Arguments For and Against Converting Canal to Parkway
The Interstate Commission on Potomac River heard strong arguments for and against turning the old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal into a parkway from Washington D C to Cumberland Maryland. Residents from Hagerstown and nearby argued expenses and damage. supporters urged economic and recreational benefits and tourist trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Springs
Interstate Commission
Potomac River
Geome
Potomac
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Berland
Frank Wachter
Hagerstown
Men
Madryland Water Pollution Commission
William B. Holton, Jr
Izaak Walton League America
Iyland State Game
Ind Fisc Commission
David J. Kauffman
Cumberland
All
Wachter
Congress
Department of Interior
Unt
Thompson
Spelling of one who ties in NBA term usage
The text compares spellings for a person who ties in a phrase about the N H A. It notes Tier as preferred though it breaks a typical rule about final e and i to y changes as in tying.
Sale Directory Listing for Sept. 8 at County Court House
Realty and household goods auction notes show Mrs. John ick at County Court House at 11 a.m. with real estate valuation and Harry Lennant at 1110 Sperryville Ave Winchester at 1 p.m. with household furniture and appliances.
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Johnick
County Court House
Valuareal Estate
Harry Lennant
Sperryville Ave
Winchester
Lester C. Haines
Frederick County
Virginia
Corn and Pasture Contest Committee To Meet Friday
The Frederick County Corn and Pasture Contest Committee will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the Frederick County Courthouse. C B Dye, chairman, has called the meeting and all members are urged to be present to make plans for the contest.
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Frederick County
C. B. Dye
Sportswriter's Mother Injured In Vehicle Rollover
Mrs Carolyn Davis mother of Edwin Pendleton Davis Roanoke Times sports writer suffered head injuries in a collision on Berryville Pike four miles east of Winchester at 9 yesterday morning. Davis and his father were uninjured. damage to the car was about 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Davis
Edwin Pendleton Davis
Roanoke Times
Wace
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Berryville Pike
Wincheser
Davis
A. D. Carwile
State Police
Presbyterians To Build Home for Aged in Lynchburg
The Virginia Presbyterian Synod approved plans to build a home for 100 residents on the Presbyterian Orphanage grounds in Lynchburg. The project calls for a facility costing $400,000 to $500,000, with a committee to oversee construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterians
Danville
Lynchburg
Virginia Presbyterian Synod
Presbyterian
Battle Endorses Clothing Drive
Governor Bat tle endorses a nationwide drive to raise clothes for needy Korean refugees. In a statement yesterday he said the campaign worthy of Virginians' consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Battle
Weather bulletin warns small craft south of Block Island to Chesapeake Bay
The Weather Bureau issued a small craft warning for waters south of Block Island to the Virginia Capes including Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Fresh to strong southerly winds are forecast today and tonight, shifting to northwest early Friday, with scattered thunderstorms.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Block Island
Virginia Capes
Chespeake
Delaware Bays
Baseball World Series Format And Scheduling Details
Date presentative. They now are far out of the running. The series will open this year in the American League Park. No provision was made for open dates since the contending clubs are close together. This means that the first two games will be played in the A merican League Park, followed by three in the National League Park, and the final two, if neces sary, in the American League Park. In the event of a playoff in the National League, however, the start of the series could be delay ed The National League requires a best two out of three if the race ends in a tie. The Ameri can League provides for only a game playoff. A triple tie in the American loop could further com plicate the picture. The baseball owners announced that no applications for series tickets should be sent 'n until the clubs themselves state they are ready to receive them.
Death of Cattle Traced to Spray at Camp Detrick
The Army said a weed spray used at Camp Detrick near Frederick Maryland likely caused arsenic poisoning killing 11 cows in pastures adjacent to the post. A chemical check found only trace arsenic in milk from affected animals while milk from other cows showed none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Detrick
Detrick
Army
A. G. Wedum
Harold Free
H. W. K. Krant
Frederick
Free
E. J Schantz
Baltimore
Rubber Stamp Ceremony Reported At Japanese Peace Conference
Soviet press decried the San Francisco conference as a rubber stamp with many delegations from Latin America and puppets of Indochina. Tass and Pravda said the US UK treaty violated Cairo Yalta Potsdam pledges and noted the Soviet decision to participate to push for a real peace treaty.
