Winchester reports $88,000 surplus in year end finances
City records show a surplus of about 88 000 dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30. The general fund adds 73 083 dollars and the water and sewer fund 15 271 dollars. The council approved allocations from unappropriated surpluses for Virginia Ave school addition and jail expansion.
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Winchester
Council
John Steck Jr
Steck
Virginia Ave
S. L. Grant
S. Lee Grant
Virginia Woolen Co
Middleway
W. Va
Fay Spring
Rouss Spring
Old Town
Grant
Washington Offers Lieut Col Post to Angus McDonald in 1777
General Washington appoints Angus McDonald of Winchester to a Lieut Col position in one of 16 new battalions, urging acceptance for duty and warning against neglect of military character. McDonald declines the commission in a courteous letter dated April 20, 1777. Also an advertisement for screen doors and aluminum frame screens by E. W. Armstrong Co. at 37 E Piccadilly St with immediate delivery.
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Morris Town
Washington
Angus McDonald
Winchester
Virginia
Thruston
Frederick Parish
McDonald
E. W. Armstrong CO
E. Piccadilly St
Speed Law Violators Face Radar Type Recorder Here
City police may deploy a radar type speed recording device to crack down on speeding on local streets. Public safety chair Claude Smalts said the council is still investigating the instrument and its cost after council meetings repeatedly consider the issue.
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Claude Smalts
Public Safety
Council
Grain Crop Loss From Rain Feared
County Agent I Fred Stine warns rain and damp weather may have caused up to 15 percent damage to grain crops. Barley and winter oats mostly threshed while much wheat remained uncut and spring oats partly harvested. Clear skies welcome growers but little threshing expected before next week. High moisture noted in current threshing. Rain aided corn pastures and gardens. Record barley yields include Hugh Brill 54 bushels from 934 acres on Glass estate near Winchester. W F Orndorff reports 304 bushels per wheat and Fred Ridings 445 bushels from 17 acres at Stephens City.
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Fred Stine
Hugh Brill
Glass
Winchester
W. F. Orndorff
Stephenson
Fred Ridings
Stephens City
Bright Opposes Horace Edwards Nomination for Governor
Richmond July 14 Former Mayor J Fulmer Bright says Horace H Edwards is a tax and spend advocate. He cites Edwards two year mayoral term where nine taxes were imposed or raised including gas water electricity telephones amusements licenses machinery and wholesale and retail purchases. He notes a proposed real estate tax rise from 2.20 to 2.50 per 100 was rejected by the city council.
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Richmond
J. Fulmer Bright
Horace H. Edwards
Edward
Bright
Edwards
General Bright
News Leader Backing Senator Battle for Governor Nomination
The Richmond News Leader endorsed John S. Battle for the Democratic nomination. The editorial praised his steady and thoughtful governance over the next four years, noting he might not be vibrant but would provide reliable leadership. the paper found the other three candidates less worthy.
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Richmond
Richmond News Leader Today
John S. Battle
Commonwealth
Battle
American Convoy Clears Soviet Zone For Berlin Run
In Helmstedt Germany 60 truck American convoy passes Soviet checkpoint in under a minute as Russian guards ease restrictions on Berlin bound transport. German cargoes from west Germany with perishables receive priority and entry resumes at normal pace.
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Helmstedt
Germany
Berlin
U. S
West Germany
Battle gains Wise GOP endorsement for Virginia gubernatorial race
Democratic candidate John S. Battle touted by Republican leader Henry A. Wise as unsolicited but patriotic support in the four way Democratic primary race. Battle stressed Virginia voters should reject out of state labor influence and back his bid on August 2.
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John S. Battle
Henry A. Wise
Charlottesville
Richmond
Sidney 8. Kellam
Senator Battle
Wise
Battle
Francis P. Miller
CIO
Colonel Wise
Virginia
Truman to Set Up Steel Board Without Delay
The White House announced President Truman would establish a steel fact finding board tomorrow to review the wage-pension dispute with United States Steel Republic and Bethlehem regardless of the Big Three’s response. CIO chief Philip Murray signaled readiness to strike if firms refuse the plan while a broader 60 day truce could shield plants.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles Ross
Ross
United States Steel
Republic
Bethlehem
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
Murray
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Union
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Wage Rate Data Taken Here Is Being Studied
A public hearing on prevailing wage rates ended at George Washington hotel. E West Parkinson of the U S Labor Department said a determination would come soon. J Sloan Kuykendall for Winchester hospital argued the proposed scale was high. Union representatives supported the rates as fair. Briefs could be submitted after the hearing.
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George Washington
Washington
E. West Parkinson
U. S. Labor Department
Labor Department
Winchester Hospital
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Yard Party at Burnt Factory Methodist Church
Community event advertised for Wednesday July 20 featuring country ham and chicken sandwiches and homemade cakes and pies from 1 to 7 pm. Also notes for sale of frying and roasting chickens delivered from the grower with call number 3959. Local benefit from Friendship Fire Co announced with weekly sale at John Kerr school grounds on July 15 and 16.
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John Kerr School
Benefit Friendship Fire Co
Smoke Ordinance Lacking in City Council Case
Thirteen residents from Grey stone Terrace and Millwood Ave petitioned the city council for relief from soot and smoke from the Royal Crown Bottling Co. plant but were advised the council cannot act without a smoke ordinance. Signers include Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cather, Mr. and Mrs. Pur cell Plank, Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. Blosser, and others.
