Frederick County Supervisors OK Year’s Road Budget
Frederick County foresees approval of the 1950-51 Secondary Road Budget totaling 172,548, with 471 miles of county roads slated for maintenance and construction funded by $64,254 in matched federal funds. The board renewed the Winchester Memorial Hospital indigent care contract at 13.06 per day and discussed forming a district home for aged and infirm residents, with a proposed $42,000 project near Front Royal. The group slated a November 24 meeting to review Route 600 improvements and to press for inclusion of the John Ramey Road in the county secondary system.
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Frederick Foray Board of Supervisors
Winchester Memorial Hospital
W.B. Speck
League of Virginia
Front Yal
Virginia
Gainesboro
State
Penden B. Whitacre
Ellsworth Dodson
Richmond
Highway Department
Whitacre
Back K
Frederick County
Homer Alberti
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Robert de
Five day weather outlook for Virginia predicts above normal temperatures
Temperature will average three to six degrees above normal with a rising trend through Friday. Cooler likely over the weekend and some rain is expected totaling one inch. Weather notes appear amid local business notices and classifieds.
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Virginia
Otaling
Rouss Hall
Rouss Fire CO
Wed
Godfrey Zirkle
Alport
Kenneth E. Henry CO
Hodgson & Brown
OI Heat, Inc
N. Cameron Dial
Senators Press Goals Before Foreign Aid Planning
Senators Ferguson and Green urge a definite objective and clear steps before new foreign economic aid. They echo Gordon Gray who urged a targeted program, warn against vagueness, and stress proven results and U S credit for aid. Green adds that aid must improve a country’s economy and boost American prestige without excessive tax burdens.
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Oliver W. DE Wolf
Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Green
R.J
Senate Foreign Relations
Europe
Taft
Ohio
United States
Congress
Anderson
D-Nm
Gordon Gray
Truman
Gray
Michigan
Gray Report
State Department
Polio Strikes Two In Clarke County
Polio cases rise in Clarke County with Philip Fowler seven and Ronnie Kaplan twelve among new patients being treated at Children’s Hospital in Washington. Earlier, 16 month old George Walter Johnson was taken to Washington last Friday for polio, with four siblings at home.
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Clarke County
Philip Fowler
Gilbert Fowler
Bluemont
Ronnie Kaplan
Russell G. Kaplan
Berryville
Children’s Hospital
Washington
Fowler
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Bureau of Mines
Fowlers
Philip
Boyce
Carroll H. Iden
George Walter Johnson
Walter Johnson
Lakeville
Anti Cruelty Agent Appointed for Local Society
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals appoints Lester Nesselrodt as part time agent starting tomorrow. He will handle cruelty and neglect complaints through city and county areas, humanely destroy only when necessary, and assist with stray animals and adoptions.
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Society For the Prevention of
Lester Nesselrodt
Hugh Nesselrodt
Nesselrodt
Tax Officials Hit by Probers Expose Tax Evasion Ties
The California Crime Commission reports links between federal tax officials and criminals, noting evasion cases in California and Washington. It cites Sam Termini and Emilio Georgetti activity in San Mateo County and questions the prosecution outlook due to alleged official ties.
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Sacramento
Calif
California Crime Commission Today
California
Adm
William Standley
USN
Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Washington
Sam Termini
San Mateo County
San Francisco
Termini
Sam Murray
Charles Binaggio
Kansan
Emilio Georgetti
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Army to Call 40 000 in January
The Army announced a call for 40,000 draftees in January boosting total mobilization to 250,000 since Korea war began. Earlier drafts included 50,000 for September and October, 70,000 in November, and 40,000 in December.
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Washington
Army
Korea
Community Chest Campaign reaches 78.4 percent of goal
The 1950 drive totals $27,462, 78.4 percent of the $35,000 target, with two weeks left and $7,538 still needed. Officials say the campaign continues informally to pledge the last amount, as all divisions miss their quotas.
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Community Chest
George Washington Hotel
Executive Sec
Retary
Joseph W. Briggs
Millwood Ave
Ben Belchie
N. Loudoun St
Pifer Printing Co
Henry Print Shop
Buncutter Tire Co
Jennie Lillis
Rhodes Jewelry Co
Merchantile
Winchester Hosiery Corp
58 Die As Airliner Crashes In Alpine Cliff Rescue Underway
Canadian pilgrims bound from Rome to Paris perished when a Curtiss-RIed DC-4 crashed into Mount L Obiou in the French Alps. Rescuers reported wreckage over a 500 yard area and bodies snowbound awaiting lift at first light. One American aboard was Giuseppe Butera of Brooklyn.
