Senate Moves To Remove Meat From Price Control Bill
Washington July 6 The Senate faces a push led by Taft of Ohio and Wherry to exempt meat from price and rent controls. Senator George of Georgia supports removing meat to curb black market worries while Barkley and Wagner seek to keep the banking committee approved measure. The move risks a presidential veto if meat exemptions reappear in Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Taft
Ohio
Nebraska
New Life
George
Georgia
Barkley
Banking Committee
Wherry
Senate
Paul Porter
Wagner
D-Ny
McCarran
D-New
Senate House
Stategy
Truman
Steelman May Take Over Stabilization With Other Duties
John R. Steelman, already reconversion director and labor adviser, may become economic stabilizer if Congress revives price controls. Chester Bowles urged merging the Office of Economic Stabilization with the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, with Steelman in price and wage oversight. Truman’s decision uncertain, Bowles disclosed no public recommendations.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Congress
John R. Steelman
Chester Bowles
Office of Economic Stabilization
Truman
Office of War Mobilization
Steelman
Bowles
Mr. Truman
OES
OWMA
Winchester Cites Schenck As Outstanding Citizen
Schenck Cc prominent local businessman was honored by the Winchester Junior Board of Trade as Winchester's outstanding citizen at the JBT banquet and ladies night at the country club. Ed Molden Stewart Bell Jr Fred Ritter Robert Grove and Ben Belchie received certificates for outstanding work in the past year. The event installed new officers led by incoming president F L Largent Jr and retiring president Garvin Binner Jr. Judge Burr Harrison spoke on state penal and insane asylums and the need for an adequate jail. Wendall Barney and others attended as guests. Dancing followed. About 150 members and guests with their ladies attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. F. Schenck
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Winchester
JBT
Country Club
Schenck
Red Cross
Selective Service Board
Ed Molden
Wheat Heaped In The Open As Boxcar Shortage Bites Farmers
The harvest moves fast with 30 percent done as rail freight cars shortfalls leave farmers dumping vast wheat piles on ground across Kansas. In Wallace County 200000 bushels lay exposed. officials blame no cars to load grain while railroads warn of limited freight cars and high demand.
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Wallace County
Colorado
Church Yard
Winona
Kas
Charles H. Ward
Kansas
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas City
J. W. Holloway
Trans-Missouri-Kansas Shippers Board
Dr. Compton Predicts Limited Wave After Bikini Test
Dr Karl Compton president of MIT told reporters waves from the Bikini underwater atomic blast would be under 50 feet and not reach tidal proportions The Navy fixed July 25 for a second test date with a possible one day shift He warned hulls machinery could suffer and said a geyser waterspout would precede a backwash then a second spout before the wave washes over Bikini Island Oceanography notes a week or more before Bikini Lagoon is safe due to radioactivity
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Charles H. McMurtry
Kwajalein
Karl Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bikini
Navy
Compton
Binikne Island
Bikini Lagoon
Chamber By Law Ballot Return Slow
Wendell Barney president of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce reports ballots sent to members for voting on proposed by laws are arriving slowly. He urges prompt returns so officials can advance plans. He asks members to note any disapproved sections on their ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Barney
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Barney
Red Cross Board To Meet Monday In July
C Vernon Eddy announces the July meeting of the American Red Cross Board of Directors will be held Monday evening July 8 at eight o clock in the Council Chamber. Local delegates who attended the National Convention will report and a full attendance is hoped since no meeting is planned for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Vernon Eddy
American Red Chapter
Board of Directors
Eight Year Old Boy Blamed For Kielge Pogrom Trigger
An eight year old boy said someone told him to start a story alleging Jews held him captive for days. Investigators blamed him for triggering Kielge's bloodiest postwar pogrom with at least 38 dead and 50 injured as rioters attacked Jewish homes and shops while security forces restored order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Kielge
Heinrik Blasezycyk
Holiday toll in Virginia reaches seven deaths
The Associated Press reports seven holiday deaths in Virginia during the extended Fourth of July period. Six were highway crash victims and one a shooting incident. A child burned with a Rock Hill Maryland man in a truck blaze near a road crash is being identified. Other fatalities include Jane Adams a Newport News truck car crash victim Reginald Harmon Roanoke died in a traffic crash James Callahan Norfolk passenger in a crash William Holloman South Norfolk in a traffic crash and Elbert Breeden Rockingham County farmer killed while watching a target match near Elkton.
