Charnock Helps Recruit Migrant Berry Pickers Near Eastern Shore
B C Charnock of Winchester State Employment Service has been moved to Nassawadox Virginia to oversee a migrant labor camp and aid recruitment for the strawberry crop. He plans to return to Winchester around June 1. Each year pre season planning recruits migrant workers for vegetables and fruit harvests shaping camps operated by grower associations and fed by the Virginia Employment Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Charnock
W. Bond
Winchester
State Employment Service
Nassawadox
Eastern Shore
WSES
Frederick County
Bailey outlines harvest timing and labor shifts for crop care
F W Bailey, local VSES manager, discusses agricultural commodities seasonality and maturity. He emphasizes harvesting and processing methods and the readiness of labor groups to shift between sections to save crops and keep workers fully employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Bailey
VSES
Experts Retained In Telephone Case In Virginia
The State Corporation Commission said Leonard J. Blackburn Richmond engineer has been retained as a depreciation consultant for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of Virginia as it seeks a rate increase. Hearing begins June 13. Another consultant Lewis T. Hayner of Washington will handle financial angles. C P seeks rate increases costing customers about 3.9 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Leonard J. Blackburn
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Virginia
SCC
Lewis T. Hayner
Washington
Reynolds Store May 13 Social News Summary
Mr. and Mrs. Purcell Dick and children of Sunnyside visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Louie Shenk and two children were guests of Mr and Mrs. Clint Carpenter. Mrs. Susan B. Lewis visits her daughter, Mrs. Ida Mason, at Hancock Maryland. Ed Shenk spent a day with Mr. and Mrs. James Jolley. Harley Place and daughter with Joseph Place visited Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lanty Kernstown. Miss Gloria McDonald and her niece from Romney, West Virginia visited I. D. Shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria McDonald
Romney
W. Va
I. D. Shade
Millie Holliday Named Warren County High School Editor
Millie Holliday will serve as editor in chief of the Warren County high school newspaper next school year. This year Lucy Page Hall edited the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Holliday
Warren County
Lucy Page Hall
Housing Bill Vote Expected in Week
Administration leaders predicted President Truman will win in the House on a long range housing program. Republicans promised a fight with a decisive vote set for next week. Rep. Walcott urged battle while Sen. Spence predicted passage. The Senate approved a similar measure 57 to 13 on April 21.
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Washington
Truman
Rep
Walcott
R-Mich
Banking Committee
Banking
Spence
D-Ky
House
Senate
Fifty thousand released for Lynchburg State colony project
Richmond May 13 Fifty thousand dollars of a conditional appropriation of 535000 has been released by Governor Tuck for construction of personal and patients buildings at Lynchburg State colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tuck
Lynchburg State Colony
Hall Likes Job At Senate Door
Hall, former Virginia labor commissioner, serves as Senate doorkeeper, guiding visitors at the main entrance. He notes the role is fascinating with officials from every state and country visiting, as he works beside H. C. Sanders and observes the Capitol’s history and clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Hopkins Hall
Virginia
Senate
Capitol
Hall
H. C. Sanders
House
Capitol Hill
Sanders
Pfc David Armel Rites Held at National Cemetery
Reinterment services for Pfc David E. Armel son of J. E. Armel and R. Berryville were held at the national cemetery this week. Rev. Paul Dick officiated with a firing squad and colors provided by the Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cemetery
David E. Armel
J. E. Armel
R. Berryville
Paul Dick
The
Legion
Supply Pastor to Serve Cork St Church Until June Arrival
Rev. Charles R. Sines acts as supply pastor at Cork Street Christian church until Rev. Paul Drumheller of Bloomington Illinois arrives around June 1 after accepting a call to the local parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Sines
Cork St. Christian Church
Paul Drumheller
Bloomington, Ill
Irate Customer Drives Car Through Locked Store Door
