Winchester City Transit Lines to Begin Bus Service by Dec
Thomas L. Woodward of Suffolk says he accepts the ordinance granting Winchester City Transit Lines a bus franchise and plans service on or before December. He reports ordering five new buses from Capital Ford Motor Coach Sales with four due by November 23, and delivery expected by late November.
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Thomas L. Woodward
Suffok
Winchester City Transit Lines Corp
S. Lee Grant
Woodward
Winchester City Transit Lines
Ford Motor Coach Sales, Inc
Washington
Expert Advises Against Sale of Young Timber
BLACKSBURG, Oct. 22. Forester J. W. O By rne of the Virginia agricultural extension service urged forest owners not to rush into selling young timber. He noted high stumpage and log prices favor selling mature or low quality wood, but growing, rapid timber should not be cut now. He cited price trends and inflation, saying future gains from growing timber may offset any price dips, with timber dollars buying more if other prices fall.
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Blacksburg
J. W. O'Byrne
Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
O’byrne
F B Robinson Dies Longtime Ice and Storage Executive
Frank B. Robinson 63 of Ranson West Virginia president of the C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corp died last night of a heart attack at a Ranson hospital. Born in Fairmont he was a son of the late Charles Lee and Maria Elizabeth Robinson who moved to Winchester in 1902. He served in the state senate in 1927 28 as the district’s only Republican. He belonged to the Masonic lodge Shrine and Presbyterian church. Survivors include his widow Blanche Boxwell three brothers and a sister. He led the Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corp for 25 years and was connected with the Winchester Steam Laundry and Snapp Foundry.
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Frank B. Robinson
Ranson
W. Va
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corp
Fairmont
Charles Lee
Maria Elizabeth Robinson
Winchester
Robinson
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Rawson
Charles Town Ice and Cold Storage Corp
Winchester Steam Laundry
Snapp Foun
War Criminals Hanged Over Church Protests
Ten German war criminals were hanged at Landsberg prison in Munich despite church leaders asking to halt executions. Among the condemned were Alex Piorkowska, ex commander of Dachau, and Walter Trumper, noted for gifting cigars to troops after killings.
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Munich
Germany
Landsberg
Alex Piorkowska
Dachau
Hans Trummper
Hitler
Inmat
Soviet Fliers Seek Virginia Settlement After Desertion
Two Russian fliers who deserted to Austria say they plan to settle in Virginia after fleeing from Ukraine to Linz on October 9. They cited a desire to avoid communism and listen to the Voice of America, impressed by Virginia fairs and rejecting California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Virginia
California
Lin
Austria
Piortr Pirogev
Anatalya Barsof
Ukraine
Lintz
Pirogev and
Barsof
State Department
Voice of America
States' Rights rally to feature Dixon in Winchester
Dixon announces debate challenge to Truman and Dewey on the States' Rights issue to be issued in an address at Winchester armory. He will be accompanied by Frank Burton with sponsors from Clarke County and surrounding areas invited to attend.
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Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Winchester
Alabama
Frank Murray Dixon
James M. Thomson
Gaylord
Thurmond-Wright
Dixon
Winchester Armory
Virginia
W. W. Baker
Frank Burton
States’ Rights Democratic Party
Thomson
Kenneth Levi
Clarke County
States’ Rights Democratic Organization
Thomson Dixon
Taft Sen. Taft
Tristate
South
Thurmond and
Wright
Birmingham
University of Virginia Law School
Air Corps
Court House
Berryville
A. Willis Robertson
Rep
Burr P- Harrison
More Registrants Called for Tests in November
Richmond report states Colone Mills F. Neal, state selective service director, announced a supplemental call for 492 registrants to take pre induction exams to meet Virginia's November induction quota of 237. He noted rejections run about five of six and that initial estimates expected one in three qualified from an 780 man examination pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Colone Mills F. Neal
Selective Service
Virginia
Chest Campaign In Part Reaches Half Way Goal
Winchester Frederick county Community Chest drive misses half way mark in second report of volunteers. Campaign chairman Ed Molden remains confident the 35000 goal will be reached with public support. To date about 16000 raised, three quarters of pledge cards still unreported. Divisions: house to house 1682 of 3000, special gifts 5371 of 10000, automotive 3200 of 5000. Next report due 7 30 p m Wednesday at the hotel.
