Communist Editor Jailed For Contempt in New York Trial
In New York on June 3, Judge Harold Medina jailed John Gates for contempt after he refused to reveal who helped prepare a Communist Party publication. Two fellow defendants, Henry Winston and Gus Hall, were also jailed as the courtroom erupted in protest. Winston, Hall and the others had been free on $10,000 bail. Winston, the party organizational secretary, and Hall, the Ohio state chairman, faced the balance of the trial in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold R. Medina
John W. Gates
Communist Party Worker
Communist Party
Henry Winston
Gus Hall
John Gates
Gates
Eugene Dennis
Dennis
Party
Europe
Medina
Winston
Hall
Ohio
Brucetown Church Memorial Sunday
Brucetown Methodist church will hold a memorial service at 2 p m Sunday. Rev Emory Ellmore leads the service with sermon by D W Wright of Braddock Street church. W W Glass to give memorial address. Music by a quartet M S Snapp Julian Cooper Earl Smallwood and Paul Ridgeway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucetown Methodist Church
Emory Ellmore
D. W Liam A Wright
Braddock St
W. W. Glass
M. S. Snapp
Julian Cooper
Earl Smallwood
Paul Ridgeway
Danville ends talks to keep municipal power plant
Danville City Council votes to end contract talks with Appalachian Electric Power Co. and not enter a $324 000 five year deal. Bridge Street station will serve as stand by power after the wartime emergency contract ends in September. City maintains 60 year policy of home ownership of electric utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Bridge St
Appalachian
Marshall Rejects Jury's Verdict on Assault Case
In Frederick circuit court Mervil Hawkins of Highview West Virginia was fined 50 dollars and costs for assaulting Mrs Nel lie Leatherman of Oldfield West Virginia. He faces a second felonious fault charge against Clyde Ours Jr of Moorefield. The incident followed a wreck on Route 259 near Gore involving a Nesmith car from Yellow Springs. Hawkins released on 1000 dollar bond for the remaining charge, to appear in July. Jury initially sentenced 12 months jail to be suspended but later changed to a 59 dollar fine after reconsideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Mervil Clarence Hawkins
Highview
W. Va
Nellie Leatherman
Oldfield
Hawkins
Clyde Ours Jr
Moorefield
Gore
F. W. Nesmith
Yellow Springs
Ours
A. C. Oates Security
Elliott Marshall
C. Ridgely White
7Igor Largent
F. C. Inskip
George Fletcher
George Brady
Edwin Snider
W. O. Anderson
Earl Clark
Hugh Solenberger
Floyd Ginn
Haven Wolfe
Samuel McDonald
Harry Kern Jr
Commonwealth
Joseph Massie Jr
Leatherman
R 50 Road Realignment Advances Near Gore
State highway department and private owners push to straighten and improve Route 50 from Gore to the West Virginia line. Stanley Riley relocates a pink stucco house and bungalow onto concrete foundations thirty feet south, assisted by a highway crew. Riley’s Mountain View service station and a landmark barn near Route 50 are demolished or moved as part of the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Gore
W. Va
Stanley Riley
Highway Department
Riley
Mountain View
Oak Ridge Strike Sets to Halt U235 Production
A CIO union at Oak Ridge plans a June 9 strike involving about 2000 workers to stop uranium-235 production at the atomic plant. They seek a 15 cent hourly wage increase, while Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corp proposes a six cent reduction. The average wage is $1.59.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge
Tenn
CIO
Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corp
Zeigler Elected President of County PTA Council
The Frederick county PTA council elected officers with delegates from Kernstown Miller Bryarly Gore and Armel. Oscar Zigler of 112 Bellview Ave was chosen president with James Sawyer Gore as vice president Mrs E F Smith Berryville Pike secretary and Thomas E Dorton Kernstown treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
PTA
Kernstown
Miller
Bryarly
Gore
Armel
Oscar Zigler
Bellview Ave
James Sawyer
E. F. Smith
Berryville Pike
Thomas E. Dorton
Prederick County
Six Lifers Escape Mass Break From West Virginia Prison
Six inmates jailed for life escaped from a Moundsville State Penitentiary cellblock using a home made drill and concealed cuts in bars hidden by blackened soap. The breakout occurred about 2 a.m. with 100 officers on roadblocks across the tri state region and bloodhounds en route from Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crnone
Moundsville State Peniton
Orel J. Skeen
Moundsville
Jefferson Ave
Tri-State
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Charleston
Third Cover Spray Is Due Next Week for Apple Trees
The third cover spray should be applied during the week of June 6 on all apple trees to control scab and insects. Recommended materials include 50 percent DDT powder, wettable sulfur, or iron carbamate with sulfur. mercury fungicides are unsafe late in the season. Codling moth damage peaks in June to August, and DDT is noted as the only effective insecticide through those months.
