VPI to Open Bids on New Shenandoah Valley Lab Unit
Virginia Tech will open bids Monday in Blacksburg for the first unit of a new modern laboratory to promote fruit growing in the Shenandoah Valley. The project involves four brick and steel buildings estimated at 127000 dollars with completion expected by November. The site is a 10 1 2 acre tract near Winchester with a machine shop, spray room, greenhouse, and insectory planned.
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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
R. 11
VPI
William M. Tuck
Lord and Burnham
Irvington
N. Y
Inchester Research Laboratory
Virginia Agricultural Extension
Walter S. Hough
A. Eves
Hough
C. H. Hill
Fairmont Ave
Frederick County Congressmen and Seat Changes 1870 1961
Notes detail election outcomes and term changes for Frederick County lawmakers. It covers Lewis McKenzie's 1870 seating, Whittlesey's contested election, Barbour's resignation to become Senator, John Paul's contested election, O Ferrall's governorship, Turner and Hay changes, Harrison contested 1920 race, Robertson’s 1946 resignation, and Burr Harrison succeeding to 1961.
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Congress
Frederick County
Lewis McKenzie
U. S
Charles Whittlesey
John S. Barbour
John Paul
Charles T. O’ferrall
Virginia
Smith S. Turner
James Hay
Thomas W. Harrison
Harrison
John Paul, Jr
A. Willis Robertson
Burr P. Harrison
U S Military Officials Wary of Red Air Power via Formosa
Tokyo dispatch notes U S officers fear Formosa falling to communists. If Formosa collapses, red air bases in Siberia and Kamchatka could threaten Alaska Japan and the Philippines. Analysts expect the U S defense line in the Pacific to contract toward the Aleutians and Hawaii.
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U.S
Formosa
Tokyo
U. S
United States
China
Pacific
Alaska
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
Russia
Siberia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Sakhalin
Kurile Islands
Southeast Asia
Clark Field
Clarkfield
Western Pacific
Asia
Indonesia
Aleutians
Hawaii
Backward seating deemed safest in crash tests
Air Force tests at Edwards AFB show volunteers enduring extreme deceleration by facing rearward on a rocket propelled sled. The “human decelerator” by Northrop proved rearward protection tolerates up to 35 g during simulated crashes, translating to safer outcomes for passengers in real landings.
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Washington
Jan
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Muroc
Calif
Northrop Aircraft, Inc
Red Cross Chapter Praised for Blood Program Gains
Winchester Frederick county Red Cross chapter receives high praise as the blood program leads the Eastern area. National Red Cross field representative Mrs. Marie Colletta Ryan notes the 32 operating centers will grow to 44 by July with two added this month. Plan discussions aim for a record 1950. Committee members at the meeting include Dr. William Schenck and Marvin Weaver among others.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Ryan
William Schenck
Charles Kabler
Marvin Weaver
J. W. Newcome
M. D. Custer
Howard J. Cahill
Stewart Bell
Robert Baker
Kenneth Patton
Mary Louise Steele
Mercy Death Doctor Rejects Religious Martyr Image
Dr. Hermann N. Sander, charged with murder in the mercy death of cancer patient Mrs. Abbie Borreto, resists being tried as a religious martyr. Defense says Sander acted to ease a dying patient while prosecutors press for an air injection verdict. The case, centered on whether the patient was dying or near death, awaits trial.
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Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Ralph T. Langdell
Dartmouth
Ward
Dr. Sander
Abbie Borreto
William H. Craig
Sander
Craig
Elsie
Borreto
Taft Proposes Government End Lending Business
Senator Taft of Ohio urged ending most government lending, except in agriculture, arguing the government should exit the lending business. The stance came as President Truman pushed for more liberal federal loan terms to spur business. The debate reflected Capitol Hill skepticism toward Truman’s credit proposals.
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Washington
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Capitol Hill
Fire Companies Reelect Crabill and Legge in Winchester
Heads of two Winchester fire companies were returned to office at annual elections. Crabill captains Sarah Zane for 14th term. Legge reelected president of the Charley Rouss company. Rouss roster kept all but chief pipe man James Owens replacing B E Miller.
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Winchester
Loryn M. Crabill
Sarah Zane
Robert C. Legge
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Rouss
James Owens
B. E. Miller
Bernard F. Groves Jr
John J. Hawse
C. Douglas
Edgar Mason
W. Earle Edwards
Richard Brown Sr
C P. McVicar
Grover Cooper
George Sumption
B. M. Sullivan
Frank Smith
Boseman
Donald Jones
Crabill
John S. Solenberger Co
N. Loudoun St
Elizabeth Lunsford
Bob Legge
Reuss Fire Company
Virginia Woolen Co
National Ave
Viola Keller
Ted
U. S. Navy
Italy
Steel and Autos Lead Strong Surge In Week's Business
New York reports a strong start to 1950 with high activity across industry. Industrial output nears peak levels since spring, while coal shortages loom and weather constraints threaten transportation. Steel runs at 96.1 percent capacity, auto plants reach 118,588 units, signaling a robust early year surge.
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New York
Congress
Washington
Russia
Youngstown
Canada
Banker to Speak in Stephens City
Harold G. Brown president of Shenandoah Valley National Bank will address Stephens City Lions at 8 p m Tuesday on Uncle Sam Our Worst Businessman. Dinner starts 7 15 p m at Stephens City Fire Hall public may attend at 8.
