Global bread cereal shortage tops 10 million tons says FAO official
Sir John Orr of the FAO warns that world bread cereals are 10 million tons short of needed supplies. He urges increased world food production with emphasis on war-devastated and developing countries to prevent continued bread rationing into 1949. He notes Europe’s crop failures push 1947-48 needs to about 39 million tons, with only 29 million available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Orr
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Europe
Sir John
Geneva
FAO
John
Mother Holds Home Citadel Defies Police Siege
In New York a 42 year old mother of nine barricaded herself and two children inside a condemned and unsafe home priced at twenty eight a month. Police and inspectors were kept from eviction as the family refused to leave, while officials offered options to relocate the household if separated. The mother cited keeping the family together as holidays approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrew McDonald
500 Richmond Voters Barred Over Missing Registration
Richmond voters faced ballots rejection as registration records from five temporary centers set up in September were missing. The city electoral board ordered an investigation but could not allow protests to vote without records, with up to 500 people affected in a heated charter election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
City Electoral Board
Weather Update and Auction Notice in Virginia
Five day outlook Nov 5 to 9 shows above normal temperatures with mild midweek, cooler by Friday night and rain Friday into Saturday about half an inch. Auction sale of antiques set for Thurs Nov 6 at 7 S Braddock St in Headley's Auction. Gabardine coats with zip-out lining featured by Modern Age Shoppe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
S. Braddock St
Headley’s
Frederick County Board Eyes Special Session for Consolidated High School
Frederick county school board may call a special meeting soon to approve tentative plans for a consolidated high school. The move follows rising enrollment that could force turning students away unless expansion proceeds. Architects would receive approved blueprints pending minor changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Leslie D. Kline
Consolidated High School
Kline
Unions Eye Pension Plans Over New Wage Increases
Labor experts expect unions to push old age pensions rather than a third round of postwar wage boosts as contracts near renewal. Congress will be pressed to act on rising prices, with AFL and CIO urging price controls and rationing to curb costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
AFL
CIO
Federation
Executive Council
San Francisco
Directors Named For Circus Acts By Boy Scouts
Shenandoah area council Boy Scouts announce directors for a two day circus at Winchester armory. Approximately 500 scouts will perform with acts directed by Har enburg Sargent Johnston Cooper Poland Gemmill Speery Moore and Hardenburg. The event features a parade and grand entry opening the circus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Area Council
Henry Harenburg
Otis Sargent
Wilbur Johnston Jr
Winchester
John Taylor
Frederick
Clarke Counties
E. B. Cooper
Berkley County
John Poland Jr
Martinsburg
Berkeley
Ralph Gemmill
Front Royal
Jack Speery
Woodstock
J. I. Moore
Council
Hardenburg
Winchester Armory
Ex-tenant Surrenders in Slaying Case in West Virginia
Earl Mason 43 of Darkesville surrendered to West Virginia authorities facing charges of killing neighbor Henry Bryarly 7. Bryarly a retired farmer was shot through a second story bedroom window Sunday night after an eviction notice was served. Corporal A T Hodges said Mason gave himself up after a day long manhunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Mason
Darkesville
West Virginia
Henry Payne Bryarly
A. T. Hodges
West Va
Mason
King Larkin
Bryarly
Cpl
Hodges
Pvt Trenary Body Arrives In Winchester For Final Rites
The remains of Pvt. George Conley Trenary arrived in Winchester and were taken to Jones funeral home. Services set for 3 p.m. Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church with active pallbearers Maurice Eckman John DeHaven Berlin Moore Hector Ritter Lewis Bell Leon Pope and honorary bearers Jack Jones Lee Brown Archie Conner Richard Brown Jr Aaron J Zuckerman Robert Manuel. VFW post senior vice-commander James E Keffer Jr urged full attendance at church and Mt Hebron cemetery with transportation from the church and VFW members in uniform if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Conley Trenary
Winchester
Jones Funeral Home
Grace Lutheran Church
Maurice Eckman
John DeHaven
Berlin Moore
Hector Ritter
Lewis Bell
Leon Pope
Jack Jones
Lee Brown
Archie Conner
Richard Brown, Jr
Aaron J. Zuckerman
Robert Manuel
