Methodists Reassign Pastors Across Winchester District
The Richmond district realigns several pastors including F. S. Og, G. Hill, B. W. Coe and E. C. Day. New postings place White at Berryville, York at Chatham, Ellmore at Brucetown, Plunkett to Elkton, and Hawkins to Mt. Vernon. Winchester district appointments list district superintendent F. B. Oglesby and numerous pastor transfers across towns such as Berryville, Woodstock, Elkton, Front Royal, Shenandoah, and Strasburg with various supplies and retirements.
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Richmond
F. S. Ogis
Winchester
Berryville
Beechensley
Middle
G. Hill
Market St
B. W. Coe
Montague Ave
P. D. White
Chatham
C. A. York
J. Les
Roane
Stephens City
E. C. Day
Woodstock
D. N
E. A. Ellmore
Brucetown
William A. Wright
Braddock St
L. F. Havermale
E. A. Plunkett
Elkton
T. J. Hawkins
Front Royal
R. C. Johnson
Gainesboro
E. H. Kyle
Harrisonburg
H. C. Blackwell
Keezletown-McGaheysville
Harold Fuss
Linden
Stuart A. Johnson
Mount Jackson
E. Hudson
Aunt Solon
L. O. Rose
New Market
W. D. Williams
North Frederick
Methodist Commission For Overseas Relief
Gaither P. Warfield
Emory University
W. G. Bangle
W. A. Lyons
Charles E. Burkert
U. S. Air Force
Charles Glaise
Golden Cross
Dr. N. B
Ma Winchester Returns to The Star Columns
The Star reintroduces Ma Winchester a beloved past commentator who shares views on past present and future. Readers recall her outspoken corner column on the front page and the feature hopes to engage old and new audiences with timely reflections.
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Ma Winchester
Read
Marines and Pentagon clash over policing role plan
Gen. Clifton Cates charges the Pentagon with a bid to turn the Marine Corps into a police force as the Army seeks to absorb amphibious power. He cautions Congress safeguards in the 1947 unification law, while Vinson promises to defend the Marines. Air Force testimony is scheduled to follow.
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Washington
Clifton B. Cates
Marines
Pentagon
Army High Command
Cates
House Armed Services Committee
Marine Corps
Army
Congress
Vandergrift
Vinson
D-Ga
Air Force
Armed Services
Air
57th Virginia Branch Episcopal Women Meet in Winchester
The 57th annual meeting of the Virginia Branch of the Episcopal Church Women opens October 2 at Christ Church Winchester. Delegates from across Virginia will be hosted in local homes with meals at the parish. President Willford of Warsaw and local leaders, with Bishop Harris of Liberia and Bishop Gibson scheduled as speakers, oversee public sessions.
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Virginia
Womans Auxiliary
National Council of the Episcopal Church
Christ .Church
Winchester
Pre Willford
Warsaw
Will Eell
Harold Brown
Woman's Auxiliary of
Christchurch
Jacquelin Smith
John M. Steck Jr
B. W. Harris
Liberia
Robert Gibson
Byrnes May Run For Governor On State's Rights
Byrnes hints at running for South Carolina governor on the principle of states rights. He says the key is securing cooperation with other governors to rally national defense of state rights. He criticizes federal welfare state expansion and will speak at the Southern Governors Conference in Biloxi on November 21.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Ibermen
Th Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Byrnes
Spartanburg Herald
Flue Fire Threatens Century-old Marlboro Log House
A Marlboro fire damaged the kitchen of the Walter J Funk residence in a log house over 100 years old. The blaze started from a faulty flue and was confined to the wall between the main house and kitchen. A. R. Funk and his father fought the fire with water from a cistern until Middletown and Stephens City firefighters arrived.
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Walter J. Funk
Marlboro
A. R. Funk
Woodstock
Middletown
Stephens City
Public Workers Report Ill and Picket Health Office
About 1200 city sanitation workers reported sick then picketed the health department office shouting five days fourty hours. Sanitation Commissioner Powell warned of some impairment of service as about ten percent of staff were absent. Union leaders claimed 2000 protesters urged a forty eight hour week without overtime during a separate action.
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New York
Health Department
William J. Powell
James Griesi
CIO United Public Workers
Andrew J. Davis
Davis
Powell
UPW
Fog blinded bomber crashes near Riverside killing five
A B 26 Air Force bomber crashed in fog into high tension wires near Riverside California last night killing five aboard including one civilian. Four bodies were recovered. one fighter crewman remained missing with no chance of survival. Gasoline fumes leaked from the wreckage, discovered by power company workers investigating a blackout.
