Winchester Fire Chief Selection Faces Division Among City Units
Only two of four city fire companies recommend candidates for the paid chief post as volunteers meet in special session. The group may urge the council to draft the fire chief ordinance to define duties. Raymond Campbell and Robert Lowery receive backing from two companies. others want deferral.
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Volunteer Firemen’s Association
E. W. Argenbright
Campbell
Friendship Fire Company
Raymond Campbell
South End
Robert Lowery
Sarah Zane
Reuss
Lowery
Bob Legge
Argenbright
Council Meeting to Study Firecracker Laws
Winchester council to review possible amendments to the Christmas season fireworks ordinance. Mayor Anderson says complaints have been received and the issue will be addressed at the regular monthly meeting. The session begins at 7 30 this evening.
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Winchester
Diamond Cab Office Moves to 20 East Piccadilly Street
Diamond Cab Office relocates to 20 E Piccadilly St between Brooks Pharmacy and Duff’s Record Shop. The service operates 24 hours and offers local transportation from the new location.
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Cal
Oates Lumber Yard
KURTZ
Diamond
E. Piccadilly St
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Duff’s Record Shop
Commercial & Savings Bank
P. O. Box
What Proposed Law Means For Teacher Pay Check
Virginia teachers could see salary increases of 140 to 175 dollars for the rest of the school year if Governor Tuck’s supplementary appropriation passes. For 1945-46 attendance the next year’s total rise might be 260 to 285 dollars, with 200 to 220 dollars from state funds. Individual raises depend on last year’s average daily attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Tuck
General Assembly
Poultrymen to Tour New Rockingham Plant in Frederick
Area poultry conferences January 10 will allow tours of Rockingham Marketing Cooperative's new poultry killing plant. Marshall E. Coe says the modern facility will handle about 10,000 head daily when operating full and serve five West Virginia and nine Virginia counties. D. M. Zea will guide delegates. feed dealers donated 700 dollars for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockingham Marketing Cooperative
Marshall E. Coe
Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
West Virginia
Virginia
Loudoun
Fairfax
Prince William, Clark, Fauquier
Rappahannock
Frederick
Warren
Shenandoah
D. M. Zea
Coe
Frederick County Poultry Commission
de Cather
Presidy
Price Situation In Milk Industry To Be Discussed
Reports on the generic price situation in the local milk industry will be an important part of the business agenda at a meeting Thursday of the board of directors of the Winchester Cooperative Milk Producers Association. C. E. Staples, president, stated the meeting will be held at 10 30 at the county agent's office in Winchester. Plans will be made at the session for the annual meeting of the Association in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Cooperative Milk Producers Association
C. E. Staples
Winchester
Public Auction of Residence 330 East Piccadilly Street
Public sale of residence number 330 E Piccadilly St in front of the County Court House on January 9 1947 at 11 am. Herbert Larrick Special Commissioner.
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E. Piccadilly St
County Court House
Herbert
Larrick
Spec
Budget Taxes Hot Potatoes, Truman Style
President Truman prepares to send a new budget to Congress while resisting tax cuts. Republican leaders push for $300,000 income tax relief and debt reduction, highlighting a clash with Democratic aims on veterans benefits, state aid, and government spending.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Nrigsublican
Rep
Taber
New York
Knutson
Strike Laws May Not Be Easy To Put On Books
Washington January 7. The new Congress faces how to prevent nationwide strikes in vital industries without eroding civil liberties. President Truman asks for a commission to devise machinery to curb strikes in transportation coal oil steel and communications while protecting democratic freedoms. Senator Taft opposes measures risking freedom, favoring compulsory arbitration or other balanced approaches. Congress members remain divided, torn between public protection and freedom.
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Washington
Congress
Perr
Truman
United States
Taft R.ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Hitler
Stalin
Taft
Equalization Board For City In Session Today
Winchester Equalization Board opened today hearing taxpayers with names A to G. The group, chaired by Thomas Scully with W M Richard and Leonard Brown, will sit through the week to allow broader taxpayer participation. CE hats and bags offered at reduced prices featured in a shop ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equalization Board
Winchester
Thomas Scully
W. M. Richard
Leonard Brown
God Is Bigger Than All Outdoors Says Stafford
Dr. Russell Henry Stafford tells a Loudoun Street Presbyterian audience that God is bigger than the world and creator of all. he adds God is like Jesus, the living word, whose goodness and steadfast love never fail. Continued on Page 2 Col 3.
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Stafford
God the Father
Russell Henry Stafford
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
God
Hartford Seminary Foundation
Jesus
Fugitive Hall Indicted for Currie Murder
William Charles Hall, a fugitive ex sailor from St. Louis, Mo., is indicted by a circuit court grand jury for the murder of Frederick Currie near here around December 23. The five man jury, with foreman Walter Anderson, heard seven witnesses before returning a true bill to Judge Elliott Marshall. Deputy Sheriff DeHaven and State Trooper A Seale led the investigation after Currie's body was found off Route 50. Dr H R DuPuy acting coroner testified at the inquest. L A Butler, a merchant, was also called as a witness.
