Winchester Brakeblok Plant Nears Initial Operations
The Winchester brakeblok plant on Papermill Road is close to starting operations as the largest construction phase nears completion. Foreman G C Kindig says sidewalks remain to be installed this month while heavy presses and machinery for non skid floor materials and brake shoes are readied.
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Winchester
American Brakeblok
American Brakeshoe Co
Papermill Road
G. C
Doc” Kindig
General Contractors
Raynor Benson Co
Kindig
Washington Estates Inc
District Heights
Washington Blvd
Washington, D. C
Funeral services for Major Kenneth N. Gilpin held at Christ Church
Major Kenneth N. Gilpin's funeral was conducted at 4 p.m. at Christ Church Millwood with Miss Charlotte DeHart playing the organ. State highway commission members and Mrs. Walter Lee attended as floral arrangements filled the church, which could not accommodate all mourners. interment followed at Old Chapel cemetery.
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Kenneth N. Gilpin
Christ Church
Millwood
Joe G. Peyton Craighill
State Highway Commission
Gilpin
George M. Morris
The
American Bar Assn
Walter Lee
Old Chapel
Backyard sunbath gets court okay in Memphis
General sessions Judge William Bacon ruled it lawful for women to sun themselves in abbreviated shorts and halter, while a neighbor who objected could face trouble. A 58-year-old woman had called police over four young ladies sunbathing in indecent attire and allegedly threatened to put itching powder on the grass.
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Memphis
William Bacon
Bus Route on Loudoun Street Up for Vote
Winchester city council public safety committee reviewed a proposal by Winchester Bus Co to operate on Loudoun Street from Boscawen Street to Cork Street. No action taken pending recommendations to be presented July 8.
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Winchester City Council Public Safety Committee
J. T.kremer
Winchester Bus Co
Loudoun St
Boscawen St
Rouss Ave
Cork St
Kremer
W. P. McGuire
Alan Perry
Public Safety Committee
S. Lee Grant
Grant
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Piccadilly
Kent Sts
Loudoun
Wyckets
Braddock St
Boscawen
gWen Polly’s Cab Coc
Farmers Market Opens with Fresh Garden Produce in Kent Street
Six stalls along Kent and Boscawen Streets offered early garden produce including strawberries at 40 cents a quart from J H Lutzenhiser who noted last season's 300 quarts from 1,000 plants after May freeze. Others sold beets cucumbers kale lettuce peas and onions while Mrs Snapp offered fresh eggs and sugar cured side meat and Mrs Wright roasted chickens. Market master Grover Schlack said the curb market will run every Tuesday from 8 am with beans and cabbage teased for next week.
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Kent and
Boscawen Sts
J. H. Lutzenhiser
Grimes
Lutzenhisers
R. W. Carter
Laura Edmonds
C. S. Fogle
Winchester
R. 1
Carter
Snapp
Clark Wright
Stephens City
Walter Larrick
West Virginia
Virginia
Flood Crests Batter Midwest Evacuations Spread
Flood crests moved through Nebraska Iowa and Missouri forcing mass evacuations as new breaches threaten dozens of levees. In Nebraska 16 died over the weekend with nine bodies recovered and others still missing near Cambridge Miller and Oxford.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Cambridge
Miller
Neb
Oxford
Alma
Republican River
Warsaw County
Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Elkhorn River
Ewing
Meadows Grove
Kansas City
William E. Potter
District Army
Rule
St. Louis
Supreme Court Affirms Block on 1944 Miners Benefits
The Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision sustains the Kanawha County circuit court ruling denying jobless benefits to rank and file miners idled by a 1944 bosses strike. The case centers on whether wartime labor disputes qualify for unemployment relief.
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Charleston
W.va
Supreme Court
Kanawha County
Weekend and midweek notices from Winchester ads
Closing noon Wednesdays during summer hours at Winchester businesses. Auction and sale reminders include the Clevenger sale, antique auction at 7 S Braddock St Headley’s Auctions, and a public sale of real estate and bank stocks at the County Courthouse by James E. Hardy Estate. Also included are jewelry offers from Hodgson Brown and a Moose social event June 27 1947 8 p.m. Lost items include a gray dress cape and a platinum diamond wristwatch.
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Winchester
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Clevenger
Moose
Moose Social Room
S. Braddock St. Headley’s
Hodgson & Brown Jewelers
Dia
Piccadilly St
Hamilton
Louis Wender
Courtfield Ave
County Court House
Commercial & Savings Bank
James E. Hardy
Six Year Old Killed in Farmhouse Shotgun Accident
Edward Sanders Dalton aged six was killed at his parents farm near Pearisburg Virginia by an accidental shotgun discharge in the hands of his seven year old brother Harless. The tragedy occurred at the Dalton home on June 24.
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Pearisburg, Va
Edward Sanders Dalton
Jack
Minne Dalton
Here
Harless
End of Controls On Installment Buying Favored
The House banking committee approved a bill to end federal controls on installment buying. Under war powers, buyers must make a one third down payment and pay off purchases within 15 months for durable goods like cars and appliances. President Truman urged peacetime powers to continue consumer credit controls to curb inflation.
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Washington
House
Truman
Congress
Banking Committee
Senate
House Votes to Fund Voice of America Abroad
The House approved a bill authorizing ongoing operation of Voice of America and related foreign cultural and information services. The vote stood 272 to 97. The Senate appropriations panel also backed an $11.5 billion grant to extend the program for one more year.
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Washington
House
Voice of America
Russia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Virginia registrars to work July 5 as usual
Richmond June 24 Virginia registrars will work July 5 as usual even though other state employees have a Fourth of July holiday.