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Genoble
France
Rome
Valette Bosia
Mount L’obiou
Pris
Pius XII
Paris
Mount L‘obiou
Isere Rive
Mount Blanc
Montreal
Giuseppe Butera
Brooklyn
Marguerite Catherine Bourgeoise
Order of the Sisters of Our Lady In
Canadian Wilds
Msgr. J. Alderville Bureau
Faculty of Canonical Law
Quebec
Laval University
Clarke County Forms Tax Equalization Board
Judge Elliott Marshall of Clarke County Circuit Court created a real estate assessment equalization board for Clarke County. He appointed J. Rufus Bell, Benjamin Crampton, and Ambrose B. Hummer. The Clarke County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution on November 6 requesting the court to issue the order. The three equalizers will terminate their work on December 31 when the board is dissolved.
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Berryville
Elliott Marshall
Clarke County
J. Rufus Bell
Benjamin Crampton
Ambrose B. Hummer
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Tax Equalization Board
Equalization Board
Temperature Surges as City Warms After Cold Wave
A warmup ends a cold spell with readings up to 55 degrees after a low near 26. Forecasters predict milder tonight and a fair warm day tomorrow, easing the city back from the 20s. The Winchester Research Laboratory confirms the 55 degree reading this afternoon.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Apple Pickers Face Manslaughter Charges
Russell of El Paso and Parks of Roanoke, itinerant apple pickers for H F Byrd Inc, face trial on manslaughter charges over George M Gough who died October 24 after a skull fracture from a fight in the bunk house near State Route 12. A hearing set for 2 pm before Trial Justice Harold G Potts will decide on jail or grand jury. The men have been jailed since October 25.
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Berryville
Crede
Tex) Russell
el Paso
Texas
James Parks
Roanoke
H. F. Byrd
Commonwealth
Edward McC. Williams
George M. Gough
East Bend
N. C
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
John Troxel
Gough
Byrd
Route 12
Sheriff Smallwood
Jack Linamood
Linamood
George Murphy
James Wood
Robert L. Milburn
Venezuela Declares State of Emergency After Delgado Slaying
Venezuela’s government issued a state of emergency and curfew after the assassination of acting President Lt. Col. Carlos Delgado Chalbaud. Rafael Simon Urbina, named as alleged assassin, was arrested with accomplices as security forces hunted others. civil liberties were suspended.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
Rafael Simon Urbina
Delgado
Navy
Carlos Bacalao Lara
Lara
Simon Urbina
Delgad
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Clarke County Court Opens Term in Hunting Without License Case
Clarke Circuit Court opened its November term with Marshall presiding. Richard L. Crisman was acquitted by a jury of five counts of hunting without a license. Crisman testified he was not hunting, while Game Warden Donald Levi testified Crisman was seen with a gun on October 11 and that Crisman admitted hunting for ground hogs.
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Berryville
Elliott Marshall
Clarke
Richard L. Crisman
Trial Justice Court
Crisman
Donald Levi
City Council Meet To Be a Short One
Eight council members attended an informal meeting with President M B Clowe Jr to discuss items for the regular monthly session tonight. Clowe said the session would be shorter than usual and noted the natural gas franchise was the main topic of the 19 page proposal. Copies were printed for each councilman and the ordinance will be on first and second readings.
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M. B. Clowe, Jr
Clowe
Lee-Jackson
Millwood Ave
Royal Rd
Jenny Smith
Shawnee Lunch
Telephone Pickets Battle Police in West Philadelphia Dispute
Pickets clashed with police for 45 minutes to stop Western Electric workers from entering a Philadelphia exchange. Seven strikers were arrested as officers repeated calls for reinforcements. In New York a union leader hinted at a possible Western Electric offer, while CIO CWA leaders alleged discriminatory lockouts and prepared NLRB complaints. Bell called the move an effort to secure a reliable emergency workforce.
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New York
West Philadelphia
Western Electric Equipment
Western Electric Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
W National Labor Relations Board
Philadelphia
NLRB
Bell
Tibet Seeks U.N. Aid as Tibet Appealheads to File Box
Tibet appeals for United Nations help to resist Chinese invasion. India and Nationalist China view Tibet as part of China, so not under U.N. jurisdiction. the United States studies the 1200 word plea amid Korea concerns. The matter appears headed for no action.
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Stanley Johnson Lake
Tibet
United Nations
U. N
Security Council
India
China
Six Above Temperatures Freeze Front in Korea War Updates
Six above temperatures cover the Korean battlefront as U S First Corps masses against 90,000 Chinese troops. Marines in parka gear contend with wind and snow while U S Seventh Division units push through six inches of snow near Hapsu. North of the coast, the Capital Division repels a tank assault aided by U S gunfire and air strikes. Civilians report North Korean officers moving north as units regroup. The fighting centers on the western front with gains of two miles reported on the eastern flank and air strafing on hills north of Tokchon.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. First Corps
U. S
Rochester
Hapsu
North Korea
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Far East
Far West
Eighth Army
Miss Bierne
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Kenrhore
Preezer
Sears
St Loudoun
Bayliss & Patterson
Pany
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Roan
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Colombia
Simon Urbipa
Clarke County Court
U.N
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Trygve Lie
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