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Greystone Terrace
Millwood Ave
Royal Crown Bottling Co
R. E. Myers
Hubert Cather
Purcell Plank
Ray A. Blosser
Nursery School Seeks Quarters as Braddock Church Ends Lease
An emergency appeal is issued by Mrs. E. W. Barr for quarters to house the Gertrude Barton Nursery, serving 25 to 40 pre school children. The Braddock St. Methodist church ends the nine year free location, prompting calls from parents and supporters for immediate relocation options.
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Gertrude Barton
E. W. Barr
Braddock St
Elsie Carpenter
Pennsylvania Ave
D. M. Burton
National Ave
One-way Traffic Plan For Indian Alley Proposed
Winchester police will soon implement a one way traffic plan on Indian Alley routing southbound from Piccadilly to Cork and northbound from Piccadilly to Fairfax Lane. Police anticipate several weeks before signs are erected. Council also finalizes a parking restriction on Fairmont Ave east side and considers similar limits on National Ave and N Loudoun St.
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Winchester
Indian Alley
Claude Smalts
Public Safety Committee
Council
Piccadilly
Cork
Piccagug
Fairfax Lane
J. Thomas Boyd
Fairmont Ave
National Ave
N. Loudoun St
Winchester Electric Store Opens with Free Gift
Orndorff's Electric Service invites the public to the opening of Winchester's NEW ELECTRIC Store at 216 S Loudoun St with a free gift for attendees. The event begins Saturday at 9 a.m. and is held opposite the Central Amoco Station.
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Winchester
S. Loudoun St
Orndorff
Amoco
Food prices rise slightly as drought hits produce
The Associated Press reports retail food prices moved upward mainly for produce due to a long drought. Northeastern states suffered the heaviest losses with Massachusetts and Cape Cod cranberry vines greatly reduced by dry weather. Eastern potatoes gained price strength as drought slashed yields and shipments from states such as Colorado and Washington diversified supply.
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Associated Press
New Eng
Colorado
Iowa
Atlantic
Chicago
Cleveland
Long Island
New York
National Cranberry Assn
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Processors Take Forty Percent Of 1948 Virginia Apple Yield
Virginia reports 3 227 000 bushels of 1948 apples sold to processors, 40 percent of the 8 240 000 bushel crop. Ninety one percent of apples used by Virginia plants were grown in Virginia. Growers received 2 158 000 dollars, average price 1 62 per 100 pounds.
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Virginia
Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
China to Fight Win All Lose All Chiang Declares
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek declared that war is the sole solution to China's communist problem and that the Nationalists will fight to final victory. He spoke through the Central News Agency after arriving in Canton and followed Premier Yen Hsi-shan's vow that there would be no more peace talks.
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Canton
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Yen Hsi-shan
Tower-top Sitter Descends From Lima State Tower
Raymond Jutila, 35, former Warren, Ohio resident held a 130 foot water tower perch at Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane for nearly 29 hours. He climbed down after receiving a telegram from Warren Police Chief William Johnson confirming his family was safe.
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Lima. O
Raymond Jutila
Kil Jey
Lima State Hospital
Jutila
Warren, O
William Johnson
Warren
O. Byron Newland
O. K
Johnson
Doctor Jim' Honored By Roosevelt Hospital
One of Winchester's most talented sons, Dr James I. Russell, honored in New York as Roosevelt hospital opens a new 630000 dollar wing named the James I. Russell Memorial Building. He served at Roosevelt for 40 years becoming chief of surgery in 1929 and died in 1944 at age 69.
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Winchester
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
O'Dwyer
James I. Russell
Jim” Russell
Russell
Rooseveltt Hospital
Britain Cuts Imports From United States Amid Rentless Budget Tightening
Britain slashed imports from the United States and other dollar areas by 25 percent for the year, Cripps told the House of Commons. Purchases from the U S will total about 1200 million, with reductions in tobacco and candy rations, but butter and meat quotas to rise amid British-Argentine trade gains and seasonal home supply boosts. Dock labor tensions trigger emergency powers as strikes idle most docks along the Thames, with Parliament backing measures against the strike leaders and dock unions.
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London
Britain
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
United States
Cripps
U. S
Food Ministry
Labor
King George
Thames River
Clement Attley
Commons
Dana Wisgress
Mellon to Present Farm and Cash for Pasture Research
Paul Mellon of Upperville donates a farm and 125000 for forage crop and pasture research to Virginia Tech. The presentation is set for 10 a m at the Middleburg Community center with Rep Howard W Smith speaking on Virginia's greatest asset. Dr Walter S Newman and Dr H N Young will preside and introduce Dr R E Blaser who will conduct the project at VPI.
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Middleburg
Virginia Tech
Paul Mellon
Upperville
Mellon
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
John R. Hutche
VPI
Walter S. Newman
Timber Ridge Ladies Aid Dinner Update
Timber Ridge church announces a Ladies Aid event on Saturday July 16 beginning at 5 p.m. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach. Volunteers are asked to bring a dish to share and to arrive early for setup.
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Timber Ridge Church Ladies Aid
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Horace Edwards
News Leader
GOP
West Va
Beyond Va
Winchester Evening Star
Lovett’s Shoe & Dress Shop
Gladiolus
M. Russell
King
Children’s Aid Society
Thomas Okefe
Ann Delaney
Chiang
Jim
Dr. Russell
Harry K. Russell
James B. Russell
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