Banquet Follows Three Day Spanish War Veterans Convention
The state convention opened at the George Washington hotel with Meredith Ondorf, 74, the oldest veteran from Capon Springs, in attendance. About 125 veterans registered for the three day event, with joint sessions for the auxiliary. Tonight's banquet and a 9 oclock ball are among the convention highlights. Bernie Coffman of Woodstock leads the local camp while Mrs Forney of Winchester heads the auxiliary.
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George Washington Hotel
Meredith Orndorff
Capon Springs
Philippines
Winchester Armory
Ryades
Harry T. Cook
Central Ance
Yton
Richmond
Patan
Mmander Cook
Georgenington
Annie Stewart
Petersyn
Alma V. Cr
State approves individual claims in Raylass blast
Six victims of the Raylass Dept store explosion last June have had their claims totaling 20074 approved by the State Industrial Commission. Payments range from 298 to 6750 to listed claimants, with Consumers Utilities Co. insurance ordered to cover amounts since gas figured in the blast.
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Raylass Dept
Esther Williams
Baker-Knight St
Bertha Swisher
Sharp St
Stella Hockman
Ross St
Sara MclIlwee
Glaize Ave
Mary J. Clowser
R.3
Catherine McFarland
R. 3
Consumers Utilities Co
Winchester Firemen purchase portable iron lung
Fire Chief Taylor Barr announced that the Winchester Firemen’s Executive Association ordered a portable iron lung with delivery promised for a 7 30 p m demonstration at Friendship Firehall. The $1500 device will be kept with the ambulance and staff trained for its use to form a rescue squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Barr
Winchester
Assny
Friendship Fire
Barr
Mulhikin Automatic Lung Co
Friendship
WFEA
Congress Starts Wide Check on National Health
Congress begins a broad inquiry into national health this week. A House commerce subcommittee will examine general health problems and specific diseases, including issues being addressed for the first time in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washngton
House Commerce
L W Price Dies While Mowing Lawn at Home
Luther W. Price age 47 of 414 Gray Ave died of a heart attack while mowing his lawn at noon. He was born August 17 1901 in Brucetown and leaves his wife a son Ronnie four and two sisters Madeline Swimley and Mrs Ralph Colston. He was a Grace Lutheran church member and chief operator at Wrights Esso service station.
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Luther W. Price
Gray Ave
Price
Wright
Esso
Ashby Price
Brucetown
Ronnie
Madeline Swimley
Ralph Colston
Richmond
Hilda Giese
Germany
Winchester
Grace Lutheran Church
Johnson Admits $750 Million Can Be Cut From Arms Budget
Secretary of Defense Johnson told Senate leaders behind closed doors that defense spending could be trimmed by 750 million dollars in the coming year. He cited reducing Air Force size from 70 groups to 48 as a principal savings method.
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Johnson
Washington
Senators
Senate Appropriations Committee
Air Force
Congress
Truman
House
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
Legislative Establishment
M-Kellear
Dtenn
Appropriations Group
Live-and-let-live Plan for Germany Agreed in Principle
Four powers fail to reach unity on Germany but agree in principle on an Austrian independence treaty. The communique outlines Austria's frontiers as of 1938 and guarantees for Slovene and Great minorities, with Yugoslavia allowed to seize or liquidate Austrian property and Austria paying 150 million to the Soviet Union. Discussions resume in New York in September.
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Paris
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
France
Britain
United Nations Assembly
Berlin
Austria
Russia
Yugoslavia
New York
Jobless Surveys See 5 Million Unemployed by Year End
Washington reports two national surveys agree 5 million or more could be jobless soon while conflicting on next steps The Public Affairs Institute warns unemployment may reach 8 million next year unless federal action occurs The AFL counters with a cautious view urging productivity linked wage gains and no tinkering to avoid inflation
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Washington
Atwo
Public Affairs Institute
American Federation of Labor
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Congress
Civilian Conservation Corps
Institute
AFL
Labor
Senate
House Economic Committee
Miners Return For 5 Days With Talks To Resume
Pittsburgh June 29 A nationwide coal miners restart ends a weeklong shutdown ordered by John L Lewis to stabilize the industry. About 480000 workers retrace shifts for five days then take a 10 day contract vacation. Some mines like Coverdale near Castle Shannon will not reopen. A strike remains possible if terms aren’t agreed before June 30.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Coverdale
Castle Shannon Coal Corp
Castle Shannon
UMW
Lewis
Red Cross Grants $100000 for W Va Flood Sufferers
Petersburg West Virginia battles after flood as six residents die and eight missing. Red Cross ships 100000 in aid to Petersburg Moorefield and Romney while water, power and phones remain out. Typhoid vaccine, booster shots, and emergency lighting aid relief efforts.
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Petersburg
W. Va
Red Cross
Petersburg-Moorefield- Romney
Smoke Hole
Romney
South Branch
Potomac
Moorefield
Keyser
State Health Department
Charleston
Associated Press
Frank Maggio
W8eyv
West Virginia State Police
Magegio
Milk Price Cut Ordered For Local Distributors
The State Milk Commission ordered a 15 cent per hundredweight reduction in the price paid by distributors in the Front Royal Strasburg Middletown area. Retail prices were not lowered by the decision.
