Virginia Methodists name transfers and new district superintendents
Dr. T J Hawkins transfers from Braddock St to Mt Vernon Danville with William Archer Wright of Richmond to succeed him. Dr. H S Coffey moves to Washington St Petersburg. Five new district superintendents named including Dr H P Clarke to Danville, Dr Harold H Hughes to Roanoke, Dr Thomas F Carroll to Lynchburg, and Rev T E Landis to Charlottes. Appointment list covers Winchester district and Virginia Conference with multiple churches and leaders named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Hawkins
Braddock St. Methodist
Mt. Vernon
Danville
William Archer Wright
Richmond
Highland Park
Norfolk
W. W. Peele
Hawkins
Edward Jeffries Reed
Central Church
Staunton
H. S. Coffey
Washington St
Winchester
F. B. Oglesby
Berryville
R. A. Craig
C. C. Bush
Blue Ridge
C. C. Goodridge
Bridgewater
C. A. York
Brucetown
R. C. Johnson
Golden Cross
N. B. Canter
H. C. Blackwell
Temperance
D. N. Calvert
U. S. Army
Charles L. Glaize
Virginia
Alexandria
J. Callaway Robertson
del Ray
F. H. Strieby
Fairlington
J. W. Leggett
C. Fred Williams
Community
H. H. Smith Jr
Mount Olivet
A. G. Lynch
Walker’s Chapel
J. W. Hough
Dumfries
Clarke H. Wood
Fairfax
W. C. Hook
Falls Church Crossman
W. J. Groach
Dulin
Top Red Accused of Slaying Polk in Salonika
The Greek government announced that Adam Mouzenides, a Greek communist party central committee member, shot CBS war correspondent George Polk last May as Polk lay blindfolded aboard a boat in Salonika. Three accomplices Evangelos Vasvanas Gregory Staktopoulos and his mother Anna were charged with complicity and may face trial in Salonika or in absentia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salonika
Greece
George Polk
Columbia Broadcasting System
Polk
Adam Mouzenides
Central Committee
Greek Communist Party
Evangelos Vasvanas
Gregory Staktopoulos
Anna
Moutenides
Vasvanas
Staktopoulos
Sweet Potato Weighs Nearly Four Pounds at Loudoun Street Patch
Richard Boyce grows a sweet potato weighing 3-3-4 pounds in a small patch on N. Loudoun Street. The unusual tuber is on display at Halvers Grocery, 694 N. Loudoun, and Boyce is pleased with the crop from his modest plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Boyce
N. Loudoun St
Halvers Grocery
N. Loudoun
Boyce
Mass Picketing Deemed Illegal Under Taft-Hartley Rulings
Washington reports key Taft-Hartley rulings studying mass picketing limits and the replacement of strikers. The NLRB examiner found peaceful processions can violate the act by coercing nonstrikers, ordering CIO United Electrical Workers locals to stop demonstrations. A separate ruling outlined five conditions under which economic strikers lose reinstatement rights, including a Cleveland Pipe Machinery Co case affecting 71 machinists and a union vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cory Corp
Chicago
Rogosin
Pipe Machinery Co
Cleveland
P. M. Co. Independent Union
Taft Appeals For Southern Democrat Votes
Ohio Senator Robert A Taft urged 700 Winchester listeners to back Dewey and Warren citing the need to curb spending and taxes He criticized President Truman over foreign policy claiming he aided communism in Europe and China and linked Potsdam Yalta to missteps The rally featured R J Funkhouser and announced a broader GOP pre election push in Winchester for Woods and Timberlake with further coverage on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Winchester
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
R. J. Funkhouser
Charles Town
GOP
South
Taft
Potsdam
Yalta
Berlin
Prague
Vienna
Morgenthau
Germany
Europe
China
Manchuria
Pacific
Sen
Florida
North Carolina
Martinsburg
Cincinnati
Young Republican Federation
Virginia Council of Republican Women
Robert H. Woods
Senate
A. Willis Robertson
Stephen D Timberlake
Berlin Airlift Plane Crashes Killing Three American Crew
A C-54 Berlin airlift plane crashed today near Frankfurt Neu Isenburg on its return from Berlin. All three American crewmen were killed, bringing to 13 the American deaths delivering food and coal to the blockaded city. Officials had no immediate explanation for the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Berlin
Neu-Isenburg
Rhine- Main
ERP to Fall Short About Half Billion
