Fireworks Ban Looms In Council
City officials move toward a fireworks ban as public safety leaders prepare an ordinance aligned with Norfolk firework prohibitions. Councilman Hawthorne hints at opposition to a full ban while police press for restrictions amid property damage reports from a broken tourist sign and parking meter incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Reardon
City Council Public Safety Committee
J. T. Kremer
Norfolk
Kremer
Hawthorne
Allen T. Hawthorne
Minnie
LaMond
Valley Ave
Eggs fall again as prices ease at local market
Early in the week eggs dropped 6 cents and today shed another 2 cents in the local produce dealer's market reaching 49 cents a dozen for a large pullet. Producers say pullets are laying more, boosting output and pulling prices down while demand for eggs increases to offset meat costs.
Guerrilla Losses Heavy in Salonika Engagement
Press dispatches from Salonika say guerrilla forces suffered ten casualties in an engagement south of Nigrita. A war ministry communiqué reports insurgent losses in the past 24 hours total 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Salonika
Nigrita
War Ministry
Lutheran Rally To Hear Empie Here Jan 25
Lutheran leaders in the Shenandoah Conference will host Dr. Paul C. Empie in Winchester to report on wartime relief and outline ongoing Lutheran World Action plans. Empie, NYC based, directs relief for the National Lutheran Council and has raised about 16.5 million dollars since 1944. The event is one of 80 nationwide gatherings and the valley’s only rally this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Grace Church
Winchester
Paul C. Empie
New York City
National Lutheran Council
Lutheran World Action
Empie
Lutherans of America
Europe
Asia
Em- Pie
America
Christian Church
Lutheran Church of the Prince of Peace
Philadelphia
Germantown
Lutheran Ministerium For
Pennsylvania
Austria
Czechoslovakia
France
Germany
Poland
C. G. Empie
Luther Memorial Church
Baltimore
St. Johnsville
N. Y
Muhlenberg College
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Josephus Daniels Funeral Tomorrow in Raleigh
Funeral services for 85 year old Josephus Daniels editor and publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer and last survivor of the original Woodrow Wilson cabinet will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow in Raleigh N C Bishop W W Peele of Richmond former pastor and friend will conduct the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News End Observer
Woodrow Wilson
W. W. Peele
Richmond
Daniels Church
Polish Leader Recalls Roosevelt Promise On Poland At War
Stanislaw Miklajczyk recounts meeting Roosevelt in Washington June 5 1944 to press Poland’s case amid wartime diplomacy. He notes OWI broadcasts favoring Communist lines and urges US and UK forces to aid Poland while avoiding Soviet domination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanislaw Miklajczyk
Roosevelt
Poland
Russia
Stalin
Washington
Stettinius
OWI
Stetinius
Roosevelt Ste‘tinius
Gen. Sikorski
Sta
Balkans Unite For Defense Against Greece War Threat
Bulgarian Premier Georgi Dimitrov announced Balkan states unite to shield themselves from a possible Greek conflict. He spoke at an open air rally after Bulgaria signed a friendship and cooperation treaty with Romania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Romania
Bulgaria
Georgi Dimitrov
Balkan
Greece
Canada reinstates meat and butter price controls
Ottawa announced the return of price controls on meat and butter with a request to extend rent controls to March 31 1949. A butter ceiling will be set within days, and meat ceiling within about two weeks. Wholesale Montreal butter at 67 cents and local beef prices varied, retail butter 78 cents locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
New York City
Douglas Abbott
Montreal
Winchester
Cold Wave Quickly Passes in Valley
A sharp temperature swing from 5 above to 43 by afternoon litters the Valley as sun shines. Forecasts of snow flurries vanished and a break in the cold is anticipated for the Midwest starting Sunday. Temperatures in the North Central and Northern New England states dropped to sub zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
New England
State Chamber Backs Fire Prevention Program
The Virginia state chamber of commerce board, in its first 1948 quarterly session at Alexandria, voted a statewide fire prevention program to be sponsored by the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Navy to test water ski under nose of planes
The Navy plans an experiment with a water ski under the nose of land planes to prevent crashes at sea. The device would help crew exit through escape hatches and launch rubber boats after a splashdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Virginia joins Ohio River Valley Compact bill passed
The Virginia General Assembly considered a measure, sponsored by Gov. Tuck, to make Virginia a signatory to the Ohio River Valley Compact. The proposal would empower the governor to enter the pact and name three Water Control Board members to abate water pollution. Other states listed include Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
General Assembly of
Virginia
House
Senate
Tuck
House of Delegates
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
Ohio River
Commonwealth
Namehhree Sanitation
Water Control Board
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
West Virginia
First
City of Richmond
Finney Nominated as U S Marshal in Virginia
President Truman nominated Leland Stanford Finney to be U S marshal for the Western District of Virginia succeeding the late John White Stuart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Leland Stanford Finney
