City Sanitation Code Seeks Public Hearing Near County Line
Frederick county supervisors heard a proposed city sanitary ordinance that would require two mile area around the city to install approved septic systems and updated sanitation within 90 days for existing homes. Penalties include fines up to ten dollars daily. The measure aims to prevent water contamination and disease spread. a public hearing will let affected residents speak before action.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Winchester
City Health Department
State Board of Health
W. P. McGuire
Lee Grant
Commonwealth
Joseph Massie
Byron Brumback
C. E. Gar
VFW Meeting Draws Record Attendance
Winchester VFW post members held a busy monthly session with a nominating committee approved to buy two $1000 savings bonds and sponsor a contestant in the 40 and beauty pageant on Jan 28. Commander Butler announced 1947 membership at 308 with 59 percent already signed for 1948. a record turnout of 90 attended.
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Winchester Vfw
B. H. Stout
U.S. Marine Crops
Byhilip Barnhart
State Employment Service
Carl Lewis
W. H. Butler Jr
Butler
Douglas Butler
Harold Patton
W. W. Baker
Glen Seabright
Raymond Golightly
Raymond Webber
Richard K. Eddy
James Himelright
Philip Barnhart
Himelright
Frederick County Board Considers Land Reassessment
Frederick County supervisors discussed a new land assessment and a possible building permit rule at their first regular meeting. A reassessment is due by next year and could cost about 2500 dollars to implement for 1949. The building permit regulation was tabled to Feb 9 alongside road-improvement requests and salary approvals.
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Frederick
State Compensation Board
H. R. McCann
D. E. Rice
Earl Bailey
Earl Bailey, Commissioner of Revenue
J. Earl Rinker
Joseph Massie Jr
Robert DeHaven
J. H Renner
D. H. Whitacre
Emebers
Landon B. Whitacres
Lewis Coleman
Lee Whitacres
Dog Fund
J. Herbert Brumback
Middletown
J. W. Hancher
Winchester
Raymond Newlin
Opequon
C. P. Hodgson
Gore
Arab Snipers Hit By Demolition Bombs
Jewish demolition squads attacked Arab sniping posts on Jerusalem outskirts today. A Jewish spokesman hinted a dynamite assault might be staged in Jerusalem's old city to lift a siege of about 1500 Jews.
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Jerusalem
Old City
Stolen 1946 Dodge Truck Sought in Barr Orchard Theft
Police continued the search for a 1946 dark green Dodge truck with a stake body missing from Barr Orchard Supply Co on N. Cameron Street. The vehicle, license T50 290, was taken Sunday night or early Monday morning from in front of the business.
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Barr Orchard Supply Co
N. Cameron St
Blackburn Moore Named Floor Leader in Lower Chamber
Del egate E Blackburn Moore of Berryville will become floor leader of the Lower Chamber when the General Assembly convenes at noon tomorrow. The Clarke county delegate has been moved to seat 55, the seat long reserved for the floor leader. A weather forecast notes Virginia temperatures slightly below normal with light precipitation late Thursday or Friday.
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Richmond
Jan
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
House of Delegates
General Assembly
Moore
Clarke County
Virginia
Fireworks Law On Council Agenda In Winchester Tonight
Mayor C R Anderson says new legislation to regulate sale and discharge of fireworks will be offered for council consideration. Police reports show many complaints during the Christmas holiday. Tonight's meeting begins at 7 30.
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C. R. Anderson
Winchester
Coast Guard Barge Sinks Near Alaska Peninsula
A self propelled army barge with unknown crew was reported sinking off the Alaska peninsula while rushing to assist the Aleutian mail which had run aground on Unimak island. The Clover cutter was diverted to rescue the barge crew after beginning rescue efforts for the grounded mail.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Alaska Peninsula
Unimak Island
Clover
Elizabeth Sloat Lively recalls earlier days in Winchester
Mrs Elizabeth Sloat Lively a likely Winchester s oldest living resident celebrates her 100th birthday at Maplewood Nursing Home on Jan 15. widow of Walter D Sloat she is aunt to Carrie D Gratchen and cousin to J I Sloat cashier. two sons live in Washington and one died in Winchester five years ago. born in Baltimore to German immigrants she moved to Winchester in 1871 marrying at Grace Methodist church.
