Clearbrook Driver Hurt as Car Crashes into Tree
Willie Roberts, 21, of Clearbrook, was critically injured when his car left U S 11 north of Martinsburg and struck a roadside tree at 7 45 p m. Five others were treated for injuries at Kings Daughters hospital in Martinsburg as police described the 1937 model car as totally demolished.
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Willie Roberts
Clearbrook
U. S. 11
Martinsburg
Roberts
West Virginia
Charles Miller
Winchester
Hugh Baker
Berryville
Kings Daughters Hospital
Young Roberts
Hagers
Ace Coverstone
Chrysler
Duon
Braddock
Nash
Elmer Wingert
Waynesboro
Virnia Tavern
Frazer
Irvin
Hagerstown
Anchored Cargo Ship Rammed by Tanker in Fog
A 7000 ton Indian freighter Jalaketu was crippled by a collision with a large tanker seven miles southeast of the Narrows outside New York harbor. The freighter crawled to Stapleton Staten Island for docking with minimal reported casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Harbor
Jalaketu
Gamage
Stapleton
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Upper Bay
Coast Guard
Hour of heavy rain halts business and floods streets
A downpour dumped 1.1 inches of rain in 55 minutes causing closures from 12 30 to 1 30 pm. Hail followed the shower ending with washed streets and flooding up to curbs. Apple Blossom Festival debris floated away as pedestrians waded through water on downtown streets.
Milk Price Hearing Set 10 a m Friday
The Virginia State Milk Commission will hold a public hearing at the Frederick county courthouse in Winchester Friday at 10 a.m. to consider the current price structure in the Winchester milk market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia State Milk Commission
Frederick County
Winchester
Lost reward offered for missing music case and scores
A $50 reward is offered for the return of a black and chrome music case and Johnny Long's Orchestra scores lost Friday night. Contact Winchester 6587 with information. Also notices announce an antiques auction May 5 at 10:30 AM by Headley’s Auctions and a local league bowling guest-ticket reminder. A garage will be closed due to the death of W. W. Dellinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black & Chrome
Johnny Long
All
Winchester
W. W. Delinger
Dellinger Bros
Britain and France Begin Berlin Blockade Parley Talks
Ambassador Philip C. Jessup prepared to meet British and French officials in New York to discuss the Berlin blockade with no date set for a meeting with Russia's Jakob Malik. Talks focus on a common procedure among the four powers and a potential date to lift the blockade while Lucius D. Clay urged caution on Soviet aims of world domination.
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New York
Philip C. Jessup
Berlin
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Jessup
Washington
State Department
Alexander Cadogan
Britain
Jean Chauvel
France
United States Nations
Malik
Jessu
Council of Foreign Ministers
Lucius D. Clay
Wwe
Dellinger Auto Dealer Dies at 74 in Winchester
William Washington Dellinger 74 a long time Winchester councilman and Studebaker dealer on E Piccadilly St died at Winchester hospital after a brief illness. He served on council from 1925 to 1948 chaired the street committee and held anti sanitary and finance posts. He married Minnie Hoover in 1897 and was a member of Grace Lutheran church the Elks and United Commercial Travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Washington Dellinger
Winchester Council
Winchester Hospital
Dellinger
E. Piccadilly St
St. Luke
Ity
Abe Colleores
Washington
Annie C. Wisman Dellinger
Minnie Hoover
Woodstock
Clarke County
Loudoun St
E. Piccac
Studebaker
L. K. Dellinger
Council
Grace Lutheran Church
The
Elks and
United Commercial Travelers Survivors
Strikes Idle Philco And Singer Plants
About 6500 Philco Corp workers in the Philadelphia area walked out for higher wages as a CIO United Electrical Workers contract expired. At Singer in Elizabeth New Jersey 7000 workers struck over a faster pace of pay and incentives. Strikes crippled Atlanta transit with 1300 drivers out and left 2600 more idle in four New Jersey industries. Bendix Aviation at South Bend halted for the 13th day. Georgia Power offered a 5 cent raise, AFL workers seek 15 cent hike and a revised pension plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philco Corp
Philadelphia
Elizabeth
N. J
Atlanta
New Jersey
Bendix Aviation Corp
South Bend
Philco
CIO United Electrical Workers Union
Singer
CIO Electrical Workers
AFL
Georgia Power Co
Judge Dismisses Discrimination Charge in Virginia Schools
