Modern Plant to Treat Sewage Nears Finish
A $1 million project to build a modern sewage treatment plant for Winchester and extend sewer and water lines into the northeast section nears completion. The plant will treat 2.5 million gallons daily with significant output of stabilized sludge for soil use and will serve about 150 buildings.
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Winchester
Yenea
Cenetor
Wiley N. Jackson Co. Inc
Roanoke
Nch
M. 8
Hudgins
Salem
Virginia
Shou
Cooper Heads Apple Blossom Festival Advisory Group
Clark T. Cooper of 123 Amherst Street chairs the festival advisory committee aiding President H. Delmer Robinson. Members include Fred L. Glaize W. P. McGuire and Harry F. Byrd Jr. They focus on revenue options from memberships program sales concessions and pageant tickets and plan to streamline departments and align activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark T. Cooper
Amherst St
Fred L. Glaize
W. P. McGuire
Harry F. Byrd Jr
H. Delmer Robinson
Ees
Cooper
Shenandoah XXII
Marshall
Summerville land tract traced through Fairfax and Nelson lines
The Summerville estate in Frederick County traces to a 1730 Fairfax grant and 1740 surveys, passing through Robert Page, John Bell, George Braxton, Benjamin Harrison, and Hamilton to Philip Nelson and finally to Dr. Philip Smith. It later housed Warren Smith and then the Doles. current residents are Mrs Richart E. Dole and Richard E. Dole Jr.
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Summerville
Clarke
Frederick County
Fairfax
Rober
Page
Breadneck
Hanover Co
Aic
Matthew Page
Annfield
John Bell
George Braxton
Bell
John Wilton
Captain Wilson
Braxton
Benjamin Harrison
Philip Smith
Senator Taylor on Trial in Segregation Case
Idaho Senator Glen Taylor is appealing a May 4 police court conviction over attempting to enter a door reserved for Negroes at a Southern Negro Youth Congress meeting. The case, heard by an all white jury in Birmingham, centers on laws enforcing racial separation and free speech rights with Taylor vowing to take the matter to the U S Supreme Court if needed.
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Glen
Taylor
Idaho
U. S. Supreme Court
W. W. Casey
Southern Negro Youth Congress
Cooler and Cloudy Weather Delays Apple Bud Bloom
Showery cooler conditions slow apple bud movement toward bloom in the Clearbrook orchard. Duchess pies show pink, Red Delicious and MacIntosh buds pinken as observers note. Officials say 12 days of warm temps can end delayed dormancy. Easter weekend bloom possible if mild weather continues.
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Joseph Butler
Clearbrook
Henry Gold
MacIntosh
Clarke County
Walter S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Winchester
Governor Favors Continuance of U S Rent Control
Gov. Tuck stated Virginia should avoid creating new local boards and prefer keeping the existing administrative setup under federal supervision. He cited the federal bill’s local option provisions as similar to Virginia’s fair rent act and noted current machinery is already in operation with local advisory boards functioning.
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Presen Federal
Virginia
Ick
New York Taxi Strike Set for Tomorrow
New York taxi owners pledge to run as many cabs as possible as a strike looms after 4 30 a m. Tomorrow. A union linked to John L Lewis United Mine Workers warns that not a wheel will roll and orders members to wipe all cabs off the street.
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New York
John L. Lewis United Mine Workers
Tomorow
Rent Law Head Orders Landlord Income Survey
Washington reports that a 15 month extension strengthens the rent control law without a general rent increase. The new provision requires a survey of landlord net operating income to determine eligibility for potential boosts, with outcomes to be decided by the housing expediter after weeks of data gathering.
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Rent Law
Washington
Woods
Prizes Spur Rise in Frederick Corn Club
C D Dye elected president of the Frederick County 100 bushel Corn Club to promote Gov Tuck's corn challenge for North Carolina. Henry Brumback and Carroll Campbell named officers. Prize fund to exceed $200 with entries due by June 1 at the county agent's office. plots must be at least two acres and fertilizers allowed.
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Glaize
Harry Ridgeway
W. W. Conner
John E. Sartelle
Carroll Campbell
FFA
Kentucky U Doors Opened to Negroes By Federal Judge
Federal Judge H Church Ford ruled that Negro students may enter the University of Kentucky graduate school on the same basis as whites until a separate graduate program for Negroes is substantially equal to the university. The decision makes Kentucky the first southern state university east of the Mississippi to admit Negroes unless reversed on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
University of Kentucky Graduate School
H. Church Ford
Mason-Dixon Line
Mississippi River
Blue Ridge Forest Fire Held in Check by Volunteers
A forest fire across the Blue Ridge, southeast of Charles Town, burned a mile wide and four miles long into Virginia before rain assisted control efforts. Volunteers, state guardsmen and local crews battled the blaze for nearly two days, halting the spread near the ridge crest and a Virginia flag beacon. No dwellings were in danger as showers helped extinguish remaining embers.
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Blue Ridge
Charles Town
George Dunaway
Jefferson County
Conway
Donaway
Loudoun County
Virginia
Loudoun
Taylor Barr
Winchester
J. C. O'Leary Jr
Robert Geanious
Robert Ryan
Herbert
Johnny McDaniel
Jack Ke
Panhandle
Hillsboro
Ware
Berkeley County
West Virginia
Shenandoah River
Virginia State Line
Community supper and fire company notices
Local items announce a ham oyster and chicken supper at Whit acre to support a new Hayfield parsonage, a poultry business move, and free delivery. Also listed are Sarah Zane and Charlie Rouss Fire Co monthly meetings, a beauty shop job notice, an estate sale, and a first grade furniture notice.