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Elizabeth Sloat
Winchester
Maplewood Nursing Home
W. Clifford St
Walter D. Sloat
Carrie D. Gratchen
Cameron St. John I. Sloat
the Commercial and Savings Bank
Harry K
Earnest C. Sloat
Washington
W. Austin Sloat
Saratoga St
Baltimore
Henry
Ann Elizabeth Klees
Sloat
Broadway St
Kolb
Grace Methodist Church
F. August Graichen
Amelia
Elizabeth
Graichens
Emma
Menah Sloat
Jesse B. Sloat
Gratchen
Water St
Elizabeth Klees
Pater Klees
Two Cars Crash On Icy Route Injures Two People
Two persons hospitalized after a two car accident at 8 30 am on R 12 near Old Stone Chapel in Clarke County. Leon Stoneberger and Dorthea Paige admitted. Stoneberger not seriously hurt. Drivers identified as Raymond Wood Jr and David Williams. Daugherty employees Mary Dorsey and Dorthea Paige also in the other car. Both Ford sedans badly damaged.
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Old Stone Chapel
Clarke County
Leon Stoneberger
Berryville
Dorthea Paige
Stoneberger
E. B. Mitchell
Raymond D. Wood Jr
Rileyville
David Williams
Graham Daugherty
Wood
Daugherty
Williams
Mary Dorsey
Daughertys
Ford
Price fixing charged against ten electrical firms
Ten large electrical manufacturing companies are charged in a federal indictment with illegal price fixing. The suit alleges they exchanged price information and catalogs and entered agreements that eliminated competitive bidding. The government seeks an injunction to stop the practices.
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Los Angeles
Five Dead in Washington Area Plane Crash
An Eastern Airlines DC-3 carrying nine aboard crashed near Washington during a rainstorm killing five and injuring four. The aircraft from Houston to Boston struck trees near the Maryland side of the Potomac River. Identified dead include S. M. Warner and W. A. Morehead. injured include Capt. Lucian Moebus and flight attendant Peter L. Philos.
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Washington
Eastern Airlines
Houston
Tex
Boston
Maryland
Potomac River
National
Teastern Airlines
Joanna Textile Mills
Goldville
N.C
Greenville
L. A. Brandt
Atlanta
Newark
Paul Saltanis
Ralph B. Sanborne Jr
Navy
Lucian Moebus
Maxwell Field
Ala
Peter L. Philos
EAL
Astoria N. Y
Eugene G. Stone
Navy Point
Pensacola
Fla
Morris Maple
Princeton
N. J
Three Banks Elect Directors And Report Progress
Annual meetings of Farmers and Merchants National Bank and the Commercial and Savings Bank reported growth and strong stockholder representation. Frederick county treasurer chaired the Farmers and Merchants session while bank officials announced record business volume for 1947 and outlined ongoing growth.
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Commercial and Savings Bank
Shenandoah Valley National Bank Elects Directors For 1948
At the 83rd annual stockholders meeting held in the banking house at 11 a.m. more than 9100 of 10 750 shares outstanding were represented. Directors chosen for 1948 include Armstrong Jr Bell Benham Boyd Brown Byrd Cammer Grim Hawthorne Kuykendall McCormack Page Richard Rosenberger. Officers elected after the directors met.
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Commercial & Savings Bank
Banking House
E. W. Braithwaite
D. Bruce Haines
Geo. G. Snarr
Oliver H. Jamison
P. E. Lineburg
John S. Sloat
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Frank Armstrong Jr
Stewart Bell
H. K. Benham
P. W. Boyd
Harold G. Brown
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Claude R. Cammer
Clifford D. Grim
Allen T. Hawthorne
J. Sloan Kuykendall
H. B. McCormac Jr
W. Nelson Page
J. W. Richard and
John H. Rosenberger
Virginia General Assembly caucuses to nominate leaders
Virginia lawmakers arrived at the State Capitol for Democratic caucuses to nominate leaders of the House and Senate. Expected outcomes include G Alvin Massenburg as Speaker, H Griffith Dodson as House clerk, and H R Combs as Senate clerk. Taxes and the budget were also discussed ahead of Gov. Tucks recommendations.
