Winchester Council Bans Trailer Dwellings and Approves Street Plans
Winchester council voted to ban trailers as residences within the city and approved readings of street and subdivision policy. The meeting heard a request from the Frederick County Board of Education to extend water and sewer lines to a proposed consolidated high school site. An ordinance aiding the recreation department to place restrooms at Senseny Road’s softball park was approved on first and second readings. The city purchased a new street flusher and a lighting study for Handley Boulevard was ordered. Licenses for street vendors were waived for Apple Blossom Festival concessions. Miller presided in President Glaize's absence. councilman Brumback announced the birth of a son. Superintendent Kline spoke on the consolidated school project, asking city aid to extend services within corporate limits, with cost questions to be resolved. Minutes and financials were reviewed. taxes and licenses ahead of last year, fines down. City Manager Grant announced plans for a new jail cell block, bids to be opened April 15, and crossings with railroads to be improved. A transfer of funds for capital outlay was approved. Ads note new taxi lot and local business openings.
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Winchester
Frederick County Board of Education
Consolidated County
Recreation Department
Senseny Rd
Northern Virginia Power Co
Handley Blvd
Miller
v¢Mr
Kline
John Jones
Lee Grant
Grant
John Steck Jr
Half of Income Taxes Paid by Small Earners Alone
Treasury figures show 4.23 percent of federal income taxpayers with income above $6000 paid 51.27 percent of total income taxes for 1946. Only 2,227,013 filers earned over that threshold, while 14,900,851 of 52,816,547 had no tax due after exemptions.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Truman
Treasury
Kremlin Shifts Top Soviet Officials In Cabinet Overhaul
Moscow reports March 9 indicate promotions within Stalin’s cabinet. A I Efremov leaves machine tool ministry for vice chairman of the council of ministers. Kostousov takes over. Vishinsky becomes foreign minister with Gromyko as first deputy. Mikoyan replaced by Menshikov. Western diplomats see a move to reinforce Russian leadership.
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Moscow
Stalin
A. I. Efremov
Council of Ministers
A. I. Kostousov
Efremov
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministry
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations
A. I. Mikoyan
M. A. Menshikov
Rankin Vet Bill Held from Floor by Committee Vote
Washington reports the Rules Committee blocked sending Rep Rankin’s multi billion dollar veteran pension bill to the House floor. Rankin as veterans committee chair may move to call up the bill under restricted amendment rules starting Monday, with Rankin expected to press the motion.
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Washington
House
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
Rules
Veterans Committee
Quake Shakes San Francisco Bay Area Early Today
The San Francisco bay area was jolted by an earthquake with reports from San Francisco Oakland and Marin county. No damage was reported and shocks lasted between ten and thirty seconds with buildings shaken.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Oakland
Marin County
Golden Gate
State Offers to Buy James River Bridge System
The Commonwealth proposed purchasing the 16 mile James River bridge system between Newport News and Portsmouth. The offer was tentatively rejected. The 1928 completion cost exceeded 7 million dollars and a 1937 State Corporation Commission appraisal valued the system at 4,585,534.
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Richmond
Commonwealth
James River
Newport News
Portsmouth
State Corporation Commission
Surgery Proposed For King George At Early Date
Buckingham Palace doctors announce King George VI, 53, will undergo a right side lumbar sympathectomy within a week to improve blood flow to his ailing right foot. The operation aims to widen arteries by cutting sympathetic nerve knots in the lower back, a measure first disclosed last November.
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London
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Palace
E. Va. Tourists To Breakfast Here
A group of about 25 eastern Virginia visitors will stay in Winchester on Tuesday night March 16. Gene Sakers of the Winchester chamber says a breakfast at 8 p m at the George Washington hotel will feature Mayor M B Clowe Jr and chamber president William Battaile. The visitors tour the city after the breakfast, part of a Virginia Travel Council program following a similar eastern tour. Charles Tait of the Apple Blossom Festival helped represent Winchester on the prior trip.
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Virginia
Winchester
Gene Sakers
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
George Washington Hotel
M. B. Clowe Jr
William Battaile
Chamber
Virginia Travel Council
Charles Tait
Local Securities Sold at Auction
Ninety seven shares of local securities brought 8095.50 at a public sale by Shenandoah Valley National Bank as executor. Coleman Dunn acted as auctioneer. J Fred Larrick bought 27 shares of Commercial and Savings Bank stock at 27 each. Herbert Larrick paid 100 each for three shares of National Fruit stock. Dr Allen Hawthorne bid 34 shares at 96 each. Clifford Grim bought four Shenandoah Valley National Bank shares at 50 each. B F Arthur Jr paid 125 each for 10 shares of George Washington Hotel and then 122.50 each for nine more. J Thomas Kremer also paid 125 each for 10 shares of the same stock.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Coleman Dunn
J. Fred Larrick
Herbert Larrick
Nation
Allen Hawthorne
Clifford Grim
B. F. Arthur Jr
George Washington Hotel
J. Thomas Kremer
Bishop Oxnam Urges Nonpolitical Fact-Finding Exchange With Russia
Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam urged President Truman to send a non political fact finding commission to Russia to study world peace threats. He proposed a delegation with ten representatives from each major field of national life to inform the public without negotiating or engaging in politics. The idea was debated at a conference on churches and world order sponsored by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America.
