Winchester Bus Co to Cease Operations January 10
The Winchester Bus Co will stop all city bus operations at 11:15 pm on January 10. Vice President E V Smoleroff and stockholders Mrs H P Kern Henry P Kern Jr and Richard Kern cite a 13 month loss making review resulting in an estimated loss near 35000 dollars. About 830 daily patrons were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Bus Co
E. V. Smoleroff
Smoleroff
H. P. Kern
Henry P. Kern, Jr
Richard Kern
Winchester
Joe Louis Signs For June Fight With Jersey Joe Walcott
Joe Louis plans a June bout with Jersey Joe Walcott or another mutually agreed opponent. The champion and promoter of the Twentieth Sporting Club target June 23 at a site to be determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Joe Louis
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Winchester Founded 1752 and the 26 Lots Divided for Town
James Wood Sr split land into 26 lots with two 33 foot streets. He sold 22 half acre lots to Frederick county justices after indemnity bond signed March 9 1743 Old Style. The settlement became Winchester by act of the General Assembly in February 1752, naming fairs twice yearly. Bros. Shoe Clearance Sale statewide reductions for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
James Wood Sr
Frederick County
Frederick Town
General Assembly
Col. Wood
Chester
Think
BROS
Scouts to Run City Jobs During National Boy Scout Week
Scouts may operate city and county offices on Saturday February 7 as part of National Boy Scout Week observances. Shawnee district roundtable discussed the plan with Mayor C R Anderson and county leaders while Lincoln's birthday features a scout court of honor and rally. A 1948 training program includes searching for lost persons and demonstrations of a bomber dumby drop hunt in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Wilkins
C. R. Anderson
Laurens Jones
Wilkins
William Clement
Winchester
Dargan Lucas
Boyce
E. Bea
Kiwanis Honors 14 Members for Perfect Attendance
Winchester Kiwanis luncheon recognizes fourteen members for perfect attendance in 1947. E. B. Cooper and L. I. Miller led those with long consecutive records. Bell reports 67 active members, 4 privileged, 1 military and 2 honorary. year attendance averaged 75 percent, up from 1946. Thirteen new members listed and 1947 officers to be installed January 14 by W. Albie Barksdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Kiwanis Club
E. B. Cooper
L. I. Miller
Amos Howard Cather Jr
Alan Keery
H. C. Sheetz Sr
Ed Molden
R. B. Brown
E. P. Berlin
Bell
Service Club
Harry Ebert Jr
Jack Moore
R. B. Whitten
Ellis C. Ford
Layton Stockdale
Edward J. Bailey
Robert Arnold
Winslow Porter
Marvin Gore, Jr
Burr P. Harrison
Sam J. DeWitt
B. D. Wyatt
William Parlett
Kiwanis
W. Albie Barksdale
Charlotesville
Capital District
Polish Underground Leader Recalls 1941 Talks With FDR
An editor's note presents installment five of The Coming Russian Terror. Stanisław Mikolajczyk, Polish premier in exile, describes organizing the Polish underground after escape from the Iron Curtain and his 1941 discussion with President Roosevelt promising aid. He recalls evacuating Parliament in exile to Africa and guiding airmen there as France collapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Roosevelt
Maginot Line
Norway
France
Paris
Bordeaux
Sikorski
Weygand
North Africa
Poland
Africa
Sheriff Hunts Bogus Judge In Check Case
Staunton report details Capt. George B. Hafeman of Saunton Military Academy falling for a confidence man posing as Judge R. M. Marsh. The stranger bought a car, cashed a $1695 hospital check, and fled after Hafeman learned the bank books did not clear. Sheriff Rudolph L. Shaver issued a warrant for grand larceny and obtaining property by false means.
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Staunton
George B. Hafeman
Saunton Military Academy
Fox
Perman
Rudolph L. Shaver
Waynesboro
Shaver
R. M. Marsh
Capt
Hafeman
National Bank of
New York
Motorist Sent Back to School in Lakewood
Justice Sidney Zweden fined a Brooklyn motorist for passing a school bus discharging passengers. Howard E. Phillips was ordered to Lakewood High School to write 100 times on a classroom blackboard the phrase I must not see a school bus in Lakewood.
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Lakewood
N. J
Justice of the Peace
Sidney Zweden
Brooklyn
Howard E. Phillips
Lakewood High School
U N Set to Begin Holy Land Partition Work
The United Nations plans to open the Palestine Partition Commission's first meeting at 11 a m Friday in New York to begin outlining how to divide Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. The five nation panel will seek consultations with Britain, the mandatory power, on a timetable for troop withdrawal while facing Arab opposition and security concerns.
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Holy Land
Karel Liscky
Czechoslovakia
Raul Diez de Medina
Bolivia
Per Federspiel
Denmark
Eduardo Morgan
Panama
Vicente J. Francisco
Philippines
Lisicky
Special Assembly Committee
Unscop
Palestine
Sir Alexander
Cadogan
U. N
Senate Probers Eye Morgenthau Trading Ties
A Senate grain speculation probe plans to question Henry Morgenthau Jr. about his past trading, with open hearings next day. The panel also may recall Brig Gen Wallace Grim and Ed win Pauley as it widens its review of commodity deals involving Bache and Co. and other traders.
