VFW Post Battles Move to End Rent Control in Winchester
Attorney Joseph Massie Jr. will represent Winchester Post 2123 in a May 24 public meeting before the city council to decide whether rent control should continue. The VFW opposes lifting federal controls. landlords urged the hearing, and Massie says tenants may attend.
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Joseph Massie Jr
Winchester Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Winchester Council
Winchester
VFW
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Massie
Common Council
Council
Virginia
Milk Price Left At 20 Cents Quart By State Board
State Milk Commission keeps Winchester retail milk at 20 cents per quart while cutting producer price by 15 cents to 5.85. Lynchburg retail drops 1 cent to 21 cents and producer price falls to 6 per 100 pounds from 6.30. Sanitary Dairies owner Shingleton may still adjust prices if shortage develops.
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Winchester
State Milk Commission
State Commission
Lynchburg
N. B. Shinton
Sanitary Dairies
Shingleton
Nelson of Clarke Homestead and Cavalry Figure in Civil War
Hugh Mortimer Nelson born Oct 20 1811 at Mont Air Hanover County Virginia later moved to Clarke. He led Clarke cavalry 1845 to 1856 and served on Maj Gen Ewell's staff in 1862 dying of typhoid fever Aug 6 1862 in Albemarle County His body returned to Clarke in 1866 and buried in Old Chapel cemetery Long Branch remains home of Mrs S Page Nelson Nelson's son Hugh M Nelson II survived him.
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Hugh Mortimer Nelson
Roland G. Mitchell Jr
Rosemont
Nelson
Frederick Parish
Clarke
Virginia
Lincoln
Clarke Cavalry
Ewell
Albemarle County
Old Chapel
Long Branch
S. Page Nelson
Maj. Nelson
Hugh M. Nelson
Experts foresee three billion dollar deficit for coming year
Washington reports tax experts estimate the federal deficit at 3 billion dollars for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Receipts are projected at about 38.9 billion while outlays reach 41.9 billion, higher than Truman’s 900 million deficit forecast.
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Washington
Truman
Joint
Senate House Tax Committee
Treasury
Congress
House
Senate
House Committee
Capitol Hill
Coughton
DNC
Ways and Means Committee
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Ohio
Senate House Committee
President Denies Intent to Slap House Leaders
The White House says President Truman intended no insult to House Democratic leaders in a letter to A. F. Whitney about labor law compromises in Congress. Officials noted two typographical errors in the quoted line and affirmed there was no slap intended toward Speaker Rayburn or others.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
House
Rayburn
Dtex
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Police Guard Set On Mother Charged With Slaying Baby
Mrs Martha Woodson Kalwaic 30 a child psychologist is jailed in Wilkes Barre Pa charged with murder in the beating death of her 15 month old son Henry Charles Authorities say she admitted beating the child to stop him from developing a Freudian complex She claimed the boy was jealous of his sister Karen and the pastor and lawyers visited her at the detention home in Hazleton Pa
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Wilkes-Barre
Martha Woodson Kalwaic
Hazleton
Henry Charles
Kalwaic
Kalwai
Campbell County
Roanoke Murder Motive Sought In Police Search
Police searched for a motive in the Dana Marie Weaver slaying in Roanoke as classmate Lee Scott faces murder charges. Investigators pursued tips from friends while Richmond laboratories examined fingernail tissue, clothing stains, and a coffee urn bag. results few days away.
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Roanoke
Dana Marie Weaver
Dana Marie
Christ Episcopal Church
Lee Scott
Scott
Richmond
Herbert Breyfogle
Breyfogle
Preakness Field Reduced to Nine With Parliamant Withdrawn
The 73rd Preakness field was cut to nine after Christiana Stable's Parliament was scratched. Derby winner Ponder and runner-up Capot head nine three year olds. Capot opened 2-1 favorite, Ponder 5-2, with Palestinian and others also in the mix.
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Baltimore
Christiana Stable
Parliament
Ponder
Capot
Greentree Farm
Calumet
Isidor Bieber
Handley Students Net State Firsts in Language Tests
Handley school claimed two first place finishes in the state modern language day. Suzanne Pingley won first in Spanish I and Cary Randolph Marshall earned a 150 dollar U of Richmond scholarship for Spanish II, both with 99 percent on exams.
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Handley School
Suzanne Pingley
Cary Randolph Marshall
U. of Richmond
Miss Pingley
Miss Marshall
Handley
St. Catherine’s School of Richmond
Cement
Betty Lou McFarland
Miss McFarland
Telephone Company
W. Monmouth St
Peyton Marshall
S. Stewart St
County high schools face first 12 year plan graduation gap
Frederick county schools adopt a 12 year program starting in 1945 delaying many diplomas. For the first time several high schools including Clearbrook Middletown Stephens City Gore and Gainesboro will have no local graduation this year. A county wide ceremony at Handley library on June 10 will honor the few graduates with credits from other schools or completed courses.