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Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Stephens City Lions
Uncle Sam
Stephens City Fire Hall
Illinois Senator Presses Truman for Action on Coal
Senator Lucas of Illinois urges President Truman to act on the coal crisis. He cites the three-day mining week, pressures for a five-day week, and possible use of Taft Hartley powers or court orders to compel coal production. Denham seeks enforcement of an injunction against Lewis over union shop issues.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
White House
John L. Lewis
Congress
Republican Congress
Lewis
John R. Stessmen
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
Denham
U. S.court of Appeals
Ilegal
Grass fire threatens Winchester area farm from Martinsburg Pike
Firefighters from Friendship and Clearbrook battled a grass blaze that scorched about 26 acres of Walter W. Massie’s field north of Winchester on Martinsburg Pike. Massie said fertilizing and seeding were ruined within minutes as flames neared his home, garage, barn, and straw stack. Fire officials suspected a spark from a railroad locomotive as the likely cause.
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Friendship and
Clearbrook
Walter W. Massie
Winchester
Martinsburg Pike
Massie
O. H. Duncan
Duncan
Seven Hour Fire Destroys Dayton Downtown Building
Dayton firemen battled a seven hour blaze at 28 E. Third St causing more than 500000 in damage. Twenty seven firefighters were overcome by smoke as flames engulfed the Virginia cafeteria and adjacent shops before the roof collapse.
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Dayton
E. Third St
Virginia
Voter challenges constitutionality of poll tax law
In Alexandria a federal suit challenges Virginia election policy as unconstitutional. Jessie Butler 55 seeks relief after being blocked from registration at her home precinct. Lawyers John Locke Green Frank L. Ball and J Foster Hagan name Arlington officials state board members and Woodlawn precinct judges as defendants alleging failure to pay a poll tax.
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Alexandria
Virginia
John Locke Green
Frank L. Ball
J. Foster Hagan
Jessie Butler
Mary A. Thompson
Arlington
Levin Nock Davis
Etary
State Board of Elections
Matt G Anderson
Robert C. Bayliss
Marie H. Ewers
Robert Hilleary
Eileen B. Gilligan
Woodlawn
Green
Myers Returns From Wyoming Faces Virginia Fraud Charge
Edward Willoughby Myers arrived from Laramie Wyoming to Winchester Virginia to answer a fraud accusation. He was remanded on a $3000 bond after an arraignment with Judge John Rice. Myers allegedly passed an uncashable $300 check to G and M Musical Appliance Center. He will return for further proceedings.
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Edward Willoughby Myers
Laramie
Wyo
Winchester
Myers
John Rice
G & M Musical
Rice
Wentworth St
St. Paul
Minn
F. M. Funk
Warren Rudolph
Virginia
Lara@fe
Robert Gaines
Gaines
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Salt Lake City
Utah
Flying Arrow Sails For Shanghai Amid Minefield Defense
In Formosa Jan 1 Nationalist China says minefield near the Yangtze estuary is complete as the freighter Flying Arrow sails from Hong Kong to Shanghai with a 10 million dollar cargo. Adm Kwei Yung ching and Chiang Kai shek met to discuss defense against possible communist actions toward Formosa, 100 miles from the mainland.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China Today
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Adm
Kwei Yung-ching
Red Ports
Kwei
Chiang Kaishek
Flying Arrow
Hong Kong
Red Port
U.S. State Department
Generalissimo
Bi-state Authority Urged To End Fisheries Dispute
Maryland urged a united effort with Virginia to forestall Federal control of bi state fisheries. David H. Wallace called for mutual management and opposed interstate friction, noting Virginia must approve a Chesapeake Potomac authority before formation. Gunfire incidents marked past enforcement clashes.
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Annapolis
Maryland
United Effort
Virginia
Board of Natural Resources
David H. Wallace
Tidewater Fisheries Commission
Chesapeake-Potomac Authority
Wallace
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Fire at Mercy Hospital kills many patients in Davenport
A blaze at Mercy Hospital’s three story St Elizabeth Ward in Davenport Iowa began at 3 am and killed 28 women with 37 feared dead as rescue teams battled the fire for hours. Firefighters freed survivors and treated 31 burn victims in the main hospital. Coroner C H Wildman said most dead were patients.
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Iowa City
Davenport
Poe
C. H. Wildman
St. Elizabeth’s Ward
Mercy Hospital
Lester Shick
Polio cases in Virginia fall short of 1948 peak
Virginia reported 337 polio cases in the prior year, the second highest since 1944 but well below 1948's 567. Dr. A B McCown credited factors beyond the department and urged prompt diagnosis and hospitalization, praising the Poli o Foundation for vaccine search funding.
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Richmond
Virginia
A. 8. McCown
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Commonwealth
McCown
Polio Foundation
Snapp Foundry, Inc
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New Lab
Groves
Everard Kidder Meade
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
Grace Lutheran Church
Ministerial Assn
Rasmussen
Luther Place Memorial Church
Anders Nygren
Sweden
Grace Lutheran Church Choir
William Fraula
H. C. McMurtry
William Eisenberg
Carl Rasmussen
Red Cross Chapter
Ohioan
Fire Cos
Reelect
Legge
Rouss and
Stephens City
Wyoming
Dapper Barber
The
Resources Board
ALL Eagles
South End Fire Company
Gommene Hall
H. M. Layman
Pres
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