City Hosts Opening Night of District Softball Tourney
Winchester prepares for the first Northern Virginia district softball tournament with about 2000 fans expected from Berryville Front Royal Harrisonburg and Arlington. Games begin at 6 pm and finals are set for 9 pm tomorrow on diamond 2 with four local teams competing and a $2500 city grant aiding the event.
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Senseney
Northern Virginia
Winchester
Berryville
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Arlington
Senseney Rd
Softball Commission
Richmond
Bell
Winchester City
County Delegates to VPI Institute Highlight Farm Community
Winchester farmers and agricultural workers will attend the 16th Institute of Rural Affairs in Blacksburg for three days starting Wednesday with morning lectures by national economists and county agents. Registrations expected at 1000. Frederick county attendees include D. K. Russell J. H. Brumbick and several couples along with Home Demonstration club members. Also noted is a political ad arguing taxes and state funding, contrasting Edwards tax increase plan with Senator Battle’s no-tax approach.
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Winchester
16Th
Institute of Rural Affairs
Fred Stine
Blacksburg
Frederick County
D. K. Russell
J. H. Brumb.ck
Omer T. Webb
Edwards
Frederick
Battle
Republican Committee Struggles to Field Poll Officials in City
The city faces a shortage of Republican election judges for the first primary, with only two names initially offered and six added later. Democratic officials list four at Friendship, City Hall, Rouss, and Sarah Zane, while Republicans have no candidates for city posts. Polls run 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday as Democrats eye a record vote.
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Inchester Electoral Board
Richard Eddy
City Electoral Board
Republican City Committee
Mabel Pangle
Vincent Hollis
Electoral Board
J. A. Stretchberry
W. E. Jones
Friendship
Jack Riley
B. F. Davis
Miller Jenkins
Sarah Zane
Ruby Sheetz
City Hall
Reuss
John Kater
Mary Forney
Harvey Carper
William Newlin
C. H. Estes Sr
Katherine Snider
Henry Bush
James Hart
Rouss
B. F. Arthur Jr
W. W. Glass
Robert Swartz
Ellis Ford
Robert Bell
J. F. Helsley
Frank Bayliss
Earl Parks
Old Dominion
Berryville Horse Show Opens With Early Wins
Clarke County Horse and Colt Show Assn opened at Berryville show grounds with a stream of spectators and late entries. Morning blue ribbon winners include Glory B in broodmares and Sir Possum in thoroughbred three-year-olds, with other class winners across green hunters and working hunter events. The schedule lists ponies, memorials, and championship hunter and jumper finals to conclude the event.
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Clarke County Horse and Colt Show Assn
Berryville Show Grounds
Glory
Peach Bros
Elizabeth Nancy Marsh
Catlett
Sir Possum
John T. Lindsey
R. Powell Page
Hunter
Clarke County Tops Third in Virginia Teacher Salaries
Virginia Education Assn reports Clarke County ranks in the top third of Virginia for minimum salaries to teachers with a college degree. Clarke pays $1800 annually, Frederick $1775, Winchester $2000, Arlington and Alexandria $2400, with maximums reaching $4200.
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Virginia Education Assn
Clarke County
Clarke
Frederick County
Winchester
Virginia
Arlington County
Alexandria
Commerce Chamber Grows 50 Percent in Membership
Winchester chamber of commerce now counts 308 members. The past year added 104 new members with 31 signed by others and 73 recruited by Gene Laker, secretary who completed his first year in that role on June 30.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Gene Lakers
Heat Wave Toll Reaches Several. Roanoke Sees Fatality
The Shenandoah area stays near 100 degrees while Washington reports eight heat deaths and 12 collapses as the region endures a prolonged heat wave. Lucian J. King, 57, dies at Lewis Gale hospital after collapsing at a beverage plant. Winchester reports no heat prostration cases.
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Winchester
Washington
Roanoke
Lucian J. King
Lewis Gale Hospital
Winchester Hospital
Polio Spread Alarms Muncie City
The Muncie board of health asked Mayor Holloway to declare a state of emergency to ban all public gatherings to curb infantile paralysis. Ball Memorial Hospital reported 22 positive and 10 suspected cases, with 15 from Muncie, a city of 50 000.
