AFL Organizes Labor League for Education in Virginia
A Labor League for Political Education formed in Richmond Virginia with backing from the Virginia State Federation of Labor the Central Labor Union and the Building and Construction Trades Council AFL parent groups in the state endorsed Roanoke's James P Hart Jr for the U S Senate Democratic nomination and Richmond's James E Gardner for the Third district House seat J S Smith of Buckroe Beach headed the league with D D Anderson of Winchester as a council member at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Virginia State Federation of Labor
Central Labor Union
Building and Construction ™ Trades Council
AFL
League
James P. Hart Jr
Roanoke
U.S. Senate
James E. Gardner
House of Representatives
J. 5. Smith
Buckroe Beach
State Federation of Labor
D. D. Anderson
Winchester
Shock at Dogfight Kills Man in Toledo
George F. Gomersa, 55, died on a Toledo sidewalk as a fight between his large boxer and a neighbor's cocker spaniel raged over his body. Coroner Hohly said the man suffered a heart attack after the dogs began fighting. Police shot the dogs so rescuers could reach him. he died at a Toledo hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
George F. Gomersa
Hother
Paul G. Hohly
Gomersall
Mass Lemming Migration Draws to Sea in Norway
In periodic waves, lemmings exhibit mass movements from Nordic shores to the sea. These small rodents migrate in large numbers and plunge into the water, appearing to swim toward an aimless, fatal end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Sweden
France Demands US Military Aid for Western Pact
Paris presses Washington to guarantee military aid as condition for backing plans to rebuild Germany. French and its allies back a Western German self government with economic independence while US officials seek agreement on the American plan for Western Germany within the European Recovery program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
United States
Armerican
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Chary
Man Recovers From Collarbone Breaks After Motorcycle Crash
John Gilbert Butler of 539 N Braddock St is healing from four broken collarbones suffered in a motorcycle mishap at the Cameron and Pall Mall streets intersection. The piece also explains why plus fours are named as such, tracing to four extra inches added to knickerbockers and their military origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilbert Butler
N. Braddock St
Cameron and Pall Mall Sts
P.E.V. A
Scotland Yard Probes British Child Murders Amid New Victim
Police investigated Britain's serial child killings as a hand and arm were recovered from a golf course pond likely belonging to a male child. The search to identify Jane Anne Devaney and others widened as detectives fingerprint 30 000 Blackburn residents. Also linked were the deaths of Quentin Smith Eileen Lockhart Sheila Martin and Joan Drinkwater with varied methods and unsolved status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Yard
Blackburn
Jane Anne Devaney
John Capstick
Jane
Queens Park Hospital
Quentin Smith
Eileen Lockhart
Lonon
Shelia Martin
Joan Drinkwater
Roanoke May Enter Natural Gas Case
Roanoke officials consider city intervention in a Federal Power Commission hearing on Commonwealth Gas Corp. pipeline from Kentucky to Tidewater Virginia. Hearings begin June 1. the route would run nine to ten miles south of Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Federal Power Commission
Arthurs. Owens
FPC
Commonwealth Gas Corp
Kentucky
Tidewater
Virginia
Phone Equipment Workers May Strike
A 30,000 strong strike threat looms as a union reports Western Electric dispute endangers telephone central office equipment. WE installation division workers may walk out, halting all phone service nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Electric Co
We’s
Landis pushes non communist oath in labor talks
Rep. Landis urged extending the Taft Hartley oath to management and labor negotiators. He backs a non communist affidavit for unions beyond top officials and seeks to repeal the union shop vote requirement, arguing the system dominates elections. The joint committee heard at its first public session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Landis
R-Ind
National Labor Relations Board
Senate House
Attorney General’s Office
Sen. Ives
Paul M. Herzog
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Joint Committee
Landis and
Ives
Herzog
Denham
Auto Liability Insurance Rate Hikes Sought
Major increases in bodily injury and property damage rates were requested by all auto insurers in a joint filing with the State Corporation Commission. The petition seeks a 24.6 percent rise for bodily injury and a 43.4 percent rise for property damage on private passenger cars along with a reclassification plan for under twenty five drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richaiond
State Corporation Commission
Stock and Mutual
SCC
Randolph-Macon College to hear Methodist bishop speak
Dr. Fred Pierce Carson, Methodist bishop of the Philadelphia area, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon for Randolph-Macon College's graduating class on Sunday May 30, announced by President Dr. J. Earl Moreland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jland
Fred Pierce Carson
Philadelphia
RandlInph-Macon College
J. Earl Moreland
