Explosion at Baylass Store Dominates Winchester Utilities Talk
City officials and executives from Consumers Utilities Co. met in Richmond to discuss making the propane gas system safe in Winchester. They cited funding limits and a 30 month franchise, but noted possible natural gas pipeline prospects nearby. A preliminary Bureau of Mines report on the Baylass blaze at 134-136 N Loudoun St described a gas leak in a basement area and a violent blast that damaged the building and injured store staff and customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Consumers Utilities Co
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
Utilities Corporation
Es. A. Sloan
New York City
Cue
Atty. R. M. Weaver
Harrisonburg
Comany
C. R. Anderson
J. P. Reardon
Lee Grant
CUC
Financia
Raylass
Winchester Life and Property
Baylass
Loudoun St
Bureau of Mines
C. W. Owings
G. W. Jones
Bureau
Owings
Lawrence Owens
Chris Spanos
Rock Enon Camp Plans Unveiled for 75 Projects
A Shenandoah Area Boy Scout camp development plan costing about 40 570 outlines 75 projects to fund through gifts of cash and materials. Led by Ben Belchic, the committee seeks immediate action, with major work including a 250 seat dining hall, kitchen, equipment, and a new storage and trading post to safeguard winter gear.
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Shenandoah
Rock Enon
Ben Belchic
Winchester
H. C. Browne
Belchic
Friends of Scouting
Belchie
Winchester Troop 9
Buffalo Edge
World War 2 Vets Win All Legion Seats
Members of the Conrad Hoover American Legion post elected an all World War 2 officer slate led by William H. Louthan Jr. as commander. Delegates and officers named include Ralph Grubbs and Charles Zuckerman with 864 members, a post record, and plans for Roanoke convention.
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Conrad Hoover
American Legion
William H. Louthan Jr
M. B. Clowe Jr
Legionnaires
Ralph Y. Grubbs
Virginia State Department
Roanoke
Sarah Zane Hall
Louthan
Ralph Grubbs
Charles Zuckerman
Robert Manuel
Bernard Grove
Robert Berry
Jack Blackburn
Arthur Spaid
James Roe
William Hadden Jr
C. F. Schenck
Turner Sencindiver
Carl Campbell
Jesse Kiracofe Jr
Kenneth Patton
Leroy Cahill
M. Clowe Jr
Robert Baker
Miller Fletcher
Philip Fowle
William Glaize
Garland Baptist
William Louthan
L. E. Hill
Jesse Kiracore
Henry Thompson
Robert Womeldorph
Robert Pizzano
Eugene Dearing
William H. Louthan
Capitol Theatre
Catherine Carter
Louthans
W. Piccadilly St
Reading How to Hang Self Ends in Tragedy at Davenport Museum
John H. Bailey, 39, director of the Davenport public museum, hanged himself after reportedly reading a book titled The Man Who Wouldn't Hang. A hangman’s knot was used, and the body contained clippings about hanging. Frank Keppy, the coroner, reported the details.
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Davenport
John H. Bailey
Davenport Public Museum
Frank Keppy
Summer Sale at Margaret L Hodison Hat & Dress Shop
Half day picnic and yard party at Chestnut Grove five miles north of Gainesboro Virginia on Saturday July 19 if rain the next Saturday Benefit Ladies Aid. Includes dresses skirts blouses and accessories with 1 3 to 1 2 off storewide.
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Margaret L. Hodison
Chestnut Grove
Gainesboro
Ladies Aid
Middletown
Migidietos
Grange
Newy
West St
Gas system odorization warning and citizen alert
Authorities announce heavy charging of the gas system with malodorant to help citizens identify the odor. If you notice a strange smell near home or business, call 3466 or 7631 immediately. Odorant will be placed at four fire houses for familiarity.
New Look for Education County Consolidated High School Plans
Plans completed for the proposed James Wood high school with 24 blueprint pages detailing a two story 28 classroom facility plus labs shops and practice rooms. Bids advertised after board decisions. construction hoped under 1 million dollars with site on the Glass estate along R 50 West. Any principal appointment for Gore high school also to be considered by the Frederick County school board.
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James Wood High School
Frederick County
Leslie Kline
Gore High School
New Consolidated High School
Dixon and Norman
Richmond
R. 50
Stephens City Defers Naming Police Justice
Stephens City council deferred naming a police court justice after spending most of the meeting on third reading of 125 pages of new ordinances under the town charter. H. C. Racey and Howard E. Massie were appointed to identify eligible candidates and report back, while the clerk selection was left to the new police court justice. The officer will oversee police cases within town limits and nearby, with limited civil jurisdiction, and will not be the town’s trial justice.