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Virginia
Carolina
George Goitish
Rock Hill
Jane Adams
Newport News
Reginald Harmon
R. H. Harmon
Roanoke
James Joseph Callahan
Norfolk
William R. Holloman
South Norfolk
Elbert W. Breeden
Rockingham County
Elkton
Welcome Home Veterans From Frederick Clarke Winchester
The Star welcomes home veterans and former residents who have received discharges and resume civilian life. Paul Leonard Jones Donald Armel Walter Fries Virgil Whitacre Mose Stickel are among those listed. The Star asks the public to supply names of local men who have recently been discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
The
Star
Estate funds to found home benefit for Shenandoah Valley Bank run trust
Miss Lillian E. Sheetz dies June 20 leaving 1000 to Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church and a 15000 cash gift to Ora J. Turner. Most remaining assets go to fund a home for Henry and William Evans, with a fallback to church missions if the home isn’t created. Shenandoah Valley Bank to act as executor and trustee, bond $30000. Appraisers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian E. Sheetz
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Ora J. Turner
Miss Sheetz
Harold Sheetz
Henry
William Evans
Mollie Evans Janney
Loudoun Street
Home
Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Church
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Mary Jane McCone
F. L. Largent
Charles H. Harper
Alan Perry
H. W. Copenhaver
S. C. Brooks
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Pictures of Soap Box Derby at Molden’s display
A July Fourth Soap Box Derby event is showcased with many photographs. The display is in Molden Electric Company show windows on South Loudoun Street for interested observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molden
Molden Electric Company
South Loudoun Street
Bikini test reality of naval impotence revealed in blast report
Brigadier General Roger M. Ramey describes a July 1 atomic test aboard the APALACHIAN showing 16 ships of 30 combat vessels eliminated and 25 to 30 damaged. five ships sank and boilers damaged. Radioactivity could wipe out most crew. the test aims to study damage with full results months away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Spilman Waynesboro
Associated Press
U. S
Appalachian
Roger M. Ramey
AAF
Task Group 1
Joint Task Force 1
Future
Clarke Lions Install Officers in Berryville
Clarke County Lions Club installed new officers at the Southern Cafe in Berryville Virginia. New president Dr C O Dearmont of White Post. first vice president C E Miley of Boyce. second vice president G W Shackleford. third vice president W D Wisecarver Jr. secretary treasurer J W Olcott. directors George Pine William Clevenger Maurice Wisecarver. Delegates D B Allen and D B Allen alternate to Lions International. Board meeting set for Friday July 12 at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County Lions Club
Southern Cafe
C. O. Dearmont
White Post
C. E. Miley
Boyce
G. W. Shackleford
W. D. Wisecarver, Jr
J. W. Olcott
George Pine
William Clevenger
Maurice Wisecarver
Lion G. C. Sponseller
Roanoke
D. B. Allen
Lions International
Philadelphia
Lions
W. D. Burtner
C. B. Carr
J. Wolcott
Priday
Illinois Group Being Studied Investigators
Senate War Investigating Committee heard testimony that a 1943 munitions loan to Cumberland Lumber Co involved Andrew J. May of Prestonburg Kentucky. Batavia Metal and Erie Basin Metal had advanced 48634 for lumber not delivered, with storage orders issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Andrew J. May
Prestonburg
Edward Schaffer
General Accounting Office
Schaffer
Munitions Combine
Henry Garsson
Cumberland Lumber Company
Delaware
Garsson
Joseph Freeman
Murray Garsson
Albert Levin
Kentucky
Batavia Metal Products, Inc
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Cumberland
Batavia
Erie
Army Ordnance
D.-Ky
May
Illinois
McDaniel Hurt in Truck Accident Near Apple Pie Ridge
