Scout Camp Expansion Plans Include Lodges Shelters and Lake Enlargement
The camp development committee outlines a multi year program featuring Handcraft Lodge No. 8 a 675 dollar roofed pavilion and showers for 235 dollars. Plans call for 10 troop camps to include shelters wash houses latrines and lean-tos with several cost estimates. Future ideas include enlarging Rock Enon Lake by building a deeper dam to form a second six acre lake at an estimated 8000 dollars. Waterfront upgrades add a 90 dollar float with tower a 300 dollar swim walk and a 100 dollar life guard look-out tower. Four new canoes priced at 120 dollars each and an outdoor chapel costing 350 dollars are proposed with donor inscriptions.
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Amp Developments Committee
Essary
Belchie
Ww. W. Baker
H. C. Browne
E. B. Cooper
A. Harold Moore
Joseph F. Moore
Winchester
Rock Enon
City Council Eyes Special Session on SCC Conference
Mayor Anderson urged council members to attend a special session to hear a SCC conference report and plan further steps. The item may affect Harrisonburg as details from the conference emerge.
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Harrisonburg
Anderson
SCC
Divorce Suit Filed in Win Chester Virginia
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation of Winchester Virginia on July 6 1948 Lorenzo J Williams files a Chancery complaint seeking divorce on grounds of desertion from Ethel M Williams whose address is unknown after due diligence. She must appear within ten days after publication to protect her interests.
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Corporation OF Winchester
Virginia
Lorenzo J. Williams
Ethel M. Williams
Corinne Barnett
Winchester gas explosion study outlines causes and fixes
A detailed investigation describes gas migrating from a leaking service main into an old water main and seeping into a cellar, causing an explosion. It notes holes and leaks near the curb, hoses in the service pipe, and an air current toward the Ray Lass building, with ignition possibly from a match or electrical arc. Recommendations urge odorant increase, leak investigations, daily basement checks, sealed openings, gas-tight construction, disconnected abandoned lines, curb-valve installations, and basement ventilation. G. W. Jones and C. W. Owings sign off.
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Winchester
G. W. Jones
C. W. Owings
Explosion Kills Two at Seattle Vitamin Plant
A fireball ripped through the Lyle Branchflower vitamin plant in northwest Seattle, killing workers Rolland Stebbens and John Zenger and injuring a third. The blast at 5:35 p m followed shift end and damaged nearby homes and storefronts. Fire officials suspect a still used in rendering fish oil caused the explosion.
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Seattle
Lyle Branchflower Company
Ballard
Rolland Stebbens
John Zenger
R. B. Rogers
Soviet air safety claim over Berlin control center
The agency said the Russians replied that Americans are violating four power rules for air traffic control and warned that U.S. authorities must take full responsibility for the safety of American planes.
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Berlin
U.S
Czechs Cheer Ex-president Benes Amid Prague Demonstration
Crowds in Prague cheered Eduard Benes as police broke up a short lived rally near Svobodne Slovo during the 11th Sokol Congress. Police dispersed the crowd without violence while large processions celebrated Benes and, separately, United States and Yugoslav Premier Tito were also hailed.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Svobodne Slovo
Sokol
President Benes
Benes
Klement Gottwald
United States
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
White population of DC about three fourths of total
The Census Bureau estimates the District of Columbia’s white population accounts for about three quarters of the district’s total population with the remaining one quarter being colored.
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District of Columbia
Bureau of the Census
Balance Sheet Fragments Show Liabilities and Capital Totals
The document lists TOTAL LIABILITIES and CAPITAL ACCOUNTS amounting to 6,965,843.56 with line items including Capital Stock common stock par 215,000.00, Surplus, Undivided profits, Reserves, and Loans after reserves of 610,000.00.
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United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Rehearsal Dinner Honors Larrick Brown Wedding Party
Miss Ann Robinson hosted a rehearsal dinner Monday night at her parents home Selma to honor Isabel Larrick and William Brown and their wedding party. Guests included Katharine Arnold Elizabeth Conklin Phy lliss Horton Evelyn Preston Winfield Scott Donald Larrick Ben Dutton Boyd Hamman Gus Cahill and William Pifer plus Mr and Mrs Emory Larrick and Mr and Mrs Lee A Brown.
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Ann Robinson
Isabel Larrick
William Brown
Selma
Katharine Arnold
Elizabeth Conklin
Phyliss Horton
Evelyn Preston
Winfield Scott
Donald Larrick
Ben Dutton
Boyd Hamman
Gus Cahill
William Pifer
Emory Larrick
Lee A. Brown
Eisenhower boom falters as Truman stance roils convention
Democratic leaders react to Eisenhower avoiding a partisan bid while Georgia and Virginia pledge their 26 votes to him if named. Truman supporters celebrate the statement, and Sen. Hatch predicts a likely first ballot end unless Truman shifts mindset as party officials rush orders at the convention.
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Trab
Truman
Jacob M. Arvey
Chicago
Arvey
Eisenhower
James S. Peters
Georgia
G. Fred Switzer
Virginia
Sen
Hatch
D-Nm
Washington
Leslie S. Biffle
Biffle
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Truman Gains Backing After Eisenhower Statement
A New York party spokesman reported that President Truman received substantial backing following Eisenhower's statement. The general had arrived in the area yesterday afternoon and left for Washington soon after. The report notes Eisenhower’s remark and its impact on support dynamics in Congress.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
New York Party
State Delegation Weighs Its 98 Votes in Presidential Race
The fragmented passage notes that the bulk of the state's 98 electoral votes would favor the President, while the delegation's stance had been uncertain prior to the shift.
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Sal
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