Apple Growers Told How to Meet Shift In Buyers Tastes
Virginia apple buyers urged uniform packaging by size, quality and color to regain and hold markets. W. Stilwell of Safeway and Waddington of Philadelphia buyers described demand for 3 inch and small apples in distinct markets and the need to group by grade for stable prices.
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Frederick County
Virginia
W. Stilwell
Safeway
Philadelphia Situation Co
W. Waddington
Philadelphia
PRR
Carioad
Weed Deadline Passes for City Prosecution
City health department warned owners to cut weeds or face prosecution in police court. Deadline passed today with offenders liable to charges next week.
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City Health Department
Heavy Barley and Wheat Yields Reported Across County
Unofficial yield figures reported to county agricultural agent I Fred Stine show barley and wheat outputs across multiple farms. Measured yields include 70 bushels per acre for some barley and 44.6 bushels per acre for wheat, with variations by farm, soil, and field size.
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I. Fred Stine
T. N. Cather
Winchester
Sherman
John W. Larrick Jr
Cather
Rosenberger
Hayfield
Fred
Herman Stine
Winchester Courthouse
M.S. Snapp
Ridgeway
W. Va
George H. Eagle
Flowers Farm
Bartonsville
Robert Muse
Timber Ridge
Gore
John LaFollette
Comes of Family That Marries Young Comes of Family That Marries Young
In Shreveport Louisiana a 12 year old Martha Jo Mc Cart is the mother of a six and three quarter pound son born at Charity hospital on June 27. The young wife and mother has set up home with her husband Bills parents in the Fairview Alpha community. Family history shows several relatives married young including Martha Jo’s sisters and uncles with marriages ranging from age 13 to 19 and a grandmother who wed at 15.
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Shreveport
Martha Jo McCart
Martha Jo
Bill McCart
Charity Hospital
McCarts
Fairview-Alpha
Coushatta
Louisiana
Bill
Kermit Hunger
Mary Lee Phillips
Emmett McCart
Hansel McCart
Cleveland McCart
Rena McCart
U S Voice Listeners Arrested in Hungary
Washington reports Hungary under a Soviet backed regime arrests people for listening to the Voice of America. George V. Allen cites a campaign to keep Hungarians ignorant by blocking broadcasts and inflaming against democracy. Associated restrictions include blocked libraries and press in nearby Soviet countries.
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Washington
Voice of America
Budapest
Hungary
United States
George V. Allen
Soviet Eastern Europe
State Department
Allen
States Department
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Poland
Israel Accepts Truce From UN Mediator
Lake Success reports Israel accepts a new 10 day cease fire proposed by Count Folke Bernadotte. Foreign Minister Shertok relayed the acceptance and said orders would go to forces once Arabs accept and cease fire is notified. Bernadotte hopes to stop fighting though warns it is not over.
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Lake Success
Israel
United Nations
Moshe Shertok
Tel Aviv
Trygve Lie
Aubrey S. Eban
Shertok
Lie
Folke Bernadotte
Bernadotte
Rome
Ciampino
Palestine
U.N
Schuman Strives To Avert France Government Strike
Paris July 10 Premier Robert Schuman met labor leaders in an 11th hour attempt to stave off a general strike by government workers. Three union groups pressed for a shakeup in civil servant salary classification. Jean Biondi said the cabinet agreed to spend about 100 million to meet the demands.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Jean Biondi
William H Whiting Jr a noted Hampden Sydney educator
William H Whiting Jr of Clay Hill Academy and Hampden Sydney College for over four decades is lauded as a profound influence on many young men. Born in Clarke, he led Hampden Sydney to its head of his class in 1880 and served on the faculty from 1902 to 1939. A gifted speaker and scholar, his portrait gift to Hampden Sydney drew high praise from Dr J D Eggleston who compared his character to Thomas Moore.
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William H. Whiting JR
Wm. H Whiting Jr
Clay Hill
Hampden-Sydney
Clarke
Dr. Whiting
Hampden
Sydney College
Clay Hill Academy
J. D. Eggleston
Erasmus
Thomas Moore
William H. Whiting
Seabright Given Best Hotel Suite by NYC Hotel
Warren Seabright, owner of Winchester Seed Co., entered a New York City Pennsylvania Hotel last week with his wife and daughter. An assistant manager rushed to greet him as Gov Warren, claiming a suite on the 16th floor was reserved. Seabright repeatedly corrected the manager that he is not the Republican VP nominee nor California governor. The family was shown the best suite, while Gov Warren and his daughters later received the second best suite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Seabright
Winchester Seed Co
Pennsylvania
New York City
Gov. Warren
Seabright
Ann Adams
Mervel Adams
N. Braddock S&t
California
Emergency Staff To Handle Polio Set Up by State
A three man emergency polio staff was formed by Virginia health officials to act if a summer outbreak strikes. Four more infantile paralysis cases were reported, bringing the total to 30 for the year. Victims include a Wythe County woman 23 a 5 year old Alexandria boy an 8 year old Danville area boy and a 6 year old Callands Pittsylvania County boy. Dr A L Carson Jr named state health commissioner L J Roper to head the unit aided by Dr L L Shamberger and Dr W E Chapin who will confer with North Carolina authorities. Carson also becomes temporary director of the bureau of communicable diseases as Browne leaves for Evansville Ind.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Health Department
Wythe County
Alexandria
Danville Area
Callands
Pittsylvania County
A. L. Carson Jr
L. J. Roper
L. L. Shamberger
W. E. Chapin
North Carolina
Carson
Bureau of
W. A. Browne
Evansville
Ind
Soviet Tightens Berlin Controls and U S Resists
American and British commanders cancelled leaves for personnel in Soviet blocked Berlin while noting no submission to new Soviet traffic restrictions. The move follows ADN claims that Western highway traffic would require special Soviet permits and border patrols would search all Allied vehicles for forbidden goods.