Hampton attorney to oppose Speaker Massenburg in Virginia race
Victor P. Wilson, Hampton attorney, announced plans to challenge G. Alvin Massenburg, speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, for a seat in the state lower chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Victor P. Wilson
G. Alvin Massenburg
House
Virginia House of Delegates
FOR SALE AND AUCTION ITEMS IN LOCAL ADS
Several notices list sales and auctions including a 5 percent first mortgage bond offer with contact Delmer Robinson Sr and phone 3886, Lena Hawkins home front court house noon on Saturday June 4, a rummage sale for charity with hours Friday 1 to 9 and Saturday 10 to 8 at Storeroom beside Modernage Shoppe, a real estate sale tomorrow at 11 a.m. on E Bosca wen St in Coleman Dunn Auctioneer, a 1% Chevrolet truck sergeants sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Court House, inspection deadline for the fifteenth with Winchester Motor Service and Raymond Ley, a Middletown White Sox baseball game Sunday at 3 p.m., custom spraying services from C M Janney, and a big party at the South End Fire Co tonight at 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmer Robinson Sr
Lena Hawkins
Front Court House
E. Boscawen St
Coleman Dunn
Birth of Quads Stirs Tribe in South Africa
In the Shangaan and Bavenda communities near Trichardt a quad birth triggers tribal superstition. The mother Makwarela is labeled a witch and the infants are threatened with death. The Native Affairs department seeks hospital care funds while one infant boy stays at a Lutheran mission.
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Pretoria
South Africa
New York
Bronx
Union of South Africa
Department of Native Affairs
Petrus Makari
Makwarela
Elim Swiss Mission
Transvaal
Trichardt
Nd@tive Affairs department
The
Treasury
Elim Hospital
Power Line Extends South from Gore into Back Creek Road Area
A large gang from Northern Virginia Power Co. has erected poles for about 12 miles south from Gore along Back Creek road toward the Boy Scout camp and Rock Enon Springs. Residents expect electricity soon and some have applied for telephones, hoping lines will be strung on the utility poles once power is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Virginia Power Co
Gore
Back Creek Road
Rock Enon Springs
Back Creek
N. Va
Woodcock Retains Titles With Knockout of Mills
Bruce Woodcock retains British Empire and European heavyweight titles by stopping Freddie Mills in the 14th round. The victory sets up a proposed world heavyweight title bout with American Lee Savold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bruce Woodcock
Lee Savold
Woodcock
King Freddie Mills
England
George Objects To Committee Report on Pact
Senate foreign relations committee faced a snag as Senator George of Georgia objected to the Atlantic Pact report. Chairman Connally praised the report as able and splendid. The panel will reconvene Monday to seek full approval before sending the report and pact to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
D-Ga
Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Chambers Admits Perjury In Hiss Trial Testimony
New York June 3 Chambers the prosecution star in Alger Hiss perjury case admitted he lied to a grand jury last October about direct knowledge of espionage. He testified he was loyal to the Communist Party before 1938 and said party members may be required to steal or fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Hiss
Chambers
Stryker
Priscilla
Communist Party
Cloyd
Paul Stryker
Communist Party In
America
Valley Scoured for Old Log Houses to Make New Dwelling
W H Lawrence Jr president of Clearbrook Woolen Co has demolished six old houses and an abandoned church to collect historic hand hewn logs for a long ranch style home west of Winchester. Logs hauled from Valley sites up to 68 miles away will form a modern residence using diffused radiant heat while preserving colonial era timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Lawrence Jr
Clearbrook Woolen Co., Inc
Lawrence
Buckley Lages
Clearbrook Woolen Mill
Winchester
Clearbrook Woolens
Dan Burner Jr
Woodstock
Lawrences
Howard Shockey
Fire Companies Plan Training School
Friendship Fire Co. will host a Thursday 7 pm meeting at its hall to organize a city fire school. Raymond Campbell, fire warden, leads the project and cites the need to train younger members in firefighting fundamentals and equipment. Sessions may run twice weekly on John Kerr school grounds with instructors including Campbell, Fire Chief Taylor Barr, John Dunn, and William Godenour. Instructors may come from the Washington fire department drill school and University of Maryland extension service. Winchester will likely send three delegates to the University of Maryland five day school this fall. The organizer, a local yard manager, resides at 44 South Loudoun Street and is a native of Winchester who spent five years in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Co
Raymond Campbell
Friendship Fire
Campbell
John Kerr School
Taylor Barr
John
Pat” Dunn
William Godenour
Washington Fire Department
University of Maryland Extension Service
Winchester
University of Maryland
S. Loudoun St
Farmers Livestock Exchange Arena
Navy
Blue Ridge Hunt Horseshow Opens At Carter Hall Millwood
The Blue Ridge Hunt annual horseshow at Carter Hall near Millwood opens with 27 classes starting at 9 am tomorrow. Committee members include Mrs. George Greenhalgh as chairwoman and Mrs. Jack Prestage, Mrs. James Lindsey. ring committee members are Graham Dougherty Jr. and Frank Hutton. Notable entrants include Greenhalghs, breeders such as Sandy Baldwin and Ian Montgomery, and entrants like Col. Frederick M. Warburg and Mr. and Mrs. Stacey B. Loyd. NOON CLOSING SATURDAYS begins this week. Other notices include fire company meetings and local sales.
