Fire Prevention Week rally lauds volunteer firefighters
State Senator Harry F. Byrd and A J Bell of Harrison addressed the Harrison rally at Rouss Hall as part of Fire Prevention Week. Bernard F. Groves chaired the Junior Board of Trade event, with Taylor L. Barr as toastmaster. Bell explained fire and firefighting basics stressing prevention. Byrd praised the volunteers for contributing to welfare and safety, noting Winchester’s top insurance rating and insurers’ regard for local efficiency. Also present were William S. Dando, Harris president of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Fire Assn., and C L Jacobs from Waynesboro. The term Empire State was linked to New York dates back to 1784 after Washington’s statewide tour.
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Harry F. Burdigr
A. J. Bell
Harrison
Rouss Hall
Lastight
Bernard F. Groves
Junior Board of Trade
Taylor L. Barr
Winchester Fire Department
Bell
Byrd
Ewinchester
William S. Dando
Harris
Cumber Valley
Plane Wreckage Unseen in Shenandoah County Quest
State police probe west of Strasburg into a possible plane crash near North Mountain after Oak Grove residents found what may be a gasoline tank. Troopers and Lt Blythe search the area after an distress call and explosion reported. no wreckage sighted. Authorities from CAA station Relian ce say no missing planes noted.
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Strasburg
North Mountain
CAA
St Reliance
Oak Grove
Shenandoah County
Larry Coverstone
F. L. Woolf
Aeronca
W. W. Blythe
B. E. Williams
Medical Continued From Page One Reports Plane Mission
The article lists survivors from a secret electronic equipment mission. Five Air Force men and four civilian technicians are named among the victims. Lt. L. N. Pence of Chatham Virginia is mentioned among those affected.
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N. J
Florida
E. H. Melcher
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
Harold R. Daniels
Air Force
L. N. Pence
Chatham, Va
Sales Directory October Listings Near Winchester
October sales include Logan R. Fay at Hack Wood two miles northeast of Winchester with antique furniture and personal property. Henry M. Cline Stephenson near Va Dairy with stock cattle and hogs. A T Shumate at 703 Berryville Ave Winchester with furniture and household goods. Further estates include Melvin Manuel near Relief on Middle Road with household goods. J H Pankhouser Estate at Waverly Farm Double Tollgate Clarke County with livestock and farm machinery. J H Funkhouser Estate Highland Farm Double Tollgate Clarke County with livestock and farm machinery.
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Logan R. Fay
Hackwood
Winchester
Henry M. Cline Stephenson
A. T. Shumate
Berryville Ave
Melvin Manuel
Middle Road
J. H. Pankhouser
Waverly Farm
Double Tollgate
Clarke County
J. H. Funkhouser
Highland Farm
Boulder Boulder Derails Train Killing Two In Bellevue
A 100 ton boulder derailed a train near Bellevue, killing engineer J G Lightburn and fireman R G Rombke from Crestline Ohio and injuring 12 others. Nine car train jackknifed overturning locomotives and ripping 200 feet of track. Cleanup by a hundred workmen and four wreck trains.
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Pittsburgh
Bellevue
Ger
J. G. Lightburn
R. G. Rombke
Crestline
Indians Edge Braves In Tight 9th to Take Lead
Doby delivered a go ahead single in the fourth as the Indians beat the Braves 2 1. Rickert, Stanky, McCormick and Masi featured in late ninth inning action before Boston closed with Stannard grounding out.
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Rickert
Doby
Gordon
Indians
Robinson
Hegan
Lemon
Spahn
Braves
Salkeld
McCormick
Stanky
Holmes
Mitchell
Dark
Clark
Torgeson
Boudreau
Barrett
Boudreeau
Keltner
Elliott
Hogan
Hogans
M. McCormick
Phil Masi
Kelner
Frank McCormick
Nelson Potter
Bob Kennedy
Cleveland
Boston
Masi
Stannard
Women own a tenth of U.S. farms after 1946 survey
A nationwide 1946 survey found a little over ten percent of landowners are women. Nebraska leads with slightly more than 17 percent women owners among states.
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United States
Nebraska
Tongue health and glossitis linked to malnutrition
An article explains how persistent glossitis signals health issues and may reflect malnutrition. Niacin or B complex vitamins can improve inflammatory tongue conditions, while proper diet and treatment of diarrhea and ulcerative colitis support recovery.
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King
British Fight Nationalization of Steel Mills
London reports opponents of socialization forming a defense fund to campaign against government plans to nationalize Britain's iron and steel industry. Alfred Edwards, former Labour MP, leads the effort after his 1949 criticism. The fund will use public meetings publications and a film to argue that private enterprise has driven high production.
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London
Britain
Alfred Edwards
Labor Party
Defense Fund
Curtains Ordered For Window Dressing
In Atlanta Police Chief Herbert Jenkins bans public dressing in show windows saying shades must be drawn when models are dressed or undressed. Ruby Barrett, a policewoman, will enforce the rule at department stores after hundreds of complaints.
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Atlanta
Herbert Jenkins
Jenkins
Ruby Barrett
ECA Funds Restore Greek Farm Lands
The Economic Cooperation Administration and the Greek government signed project agreements for a 26 million dollar soil and water conservation program. The plan targets drainage of 57 735 acres in 37 areas and irrigation of 109 957 acres in 62 areas across central southern Greece with dykes flood control reforestation and similar works in Salonika Serres and Drama plains.
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Athens
Oct
Economic Coordination Administration
Greece
Salonika
Serres
Drama
Mediation Fails as Rail Wage Dispute Heads to Fact-Finding
In Chicago on October 17 the National Mediation Board failed to settle the wage and hour dispute between the railroads and 16 non-operating unions. The 1,000,000 workers are set to be heard by an emergency fact-finding board appointed by President Truman within a few days.
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Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Truman
Answers to Daily Quiz Featured on Page 4
Quiz answers list the palindrome sentence Gen Feng Yu hsiang September 18 Herman Talmadge Tennis Four of clubs CBS Noah Webster 1492 Harold A Keats and a note that penguins breed on islands or desolate coasts.
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GUIZ
Feng Yu-hsiang
Herman Talmadge
CBS
Columbia Broadcasting Systee
Noah Webster
Harold A. Keats
Pomona Grange Meeting Set for Monday
Frederick county Pomona Grange will meet at 8 p m Monday at White Hall. Byron Brumback provides the notice.
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Pomona Grange Meeting
Frederick County
Pomona Grange
White Hall
Byron Brumback
Thurmond Briefs Stir Debate On Federal Power And Rights
In a speech touring the South, Thurmond argues that a Dewey Truman or Wallace vote amounts to supporting a police state and the loss of personal liberty. He promotes States Rights Democrats as safeguarding Americanism and representative democracy, warning federal election control and anti poll tax plans threaten state rights and police powers. He cites New York remarks on lynching and federal policing of elections, urging abolition of segregation only with local consent.
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Dewey
Truman
Wallace
Thurmond
Williamsburg
Lynchburg
New York
South Carolina
South
North
United States
Harlem
Superfort to Seek Expanded Medical Plan in New Contract
The United Mine Workers plan a medical and hospital program funded by the next contract starting July 1. Dr Warren F Draper, ex Army and Public Health Service, said the move aims to cover every miner and their family from birth to cancer care.
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Warren F. Draper
Army and
Public Health Service
UMW
New York Ends British Rule After 110 Years
The article notes that New York's status changed following a revolution, ending a 110 year period under British rule. It emphasizes a pivotal political shift and the reestablishment of local governance.
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New York
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