Strikers Face Fire as French Coal Mines See Violent Clash
In France, police and soldiers fought strikers at multiple mines as gunfire and clashes spread. One policeman killed, many injured. Premier faced pressure over siege. At Grand-Combe 6000 attacked police, Bethune jail held by 5000, while 10 pits flooded and miners quit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Atoa
St. Oe
Cambefort
France
Hen
Grandcombe
Bethune
Socialist Party
Russia
Robertson Plans Federal Help in School Building
Sen A Willis Robertson says he will re introduce his Federal school aid bill when Congress reconvenes The measure would use Reconstruction Finance Corp lending powers to provide 2 12 per cent construction loans to locals and grants up to 50 per cent of cost In Fairfax Virginia Delegate Robert Whitehead urges residents to press politicians for better facilities and supports a general assembly special session to fund improvements with a sales tax instead of federal aid
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
A. Willis Robertson
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Fairfax
Virginia
Robert Whitehead
Lovingston
Whitehead
Virginia House
General Assembly
Jet Fighter Sale Expected to Nations in the Americas
Washington reports the United States will offer postwar jets and military planes to some American republics. Aircraft include the F-80 Shooting Star F-84 Thunderjet F-82 Twin Mustang and C-82 Packet. The Air Force must approve sales to not disrupt production or jeopardize security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
State Department
Air Force
Video in personal crisis for automobiles
The National Safety Council described the use of television receivers in automobiles as suicidal at its National Safety Congress in Chicago. The council urged drivers to keep eyes on the road ahead and on traffic behind and on both sides as essential to safe driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
National Safety Congress
Answers to Daily Quiz
Answers to Page 4 quiz list the correct responses: 1 Either 2 October 3 to 9 3 Disorders of the feet 4 judge 5 Seminoles 6 Horticulturist 7 Aaron Burr 8 Dwight D. Eisenhower 9 False 10 Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Burr
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Australia
Dewey Faces WV Senate Fight as Campaign Draws to Close
West Virginia hosts a key senatorial contest as Dewey avoids a West Virginia stop and Revercomb defends his seat amid a displaced persons dispute. Truman charges Republicans with dismantling New Deal protections while Alben Barkley and Henry Wallace assail ant i labor policy amid broader campaign rhetoric. Some Mayflies have an adult life of only six hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
West Virginia
Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
Truman
Matthew M. Neely
Senate
Dewey
GOP
Revercomb
High Command
National Party
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Huntington
Scott
Republican Party
National
Senate Judiciary
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Justice For All
Alben W. Barkley
Cio-Pac
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
America
Sales Directory October Estate Clearbrook Clarke County
Oct 23 10 am Melvin Manuel estate 7 mi from Winchester near Relief on Middle Road household goods. Oct 30 1 pm estate of Bertie A Hubbard 2 mi north Clearbrook and west near Grimes read estate and personal property. Nov 3 J H Paakhouser Estate Waverly Farm Double Tollgate Clarke County live stock and farm machinery. Nov 17 J H Punkhouser Estate Highland Farm Double Toll gate Clarke County livestock and farm machinery.
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Melvin Manuel
Winchester
Middle Road
Bertie A. Hubbard
North Clearbrook
Grimes Read
Personel
J. H. Paakhouser
Waverly Farm
Double Tollgate
Clarke County
J. H. Punkhouser
Highland Farm
Riverhouse Antiques Auction Attracts 200 Buyers
The Headley sale in Winchester drew more than 200 buyers and spectators from Virginia West Virginia and Maryland. A Dan Barnes Woodstock buyer paid 71 dollars for a Victorian child’s pony cart pulled by a horse. Mrs Newell Ward Midl mellburg paid 390 dollars for a Cheston chest. Kenneth Robinson Winchester paid 170 for a sideboard. Four Acker man hunt London 1857 prints sold for 25 dollars each to a Warrenton resident. An evening bid of 22 dollars bought a white polar bear rug by Stuart Headley.
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Virginia
W. Virginia
Maryland
Headley
Winchester
Riverhouse
Oe Ferry
Shenandoa River
Dan Barnes
Woodstock
Newell Ward
Middleburg
Kenneth Robinson
Ackerman Hunt
London
Warrenton
Stuart Headley
Highway Mishaps Reported to Police
Three minor accidents were reported to Winchester police. Elmer Suddith’s car collided with a Masser Motor Express truck on Fairfax Lane near the Glaize Lumber Co. plant. George David Frye of Jones Springs parked his new Oldsmobile on Sudoun Street and opened the door into a Diamond taxi driven by Charles Dellinger. A tractor trailer owned by D. W. Miller Trucking Co. of High Point, driven by Huel Frohman, ran over the curb into fresh concrete at Indian Alley and Wolfe Street where the new American Store is being built.
