May ready to testify before Mead committee in Kentucky
Rep May informs Mead he is willing to testify about wartime Cumberland Lumber Company ties. He notes he can meet in Prestonsburg or Washington as his physician permits. May reiterates he did not profit from the arrangement and that his expenses of 659.31 remain due. He acted as Kentucky agent for the Cumberland company but denies any financial interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Mead Committee
Washington
Prestonsburgh
Garsson Munitions Combine
Kentucky
Mead
House Military Committee
Senate
Kentucky Democrat
Combine
Cumberland Lumber Company
Garsson
Daniel J. Andersen
Senate Committee
Washngton
Cumberland Company
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Batavia Metal Products, Inc
Meat Supplies Thinning at Chicago Stock Yards
Chicago reports a sharp drop in arrivals as the first week of revived OPA ceilings hits hogs and cattle. Cattle consist of dried up cows and unappealing meat, while hogs are emaciated sows and inferior pigs. Nearly all pens at Union Stockyards sit empty with only 1,200 cattle 700 hogs and 800 sheep and lambs received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
OPA
Great Union
Truman Praises New York Mead Lehman Ticket
President Truman endorsed the Mead Lehman ticket in New York predicting its election. He lauded Mead as an able administrator and said the ticket suits him fine. He avoided committing to campaign actions in New York and ruled out an emergency calling a special session before or after the November vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Mead-Lehman
New York
Mead
D.-N
Herbert Lehman
Senate
New Yorker
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
Presbyterians Raise 325000 Toward Hampden Sydney Endowment
Hampden Sydney Virginia reports a $325,000 rise toward a $500,000 endowment goal at the 159th annual Synod of Virginia session. President Edgar G. Gammon notes Norfolk and West Hanover Presbyteries oversubscribed their quotas and a Rockefeller Foundation grant contingent on raising $300,700 more. The college can enroll 400. 68 home mission pastors serve the synod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampden-Sydney Va
Hampden-Sydney
Edgar G. Gammon
Presbyterian Synod of Virginia
Norfolk
West Hanover
Gammon
General Education Board
Rockfeller Foundation
New York
Ee College
W. W. White
Portsmouth
Home Committee
Synod
Wage Stabilization Board Ruling Defied By AFL Seamen
AFL seamen struck at noon across Atlantic and Pacific ports and in Gas ports in a nationwide walkout involving about 600 000 sailors and 100 000 other AFL members plus the CIO National Maritime Union observers. President Truman said Schwellenbach would handle the wage dispute, while the railroad embargo blocked freight to ports. Baltimore and New York crews predicted ships would be tied up for days. SIU leader Hawk warned ships would be tied up by Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
AFL
Atlantic
Pacific and Gas
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Schwellenbach
Baltimore
Seamen’s International Union
Seamen's Union of the Pacific
CIO National Maritime Union
Washington
Association of American Railroads
William Rentz
SIU
SUP
Seafarers International Union
WSB
Hawk
John Hawk
Ben
Bombay reels as four days of communal violence subside
In Bombay the city still echoes with police and military gunfire after four days of clashes. A government communique warned of 24 hour curfew if needed as mills stay closed, shops barely reopen, and traffic in the north section remains halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Jewish Agency Holds Hope for Palestine Conference
A British government source reports the Jewish Agency for Palestine declined an invitation to join the Arab Jewish Conference on the Holy Land but did not rule out further negotiations. The agency may still attend if conditions improve, with a conciliatory letter reportedly outlining possible participation terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Holy Land
Bean High Pressure Fog Fire Fighter Aids County Fire Calls
A Bean high pressure fog fire truck is available day and night for county fire calls. It has a 430 gallon water tank and two 250 foot reels. Calls during the day to 3484 and at night to 7496. The device is built in Lansing, Michigan and arrived last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bean
McSherry Lupton
Lansing
Michigan
Middleburg
Winchester Chamber of Commerce Names New Board Members
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce announces a newly elected board with members from five divisions including Earl Bunting J Pinkney Arthur Wyatter Richard Lester Arnold Willliam Battaile W Ralph Pifer J H Yost Wendell R Barney and others. Tonight the new board meets at 8 in the City Council chamber to organize and elect officers while the outgoing board holds its final meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
City Council
Chamber of Commerce
Earl Bunting
Oq’ Sullivan Rubber Company
J. Pinkney Arthur
Shenandoah Valley
O Station
Wyatter Richard
Lester D. Arnold
H. F. Byrd Apple Company
Willliam M. Battaile
B and M. Chevrolet Company
Winchester Jbt
W. Ralph Pifer
Pifer Printing Company
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Wendell R. Barney
Leach, Calkins and Scott
Certified Public
Messrs
Bunting
Sammis
Richard
Battaile
Yost
Arthur
Lewis
Arnold
Pifer
Barney
Andrew J. Bell
New Officials Take Office in Boyce Town
Bear Officials for the Town of Boyce took office September 1. The new group elected early this summer includes Wilton B. Stuart, mayor, Mrs J Howard Locke, recorder, C Van Deventer, John Zom bro, Phillip Gunn and H N Copenhaver, councilmen. For sale corn as fine as we have ever raised at your favorite grocer. Well nourished vegetables nourish you well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce
Thisummer
Wilton B. Stuart
J. Howard Locke
C. van Deventer
John Zombro
Phillip Gunn
H.N Copenhaver
Laundry Customers Protest Sanitary Service Pricing
Fragments report dissatisfaction from laundry customers at a Sanitary Laundry facility on Avenue. Text indicates grievances over pricing and service quality amid routine civic notices.