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State Milk Commission
Front Royal-Strasburg-Middletown
City Democratic Committee Meets at City Hall Tonight
The City Democratic Committee will meet at city hall at 7 30 tonight to declare nominees for the November election. A mass meeting of Democratic voters follows at 7 45.
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City Democratic Committee
City Hall
Court Finds State Entitled to 30-Foot Road Right-Of-Way
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals rules the state has a 30 foot right of way over part of Route 41 in Pittsylvania county. The unanimous decision, written by Justice Willis D. Miller, reverses the lower court and remands for decree.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Pittsylvania County
Willis D. Miller
Governors Confer Faces 20 Percent U S Aid Cut
At the 41st annual governors conference in Colorado Springs a plan proposes a 20 percent cut in federal aid to states. Governors discuss replacing lost funds with higher state taxes on theater admissions, gasoline, electric and telephone service. Adlai Stevenson urges broader efficiency before seeking more federal funds.
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Governors’ Conference
U.S
Colorado Springs
Colo
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
U. S
Washington
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Earl Warren
California
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
William Preston Lane Jr
Maryland
Relief groups bring emergency light to stricken Petersburg
Winchester units delivered portable lighting and power equipment to Petersburg West Virginia after flood damage. Fire company requested aid. CAP volunteers from the Winchester airport assisted in setup at the courthouse and schoolhouse. The convoy traveled 210 miles through washed out roads, returning by dawn Sunday.
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Petersburg
I. H. Price Construction Co
Oklahoma
Texas
Maryland
J. Westfall
United Brethren Church
Paul Meek
Logan County
Winchester
W. Va
Saturay
Winchester Police
Taylor Barr
South End Fire Co
Rouss Co
National Guard
Charles Tyson Barr
William Godenour
Miller Fletcher
Romney
Maysfield
Barr
Red Cross
Civil Air Patrol
Virginia decides flood repair cost at two hundred fifty three thousand dollars
The Virginia State highway department increased the flood damage bill to 253000 dollars covering road and bridge repairs in Augusta Rockingham and Highland counties. About 300 workers and heavy equipment operate in Mt Solon Stokesville and Bridgewater areas as roads remain closed and major bridges require replacement.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Virginia
Mt. Solon-Stokesville
Bridgewater
Augusta
Rockingham
Highland
North River
Augusta County
Mt. Solon
Shaw's Fork
Cowpasture
Highland County
Rockingham County
Page
Warren
Clarke
Rome Bans Czech Group Labeled Catholic Action
The Vatican excommunicated members of the government sponsored Catholic Action Society of communist controlled Czechoslovakia. A decree in Osservatore Romano branded the group schismatic and fraudulently labeled. Archbishop Beran condemned the organization amid mass heckling at Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral.
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Vatican City
Catholic Action Society
Czechoslovakia
Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Catholic Action
Republic
Josef Beran
Cathedral of St. Vitus
Prague
Hecklers
Ewing Dance Recital and Yard Party Notices
Photographs from the Ewing dance recital are on sale at Barr's Studio. A Kernstown Methodist Church yard party is planned for Friday night June 24 to benefit the Young Adult Class with a rain date of June 25.
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Ewing
Barr
Kernstown Methodist Church
Mt Solon Area Flood Losses Put At About 2080000
Augusta county Red Cross officials estimate flood damage in Mt Solon and Stokesville at about 2000000. Thirty houses destroyed or ruined, ten homes damaged, 175 people left homeless including 15 children, with 800 to 1500 chickens and livestock losses reported.
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Stokesville
Augusta County
Red Cross
Mt. Solon- Stokesville
Rouss Co Wins Parade Prize at Front Royal Fire Fest
Rouss fire company captured the top $100 prize for best appearing company with band in Front Royal parade closing the Northern Virginia Firemen's Assn. convention. About 5000 spectators braved drizzle as 12 fire companies joined the mile long march through town.
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Rouss Co
Front Royal
Rouss Fire Company
Northern Virginia Firemen's Assn
Jackson
Buena Vista
Warrenton Fire Company
Mt. Jackson
Harrisonburg
South End
Middletown
Warrenton
Strasburg
Luray
Hundreds Form Clean-up Crews At Bridgewater
Bridgewater Virginia faced a weekend flood as the North and Dry rivers fell to normal. Hundreds joined cleanup crews with picks shovels and bulldozers to clear four inch mud from homes while townsfolk aided the effort. The disaster left two dead and many displaced as officials planned burials and water remained off.
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Bridgewater
William E. Bryan
Co. M
116Th Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Harrisonburg
A. H. Miller
Nelson Huff+man
New Jersey
American Legion
Voto
Hanburg
Shenandoah
Hilkes
Margaret Bricker
C. R. Bowman
Bricker Deushter Freces
Bridgewa
Early 1950 dividend approved for National Service Life policies
Veterans Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr. announced a $2.8 billion dividend for National Service Life Insurance policyholders, with checks expected to start in January 1950 and finish in the first half of the year. About 16 million World War II veterans stand to share, averaging roughly $175 per veteran, barring final individual calculations.
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Washington
Carl R. Gray Jr
National Service
Gray
Imeur
Veterans’ Service
di Gray
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Friendship Ambulance
L. W. Price
Council of the Manifold Problems of
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Coli
New Hampshire Bullets
L. C. Ellis
By Jack Bell
Shenandoah Valley
Rome Bans
Polce
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