Roanoke May 2. District court judge A D Barksdale dismissed a complaint by Pulaski county Negroes who alleged race discrimination in school facilities and bus transport. His opinion indicts many Virginia facilities as inadequate for white and Negro children, noting white schools lack modern plumbing and water supplies and some operate in church basements or tar paper buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
A. D. Barksdale
Pulaski County
Barksdale
Festival Officials Praised By President Delmer Robinson
H Delmer Robinson president of the 22nd Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival sent congratulatory telegrams to department heads after the event. He commended Garland R Quarles Handley school staff Frank Armstrong Jr C T Cooper and others for superb organization and cooperation with U S Senator Harry Byrd and State Senator Raymond Guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmer Robinson
H. Delmer Robinson
Garland R. Quarles
Handley School
Winchester
Frederick County
C. T. Cooper
Mrs. Barr
Jimmie
Messrs Byrd, Massie, and
Gilies
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
Raymond Guest
Business backs only portion of Hoover report
At the 37th annual meeting the U S chamber of commerce votes on a qualified endorsement of the Hoover Commission plan. The policy panel favors endorsing the program "to the greatest extent practicable" and adds new proposals on price systems, defense contracts, and tax reserves while endorsing Taft-Hartley elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Hoover
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Congress
Hoover Commission
Hoover
D. A. Haley
Lone Star Oil Co
Dallas
Haley
Truman
Democratic Gain May Still Find Wallgren Blocked
Washington May 2. If President Truman waits eight months he may win a way to push Wallgren nomination through the armed services committee. A senator says Baldwin may resign in December, shifting the panel to eight Democrats and five Republicans, altering power and possibly sending Wallgren to the Senate floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
Armed Services Committee
Baldwin
R-Conn
Byrd
D-Va
Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Chester Wies
Connecticut
Senate
Armed Services
Last Two of Seven Face Judge in Rape Case
In Martinsville Virginia on May 2 the remaining two of seven black defendants faced a judge in the rape of a white woman case from January 8. Five defendants have already been convicted with the death penalty recommended for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Here
Martins
Pive
Dr. Lewis M. Allen 76 Ob-Gyn and Bank President Dies
Dr. Lewis M. Allen 76 a noted obstetric specialist and president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank died at Memorial Hospital at 3 30 am after a long illness. He had operated a Clifton estate in Clarke County and was born in Jefferson County. His death follows a recent series of local physician losses.
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Winchester
Lewis M. Allen
Memorial Hospital
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Alien
Hunter H. McGuire
Philip W. Boyd
Rotary Club
Charles O. Dearmont
White Post
Clark Unty
Emorial Hospital
Jefferson County
Dr. Allen
Clarke County
W. Va
West Wood
Clifton
Robert Owen Allen
Edith Howard
England
America
Rouss Daughter, Last Member of Family, Dies at 80
Funeral services in Frederick Maryland for Virginia Duane Rouss Gibson 80 widow of Charles Broadway Rouss. She was the last of the Rouss family once linked to a Baltimore sanitarium and a prominent New York merchant whose philanthropy aided Winchester. Her mother and Mary D Lee of Portland Maine were noted relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss
Frederick
Virginia Duane Rouss Gibson
Charles Broadway Rouss
Baltimore
New York
Winchester
Mt. Hebron
Mary D. Lee
Portland
Two Ex-Mayors Back Senator Battle in Richmond
In Richmond on May 23 two of the three living ex-mayors back State Senator John S. Battle in the race against Horace H. Edwards who contends for the governorship. The two supporters view Battle as the better qualified candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
John S. Battle
Horace H. Edwards
Winchester fete hailed as biggest and best by president
H Delmar Robinson, president of the fete association, calls the Winchester celebration the biggest and best in history noting perfect weather and widespread praise from dignitaries and guests. He reveals the festival left nearly 3000 in arrears due to unpaid subscriptions and urges immediate financial support to clear the indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Delmar Robinson
