Clarke Election Officials Named
Clarke county lists polling places and election staff at multiple communities. Officials named include judges and clerks for Mt. Airy Jude Longerbeam David Bell Pauline Saunders L. T. McCloughery Russell's-Byrd Locke Oscar Carr Edgar Kackley Richard Bromley Beatrice Kackley I r v i n e Price Rog er Bemusdaffer Howard Hough Tyson Hough Shade More Millwood Edward A. Lindsey Kenneth N. Gilpin Jr E L Alger Kent Wise carver Morgan's Mill H Lee Stickles Maynard Tinsman Ed Feltner Luther Thompson W W Carroll White Post W R Thompson George R. Green J C Digges W T Chamblin Mrs Walter Denny.
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Clarke County
Mt. Airy
Jude Longerbeam
David Bell
Pauline Saunders
L. T. McCloughery
Russell
Byrd Locke
Oscar Carr
Edgar Kackley
Richard Bromley
Beatrice Kackley
Pierce
S—I. K. Moorehead
Roy A. Campbell
Kenneth Shenk
Herbert A. Clevenger
Tripp Hardesty
Lindsey’s
Earnest Dearmont
E. Massey Weir
Eugene Campbell
Ashton Tavenner
Phyllis Hawkins
Berryville
D. Earle Brown
J. H. Carlisle
Evelyn C. Levi
Esta Brown
Shenandoah
Irvine Price
Roger
Bemusdaffer
Howard Hough
Tyson Hough
Shade More
Millwood
Edward A. Lindsey
Kenneth N. Gilpin Jr
E. L. Alger
E. F. Kent
C. E. Wisecarver
Morgan's Mill
H. Lee Stickles
Maynard, Tinsman
Ed Feltner
Luther Thompson
W. W. Carroll
White Post
W. R. Thompson
George R. Green
J. C. Digges
W. T. Chamblin
Walter Denny
Quonset Buildings Considered for Virginia Schools
Virginia weighs quonset type school buildings to ease crowding as part of a broader school construction plan. G Tyler Miller notes 15 to 20 such structures are in use, mostly on emergency approval, with Strand Steel Co of Detroit producing the units for the Virginia Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Leary G. Baker
Lupton Orchard Service
Floyd County
Tuck
League of Virginia Coounties
Virginia
Strand Steel Co
Detroit
Virginia Board of Education
Texas
New York
Ohio
Baker
Richmond
G. Tyler Miller
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Taxicab Robbery Charged to Suspect Held in Washington
Thomas Bayles of Loudoun county, 34, arrested in Washington, identified by Frank Webster of Charles Town as the man who threatened him with a knife and robbed him of 80 dollars a ring and his taxi Tuesday in Clarke county. Webster said Bayles hired the taxi for a Berryville trip and was held up near Ebenezer church. The car was found near Arlington. State Police detainer for armed robbery filed with Washington police, Bayles held for auto larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bayles
Loudoun County
Washington
Frank Webster
Charles Town
Clarke County
Webster
Bayles
Berryville
Ebenezer Church
Arlington
F. L. Woolf
Boyer Fined and Suspended Jail for Hit-and-Run Incident
Morris Preston Boyer of RFC Middletown paid a $100 fine and costs and received a 30 day suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of a hit and run involving property damage. State Trooper E B Mitchell testified that Boyer failed to stop after colliding with a car driven by Early Dorman Peer near Stephens City Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Preston Boyer
RFC
Middletown
W. Erle Edwards
E. B. Mitchell
Boyer
Early Dorman Peer
S. Loudoun St
Stephens City
DDT Discoverer Admits Surprise at Compound's Success
Dr. Paul Mueller said it was ironical he won the 1948 Nobel prize in medicine for discovering DDT's insect and disease killing powers. He aimed to protect utility plants but found DDT effective against human diseases as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Paul Mueller
Mueller
Chiang Kai-Shek Returns as China War Rages
Chiang Kai-Shek flew back from Peiping amid reports of a collapse in northern forces and a possible civilian-military leadership crisis. Communists claimed major territorial gains near Mukden and the next target is North China as U S naval forces arrive on routine port visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
Chiang
Tientsin
Hankow
Nanking-Shanghai
University Critic
Nanking
America
U.S
Tsingtai
Shantung
China
Princeton
Tarawa
Pasadena
Astoria
North China
Manchuria
Tahushan- Heishan
Warren Describes Truman Party as Political Remnant
GOP vice presidential candidate Earl Warren urged retirement of the Truman administration calling it a political remnant and spectacle. He argued the administration is beset by squabbling and confusion and remains only a remnant after departures by Wallace supporters and the Southern States group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Truman Party
Los Angeles
GOP
Earl Warren
Truman
California
San Francisco
Southern States
Vocational School Funds Approved Across Virginia
The State board of education approved about 85 000 in vocational capital outlay allocations. Wise county gets 9000 for equipment Dunbar school in Lynchburg receives 26000 for a new vocational department Washington county training school gains 50000. Gov Tuck must still approve. A contract for a science building at Farmville State Teachers college was also approved.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Wise County Vocational School
Dunbar School
Lynchburg
Washington County Training School
Tuck
G. Tyler Miller
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Heitz Elected President of Virginia State Poultry Federation
Roanoke October 30. Thomas W. Heitz of Broadway, a leading Virginia poultry man and U S delegate to the eighth world poultry congress in Copenhagen, was elected president of the Virginia State Poultry Federation. He succeeds W Reid Williams Jr of Richmond. Other officers elected include William R. Shaffer Maurertown as vice president, Leland J. Graham Richmond as secretary treasurer, and Roy Firestone Troutville as chairman of the finance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Thomas W. Heitz
Broadway
Virginia
United States
Copenhagen
Denmark
Virginia State Poultry Federation
W. Reid Williams Jr
Richmond
William R. Shaffer
Maurertown
Leland J. Graham
Roy Firestone
Troutville
Illinois Straw Poll Totals Show Truman Leading Citywide
Chicago Sun-Times reports Truman leading in straw votes in Chicago and suburbs with 12 267 to 10 895. downstate Illinois shows Truman 9853 Dewey 14749 Wallace 85 in the statewide tally. Wallace noted as not on Illinois ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Dewey
Downstate
Illinois
Truman
Wallace
City of
Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times
Nois County Polls Show Dewey Lead Across Regions
A reader poll reports Dewey with 71.2 percent support in Fort Lauderdale coverage and 49.2 percent statewide, Truman 44.2 percent, Wallace 6.6 percent, with Thurmond at 12.4 percent in the cited figures.