Washington October 18 The Economic Cooperation Administration will ask Congress for more money to extend the European Recovery Program to mid-1949 Edward T Dickinson says the current 5 055 000 000 program funds will be exhausted in the first quarter of 1949 He cautions actual cash will not be spent but pledged under authorizations leaving a deficit around 500 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
Congress
Edward T. Dickinson
ECA
Dickinson
Highest Court to Rule On Quickie Divorces
The Supreme Court agreed to rule on whether states may overturn Nevada quickie divorces. Hermoine Rice sought to invalidate a Reno divorce granted to Herbert N. Rice after Connecticut courts ruled the union invalid. The case tests whether a state with jurisdiction over persons can determine bona fide residency for quickie divorces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Nevada
Hermoine P. Rice
Connecticut
Reno
Herbert N. Rice
Rice
Lillian P. Rice
Woodbridge
Conn
Superior Court of Connecticut
New Haven County
Superior Court
Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors
Hermoine Rice
High Court
Standard Oil Co
California
Security Council Calls Meeting on Palestine War
Paris Oct 18 The United Nations Security Council was called to meet in special session 10:30 a.m. tomorrow to discuss the new flareup of fighting in Palestine. Warren R Austin ordered the session after conferring with Dr. Ralph Bunche who seeks a three day cease fire in the southern desert. Desert Heights Captured Tel Aviv reports say Jewish troops stormed the Negev road area in defiance of UN cease fire while air activity continued. The noon communique named El Arish air base and Beersheba among bombing targets as Arab evacuation rumors circulated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Council
Ralph Bunche
Bunche
Israel
Desert Heights
Tel Aviv
Mod
Negev
United Nations
Negev Desert
el Arish
Caza
Majdal
Faluja
Beersheba
Gaza
Freeze Predicted In Area Tonight
The thermometer is expected to drop below freezing in the Winchester area tonight with heavy frost. Dr. A B Groves notes many plants are near the season’s end and rain last night prevented frost despite a 35.5 degree low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Virginia
A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
New
Ground Blast Shakes Plane at Gatow Airport
A United States C-54 transport supplying blockaded Berlin was shaken by a ground explosion near Gatow airfield. Initial belief of a Russian shell gave way to officials' conclusion that concussion from a nearby blast rattled windows, with no anti aircraft firing evident. Soviet authorities were asked for an explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Gatow
U. S
Truman orders emergency rail labor board to avert strike
President Truman created an emergency board to study the dispute with 16 nonoperating railroad unions as they vote on a strike. The board has 30 days to report and a walkout is prohibited for 60 days after recommendations reach the White House. About a million workers are involved. The unions seek a 40 hour work week and 25 cent hourly wage increase without pay cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Mrs. Jennie C. Orndorff 92 Dies at Home
Mrs. Jennie C. Orndorff age 92 widow of Thomas J. Orndorff died at 5 20 am today at 540 North Loudoun Street after long illness. Born May 28 1856 in Yellow Springs West Virginia she was a daughter of Asa and Rebecca Cline. She married Dec 27 1892 in Lacey Springs Virginia. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday from the family home Rev T M Swanna to officiate. Surviving children include Mrs Grace O Sipe of Bridgewater and Mrs Alice O Groves of Winchester. She leaves a brother Hugh P Cline of Miami and a sister Mrs Bettie W Myers of Winchester, two grandsons Bernard Groves Winchester and Thomas Groves Long Beach California and a great grandson David Groves Long Beach. An earlier daughter Mary Rebecca died in 1911. Continued on Page 2 Col 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie C. Orndorff
Thomas J. Orndorff
Loudoun St
Yellow Springs
W. Va
Asa
Rebecca McKeever Cline
Orndorff
J. E. Lincoln
Lacey Springs
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Sunshine Club
Grace O. Sipe
Bridgewater
Alice O. Groves
Winchester
Hugh P. Cline
Miami
Bettie W
PTA to Discuss Crowded School Classrooms
Berryville PTA evening meeting at 8 will focus on overcrowded classrooms. Principal D G Cooley says the school is terribly crowded this year and without more space next year will worsen. After business, a movie will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
