Further Salary Rise For Teachers Going Before VEA for Vote
Resolutions urging still higher teacher salaries will be presented to the Virginia Education Association delegates tonight for a vote. The plan, endorsed by the VEA board, cites living costs and compares net teaching income to prewar levels, while praising Governor Tuck and educational leaders for support and planning.
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Richmond
Virginia Education Assn. Delegates Assembly
Tuck
VEA Board of Directors
General Assembly
G. Tyler Miller
University of Virginia
Colgate W. Darden Jr
Dabney S. Lancaster
Farmville State Teachers College
Diptheria Claims 14 Year Old Schoolboy From Stephens City
Franklin A. Orndorff aged 14 son of John N. and Mrs. Leona Brill Orndorff of Stephens City died in Winchester hospital from diphtheria after a two week illness. He attended the Stephens City school and was a Lutheran church member. Survived by four brothers Cecil Baltimore William H. and R C John and a sister Madge. private services to be held at Jones Funeral Home with Rev R L Booze officiating. Interment in Green Hill cemetery Stephens City.
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Franklin A. Orndorff
John N. Orndorff
Stephens City
Winchester Hospital
Sterephens City
Lutheran Church
Leona Brill
Marinsburg
Wardensville
Cecil Orndorff
Baltimore
William H. Orndorff
Winchester
R. C
John Orndorff
Madge Orndorff
Jones
Five Day Virginia Forecast Shows Warm Humidity Ahead
Five day outlook for Virginia calls for humid conditions with temperatures about eight to ten degrees above normal. A cooler spell is expected midweek and little rain is anticipated.
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Virginia
Taft and Taft Spar Over Administration in Columbus Talks
In Columbus on October 17 Harold E. and Senator Robert A. Taft traded barbs with each other criticizing the Democratic administration. Taft questioned whether the administration is steering the nation toward or away from war in foreign relations. The scene included a campaign style rally with pointed remarks.
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Columbus
Harold E
Robert A. Taft
Taft
B & 8S Poultry CO
Campbell's Shop To Close For Staff Show Attendance
Girls coats in sizes 7 to 14 and teen coats in sizes 10 to 16 offered with box, fitted, and hooded styles. Campbell's shop will close Monday October 20 to allow staff to attend a show in Washington D C.
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Campbell's
Loudoun Dial
Einkan
Enabl
Soenene
Washington, D
Campsbell
S. Loudoun St
McCarthy Seeks Local Handling of Rent Controls
Sen. McCarthy argues rent controls should be extended only if local boards retain decontrol power. He cites a Clovis New Mexico local board decision as evidence of overreach. The Wisconsin Republican, a housing committee vice chair, favors extension to address the looming shortage.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Congress
Frank Creedon
Clovis, N. M
Clovis
Creedon
Wisconsin
House Senate
Virginia panel rejects state minimum wage and maximum hours plan
The Virginia advisory legislative council WALC reports against enacting by law a state minimum wage or maximum hours for state employees. It notes current personnel laws can meet needs without the drawbacks of such legislation. The VALC was formed by a 1946 General Assembly resolution to study compensation and hours.
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Richmond
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
WALC
Tuck
VALC
Genand
Farms Hope for Rain Amid Dry Season Shortfall
Frederick county farmers report pasture damage and slow grain growth due to dry weather. County agent I Fred Stine notes rain would help, with only 0.17 inch in October and 27.4 inches for 1947 so far, below the 36.6 inch annual norm. Corn harvest advances as apple picking nears completion.
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Frederick County
Fred Stine
Stine
Winchester Research Laboratory
City Gridders Prep for Army VPI Clash Tomorrow
Two Winchester men appear set to start for Army and VPI in the upcoming game. Robert Taylor of VPI will play despite not being in the initial lineup, while Winchester rival Winfield Scott Jr. starts at right half for Army. The Gobblers travel to West Point chasing Army’s long unbeaten streak as Mrs. Taylor notes son Frank’s improving injury recovery.
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Virginia Tech
Army
Winchester
West Point
Robert Taylor
VPI
Robert
Tech
Frank
Albert Lea's Jobs Inc Solved Unemployment
Albert Lea Minnesota used a local group named Jobs Inc to convert talent into jobs. Led by C E Myers the citizens funded startup to incubate new enterprises including a brass foundry creamery and toy maker from scrap wood. Unemployment fell from 1940 to 1947 with 7 405 employed and only 149 vacancies postwar.
