Bill to Halt Annexations Faces Referendum Vote
The Virginia House of Delegates considers a bill to halt all pending annexation cases until a city county referendum can be held. The measure, sponsored by Delegates Sam Swanson and L M Giles of Pittsylvania, would require a majority of both the county and city to continue annexation lawsuits.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Sam Swanson
L. M. Giles
Pittsylvania
Danville
House
Louis Lee Guy
Norfolk
Winchester reaches 77 as January warmth spreads
The Winchester thermometer climbed to 77 at 1 45 p m as a springlike spell sweeps the region. Records show earlier January heat in 1932 and 1909 with 79 and 75 4 respectively, while statewide temperatures run 6 10 degrees above normal. Richmond and Norfolk also posted notable highs.
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Winchester
Elizabeth Kelsoe
Winchester Research Laboratory
Mercury
Old Dominion
Richmond
Associated Press
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Newport News
James Wood High appoints new construction superintendent
J. M. Saunders named superintendent in charge of construction for the James Wood High School, now over 60 percent complete. Saunders, from Roanoke apartment-house work, succeeds Enoch Bell who moved to Winchester Memorial Hospital expansion. About 115 workers are on site. the project aims to finish by July and consolidate five county high schools. Interior work is ongoing with plastering and trim. home economics room to be finished first and the auditorium last.
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J. M. Saundrs
James Wood High School
Saunders
Roanoke
Enoch Bell
Winchester Memorial Hospital
English Construction Co
Firemen extinguish small grass fire at garage lot
City fire equipment responded to the George Washington Garage on N. Kent St at 3 p m for a trash and grass fire. Fire was extinguished with no damage reported.
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George Washington
N. Kent St
Ma Winchester Endorses March of Dimes Campaign
Ma Winchester urges support for the March of Dimes campaign started locally last week. She notes funds aid infantile paralysis and that local communities benefit from contributions, praising past use of proceeds and urging help for those affected. A January clearance sale at Colonial Art & Craft Shop offers 25 to 65 percent savings on lamps crystal china and leather decorations.
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Colonial Art & Craft Shop
Piccadilly
Winchester
Pickets Shut Down More Coal Mines
Picket bands growing toward 1000 men shut down additional large northern West Virginia coal mines. State police at Shinnston counted about 400 caravans of automobiles. All available troopers and county sheriffs' deputies were on patrol duty as actions broadened.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
State Police
Shinnston
Harrison and Barbour County
Half Million Bushels of Apples In Storage Here
Apple holdings in Winchester storages show a total of 488133 bushels with Virginia Apple Storage 113891, Winchester Cold Storage 305342, and Robinson Ice and Cold Storage 68880. Demand includes export and school lunch sales as 100 carloads offered under the PMA program. 90 carloads accepted with shipments beginning.
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Apple
Winchester
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Virginia
Apple Storage
Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co
R MM. Downey
PMA
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Downey
Silica Plant To Be Rebuilt After Fire
The Shenandoah Silicia Co. sand pulverizing plant at Gore, destroyed in a $200,000 January fire, is being rebuilt. J. C. Sawyer reports debris clearance and new construction including a storage room and a 40 by 130 main plant. Salvage limited to non-motor machinery as motors and separators must be replaced. The plant purchases sand from Virginia Glass Sand Corp for potteries.
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Shenandoah Silicia Co
Gore
J. C. Sawyer
Trenton
N. J
Sawyer
Co. B. Michael
Berkeley Springs
Virginia Glass Sand Corp
Potteries
Television Aerials In the Spotlight
Town Council may regulate erection of television aerials after a warning from Aubrey McDaniel of Northern Virginia Power Co. L. B. Dutrow and John D. Rives were instructed to study the situation following concerns that improper installations could endanger lives.
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Front Royal
Train fatality near Belspring station claims Norfolk and Western employee
A Norfolk and Western Railway worker about 48 years old was killed when struck by an eastbound passenger train near Belspring station. The same notice reports the appointment of Jack Powers as baseball coach at Newport News High School.