James E. Keffer, Jr
Winchester Vfw
Mt. Hebron
Keffer
VFW
Winchester cancer campaign to fund local agencies
The Winchester chapter of the Virginia Cancer Foundation joins the Community Chest drive to raise 34000 for eight agencies. Local rep is Mrs. Ronald Wilson. The foundation sends 25 percent to the National Institute for Cancer Research, with the remainder used by the Virginia Foundation for treatment and education. Ten Virginia clinics exist, with nearest in Arlington Alexandria and Charlottesville. Needy area patients access care via the University of Virginia hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester - Frederick County
Community Chest
Winchester
Virginia Cancer Foundation
American Cancer Society
Ronald Wilson
Cancer Foundation
Virginia Cancer Foundation, Inc
Virginia
Arlington
Alexandria
Charlottesville
University of Virginia Hospital
Congress
Virginia Foundation
Armistice Day Observance Planned by Conrad-Hoover Legion
The Conrad-Hoover American Legion post announces Armistice Day events for next Tuesday. A parade will start at Cameron Street and end at Christ Episcopal Church followed by a memorial service, luncheon at the Winchester Armory, a football game between the Brown Bombers and Warrenton, and a 9 p.m. public dance with Al Shirey and band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad-Hoover American Legion
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester Armory
Rodney Sirbaugh
Jesse Kiracofe Jr
Charles Zuckerman
L. E. Hill
Robert Manuel
Sirbaugh
Cameron St
City Hall
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Boscawen
Court House
Headquarters Co
Virginia National Guard
the Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Daughters of the Confederacy
Co. I
James Roe
Armory
Legion
Legion Post
Ralph Polard
Brown Bombers
Warrenton
al Shirey
Band of
York
City
Navy oil price contract questioned in ARAMCO inquiry
Former navy lieutenant D. E. Bodenschatz testified that the 1945 1.05 dollar per barrel price for Arabian oil was not fair but necessary due to wartime urgency. He said ARAMCO officials offered a take-it-or-leave-it price and noted discrepancies over wartime royalties to King Ibn Saud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Bodenschatz
Navy
Bodenschatz
Senate
Arabian American Oil Co
ARMCO
General Petroleeat
Los Angeles
Vovern
Aramco
Hatch
D - N.mex
Nodenschatz
PAW
Agence
Brewster
R-Me
King Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Rogers
New Stephens City Fire Truck to Be Assembled at Plant
Members of the Independent Fire Co. of Stephens City voted unanimously to have their new fire truck assembled at the factory in Charlotte North Carolina. The chassis, secured through Earl Shade of Winchester, is expected to be delivered shortly, according to R. E. Ayler, president of the company. Heating plant conversion from coal to oil was discussed but no action taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Fire Co
Stephens City
Charlotte
N. C
Earl Shade
Winchester
R. E. Ayler
Fire Hall
Building Trade Wage Demands Opposed in Richmond
A Richmond committee of local builders announced opposition to the latest wage demands from building trades unions as part of an effort to curb inflation in the construction industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Hears Rhapsody Taps Cash Till
Police hunted a polite music loving bandit after a downtown Baltimore Hold up. Henrietta Falkenstine, shop attendant, said the man listened to Liszt and announced the robbery. He escaped with $38 from the till.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Henrietta F. Falkenstine
Liszt
Soviet Accused of Blocking World Peace
The United States accuses Russia of not cooperating to secure postwar peace and aims to press for treaty settlements to withdraw occupation troops from Germany Austria Korea and Japan. The report says the USSR seeks maximum reparations and a German regime friendly to Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
United Nations
Germany
Ussr
Austria
Korea
Japan
Ukrainian Fears U S Wants Korean Puppet Government
Lake Success November 4. Soviet Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmitri Z Manuilsky charged that the United States seeks to pigeonhole Korea independence and set up a puppet government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Lake Success
Ukraine
Dmitri Z. Manuilsky
United States
Korea
Hershey Praises Clarke County War Effort at Veterans Rally
Major General Hershey praised Clarke County for its low WWII rejection rate and 75 percent higher service output. At Berryville armory over 300 attendees heard calls to maintain military strength and defend democracy. Medals were presented to next of kin of fall soldiers and to local units, noting Clarke County’s 1100 service members with 42 fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Berryville
