City Council Rejects Landlords Plea to Lift Federal Rent Control
Winchester city council defeated a motion to lift federal rent controls after a public hearing at the county courthouse. Landlords led by J. Sloan Kuykendall presented a survey claiming many units would be available, while tenants led by Joseph Massie Jr. and Allen Gaunt argued housing remains scarce.
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Winchester
Earl Baker
Leonard Sirbaugh
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Joseph Massie Jr
VFW
Kuykendall
Councilmixihc
Massie
Allen Gaunt
Amherst St
City Hall
Fred Glaize Jr
Smalts
Claude Smalts
Percy Miller
B. H. Hamman
Emmett Henry
A.B. Solenberger
Justa Quick
Irvan O’connell
J. E. Johnson
Albert Seal
Clarence J. Robinson
A. C. Oates
Robinson
Hospital
Consolidated County
Gaunt
Virginia Coal Operators Face July 1 Shutdown
John L. Lewis warned coal interests that withdrew from bargaining talks may shut down on July 1. He pressed for a three forths (three fourths) approval of any contract by the SPCA board, citing by laws. Associations like Virginia and Winding Gulf pulled out as talks opened with the Southern Coal Producers Association in Bluefield.
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Bluefield
W.va
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Southern
Assa
Virginia
Winding Gulf
SCPA
SPCA
Credentials Committee
Southern Association
Joseph E. Moody
Moody
Taft
Mandy
Seeleites
Ten Scout Patrols Qualify For Standards at Camporee
Ten patrols earned standard awards and five earned participating banners at the Shawnee district Boy Scout camporee in Clarke County. Seventy-five scouts and 12 scouters attended two days of rain interrupted activities, with a cloud burst ending the campfire program Sunday morning. Carl Campbell directed the event. patrols camped, cooked, and were judged on safety and appearance, while leaders included Joeloyd Campbell, Don Campbell, Johnny Arnold, G. D. Stickley Jr., Charles Hess, Eugene Altizer, Douglas Madagan, Michael Smith, Kent Bailey, Benny Rogers, Ray Morrison, and Dig Brannon among others.
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Clarke County
Carl Campbell
Stephens City
Beaver Patrol
Joeloyd Campbell
Lutheran
Eagle Patrol
Douglas Madagan
Wolf Patrol
Michael Smith
Troop
Flying Eagle Patrol
Kent Bailey
Middletown
Benny Rogers
Presbyterian Church
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Ray Morrison
Patrol
Roe
Dig — Brannon
Crop Research Projects Due For Inspection
Visitors can inspect crop research at the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station in Staunton on Friday starting at 1 30 pm A Farmer's Field Day will feature lectures and field trips with explanations of state and Staunton projects by I Fred Stine T B Hutcheson and Peyton T Gish The tours cover red clover alfalfa lime trials grain varieties pasture mixtures fertilization and 2 4D weed control for corn Several Frederick county farmers and local educators will accompany Stine from Winchester including James Givens Harry LaFollette Gore Homer T Webb James D Gibson and Henry Brumback H M Brumback and Carroll Campbell.
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Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Staunton
I. Fred Stine
T. B. Hutcheson
School of Agriculture
WPI
Peyton T. Gish
Stine
Winchester
James Givens
Voag
Gainesboro
Harry LaFollette Gore
Homer T. Webb
James D. Gibson
FHA
Henry Brumback
H. M. Brumback
Carroll Campbell
Frederick County
Dodgers Trim Pirates 8-6 in Free Hitting Contest
Brooklyn's red hot Dodgers led by Jackie Robinson defeated Pittsburgh 8-6. Robinson hit a two run homer and a single and reached base four times in the May game.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Jackie Robinson
Robinson
Community notices and sale listings for June events
Local church events include a Chicken and Ham Supper at Opequon Presbyterian in Opequon Virginia on Friday June 3 from 5 30 to 8 30 with plates at 1 25. A Yard Party is planned at Old Bethel Methodist Church on Saturday June 11 from 1 to 5 25 to 6 8 21. For sale notices include an attractive new two room house with oil heat and hot water heater available for FHA financing call 6251 for appointments and furniture sale at Crisman Furniture Store 818 S Main St at greatly reduced prices due to building vacancy. A brick house at 831 Berryville Avenue with pull basement no water heat four bedrooms on a 150 by 190 foot lot is for inspection by calling 3169 or 6772.
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Old Bethel Methodist Church
Crisman Purniture
S. Main St
Berryville Avenue
Apple Stocks Near End of Season in Local Storages
Local growers report most of the apple crop sold from Virginia Apple Storage which began the week with 2437 bushels and Winchester Cold Storage with 7200 bushels. Combined holdings total 9637 bushels mostly winesaps and pippins as prices eased slightly and the season is described as fairly satisfactory.
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Virginia
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Winchester Cold Storage
Winchester
West Demands German Unity as Key to Economic Rebuild
Paris reports that the American British and French foreign ministers urged political unity in Germany as a prerequisite for economic unity. They responded to Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky who pressed for restoring the Four-Power Allied Control Council, which has not met since the Russians quit nearly a year ago. The Western position cites Soviet vetoes hampering the council.