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Winchester - Frederick County
Ed Molden
Molden
Grace Bosserman
Tunstall Powers
Charles Pine
Garland Quarles
Paul Rosenberger
Chest
F. Grove White
Winchester Police Offer Refresher Training School
Winchester police announce a refresher training school opening at 6 p.m. on Monday led by Chief J Thomas Boyd with about 30 officers from city county and state expected to attend. Delegations from Front Royal Strasburg Stephens City Berryville and Leesburg invited. The program runs Oct 25 27 29 and Nov 1 3 with a banquet on Nov 4 at the George Washington hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
J. Thomas Boyd
Front Royal
Strasburg
Stephens City
Berryville
Leesburg
George Washington
Brooks Pharmacy Christmas Sale Ad
Rexall one cent sale extra special 2 lb box Asst Chocolate 99c 50c box Xmas Cards 2 for 5l Over 250 other super values Buy now for Xmas and save Brooks Pharmacy.
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Rexall
Xmas & Save Brooks Pharmacy
Israelis Order Cease Fire on Desert Front
Israel ordered troops to stop fighting in the Negev at 3 p m local time within hours of the U N mediator Bunche setting a deadline. Egyptian artillery had pounded Israeli roads, while a Beersheba capture was reported by Israel.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Negev Desert
United Nations
Ralph J. Bunche
Paris
U. N
Beersheba
Bunche
David Ben- Gurion
Negev Desert Front
Mander
Negev
Palestine
Jerusalem
Gaza
Cairo
Ralph Bunche
Juke Box Tune Restores Amnesia Victim Memory
Dr William Aston an amnesia patient reunites with his wife Patricia after hearing the tune Because on a cafe juke box in Chicago. Aston had vanished 19 months earlier after leaving for the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. The couple married in 1940 and both served in the Army.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Cafe Juke Box
William Aston
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Patricia
Aston
Chicago
Bill
Newsprint Price Up $4 a Ton in New York
Great Northern Paper Co raised newsprint prices by four dollars a ton effective in November marking the second hike in three months. The New York City rate moves to $100 per ton matching Canadian and Newfoundland mills.
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New York
Great Northern Paper Co
Great Northern
New York City
Legion Chooses Texas 2 War Vet As Commander
The American Legion elected Perry Brown of Beaumont Texas as national commander at its 30th annual convention in Miami He is a World War I and II veteran and won unanimously over James F Green with 2176 votes to 1262 Brown will lead about 70000 Legionnaires and the national executive committee will meet next month to pick the 1950 convention site Messages urging pensions for WWI and WWII veterans were adopted with calls for $60 monthly at 55 and $75 at 66
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Miami
Perry Brown
American Legion
Brown
Legion
National
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Boston
Beaumont
Tex
Old Guard
James F. O'Neil
New Hampshire
Veterans Organization
United States
George N. Craig
Brazil
Ind
James F. Green
Omaha
Ned
Green
Craig
Department of Illinois
Congress
Two Virginia School Boards Face U S Judge Over Equality Issue
A contempt citation hearing for King George and Gloucester counties school boards was recessed at noon as Judge Sterling Hutcheson urged both sides to draft a stipulation on the issues. The packed federal courtroom saw repeated remarks that the proceedings were being conducted slowly with both sides represented by superintendents and boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Sterling Hutcheson
Federal District
King George and
Gloucetes Counties
Federal Reserve Admits Failure To Check Inflationary Forces
The Federal Reserve Board says its 15 month credit expansion check hasn’t stopped inflationary forces. The Bulletin notes easy lending and plentiful resources, with banks absorbing sales of government bonds by insurers to fund business lending. Critics say the policy inflationary, keeping rates low to spur more borrowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
the Bulletin
Federal Reserve System
Thomas Parkinson
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Martinsburg Suits Challenge New Municipal Tax