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Radford
J. N. Heldreth
Norfolk and Western Railway
Belspring
Newport News
Jack Powers
Newport New High School
Handley Amateur Show finalists announced for February event
Finalists for the Forty and Eight Amateur Show at Handley on February 2 were expanded to ten after last night's auditions at the Capitol Theater. Winners include 18 year old Garland Hoe of Harpers Ferry and 11 year old Tommy Wolfe of Winchester with others from Winchester Frederick County Clarke and Front Royal in various vocal, dance, piano and monologue acts.
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Handley
Capitol Theater
Garland Hoe
Harpers Ferry
Tommy Wolfe
Winchester
Eugene Russell, Jr
Betty Vonn Brill
Opequon
Philip J. Heck
Front Royal
Prank
Ann Brown
Janet Rhodes
Strasburg
Helen Dettra
Lily McDaniel
Phyllis Sager
Kenneth Windle
Jack Fretwell
Frederick County
Page Michael
Sue Ellen Clevenger
Martha Sue Edmonds
Boyce
Wallace Reed
Ruth Carson Williams
Tourist Cabins Planned Along U S Route 50 Near Hayfield
County building permit issued to R P Anderson of Gore details construction of 15 tourist cabins and a diner east of Hayfield on Route 50. Ten cabins will have two rooms and five will have one room each, plus a 12 by 18 foot diner. total estimated cost 18000 dollars. Other permits include a five room two story dwelling near Grimes for 3000 dollars, a one room addition and porch in Albin for 1000 dollars, and a 600 dollar garage 142 miles west of Opequon.
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R. P. Anderson
Gore
Hayfield
Victor and
Lee Williams
Grimes
Lewis Hudson
Rt. 2
Winchester
Albin
Frank and
Marie Allanson
Opequon
Blood Drive Reaches 137 Pints Donated
A Red Cross Bloodmobile collection yesterday totals 137 pints erasing a 27 pint shortfall from December. Dr. William Schenck, Blood Donor Committee chair, praised the American Legion for recruiters and announced the vehicle will return March 7 with Frederick County Home Demonstration Clubs as sponsors.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
William Schenck
American Legion
Schenck
Frederick County
Moore Will Speak At Press Parley In Richmond
Moore of Winchester, speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, will be a guest speaker at the Virginia Press Association convention in Richmond. Luncheon speaker at opening session is James Marlow of the Associated Press and Winchester Evening Star. Howard B. Bloomer Jr. will preside. Glenn E. McNeil of the Tennessee Press Assn. also appears on the program.
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E. Blackburn Moore
Winchester
Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia Press Assn
Richmond
James Marlow
Washington
Associated Press
Winchester Evening Star
Howard B. Bloomer Jr
Arlington
Association
Glenn E. McNeil
Tennessee Press Assn
Desirable five room bungalow for sale in Berryville
For sale a five room bungalow with bath and dinette electric hot water heater oil heat outside terrace with fireplace large workshop and two large lots. Call Berryville 204 W. Includes Woolen Shop ad reference on Page 8.
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Call Berryville
Cleveland Narrowly Foils Brink's Robbery Plot
Cleveland detectives say seven men planned a Brink's style heist at the local headquarters mirroring Boston's $1.5 million job. A tip led to searches yielding uniforms and burglary tools, while Detroit’s pursuit of Sam Norbert widened the probe. Boston police intensified questioning of Brink's staff as a $2,000 payroll theft occurred near the scene.
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Cleveland
Thomas Whalen
Brink's Inc
Boston
Detroit
Purple
Cleveland Brink
John Cronenwett
Sam Norbert
Norbert
Superh Ave
Budget plan would require corporations to pay taxes sooner
Rep Mills proposes a six month payment rule so corporations settle income taxes for the previous year early. The plan targets reducing the 5.1 billion deficit by about 4.8 billion, with help from other tax sources. Doughton backs the idea as worthy of consideration.