Clarke County
Graham Dougherty
Hershey
National Guard
Gen. Hershey
Marshall Reynolds
Edward H. McDonald
Lloyd Williams
Clark County
Islanders accuse Navy of ignoring economic survey
John Collier president of the Institute of Ethnic Affairs charges the Navy imposed an American cost schedule on a people with a "coolie income" in former Japanese mandated islands. He says the Navy spent 150000 dollars on an economic survey yet disregarded its findings and shows little concern for 50000 bombed out displaced persons on the Marshall Carolines and Marianas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
John Collier
Institue of
Ethnic Affairs
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Marshall Carolline
Marianas Islands
Beer tax revenue edges ahead in October totals
In Richmond Virginia the state tax department reported October beer tax receipts of 525,493 dollars, lifting the fiscal year total to 1,986,735 dollars. This slightly surpasses the 1,985,963 collected in the first four months of the 1946 47 period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Tax Department
Winant Ends His Life After Fatigue
John G. Winant 58 former ambassador to the court of St James shot himself in his Concord home. His private secretary said a Belgian pistol was used after a day of mental and physical fatigue. Wife collapsed upon learning of the death and arrived from New York. He died at 8 20 p m with physician Dr James Jackson present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
John G. Winant
Court of St. James
J. Bernard Teulon
Teulon
Winant
Jameses Jacson
New York
Clarence E. Butterfield
John Jr
Princeton
N. J
Rivington
Ae Gland
Carlos DeVelando
Lima
Peru
Irene Mason
New Hampshire
Ord Mears
Mechanical Cows To Aid Far East Milk Supply
The army plans to deploy mechanical cows to Korea and other Far East locations to address fresh milk shortages for soldiers. Quartermaster experts will install equipment to produce reconstituted milk by combining dried milk with butter oil and water into a so called satisfactory beverage milk. Ingredients will be shipped from the United States and stored overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Korea
Far East
Orient
Pacific
Japan
Philippines
Guam
Okinawa
Quarter Master Corps
Army
United States
Magill Report Urges Tax Rate Cut for Individuals
The Citizens Advisory Committee on Taxation chaired by Roswell Magill urged reducing individual income tax rates for all while guarding lower income groups. The group led by Magill, set by the Ways and Means Committee, offered no specific rate or exemption changes but pressed for equitable tax adjustments. Labor member Matthew Woll dissented, warning the plan would cut revenues, hinder European aid, and shift the tax burden to those less able to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Citizens Advisory Committee On Taxation
House
Ways and Means Committee
Business
Leabor
Roswell Magill
The
Treasury
Ways and Means
Congress
Knutson
R-Minn
the Treasury
A. Lee M. Wiggins
Wiggins
Magill
Matthew Woll
AFL
Woll
Congress Likely To Demand Follow-up Abroad On Aid
Senator Bridges and other Republicans urged a comprehensive Western Europe aid plan as Congress prepared to consider Truman's request for about 1 billion dollars for France Italy and Western Germany through June 30, 1948. They pressed for a total world balance sheet including China and warned against indefinite underwriting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridges
Truman
Congress
France
Italy
Germany
Wayland Brooks
Paris
Washington
Vanderberg
China
Michigan
Marshall
Europe
Sissice Ve
Asia
GOP
Sen. Taft
Sen. White
Maine
Republi
White
America Proposes Troops to Stay in Korea until Summer
The United States submitted a revised Korea proposal proposing withdrawal of foreign troops by next summer, not by January. It calls for national security forces in Korea and dissolution of Russian style military formations, with a government to be established soon after general elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Korea
United Assembly
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Next Marsh
Lee Butler's Furniture Shop Moves to New Address
Lee Butler's Furniture Shop relocates to 15 S. Kent and lists phone 6427 for contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Butler
S. Kent
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rhea County
Boy
Henry Bryarly
Trenary
Chest Funds Finance Campaign On Cancer
Businss
Rhapsody
Stephen Banks
Rufus LeRoy Bell
James P. Burns
Frank L. Boersig
Milton Roy Carrol
William Harding Carter
Qwen Miller Childs
Cecil Ray Clem
L. Cor
William A. Dearmont, Jr
Collier
Plan of Europe
Labor
Jack Bell
Bert Sch Siley Bridge
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!