Two plants, Dunn Woolen Co. and Perfection Garment Co., filed suits in Berkeley county circuit court to test the legality of Martinsburg West Virginia’s recently enacted gross sales tax. The actions seek a declaratory judgment on which firms are responsible for collecting the tax, with hearings ordered for November 1. The tax, enacted in September, retroactive to July 1, faces challenges over its validity under the city charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Harry H. Byrer Sr
Berkeley County
Dunn Woolen Co
Perfection Garment Co
Carl L. Wellinger
Frank Seibert
Decatur H. Rodgers
Tuck Reaffirms Stand Against Segregation Laws
Gov. Tuck reaffirmed his stance on civil rights and states' rights in an address to the State Assn. of Small Loan companies at Old Point Comfort. He said the state is not an instrument of the federal government and that segregation laws cannot be abolished while he remains in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Kasenkina
Oskana Kasenkina
New York
Voice
Soviet Union
Moscow
George Allen
Water Bedell Smith
Smith
Old Point Comfort
Tuck
Fatal Poison Cup Confession Ties to Murder Charge
Great Falls Montana October 22 First degree murder charges were filed against 19 year old Dannie Sue Hughett after she confessed to poisoning Corporal Robert M Burt at the local air base with three spoons of poison plus baking soda and rancid butter in his coffee. An autopsy confirmed death at the base hospital. Burt hailed from San Marcus Texas. Hughett had filed for divorce October 14 from her husband, another corporal stationed at the base, and said she planned to marry Burt in January.
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Great Falls
Mont
Finance County
Truman QG
Bradford
Dannie Sue Hughett
Robert M. Burt
Clark Grady
Burt
San Marcus
Tex
Grady
Hughett
Base Hospital
Presbyterians To View Church Redecoration Soon
Winchester Presbyterians will see extensive remodeling at Loudoun Street Church during the 11 a m worship service Sunday. The interior features English Renaissance styling with a wide arch across the divided choir loft. Continued on Page 2 Col 8.
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Winchester Presbyterians
Loudoun St
Hans Kindler to Lead National Symphony at Handley Hall
Hans Kindler famed founder and conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra appears with the ensemble at Handley Auditorium on Friday November 5. Born 1893 in Rotterdam he rose from child prodigy to Berlin professor and became a leading cellist before switching to the symphony. The Winchester Exchange Club sponsors the concert for the Community Chest with tickets at 2.40 dollars.
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Hans Kindler
National Symphony Orchestra
Handley Auditorium
Rotterdam
Holland
Kindler
Wunderkind
Rotterdam Conservatory
Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin
Scharwenka Conservatory
America
Philadelphia Orchestra
Stokowski
Europe
Orion
Caruso
Rachmaninoff
California
Java
National Symphony
Winchester Exchange Club
Beneit
Winchester and
Frederick County
Six Nations Urge Russia to Lift Berlin Blockade
Paris reports six neutral powers Argentina Belgium Canada China Colombia and Syria urged Russia to lift the Berlin blockade. They backed a plan for four power currency control and a later four power conference to resolve German questions while Moscow weighed the compromise.
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Russia
Berlin
Paris
United
Argentina
Belgium
Canada
China
Columbia
Syria
U. S
Britain
France
Germany
Juan A. Bramuglia
Bramuglia
Little Six
Big Four
Inaramagna
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Juan A. Bramagila
Kremlin
Vishinsky
Foreign Ministers Council
Five Day Weather Forecast for Virginia Oct 23 27
Five day outlook shows average temperatures near normal with little day to day change. Occasional rain likely Saturday and Sunday. possible rain Wednesday. Total precipitation expected about a half to one inch.
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Virginia
Simplex Mangle Ironer
Bayliss & Patterson Ec
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F. B. Robinson
Storage Co
Vladivostok
Baker
Dixon Talk
Armory
FBI
Joseph Ritter
New Nation
Texas
U.S
Insurance Cos
France III
Hans Kindlers
Bruckner Society
Alexander J Ouden
Order of Orange Nas
Cameron St
Dial
Wed & Pri
South End
P. O
B & S&s Poulfry CO
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