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Muncie
Ind
Economist Argues Steel Can Support Higher Wages
New Deal economist Robert R. Nathan testified before the CIO United Steel Workers and a Truman panel that the steel industry remained highly profitable in early 1949, earning about $800 million after taxes in the first quarter. He urged wage gains, noting productivity rose 50 percent while hourly pay for production workers increased only about 14 percent since 1939. Nathan argued the industry could sustain higher wages at high utilization, contrasting with warns of lower profits in 1949.
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New York
New Deal
Robert R. Nathan
War Production Board
CIO
United Steel Workers
Truman
Nathan
Philip Murray
Legionnaires Headed to State Convention in Danville
Conrad Hoover post plans a large delegation to the American Legion convention at Danville August 4 to 7. Delegates leaving next week include Carl Campbell and Robert Jones Sr for the 40 and 8 meet August 3 and 4, with more traveling Thursday and Friday. A record attendance is expected for the 31st meeting, highlighted by a parade Friday and the election Saturday.
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Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Danville
Carl Campbell
Robert Jones Sr
Turner Sencindiver
Eugene Dearing
Philip Fowle
Carl Lewis
L. E. Hill
Bernard Groves
Kenneth Patton
Robert Manuel
T. G. Scully
M. B. Clowe Jr
Robert Baker
Chinese Reds Drive To Hunan Rice Bowl
National dispatches picture communist forces on the outskirts of Chankteh in Hunan province’s rice bowl The drive from the north appears to be a flanking operation Heavy fighting is reported for Changteh about 100 miles northwest of Changsha the Hunan capital
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Canton
Chankteh
Hunnan
Changteh
Changsha
Hunan
Elks Lodge Picnic and Plate Supper Details
Elks Lodge No. 867 announces an annual picnic at Jordan Springs on Wednesday August 10 with a plate supper at Macedonia Church on July 30 at 6 pm. Home made ice cream cakes and pies featured.
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Elks Lodge No
Jordan Springs
Macedonia Church
Senators Approve Clarke and McGrath Appointments
President Truman’s surprise picks for the Supreme Court and the attorney general posts, Tom Clark and J Howard McGrath, received general Senate support. Clark, 49, would join the court after Justice Mary’s death. McGrath, 45, would move to attorney general and chairs the Democratic National Committee.
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Jack Bell
Truman
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
J. Howard McGrath
Clark
McGrath
Texas
Frank Mary
Democratic National Committee
Rhode Island
Senate
Boyle
M’grath Friends
Democratic
William M. Boyle Jr
Kansas City
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kenn
R-Mo
Ala
Rayburn
Wherry
Nebraska
Jenner Rand
Truman Names Advisory Group on Government Management
President Truman creates an advisory committee on management improvement to aid a government wide modernization plan. Thomas Morgan of Sperry Corp. chairs the group with members including Lawrence A. Appley Vincent Burke Oscar Chapman Herbert Emmerich Edward Mason Otto Nelson James Palmer James E. Webb Gordon Clapp Stephen Early and Budget Director Frank Pace Jr to consult on progress and recommendations.
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Washington
Truman
Thomas Morgan
Sperry Corp
Morerean
Lawrence A. Appley
New Yorker
American Management Assn
Vincent Burke
Oscar Chapman
Herbet Emmerich
Chicago
Cresiting House
Edward Mason
Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration
Otto Nelson
The
New York Life Insurance and Co
James Palmer
Winnetka
Marshall Field
James E. Webb
Gordon Clapp
Stephen Early
Frank Pace Jr
Bradley Sees New Aggressor Bent on Enslaving Exhausted War Victors
President Truman aims to resolve the foreign aid dispute with a bill to be prepared for the Senate. Vice President Barkley discussed the ECA mess with Truman, promising a straightening out and a measure to be issued that day. The $5723 million European recovery fund was returned to the Senate Appropriations Committee due to a technical tangle on the floor.
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Bradley
House
Washington
Truman
Senate
Interior Krug
White House
Barkley
Cutback Decree in Berlin Airlift
Berlin July 29 reports say the combined airlift will be reduced in stages starting next Monday. Western sectors still need 12 000 to 15 000 tons for normal life while current daily flows approach 20 000 tons. a reduced American British force will stay ready to restart airlift if needed.