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William Charles Hall
St. Louis
Circuit Court
Frederick Currie
Walter Anderson
J. W. Bageant
W. N. Bayliss
Robert C. Snapp
H. R. Mills
Elliott Marshall
DeHaven
C. A. Seale
Seaman
Route 50
H. R. DuPuy
L. A. Butler
Poultry Conference to Feature National Nutritionist
Dr. H. P. Bird of the U S Department of Agriculture will speak at the first annual Poultry Conference in Sarah Zane Hall on Friday January 10. He will cover recent advances in poultry nutrition and has spoke at the Pennsylvania poultry convention American Chemical Convention in Chicago and the Virginia poultry conference in Harrisonburg. Principal speaker noted by Prin Cather of the Frederick County poultry committee as attracting a capacity local attendance. Sessions begin 9:30 AM with lunch served in the meeting room.
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H. P. Bird
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Sarah Zane Hall
Bird
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Virginia
Harrisonburg Co
Prin Cather
Frederick County
Central Watch & Clock
Piccadilly St
Cfentral
GOP Leaders See Truman Agenda as Banking Early Wins
Republican leaders in Congress say President Truman has adopted enough of their program to post a strong legislative batting average. They caution that forthcoming taxes, labor, housing, and health measures will reflect GOP aims rather than Truman’s wishes, with housing and socialized medicine among debated methods.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
GOP
Michener
R-Mich
House Judiciary Committee
House
Halleck
Ind
Income tax service and sewing machines offered in Winchester
Federal and State Income Tax reports prepared by J. H. Seal. Also advertised are SINGER machines including portable and drop head models with rebuilt, guaranteed units priced at 85 and 75 dollars, plus a heavy duty vacuum. Henry F. Seal at Rhodes Drug Store Building in Winchester, Virginia, Dial 3211.
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J. H. Seal
W. Boscawen Street
Singer Machines
Singer
Henry F. Seal
Rhodes Drug Store
Dial
Winchester
Virginia
Democrats Pleased With Chief's State of the Union Stand
Washington January 7 Democrats generally pleased with President Truman stand in the state of the union message embracing a middle course. The party expects stronger support in Congress and for renomination in 1948 with liberals praising balance and restraint and conservatives noting omissions on wage standards and fair employment laws.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Gene
Rocco Shot After Snowbound Standoff Near Grand Gorge
Alphonse Rocco, pursued by state police and New York City detectives, hid in a Catskill hilltop sleeping bag fort near Grand Gorge after New Year’s camera shooting of his former wife in Manhattan. He fired on officers, was wounded by Trooper James H. Smith and others, and died in the snowy Patching Hollow hideout.
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Pearl Lusk
General Sessions Court
New York
Olga Trapani Rocco
Times Square
Roosevelt Hospital
Grand George
N. Y
Alphonso Rocco
New York City
Rocco
Patching Hollow
Catskill Mountain
James H. Smith
Smith
Francis Hilfrank
Henry Strauss
Charles la Forge
Harry L. Lewis
Lewis
Richard
Frank Naish
Broome Center
Naish
Bronx
Grand Gorge
Town Hall Asked To Discuss Public Health Unit
Local civic groups urge a Town Hall discussion on securing a public health unit for the community. A meeting is set for Friday January 17 at 8 p m in Sarah Zane Hall with a Virginia State Department of Health official to present facts and figures on health service and preventive care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane
Virginia State Department of Health
Livestock Producers To Meet With Stine Tomorrow Morning
The Northern Virginia Livestock Producers’ Association board meets at 10:30 tomorrow at County Agent Fred Stine’s office to plan the annual meeting in late January and the May tri breed cattle sale. J. H. Cunningham of Marshall, president, leads representatives from six northern Virginia counties.
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Northern Virginia Livestock Producers’ Association
Fred Stine
J. H. Cunningham
Marshall, A
Associaton
Virginia
Virginia Education Bills Drive Extra Session Action
Virginia leaders push to fund public schools with 6.5 million in new state money over 18 months while Governor Tuck’s extra session program advances. The Virginia Education Association demands higher starting salaries and lawmakers weigh tax and utility measures amid labor bill debates.
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Tuck
General Assembly
Vennor
House
Senate
Costas
Ginia
Quadruplets Born in Bridgend Hospital Births
Two boys and two girls arrived today to Mr and Mrs Thomas Bridgend painter aged 29 at Mid Glamorgan County Hospital in Bridgend Wales. The four babies are reported strong and well.
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Bridgend
Wales
Sy Thomas
Thomas
Mid Glamorgan County Hospital
British War Brides Claim Neglect in New York
London reports detail British wives abandoned by American ex soldiers and criticise U S officials. Millie Vincent says she and others lived on $2 daily government aid in a New York hotel after arriving in August, facing hotel costs and shabby treatment without Red Cross help.
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N. Y
London
G. I
New York
U. S
Millie Vincent
Charles Woodrow Vincent
Birmingham
Alabama
Daily Mail
Gread
American Red Cross
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H. W. Rainsberger, Jr
South End Fire Company
Rainsberger
John Boyd
Howard Hart
Winton Pope
Frank Loy
H. M. Layman
John Hottle
Elmer Suddith
John Anderson
Earl Hildebrand
Gillard Lineburg
J. P. Sheetz
L. E. Armel
Police
S. Cameron Street
Een & Brown
June Rose
Winchester Evening Star
State of the Union
R-Minn
Margaret L. Hobgson
P-11
Fugitive Hall
Currie
Bill
Pepper
D-Pla
Florida
New Deal
Alphonse Rocco
Posse
L. Hodgson
At & Dress Shop
Stine
Virginia Education Association
Vernor Tuck
Assembly
Virginia Education Clation
Sta
Bers
Vender
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