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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1947

Page

5

For Sale Ads and farm machinery and local notices

A crowded sale page lists farm machinery vendors in Maryland and Virginia. Items include roofing, corrugated roofing, aluminum roofing, fencing, tar rope, and general farm equipment. Specifics show Winchester and Pikesville listings with phone numbers and dates. Additional entries cover houses for sale on Valley Pike, used furniture, motor vehicles, and surplus items. A Federal Works Agency notice calls for bids on painting and repairs in Berryville Virginia, with bid deadline November 3, 1947.

Winchester Cockey Farm Machinery Center Stevenson Road Pikesville Baltimore City Line Valley Pike Arizona Call N. Kent St Davenport Thomas D. Beaver Stephens City Studebaker Bill, Bickers Motor Co S. Main St Dodge Bowers Motor Orchard Ave Federal Works Agency Public Buildings Administration U. S Charles C. Castella

Public stenographer and household work notice

Public stenographer call in person or mail with full instructions and copy to Miss Julia Beavers at 214 E Fairfax Lane. General house work four hours daily from 8 to 12 Monday through Friday with good salary. No weekend work. Dial 8144 or 3144. DYEING four dollars for plain dresses suits coats navy dark blue black write for details Footer’s Dyers since 1870 Baltimore 1 Mr.

Julia Beavers E. Fairfax Lane Footer's Dyers Baltimore

Three Die on Route 1 Near Richmond in 12 Hours

A fatal stretch on Route 1 between Richmond and Ashland claimed two women and a child in three separate accidents within 12 hours. The string of crashes underscored dangerous conditions on the rural road as authorities investigated each incident.

Richmond Ashland

Outside Recordings May Replace Those Banned by Petrillo

Chicago October 20 James C. Petrillo’s latest order bans recording by AFL musicians after December 31 saying there will be no more phonograph records unless a radio program features live music. Industry reacts with concern over shortages and possible shifts of master records to Mexico or reliance on foreigners.

Chicago James C. Petrillo AFL American Federation of Musicians Musicians’ Union Ted Weems California Mexico

Stephens City Vets Forming VFW Post

Fifteen veterans in Stephens City show interest in forming a Veterans of Foreign Wars post. W L Dalton presided at the meeting and the temporary chairman said the post would likely be chartered within the month.

Stephens City Veterans of Foreign Wars Post W. L. Dalton

Byrnes Harriman Lash by Pravda War Provocation Claim

Pravda attacks former U S Secretary James F Byrnes as a war instigator and accuses Commerce Secretary W Averell Harriman of seeking leadership of American imperialism in a direct appeal for war with the Soviet Union tied to Byrnes book Speaking Frankly.

Moscow Pravda U. S James F. Byrnes W. Averell Harriman Communist Party Byrnes Soviet Union

Prominent Topsfield Woman Fatally Thrown From Horse

Mrs Gilbert L Stewart aged 39 of Topsfield was fatally injured when thrown from a horse while riding on the estate of her aunt Mrs George S Patton Jr widow of the famed general on the Patton estate in Hamilton Massachusetts She leaves her husband three sons her father Charles F Ay er and a sister Mrs Archibald C Randolph of Upperville Virginia

Hamilton Mass Gilbert L. Stewart Topsfield George S. Patton Jr Charles F. Ayer Archibald C. Randolph Upperville

Six room frame house with extra lot and outbuildings

A six room frame house includes an extra lot, chicken house, hog pen, a two car garage and other outbuildings. The property listing notes additional structures on site.

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