Nine Crew Die In Plane Crash At Elgin Field
Nine crew members of a four engine bomber were killed when the plane crashed near Valpariso Florida after taking off from Klein Field on a training flight. One crewman was seriously injured and another minor injury reported. Names withheld pending next of kin notification. Captain Robert Gaughan said the crash happened shortly after 8 a.m. central standard time.
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Elgin Field
Fla
Valpariso
Klein Field
Robert Gaughan
Gaughan
Steel Advances $6 to $10 a Ton in Wheeling
The Wheeling Steel Corp. announced price increases on all products due to higher labor costs and rising raw material prices. Plates rose from 2.65 to 2.95 per hundredweight, hot rolled sheets from 2.50 to 2.80, cold rolled sheets from 3.20 to 3.55, and galvanized sheets from 3.55 to 3.95 per hundredweight, with multiple tonnage impacts.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Steel Corp
Market Prices Rise for Pipe and Metals
Prices for copper and various pipe products increased with steel pipe advancing to four dollars and five cents per hundredweight, an equivalent ten dollar per ton rise. Black pipe gained seven dollars per ton and galvanized pipe ten dollars per ton.
Institute Hears County Realty Tax Discussion
Virginia agriculture officials and delegates from farm groups met in Blacksburg for the three day Institute of Rural Affairs opening. Col Francis Miller will address international agricultural problems tonight. future sessions cover health housing and economics with speeches by Ruby Lopez and M W Ziegler. Ritz cites studies showing real estate levies lower in some counties since 1933 while state aid rose steeply, questioning property tax fairness.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Agricultural
Institute of Rural Affairs
E. E. Fawcett
Miller Barley
Walker Bond
Frederick County
Agnes Shirley
Francis Miller
Fairfax
Virginia General Assebly
Institute
M. W. Ziegler
Ruby Lopez
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Wilfred J. Ritz
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural Conference Board
Alexander Enters Real Estate Field
J. R. Alexander Jr a local general insurance agent announces his entry into real estate. He moved to Winchester from Harrisonburg 18 years ago and has held roles at Bickers Motor Co a drug store and the North America Insurance Society of Virginia. He leads the Winchester Lions and the Agents Loyalty Club. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce the Izaak Walton league and Braddock Street Methodist Church.
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J. R. Alexander, Jr
Alexander
Harrisonburg
Winchester
the Bickers Motor Co
H. M. Gaunt
Winchester Lions
Agents Loyalty Club of North America
Insurance Society of Virginia Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Izaak Walton
Price of baseballs for major league clubs
The baseballs used by major league clubs this season cost $2.00 each.
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H.M.N. A
GOP Budget Cuts Estimated At $1.6 Billion
Administration budget experts estimate federal spending near the Truman figure of 37.5 billion for the fiscal year with possible June 30 totals. GOP and Democratic leaders clash over claimed savings while foreign aid items and Britain's loan draw threaten to widen the gap.
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GOP
Washington
Administration
Truman
Congress
Britain
New Testament Origin on Handley Shelves
At Handley Library the new book New Testament Origin by George M. Lamsa is added to shelves. The Assyrian author argues the New Testament was first written in Aramaic, with translations to Greek and many archaic terms clarified.
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Handley Shelves
George M. Lamsa
Handley Eee
Assyria
Iran
Turkey
America
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Dropsie College
Philadelphia
Lamsa
Jesus
Paul
Near East
India
The Making of Wire Among Ancient Metal Crafts
A brief note on wire making as one of the nine oldest metalworking crafts, highlighting its place in early technology and craft traditions.
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Fireglass Coffee Makers
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Radio Sales & Service
Boscawen St
Molden
Loudoun St
Northern
Hears County Realty Tax Discussion
Real
Miller’s Hardware and Household Supplies
N. Loudoun St
Lhe
Fred Neher
Elroy
Wee
Cooking
John Eisenhower
Cooks and Bakers School
Ft. Benning
West Point
George R. Hurd
Augusta
Garland W. Persinger
Williamson
Eisenhower
International Soundphoto
Taber
R-Ny
House Appropriations Committee
Sparkplug
Rep
Gore
D-Tenn
House
Treasury
Rep. Cannon D-Mo
Jones Ctuneral
Farmers’ Market
Clarke County
F. C. Hutteman
Berryville
John A. Miller
C. C. Lewis
Boyce
Leslie Lucas
Hayfield
Noel Williams
Mt. Williams
Oates
R. E. L. Heaster
White Hall
L.W. A
Better Vision Institute
Valley Weatherstrip
Bath
Furnace
Tommy D. Lockhart
U.S. Route 50
Shenandoah River
River House
Virginia
Cloverdale
Cloverdale Spring CO
Newville, PA
D. A. Gordon Co
Winchester, Va
Soft Water Service
Shenandoah Servisoft Co
George Washington Hotel
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