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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1947
Page
3
A nations group proposes a twofold approach to support self help and secure further assistance from the United States and other countries. Congress will need to consider decisions on the Marshall Plan.
The talk argues that freedom to organize social political and economic life should not be overridden by small elite groups. It labels dictatorship for any reason as a major fallacy and notes the CIO’s support of Marshall and U S foreign policy to reassure European workers.
Trade union leaders in Germany attack the British American reparations policy as a blow to economic revival and threaten noncooperation in dismantling plants. They forecast sit down strikes in protests after the list is published while military governors vow to speed fulfillment of the program to aid both German industry and recipient nations.
Anchorage Alaska emerged in 1914 as a construction camp for the Alaskan Railroad. The settlement grew from a temporary work camp into a city serving the railway network and regional development.
Handley high school junior varsity overwhelmed Strasburg yesterday by 47 to 0 as second and third string players saw action. Deshong scored twice on passes, while LaVecchia Barr Anderson and Boxwell added single touchdowns.
At the Boston CIO convention Michael Quill of the Transport Workers Union assailed Truman and endorsed Henry Wallace as the single independent voice for peace and security. He urged labor backed political action without party labels and criticized the leadership of Farley Flynn and the Pendergast machine.
Speculators and commodity speculators are cited in a discussion about inflation with Roosevelt labeling the real estate lobby as the most ruthless group in Washington.
TAZEWELL October 16. Dr. Herbert W. Jackson of Virginia Tech said it will take about two months to determine the nature and origin of 30 skeletons found in a cave near Tazewell. The cave also held small stone ornaments fragments of pottery and beads.
Winchester dog owners topped the War ren County Game and Fish Protective Assn. show in Front Royal with multiple placements. R. E. Worsley’s Beagle B and B Buddy was runner up to the champion, Ruth Jones’s Dachshund took third, and Sir Wilco Second owned by Mrs. H. P. Edwards placed second in its class. Elsa, a Dachshund of Mrs. Eugene Cooper, also earned a podium spot. Mitzie the Manchester Terrier owned by BE F. Jackson of Berryville led among terriers. Judges included Winchester residents Leslie D. Kline and Benton Snyder.
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Berryville wraps up its community cannery after four months of non stop work since June 24. A total of 29 363 cans of fruits vegetables and meats were processed, the largest yearly total. Enrollment reached 428 with 383 white and 45 colored. The peak day was August 12 with 62 workers processing 1764 cans. The cannery will reopen the first week in December for three weeks of meat canning and fruit processing.
Plant established in 1910 operates year round shipping and bottling vinegar. Last year the firm packed 170000 cases No 10 apples 87000 cases No 2 and 21000 cases No 10 ace 300038 oz and 11000 28 oz applebutter and 961740 gallons vinegar. Vinegar mostly sold to southern markets with apples going to Philadelphia New York and Chicago. Prices for apples slightly below 1946 levels. top canners at 4.35 last year vs 3.75 now. Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider Co employed about 550 workers during a good 1946 year. Heinz Co plant in area has 30 workers now may rise to 35 turning ciderstock and vinegar with work extending into December if apples hold out. Built 1930, last year pressed about 1250000 gallons cider stock. this year expected to exceed half that due to small crop.
U S department reports October 1 poultry holdings at 206 million pounds, up 23 million from September and 18 million above the prior same date record. Washington expects fresh debate on a possible poultryless day as producers meet with grain dealers next Monday to discuss saving grain for Europe. Citizens Food Committee head Charles Luckman notes two schools of thought and says the issue is under study.
Mrs Pauline Katherine Ebersole, 45, wife of Melvin H Ebersole of Middletown, died yesterday at 7 06 pm in Chester Hospital. She is survived by her husband, her father Charles Grandle of Broadway, four children Kenneth of Baltimore and William Yvonne and Raymond at home, and one brother Noland Grandle of Middletown.
A U.S. air force expert says American P-84 Thunderjet now leads jet fighter performance, noting the German MB-262 used late in World War II outpaced by early U.S. jets. The P-80 saw little combat, while postwar deliveries only began recently.
Front Royal reports Matt P Will of Richmond class of 17 has been chosen as president of the Randolph Macon Academy alumni association. The election marks a notable leadership step for the former student from the Richmond area.
President Truman compares grain and poultry issues to the old chicken or egg dilemma. He says any bugs in the food program will be worked out with advice from the Citizens Food Committee and outlines the aim of the plan.
Officials press for saving grain and easing shortages as leaders meet with farmers and industry groups. President Truman invites discussions with poultrymen brewers and bakers while committees strategize on wartime food distribution and price controls.
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