Coal price rise to $1.25 a ton hits local dealers
Coal dealers in Winchester report increases linked to mine price hikes. A. C. Slonaker and Son list nut coal at $10.80 a ton while other coal types may rise by $1.25 per ton depending on supplier. Local firms await exact figures as deliveries continue under existing contracts.
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Winchester
A. C. Slonr and Son
Bruce Er
Slonaker
Hantas Coal
Mton Snider
W. B. Snider Son
Snider
C. L. Robinson Ice and Coalge Co. Ofice
Virginia five day forecast shows warm spells ahead
The Virginia forecast calls for a warm Thursday and Saturday with showers on Wednesday and Thursday and again on Saturday or Sunday. Light to moderate precipitation totals near one inch expected across the period.
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Virginia
Temperatures Show Change From Last Year
Report lists current temperature highs 78 and lows B compared with year ago highs 86 and lows. Data appears incomplete with missing unit details for the low and unclear designation for B.
Inflation Contract With Miners Seen Stabilizing Economy
George M. Humphrey, a top coal and steel executive, told a Congressional committee that the new coal contract with the United Mine Workers will spur output and help retard inflation by avoiding strikes. He and Benjamin Fairless led secret negotiations with John Lewis that produced the agreement, which aims to increase production and reduce costs while stabilizing prices amid wage pressures.
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Washington
Geroge M. Humphrey
Coal and Steel
Humphrey
John Lews
Earl Bunting
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Truman
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
M. A. Hanna Corp
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel
Lewis
Clearbrook Lawn Party Tomorrow In Virginia
Plans are completed for a yard party at 5 p m on the lawn of Stonewall high school in Clearbrook Virginia. Proceeds benefit the Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Dept to cover maintenance costs of the new firefighting organization. The event is expected to be one of the largest in the area serving communities from Winchester to Bunker Hill and Burnt Factory to White Hall.
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Stonewall High School
Clearbrook
Stonewall
Clearbrook Fire Dept
EAGLE
Sarah Zane
J. T. Corrigan
Aerie No. 824
Woaty
Belchic
Relief program eyeing 1400 idle workers in Winchester area
About 1,400 unemployed in Winchester and vicinity, per F W Bailey of the Virginia State Employment Service, face no immediate relief. Fall prospects show fewer processing jobs due to a smaller fruit crop with two thirds of jobless being women in food processing, while skilled and semi skilled textile workers dominate the pool. Truck drivers and farm workers show declines but construction and related trades offer limited prospects.
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Inchester
F. W Bailey
Virginia State Ployment Service
Bailey
Ement
NAM Head Says Price Level Has Flattened Out
NAM President Earl Bunting of Winchester Virginia told Congress that the United effort for greater production and tax cuts to provide venture capital can sustain growth and absorb this year's second round of wage increases without inflation. He noted prices have flattened and warned wage hikes for coal miners may raise costs for manufactured goods and transport.
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Washington
NAM
Earl Bunting
Winchester
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
United Effort
Bunting
OPA
Rent Control Office Opens Two Days Weekly in Winchester
The rent control office will be in Winchester starting Thursday and then every Tuesday and Thursday each week from 10 am to 4 pm. A representative from the Front Royal area rent control office will assist landlords and tenants in the county at the room used by the board of supervisors in the county courthouse annex.
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Rent Control Office
Front Royal
Winchester
Tennants
Board of Supervisors
County Court House
Strikes and Lockouts Down in First Half of 1947
Washington reports that between January and June 1947 about 2 200 work stoppages occurred affecting roughly 1 56 million employees and causing 20 to 21 million lost mondays. This follows a 1946 peak with nearly 3 million involved and 89 million man days idle.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
North
Cameron St
Capitol Theatre
Dewey Heavy Favorite in Governors VP Preference Poll
A secret ballot of Republican governors shows Thomas E. Dewey of New York as the top pick for 1948 presidential nominee with 10 first place votes. Earl Warren and others trail, while Democratic governors express wide indecision about a vice presidential candidate with several names receiving single votes.
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Jack Bell
Salt Lake City
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
James F. Byrnes
A. P
Associated Press
Desert News
Salt Lake Telegram
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dwight Green
Illinois
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Edward Marti
Pennsylvania
Truman
Byrnes
Marshall
Navy
Forrestal
Commerce
Harriman
Mon Wallgren
Washington
Scott Lucas
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
The
News
the Telegram
Medical Supplies Rushed to Quake Hit Pasto Area
The government sent medical supplies and assistance to Pasto in Southern Colombia after a series of temblors cut communication with Bogota. Unofficial reports estimate hundreds of buildings wrecked in Pasto, a 50 000-population city near the Ecuador border. Ipiales, about 15 000 to 20 000 residents, also possibly affected.
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Bogata
Columbia
Pasto
Ecuador
Bogota
Ipiales
Sgt. Joe Ritter Attends FBI National Academy
Sgt. Joe Ritter of the Winchester police leaves for the FBI National Academy in Washington for 12 weeks. He is the first local officer to attend, with training across all police phases. His costs are paid by the city. he served since 1938 apart from Navy service.