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Berlin
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Emergency Cash Voted to Keep Government Going
Washington reports 26.809 million in appropriations piling up as Senate House committees seek a compromise to extend emergency funds. A bipartisan bloc challenges many items while measures aim to keep agencies funded through August and foreign recovery programs active.
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Washington
Senate
Senate House
House
Congress
3-Work Week Cuts Coal Output To Half of Normal
The National Coal Association estimated bituminous coal production for the week ended July 23 at 6,965,000 tons, down from 12,335,000 a year earlier. It was the third of three three day work weeks ordered by John L. Lewis during ongoing contract talks with the United Mine Workers.
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Washington
National Coal Assn
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Speeding Motorist Fined $100 After 9 Mile Chase
Keith McDonald of Keyser West Virginia faced a heavy fine for reckless driving in a pursuit by State Trooper J H Wood Jr. McDonald allegedly sped between 90 and 100 mph on Route 50 with passes on double white lines and cresting hills before stopping in Winchester traffic.
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Erle Edwards
Keith McDonald
Keyser
W. Va
Costa
J. H. Wood Jr
McDonald
Winchester
Virginia Sends Polio Respirators To Ohio Capital
Three Virginia communities sent respirators to Columbus Ohio for polio treatment. State representative Lee Hodgkins of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said Portsmouth Clifton Forge and Pennington Gap contributed the devices. The foundation noted Virginia had lower polio incidence this year.
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Richmond
Virginia
Columbus
Ohio
Lee Hodgkins
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Hodgkins
Portsmouth
Clifton Forge
Pennington Gap
National Fondation
Friendship Fire Co. anticipates new American LaFrance truck
The Friendship Fire Co expects delivery of a new American LaFrance truck next Friday or Saturday to enter the Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association parade in Mechanicsburg on August 20. Baltimore suburbs firemen toured Winchester to inspect the current Friendship truck, purchased new 21 years ago.
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la France
Friendship Fire Co
Cumberland Valley
Mechanicsburg
Baltimore
Winchester
Tourists invited to visit historic Winchester by chamber of commerce
Winchester chamber of commerce plans a large outreach inviting visitors to spend a day in Winchester Virginia. Gene Sakers says 5000 invitations have been printed and mailed to inquiries and Virginia Travel Council lists. The folder promises courtesy, hotel and tour data, scenic routes, and a complimentary parking ticket from the mayor and police.
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Winchester
Old City
Virginia City
Blue Ridge
Johnson Sees Five Year Plan to Rearm Europe
Gen. Omar Bradley told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that a $1.45 billion arms aid program for Europe would run four to five years. He stressed a collective defense strategy, mutuality among nations, and that no allied troop surge is implied. Johnson echoed limits on extending aid and unity of effort without broader commitments.
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Washington
Ormint Bradley
Army
House Foreign Affair Committee
Johnson
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Europe
Mansfield
Russia
Joint Chiefs Staff
Rep
Merrow
R-Nh
Raised Manhole Wrecks Car on Berryville Pike
Holmes Bucher of 20 S. Came ron St. suffered about 500 dollars damage to his 1949 Hudson after striking a raised manhole cover on Berryville Pike during sewer line work. The accident happened at dusk last night.
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Holmes Bucher
S. Cameron St
Hudson
Berryville Pike
Important Speech by J Sloan Kuykendall Tonight
Winchester attorney J Sloan Kuykendall will discuss his campaign for governor at 10:00 tonight on WINC. The prominent lawyer is set to address voters and lay out his platform in the statewide bid.
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J. Sloan Kuykendall
Winchester
WINC
Yard Party at Opequon Presbyterian Church Location
Opequon Virginia hosts a yard party at the Second Opequon Presbyterian Church on August 4 with rain date August 5. Cold plate ham or chicken priced at 75 cents with extras for dessert. event appears in weekly notices.
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Opequon Presbyterian Church
Opequon
Ifrain
Apples and Peaches for Sal Butlers Packing House
Landon B. Whitacre member Board of Supervisors Frederick County Winc sat July 30 6 15 p m in behalf of Horace H. Edwards Por Governor
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Butler’s Packing House
Landon B. Whitacre
Board of
Frederick County
WINC
Horace H. Edwards
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Hunan Rice Bowl
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