Wilson D. McDaniel of 506 South Loudoun street was seriously injured when his truck struck a loose horse on Apple Pie Ridge and overturned. He sustained facial lacerations and a compound fracture of the left elbow and is reported in satisfactory condition after treatment at Winchester Memorial Hospital by Dr. J. A. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson D. McDaniel
Loudoun Street
Apple Pie Ridge
McDaniel
Winchester Memorial Hospital
J. A. Miller
FOR SALE ITEMS LISTED IN BRIEF NOTICE
Building blocks and winches advertised by 8 ncan Block Co with contact at Fairgrounds FI. Pedigreed cocker spaniels for sale, 12 weeks old at 304 W aest Strasburg VA. Ice cold watermelons for sale at Smith's Gulf Station Braddock and Gerrard open until 10 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ncan Block Co
Fairgrounds
Smith's Gulf Station
Braddock and
Gerrard
Palestine Arabs in secret session on Truman immigration demand
Palestine's new Arab executive met in secret at 11:30 a.m. to craft a clear response to President Truman's insistence on 100,000 Jewish immigrants. The session, first full meeting since formation a month ago, may last into tomorrow. Tel Aviv remains out of bounds to troops.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Palestine Executive
Arab League
Bladan
Syria
Ahemed Helmi Pasha
National Fund
Cairo
Palestine Arab Cause
Jamal Bey Husseini
Emil Khouri
Hussein F. Khalidi
Tel Aviv
Clarke Delegates At Boys' State Report Activities
Berryville July 6. Two Clarke County youths Jimmy Berlin and Jimmy Casey attended Boys State at Blacksburg with 300 Virginia youths. They gave a detailed report of daily activities at a meeting of Lloyd Williams Post No. 41 of the American Legion. A resolution to drop the term Comrade in addressing legionnaires was unanimously approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Lloyd Williams
Ameerican Legion
Clarke County
Boys State
State Legion
Blacksburg
Jimmy Berlin
Jimmy Casey
Boyce
Virginia
Virginia Governor awaited on Roberts critique of state hospital care
Governor Tuck was urged to respond to a telegram from the National Mental Health Foundation chairman accusing Virginia officials and the General Assembly of barbaric treatment at Western State Hospital. The telegram cited the Shiflett inmate death and argued statewide reforms in staffing and care are needed, while hospital officials defended current conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Tuck
U. S. Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
National Mental Health Foundation
Virginia
The
General Assembly
Roberts
Western State Hospital
Foundation
Philadelphia
Richmond
Virginia Beach
D. L. Harrell, Jr
Shiflett
Star- Virginia
Coor
Soviet Austria asset grab triggers high level actions
The Soviet command in Austria unilateral moved to take 22 million dollars of industrial property and other German external assets in Eastern Austria. Chancellor Leopold and his cabinet were called into a special meeting as General Mark Clark, commander of American forces in Austria, acted on the situation with formal messages to Austrian and Soviet authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Cotte Cello
Ancellor
Leopo
Mark Clark
Winchester landlords dispute rent hike reports in town meeting
Winchester land lords and brokers met to assess rent increases since price controls ended. They concluded hikes were rare and isolated, rebutting Washington Star claims of 30 to 40 percent jumps, while the local board clarified its role and reported 35 complaints after OPA ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
C. R. Anderson
OPA
Anderson
Winchester Evening Star
Washington Star
Virginia
Winchester County, Price Control Board
C. A. Hobert
Frederick
OPS
Winchester Star
Hubert
Strasburg
J. A. Massie, Jr
A. C. Oates
T. Owens
W M. Ie
Clarence Robinson
Joseph Newlin
Wayne Omps
Mayor Anderson
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People’s Paper
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Nev
Jean Pauline Carbone
Army
Howard Carbone
Rochester
N. Y
Darrell A. Beschen
Dubuque
Iowa
Justice of the
Harry Dunseath
Carbone
Beschen
Shreveport
John Robb Clarke
Reno Brown
Carbones
London
England
W. Aest
Strasburg, Va
F. F. Snapp
Clarke
Revea
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