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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1947
Page
2
CIO convention preparations include 36 resolutions on foreign policy and labor issues. Murray aims to keep peace within the CIO as factions debate resolutions condemning Taft Hartley or calling Congress back for price controls.
A sequence of farm sale notices lists buyers and dates including October 15 at 1 pm W O Beatty Kernstown Rt 11 selling horses dairy cows heifers and farm machinery October 16 at 10 am R E Price Ridgeway West Virginia selling horses cattle mac dairy equipment and farm equipment October 18 at 10 am D B Miller five miles northwest of Gore State Rt 503 toward Whitacre selling horses cows sheep hogs farm machinery furniture and 146 acre farm October 30 at 10 am Mrs Attie Shiley one mile north of Clearbrook on US Rt 11 selling horses cattle sheep hogs hay grain and farm machinery November 1 at 1 pm Frank Royston Boyce Virginia selling household goods.
In San Francisco on October 14 John L. Lewis, quiet at the AFL convention, is slated to speak against supporters of the Taft-Hartley Act. A plan to amend the federation constitution to abolish the vice president's office, aimed at Lewis, will be proposed that afternoon. David Dubinsky will present the amendment to the floor.
Secretary of Labor L. B. Schwellenbach told CIO representatives in Boston that price increases have outpaced wage gains and urged a 75 cent hourly minimum wage. He argued the postwar market is not free but a seller’s market driven by wartime earnings and corporate profits enabling price hikes without control.
The estimate places the fortune of the Nizam of Hyderabad at two billion dollars, reflecting the vast holdings and wealth associated with the royal title.
Hearings opened in Governor Tuck's office on the vacancy of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals caused by Chief Justice Holt's death. Delegations advocating several candidates appeared, including Walter T. McCarthy of Arlington and Kennon C. Whittle. Floridas S. Crosby also drew support from Rockbridge Augusta Highland counties and Buena Vista.
Three drivers faced drunken driving charges in Winchester courts. Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards fined James Henry Dodson of Stephens City, Franklin Edward Puffinberger of 556 N. Loudoun St., and R. I. Stephens City resident, all $100. Lester A. Combs of Cedar Creek Grade also fined $100. In all cases 30 day jail terms were suspended.
Havana court heard Patricia Schmidt a Toledo dancer testify she shot John Mee of Chicago on Mee s yacht last April after he threatened her life. She described alternate weeping and laughter in court while asserting she acted to prevent death.
The American Federation of Labor endorsed the Marshall plan for European relief and urged government curbs on grain speculation if voluntary cooperation falters. The announcement framed the policy as a response to Soviet foreign policy and urged swift action.
Davy Slow, a colored home butcher from Berryville, died at Winchester Memorial hospital Monday. He served for many years as a butcher for Clark County householders. Services set at John H. Enders Funeral Home in Berryville at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Interment in Milton Valley Cemetery.
Lt Commander C Ridgely White will report to the naval intelligence office in Washington tomorrow for two weeks of active duty. He previously served 38 months in naval intelligence during the late war, enlisting as a lieutenant (jg) in Sept 1942 and discharged Jan 1946. He will return to the insurance office on Nov 1.
Senator McCarthy said subpoenas will target gray market operators in building supplies to testify about price gouging. He warned such actions push up home costs by up to 20 percent and pledged to pursue perjury or contempt if witnesses refuse to name buyers and sellers.
The National Labor Relations Board began its first hearing accusing the International Typographical Union and Baltimore Local 12 of refusing to bargain. The ITU sought a postponement, which trial examiner William R. Ringer denied as the case proceeded in Baltimore.
Frank Brasser, with relatives in Bloom Virginia, is appointed secretary of the Herbert Hoover group conducting a nonpolitical survey of the American government.
By written request of the owner an auction will offer for sale at the Patton warehouse 425 North Cameron Winchester Virginia on Tuesday October 21 1947 at 11 a m. Items include an Electrono Fire Hot Dog Cooker two Victor Quick Units a Westinghouse Commercial Refrigerator an Automatic Food Shaping Machine a Five Foot Steam table an Electric Meat Chopper a Four Burner Roper Gas Stove two National Cash Registers a Philco Radio five Westinghouse electric roasters and a Dalton Adding Machine. Cash terms. Attorney FLOURNOY L LARGENT Jr Auctioneer Roy P Duvall.
Rexall Drug Co announces a sweepstakes led by a grand prize of a world tour for two aboard Pan American and fully paid. A Rio de Janeiro trip, a Honolulu vacation, and 635 other prizes accompany the four day One Cent Sale beginning tomorrow. Entries require a 50 word reason for choosing Rexall.
In Tampa on October 14 a scientific probe studied a tropical Atlantic storm 500 miles off Florida. Two B 17s and a B 29 flew with ten observers to 24 000 feet for two hours to test dry ice as a precipitation trigger, but no visible effect was observed on the clouded system.
List of quiz answers covers marriage legality, American Newspaper Guild CIO, infantile paralysis, dates October 8 11 1871, letter t, Wyoming, true, Caribou, lighter cork weight, and entitles as ensigns.
The estimate places the Arctic continent at about 6.2 million square miles of area. This figure reflects early measurements of the landmass surrounding the North Pole and adjacent seas.
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