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Moscow
United States
San Francisco
Tass
Latin America
China
Laos
Cambodia
Bao Dai
Vietnam
Indo-China
Pravda
Britain
Cairo
Yalta
Potsdam
Bevan Narrowly Misses Victory Over Teeth and Glasses Fees
Leaders of the Trades Union Congress failed to censur e the British Government over charges on false teeth and spectacles. A motion to abolish the charges was defeated 3 775 000 to 3 272 000, narrowly thwarting Aneurin Bevan and shielding Prime Minister Attlee from an embarrassing setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackpool
Eng
Trades Union Congress
Aneurin Bevan
Attlee
Polk County Sheriff Ousted in Tennessee Feud
A circuit court judge removed Sheriff John Edwards of Polk County after a long violent political feud that left four dead in three years. Judge Wayne Oliver ruled Edwards neglect of duties as party members seized the county courthouse four times last spring. Edwards belonged to the Good Government League which unseated the Democratic machine in the 1948 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton, Tenn
John Edwards
Polk County
Wayne
Oliver
Edwards
Edward
Good Government League
Business Industry Education Day Planned By Winchester Chamber
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce with the Shenandoah Valley Manufacturer's Association and the Winchester Frederick County school system plans an early October Business Industry Education Day. Twenty local industrial establishments will be toured by teachers from Winchester and Frederick County. Chamber Secretary Gene Sakers leads with a steering committee including Paul Terreta and others, praising cooperation from the schools and manufacturers to benefit the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley Manufacturer's Association
Winchester- Frederick County
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Frederick County
Chamber of Commerce
Gene Sakers
Shenandoah Valley
Manufacturer's Association
Paul Terreta
B . Arthur, Jr
Wilkie Hunt
Grove White
L. G. Sjostrom
Robert Woltz
P. W. Plumly
First Month Revenues Indicate Taxpayers May Get Cut Next Year
A Virginia memo warns taxpayers to beware possible income tax cuts next year if general fund revenues continue the July trend. With July collections at 3.494 million, up from 2.762 million last year, officials caution there are 11 months to go and avoid over optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
General Fund
State Comptroller's Office
Divorce Rumor In Cairo Senate Divorce Case Diverts Trip
Le Progres reports a wealthy Egyptian senator, famed for multiple marriages, divorces his wife as he leaves for a vacation abroad. She receives a blue envelope at the ship, opening to find a bill of divorce. Under Moslem law a husband can divorce by words, but he used a legal paper instead.
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Cairo
le Progres
Egypt
Virginia selects top apprentice contestants in state and nation
Virginia and national manufacturers seek applicants for the outstanding apprentice contest. Entrants must reside in the state and have completed last year’s apprenticeship in a manufacturing trade with satisfactory progress. Twelve of the 48 state winners will attend the National Association congress in New York with expenses paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Department of Labor
Bureau of Apprenticeship
A. J. Casey
King Street
Alexandria
Virginia Apprenticeship Council
National
Manufacturer's Association
Frank Louthan
Virginia Manufacturer’s Association
R. W. Anderson
State Department of Education
Louthan
Charles McLennan
Lynchburg Foundry Company
R. H. Wilson
State Department of Labor and Industry
NMA
National Association
New York
Tennessee
Six Hurt in Crash at Denbigh Front Yard
State Trooper G. L. Mavredes said Wayne E. Smith aged 22 from Fort Eustis drove off Route 60 in front of Denbigh School. The car snapped a power pole, knocked over a water hydrant, and plunged 177 yards through a corn field before tipping onto its side in a Denbigh front yard injuring six men and cutting lights and water to several families.