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Winchester
Elmer Suddith
Masser Motor Express
Fairfax Lane
Glaize Lumber Co
George David Frye
Jones Springs
W. Va
Sudoun St
Charles Dellinger
D. W. Miler, Trucking Co
High Point
Huel Frohan
Ndian Alley
Wolfe St
King George School Case Deliberations On Equal Facilities Continue
In two hours of testimony three witnesses spoke as judges press for a fact based comparison of current instructional offerings and facilities for white and Negro students. Attorneys clash over auditorium gymnasium labs libraries and accreditation while the court weighs past discrimination and steps to remedy it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin A. Martin
State Board of Education
Horace T. Morrison
Commonwealth
King George
Desegregation Debate On School Beautification Efforts
A speaker argued that inequalities grew over years and would take time to address. He noted white schools were landscaped by parents of white students and suggested Negro parents could similarly beautify their school if given the chance.
Winchester church interior renovation completed in 1944 dedication planned
The Presbyterians church in Winchester shows a revamped interior with light green and ivory walls, maroon carpeting, and refurbished pews. A new hexagonal cathedral glass lighting system by Rambusch will be installed with a memorial to Dr. James Horace Lacy and a planned dedication service later this year. Construction cost was 12000 dollars and work began June 21, 1944, with consultants from the Interdenominational Bureau of Architecture and local firms guiding the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Rambusch
New York
Princeton Seminary
James Horace Lacy
Elbert M. Conover
Interdenominational Bureau of Architecture
Ahensel Fink
Wenner and Fink
Philadelphia
Hunter
Tax plan under challenge as city council faces charter test
A tax measure is under scrutiny for failing to disclose tax amounts and spending purposes as required by a charter provision. A chamber of commerce tax committee had urged industries not to report tax returns, with delinquency dated for July to September. The setup signals a potential legal test of the new tax.
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Chamber of Commerce
Toronto Boy Pee Wee Marlow Found After 1944 Disappearance
Nine year old Richard Pee Wee Marlow reappears at the Davis home in Toronto to tell police he had been living with an elderly aunt and uncle in Mount Dennis. He says he was locked in a clothes closet and fed bread and water, weighing 65 pounds.
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Toronto
Gordon Kelly
West End
D. Webster
York County Family Court
Kelly
York Township
Lal
Ralph McIintosh
Silverthorn Public
Richard
Pee Wee) Marlow
Eee
T. H. Davis
Mount Dennis
Funeral services for Robinson holdings figure in Rawson area
Funeral services will be at 2 30 p m Sunday at the Presbyterian church in Rawson. Pall bearers are employees of the C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corp. Interment at Mt Hebron cemetery with graveside rites in Winchester at 3 45 p m. Hiram lodge A F and A M 21 will conduct Masons meet at the Temple at 2 30.
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Bulletin
Berryville Lumber Co., Inc
Berryville 19
Robertson
Catherine A. Manuel
Roy P. Duvall, Auctioneer
West Va
Headley’s
the National Symphony
Handley Auditorium
Benefit Community Chest
Pifer Printing Co
Duff's
Pine’s Drug Store
Berryville
G & M Music Appliance Co
Caldwell Sites Co
Young Men’s Sport Shop
Shackleford’s Store
Berryville Or
Front Royal
Glaize &4 Brother
Presbyterians
J. 8. Scully Jr
Mary Gillespie Scully
Amoply
Sass
Anna C. Schlack
Court House
Chapel Magisterial
Senseny Road
Salem Lane
Coleman Dunn
Grover Schlack
Susan E. Schlack
Christ Episcopal Parish House
Shade Equipment CO
Cammer Tire CO
M.m.ada
Amherst & Boscawen
Miller’s Hardware and Household
N. Main St
Purina’s
Purina
Purina O Chow
Checkerboard Feed Store
N. Cameron St
John T. Dove
Lupton
Greenway Magesterial
Millwood
Bethel
Coe
Boyce
Senseng Road
John Copenhaver
Edgar Hockman
Graham A. Dove
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