March Of Dimes Drive Opens In Winchester And Frederick
The 1947 March of Dimes campaign launches in Winchester and Frederick County with Gene Schumacher announcing the drive. Five hundred coin collectors and 500 school cards distribute across businesses and schools to raise funds amid the polio threat. Beta Sigma Phi and Junior Board of Trade coordinate mailings and posters urging donations. Schumacher to speak as the drive begins.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Gene Schumacher
Drive
Schumacher
Board of Trade
Kenneth Thomas
Girl’s Athletic Association
Beta Sigma Phi
VFW Banquet Set For January 19 In Opequon
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2123 held at 32 Rouss Avenue approved plans for a January 19 banquet at Tokes Inn. Co chairs Charles Strosnider and Robert Claytor announced final details. Nineteen new members joined. 4:30 pm meet for transport to Opequon.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rouss Avenue
Charles Strosnider
Robert Claytor
Tokes Inn
Opequon
New Incubators Give Premature Babies Better Survival Odds
Winchester Memorial Hospital bought four incubators eight weeks ago to aid premature and full term babies. The units provide automatic heat and humidity, oxygen administration, ambulance transport for infants, portable use in other wards, and incubation for shocked full term babies. Three incubators are in Memorial Hospital nursery, one in the children’s ward for outside arrivals.
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Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Eastern Air Lines identifies eighteen killed in Miami bound crash
Eastern Air Lines identified the bodies of 18 victims after a Detroit to Miami DC-3 crashed near Galax Virginia on Sunday. One survivor, William Ellis Keyes of Boynton Beach, Florida, 25, remained. Investigators weigh an inoperative radio beacon as a possible factor.
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Eastern Airlines
Galax
Eastern Air Lines
Detroit
Miami
Civil Aeronautics Board
William Ellis Keyes
Boynton
Fla
Tive
Winston-Salem
N. C
EAS
Eddie Rickenbacker
CAA
Airways
North Carolina
Patrolmen Wisecarver and Ritter Promoted to Sergeants
Two Winchester police veterans from World War II have been promoted to sergeant. Holmes Wisecarver joined the force in 1937 and served as a petty officer on a destroyer in major invasions. Joseph Ritter joined in 1938 and served with the Navy Shore Patrol before rising to sergeant.
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Winchester
Holmes Wisecarver
Joseph C. Ritter
Wisecarver
U. S. Navy
North Africa
Sicily
France
Anzio
Naval
Weather roundup: high 35 low 30 today
Temperatures reach a high of 35 and a low of 30 today. A year ago the high was 42 and the low 18.
Charlie's Dead and the Poverty of a Brooklyn Family
Mrs Delia Edwards 67 and her sister Anna 67 live in squalor with Charles Edwards 77 dead of natural causes and malnutrition. Police learn the family held bankbooks totaling 167000 in deposits mortgages and bonds despite poverty.
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Charlie
Miss Delia
Kings County Hospital
Anna Edwards
Edwards
Delia
Bishop Sherrill Becomes 20th Episcopal Presiding Bishop
The Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill formally takes over as the 20th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church at a Washington Cathedral ceremony. Elected in Philadelphia last September, he heads the church's National Council and oversees bishops, missions, and foreign congregations.
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Washington
Henry Knox Sherrill
Episcopal Church of the
Philadelphia
Episcopal Church
Sherrill
Diplomatic Corps
National Council
New York City
Representatives Assigned to Key House Committees
The Star reports Burr P Harrison and Tom Stanley are named to the Committee on House Administration while J Lindsay Almond joins the Post Office Committee and Porter Hardy to Expenditures. Hardy, Stanley and Harrison are new members. Almond leaves Military Affairs due to reduced committee seats. Limited service from Jan 15. Bickers Motor Co. 7.19 Im 9)
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Burr P. Harrison
J. Lindsay Almond
Porter Hardy
Tom Stanley
Harrison
Hardy
Stanley
Almond
Bickers Motor Coo
False report by Kane triggers police manhunt in Winchester
Albert Douglas Kane, 19, of Virginia Avenue, admitted fabricating a fake attack to gain police attention. He telephoned last night claiming a basements intrusion and assault, prompting county and state officers to converge on the scene before his admission that he staged the incident with a razor blade. He was released to his father with a court appearance set for this afternoon. no charges filed yet.
