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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1947

Page

2

Attendance High At Rouss Springs Playground This Summer

Hunter Maddox director of the summer program says Rouss Springs playground averages 100 daily with last week 333 boys and 167 girls registered. Handley and Douglas playgrounds run about 25 and 55 daily. Tennis courts at Rouss Springs should be ready soon. Kids fish in the Senseng Rd pond and daily instruction runs 6:30 to 7:30 p m.

Rouss Springs Hunter Maddox Handley Playground Douglas Maddox Senseng Rd

Plan Frauds Probe Initiated by House Judiciary Committee

Washington July 11 The House Judiciary Committee will investigate Lindsay Warren's charges that at least 19 war contractors defrauded the government of more than 2 million dollars in contract settlements.

Washington Michener R-Mich House Judiciary Committee Lindsay Warren

W Dailey Funeral Pallbearers Named

Funeral for Waford Dailey announced with pallbearers Clifton Light Morris Snapp Berlyn Slonaker Elmer Swartz Garland Snyder and Harry Ridgeway. Dailey a Frederick county native and former Pittsburgh policeman. The cortege leaves Omp's funeral home at 2 p.m. for the Rest Church funeral service.

Waford Dailey Clifton Light Morris Snapp Berlyn Slonaker Elmer Swartz Garland Snyder Harry Ridgeway Dailey Frederick County Pittsburgh Omp

Cemetery Clean Up Planned At Timber Ridge Church

The Timber Ridge Christian Church cemetery will be cleaned at 8 a.m. Saturday and visitors with relatives buried there are asked to assist. A stray note about fish anatomy is not relevant to the event.

Timber Ridge Christian Church

Card of Thanks for William Geanious

The Geanious family thanks all for kindnesses shown after the death of their son and brother William Geanious.

Wiliam Geanious Geanious

Auction Notices in Winchester and Stephens City Listings

July dates show sales for Miller Jenkins at 115 N Cameron Winchester furniture and personal property. John W Kern Estate at No Loudoun Extends 7 room house and lot and appliances. Jack Kemp near Stephens City offers household and kitchen furniture. Chester Richards manages a route 50 listing of furniture sales.

John W. Kern North Loudoun St Winchester City Limits Maytag Miller Jenkins Cameron St Winchester Loudoun St Jack Kemp Stephens City Chester Richards

Washington News Coverage by AP Evokes Praise

Roanoke July 11 AP coverage of Washington is praised as diligent and forthright by Paul Miller head of the Washington bureau who resigns to join Gannett effective Aug 1 He notes growth from 347 staff in 1939 to 737 reporters and editors 127 radio correspondents and 102 photographers. William C Barnes named Virginia AP chairman succeeding W C Stouffer.

Roanoke Washington Paul Miller Wallington Associated Press Pat Virginia Press Association Toay Miller Gannett Newspapers William C. Barnes Martinsville Daily Bulletin Virginia W. C. Stouffer Roanoke World News

State urged to establish farm industrial hospital for alcoholics

Virginia officials consider a central 400 to 500 bed farm industrial institution for chronic alcoholics with optional small clinics in Norfolk Arlington Roanoke Charlottesville and Richmond. A Yale based study cites more than 15 000 inebriates and about 45 000 heavy or problem drinkers in the state.

Richmond State Hospital Board Yale University Virginia Norfolk Arlington Roanoke Charlottesville

Pineapple Workers Strike Shuts Hawaii Cannery Plants

In Honolulu on July 11 the CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's union called 12 000 pineapple workers off the job as talks failed over wages. Eight canneries and plantations shut down amid a $65 000 000 annual industry with losses potentially exceeding $500 000 daily. The union seeks a 23 2 cent raise but would accept 15 cents. companies offer 10 cents.

Honolulu CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union

Rally to Finance Repairs at Church

Rev. E. H. Jackson announced that John Mann Methodist Church will sponsor a rally at 8 pm on October 12 to raise 1225 dollars for finishing repairs and painting. The project continues remodeling with a heating plant roof and gutters already installed. The board met Tuesday night marking the new conference year after the pastor's fifth consecutive year.

E. H. Jackson John Mann Methodist Church Jackson

Presidents And Their Wives booklet details White House history

This 52 page pamphlet covers all presidents and their wives with pictures biographical sketches. It lists names terms offices politics religions birthplaces education and family history. Price fifteen cents postpaid with coupon to Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington DC.

White House Truman United States Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Eye St N. E Washington, D.C

Egypt protests to U N on delay in evacuation

Egypt demandes action from the United Nations Security Council over the slow evacuation and presence of British troops on Egyptian soil. Mahmoud Hassan Pasha delivered the complaint to Kerno, assistant secretary general, at Lake Success. Cairo declared a state of emergency as police halted a Wafdist youth march in Al Azhar Square.

Lake Success Egypt United Nations Security Council Kerno United Nations Mahmoud Hassan Pasha United States Cairo al Azhar

Record Wheat Crop Forecast Boosts 1942-46 Farm Peak

The department predicted wheat production will exceed last month's 1.409 billion bushels by 25 million, enabling large exports and some livestock feed. Overall crop prospects may top the 1942-46 five best years, despite July weather improving after early floods.

Department

U S Rubber to Operate Borger Plant Move

U S Rubber Co announced it will take over operation of the 45 000 ton government synthetic rubber plant at Borger Texas and relinquish operation of the Los Angeles plant. Operations will be gradually reduced at the Institute West Virginia plant.

New York U. S. Rubber Co Borger Texas Los Angeles Institute W. Va

Senate divides on income tax relief and House override

Senator Robertson backs a personal exemption based relief plan while supporting a flat percentage cut. House votes show strong support for the override of a tax cut bill, with 302 to 112 after an initial 273 to 137. Wherry predicts Senate votes in favor. discussion notes regional rainiest and driest areas in the U.S.

White House Wherry Nebraska House Senate Robertson D-Va

Undefined financial entries listed in a ledger item

The fragment lists line items including capital, surplus, and undivided profits with numbers 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 27, 29 and 30, hinting at a balance sheet section. No further context or entities are provided to clarify the exact accounts or totals involved.

Government assigns A-1 priority to fish hooks

During World War II the U S Government rated fish hooks as highly important with an A-1 priority. The National Geographic Society estimates Java and Madeora hold about 50 million people.

U. S The National Geographic Society Java Madeora

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