U.S
Virginia
John White Stuart
Cow Stuns Farmer as It Climbs Barn Roof
FAIRBURY Neb Jan 16 One challenge for farmer Robert Barber was coaxing a scared cow off a barn roof after it leaped from a truck to the eaves. The creature climbed to the top and resisted returning until helpers rigged a rope harness and lowered it to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbury
Neb
Robert Barber
Barber
Ruhr Workers Face Communist Drive in Ruhr Hunger Crisis
Berlin reports a Communist led strike plan to wreck the Marshall Plan and paralyze Germany's industrial Ruhr area, driving 4 million workers toward hunger. Moscow backed radio and a mysterious protocol M document fuel the tensions as old line German Communists split to form an opposition party amid a faltering political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Ruhr
Cominform
Moscow Radio
Communist Party
Bank President Backs Large Europe Aid
John J. McCloy, International Bank president, called the proposed four year European recovery program of 6.8 billion dollars a tight fit and not extravagant. He supported Secretary of State Marshall and warned against radical changes by Congress that could jeopardize the Marshall plan. He contrasted with Senator Taft who favored cutting the first 15 months by a billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W John J. McCloy
International Bank
Secetary
Marshall
Congress
Europe
Marshal
Sen
Taft
McCloy
Senate Foreign National Bank
Vandenburg
United States
Virginia Society To Honor Byrd With Gold Medal
The Virginia Society plans a banquet to honor Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd with the society's gold medal of achievement. Sen. A Willis Robertson will present the award to the Antarctic explorer, the first Virginian named for the annual honor. The medal is minted from gold donated by supporters and struck at the Philadelphia mint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
South Pole
Richard E. Byrd
Virginia Society
Byrd
A. Willis Robertson
Philadelphia
John W. Rixey Smith
Christmas Savings Club Opens in Winchester Bank Ad
Closing Monday note marks Gen. Robert E. Lees Birthday closure at Farmers & Merchants National Bank in Winchester Virginia. The ad invites readers to open a 1948 Christmas Savings Club this weekend at Court House Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lees
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Winchester
Court House Square
Federal
Ins. Corp
Veto Awaits Truman Tax Plan In Budget Clash
Secretary Snyder told Congress President Truman would veto any tax cut without offsetting revenues. He outlined a $40 per taxpayer plan with a $3.2 billion corporate levy, arguing Knutson's bill would widen the deficit and cut revenue. Knutson pressed ahead while Dingell secured committee record of the Truman plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Snyder
Congress
Truman
House
Ways and Means
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Kmutson
President Truman
Mr. Truman
Rep. Dingell
D-Mich
Legen
Three to Attend Shenandoah Valley Corp Meeting
Henry Hardenburg William Battaile and G T Binner Jr will represent Winchester at the 24 annual Shenandoah Valley Inc meeting in Staunton tomorrow. Hardenburg and Nelson Clark left today for Staunton. They are on a committee preparing a regional map of the Valley to be published this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley Corp. Meeting
Henry Hardenburg
William Battaile
G. T. Binner Jr
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Staunton
Hardenburg
Nelson Clark
Martinsburg
UAW seeks 25 cent wage boost plus benefits in auto talks
The CIO United Auto Workers announce a 25 cent an hour wage increase and five cent benefits lift as part of 1948 wage talks with Detroit’s big three automakers. The plan includes guaranteed weekly pay, three weeks vacation, and uses the CPI to justify the rise aimed at restoring purchasing power postwar. Chrysler or General Motors are targets for the first bargaining round, Ford’s contract expires later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ang
Ard
Ment
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chrysler Crop
General Motors Corp
Uaw-Cio
Ford Motor Co
Dewey Enters Race for GOP Nomination
Governor Thomas E. Dewey declared himself a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. An aide said Dewey would accept if nominated, joining a field with Taft Warren and Stassen as major contenders after his Oregon primary entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Oregon
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Gandhi Weaker On 4th Fast Day
Gandhi weakens on a fourth day of fasting aimed at communal harmony in India. A medical source warns Gandhi, 78, may last six more days at most before life danger. Doctors report he is getting weaker by the hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Pakistan
Gandhi
B. C. Roy
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Polish Peasant Party
Bob Considine
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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London
Balkans
Canada
State Chamber
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Old Mill Wheel
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Wiener
N. Main
Hillyard
E. Piccadilly St
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Maplewood Nursing Home
W. Clifford St
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Redwing Restaurant
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Winchester Gun Club
Tony Renner
Sid Charles
Mac’s Place Ridgeway
Bernie McBep
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Ideal Children’s Pets
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