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Paris
Germany
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Allied Control Council
Cather Gorham Massie to Represent Exchange at State Convention
Cather and Bruce Gorham will represent the Exchange club at Old Point Comfort June 10 to 12, announced by President Clarke T. Cooper. The National Exchange club vice-president W Burg Austine will be guest of honor and principal speaker. attendee also includes Joseph A. Massie Jr. of the State Board of Control.
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C. Irvine Cather
Bruce Gorham
Exchange Club
Old Point Comfort
Clarke T. Cooper
W. Burg Austine
National Exchange Club
York
Exchange
Joseph A. Massie Jr
State Board of Control
Davis Nominated To Hungary Post
President Truman nominated Nathaniel P. Davis as minister to Hungary. Davis, then ambassador to Costa Rica, will replace Selden Chapin who returned to Washington for consultations after the Mindszenty case.
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Washington
Truman
Nathaniel P. Davis
Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Davis
Costa Rica
Selden Chapin
Mindszenty
Gunman Repeats Attack on Reuther Family in Detroit
Victor Reuther, 37, CIO UAW educational director, was shot through a window at his Detroit home. Police pursue a suspect in a second ambush on the Reuther family within 13 months. Walter Reuther condemns the act as un-American.
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Detroit
Victor Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Uaw-Cio
Reuther
Walter Reuther
Victor Reuther Houcie
4-H Clubs Plan County wide Fete
Frederick county council of 4-H clubs meets at the courthouse 8 p m Friday to plan a county wide event in July. President Wayne Mill will announce safety health and achievement day committees and discuss delegates to a Blacksburg short course June 27 and to Powells Fort Valley August 15 4 H camp. Council officers Miller Naomi Racey Nancy Baker Elizabeth Catherasst Lynn Wolfe reporters Lucille Carpenter Ruth Rinker.
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Frederick County
Wayne Mill
Foir
Blacksburg
Powell's Fort Valley
Miller
Naomi Racey
Nancy Baker
Elizabeth Catherasst
Lynn Wolfe
Lucille Carpenter
Ruth Rinker
Nancy Larrick Publishes Printing and Promotion Handbook
Nancy Gray Larrick, former Handley high school graduate and Winchester teacher, coauthors Printing and Promotion Handbook with Daniel Melcher. Published by McGraw-Hill in New York, the 386 page guide costs six dollars and targets printers, advertisers, editors, and executives with practical advice on printing processes, postal rates, and direct mail.
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Hartsley High School
Nancy Gray Larrick
McGraw-Hill Publications
New York City
Miss Larrick
Herbert S. Larrick
W. Clifford St
Handley
Columbia University
Winchester
Young American Readers
New York
Daniel Melcher
Publishers’ Weekly
United States urges common policy toward Chinese Communists
State Department notes indicate Washington seeks Anglo American unity on China policy. Britain lags in pursue of closer ties with a potential Chinese communist government, while the United States and allies keep ambassadors and consuls in key Chinese cities to maintain contact amid evolving recognition talks.
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France
The
Belgium
Siam
India
Australia
State Department
Indica
Far East
Europe
China
Hongkong
Paris
Associated Press
Inta
United States
Britain
Forrestal Receives Military Burial At Arlington
The nation paid last honors to James V. Forrestal at Arlington National Cemetery with President Truman leading officials and business leaders in attendance. The former defense secretary was buried with full military rites as the Marine Band played and pallbearers from three services carried the coffin. The service featured Bishop Wallace Conkling and Rear Adm. William N. Thomas, while Mrs. Forrestal and her sons held private services away from the amphitheater.
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Washington
James V. Forrestal
Truman
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Secretary of Defense
Marine Band
Wallace E. Conkling
Episcopal Church Diocese of
Chicago
Chilly Weather Persists With Strong Cold Night Forecast
Chicago weather notes a cool spell with a expected warm turn nationwide, yet Winchester may drop to 37 degrees tonight. The morning chill driven furnaces to glow and coats to stay on as ongoing cool conditions forecast through the region. Closing Saturday noon notices from Farmers & Merchants National Bank indicate summer hours shift starting June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Washington
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Rita Hayworth Wedding Planned in Vallauris City Hall
Cannes May 25 Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan plan a French civil ceremony in Vallauris where the groom will be the head of the family. The couple will wed Friday in a newly whitewashed marriage room at the small city hall two miles from the Mediterranean.
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Cannes
France
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Priday
Vallauris
Mediterranean
Reds seize Shanghai as Nationalists retreat under bombardment
Reported as red troops drive into Shanghai from the west and occupy much of the city while Nationalists burn fuel dumps and munition installations near Wan Airfield. Bund clashes bring gunfire to the Whangpo riverside and consular districts as Reds advance through major avenues.
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Wan
Shan
Glen Line
Conulate
Shanghai
Avenue Petain
Avenue Edward VII
Strawberry Harvest Delayed By Rain and Cool Weather
Battletown Fruit Co. at Berryville delays 20 acre strawberry harvest due to lack of sun and cool temperatures. Owner F. C. Hutteman reports a Monday pick yielded 40 crates of 24 quarts, far below last year’s 1000 quarts per hour. Harvest may start in full next week with up to 150 workers at peak.
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Battletown Fruit Co
Berryville
F. C. Hutteman
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