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Denbigh
G. L. Mavredes
Wayne E. Smith
Fort Eustis
Denbigh School
Woman Gives Up After East River Jump Attempt
Patrolman Joseph McClellan persuaded a middle aged woman not to jump from an East River pier. He warned the dirty water was full of filth, prompting her to surrender. She was removed to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph McClellan
East River
McClellan
Bellevue Hospital
MacArthur to Speak in Cleveland Tonight
General Douglas MacArthur speaks in Cleveland this evening amid the ongoing Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco. The 45 minute address, likely touching the Japanese and Far Pacific, will be broadcast by Mutual and Liberty networks starting at 8 p m EST, with a later NBC television program at 11 15 p m.
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Cleveland
Douglas MacArthur
San Francisco
Far Pacific
Mutual
Liberty
National Broadcasting Co
Bomber Crashes Off Norfolk Coast During Exercise
A Navy torpedo bomber plunged into the Atlantic off the North Carolina coast. The pilot and one crewman were rescued by the submarine Diablo, while a third occupant is missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
North Carolina
Tass Newsmen Move to Bar Tass Access on Capitol Hill
Washington reporters say Tass journalists are currently denied admission to congressional press galleries. The action blocks new Tass representatives from Capitol Hill pending further review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Tass
Prisoners Accept Sentences in Antwerp Court
A prisoner thanked the judge after receiving six months in jail for stealing goods at a railway station in eer. He has about fifteen years prior in thefts. A second man accepted six months and a $52 fine for stealing $4,000 from his employer, saying the sentence would let him repay the money.
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Antwerp
Eer
Staunton probe over police ties to slain gambler begun
Staunton City Manager Seth Burnley opened a probe into police links with Elmer L. Higgins, a restaurant operator shot Aug 2, after the City Council learned officers had received gifts and favors from Higgins. Higgins had endorsed a loan note for Police Sergeant George R. Desper, prompting his suspension and reinstatement reversal. three more Higgins endorsements surfaced as council debated Desper’s fate.
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Staunton
Seth Burnley
Burnley
Elmer L. Higgins
Higgins
Tuesay
Council
Special Rates
E. L. Bragg
Bragg
William A. Grubert
Eugene H. Dabney
Washington
E. B. Terry
Jimmy the Greek
George R. Desper
Desper
John Daffin
Daffin
Fire Principal Faces Suit as Bluefield Parents Picket
Angry patrons of Tazewell County’s Negro High School in Bluefield demand removal of principal McIver Green. Students and parents continued a second day of picketing the school in protest.
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Bluefield
McIver Green
Marker to honor Daniel Boone's son in Virginia frontier tribute
Memorial tablets will be dedicated in Lee County on September 22 honoring five Virginia pioneers who helped forge a new frontier. One marker will honor Daniel Boone's son. All five were slain by Indians in the eighteenth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesville
Lee County
Virginia
Daniel Boone
Brooklyn Dodgers draw over a million fans in multiple years
Attendance figures for the Brooklyn Dodgers have surpassed one million in 1930, 1939, 1941, 1942, and every year from 1945 through 1950, confirming sustained high interest in the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Dodge
Brooklyn
National League Baseball Club
Notable figures and animals in historical notes
The list presents George Washington and Herodotus, noted figures from America and ancient Greece, alongside nations Brazil Mexico and Haiti. It includes a 100 degree measure, a reference to Main Street in Monrovia, and mentions an elephant acquired by Barnum in 1882 and an alligator as distinct items.
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George Washington
Herodotus
Brazil
Mexico
Haiti
Main Street
Monrovia
Barnum
Alligator
Officers of the Continental Army at disbandment
Messieurs is used as a plural address for monsieur in French. The notes discuss how officers of the Continental Army were styled and addressed just before the army disbanded.
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Continental Army
Messieurs
Army Chief Says We Must Be Ready for Gas and Bio Warfare
The new chief of the Army Chemical Corps stated that the force must be prepared to engage in gas and biological warfare if the enemy employs those tactics.
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New York
Army Chemical Corps
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