New York State Canners Push Prices for Virginia Apples
New York State canners raise prices in the Appalachian belt with bids from $2.50 to $3 per cwt for preferred blocks. Large out-of-belt buyers seek apples, causing producers to shift quality into fresh markets or store graded fruit for future outlets. The national crop is down 13 million bushels from last year, with drought and regional shortages shaping the outlook.
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New York State
Appalachian Belt
York State
Virginia
New York
Midwest
U. S
USDA
Northwest
Massie to Serve as Director of New Boys Club
Winchester Boys club meets at Friendship Firehall for its third session at 7:30 p m. Jimmy Foltz is president with Massie Jr. as a director candidate. Officers include Bill Bailey vice president Jimmy Joe Brown secretary and Ronny Binner treasurer. Michael J Abe elected director with prior boys club work in Pennsylvania. Membership set at 1.00 with Dec 1 deadline and open to boys 12 to 20. Planned activities include athletics and a Father and Son banquet in January.
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Winchester Boys’ Club
Friendship Firehall
Jimmy Foltz
Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie Jr
Foltz
Bill Bailey
Jimmy Joe Brown
Ronny Binner
Michael J. Abe
Pennsylvania
TOKES INN SPECIAL DINNER THURSDAY AD
Multiple small classified items list a special dinner at Tokes Inn with a phone contact, plus other ads for a Ford Fraser sedan, fall bulbs from Winchester Seed Co, and rental or sale of new houses with oil heat from Pine Motor Co. Local contact numbers provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokes Inn
Call Pine Or Co
Winchester Seed Co
N. Cameron
Pine Motor Co
Wed. & Pri
Frazer Ae
A Motor Co
Geo. Washington
Russia Accused of Delaying Global Recovery in Berlin Talks
Paris dispatch reports Russia urged Western Powers to drop the Berlin dispute from the Security Council and return to the Moscow Aug. 30 agreement. A Soviet reply was delivered to France the United States and Britain via Argentina's Bramuglia. Britain said the move confirms firmness against Soviet signals.
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Paris
Russia
Berlin
Security Council
Moscow
United Nations Security Council
France
United States
Britain
Argentina
Juan Atilio Bramuglia
Council
Hartley Shawcross
United Nations
Hartley
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Europe
Sir Hartley
Chile
Manuel Trucco
General Assembly
Trucco
Assembly
Soviet Union
New Poisons Tested To Fight Orchard Mice
Government researchers deploy newly developed poisons in Virginia and West Virginia apple orchards to curb girdling mice. Don Spencer and John C. Jones lead tests in Winchester Berryville and Charles Town areas with orchardsincluding those owned by Senator Byrd. Field work runs through the end of the month.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Interior Department
Washington
Denver
Don Spencer
Winchester
Berryville
Charles Town
U. S
Byrd
Spencer
John C. Jones
Virginias
Freight Agent C T Rowland Dies at 49 in Summit Point
Clifford T. Rowland 49, longtime Baltimore and Ohio employee and freight agent, died at his Summit Point home after a year of illness. He had worked since 1915 and earned ranks from clerk to freight agent. Survived by widow Gertrude Grim, three children Louise, George David, Barbara, a sister Hester, and brothers Avis and Wilson. Funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the home. burial in Charles Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford T. Rowland
Baltimore and Ohio
Summit Point
W. Va
Rowland
Jefferson County
Annie B. Rowland
George W. Rowland
Winchester
J. G. Fosbrink
Methodist Church
Masonic Order
Middleway
Gertrude Grim
Louise Rowland
Richmond
George David
West Virginia University
Barbara Rowland
Hester Rowland
Avis Rowland
Beltsville
Wilson Rowland
Ridgeway
Charles Town
Guard Against Video Vixens Wives Warned
Hollywood cautionary piece where Paul Garrison warns of video vixens as a home threat. He says television sirens lure husbands into private spaces and urges wives to keep husbands out by encouraging evenings out with the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Paul Garrison
Garrison
Hubby
Amishmen Sentenced for Refusing School Attendance
Four Amish men in Salisbury Pennsylvania received 20 day jail terms after defying fines for not sending children to the Amish owned Elk Lick school. They had earlier been released from Somerset jail after a 12 day sentence for the same act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Justice of the Peace
Clarence A. Maust
Somerset County
Elk Lick
Winchester Council Approves Dozen Traffic Rules
Winchester council approved more than a dozen traffic regulations from the Public Safety committee but delayed final adoption until the November meeting. The package includes new meters at the Post Office and Piccadilly, one way streets, parking changes, and signs to curb left turns at busy store lots.