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Jobs, Inc
Talen
C. E. Myers
Albert Lea
Minnesota
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Myers
20-ton Bridge Stolen in Idaho
GOODING ID AMO Oct 17 The sheriff's office had one on its books today the reported theft of a 20 ton steel bridge from an abandoned crossing over the Malad river Highway supervisors discovered the 40 foot span missing when they went to examine it for possible use at another crossing.
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Gooding
Idamo
Sheriff's Office
Byrd Asks GOP Leaders About TVA Hiring Surge
Senator Byrd pressed House and Senate appropriations chairs Taber and Ferguson to confirm if a rise of over 3000 TVA employees since May is warranted. The Budget Bureau says 15,000 TVA workers include 5,000 on dam construction at South Holston and Watauga. Byrd seeks alignment with appropriations intent ahead of next session hearings.
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Washington
House
Senate Appropriations
Byrd
Tennessee Valley Authority
Taber
R-Ny
House Committee
Ferguson
Gain
Budget Bureau
TVA
Congress
South Holston
Watauga
Bureau
GOP
Appropriations
Virginian
Bandits Hit Alabama Mine Payroll In Morning Robbery
Three bandits robbed the Sayreton mine payroll office of 55091 in Birmingham Alabama as the morning shift began. Payrol clerk G C Calloway and guard Wood Cooper were inside when the masked trio demanded access and fled with envelopes containing miners salaries.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sayreton
Republic Steel Corp
Wood Cooper
G. C. Calloway
Calloway
Quarles to Speak at Laymen's Sunday Service
Garland R. Quarles superintendent of city schools will address the Cork St Christian church service Sunday morning. Laymen will conduct the program with Claude Grove and Ray Blosser also taking part, and the junior and senior choirs offering special music.
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Garland R. Quarles
Cork St. Christian
Claude Grove
Ray Blosser
$1 Pound Paid For Steer at Feeder Sale
At the Winchester Livestock Exchange 750 people attended the opening of the 7th annual Northern Virginia feeder calf sale. George Eagle paid top price of 1 per pound for a 480 pound Hereford steer from Olive Bay Farm. A 535 pound Angus sold for 36 cents, and Fritz Frey paid 38 cents for a 635 pound Shorthorn. Thirty-three consignors offered 494 head. H. H. Terry auctioneered.
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Winchester Livestock Exchange
Northern Virginia
George Eagle
Exchange
Olive Bay Farm
Charles Town
John P. Dove
Boyce
Paul E. Brindle
Mechanicsburg
Fritz Frey
Quarryville
James P. Reardon
Winchester
H. H. Terry
Monterey
Brazil to Break Relations with Red Russia
A Brazilian government source said Brazil would sever diplomatic ties with Russia within 72 hours over Moscow’s failure to respond to a Brazilian note about attacks on President Eurico Gaspar Dutra and Brazilian officials by the Soviet paper Izvestia. Other Latin nations may follow Chile’s move against Yugoslav diplomats.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Russia
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Ivestia
Ameridahna
Chile
Jacov Suritz
Brazill
Comunist Party
Draft Eisenhower Move Disowned by General
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower rejects any politics link and denies familiarity with sponsors of the Draft Eisenhower for President movement. Maurice Mumford of the league claimed he sent Eisenhower a letter in New York. Maj Gen Floyd Parks said there was no prior knowledge or consent.
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Manchester
N. H
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Army
Maurice Mumford
League
New York
Pentagon
Floyd Parks
Public Information Division
Multiple local notices and sales blurbs across Winchester area
A collection of small advertisements lists services and sales including auto repair and glass, used and new auto parts from Vailey Wrecking Co Martinsburg Pike, Colonial Kitchen specials on chocolates, heavy tarpaulins from E W Armstrong Winchester, Royal Portable Typewriters from Molden Electric Co, cider apples from Heinz Co, laborers needed for Winchester Cold Storage, popcorn from C E Babb, Juanita Hoke back at Du Four Beauty Shop, and a Pennsylvania orchard picker trip organized by Glaze & Bro with a Monday departure.