Virginia Democrats Hold State Convention for Senate Nominee
Virginia Democrats met in Richmond to pick a candidate for the unexpired U.S. Senate term through 1948 as leaders remained neutral. Several hopefuls including Senator Thomas G. Burch, Howard W. Smith, A Willis Robertson and Colgate Warden Jr pursued support amid a wide open field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
United States
Carter Glass
Thomas G. Burch
Tuck
Howard W. Smith
A. Willis Robertson
C. 8. Carter
Bristol
William A. Wright
Tappahannock
State Conservation Commission
Colgate W.rden, Jr
Horace Edwards
Morton G. Goode
Dinwiddie
Harvey Apperson
Roanoke County
John 8. Battle
Charlottesville
J. Lindsay Almond
Roanoke
Why
Molotov Returns To Paris From Trip To Moscow
Paris reports that Russian Foreign Minister Molotov arrived in Paris after a Berlin layover following a Moscow visit. Byrnes to Stuttgart for an important address on American aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molotov
Paris
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Berlin
James F. Byrnes
Templehof Airdrome
Stuttgart
Hitler
Byrnes
Robert Murphy
Ee Ae Clay
Andrei Vishinsky
Trieste
Russia
Vilshinsky
Yugoslavia
Theoviet
Mephitis Invading City Sparks Resident Alarm
In Virginia's Apple Capital skunk activity draws complaints from residents on North Braddock North Loudoun and nearby streets. Police may evict persistent dens as skunks scout rock piles and hideouts, while notices from H J Heinz Co and local fire companies urge community actions and meeting attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Braddock
North Loudoun
East Cork Street
Valley Avenue
Glaize Avenue
Kidnaped Girl Tells Police Of Drive From Texas
Ruth Teague 18 of Sulphur Springs Texas told Farmville police she was kidnapped and forced to drive a car from Texarkana Texas to Virginia. She described hitch hikers turning into armed suspects, a pistol threat, and a forced journey ending in Richmond area. Two soldiers, Frank Valentine Famular and Clarence F. Kummert, were identified as passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Farmville
Texarkana
Texas
Virginia
Ruth Teague
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Frank Valentine Famular
Grand St
Jersey City
N. J
Clarence F. Kummert
Pittsburgh
Henrico County
Miss Teague
Route 60
Abernethy
Ten Deaths Feared In Liberty Ship Wreck
The 7176 ton vessel broke apart off the Gironde amid a storm. Ten crewmen missing with eight rescued, raising fears the death toll could reach ten as coast guard boats aided by daybreak efforts. Rescue personnel reported seamen in the water while crowds watched ashore. Hospitals in Rouen and nearby towns treated survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ency
Gironde
Coast Guard
Torday
Rouen
Bible
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H. J. Heinz Co
Valley Pike
Winchester
NEW Fall Woolens
S. Braddock St
Ss E
Friendship Fire Company
Marion Anderson
Braddock St
PRG & Carper
Sll
Pla
Sis
W. A. Baker
Presbyterians
New York City
Paul Hall
A. F. L. Seafarers Union
CIO
India
Commerce Body
Chamber
Ave ‘Avenue
Aennes
Italy
Burch
House
Representative Smith
Robertson
Carter
John W. Flannagan
Ninth
Germany
Tom Coal
D-Tex
Snaffy Smith
Rouss Fire CO
Charlie Rouss Fire Co
C. Dettra
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn M. Crabill
E. R. Ca O O
Irvin
Burke St
Martinsburg, W
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