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Cleveland
Methodist
G. Bromley Oxnam
Truman
Russia
Oxnam
New York
Stalin
Conference On “the Churches and World Order
Ene of International Justice and Goodwill
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Howard Y. McClusky
Ann Arbor
Mich
Conrad Hoover Post Approves State War Memorial Plan
Conrad Hoover Post called on the General Assembly to approve a $1 million appropriation for a War Memorial building to serve as the Virginia American Legion headquarters and a WWI and WWII museum. The group endorsed E. L. Klingstein for national executive committeeman, with nomination and float committees named and 125 to 150 in attendance at a shrimp feed.
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General Assembly
American Legion Department of Virginia
Virginia
Conrad Hoover
Legislative Committee
Virginia Department
Roanoke
E. L. Klingstein
Harrisonburg
Klingstein
Floods Oust Many Families from Midwest Homes
Flood waters left hundreds homeless across four states with new threats in Montana and rising waters in Nebraska Iowa Montana and Louisiana. Colder weather slowed runoff reducing flood danger though ice jammed tributaries and river breaches prompted evacuations and school closures in Beatrice and Seward Nebraska.
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Associate Press
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Nebraska
Iowa
Louisiana
Midwest
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Linois
Big River
Sidney
Mont
Yellowstone
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Seward
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Kansas
Illinois
Acheson Links Atlantic Pact to U.N. Charter and Western Security
Secretary Acheson said the Atlantic treaty as drafted fits within the U.N. charter and binds United States, Canada, and Western European states to defend against aggression. He outlined four aims including regional security, formal US links to the West, and a consultative Western regional command to reassure signatories.
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Acheson
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Canada
Western Europe
Cheson
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Europe
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Firemen Donate Lights to Rural Church for Burial Chapel
South End fire hall fluorescent fixtures donated to Fairview Lutheran church remodeling as a burial chapel for all denominations. Rev. S J Goode expects rededication May 15, with $3000 already spent on repairs. Also: Howard Hart named honorary fire warden for Apple Blossom Festival parade on April 28. Members renew Northern Virginia Volunteer Firemen’s and discuss Dollar Club for an iron lung.
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Fairview Lutheran Church
S. J. Goode
Howard Hart
Northern Virginia Volunteer Firemen’s
Dollar Club
Riddick Heads R-M Alumni N Va Chapter
George Riddick of Double Toll Gate elected president of the Northern Virginia Randolph Macon alumni chapter at a George Washington hotel dinner meeting. John Lawson of Upperville named vice president and H C Sheetz Jr of Winchester reelected secretary treasurer. Dr J Earl Moreland and Richard S Gillis Jr. spoke to about 22 attendees. The Men's Glee Club marks its 50th year with a program at Warren County High School in Front Royal at 8 15 p m Friday.
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Double Toll Gate
Northern Virginia
Randolph-Macon College
George Washington Hotel
Riddick
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
John Lawson
Upperville
H.C. Sheetz Jr
J. Earl Moreland
Richard S. Gillis Jr
Speak
Randolph Macon College Men's Glee Club
Warren County High School
Front Royal
Patterns of Sportsmanship shown at Palace Theatre
Notice announces the Soapbox Derby movie Patterns of Sportsmanship filmed in Winchester Washington and Akron to be shown at the Palace Theatre this Thursday with matinee and evening performances.
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Winchester
Washington
Akron
Palace Theatre
Culpeper Suspect Enters Guilty Plea in Slaying Case
Thomas Brown 31 a Negro Federal parolee pleaded guilty to murder in Culpeper County tied to the slaying of James G Brown 25 and the rape of Elise Brown 23 wife of the farmer. He was arraigned before Trial Justice C E Reams Jr held for Circus court grand jury and taken to an undisclosed jail for safekeeping. No bond was requested. Commonwealth's Attorney R A Bickers indicated a special grand jury may be convened this month.