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Winchester
Albert Douglas Kane
Virginia Avenue
Arthur Rowles
Kane
Boyd
Furniiure
Harry Kane
Health speaker to address Winchester town meeting
Dr J C Neal Jr director of local health services Virginia State Department of Health Richmond will speak at Friday night Town Meeting. He will explain what a health unit is how it coordinates with agencies and its cost. A panel of local officials including Mayor C R Anderson and others will discuss with moderator Dr Allen T Hawthorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Neale, Jr
Virginia State Department of Health
Richmond
Neale
State Health Department
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Disc
C. R. Anderson
Frederick County
L. M. Allen
C. M. Rosenberger
Round and square dance at Hill Top Inn Martinsburg
Cantinues om Page o ROUND AND SQUARE DANCE every Wed Fri and Sat night at Hill Top Inn Martinsburg W Va Jimmy Mills and his boys. Wood for sale stove length Cal 6414 Oates Lumber Yard. Ole C More Be Ays Kurtz Furniture Sale a ee
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Hill Top Inn
Martinsburg
W. Va
Jimmy Mills
Oates Lumber Yard
Virginia House Debates Labor and School Funding Measures
Richmond dated dispatch reports the Virginia House of Delegates approving and opposing bills on labor practices and public school funding. A proposed anti closed shop bill, backed by Governor William M. Tuck, faced heavy labor opposition and passed without floor debate. The appropriations committee wrestled over a 6.5 million dollar school budget, with testimony from State Superintendent C Tyler Miller as amendments from the prior senate were reviewed and a vote postponed.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Wiliam M. Tuck
Virginia
House Appropriations Committee
Tuck
Ae of Delegates
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
C. Tyler Miller
Senate
Blackburn of
Clarke
Luxury Taxes Stand Chance Of Being Continued
A Republican Ways and Means committee meeting reported a view that wartime levies on liquor furs jewelry and other items should be extended indefinitely to possibly allow an income tax reduction. Under current law these rates would fall July 1 toward prewar levels. The liquor tax would drop from 9 to 6 per gallon. The wartime excesses raised about 1.5 billion annually. President Truman urged continuation of wartime rates.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Congress
Winchester
Democrats Form New Policy Group To Challenge War Inquiry
Senate Democrats plan a new policy committee to dissect Republican legislation and defend President Truman's program. Leaders expect a "young guard" to join, with Tydings and O Mahoney opposing special committees that bypass standing panels. Barkley is eyed to chair.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
Tydings
O’mahoney
Wye
O'Mahoney
New Democratic Policy Group
Russel
Georgia
March of
Winchester Schools Get State Funds Under Tuck Bill
The State will provide Winchester schools with 8054 this term and 13737 for 1947 48 to raise teachers salaries under a Senate approved bill. Frederick County receives 11436 and 19505 Clarke 4910 and 8375. Localities must match at least 30 percent of the appropriations.
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Winchester Schoos
Senate
Frederick County
Clarke
Senator Morse Breaks With Republicans on Labor Policy
Senator Morse of Oregon, a Labor Committee member, urged Congress to prioritize perfecting the Wagner Act which established the NLRB. In a radio address he criticized GOP anti labor and fiscal policies, warning of political losses in 1948 if continued.
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Washington
Morse
Oregon
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
National War Labor Board
NLRB
GOP
White House
Truman
Morse Ar
Five Day State Weather Forecast
Temperature will average above normal for the period with a cooler Thursday and a warmer Saturday, then colder Sunday. Precipitation will be mainly rain at the start and again around Saturday.
Lewis Conduct In Coal Strike Attacked As Insult To U S
Attorney General Tom Clark told the Supreme Court that John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers insulted the United States by defying a court order during last fall’s soft coal strike. He urged upholding $3 510 000 in fines and argued the government acts to defend itself against internal subversion within the law. The case centers on the Taft Hartley era La Guardia Act and injunction limits against unions.
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Washington
Tom
Clark
Supreme Court Today
John L. Lewis
United States
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Farmers and Merchants National Bank meeting notes Kinzel death
The annual Farmers and Merchants National Bank meeting in Winchester Virginia opened with Charles R McCann as chairman and G Frank Butsler as secretary. Dr Lewis M Allen president and cashi er presented annual reviews, noting the death of Theodore V Kinzel during 1946.
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Farmers and Merchants National Bank of
Winchester
Virginia
Main Street
Rouss Avenue
Charles R. McCann
Frederick County
G. Frank Butsler
Harry L. MecCann-Louis Wendard
R. Thornton Bryarly
Clarence H. Sumelright
Lewis M. Allen
Valley National Promotes Five Veteran Employees
The Shenandoah National Bank promotes five veterans T G Rusk John C Blackburn Robert D Glaize John L Kater and Miss Elsie Mathews after the annual stockholders meeting. Directors elected include Frank Armstrong Jr Stewart Bell H K Benham Dr P W Boyd Harold G Brown Harry F P Byrd Jr Claude R Cammer Clifford D Grim Dr Allen T Hawthorne J Sloan Kuykendall H B McCormac Jr W Nelson Page J W Richard and John H Rosenberger. W Nelson Page reelected Chairman and Harold G Brown President with Dr P W Boyd and E G Rusk named to vice president posts.
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Shenandoah Rsonal Bank
T. G. Rusk
John C. Blackburn
Robert D. Glaize
John L. Kater
Elsie Mathews
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Stewart Bell
H. K. Benham
P. W. Boyd
Harold G. Brown
Harry FP. Byrd, Jr
Claude R. Cammer
Clifford D. Grim
Allen T Hawthorne
J. Sloan Kuykendall
H. B. McCormac, Jr
W. Nelson Page
J. W. Richard
John H. Rosenberger
E. G. Rusk
Assis
Commercial And Savings Bank Elects New Directors
Stockholders at the Commercial and Savings Bank held their annual meeting voting in person or by proxy. New directors were chosen amid strong turnout as the bank reports a year of growth with a $50,000 surplus increase and the elimination of its other real estate assets, leaving only the bank building. The bank paid its 54th semi annual dividend.
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Commercial and Savings Bank
John I. Sloat
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Clyde Maphis
W. S. Woodell
Staunton
T. B
New York
Delia Edwards
Mary Bennett
Del
Washington Cathedral
Bulletin
P.eare
J. C. Neal
Ole C
Hodgson & Brown
Royal Arcanum
John H. Kern
Morningside Drive
V. F. W. Club
Ey P. O
City
Cook
A. L. Cable
Chanticleer Inn
Iota C. Miller
N. G
Margaret L. Hodgson
High Court
Labor
U. S
F. M. National
Mr. Kinzel
Theodore V Kinzel
Valley National
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