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Washington
Rep
Mills
Tax Drafting House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Doughton
D-Nc
Hiss Is Given Five Year Term
Alger Hiss was sentenced to five years in a federal penitentiary on two perjury counts and will appeal. He denied secret state documents to Whittaker Chambers and read a prepared statement before Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard. Hiss was paroled to his attorney until a $10 000 bond is posted and his appeal is filed.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Itaker Chambers
Henry W. Goddard
Hiss
Priscilla
Roosevelt
Yalta
U. S
Whittaker Chambers
Claude B. Cross
Boston
Cross
Goddard
United States
Five Die In Hatboro Row House Fire
A blaze in a wartime housing project in Hatboro Pennsylvania killed five occupants. Claire Morrow 41 escaped in her robe then returned to die. Victims included Horace Morrow 39 and daughters Virginia 14 Patricia 9 Loretta 20. Son Jack 21 serves in the Navy. Fire officials seek cause. coroners office involves state fire marshal due to tragedy scale.
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Hatboro
Claire Morrow
Horace Morrow
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Virginia
Patricia
Loretta
Jack
Navy
Florida
Montgomery County
Parents Held In Child Burn Case In Pittsburgh
In morals court James Bennett and Odessa Bennett were held without bond after claiming divine healing prevented medical care for four year old Shirley Ann Bennett who suffered extensive first to third degree burns and was taken to Pittsburgh Hospital in critical condition.
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Pittsburgh
Morals Court
James Bennett
Odessa
Shirley Ann
Bennetts
Miners Called to Washington for Trump Union Meeting
Presidents of United Mine Workers districts with 79 000 miners on strike were summoned to Washington for a session with John L. Lewis. Wheeling Steel will close one blast furnace this week due to coal shortages. The State Department charges Soviet Russia is seizing four of China’s wealthiest areas. Truman and military chiefs propose leaving peacetime draft inductions to Congress if the President gains emergency powers.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Districts
John L. Lewis
State Department
Soviet Russia
China
Congress
Truman
89 000 Chrysler workers strike nationwide
A 89 000 member UAW strike halts Chrysler operations nationwide after six months of pension contract talks. The union demands a earnings-based fund and per hour additions, while Chrysler offers a fixed 100 dollar monthly plan financed on a pay-as-you-go basis. Government mediators step in to aid a settlement.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ivebio
Chrysler
Com
UMW
Walter Reuther
Herman Weckler
Jersey
Coal Situation May Be Emergency
The head of the Bureau of Mines warned the Senate Labor Committee that without increased cocoa production the nation's health and welfare are imperiled. President Truman has denied an emergency, while the Taft Hartley law faces debate to curb coal strikes aiming at full production and a possible fact finding on a settlement between coal workers and operators.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
James Boyd
Senate Labor Committee
Trunan
Boyd
Truman
Taft
Robio
Donnell
R-Mo
Reedens
Lewis
Tobin
J. Monroe Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
New Wage Law Takes Effect Across Nation
The 75 cent minimum wage and changes from the Wage Hour law go into effect. Truman hails the act as social justice and economic strength while labor groups press for broader coverage. Estimates note 1.5 million workers gain, with employers facing about 300 million dollars yearly.
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Congress
Truman
Labor Organization
CIO
Tobin
Former Brucetown Residents Commended
Mr and Mrs Frank J Best formerly of Brucetown were featured in a long Daily Oklahoman story highlighting their lives and achievements. The piece profiles the couple and reflects on Brucetown origins and their success.
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Brucetown
Frank J. Best
Daily
Oklahoman
Oklahoma
Roosevelt Jr Drives Petition to Force Civil Rights Vote
FDR Jr in a civil rights clash faces GOP reluctance as Powell channels a push to force a House vote. Roosevelt filed a rival petition aiming to move action with 218 supporters, but only 79 had signed by late hours. Several Republicans balk at aiding Roosevelt or boosting his New York governorship bid.
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House Backare
Civil Rights Legis
Fdr
York
Roosevelt
Powell
House Rules Committee
House
New York
Halleck
Indiana
Marcantonio
Alp-Ny
Congress
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