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Washington
Senate
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Treasury
Ferguson
Rmich
Wallace H. Grim
Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
Royall
Pauley
Andresen
House
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
Midwest
Harry Brisker
Bache and Co
Eva M. Brisker
Navy Department
Brisker
Graham
White House
Pakistan Riots Leave 122 Dead
Rioting in Sind province ends after two days with 122 killed and 200 injured amid communal violence. Sikh victims account for 61 deaths.
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Pakistan
Sind
Winter dress sale lowers stock at The Modern Age shop
Readable fragments show discounted winter dresses at The Modern Age store. Stock reduced by percentage to 44 percent, sizes range from 10 to 2T. The ad notes a shop section labeled MODERN AGE SHOP with a code (1-8-tp-2t).
Knutson Says Tax Slash Bill Faces Veto
In Washington on January 8 Rep Knutson Republican Minn declares Truman tax program dead as a fish. House Ways and Means Chair plans to push a 5.6 billion tax cut bill for quick approval. Truman asks Congress for 400 cost of living tax cut and 3.2 billion in new corporate levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Rep. Knutson
Rminn
House
Knutson
Jenee Martin
R-Mass
Rotary Gift From Winchester Club Arrives Before Christmas
Local Rotarians in Virginia sent a Christmas box to Winchester England club members. the package reached all 48 members before Christmas Eve. The box weighed over a half ton and included tea sugar cheese margarine candy and other hard to get items.
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Winchester
England
Virginia Club
Modern design names widen scope of good and bad
Alfred Auerbach faults lumping diverse designs under modern. He cites types from unrelen' modern to nostalg ic modern and juke box trends, urging precise vocabulary to describe distinct forms from Bauhaus furniture to Swedish light woods and Chinese simplicity.
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Chicago
Alfred Auerbach
New York
Auerbach
Bauhaus
Sweden
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Winchester
Virginia
Brazil Removes Communists in Elective Posts
Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies and President Dutra sanctioned a law banning all Communist from elective offices nationwide. The move targets 1 senator, 14 deputies, 60 state legislators, and 18 Rio de Janeiro city council members, ending a two year political struggle against the party founded in 1922.
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RO DE Janeiro
Communist Party
Chamber of Deputies
Eurico Dutra
Rio de Janeiro
Supreme Electoral Tribunal
Brazil
Mauricio Garbois
Dutras
Wall Street
Dutra
Prestes
Russia
Truman Selects Allen for Voice Of America Post
President Truman announced the appointment of George W. Allen as assistant secretary of state for public affairs. Allen, 44, currently ambassador to Iran, will succeed William Benton who resigned. The role oversees Voice of America broadcasts and other foreign information programs. A formal nomination must be sent to the Senate for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
George W. Allen
Iran
William Benton
State Department
Voice of America
Allen
Mershall
Senate
Twin Sons Born Day Apart with Different Doctors
Twin boys were born two days apart to Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Parker in West Virginia. The first appeared Sunday and the second Tuesday, a rare occurrence noted by locals. Each birth was handled by a different doctor, Dr. W. Brooks of Moorefield delivering the second 4 1 2 pound boy at the home.
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W. Va
Curtis Parker
W. Brooks
Moorefield
AFL Seeks foothold in steel industry under Taft Hartley
The AFL asks the National Labor Relations Board to allow a craft unit within the steel sector challenging CIO dominance. Cases involve American Rolling Mill Co Middletown Ohio and National Tube Co Lorain Ohio with the AFL bricklayers seeking bargaining units for about 24 of 4000 workers and about 80 of 12000 workers respectively.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
Frank Donner
CIO
Philip Murray
NLRB
General Kuter Nominated CAB Chairman
President Truman selected Maj. Gen. Laurance 8. Kuter to chair the Civil Aeronautics Board succeeding James M. Landis. A bill would allow Kuter to serve without leaving the military, and he is a U S representative on ICAO council. Kuter, 42, is from Rockford Illinois and a military academy graduate.
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Washington
Truman
Laurance
Kuter
Civil Aeronautics Board
James M. Landis
United States
Council of the
International Civil Aviation Organization
Landis
CAB
New Dealer
Rockford, Ill
Military Academy
Spring Style Skirts Fall 2 Inches Lower
New York fashion notes predict feminine flirtation in the 1948 silhouette. The shirt waist Gibson girl look returns with cinched waist and whirling skirt over a petticoat, offering a tailored, modest neckline and hemline just covering the calf for practical streetwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Roe
New York
Wek
Gibson
Marshall Calls For Bold Action On European Recovery Plan
Secretary of State Marshall told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the European recovery program must be undertaken in full or not at all and warned against half measures. He defended the plan as essential to stabilize Western Europe and urged prompt, unified administration and adequate funding to begin by April 1.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
Communist Party
Evi
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Western Europe
Wanted Presser for Solas Sa otorage for mechanical work
Notice advertises a Solas Sa otorage for mechanical work on model cars trucks and tractors with specialization in Fords. Waller Wisecarver 6101 oF contact Pingley Carper for details. Raymond Loy offers cheap service and prompts to call 472 OE.
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Waller, Wisecarver
Solas Sa
Raymond Loy
Howe
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