Winchester Schools Struggle With Income and Teacher Shortages
Winchester School system reports a drop from second to seventeenth in Virginia city salary rankings for 1981 82 to 1945 46, hampering recruitment of strong teachers. 82 educators served 2207 students with 93 percent attendance. per pupil costs and income sources are detailed amid calls for salary increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia
Garland R. Quarles
de Clared
Quarles
Handley Elementary
Handley High School
John Kerr School
Virginia Avenue School
Douglas Colored School
State Department of Education
State of
Handley Fund
Lupton Fund
Security Council Seeks Leader for Free Trieste Port
The Security Council seeks a man to govern the Adriatic port of Trieste as a free UN supervised territory under peace settlement terms. It also handles a British complaint against Albania over mining the Corfu Straits causing British naval losses and 44 deaths. Australia abstained on the Trieste vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
Security Council
Adriatic
Trieste
United Nations
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Albania
Corfu Straits
Britain
Council
Australia
Russia
France
Oxygen Dream Fuel touted by MIT engineers
Cambridge Mass January 11 A new method to produce oxygen cheaply may boost U S industry and eventually replace coal for heating Chemical engineers from MIT announced wartime development of oxygen gas generation at 3 to 5 dollars per ton in small low cost plants highlighting tremendous industrial possibilities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Italian Socialists Split Over Problem Of Communism
A large anti Communist faction of the Italian Socialist Party walked out at the 25th Annual Congress led by Giuseppe Saragat breaking with Pietro Nenni. Saragat warned the split risks civil war while Nenni remains allied with the Communists as Italy's foreign minister and acting premier during De Gasperi's U S visit. The Socialists trail the Christian Democrats and the Communists in strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italian Socialist Party
Isue
Guiseppe Saragat
Constituent Assembly
Socialist Party
Saragat
Pietro Nenni
The
Sociales Arty
Italy
United States
Alcide de Gasperi
Gasperi
Cleveland
Christian Democrats
American Viscose and Labor Reach Fall Agreement
U S conciliator John Murray announced that negotiators for American Viscose and the CIO Textiles Union of America reached a wage agreement pending ratification by the union membership. The union sought 18 cents an hour raise for about 21 000 workers across seven plants in Meadville Lewiston Marcus Hook Front Royal Roanoke Parkersburg Nitro West Virginia Virginia Pennsylvania.
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New York
Jesp
CIO
Ers Union of America
U. S
John Murray
Meadville
Lewiston
Marcus Hook
Front Royal
Roanoke
Park
Nitro
W. Va
Byrd decries large federal payroll under peacetime need
Senator Byrd cites committee figures showing federal employment still above wartime levels even after October to November cuts. He notes 1,296,397 workers in November excluding war and navy, with 178,941 more than needed to beat Germany and Japan, and urges Congress to shrink to peacetime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Virginia
Joint Committee
Senate
War and Navy Departments
Germany
Japan
United States
Uni
War and Navy
Congress
Britain Acts as Go-Between for Jews and Palestine Arabs
Britain may mediate between Jewish and Arab groups over Palestine. The Arab Higher Executive Committee is said to accept a Jan 21 London conference invitation while the Jewish Agency refuses to participate under present conditions. A British liaison role could ferry proposals between sides despite a Jewish boycott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Palestine
Palestine Arab Higher Executive Committee
Holy Land
Jewish Agency
Bert Locker
F. W. Meeting Set for Monday Evening
The F W meeting is scheduled for Monday January 13 at 8 p m in the Club Room at 22 Rouss Ave Refreshments will be served Marshall Kremer and Adi are noted organizers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Ave
Marshall Kremer
Adi
Senate Leaders Consider Merged Labor Bills Package
Senate Republicans weigh combining two or three labor bills into one omnibus measure. The Ball Taft Smith bill could be heard with bills to abolish industry wide bargaining and end closed shops, with changes to the Wagner Act to boost employers’ bargaining position. CIO demands full hearings, citing past Case bill experiences and new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Ball
R-Minn
Congress
Truman
CIO
Nathan Cowan
Taft
Rep. Hartley
R-Nj
House Labor
Senate Laborattee
House
OPA Maintains Price Ceilings on Pre Revision Homes
The Office of Price Administration warned builders and buyers that about 700000 homes started under the veterans emergency housing program must keep pre revision price ceilings for sales prices and rents. Construction begun after December 24 faces no ceilings, but pre revision limits remain in force.
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Washington
OPA
Veterans Emergency Housing Program
Week Of Prayer Closes With Appealing Theme
Services sponsored by the Ministerial Association at Loudoun Street Church ended last night with Dr. Russell Henry Stafford of Hartford Seminary Foundation delivering Eternal Life. He spoke on if a man die shall he live again and affirmed faith in Christ and resurrection as the Christian hope. Dr. B L Flickinger presided, assisted by Dr. T J Hawkins.