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Whitacre
U. B
Hayfield
Bergville Ave
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabill
Ee Rouss Fire CO
Charlie Rouss Fire Co
Robert C. Legge
Churchill outlines hopes for man in 20th century
Boston March 31 Winston Churchill will address 13,900 at Boston Garden on the promise and realization of the century. The 74 year old leader speaks on The 20th Century its Promise and Its Realization during MIT mid century survey inaugural events for Dr. James Killin Jr. Harold E. Stassen will headline tomorrow night.
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Boston
Winston Churchill
Britain
Boston Garden
Massachusetts Institute of
Tech
James Rhyne Killin, Jr
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
France
Belgium
India
Brazil
Mexico
Bus Tour Firms Plan Blossoms Festival Trips to Winchester
Richmond Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York operators offer charter tours to Winchester for the Blossom Festival on April 28 and 29. Washington departures on the 29th bring visitors in time for the pageant with luncheon and parade tickets included. Baltimore reports a sellout of 27 coaches and seeks extra buses. Festival officials say Washington agency will handle ticket sales after early April. Winchester chamber assists with visitor housing.
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Richmond
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Winchester
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
8 Vehicles Incur Damage In Street Mishaps
Eight vehicles were damaged in a series of Winchester accidents causing about 1200 in property loss. Kenneth Lee Orndorff 21 of 8038 Kent St was charged with reckless driving from one collision on N Cameron St near Piccadilly. His case was set for 3 pm in police court tomorrow.
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Winchester
Art
Kenneth Lee Orndorff
Kent St
Orndorff
N. Cameron St
Polie Court
Cameron
Piccadilly
John F. Hunsberger
Arlington
Local women vie for honorary fire chief at Capitol fete
Seven city and county belles compete tonight at 9 p m in the Capitol theatre for the title of honorary fire chief in the Apple Blossom Festival parade on April 38. Contestants include Nancy Bruce Lodge Colleen Elizabeth Ryan Ann Marie Adams Ebnor Summer Sarah Ridings and Shirley Bly with out of town judges to be secured and Howard Holland as toastmaster.
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Capitol Theatre
Nancy Bruce Lodge
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Sarah Zane
Ann Marie Adams
Handley
Rouss
Colleen Elizabeth Ryan
South End
Ebnor
Virginia Loan and Thrift Co
Friendship Fire Company
Shirley Bly
George Washington
Howard Holland
JCC Turtle Derby Entries Roll In at Winchester Armory
Entries for the second annual JCC turtle derby at Winchester Armory next Friday have begun. General chairman Harry Carpenter released the first 35 sponsors and their crawlers this morning, with entrants including Splash for Willow Lawn Pool Virginia Woolen Nth Degree for Continental Oil Co George for Strickler and Wagner and Mopar representing their sponsors.
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JCC
Winchester Armory
Harry Carpenter
Virginia Woolen
Splash
Willow Lawn Swimming Pool
Nth Degree
Continental Oil Co
George
Strickler and Wagner
Mopar
Mountain Top Life Found Happy Healthful atop Blue Ridge
Mr and Mrs James Ernest Fowler live 44 years at Mount Weather atop the Blue Ridge near Winchester and Washington. Fowler received a bronze medal for 39 years of Civil Service from 1909 and retired last July 1.
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Bill Garrard
James Ernest Fowler
Blue Ridge
Fouger
Mount Weather
Clarke
Loudoun Counties
Winchester
Washington
Fowler
U. S. Weather Bureau
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Weather Observatory
Department of the Interior
J. E. Fowler
Interior
Wm. E. Warne
Virginians among fatalities in Bluestone bridge collapse
Hinton West Virginia March 31 five men died and four were injured in a partial bridge span collapse over the Bluestone River near the flood control dam site. The workers all on the new bridge project included Paul Sanders 39 John Al Righey 22 Fyre Thompson 42 Eddie Brown 29 Okey H Farm 44 and Frank Young 50. Four others were hospitalized with injuries. One man leaped clear as the structure fell.
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Hinton
W. Va
Bluestone River
Bluestone
Hinton, Co. Co
Roanoke’ Va
Paul Sanders
John al- Righey
Dublin
Tuck to Seize Power Co. Plants
Governor Tuck announced a motion to seize power plant equipment in Virginia after a telegram from H. M. Ware of the Local workers union signaling a notice of intention to strike at midnight May 5.
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Tuck
Power Co
Richmond
Commonwealth of Virginia
H. M. Ware
Releational Brotherhood Few Workers
President Presses Full ECA Request in Europe
In Washington on March 31 the president urged Congress to approve the full 5580 million ECA request, amid questions about Taft and Russell efforts to block it. He said Congress should back the administration's plan and hinted taxes could rise by about 4 billion if the request is not granted.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Russell
Milk delivery notice and local sales blurbs
Beginning April customers on Sanitary Milk in the afternoons will now receive it in the mornings after. Also mentions transplanted pansy plants for sale, a bake sale by Kernstown PTA, a seamstress job ad, and Golden Glow Restaurant hours including breakfast and dinner with fountain service.
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Sanitary Dairy
National Ave
Solenberger’s
Kernstown P.T.A
Pingley & Carpet Cleaners
Golden Glow
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Fete
Pente- Church
Braddock St
Jane Raey
Anita Hubbard
Kurtz
Sen. Taylor
Birmingham
Ala
Gov
U.S
N. Y
C. D. Dye
Kentucky
Country Club
Woodstock
George Scheder
Blue Ridge Forest Fire
Artie Cane
Peyton St
Cal
Julian W. Baker
Manitex Py Peis J. Ww
Tye Furniture
Churchill
MIT
Fire Co
JCC Turtle
Tom Passe
Europe
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