May 26 to June 12 sales directory notices list auctions
A series of estate and farm auctions dated May 26 through June 12 list sellers and locations near Winchester Berryville Kernstown Brucetown Middletown Ridgeway and White Hall. Items include livestock farm machinery household goods antiques furniture and electrical appliances plus real estate on Valley Pike Kernstown. Advice on times and time zones DST EST DS I altered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank de Freeze
Winchester
Mason Osborne
Berryville
Harry Orndorff
Wadesville
Clarke County
M. B. Swimley
Swimley
Ruby Schneider
Kernstown
Naomi Jeakins
Middletown
George Helsley
White Hall
J. M. Grove
Brucetown
R W. Jenkins
Ridgeway
W. Wayd
Communists Strike At Helsinki Paralyzing Docks
In Helsinki, Communists walkout halts about 34 ships in the harbor and spreads to loading yards. The strike supports Yrjo Leino after his dismissal as interior minister, while Social Democrats continue working. The government considers troops to run the port and a general strike is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Finland
Yrjo Leino
Leino
Social Democrat
Turku
Russia
President Truman to Deliver Five Major Speeches on June Trip
The White House announced President Truman will give five major speeches on foreign policy conservation and displaced persons during a cross country train trip in June. He will depart June 3 and speak in Chicago June 4 with other stops at Omaha Seattle Berkeley and Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Truman
35Th Division
Omaha
Chicago
Seattle
Berkeley
Calif
Los Angeles
Georgia weighs Taft support as election risks loom
The Taft camp fears delegates doubt Taft can win the nomination and November. They consider Eisenhower at a Democratic convention as a potential hurdle and seek Arthur MacArthur as a security hedge to reassure delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Answers to daily quiz set in Iowa paper
The list provides quiz answers including Iowa as Q1 and a quote about orange juice for Q2. Other items note Crossing the Rubicon, a citation, cheerful, McCollan, Washington DC Korea, forbidden, and Bizet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
McCollan
Washington, D. C
Korea
Bizet
GM faces UAW-CIO strike risk amid contract talks
General Motors and the UAW-CIO remain at odds as a strike threat looms while talks drag on. Sigler briefed reporters after discussions about the GM situation, with the contract set to expire Friday following a one month extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igler
Uaw-Cio
General Motors Corp
Sigler
General Motors
Brucetown church history and early county settlement details
The article recalls Brucetown church foundations laid 1874 with architect George Philips from Berryville and 1938 39 renovations under Rev. W O Talbert. It lists early superintendents, memorialists, and graves, and recounts Orange County 1734 formation and 1735 land patents, including John Little and Alexander Ross linked to Rocktown Kenilworth Brucetown mills and tavern ownership with estate value noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac EB. Pidgeon
Lewis Pidgeon
George Philips
Berryville
William Noland
W. J. Best
William Timberlake
Henry Jobe
James R. Smith
W. O. Talbert
William Timberlake Sr
William Tanquary
William Jobe Sr
John H. Frazier
J. Lee Grant
Alfred Jackson
Isaac E. Pidgeon
James Smith
A. J. Ridgeway
John Crim
C. W. Henshaw
Samuel Huyett
Benjamin F. Locke
John Locke
Timothy Locke
William H. Boden
Charles Boden
John C. Green
John L. Gilbert
R. S. Heironimus
M.S. Snapp
Julian Cooper
Earl Smallwood
Paul Ridgeway
Courty Glass
Racetown
Friends of
Hopewell
John Wayland
Harrisonburg
Richard E. Griffth
Winchester
Alexander Ross
Friends
Orange County
Frederick County
John Little
James Wright
Penn
Virginia
Rocktown
Kenilworth
Stephensons
Brucetown
Mary
John Littes
the Tanquary
Winchester Methodism’s Early Roots and Local Tribute
A fragment recalls the 18th century rise of Methodism in Winchester starting 1772 with Francis Asbury visits and a small brick church. It notes corner stone laying for the current church by Free Masons, pastor Strother’s camp meetings, and funds from Mrs. J. Purcell Stine for cemetery upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Little
John J. Sloat
Winchester
Francis Asbury
Piccadilly St
S. Asbury
Lewis Pigeon
Free Masons
Pigeon
Strother
J. Purcell Stine
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Labor League For Education
R. G. Hengeveld
Charts & Service
J. I. Case
Lly
Kelly
Duncan Bros
Millgood Ave
Kin
Euphemia
Tass
John C. Virden
Commerce Department
Office of Industrial Cooperation
Virden
Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer
International
Greenville, Ohio
Allis-Chalmers
John Deere
Massey-Harris
IHC
Coop
Case
Olver
Ohn Deere
New Idea
Dearborn
Surat
Greenville
Bendix
Miller Plumbing
Aluminum
N. Cameron St
Georgia
Kellogg's
RT. 11
Boston
New England
Philco
Coleman Dunn
Kernstown, Va
Call
Glaize & Bro
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Rt. 50
West
Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
Haldeman
Brannon’s Cleaners
Order of
The
M. M
Adams Republic
Amherst and
Boscawen Sts
Valley Pike
Julian Shade
Delmar Donald
Henry T. Goode
Rouss Ave
Northern Virginia Power Co
Grove’s
Shockey
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
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