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Richmond
Virginia
Red Cross Seeks Public Meeting on Disaster Plans
Red Cross calls Winchester and Frederick county residents to an 8 p m meeting at E Piccadilly Street headquarters to review and activate disaster plans. Local and area office staff met with disaster chairmen to discuss survey clothing and other committees and extend invitations to Clarke County Red Cross members.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Red Cross
E. Piccadilly St
Marjorie Howard
Mable Kennedy
Palais McC. Bond
Winchester’ Qimpter
Susan Kablec
M. B. Clowe, Jr
James Miller
Clara Rush
Mr. Bond
C. Ridgely White
D. ©. Louderback
Fred Glaize, Jr
John Scully
J. P. Arthur
George Sanders
Clarke County Red Cross
Graham Dougherty
Bradley protests to halt hospital work near Washington
Gen Omar N Bradley Veterans Administrator protested in Washington against a House stipulation delaying construction of a veterans hospital on the Nevius site across the river. He said the clause in the appropriations bill strikes at the core of the medical care program.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
House
Nevius
Postmaster Nominations Approved by Civil Service Panel
The Senate civil service committee approved 131 postmaster nominations and sent them to the Senate for confirmation in Washington on June 24.4.
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Washington
Senate Civil Service Committee
Senate
Senate ready to fund labor board for Taft-Hartley act
Senate Republicans push a sizable boost to National Labor Relations Board funding to enforce the Taft-Hartley act and curb strikes. Taft and Ives predict a doubled appropriation to about 9 million dollars, supporting the new federal mediation agency and 80 day injunctions to block emergencies. Gerheid P. Van Arkel resigns as NLRB general counsel amid criticisms of the act.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
NLRB
Ives
Labor Committee
House
Senate
Senato: Ball
R-Minn
Appropriations Committee
Lewis Taft
Ohioan
Gerhe Id P. van Arkel
Nlrb General Consel
J E Ebert Auto Agency Owner Dies Suddenly
John E Ebert 49 died suddenly of a heart attack in Morgantown WV He owned an auto agency in Harrisonburg for 18 years and was a member of the Methodist church and Elks Surviving are his wife three brothers a sister and many nieces and nephews Services will be held Thursday at his Harrisonburg residence with burial in Mount Hebron cemetery Pallbearers will be Elks members from Harrisonburg.
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John E. Ebert
Morgantown
W. Va
Frederick County
Welltown Pike
John E
Mary Parlett Ebert
Paul St
Harrisonburg
Methodist Church of
the Elks
Frances Baggarly
Harry
Isaac W. Ebert
Winchester
George Ebert
Charles Town
le Hollar
Prierr
Conrad Blackwall
K. K. Haddway
Mount Hebron
Elks Lodge
Jones
Temperature note and rental request brief
Temperatures Michigan 70 high 54 low with year ago 86 high 54 low. Wanted to rent three bedroom house or apartment urgently needed Gene Miller 5998 or 3428.
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Gene Miller
Spots Wall Crack Prompts Evacuation Before Tenement Collapse
New York witnesses report a passerby warned 12 residents to flee a four story tenement after a rear wall widened. Police say the wall gave way minutes after the warning, causing a roar and a ruin of timber and brick. James Day identified as a clerk alerted the tenants.
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New York
James Day
Smith seeks year extension of plant seizure law
Rep. Smith of Virginia proposes extending the plant seizure provisions of the Smith-Connally act by one year beyond the June 30 expiry. He warns the Taft-Hartley bill may not prevent a coal strike and could trigger a national disaster without seizure authority.
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Rep. Smith
Washington
Smith
D-Va
Congress
Truman
Knutson Reintroduces Vetoed Tax Bill
Rep Knutson reintroduces the vetoed income tax cut of 4 billion dollars annually. The revised bill would take effect January 1 next year instead of July 1. Knutson said the move has House Speaker Martin and GOP Leader Halleck support.
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Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
Rmass
Halleck
Indiana
Strikes Hit Coal Mining and Livestock Sectors Across States
An AP report notes wildcat strikes sweeping coal fields after Congress overrode Truman veto to pass a labor law. About 155,000 miners idle in eight states with major disruption in Illinois and other states as UMW delegates protest.
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Senate
Truman
Inllinois
United Mine Workers
Hugh White
UMW
Ee Vania
West Virginia
Alabama
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
UMW Union
Omaha
Neb
Union Stockyards Company
the Age
Harry B. Coffee
United Packinghouse
Coffee
Lagers
Stephens City Seeks Fire Track Funds
Stephens City Hose Co. plans a meeting at 8 p m Friday at the fire hall to discuss funds for purchasing new fire fighting equipment for the community. Members and residents expected to attend.
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Stephens City
Pendent Hose Co
Willow Lawn pool to open this week after long build
Ex GI J Au Sprint Jr plans opening of Willow Lawn pool across from Hershey Creamery, with 250000 gallons to fill a 130 by 50 foot concrete pool. The facility features diving boards, a sand beach, flood lights, central dressing rooms, observation deck, and full concessions. Lifeguards are on duty from 10 am to night, as Sprint staffs about eight workers alongside himself. The pool sits at 12 W Cecil St and is run by Sprint, son of Mr. and Mrs Ashby, married to Julie McCarty, with two sons.
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Europe
Sprint
Handley High School
England
J. H. Riley
Baker and Anderson
Ooes
Engay
Jimmy Saxe
William Hink Lewis
Ashby
S. Loudoun St
Julie McCarty
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Brakeblok Company
Council Group
H. A. Snapp
Hayfield
Medicine Creek
International Soundphoto
Midwest
Bradley
Virginia & W. Va
West Va
Winchester Evening Star
Labor Board
J. E. Ebert
Rep. Knutson
Associated Press
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