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Vailey Wrecking Co
Martinsburg Pike
Colonial Kitchen
W Armstrong
Cameron
Winchester Va
Royal Portable
Molden Electric Co
H. J. Heinz CO
Winchester Cold Storage
C. E. Babb
Millwood Ave
Juanita Hoke
du Four Beauty Shop
Prices Edge Lower Across Major Commodities
Prices generally slipped in early trading signaling a pause after a two week rise. Wheat corn and oats fell on the Chicago Board of Trade while hogs weakened in the Midwest and cattle showed mixed strength in Chicago. New York cotton futures rose modestly and egg and butter prices stayed firm in New York and Chicago. Retail meat egg and poultry sales showed no material drop in about half the cities despite Truman’s meatless days.
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Associated Press
Chicago Board of Trade
Midwest
Chicago
New York
Truman
Union Political Spending Faces Court Test in 1948
The AFL plans a $3 million presidential year fund funded by union member assessments for political action, prompting Justice Department scrutiny of Taft Hartley Act compliance. AFL President William Green vows a court ruling, while CIO signals an all out drive. Taft questions AFL authority to levy political assessments and senators hint at constitutional issues.
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Norman Walker Ashington
AFL
Justice Department
William Green
San Francisco
CIO
Boston
Taft
Ohio
Gwinn
R-Ny
House
Labor
Sen
Morse
R-Ore
Pa. Dog Turns Purse Snatcher
Uniontown police reported a dog grabbed a woman's pocketbook by the strap on a Uniontown street. Mrs Dore Bookchin told headquarters the canine fled with the purse. The alert said officers watch for the dog carrying a purse in its mouth.
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Uniontown
Dore Bookchin
U. S. Seeks Speedier Korea Independence Mission
The United States asked the United Nations Assembly to create a special commission to observe an early Korean election for a national assembly. The plan calls for the election by March 31 and for a national government to negotiate with Russia and the United States for early withdrawal of occupying forces.
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Russia
United States
Seoul
Korea
Va Clubwoman Finds Europe on Starvation Diet
Richmond October 17 The Old Dominion will contribute only 4 509 000 bushels to the 1947 United States commercial apple crop. Delegate E Blackburn Moore announced as head of the State Apple Commission urges observance of National Apple Week starting October 25 by eating apples. Virginia's 1947 apple production is one third of 1946, better than 1945 low. pear 252 000 bushels, down 30 percent. grape harvest 1800 tons, about 21 percent below last year.
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Richmond
Old Dominion
United States
E. Blackburn Moore
Moore
State
Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
CIOs Political Action Plans Far reaching
James Marlow reports from Boston on CIO leaders urging unions to expand activity beyond wages into politics. The CIO's PAC, formed four years ago, seeks to mobilize labor for pro union laws and to elect friendly politicians, with mixed past results and renewed focus for 1948 despite Taft Hartley opposition.
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James Marlow
Boston
CIO
Jack Kroll
Political Action Committee
PAC
Roosevelt
Congress
Harmony Appeal Rejected in United Nations Debate
The United States and Soviet Union traded sharp arguments at the 57 member General Assembly committee. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko accused Washington of violating the UN Charter and warned that Marshall plan proposals threaten the UN. Wrapping up, Shawcross mocked Vishinsky while urging compromise toward a year round World Assembly.
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Lake Success
Russia
United States
United Nations
General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Ny ‘G Have
Shawcross
Gromyko
Marshall
U. N
Vishinsky
Wineries
Ducline
Truman Blocks Move to Bring Controls Back
President Truman signals possible new price rise figures and hints at voluntary conservation while not fully backing a return to rationing or rent controls. Pepper urges democracy via rationing and a fair control system, and many in the party fear the move may derail rent ceilings. Also notices for bulb catalogs and dresses appear in the classified section.
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Truman
Pepper
D-Fla
Florida
Congress
Yessterday
Chester Organ
Leon Henderson
W Seed Co
Correction Magnolia Flour Price Ad
The FOOD CENTER corrects yesterday's ad noting Magnolia Flour should be quoted at 10 lbs for 79 cents. No other changes announced.
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Magnolia
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Quarles
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Clearbrook Fire Dept
Clearbrook
Hodgson and Brown
W. Boscawen
City
Red Russia
Dutra
Moscow
Pennsylvania
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U. S
Free Korea
U.N. Assembly
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Marshall Plan
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