In Richmond on May 13 a man rammed a car through Sears doors at 15 minutes before opening injuring staff. Clyde West and others subdued him after he fought back. he was booked for disorderly conduct and assault and wounding as Clarence A Olive Toreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Sears and Roebuck
Clyde West
H. I. Nemath
Clarence A. Olive
Toreman
Japan applauds US halt on reparations shipments
Tokyo reports mixed reaction as the United States pauses reparations shipments from Japan drawing Japanese approval and Chinese and Philippine opposition. MacArthur declines comment while some officials call the move a practical approach, noting Japan has paid vast reparations. Prime Minister Yoshida calls Washington policy a sign of growing American sympathy toward Japan.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Washington
Shigeru Yoshida
Ford Demands Strike End Before 1949 Talks
A source says Ford Motor Co refuses to begin 1949 labor contract talks until workers end the current strike. The CIO-UAW had urged opening talks 60 days before expiration. Negotiations continue as 65,000 workers strike, threatening a near shutdown of Ford operations. Walter P. Reuther leads the union delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Fordas
Cio-United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Seson
Public Sale of Real Estate in Clarke County Virginia
Public auction to the highest bidder at eleven o'clock a.m. on Saturday June 11 1949 in front of the Court House Berryville Clarke County Virginia. One half acre lot with modern frame dwelling and two car garage bounded by J Townsend Burwell Gerard B Lambert and T S Hummer. One third cash the remainder on bonds due one and two years after date with deed of trust and fire insurance. Trustee Thomas B Byrd Mary Byrd Consolvo estate. Auctioneer Coleman Dunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Clarke County
Virginia
H. M. Lee
Admr. D.b.n.c.t.a
Mary Byrd
Court House
Berryville
Millwood
Berryville and
J. Townsend Burwell
Gerard B. Lambert
T. S. Hummer
Mary Byrd Consolvo
J. T. Burwell
Answers to Daily Quiz From May 13 1949
Answers to the daily quiz printed on Page 4 list ten items including the date of Jesus burial, reasons for black cats, superstition truths and myths, and notes about Friday the 13th in 1949. The items cover crucifixion timing hair color, protective rabbits, and storm electricity effects.
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Jesus
Farm Sale and Auction Listings for May and June
Sales directory lists events including May 14 1 pm Farmers Live Stock Exchange Winchester Polled Short horns. May 14 10 am Albert L Brown Herman Slonaker 3 mi north of White Hall live stock cars machinery furniture. May 16 1 pm Mr and Mrs John L Turner Willamor Farm Broadway Va 43 Pure bred Scotch Shorthorn cattle. May 25 10:30 am D E Pifer Middle Road 7 12 mi from Winchester furniture household goods. June 4 11 am Wm Frank Plank estate front of Frederick County Court House real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Winchester
Albert L. Brown
Herman Slonaker
White Hall
John L. Turner
Willamor Farm
Broadway
D. E. Pifer
Middle Road
Frank Plank Estate
Frederick County Court House
Firemen Apprentice Arrives in Philadelphia After Mediterranean Cruise
See Ending Cruise Alleston 8. Firemen apprentice in the US Navy, son of Mrs. Ida M. See, of R. 1A Winchester, is due in Philadelphia on May 24 after a five month Mediterranean cruise aboard the radar picket destroyer USS Larson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alleston
See
USN
Ida M. See
Winchester
Philadelphia
Mediterranean
Larson
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O. W
Reynold’s Store
National Fruit Co
Fairmont Ave
Coleman Dunn
Massie
Stephens City
Roy P. Duvall
N. Loudoun St. Winchester
DU Pont
Tves
Yole Gal
Braddock &T
Berlin
Elbe
Helmstedt
Carolina
Columbia
D. C
Shelton Lorick
Lynchburg
N. Cameron St
Barkley
Congress
England
Pfc
Armel Rites
Sine Supply Pastor
Angus
Hereford
Shorthorn
Bang’s
T. B
I. Fred Stine
Thomas B. Byrd
Mary Byrd Canenlun
Wvovarne
Vapotone
Rothane
Ictar
Winchester Seed CO
B. F. Goodrich
Loudoun St
Hillside
Alexandria
Lincolnia Asphalt CO
F. J. Gayie Contractor
Lincolnia
Glaize & Bro
Walthide
Paine
Ucny 7
Pittsburgh
Waterspar
Ename
Northern Virginia Power CO
Seiberling Farm Tires
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
Farm Tire Service Headquarters
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