City approves gas franchise bid process for Winchester
Winchester Common Council without dissent approves advertising for a gas franchise to serve the city for 30 years. Bids require a 250 dollar bid bond and a 10 thousand dollar performance bond. final grant contingent on a Federal Power Commission certificate of necessity and convenience.
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Winchester
Common Council
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Mifflin B. Clowe, Jr
Corporation
Dabney Watts
Winchester taxi fare rules tightened by city council
The Winchester Common Council orders the Police Department to enforce taxi regulations more rigidly, focusing on fares and passenger limits amid reports of widespread disregard by some cab operators. The page also lists local notices and ads, including Esther's Hats sale and a drum corps practice schedule.
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Police Department
Common Council
City of
Winchester
ABC Stores See Rising Liquor Sales in Two-County Area
Virginia ABC Board statistics show Winchester and Berryville stores posting steady monthly gains August through November 1950. Winchester average gain about 5000 dollars monthly vs fiscal year base. Berryville about 4200 dollars. Net 12 month sales and profits are reported, with state totals and tax figures noted.
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Winchester
Berryville
ABC
Harry L. Smith
Division of Statistics
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Virginia
J. Gordon Bennett
Charred Body Found in Burning Kaiser Sedan on Route 522
Virginia State Police found a charred body in a 1951 Kaiser sedan on Route 522 north of Winchester after a crash and fire last night. The car, registered to Raymond W. Thomas of West Springfield, Pa, may be linked to the victim, with autopsy to determine identity and cause of death.
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Virginia
Kaiser
Winchester
F. L. Woolf
Pennsylvania
Raymond W. Thomas
West Springfield
Erie County
Robert V. Larrick
Robert L. DeHaven
Sergt. Woolf
James Kincaid
Clearbrook
Grass Fire Reports No Damage Near Smithfield Ave
A grass fire at Smithfield Ave drew city fire equipment to the scene at noon. Firefighters reported the blaze caused no damage.
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Smithfield Ave
Miners Oppose Any Wage Freeze
John L. Lewis told the Wage Stabilization Board that United Mine Workers oppose a wage freeze and support normal bargaining to stabilize the economy. He urged immediate repeal of the Taft Hartley Act and predicted coal output could rise by 100 to 200 million tons annually without government fiat.
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Washington
John JL. Lewis
Wage Stabilization Board
United Mine Workers
Trans
Lewis
Wage
Cyrus Ching
Wage Board
U S Plans Four Point U N Resolution on China Korea
The United States unveiled a four point plan to the United Nations aimed at China and Korea. Warren R. Austin outlined steps including finding Chinese Reds as aggressors and urging UN members to support action. He stressed united action and ruled out direct war in China. The U N Political Committee weighing a British peace appeal meets again tomorrow.
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Max Marrelson
United States
United Nations
China
Korea
U. S
Peiping
America
Warren R. Austin
Atlantic City
N. J
Austin
U.S
U. N
U.N
Red China
Acheson Opens Talks With Minority On Foreign Policy
Secretary of State Acheson said he would be glad to talk with Sen Taft or any other minority party member on foreign policy. He warned that UN failure to solve Korea would weaken its prestige but said a total wreck is an overstatement. He noted ongoing consultations with Britain and France on a note to Moscow regarding a Big Four foreign ministers meeting.
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Acheson
Taft
United Nations
U. N
Senate
Western Europe
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Moscow
National Press Club
Truman
Marshall
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McFarland
Arizona
Douglas
D-N
McMahon
D-Conn
Fulbright
D-Ark
Europe
Asia
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Congress
Harper Named Head of Handley Board of Trustees
Charles H. Harper was elected president of the Handley Board of Trustees at the annual election. W. Nelson Page was named vice president and Vernon Eddy secretary and treasurer. Harper, a former Winchester Common Council member, now resides at 431 Fairmont Ave. Eddy reported library circulation gains at Handley Library.