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Richmond
Virginia
General
House
H. R. Combs
Senate
L. Preston Collins
Tuck
Judge Refuses To Cloud Birth Of Science Child
A four year old described by her mother as a product of artificial insemination becomes central in a court case about the legitimacy of children sired by science. Mrs Julie Straad 31 asks State Supreme Court Justice Henry Clay Greenberg to deny visitation rights to her estranged husband concerning daughter Anntoinette.
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New York
Julie Straad
Supreme Court
Henry Clay Greenberg
Anntoinette
Highway crews monitor temperatures as snow melts
State highway officials reported at noon that local roads were in fair condition and under watch for freezing. Crews with chemicals and abrasives stood by to act if the temperature dropped. No accidents were reported in the city or county. A half inch of snow had melted on paved roads by early afternoon.
Heavy Snow Threat for New York and Philadelphia
The Weather Bureau forecasts New York six to eight inches of snow and Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania four to six inches by nightfall as a cold wave moves along the coast from Maryland. The eastern storm advances northward, with heavy snowfall likely across the region.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Seaboard States
Maryland
Graham Admits Trading after Truman Talk
Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham’s broker testified that under written instructions he held Graham’s wheat trading account open until Nov. 25, 1947, seven weeks after President Truman criticized grain speculators. Graham said he notified the President only after the inquiry concluded. The Senate committee wound up its hearing, with a request for further information from Bache & Co. indicating the inquiry may extend beyond Wheat and Cotton trading.
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Washington
Wallace H. Graham
Graham
Truman
Harry Brisker
Bache & Co
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Bache and Co
Desperate pirate gang slain near Sumatra
Eyewitnesses report Southeast Asia’s feared 19 man pirate band led by a 24 year old Chinese known as The Leper was wiped out in a 24 hour battle at Bagan Siapiapi Sumatra with reinforcements from 1000 police and civilians arriving.
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Singapore
Southeast Asia
the Leper
Bagan Siapiapi
Sumatra
Senate probes meat rationing and price controls
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson rejects link between meat export plans and Marshall aid program. Senator Vandenberg questions administration claims as the White House seeks authority for stand by rationing and price controls. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach urges wage price legislation to curb inflation. Amvets and lawmakers push varied views on rationing.
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Washington
Jan. N
Andersson
Vandenberg
Re Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Anderson
United States
Europe
Senate
House Republicans
Amvets
Americans Veterans Committee
Borguin Ley
Senate Mittee
Congress
Truman
Sen
Taft
Schwellerbach
Senate Banking Committee
Schwellenbach
Atty Burton Poised for Senate Nomination in 13th District
Danville reports Attorney Fr. P. Burton of Patrick County seems assured of the Democratic nomination for junior state senator from the 13th district. A district convention in Martinsville on January 22 has Burton with 33 of 63 pledged votes.
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Danville
Oomonwealth
Fr. P. Burton
Patrick County
Martinsville
Coming Russian Terror reveals Katyn massacre details
Editor notes recount the Katyn Forest killings of about 11,000 Polish officers near Smolensk during World War II. The piece cites Polish government in exile, Soviet denial, and British and American appeasement implications, quoting diplomatic notes and underground reports. Continued discussion promised on page 9.
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Katyn Forest
Smolensk
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Russia
Ussr
Bogonolov
Red Army
Kozielsk
Starobielsk
Ostashkov
Anders
Moscow
London
Warsaw
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VFW
Walter Wisecarver
Hillyard
Gardner B. Hillyard
E. Piccadilly St
Molden Electric CO
S. Loudoun St
Alaskan
Graichen
Catherine
Water
Boscawen
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Bank
Loudoun St
Rouss Ave
Harry L. McCann
Frederick County
G. Frank Butsler
R. Thornton Bryarly
Clarence H. Himelright
Louis Wender
J. Pinckney Arthur
Ansel B. Solenberger
Lewis M. Allen
Shenandoah Valley National
Gov. Tuck
New York and
Phila
Hillyard’s
Piccadilly St
Call
George W. Kurtz
Singer Sewing Center
N. Loudouin St
Butlers’ Packing House
America
Gen
Wallace Graham
Atty. Burton
Polish Peasant Party
Bob Considine
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Stalin
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