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Winchester
Public Safety Committee
F. Glaize Jr
Claude Smalts Jr
Indica
Braddock St
Piccadilly
Fairfax Lane
Fairmont Ave
East
Fairmont
Braddock
Kent
E. Lane
E. Boscawen St
Miller and Anderson's
Cameron St
Firestone
N. Braddock St
N. Loudoun St
Peyton
Clark
Cameron
Loudoun St
Gibbon
Loudoun
Braddock Sts
Clifford
Safeway
Cork
Boscawen
Baker St
Smalts
Methodist Open Annual Conference in Norfolk
Delegates to the 166th Virginia Methodist conference arrive for the opening session in the municipal auditorium. Bishop W. W. Peele presides over about 450 Virginia charges with an expected attendance of 1500 through Monday. Bishop James C. Baker of the Los Angeles area will speak. ordination of deacons and elders planned Sunday. Dr. J Earl Moreland of Randolph-Macon College reports on the Amsterdam conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Virginia Methodist Conference
Municipal Auditorium
W. W. Peele
Richmond
Virginia
James C. Baker
Los Angeles
Peele
J. Earl Moreland
Randolph-Macon College
Amsterdam
State Postpones Virginia Road Allocations to Spring
Richmond October 13. The state highway commission announces that district road allocations in Virginia will be delayed until next spring. Commissioner James A. Anderson cites factors including winter road damage and rising costs. The commission expects to avoid new revenues and maintain progress with prudent planning.
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Richmond
Virginia
James A. Anderson
Commission
Anderson
Highway Department
390 Chest X-ray Films Made at County Clinics
The Frederick County Tuberculosis Assn chest clinic at Clearbrook fire hall and Miller school drew 390 attendees this week. Reports will be mailed in about three weeks. X rays were taken for 87 teachers 127 food handlers 67 mill workers 27 quarry workers 18 transfer workers 50 housewives 22 students 4 preschool children and bus drivers.
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Frederick County
351 Pupils Get Immunization For Diphtheria
A diphtheria immunization clinic at Stephens City school drew 225 students and preschool children. Dr. Thomas Gibson administered the serum with attendees from the Armed School. A Kerns Town clinic led by Dr. John Thorton saw 76 participants. Another session at Middletown was held under Dr. John Troxell. No new diphtheria cases were reported, with cases confined to two county families and one city family.
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Stephens City
Kernstown
John Thornton
Thomas Gibson
Middletown
John Troxell
Tomato Shower Welcomes Dewey in Illinois Campaign Run
Governor candidate Dewey faced a tomato and egg volley in southern Illinois while en route to Oklahoma City for 13 speeches. A miscue occurred when his special train backed into about 1000 spectators at Mt. Beaucoup, with reports naming Lee Tindle as chief engineer. Dewey stayed on message focused on Republican claims of national security and resilience amid aggression.
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Dewey
Oklahoma City
Illinois
Thomas Dewey
Wallace
Oklahoma
Beaucoup
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
GOP
Lee Tindle
Evansville
Ind
Mt. Vernon
R. L. Biles
Dewey's
Biles
Republican Party
United States
Bishop
Uni
Truman Hopes To Help Defeat Senator Ball
On the campaign train President Truman urged dairy country voters in Wisconsin and Minnesota to back his slate and attack Sen. Joseph H. Ball. He warned of Wall Street ties and attacked Republicans as betraying Lincoln era principles while praising Civil Rights advocacy by Mayor Hubert Humphrey.
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Truman
Wisconsin
Minnesota
St. Paul
Illinois
Armory
Springfield
Ill
Thomas E. Dewey
Wall Street
Hubert Humphrey
Joseph H. Ball
Ball
Roosevelt
Humphrey
Minneapolis
Sen
Taft
Superior
Leif Erickson Park
Duluth
Minn
Dewey Holds Steady in October Poll Findings
Archibald Crossley reports the first October standing shows Dewey unchanged from September for governor, Truman up one point, and Wallace down one point. The survey projects limited movement among undecided voters and notes possible shifts affecting electoral votes in close states.
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Archibald Crossley
Crossley
Dewey
Truman
Wallace
Thurmond
Roosevelt
City Transit Lines to run buses on Winchester streets for 10 years
The ordinance grants Winchester City Transit Lines an exclusive 10 year bus franchise on city streets. Operations begin within 60 days after bond and written acceptance. Route maps outline two main lines via Valley Pike, Millwood Pike, Berryville Ave and coasting streets toward Liberty, Smithfield, and Woodstock Lane. Fares capped at 10 cents with 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. schedules and specified bus stops.
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Winchester Council
Winchester City Transit Lines
Sime
Thomas Claude Smalls Jr
Phage
Winchester Bus Co
Seehaies Mere Ave
Liberty
Smithfield
Cork
Shawnee Ave
Leicester
Parkway
Loudoun
Gerrard
Valley Turnpike
Bond St
Bond
Whitlock
Millwood Pike
Gerrad St
Braddock
Germain
Monmouth St
Cameron
North Ave
Point of
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New Boys’ Club
U.N
C. T. Rowland
Amos Yoder
Yoder
Erost Mast
Menno Brenneman
Jonas Petershein
Kent and
Boscawen St
Rouss Ave
Methodist
Santa Claus
James Malone
Pittsburgh
Papa Malone
Harry Bishop
Senator Ball
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Star
Miller
Star Office
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Coleman Dunn
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