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Nois
Truman
Dewey
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Daily News
Trure
Thurmond
Wallace
New York Daily News
Republicans face broad field in 1948 presidential race
The article outlines a wide candidate field including Dewey and four minor party nominees not on all state ballots. It notes 33 Senate seats 435 House seats plus Maine’s Sept. 13 GOP picks. It cites Truman and Brownell projections, compares Roosevelts 1944 margin, and recalls postwar party dynamics and historical odds for the Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
White House
Greenback
Vegetarian
Christian National Crusade
Maine
House
Truman
Herbert Brownell
New York
Dewey
Roosevelt
Wendell L .Wilkie
Man Arrested After Piccadilly St Attempted Holdup
Floyd Frazier of Front Royal was arrested within an hour after B P Myers of 326 E Piccadilly St reported an attempted holdup near the Virginia restaurant and George Washington hotel. Myers identified the suspect after officers nabbed him on W Boscawen St at 7 20 p m. He faces an attempted holdup charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. Myers
E. Piccadilly St
Floyd Frazier
Front Royal
Funk
Ritter
Stotler
Myers
Virginia
George Washington
Cameron St
Frazier
W. Boscawen St
Berryville Seeks New Police Officer After Resignations
Berryville officials post a help wanted notice for a police officer to replace S Topley who resigned to manage Rohr's store. Following the exit of S M Carper four officers have come and gone: Fuller Gorham John Massey Robert Milburn and Topley. Town Sergeant H G O'Brien handles duties until a new appointment.
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Berryville
Steve Topley
Rohr's
S. M. Carper
Fuller Gorham
John Massey
Robert Milburn
Topley
G. O'Brien
France Strike Debate Spurs U S Labor Ties
The article notes that French miners' strike politics dominated discussions as Lewis urged President Truman to end U S aid to France to halt French mining violence. In Washington, AFL President William Green refused to align with the French stoppage, calling communists behind the action.
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Lewis
Truman
France
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Green
AFL
$25 Fine Imposed In Quarantine Violation Case
Arthur C. Welsh of N Loudoun Street was fined $25 and costs by Trial Justice W Erle Edwards for violating a diphtheria quarantine on Sept 26. DeHaven testified complaints existed, sheriff found Welsh at a filling station, then later at a beer dispenser. Arrest came after quarantine was lifted. Welsh pleaded guilty.
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Arthur C. Welsh
N. Loudoun St. Extended
W. Erle Edwards
Welsh
Noble Welsh
DeHaven
Arthur Welsh
Carlton Manuel In Vet Hospital
Carlton H. Manuel former Winchester police member remains hospitalized in a veterinary clinic context with unclear current role and status brief note.
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Carlton Manuel
Carlton H. Manuel
The
Winchester Police
Baltimore Policeman Hospitalized After Major Spinal Operation
A Baltimore city policeman, now confined to the VA hospital at Fort Howard, Md., underwent a major spinal operation on Thursday. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs C. B. Manuel and has been living in Baltimore since leaving the Navy several years ago.
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Force
Baltimore City
Fort Howard
C. B. Manuel
Baltimore
Navy
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Clarke Election Officials
Sporting Goods
Miller’s
N. Main St
Dagens Nyheter
Heitz
State Poultry Federation
Piccadilly St
Commercial Small Loan & Finance No
E. Boscawen St
Burr P. Harrison
United States Congress
A. Willis Robertson
United States Senate
Grove’s
Honduras
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Loudoun St
M.m.adams
Inti Yn
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
N. Cameron St
Winchester
Chas. W. Webber
Capitol Theatre
Opus
Goodyear
PeOel Ra
Rede
Buncutter Tire CO
Braddock & Germain
Sts
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