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Ministerial Association
Loudoun Street
Russellenry Stafford
Hartford Seminary Foundation
Christ
8. L. Flickinger
T. J. Hawkins
Association
No Mexican Hoof And Mouth Disease Found In U S
El Paso Texas January 11 The outbreak in Mexico of hoof and mouth disease appears not to have spread to the United States a survey of disease control agencies across three border states indicated today inspectors tracking down Mexican cattle through railroad importers and livestock yards records are seeking out all imported herds to ensure no infection remains.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
United States
Tennessean Wreck Kills 18 Year Old at Burke Virginia
An eighteen year old Burke girl Elizabeth Bree den of Burke was killed as the Southern Railway Tennessean left the rails at Burke crossing. Nine other passengers were injured and treated on scene or at Alexandria Hospital. Injured include E O Doss of Washington D C Mrs S F Crabtree of Florence Alabama Roy Campbell of Ford Town Tenn and Haywood and Charles Jones of Somerset Va.
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Burke
Southern Railway
Elizabeth Breeden
P. R. Breeden
Alexandria Hospital
Red Cross
E. O. Doss
EU Street
Washington, D. C
S. F. Crabtree
Chisholm Road
Florence
Ala
Roy Campbell
Ford Town
Tenn
Haywood
Charles Jones
Somerset
Mayon Volcano On Loose Says Pilot Observer
An army weather plane reports Mayon Volcano showing ominous activity with smoke, lava, and a burning cone. Pilot Capt. Robert A. Harris and two Navy fliers observed a recent eruption and possible lava flow toward Pipog village on the Bicol Peninsula.
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Mayon Volcano
Mayon
Sepen Mayon
Navy
Pipog
Robert A. Harris
Dayton
Ohio
Bicol
Haenace
Harris
Valley Inc At Meeting Elects Area Directors
Curry Carter of Staunton was reelected president of Shenandoah Valley Inc at Elkton Virginia meeting to plan advertising for the summer tourist season. H F Minter Front Royal first vice president O Neal Moses Lexington second vice president Florence Hint Staunton executive secretary John Clem Staunton treasurer. Forty directors were elected including Harry F Byrd Jr Wendall Barney William Battaile Richard F Lewis and Henry Hardenburg from the county. Tom Baldridge Winchester was named director at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curry Carter
Staunton
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Elkton
H. F. Minter
Front Royal
O’ Neal ‘Moses
Lexington
Florence Hint
John Clem
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Wendall Barney
William Battaile
Richard F. Lewis
Henry Hardenburg
Tom Baldridge
Winchester
Hughes and Grant Reported Safe After Flight Loss
Houston January 11 report says Howard Hughes and Gary Grant were reported missing on a flight from Dayton to Amarillo but are now safe, per Noah Hughes Tool Company president M Dietrich.
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Houston
Tex
Dietrich
Noah Hughes Tool Company
Howard Hughes
Gary Grant
Dayton
Amarillo
2351 Marriage Licenses Issued In City County
Winchester remained a wedding destination with 2351 licenses in the last year. City Clerk Peyton Marshall reported 1456 licenses issued by his office and 895 by the county clerk. Metropolitan Life statisticians note 1946 set a national marriages record, due to postwar peace and delayed marriages, with regional variations.
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Winchester
Peyton Marshall
Ofice
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
America
Vorces
Eesniversal
South Atlantic
Mountain and Pacific States
Virginia poultry meeting stresses family enterprise and steady growth
An all-day session in Virginia gathered county agents, Shenandoah-area poultrymen, specialists, and feed dealers to discuss keeping poultry operations manageable amid expansion. Leaders urged careful planning, solid labor, and reliable materials, praising the event as one of the state’s best for attendance and program quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zone
Shenandoah
Virginia
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co-Op
Virginia Poultry Federation
Frede County Poultry
C. Irv Cather
M. J. Lester Dailey
Leonard
T. B. Rosenberger
S. L.ford
F. J. Marshall, Jr
Guy Lin Jr
William Lockhart
Canter
C. E. Clowser
L. Dodd
M. Coe
Asylvania State College
For Sale Wood stove length by Oates Lumber Yard
Classified snippet lists wood for sale by Oates Lumber Yard with a phone tone. Also notes Kurtz Furniture Sale ongoing and dress sale at Modern Age Shoppe. Delicatessen store at 14 South Braddock St offers fried chicken ready to eat with prices 50c and 65c and phone numbers 6991 and 6931.
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Oates Lumber Yard
KURTZ
Delicatessen
South Braddock St
Labor Bills To Meet First Test In Legislature
In Richmond Virginia January 11 1935 labor bills from Governor Tuck face a House of Delegates second reading as the General Assembly reconvenes The measures aim to prevent service interruptions by strikes and to outlaw the closed shop in intrastate enterprises A Tuesday third reading is possible if action is not deferred Delegates and committee schedules mark a busy start to the extra session with a joint Democratic caucus and a hearing on a liquor tax bill amid plans for judicial post nominations.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
General Assembly
Tuck
McCue
F E. O. McCue, Jr
Charlottesville
House
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Samuel D. Rodgers
Petersburg
Robert Whitehead
House Committee
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Supt
Winchester Evening Star
Cites Statistics
Richard Tyler
Los Angeles
Peter
New York City
Impres
William O’dwyer
James A. Farley
Thomas J. Watson
International
Dr. Stafford
Hughes
Grant
Howard Pringle
Cal Virginia Poultry
R. F. Frazier
Executive Secret Federation
Prazier
Metropolitan
James Pappas
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