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Blue Ridge Hunt
Carter Hall
Millwood
George . Greenhalgh
Jack Prestage
James Lindsey
Graham Dougherty Jr
Frank Hutton
Greenhalghs
Artmaker
Portald
Sandy Baldwin
E. B. Lee
Ian
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Promoters Raise Nine Thousand for Valley Advertising
Gene Lakers of the Winchester chamber of commerce reports Shenandoah Valley Inc. has raised 9000 in cash and pledges toward a 10000 goal for advertising. The session approved 3000 for billboards 2500 for folders and maps and 3500 for newspaper and magazine ads. James Payne of Front Royal leads the publicity drive as committees authorize a major valley campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Lakers
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah Valley Inc
Valley Chamber
Lakers
Georgia
New York
James Payne
Front Royal
Sakers
Barkley presses Democrats on Taft Hartley repeal
Vice President Barkley spoke to a closed Senate Democratic caucus as the Truman administration signals a plan to accept the best obtainable revision of the Taft Hartley Act. A senator stated Barkley implied the President and party will push for a modified labor law rather than full repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Barkley
Senate Democrats
Yis
Congress
Mr. Truman
Taft-Hartley
Lucas
Lucas Ofllinois
Senate
School Board Pays Fines of $1000 in Federal Court
Four county school officials were fined $250 each for contempt of court on January 13 and ordered to pay within 30 days. The board paid $1000 via a district check, shifting liability to county taxpayers. The district has also secured $100,000 in State Literary Fund loans for a new Negro school to replace the Gloucester county training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County School Board
Boath Pall Faee Gating
Federal District Court
Divaien Semen Tendent
J. Walter Kenney
Stanley T. Gray
Wallace Fletcher
Otis Hogge
P. W. Smith Jr
State Literary Fund
Gloucester County
Varying Boosts After Rent Decontrol Across States
An Associated Press survey notes local rent control decontrol since March 29 with boosts from minor to up to 100 percent. Cities like Knoxville Amarillo and McAlester lifted controls with governors’ approval while Nebraska moved statewide. Some areas faced recontrol or vetoes and governors remain cautious on approving further decontrol requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Amarillo
Tex
McAlester
Okla
Nebraska
Tighe Woods
Americus
Globe News
Ocean View
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Brucetown Church
Marshall
Zeigler
PTA Council
Zigler
Association
Sawyer
Gore School
Annie Preston Starling
Mass
W.va
C. H. Hill
Winchester Research Laboratory
James P. Reardon
Modernage
Court House
Winchester Motor Service
N. Kent St
Raymond Ley
Middletown
White Sox
C. M. Janney
South End
Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
George M. Benas, Jr
Utica
N. Y
Marie Badecker
Teaneck
N. J
Benas
James L. Holloway
Academy
New York City
Charles Collins
James J. Lyons
Chamber
Buckley
Fire Cos. Plan Training School
Eastern Star
Country Fresh Eyes
Sarah Zane Fire CO
L. M. Crabill
Fred
County Court House
Pontiac
Lloyd Williams
S. Cameron St
Roy Duvall
Valley Plan
U.S. Court
Florida
Texas
Iowa
North Carolina
Oklahoma
New England
Pacific Northwest
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