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Joe Ritter
Winchester
FBI National Academy
Washington
Sgt. Ritter
U. S. Navy
16 Nation Bloc Plans Survey For U S Aid
Paris July 15 The 16 nation European economic conference approved plans to speed recovery under the Marshall proposal. A rules committee nominated Britain France Italy Norway and the Netherlands to a key executive group and created four subcommittees on food and agriculture iron and steel transport coal and energy. The plenary session would be the last until detailed resource and need assessments are complete before applying for U S aid.
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Paris
European Economic Conference
Britain
France
Italy
Norway
Netherlands
U.S
George C. Marshall
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Benelux
Luxembourg
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Bidault
U. S
Organization of European Recovery
United States
Safety Group to Tell Of Progress Toward Organizing Council
The Winchester and Frederick county safety council steering committee led by George Jones will report at 8 PM Thursday at a citizen mass meeting in the chamber of commerce basement. The committee will present the proposed operating budget constitution by laws board nominees and managing director prospects.
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Winchester and Frederick County
Fourteen Year Olds Welcome Baby in Chel Sea Hospital
In Chelsea Massachusetts on June 15 a 14 year old youth awaited the first view of a daughter born to his 14 year old bride. The father Miller Mitchell will be old enough to meet the maternity ward age rule which requires visitors to be at least 14.
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Chelsea
Mass
Chelsea Hospital
Miller Mitchell
United States Urges Urgent Balkan Top Priority at UN
The United States asks the United Nations Security Council to make the Balkan crisis the focus this week noting its urgency. Herschel V. Johnson proposed shifting Balkan talks from this afternoon to the morning session and excluding other issues pending a decision. Greek authorities also urged speeding the debate while the council continued discussion on the global police force.
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Lake Success
United States
United Nations Security Council
Balkan
Herschel V. Johnson
U. S
Johnson
Washington
Oscar Lange
Poland
Balkans
Lange
Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Loudoun Street One Way Traffic Ordinance Debate
City council weighs a plan to make Loudoun Street between Cork and Piccadilly Streets one way. Residents and business leaders voice support and objections citing bus operation needs, pedestrian safety, and congestion from trucks. Public opinions invited via mail or phone.
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City Council
Loudoun St
Cork
Piccadilly Sts
E. W. Argenbright
Huntsberry’s
Loudoun Street
Rouss Ave
Indian Alley
Boscawen St
Cameron To
Braddock Sts
John E. Anderson
Morningside Drive
C. H. Arme
S. Cameron St
Main Street
Greek National Forces Corner Guerrillas
Air Minister Panayotis Canellopoulos said the situation favors national forces in Epirus where Greek troops trap guerrilla units near Ioannina. Eight battalions about 2,500 men, plus two advancing columns, threaten Konitsa and Kalpaki as clashes loom west of Ioannina.
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Athens
Panayotis
Canellopoulos
Epirus
Ioannina
Janina
Greece
Albania
Yugoslavia
Second Army Corps
Tronina
Epsirus
Konitsa
Ioanina
Konsita
Toanina
Lightning Strikes Worker on Philadelphia Road Project
A bolt of lightning stripped the shirt from Anthony Perdicaro as he worked on a road project in Philadelphia. He was knocked unconscious and suffered a slight burn. Fire department responders treated him on scene and he was later reported in stable condition.
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Philadelphia
Anthony Perdicaro
United States Outlines Stable Productive Germany Policy
The United States issued a policy directive to occupation authorities stressing a stable and productive Germany as key to Europe’s order and prosperity. It directs the American zone commander to work toward economic unity with other zones and to pursue rehabilitation through disarmament and demilitarization while avoiding external imposition of a specific government form.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Europe
State Department
Lucius D
Russia
Eo Ae
Clay
Berryville taxi driver dies from injuries in crash
William Foltz, 23, a Berryville taxi driver, died at Winchester Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile taxi crash last Thursday. Born in Hampshire County in 1924, he served in the Navy during World War II. Survived by parents Grover C. and Walford Foltz, five sisters, a brother, and all residents of Berryville. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at John H. Enders funeral home with Rev. George Lightner officiating. interment Green Hill cemetery.
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William Foitz
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Berryville
Hampshire Common
Grover C
Walford Foltz
Alma Stokes
Lenora Crim
Divona Braithwaite
Shirley Foltz
Caroline Foltz
Blake A. Poltz
Arcents
John H. Enders
George 8. Lightner
Green Hill Cemetery
Deaths in Plane Crash Prompt Marital Mixup
Melbourne Fla July 15 a death certificate for Joye Shultz MacKinnon lists the deceased as Joyce Shultz MacKinnon and her husband as Roderick Paul MacKinnon amid confusion after a crash. Relatives disputed prior identifications as the couple were identified as spouses of the co pilot. Mothers and kin in Miami Princeton and Rochester identified the bodies and wedding rings confirmed ties to the crew.
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Melbourne
Fla
Joyce Shultz MacKinnon
Roderick Paul MacKinnon
Andrew J. Burk
A. R. MacKinnon
Rochester
N. Y
Red Cross
C. D. Evers
Miami
Mary Jane MacKinnon
MacKinnon
J. P. Kelley
Princeton
N. J
Kelley
Houston
Tex
Emma Shultz
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West Virginia
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Cameron Street
Montague Ave
Dial
Sgt
FBI Academy
America
West Va
Beyond Va
Winchester Evening Star
U.N
Margaret McVicar
Peyton St
Gene Miller
Kalpaki
Voisilver
Foreign Office
London
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