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Riverside
Calif
Here
Power Company
Washington and Lee Tackler Admits Stop That TD Play
Sideliner Bob Smith of Washington and Lee confessed to tackling Edmund Bessel on a final pass in a Generals victory bid. The play ended with Virginia recovering for a touchdown as Bessel was about to score. Smith said he acted on impulse after seeing the receiver open.
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Charlottesville
Bob Smith
Washington and Lee University
Smith
Generals
Vic
Whitey Michels
Edmund Bessell
Bessell
Bessel
Virginia
Mike Mansteller
Lexington
Richmond News Leader
Petersburg Appeals to State for Emergency Coal Supplies
Petersburg officials pressed the Virginia State Emergency Fuel Commission for a fourth carload of coal as the UMW strike looms. The commission reported orders from six cities, surveys by about half of local committees, and potential needs up to 10 000 tons daily if cold weather worsens stockpiles. Public meetings in Frederick County drew no attendees.
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Naitersburg
Commission
Virginia
Danville
Norfolk
Charlottesville
Christiansburg
Martinsville
Harrisonburg
United Mine Workers
Frederick County
Joseph Massie Jr
Commonwealth
Lee N. Whitacre
Landon Whitacre
R. E. Ayler
Massie
Ilse Koch Faces German Murder Trial After Transfer
Ilse Koch, 42, former Buchenwald mistress, was moved from an American prison to Landsberg to stand trial in Germany. German authorities plan to try her in Augsburg early 1950 on five major counts including the 1941 shooting of 24 Jewish inmates and the alleged creation of lamp shades from tattooed skin. Her son was placed with a welfare agency.
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Landsberg
Germany
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Ilse
Walter R. Graham
St. Paul
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Augsburg
U.S
Highway Fatalities Nine over Weekend
Nine people were injured or killed in Virginia traffic accidents Sunday weekend. Victims include William Costello a sailor at Norfolk naval training station and Mary Wyatt nine months killed when her father backed the car over her in Sutherlin. Other victims listed include Paul J. Lukowski Evelyn Garrenton Thelma C Lagasse Charlie W Wimbush Herman G Boswell Sarah Robinson and Henry Snead.
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Associated Press
Virginia
William Costello
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Mary Wyatt
Sutherlin
Paul J. Lukowski
Norfolk Naval Base
Evelyn Garrenton
Norfolk
Thelma C. Lagasse
Riverdale
Charlie W. Wimb
Moch Abandons Attempt to Form French Cabinet
Paris reports Jules Moch, socialist leader and interior minister in Henri Queuille’s cabinet, halted his bid to form a new French government. He failed to bridge gaps with center, Popular Republicans, and Radical Socialist groups after a narrow parliamentary vote of confidence.
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Paris
Jules Moch
Socialist Party
Interior
Henri Queuille
Moch
Center
Popular Republicans
Radical Socialists
Aluminum Strike Pushes Idle Workers Toward Million Mark
The aluminum strike nears the million idle workers mark as 16 000 CIO members strike nine Aluminum Co of America plants. Labor’s biggest postwar conflict sparks government concern. talks with Cyrus Ching seek peace in steel and coal disputes while pension issues dominate bargaining.
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Associated Press
America
CIO
Aluminum Co
Ching
White House
Cyrus Ching
White Sulphur
W. Va
Bluefield
Lewis
John L. Lewis
United States Steel Corp
New York
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
Bethlehem
Aluminum Company
Murray
Big Steel
Aluminum Co. of America
Money Scattered On Road May Be Safecracking Clue
Lynchburg police investigate $122 found on Route 29 near Altavista as a clue to a safe cracking at a Lynchburg supermarket. Detectives say thieves hammered a wall hole and blasted the safe with nitroglycerin. loot valued around $3400, mostly checks.
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Lynchburg
R. 29
Altavista
Hog prices hit three year low in Chicago market
Chicago on October 17 reports top hog price at 18.15 dollars, the lowest since the OPA ceiling was removed on October 15. Best hogs earlier in the year fetched 18.25, while the former ceiling stood at 16.25 and hogs rose to 27.50 the day after the ceiling ended.