D. G. Cooley
Dewey Campaign Sees Tight Senate Race Across Eight States
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey campaigned from Buffalo to Schenectady while facing fears of GOP losses in the Senate. Analysts warn eight-state battles could shift control, with Oklahoma West Virginia Minnesota looking vulnerable and New Mexico possible for Dewey despite overall confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Schenectady
New York
New York City
Herald-Tribune Forum
al Smith
Dingdong
Colorado
Kentucky
Minnesota
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Wyoming
West Virginia
GOP
Isme
Carl Hatch
James Murray
Montana
Edward V. Robertson
Edwin C. Johnson
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Truman
Alben Barkley
Chapman Revercomb
Congress
Matthew M. Neely
Rivercomb
West
Greenhalgh Four Entries Reach National Show Cage
George P Greenhalgh stables at Springbury farm Clarke county enter four horses in the national horseshow in Harrisburg Pa. Mrs Greenhalgh supervises with rider Mrs Jane PohRust Jr. Phantom Raider owned by Dr Alvin Kay is ridden by Mrs Rust. Entries include Portmaker Up and Going Flying Dutchman and Lady Belfast. Also horses from Middleburg and Warrenton stables participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P Greenhalgh
Springbury Farm
Clarke County
Harrisburg
Greenhalgh
Jane Poh! Rust Jr
Rust
Phantom Raider
Alvin Kay
Washington
Springbury
Portmaker
Hunter
Madison Square Garden
the Garden
Flying
Lady Belfast
Green Hunter
Middleburg
Warrenton
Wanted Boys to carry the Star at Star Office
Classified notice seeks boys to carry the Star for duties at the Star Office with a contact via Mr. Miller. An auction by Headley’s Auctions advertises a Thursday October 21 1948 sale starting 4 30 PM with antiques from River House managers Robi n Comly and Henry R. Onder donk and other consignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Star Office
Almos
Frazer
Call Pine Motor Co
Robin. Comly
Henry R. Onderdonk
River House
West Germany Economic Zone Merger Looms
Berlin reports a near complete economic merger of the three western zones with unified foreign trade. The Western Allied governors signed an agreement fusing trade policies across the French, British, and American zones, leaving Soviet Germany mostly separate. John Foster Dulles in Paris voiced morale gains in west Berlin and west Germany and noted Austria’s recovery amid fears of a possible communist putsch, while confirming his Vienna Berlin Frankfurt trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Republican Party
West Berlin
West Germany
Dulles
Vienna
Frankfurt
Austria
Truman Tells Legionnaires of Vinson Idea
President Truman said he considered sending Chief Justice Vinson to Moscow to seek Premier Stalin's help dispelling the distrust surrounding Western and Soviet negotiations. He spoke at the American Legion convention denying any warlike posture and stressing pursuit of peace within the United Nations and allied relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miama
Fla
Truman
Vinson
Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Union
American Legion
United States
America
Washington
Missouri
Marshall
U. S
United Nations Assembly
Paris
Legion
United Nations
Unitedes
Munich
Socialists Strengthen in French Elections
Paris reports show Socialist and Independent Socialist candidates gaining about 26 percent of the vote for the electoral college, with Radical Independents 21 percent and De Gaulle aligned RPF around 13 percent. Communists at 10 percent and Centrist MRP at nine percent. RPF disputes ministry figures as unrealistically split by party labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rally of the French People
RPF
de Gaulle
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Interior Ministry
RPP
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. J. Hawkins
Braddock Church
W. A. Wright
Top Red
CBS
Walter Lippmann
Overseas Writers’ Committee
William J. Donovan
U.S. Office of Strategic Services
Lippmann
Gen. Donovan
SEARS
Sears Roebuck
Loudoun
Security Council
J. Orndorff
PTA
Ding Dong
U.S
Miami, Fla
National Association of Letter Carriers
Earl M. Logan
Joyce Russo
J. H. Seal
International Soundphoto
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Soviet Germany
Legionnaires
Charles DeGaulle
DeGaullists
Council of the Republic
France
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