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Berlin
George P. Hays
U. S
Germany
Hays
ADN
To Yield Berlin Is to Risk War Says Churchill
In a Woodford rally Churchill warned yielding on Berlin would end the chance to avoid a third war. He described the anxious hour awaiting Soviet replies to Western notes and suggested internal strains in the Soviet regime, noting Tito’s denunciation and the Berlin crisis.
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Berlin
Churchill
Woodford
Eng
Russia
Cominform
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
High Court May Rule Monday On Loans for School Buildings
In Richmond the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is set to rule on whether localities may borrow from the State retirement fund for school construction. The decision could unlock about 4 million dollars in suspended projects including Berryville and Boyce in Clarke county and other local facilities amid debates over constitutional funding.
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High Court
Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia
Princess Anne County
Literary Fund
General Assembly
Henry G. Gilmer
Jesse W. Dillon
Virginia Supreme Court
Almond
Berryville
Boyce
Clarke County
Truman to Win Nomination By Default in Virginia
Gov. Tuck and Virginia Democrats, pessimistic about anti Truman hopes, boarded a late train to Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention. The state could still name its own ticket if Philadelphia actions displeace Virginia, though Combs and other aides expect Truman to be nominated.
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Richmond
Tuck
Philadelphia
Truman
Virginia
E. R. Combs
Senate
Combs
Carter O. Lewance
Ben Lacy
Record 1948 corn crop forecast surpasses 1946 peak
Washington reports the Agriculture Department forecasts a nation leading corn crop of 3,328,862,000 bushels for 1948 based on July 1 conditions. Wheat prospects rise 4 percent to 1,241,751,000 bushels while rice, oats, and barley also show record or above average prospects. Cotton acreage up 10 percent from 1947.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Red Cross Swimming Classes Start July 19
Winchester-Frederick Red Cross and Willow Lawn pool manage ment offer summer swimming program for youth. Enrolment cards determine class numbers and types. Courses span three beginner to swimmer levels with two life saving courses Junior and Senior.
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Winchester
Winchester-Frederick
The
Red Cross
Willow Lawn _ pool management
Roosevelt Likely Loses Calif. Committee Post At Convention
At the Philadelphia Democratic convention James Roosevelt faces a setback as anti Truman factions crumble. Delegates focus on vice presidential possibilities with Sen. Lucas seen as a frontrunner for second on the ticket and talks of Justice Douglas or Rep. McCormack for the spot. Roosevelt’s caucus to back Eisenhower may be dropped as factions realign.
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Philadolphia
James Roosevelt
Truman
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
McCormack
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
California
Tru
Gen
Eisenhower
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Democratic National Committee
South
Deansion
Whole Hotel Rented By Enlisted Men
New York July 10 The Mitchel Field Air Force base enlisted men will occupy all 51 rooms of the Lawrence hotel in Rockaway Beach. Corp. Charles G. Sattler of the base persuaded owner Joseph West to rent the entire hostelry to service members on a yearly basis, while officers are said to manage their own arrangements.
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New York
Mitchel Field Air Force Base
Public Information Division
Said Corp
Charles G. Sattler
Lawrence Hotel
Rockaway Beach
Joseph West
West
President Truman Faces Nomination By Default Said Unfortunate
Philadelphia report notes Democrats will nominate Truman with little real contest. Eisenhower and Douglas no longer in race, but many would have preferred one of them. The piece calls the nomination largely a formality and questions broad party support for Truman in November.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Promaine
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
William O. Douglass
Mr. Truman
Scout Troop Clears Picnic Area at Rock Enon
A dispatch notes 28 members of Boy Scout Troop Market Street Methodists started work on their Enon development project clearing a picnic area at Rock Enon. The item signals continued coverage on page 2. Col. 4.
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Rock Enon
A. Harold Rowe
Res
Market St. Methodiat Ee Sala
Enon
Stallion Alibhal sale near record price in syndicate deal
Abram S. Hewitt leads a 30 breeder syndicate negotiating a $500000 purchase of the English-bred stallion Alibhal from L. B. Mayer. The 10 year old Hyperion sire with Tere Sina dam has world record earnings per progeny and will be sent to Spendthrift farm near Lexington under Leslie Combs management. Hewitt hosts 25 mares at Lexington for future breeding. four Virginia breeders join the syndicate.
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Alibhal
Abram S. Hewitt
Montana Hall
White Post
L. B. Mayer
California
Hewitt
Alibhail
Lexington
Manuerment
Leslie Combs
Charles Town
Lion
Hyperion
Tere- Sina
Virginia
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Schuman
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N. C
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N.C
State Board of Health
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Mecklenburg
Burke
Roy Norton
Georgia
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