Robbery spree hits Winchester businesses and high schools
Shenandoah Motor Company and Silco store were burglarized as thieves broke a back window to reach a safe and cash. A $40 camera disappeared from a parked car on East street. Middletown high school and Stephens City high school faced break ins with small cash losses. Police seek clues. no arrests yet.
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Shenandoah Motor Company
F. M. Funk
Funk
Winchester
Silco
N. Loudoun Street
Lowery’s Market
Joe Lockhart
East Street
Robert DeHaven
Middletown High School
Stephens City High School
Supreme Court shields employer speech in NLRB election case
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Montgomery Ward and Co Inc may present views to the employer regarding a January 1944 NLRB election. The decision holds free speech extends to employers and exonerates the firm of anti union motives in firing six workers and refuses a directive to rehire them.
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ST. Louis
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Montgomery Ward and Co., Inc
Kansas City
NLRB
Churchill’s Russian angle shocks peers in Commons
Churchill raised a Russia inquiry in the House of Commons asking if Soviet occupied Europe holds 200 divisions on a war footing. The move unsettled both Labour and some Tories and seemed tied to Attlee’s veto review debate timed with the UN Assembly in New York. The Times criticized Churchill for the timing of his bombshell.
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Associated Press
Winston Churchill
Labor
House of Commons
Russia
Europe
Clement Attlee
Security Council
United Nations Assembly
New York
Churchill
The
Times
Market Quotations for Apples and Poultry in Baltimore
Market for apples steady to firm with liberal supplies and light demand. Delineated prices for U S 1s to Staymans, Jonathan, Rome, Yorks, and others across sizes 2 1 4 to 2 1 2 inches, with ranges from 1.00 to 3.50 per unit. Poultry market slightly stronger for best chickens, receipts light. roasters to broilers 39-42 cents, fowl 32-35 cents, Leghorns 20-22 cents, ducks few at 35 cents, turkeys 35 cents for toms and 45 cents for hens.
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Baltimore
MD. Pa. Va
W. Va
WN. J. Bu. Bas
U.S
Black Twigs
Jonathans
Romes
Smokehouse
Staymans
Yorks
Cattle and hog prices in Baltimore and Chicago markets
Baltimore sales show 1500 cattle with best demand for steers in good grades. calves and hogs firm to higher with bids around 24 dollars for top hogs. Chicago quotes loud with strong trade on beef and yearling cattle, top steers at 34 dollars, sows around 22 dollars, lambs higher with limits near 22.50.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
Grains Open Weak Amid Wheat Profit-Taking
Chicago grain prices moved lower as wheat retreated after the anticipated removal of ceilings on flour. Opening quotes show Wheat Jan 2.04 Mar 1.95 May 1.90 1.89. Corn Jan 1.40 Mar 1.35 3 4 May 1.33 3 4. Oats Nov 82 5 8 Dec 77 5 8 Mar 71 1 2 5 8 May 68 5 8 3 4.
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Chicago
Stock Market Report Reflects Mixed Themed Trading
New York stock action showed mixed gains and losses amid decontrol news and dividend reports. Leaders fluctuated and profit taking trimmed earlier gains as labor tensions and coal strike threats tempered investor enthusiasm. Notable movers included Santa Fe, Great Northern, Boeing, Phillips Petroleum, and U S Steel with several others on the downside such as Bethlehem and Chrysler.
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New York
Santa Fe
Great Northern
Montgomery Ward
Boeing
Oliver Corp
Phillips Petroleum
South Porto Rico Sugar
Cudahy
American Sugar Refining
Pepsi-Cola
Standard Oil
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Douglas Aircraft
Phelps Dodge
International Business Machines
Philip Morris
Eastman Kodak
du Pont, Schenley
American Woolen Preferred
National Distillers
Russians Say Officers Aiming At Jeep Tires
Berlin report says a Russian military policeman who killed American civilian Robert Flory Jr. was aiming at the jeep tires. Flory, of Pawnee City Nebraska, worked for the American Military Government. The policeman allegedly attempted to halt the jeep after Flory ignored a patrol order to accompany them to Soviet HQ.
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Berlin
U. S. Army
Robert Flory, Jr
Pawnee City
Neb
Flory
Nullity Suit In Winches ter VA Court
Lavenia Gray Hill files for decree of nullity of marriage against John W. Hill in the Corporation Court of Winches ter Virginia. The defendant, a non resident, must appear within 10 days after notice publication to protect his interests as Clerk P. J. Marshall signs the order dated October 8 1946.
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John W. Hill
P. J. Marshall
President Truman Declines Bets on Election and Speeches
President Truman refused to commit to campaign speeches and dismissed a reporter's bet suggestion as illegal in Missouri where he votes. He explained wage control timing and left cotton textile price ceilings to Price Administrator Porter and Agriculture Secretary Anderson while noting deportation stay for 18 Estonian refugees and debate over refugee intake.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Paul Porter
Anderson
Miami
Clark
United States
Wheeler
D-Mont
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Army and Navy Journal
Forrestal
Navy Department
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Notice to creditors in the estate of D H Sencindiver
All parties with claims against the estate of D H Sencindiver deceased must present them for payment. Creditors indebted to the estate should come forward and settle. Herbert B Larrick, administrator, date appears in notice.
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D. H. Sencindiver
In Memoriam Florence C. Harncher
Loving niece Lillian Smith recalls Florence C. Harncher who died 20 years ago on October 23 1926. The verse recalls her suffering ending, her final rest, and passage to Paradise in a solemn obituary notice.
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Florence C. Harncher
Paradise
Lillian Smith
Marriage Hits Rocks Power and Annabella
Tyrone Power and Annabella announce separation after seven years of marriage. Close friends say wartime separation likely caused strain, and the studio 20th Century Fox confirmed the report amid growing rumors.
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Hollywood
Tyrone Power
Annabella
Power
20Th Century Fox
Couple’s New York Call Highlights South American Tour
The couple spoke from New York after meeting there yesterday as the actor arrived from Miami to wrap up a two month flying tour of South America with Caesar Romerow.
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New York
Miami
South America
Caesar Romerow
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N. Jomioun St
National Labor Board
Howard Stewart-Warner
Molden Electric Co
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B.F. Goodrich
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B. F.goodrich
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B.f.goodrich
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Chicago Livestock
Magnavox Phonograph
Stock Market Report
City OF
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Herbert
Larrick
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Memoriam
RADIO
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Amherst St
Miller’s
N. Loudoun St
M. M. Adams
Republic
Amherst and
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Bailey
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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Winchester’s Shopping Center
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