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Chicago
Senate poised to pass expanded social security bill in January
Washington reports that the 81st Congress nears adjournment after a long session. Senate Leader Lucas says a report shows progress in progressive legislation and that the next session will begin in January with a vote to pass expanded social security, already approved by the House.
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Lucas
Senate
Congress
Washington
Ispal
Truman
Democratic Policy Committee
America Rejects Russian Protest On West Republic
The United States denies Soviet charges that Western powers seek to convert western Germany into a drill ground and accuses Moscow of maintaining a centralized police force in its occupation zone led by ex-German officers. Officials urge cooperation with the Western Allies for Germans to determine their future freely.
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Russia
Peope
East Germany
Western Germany
U. S
Enraged landlord kills tenant and injures family then dies
In Birmingham Alabama on October 17 a landlord Frank E Cheney 53 killed tenant Hazel Greer 22 wounded husband Floyd Greer 26 and child David Greer 11 then shot two ambulance drivers before killing himself Coroner J L Hilderbrand and Detective Capt Marcus Hancock linked the spree to a heating dispute at the Greers apartment The incident occurred near the couple s second wedding anniversary.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. L. Hilderbrand
Marcus Hancock
Frank E. Cheney
Hazel Greer
Floyd E. Greer
David Greer
Greer
Chinese Reds May Hit Next For Chunking
Chinese report says Communist forces may strike Chungking in the north and Kunming in the southwest as Nationalist capital defenses tighten. News items claim a beachhead on Amoy island and landings at Kulangsu amid crossfire near the Canton area, with 1400 passengers aboard the British steamer Anhui caught in the fighting.
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Chungking
Canton
Redee
Kunming
Amoy Island
Kulangsu
Amoy
Anhui
Stork Wins Atlantic Crossing Birth Aboard Plane
A baby boy was born to Mrs. Darinka Parker of New York City aboard a Constellation plane en route from New York to Frankfurt via Ireland. The infant and mother were taken by ambulance to Ennis hospital while the flight continued with Dr. Fred Henschel and nurse Mary Jane Hinckley assisting in the crew compartment.
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Atlantic Ocean
Darinka Parker
New York City
Constellation
Ennis Hospital
New York
Prankfurt
Germany
Ireland
Mary Jane Hinckley
Millville, N. J
New X ray Machine Reveals Details Inside Human Body
New York Times reports from Upsala Sweden on a soft x ray technique by Dr Arne Frantzell X ray department Academic hospital Upsala revealing details of muscles fat skin and soft tissues. He cites 300 photos showing varying fatty degeneration across ages and suggests possible advances in aging understanding.
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New York
The
New York Times Today
Upsala
Sweden
Arne Frantzell
Academic Hospital of
the Times
Frantzell
Strike Ties Up Long distance Truck Runs Here
A strike of Winchester truck drivers and helpers began yesterday, tying up about 50 tractor trailers and affecting warehouse workers and dock staff. Union members rejected a 11 a.m. Sunday proposal and demand higher pay, with raises of 15 cents for all classes and 26 cents per mile for tandem trips. Some firms, like Smith Transfer and Cumberland contracts, report partial operation and improved wage offers, while others remain silent on negotiations.
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Winchester
Fay Sn
J. W. Hershberger
Novick Transfer Co
Novick
Elliott
Associated Transport
Mason and Dixon
Sui Service
Allegheny Freightines
Cumberland
Stutsman
AFL Teamsters Union
P.mene
Cevers
J. R. Todd
Smith Transfer Co
Stutzman
Washington
DP Committee Asks Senate Put Bill over to 1950
The citizens committee on Saturday night voted 36 to 30 to send the measure back to its judiciary committee and urged return on January 25. Chairman traveling in Europe urged the Senate to take no action this year. He said the bill aims to barrier and flood the country with aliens. Senator Cain criticized the citizens committee as a powerful lobby.
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Washington
Citizens Committee
Judiciary Committee
Europe
Senate
Getter
Cain
R-Wash
Harrison
Reconditioned Typewriters Offered by Kenneth and Henry Co
Kenneth and Henry Co advertises reconditioned typewriters at low prices with monthly payment plans. The notice highlights affordable models and flexible terms for buyers seeking economical office machinery.
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Kenneth & Henry CO
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Episcopalian Women’s Auxiliary
Righter
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Hoa
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Gus Hall
Jack Satchel
Robert Thompson
Benjamin Davis
John Gates
Gilbert Green
West Republic
Stork
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