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Clearbrook
Middletown
Stephens City
Gore
Gainesboro
Frederick County
Handley Library
Gainesboro High School
Stonewall
Joanne O
Clark Elected Students Head at Handley High School
James Clark, Handley high school junior and son of Dr and Mrs E T Clark of First Baptist Church, won the student government presidency in a hot campaign yesterday afternoon. Opponents were Jane Sowers and Elizabeth Brown. Runoffs set for Monday for vice president and secretary with Holmes Bayliss and Mary M Eisenberg and Ann Weatherholtz and Ann Arthur.
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James Clark
Handley
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Jane Sowers
Elizabeth Brown
Holmes Bayliss
Mary M. Eisenberg
Ann Weatherholtz
Ann Arthur
Clark
Florence Harley
Dick Duffey
JCC Revives Safety Awards and Campaign Rally
Winchester JCC voted to resume the Safe Driver of the Month award with John Goodwin as chair. A six month June start aims to run monthly contests with a secret committee from the Winchester-Frederick County Safety Council selecting winners.
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Winchester Jcc
John Goodwin
Winchester
William Schenck
Joseph Massie Jr
Thomas Boyd
Marvin Weaver Joins Valley Promotion Board Campaign
Marvin Weaver of 223 Jefferson St owner of the Woolen Shop has been added to the Frederick county directors of Shenandoah Valley Inc. The group plans a $15 000 drive to expand regional chamber promotion next week with members Baldridge Byrd Battaile Lakers and Weaver arranging letters to businesses and targeting service clubs. Weaver also serves on the Red Cross Community Chest Lions Club boards and is treasurer of Rouss Fire Company and Presbyterian church.
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Marvin Weaver
Jefferson St
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley Inc
Neext
Weaver
Thomas Baldridge
H. F. Byrd Jr
William Battaile
Gene Lakers
Winchester-Frederick County
Lakers
Red Cross Community Chest
Lions Club
Rouss Fire Company
Presbyterian Church
Bulldozers Clear Holland Tunnel After Blast
The Holland tunnel clearing effort resumed as 46,000 vehicles pass daily. A truck carrying chemicals exploded Friday morning, sending fire and toxic gas through 300 feet of tunnel. Normal traffic hoped for tomorrow. New York bound tube to reopen by Monday at latest.
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New York
Holland Tunnel
Austin J. Tobin
New York Port Authority
Tobin
New Jersey
Eisler Arrested Off Polish Ship In Britain
The U S embassy said Scotland Yard would return with a warrant for communist fugitive Gerhart Eisler. A tender delayed the transfer while negotiations aboard the Polish steamer Batory continued at Southampton amid hopes the ship would anchor until Monday.
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London
U. S
Scotland Yard
Gerhart Eisler
New York
Southampton
Eisler
Southampton Docks
Beng
Batory
United Sates
Cowes Road
Steel Production Falls as Labor Strife Dampens Markets
New York May 14 A weak showing in steel and broader industrial activity continues amid labor troubles. Ford and Bendix strikes, plus pending wage rounds, darken outlooks for major industries as unions press for higher pay and benefits. Despite softness, prewar levels elsewhere show staying strength in several sectors.
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New York
Ford
Bendix
Rita Hayworth to Wed Aly Khan May Twenty Seventh
Rita Hayworth has set May 27 for her wedding to Prince Aly Khan son of Aga Khan. The ceremony may be civil by a French official possibly in Aly Khan's chateau town with a later Mohammedan ceremony. The gown, pale blue, is being made by a Paris designer.
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Cannes
France
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Aga Khan
L’horizon
Paul Derrigon
Prince Aly
Rita
Paris
Fire from Flaming Clothes Beaten Out By Two Men Nearby
John P. Lowery, 31, of Kent Street, suffered first and second degree burns from a propane explosion at the Valley Fruit and Candy Co. banana conditioning room. Two men nearby beat out his flames and rushed him to the hospital where his condition was listed as fair.
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John P. Lowery
Kent St
Valley Fruit and Candy Co
N. Cameron
R. F. Cline
Lowery
E. P. Lewis
Valley Fruit
Lewis
Robert Schrader
Jack Scott
Wardensville
Anas Green
Electric Spark J
Good
Essotane
Winchester
Lester Shickle
George Coward
F. M. Punk
Hospital's 1948 finances show higher gross business and costs
Winchester hospital reports a 1948 gross business of 663 000, up 130 000 from 1947, but rising expenses 611 000 and accounts receivable 78 000 at year end. Net operating result stands at 6 800 with growing admissions and births, while concerns linger over cash reserves and pending subsidies.
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Winchester Hospital
Homer E. Alberti
Alberti
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Att v. Massie
Maj
Winchester Seed CO
Underwood's Bakery
American Legion
Robt. E. Lee
Sere Flying Club
Weasy Shop
S. Braddock St
Congressional
Sen
Railroad Union
Preakness Field
Frederick
V-P
Capitol Restaurant
Larry Page
Francis Page
Huntington Hospital
Pasadena
Calif
International Soundphoto
JCC
Harry Carpenter
George Thomas Wallace III
Parkview
Lindsey Robinson Co., Inc
William Scott Hart
Flowers School Equipment Co
George Washington
Schenck
Shirley Bly
Bly
Jack Ireland
Ireland
Land
Rot of Directors
Howard Melton
Valley Promotion Board
Bulletin
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