Frederick County Agriculture Board Elects Officers and Endorses Health Unit
Frederick County Board of Agriculture elected Cc Staples as chairman and Mrs L B Whitacre as co chairwoman at a quarterly meeting. B O Brumback was named vice chairman, with Mrs H A Snapp as vice co chairwoman and E L Heaster secretary and E F Marker treasurer. The board endorsed a health unit for Frederick County and circulated signatures for countywide support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. E. Staples
L. B. Whitacre
Frederick County
Stewart Bell, Jr
Croswell Henderson
Agnes Shirley
County Board of Agriculture
I. Fred Stine
Madeline Myers
C. Irvine Cather
London
Whitacre
Morris
Carpenter
Mary Whitacre
Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District
Roy Bageant
County Homemakers
E. E. Fawcett
Associated Farm Bureau
H. A. Snapp
Farm Credit Committee
Carroll Campbell
Pomona Grange
B. F. Strother
Veteran's Committee
Stine
Catherine Watson
Middletown
James Givens
Gainesboro
Gore
Shirley
House Passes Bill Slashing Income Taxes Four Billion
The House approved a Republican backed measure cutting income taxes by about four billion dollars this year. It moves to the Senate for potential revisions after defeating a Democratic push to delay for more fiscal details. A final vote tally is not provided.
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House
Washington
Senate
Golden Glow Restaurant Ad and Delivery Offer
We are serving Breakfast 7 a m to 11 Dinner 11 a m to 9 p m daily including Sunday Fountain open to 10 p m Saturday midnight Golden Glow Restaurant City Delivery Service delivers anywhere in the city 20 to 25 cents Phone 5311 Also wanted bees formation in orchard during blossom period state quantity available and price Winchester 7300 Phone
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Fountain
Golden Glow
Winchester
Red Cross Drive Exceeds Goal in Winchester-Frederick County
Philip Glaize announced the 1947 Winchester Frederick County Red Cross Drive raised 11893.57, surpassing the 11340 quota. J T Kremer reported 4630.04 for commerce and industry, with residential and special gifts divisions adding substantial totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Philip Glaize
Commerce and Industry
J. T. Kremer
Kremer
Hawthorne to preside at Apple Blossom mass meeting
Dr. Allen T. Hawthorne councilman and civic leader will toastmaster the Apple Blossom Festival mass meeting in Winchester on Friday night March 28 at Sarah Zane Hall. Lt. Governor L. Preston Collins will speak in his first public appearance here as hundreds attend to learn festival plans from department heads and see the Handley High School Glee Club under Miss Gwendolyn Haynes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen T. Hawthorne
L. Preston Collins
Winchester
Sarah Zane Hall
Frederick County
Handley High School Glee Club
Gwendolyn Haynes
Bonds Auction Delivers Winchester Water Plant at $641136.18
Winchester water, sewer and disposal plant bonds valued at 650 thousand were awarded to C F Cassell & Co of Charlottesville after a bid of 641,136.18 with a 144 percent rate and a 3838.25 premium. The sale followed a 13 thousand deposit from Cassell and Partners. Bonds were signed last Friday by Dr C R Anderson, W A Baker and John W Jones.
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Winchester
C. F. Cassell and Company
Charlottesville
Cassell
Peoples National Bank of
Charlotteville
F. W. Craigie and Co
Richmond
C. R. Anderson
W. A. Baker
John W. Jones
Hoover doubts outlawing Communists shapes policy
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover voiced grave doubts about banning the Communist Party, suggesting any law could later be ruled unconstitutional. House Un American Activities Committee members weighed his stance as they pursue anti communist legislation amid courtroom contempt and subpoenas.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
Congressional Committee
Hoover c
Rep
Nixon
Calif
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Hoover
Mason Named Executive Vice President at Van Rubber
James N. Mason, long time O Sullivan executive, promoted to executive vice president of the van Rubber Corporation. Born May 28, 1911 in Brockton, Mass, Mason has led manufacturing since 1944 and now oversees sales development and manufacturing in the plastics division. He is son of Herbert T. Mason of Quabaug Rubber and husband of June Louise Wright with three sons.
