Henry proposes ordinance to acquire municipal light plant
In Winchester May meeting J H Henry introduced an ordinance to acquire a diesel powered light plant to serve water streets and public buildings. A health unit for sanitation enforcement and a doctors building permit on Washington St were discussed. Final vote awaits studies and input from Fairbanks Morse representatives.
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Doctors
Washington St
McCormick Lot
Boscawen
Amherst Sts
J. H. Henry
Fairbanks Morse
Henry
Piccadilly
Amherst
George Smith
Semick
Winchester
Lee Grant
State Health Department
L. J. Roper
Grant
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Compar
Winchester veterans return to civilian jobs at local firms
Former Corporal Bruce C. Sheard spent 33 months in the Army including the Southwest Pacific and Australia and has returned to duties at Omps Funeral Home. Former Staff Sergeant John D. Liddle served 40 months with the Air Transport Command in Asia Burma and China and now works at a Winchester employer.
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Winchester
Bruce C. Sheard
Army
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Omps Funeral Home
Femor
John D. Liddle
Air Transport
Asia
Burma
China
Star
Va. Canoes Company 115 Drill Notice
Members of Company 115 Va. State Canoes are ordered to report Friday at 7 30 PM. No drill Thursday night. All divisions must assemble Friday. Capt. W A Baker signs the notice.
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VA. S. G
W. A. Baker
Russia Boycotts UN Security Council Iran Session
The Soviet Union skipped a UN Security Council meeting on Iran as the US urged deferral to May 20 for a report on Red Army withdrawals. Gromyko warned he would not discuss the Iranian case, while Ambassador Ala reported four provinces clear of Russian troops and Azerbaijan status unverified.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Iran
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
Council
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Gromyko
Security Council
Husssein Ala
Hafez Afifi Pasha
Ala
Azerbaijan
Afifi
Sla
Winchester Office Reports 182 Jobs in April
The Winchester office of the United States Employment Service announced that 182 persons found jobs in April and 187 applications were received. Veterans accounted for 76 employed and 134 applicants. 43 women and 63 men also applied.
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Winchester
United States Employment Service
W. M. Shade
Shade
Former Radio Manager in Shanghai To Address Rotarians
David Zysman, former Shanghai radio station manager, will speak at the Winchester Rotary Club luncheon on Thursday May 9 at the Sarah Zane Fire Co. He will discuss Life In China During the Japanese Occupation. Zysman, Polish by birth, lived in China since 1934 and aided Allied broadcasts to the enemy.
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Winchester
Mine shutdown follows Benham gun battle
In Harlan Kentucky on May 8 4 The International Harvester Company's coal mine at Benham halted operations after yesterday's gunfight that left one miner dead and six others injured.
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Harlan
International Harvester Company
Benham
Ministers Parley Seen Breaking Up In Discord
At Moscow Byrnes urged a 21 nation conference in Paris to draft Europe’s peace treaties, with Molotov seeking time to study the plan. Bevin and Bidault reportedly supported the idea, but talks remained deadlocked on major points and on Italian reparations as ministers prepared to adjourn and deputies to present agreed and disagreed lists.
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James F. Byrnes
Europe
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Paris
Moscow
Bevin
Georges Bidault
Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
London
Great Britain
Ernest Bevin
Special Grand Jury Called In Clarke County Virginia
Clarke County holds a special grand jury for the May term starting May 13 with voters Sheriff W W Smallwood Jr. and Judge Burr P Harrison naming jurors including John M Hawkins Es ten Thornton Rufus Cross R B Beavers and others. Ray Longerbeam faces larceny charges for an automobile belonging to Lewis L Allen. A civil venire for civil and misdemeanor trials was also ordered for the May term with jurors named C T Wiley Walter C Lee and others.
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Berryville
W. W. Smallwood, Jr
Clarke County
Burr P. Harrison
John M. Hawkins
Esten Thornton
Rufus Cross
R. B. Beavers
W. D. Wisecarver
R. E. Ae
B. T. Ace
Ray Longerbeam
Lewis L. Allen
Trial Justice Court
Prospector
C. T. Wiley
Walter C. Lee
Geohrist
J. J. Copenhaver
Turner Ashby
E. B. Jackson
Thomas Dix
H. L. Boxwell
Wm. R. Carter
Detroit Auto Worker Arrested in Poker Game Slayings
Bruno Caruso a 44 year old Detroit auto worker is shown after arrest in a poker game slayings. Two men present at a friends home with Caruso and his former wife Mary were shot through a window and died. The event occurred during a card game attended by the ex wife.
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Bruno Caruso
Detroit
Mich
Caruso
Mary
Labor Strife Threatens Public Safety Warns Eccles
Washington May 8 Marriner S Eccles said labor strife in key industries threatens public safety and the government should have means to control disputes. The Fed chairman urged a year's extension of price control before the Senate banking committee. He warned no group or leaders may inflict such injury and emphasized the need for full production to curb inflation.
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Washington
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking Committee
Eccles
Howard Named Assistant Head of State Schools
Rich mond Va May 8 Dowell J Howard 48 was appointed assistant state superintendent of public instruction to succeed Dr Walter S Newman who becomes vice president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute May 15 Howard has led Virginia agricultural education since 1942 and previously taught and supervised in northern Virginia and at VPI He is married with two children.