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Stephens City
H.C. Racey
Howard E. Massie
W. E. Edwards
Winchester
Robert E. O'neal
Middletown
Dancing Husband Held as Slayer of Attractive Wife
A 33 year old house painter Jasper A Ganci was held on murder charges after his wife Marjorie 32 mother of three was shot in the head and beaten with a rifle butt at a street intersection. Detective Inspector Howard O Hare said Ganci danced upon learning of the death and offered to shake hands with the desk sergeant. The couple had been living apart six months.
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Attleboro
Mass
Howard O Hare
O'Hare
Jasper A. Ganci
H& Wife
Marjorie
Ganci
Electric Storm Destroys Property Across Southern Frederick County
A severe afternoon storm lashed the southern end of Frederick County from Stephens City to Nineveh. Lightning struck the Austin Corner home in Refure, bricks littered the yard, the stove pipe blew down, and utility outages followed at Dave Headley farm and Refuge. Wheat shocks, apple trees, and orchards suffered, while Stephens City reported farm damage during a 20 minute blast.
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Frederick County
Stephens City
Ninevah
Austin Corner
Conner
Thurman Ballenger
Marvin White
Eigh View
Refuge
Sympathy Strike Expands Across Western Pennsylvania Mines
Sympathy strikes in commercial soft coal mines spread in Western Pennsylvania as three new walkouts occurred in the Pittsburgh district. Giggers ceased work in sympathy, with nearly one fourth of about 400,000 soft coal miners idle amid a two day shutdown in the steel industry.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Washington
Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Truman Aides Move To Curb Nomination Stampede
President Truman's aides plan to prevent a parade of crowds pressuring delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Security includes 80 Philadelphia police and up to 50 private detectives to keep gallery influences in check.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Eisenhower
Leslie I. Biffle
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Biffle
Washington
California
New Jersey
Douglas
William O. Douglas
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Fisenhower
Hague
Frank Hague
Dewey Moves to Reach Solid South With North Carolina Plan
Governor Dewey will deliver a major campaign speech in North Carolina to win over 13 electoral votes as part of a broader southern outreach. He may speak in an autumn event in a large city while also planning a Maryland stop this fall. Dewey previously courted delegates in the state ahead of the Republican convention.
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Pawling
N.Y
Thomas BE. Dewey
North Carolina
Dewey
South
Mason-Dixon Line
Truman
Philadelphia
New York
Maryland
Legion to Plan July 4 Parade As Annual Event
Conrad Hoover American Legion post officials announced the Independence Day celebration would become an annual event. About 500 youngsters joined the parade and free Capitol theatre movie, with many attending a Legion doubleheader baseball game. A bicycle and numerous free gifts were awarded to area youth including David Keen and several named attendees.
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Conrad Hoover
American Legion Post
Capitol Theatre
Legion
David Keen
M. B. Clowe Jr
Ralph White
Jimmy Palmer
John Washington
John Legge
Lester Mason
Jimmy McFadden
Sonny Biggs
Betty Braithwaite
Glenda Luttrell
Beverly Hoagland
Audrey Dellinger
Margaret Shumaker
Shirley Adams
Rita Rice
Wilmington
Del
Berlin Faces Two Year Plan Tied to Eastern Zone
Communist note declares a two year plan to integrate Berlin's economy with the Soviet occupied zone. U S airlift seeks to avert a Western fuel shortage as 115 flights deliver coal and food to Western Berlin while rail and streetcar use are curbed. Planes report seven tons per flight and weather disrupts operations amid Soviet warnings.
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Berlin
Germany
Plan
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Frankfurt
U. S
Eavy Ra
ADN
Scott Invited To Fredericksburg
Richmond reports Congressman Hugh D. Scott Jr. newly elected chairman of the Republican National Committee will attend a rally of Virginians in Fredericksburg in August. Scott, a House member from Pennsylvania's Sixth district, studied in Fredericksburg schools and at Randolph Macon College, becoming the first Virginian to head the GOP policy body.
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Richmond
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Republican National Committee
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New Gore
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Shoe Center
Rhodes Drug Co
Redland Methodiist Church
Whitacre
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Middletown School
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