Three Years After V E Day Peace Talks Stalled Worldwide
Three years after V E Day negotiations for a German peace broke down and Austria talks linger in London. The surrender terms were signed in Rheims on May 7 1945 and ratified in Berlin on May 8 with peace at 12 01 a m May 9. Truman Churchill and Stalin hailed allied victory while U S domestic politics shifted as Republicans control Congress. Prices rose and industrial activity fell with durable goods leading the decline while non durables and mining held steady.
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Germany
Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
Jodl
Eisenhower
Rheims
Berlin
Europe
Prague
Truman
Churchill
Winterses of Andale win Skelly award for farming feat
Midwestern farm leaders in Chicago pick Albert and Josephine Winters of Andale Kansas as recipients of the W G Skelly award for superior achievement in agriculture. Their 330 acre model farm supports nine children and was featured in a nationwide broadcast.
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Chicago
Albert
Josephine Winters
Andale
Kansas
W. G. Skelly
Sye
Woom Ace Sill
Winters Family Epitomizes Rural Progress and Duty
The Winters, Albert and Josephine, are spotlighted for extensive Farm Bureau work and community service. Their land yields record crops including wheat, alfalfa, eggs, poultry, and lambs, reflecting a life of steady labor. They raise nine children while managing a demanding farm and outside activities.
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Skelly Committee
Albert
Josephine Winters
Merchandising Miracle Boosts Washington Apples in Fort Smith
The Southwest Times Record highlights how Fort Smith Arkansas residents boosted Washington apple sales. From November to December 1946 to 1947, unloads rose from 18 to 31 carloads, a 72 percent increase. Advertising space and in-store displays driven by the Fort Smith newspaper and local retailers generated a carload every other day during the two peak months.
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Washington
Washington State
Apple Commission
Fort Smith
Masculine Philosophy from Lamar Democrat
A humorous column notes a nagging wife may be a blessing and a bad case of lumtego can keep its owner out of mischief. It adds that neither a female scold nor a crick in the back will become popular.
How's Your IQ A 10 question quiz for memory and logic
A memory test with ten questions on history geography language and science asks about the Daughters of the American Revolution in Constitution Hall Quito capital of Ecuador the peccadillo meaning a small offense the source river near Lake Itasca the United Packinghouse Workers union affiliation steel versus copper Hercules heel Italian election date April 18 99 Rockfeller senior and the most recently discovered major planet plus a page reference to solutions.
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Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Constitution Hall
Quito
Lake Itasca
Minnesota
United Packinghouse Workers’ Union
AFL
CIO
John D. Rockfeller, Sr
Strength for the Day and Articulate Labor in Public Notice
The piece reflects on German masters in Washington displays and the value of painstaking craft. It then cites tourists spending 23 million dollars in Canada in 1947, and prints an order of publication in Frederick County Virginia detailing an estate case for John B. Bywaters dec’d with specifics on hearing dates and involved parties.
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Washington
Rembrandts
Frederick County
Virginia
Lucy Dodson Bywaters
John B. Bywaters
Commercial and Savings Bank
Winchester
Dabney W. Watts
Population Trend Update in National Circulation Figures
In the United States the per capita money in circulation decreased from 192.32 dollars in February to 190.22 dollars in March. The note mentions a rapid arrival of GI babies.
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United States
Apple crop thinned by sudden cold spell in 1947
Dr A B Groves of Winchester Re search Laboratory notes the apple crop was very heavily thinned after a sudden cold spell. A man fired a shotgun at a passerby who escaped uninjured and eluded police. Esther Stine walked to Winchester to donate blood. Six people injured in a head on crash between here and Martinsburg as forest fires in Virginia were stopped by rain. Joseph A Massie Jr. announces for Frederick County commonwealth attorney.
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A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
John G Rogers
E. Cork Sr
Prowier
Joseph A. Massie Jr
Commonwealth’s
Frederick County
Here
Martinsburg
Virginia
Fire destroys building owned by Aulick Gibbons
A fire gutted a building on N Cameron 81 owned by Aulick Gibbons. Chinese delegates to the League of Nations sought aid for China amid its war with Japan. Dr H H McGuire was re elected president of Memorial Hospital.
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Aulick Gibbons
N_ Cameron
League of Nations
China
Japan
H. H. McGuire
Memorial Hospits
Funeral services for Jesse W. Sow ers veteran and former restaurateur
Funeral services were held for Jesse W. Sowers a well known Confederate veteran and former restaurant owner. Rev F I Mumford now pastor of Market St Methodist Church gave a welcome party by members. Mercury fell to slightly below freezing in Frederick and Clarke counties with no fruit damage reported.
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Jesse W. Sowers
F. I. Mumford
Market St. Methodist Church
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Local businessmen object to rail links and new phones installed
In 1898 local business men held a meeting to protest bad rail connections between towns and the South. Shryock and Hottle installed telephones at a mill and their Main Street store. Mary Campbell of Stephens City was badly bruised when run over by George Carter's horse.
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Shryock
Hottle
Mill
Mary Campbell
Stephens City
George Carter
Rainfall Statistics For May And Year To Date
The report shows 24 hour rainfall ending 7 am none for May and year to date rainfall 2.03 inches in 1948 with total to date 13.20 inches. Average annual rainfall over 35 years is 36.20 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1946 list values from January 2.46 to December 2.38 inches. Courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
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