Fete Association
Winchester
Alben W. Barkley
Bob Hope
Miss Margrethers
Robinson
Johnny
Philip Morris
Hollywood
Festival Association
Economy Victory Vote Pushed Back to Committee
Senate Democrats moved to reconsider a $2400 million economy bill after a 44 to 37 vote that included 36 Republicans and eight Democrats. Senator Green of Rhode Island filed a motion to review, with a decision likely after extended debate and a second test by Senator McKeller of Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Green
D-Ri
Senator McKeller
D-Tenn
Appropriations Committee
Volunteers Outdo State Agency in Resettling Displaced
Virginia's volunteer coordination program headed by L. M. Walker Jr. has not settled any families since March while volunteer groups have settled about 70 families in the state. The DPI program aims to coordinate volunteer agencies in resettlement efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
L. M. Walker Jr
Education Bill Sponsors Confident in Senate Fate
Washington May 2 Three sponsors of a education bill to grant states 300 million annually predicted the Senate will reject major changes Taft Th o mas and Aiken defend equalized distribution Lodge amendment would base grants on 10 per public school child Taft and Aiken expect a big Senate majority to back equalization while Lodge faces likely defeat but some Republicans warn it may gain support amid wealthier states paying for poorer states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Aiken
RVI
Lodge
Mass
USA
Thomas
Crib chained boy dies in Wilkes-Barre fire
Five year old Bryant Gill burned to death in a crib at his home in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. Fire Chief Ambrose Saricks said the child who could not speak ran away from home often and his mother Nettie Gill had padlocked and netted the crib with iron chains. The fire was believed started by the boy playing with matches. His mother detected smoke and found him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Ambrose Saricks
Saricks
Bryant Gill
Nettie Gill
University Clique Upset in Election at Washington and Lee
In a weekend student election at Washington and Lee University the long dominant clique lost its grip. Independent candidate Mark Saurs defeated big clique candidate Chris Compton 665 to 460 for the student body presidency, signaling a shift in campus politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Big Clique
Washington and Lee
Mark Saurs
Louisville
Chris Compton
Ashland
GE to Fight CIO Union Contract Demands
General Electric opposes CIO wage hikes and benefits arguing they would raise costs, trigger layoffs, and curb production in the electrical industry. GE executive Lemuel Boulware pledged to resist current union demands, which include pay raises, pension improvements, and shorter hours for about 100,000 GE workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Electric Co
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Lemuel R. Boulware
Boulware
Rayburn backs five amendments to labor bill to assure passage
Speaker Rayburn announced support for five amendments drafted by House members to the labor bill. He said they will be offered as debate resumes and hope to assure passage. The reforms echo Taft Hartley while aiming to broaden rights and transparency in labor disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rayburn
House
Ion
Truman
Lesinski
D-Mich
House Labor Committee
White House
Rep
Wood
D-Ga
May 7 Deadline to Qualify to Vote This Year
The piece notes a May 7 deadline to qualify for the August primary and November general election. Voters must pay the capitation tax at the treasurer’s office to be eligible, and new residents should register with the local registrar when paying the tax at Frederick County’s city hall. The treasurer will advise the registrar’s location in each precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Work in Hay Baling and Harvesting at Siaina Co.
Local note records Tom work including hay baling corm picking and harvesting at the Siaina Co in Clearbrook Virginia. Contact M JANNEY for details at phone 3988.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siaina Eee Co
M. Janney Clearbrook
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Italy
Rome
Antiques Tours
Braddock Headley
D. C. Lichiter
F.W
U.S
W. W. Dellinger
Philco and
Associated Press
H. B. McCormac Jr
Frank Armstrong Jr
Treasur
E. W. Barr
Applemen’s Committee
Dr. L. M. Allen Bank
City
Coil
Senator Battle
Assn
State Agency
DPI
General Electric
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