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van Rubber Corporation
James N. Mason
Earl Bunting
Bunting
Mason
Mr. Mason
Herbert T. Mason
Quabaug Rubber Company
North Brookfield
Massachussetts
Brockton
June Louise Wright
James Nelson Mason, Jr
Charles Nelson Mason
William Wright Mason
Snow Storm Heads Toward Virginia From Midwest
A brisk snowstorm moved eastward from Oklahoma toward the Atlantic coast region. By late morning it blanketed areas from Kansas to Kentucky as forecasters warned of gusty winds and accumulating snow. Local damage included a roof blowoff on a barn in Front Royal Road with an estimated $200 loss.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Paul Haldeman
Front Royal Road
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Atteras
Atlantic Coast
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Kentucky
Austin Speech May Touch Off Bitter Wrangle
Lake Success New York March 27 An informed source said Warren R Austin’s major American policy speech at the United Nations Security Council tomorrow could trigger a bitter official clash with Russia over President Truman’s aid to Greece and Turkey. Moscow newspapers have attacked the plan and Russia may respond in Moscow or at the council after preliminary statements.
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Russia
Moscow
Austin
Security Council
New York
Washington
U.N
Truman
United Nations
Delvery
White House
Warren R. Austin
Center
U.S
Dean Acheson
U. N
Trygve Lie
United Nations Security Council
School Absentees Rise as Illness Spreads Citywide
A total of 285 students were recorded absent in city schools, up from Wednesday. Handley absences climbed from 110 to 124, Virginia Avenue from 32 to 38, and Douglas colored school from 72 to 177, while John Kerr reported 46 absent students down from 55.
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Handley
Virginia Avenue
Douglas Colored School
John Kerr
Secretary Schwellenbach recuperating in California hotel
News dispatches report Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach is recovering from influenza at the Del Camino Hotel in Guna Beach California with Mrs Schwellenbach. He plans to stay several more days to fully recover.
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NBACK
Guna Beach
Calif
Secretary of Labor
Lewis B. Schwellen
del Camino Hotel
Schwellenbach
Bomb explodes at Bavarian racial purge commissioner HQ
A bomb explosion last night hit the Bavarian commissioner for racial and political office in Mengere. No injuries were reported. Police investigate the blast as an act of political violence.
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Mengere
Commissioner For Racial and Political
Peromen
Fears of 111 Miners Lost in Centralia Mine Disaster
Fears rose that 111 miners died as rescue teams recovered 35 bodies and left 76 trapped. The explosion at Centralia No 5 mine in Illinois brought a grim scene with heavy snowfall and a temporary morgue. Authorities reported 142 men were in the mine, 31 rescued alive, as investigations and inquiries into safety codes and possible negligence moved forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Inl
Sais
William J. Wekamp
AFL
United Mine Workers
Mather
W. P. Young
Rowkamp
Washington
US & Senate
Brooks
Ill
Rowekamp
Union
Dwight Green
Illinois
Department of Mines and Minerals
Ralph L. Maxwell
Washington County Grand Jury
Communist Dennis Stirs Talk but Flies Names in Hearings
A U S House Un American Activities hearing features Eugene Dennis seeking to testify on Communist views but refuses to reveal his real name Francis Waldron. Committee investigators flag multiple aliases linked to fraudulent passports, prompting dismissal and blocking his reading of a 19 page statement. Dennis attacks the questioning as a plot while observers note the missed chance to present the Communist case to the nation.
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Dennis
J. Parnell
R-N
Hoover
Robert E. Stripling
Amercan
James Marlow
Washington
Eugene Dennis
New York
House Committee On Un-American
Congressional Committee
Molotov Dissects Austrian Asset Definition Proposal
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov discussed a French plan to define assets in Austria as a basis for talks. No decision reached as the Western powers pressed that property seized by Germany must remain with Austria and be clearly defined so Austria remains a sovereign state.
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Molotov
Austria
Moscow
Vu. M. Molotov
Council of Ministers
Saye Cragnes
Tely
Blood donors sought to build city hospital stockpile
H E Alberti administrator urges community members with healthy blood to join a donor list for emergencies at the city hospital. Donors who only give blood at need and cannot be paid save costs when patients pay, while nonpayment arrangements vary. Call Dr Kay at the hospital to register, no charge by the hospital lab.
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H. E. Alberti
Alberti
Kay
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