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Charles H. Harper
Handley Board of Trustees
W. Nelson Page
Vernon Eddy
M. Harper
Clifford D. Grim
Winchester Common Council
Harper
Handley Board
M. M. Lynch
Winchester
Fairmont Ave
Eddy
Handley Library
Proposal to Draft 450000 18 Year Olds
The Defense Department urged immediate universal military service for all fit 18 year olds for 27 months. Marshall and Mrs. Rosenberg told a Senate subcommittee the plan would draft 18 year olds and avoid calling married men by extending the pool.
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Washington
Defense Department
Defense
Marshall
Anna M. Rosenberg
Senate Armed Services
One-Way Traffic Plan Wins in Council Test
Harrisonburg City Council voted 63 to retain a one way scheme on Main and Liberty Streets after a 90 day trial. The Retail Merchants Assn urged a return to two way traffic citing business harm. The Council Chamber was packed for the meeting.
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Fred Glaize
Handley Board of Trustees
Clifford Grim
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Clowe
Taylor Barr
S. Cameron Street
Harrisonburg
Main
Liberty
Assn
Taxes to Balance Budget Are Sought
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder said President Truman will ask Congress to raise taxes enough to balance the budget for fiscal year starting July 1. Indications suggested a large tax hike may be needed, with a Pay-As-You-Go policy to be outlined Friday and a budget message next Monday.
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Washington
Snyder
Capitol Hill
House Tax Committee
Sinclair Lewis Dies in Italy at 65
Noted American novelist Sinclair Lewis died in Rome at the Villa Electra Clinic after bronchial pneumonia and heart inflammation. He would have turned 66 next February seventh. The Nobel laureate, famed for Babbitt and Main Street, wrote 21 books and declined the Pulitzer prize in 1930. He had long sought to die in Italy, where he wrote and met Dorothy Thompson.
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Rome
Sinclair Lewis
Villa Electra Clinic
George Babbitt
Lewis
Arrowsmith
Elmer Gantry
Dodsworth
Babbitt
Joseph Pulitzer
God- Seeker
Italy
Dorothy Thompson
Senator Opposes Early Food Price Controls Citing Shortages
Senator Ai ken warns that price controls on meat or other foods now would cause shortages and be a bad mistake. The meat industry and livestock groups urged officials to oppose controls as officials weigh potential meat price regulation and a possible demand cut.
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Washington
Aiken
Vermont
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Alan Valentine
Michael V. di Salle
Valentine
di Salle
Mehl
Dworshak
Idaho
Allied Drive Recaptures Wonju in Snow Battle South Korea
American and French units push into Wonju amid heavy fighting as Reds counterattack and artillery roars. Allied commanders estimate 280 000 Communist troops along the Osan to Wonju line with several Chinese divisions moving into the area.
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Seif Erickson
Tokyo
Wonju
South Korea
Meh
Secon
Indi
Naktong
Chongchon
United Nations
Barnard
Dessantly
Korea
Red
Taejon-Taegu
Eighth Army
Pusan
MacArthur
Osan
Osan- Wonju
Cseap
Applications Accepted for Friendship Fire Co Drivers
Applications are now being accepted for drivers by Friendship Fire Co state reference and experience required. All applications must be in by noon Thursday January 25 mail to Robert Ryan Sect 411 Kent St Winchester Virginia. Rouss Party Big Rouss Party Wednesday night 8 00 PM Rouss Fire Co p e every Tue and Wed tf Antiques at Auction Friday and Saturday Jan 12 and 18 at View Tree Warrenton Va Estate of Oscar T Crosby For Further Information call Leys Au
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Friendship Fire Co
Robert Ryan
Kent St
Winchester
Virginia
Rouss Fire Co
Wed Tf
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Lynchburg
Shenandoah Gas Company
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Esther
W. Boscawen
South End Fire CO
Eugene Grant
Les Jackson
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Sedan
John Lewis
Army Chief of Staff
Fomer
Lyndon Johnson
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Naval Recruiting Station
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