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Thomas Brown
James G. Brown
C. E. Reams Jr
Circus Court
R. C. Barham
Brown
James Brown
Elise
Commonwealth
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Culpeper County
Bickers
Colorado oil shale mine could hold 350 billion barrels
Boyd Harris of the U S Bureau of Mines said a Rifle Colorado oil shale deposit could yield about 350 billion barrels of crude oil and become the world's largest mining operation. The project mines shale rock to produce crude oil and may use giant caverns for underground industry. sponsored by the armed services, with pipelines planned to the West Coast.
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Los Angeles
Colorado
America
Boyd Harris
U. S. Bureau of Mines Division of Synthetic Fuels
Rifle
Colo
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Morris
Bureau of Mines
Armed Services
Arrests Top 100 For February
Winchester police logged 101 arrests in February with 36 charged with drunkenness and three for driving while intoxicated. Twenty three offenses were recorded along with 28 complaints and 153 traffic tickets. Of those jailed 53 white males, 3 white females, 8 colored males, and 1 colored female. Parking violations reached 124.
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Winchester
Scissors Hold Frees Boy Trapped in Barrel
Former wrestler Rosario Cavallo nicknamed Kid Ryan used a scissors hold on a metal ash barrel to free seven year old Charles Lamb in Newton Massachusetts authorities and firefighters aided the rescue. Cavallo applied pressure to two sides of the barrel causing it to spread and the boy emerged unharmed.
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Newton
Mass
Charles Lamb
Rosario
Cavallo
Kid Ryan
Charles
Pharmacists Dinner Meeting Scheduled in Winchester
Pharmacists from Clarke Frederick Loudoun Page Shenandoah and Warren counties will gather tonight at the George Washington hotel in Winchester for a dinner meeting. Hunter Gaunt, chairman of arrangements, predicts about 35 attendees with R. R. Rooke as principal speaker and talks by W. E. Locke E. E. Willey Dr. M. L. Neurath and J. Curtis Nottingham.
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Frederick
Loudoun
Page
Shenandoah
Warren
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Hunter Gaunt
Gaunt
R. R. Rooke
Virginia Pharmaceutical Assn
W. E. Locke
Virginia Pharmaceutical Board
E. E. Willey
Locke and
Willey
Front Royal
M. L. Neurath
Medical College of Virginia
J. Curtis Nottingham
VPA
Myers accuses real estate lobby of red tactics over rent control
Senator Myers accused the real estate lobby of using communist tactics to sabotage rent control. He urged passage of his bill to extend rent controls 27 months beyond March 31, saying the lobby seeks to stir confusion and turmoil to drive people back to communism.
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Washington
Myers
D-Pa
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Communist Party
Lucas to Seek Barkley Ruling on Debate Limit
In Washington on March 9, Senator Lucas of Illinois said Democrats will file for cloture to test if debate on an anti filibuster rule can be limited. Southern Senators oppose limiting debate and may appeal Barkley's ruling, with a possible Senate vote on his decision. President Truman would decide further action if needed. Lyndon Johnson led Southern filibuster speeches earlier.
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Senate
Lucas
Ilinois
Barkley
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White House
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Mrs. Norma Hohanness Dies After Yearlong Illness
Mrs. Norma Hohanness 66 of 20 S Stewart St died at 8 30 p m after a year of illness beginning in November. Widow of George W Hohanness founder of Virginia Glass and Sand and a Presbyterian church member. Survived by two sons Capt George W Hohanness U S S Army Air Corps Wilmington Ohio and Bushrod Unger Hohanness Winchester. a brother Roy Unger Washington state. two sisters Mrs E W Zeilor Pikeville Ky and Mrs Olive McDonald Cimarron Kansas. Services 2 p m tomorrow at Omps funeral home with Dr Ronald Wilson officiating. Private interment Mt.
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Norma Hohanness
S. Stewart St
Bushrod
Mary Belleee County
George W. Hohanness
Virginia Glass and Sand the Presbyterian Church
U. SS. Army Air Corps
Wilmington
Ohio
Bushrod Unger Hohanness
Winchester
Royal Unger
Washington
Georgia Moves to Stop Racial Home Sales in Atlanta
Georgia acts to halt white neighborhood home sales to Black buyers amid violence in the South. Gov. Herman Talmadge's administration accuses four Atlanta real estate dealers, summoned before the Real Estate Commission, of practices harming public interest. A hearing is set for tomorrow on charges related to these dealings.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South
Herman Talmadge
Georgia Real Estate Commission
MEETING TONIGHT AND SHRIMP FEED ANNOUNCED
Vv. F W MEETING TONIGHT at 8 Election of Officers Meeting and Club Rooms Shrimp and ham feed. Also for sale electric stove and electric refrigerator in use about one year view after 6 p.m. at 640 Watson Ave. You are invited to see the NEW CHRYSLER Pre View showing tomorrow March 10 Chapman Motor Co 330 W Boscawen St.
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Vv. F. W
Watson Ave
Chrysler
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