in Syracuse on Poor Coal
New York Central steam passenger trains delayed up to five hours in Syracuse due to "poor coal" according to the line. A local notice also advertises a Thursday party at the Sarah Zone and a shooting match at Esso Village Kernstown on February 24th at 7 p.m.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
Sarah Zone
Esso
Kernstown
House Passes Revised FEPC Bill Amid Debates
The House approved a revised FEPC bill far short of President Truman’s request and sent it to the Senate after a long, near round-the-clock session. The measure lacks penalties, aims to curb job discrimination through persuasion, and faced strong opposition from many Democrats and Southern Republicans.
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FEPC
Truman
Senate
House
McConnell
R-Pa
Trushan
Phone Strike Is Postponed in National Bell Standstill
Union leaders announced a 60 day bargaining truce for the Bell system ending a planned nationwide strike of about 220000 workers. President Beirne of the CIO CWA said talks would run continuously to reach an agreement while President Truman asked for uninterrupted service.
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Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO Communications Workers of America
Truman
Bell System
Beirne
Execu
Trusrt Tas
Low Lines
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Western Electric Co
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Hopes Are Raised In Coal Crisis
Washington reports say Jolly Le Lewis and coal operators near a new mining contract with concessions slightly raised. Officials hope for end to fuel famine as talks intensify amid possible government seizure of mines and looming fines on the United Mine Workers.
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Washington
Jolly le Lewis
Elseane
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Bing Crosby to Attend Front Royal Park Dedication
Front Royal Virginia plans to dedicate Municipal Park as Bing Stadium in late March or April with Bing Crosby present. State Sen. Ray mond R. Guest of Bayard said Crosby will join the event and confirm his eastern visit dates next week. Crosby previously donated 1000 dollars to recreation and sang four solos at Warren County High School.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Bing
Crosby
Raymond R. Guest
Bayard
Warren County High School
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