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Richmond
Dowell J. Howard
Walter S. Newman
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Howard
Virginia
G. Tyler Miller
State Board of Education
Maryland
Maryland State College of Agriculture
University of Maryland
Maryland Agricultural Extension Service
Boyce High School
VPI
Madison College
Public sale notice at Red Bud road near city
Public sale to be held on May 10 in Priday 2 percent miles northeast of the city. Items include livestock farm machinery and household goods. Vermont Rosen is listed.
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Red Bud Road
Vermont Crosen
Pastor Williams to Share Life Story at Apostolic Church
The Apostolic Church at 10 W. St. hosts Pastor D P Williams tonight at 7 45. With forty two years in pioneering work in twenty coun tries he presents his life story in a fireside talk.
Sale of H. J. Plow ers Sheep and Lambs May 13
An auction notice announces a sale by H. J. Plowers on May 13 at 10 a.m. featuring a good bunch of sheep and lambs.
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H. J. Plowers
Speedy Ban On Royalty Payments Amid Coal Strike
Senator Byrd urged swift action in Congress to outlaw the 10 cent per ton royalty paid to John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers to fund miners benefits. Government efforts continued to curb the 38 day coal strike as federal conciliators held talks with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach and utility firms prepared emergency gas curtailments.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Truman
Senate
Early End To Knitting Mill Strike Seen
A Morrinsburg meeting between officials of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and Winchester Knitting management, led by John J. Warner, signals a likely agreement today to end the five week old strike.
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Morrinsburg
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Winchester Knitting
John J. Warner
McFarland Amendment Defeated Amid Coal Strike Turmoil
The 38 day bituminous coal strike widens as idle miners exceed 800,000 with 418,000 idle. AFL UMW and operators back wage fund demands. Ford suspends most operations affecting 110,000 workers. Railroads slash schedules under government order as 250,000 are out of work in rail and utilities. Civilian Production Administration creates an emergency office to sustain vital services. US Steel reports 39,000 idle in Pittsburgh and Chicago plants with at least 50,000 idle nationwide.
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Schwellenbach
Edward F. McGrady
Paul W. Puller
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
McGrady
Puller
Lewis John L. Lewis
John O'Leary
Lewis
Edward R. Burke
Southern Coal Producers Association
Fuller
Lews
Burke
Southern Operators Group
OPA
Afl-United Mine Workers
Afl-Umw
Ford Motor Company
Association of American Railroads
Civilian Production Administration
U. S. Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Power Rationing Hits Two-Thirds of Virginia
Virginia faces a four hour daily limit and a total shutdown for many amusements as the State Corporation Commission enforces power rationing to stretch coal supplies amid a nationwide strike. Major cities including Richmond Norfolk Newport News Portsmouth and Fredericksburg brace for 24 hour weekly limits with theatres seeking generators.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Tuck
Commission
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Tec
WRVA
WMBG
WRNL
WLEE
B. B. Ferguson
Portsmouth
Lynchburg
Danville
Roanoke
VEPCO
Shenandoah Valley
Jack G. Holtzclaw
Virginna Electric and Power Company
Hampton Roads
Norfolk Retail Merchants Association
Norfolk
States Urged To Adopt Minimum Driving Standards
President Truman urged states at the Highway Safety Conference to require minimum motor licenses. He cited Missouri where licenses could be bought for a quarter, calling it absurd to permit driving by the insane, nuts, or morons. He warned that more people are killed or permanently injured in automobile accidents than in wars.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Missouri
Senate votes 45 to 40 to kill the proposal
Senate defeats the Motive America plan to permanently use wartime bases in exchange for a 3.75 billion loan. Sen. Seamaene of Arizona urged a business like settlement on Britain's WWI debt before approving the credit, arguing for American rights to bases in British possessions.
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Senate
the Star
Washington
United States Senate
America
Sema Ene
D-Ariz
Oneagles
Britain
McFarland
Fed
Bri
Baynard Silver Dies In Florida
Baynard Silver died at his home in Orlando Florida from a heart attack at 63 his death was announced to Mrs Wendall B Goode of 126 West Peyton Street He was born in 1883 at Fairview White Hall and was educated at Shenandoah Valley Academy and William and Mary College He married Gertrude Bass Rickman in 1923 at St Louis Missouri His father John M Silver held public roles including county supervisor and sheriff and edited the Winchester News continued on page 2 column 3
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Wendall B. Goode
West Peyton Street
Parkins
Orlando
Florida
John Moore Silver
Margaret Davia Parkins Silver
Fairview
Silver
Pontiff Reported Slightly In Vatican City
A brief Vatican City bulletin on May 8 notes the pontiff's condition is described as slightly improved. No further medical details are provided in the terse report.
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Pontiff
Public Sale Notices Household Items for Mrs Snapp
A public sale is planned for Saturday May 11 at 10:00 A M of household effects from Mrs G O Snapp at 319 Pairmont Avenue. See ad on inside page two for details.
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G. O. Snapp
Pairmont Avenue
Notice for Insurance Dial 4366
Public notice announces contact for insurance inquiries with the name C. Hollis and a referenced number 4366. The fragment suggests an insurer or agent contact point and a monetary figure eight dollars in the text.
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C. Hollis
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