Winchester hospital expansion bids near 2.2 million
Baltimore Contractors Inc submitted the low base bid of 2 187 000 for Winchester hospital expansion, $7 000 under English Construction Co. of Altavista. Four bids were opened with 35 people present as the executive committee eyed a 30 day decision. Alternates estimated to be fully analyzed, potential shortfall of about 200 000 from the available 1 9 million, wage scales from the Labor Department added to bids.
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Baltimore Contractors Inc
Winchester Hospital
Baltimore
English Construction Co
Altavista
James Wood Consolidated High School
Homer Alberti
Southeastern Construction Co
Charlotte
N. C
Irons and Reynolds
Washington
J. H. Rosenberger
Ronald Almack
Bureau of Hospital Survey and Construction
Richmond
Thomas Walker
Board of Director
Alberti
U. S. Department of Labor
Ex-Wife Barred From Testimony in Ex-Husband Case
Virginia Supreme Court reverses Pittsylvania ruling and orders a new trial for Henry Menefee. He was sentenced to ten years for a Franklin county robbery in which a man was killed on May 24, 1947. His divorced wife Ode Wace Menefee testified for the State over objections.
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Staunton
Virginia Supreme Court
Willis D. Miller
Pittsylvania County
Henry Menefee
Menefee
Franklin County
Ode Wace Menefee
City Schools Expect Enrollment Gain of About 100
About 2300 Winchester students will report to four public schools tomorrow with 8:50 a.m. roll call at Handley high. Attendance is projected to rise roughly 100 for the 1949 50 session, following last spring’s 2200 enrollment.
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Winchester
Handley High School
Garland Quarles
Quarles
John Kerr
Handley
Virginia Ave
Handley Junior High School
Virginia Supreme Court Reverses Racial Seating Fine
Norvell Lee, former Olympic boxer and Howard University student, wins appeal before the Virginia Supreme Court after being fined for violating state segregation law on a Chesapeake and Ohio train near Clifton Forge. Lee was arrested September 14 for not taking his assigned seat.
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Staunton
Norvell Lee
Virginia Supreme Court
Lee
Howard University
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Clifon Forge
12th Polio Case Reported Making Progress in Cure
The 12th polio case involving Harry Scott White Jr. of Hayfield was treated in Richmond a week ago. Hospital officials report the 40 month old boy is progressing well with no new signs of muscular weakness. He is the son of Mr and Mrs White Sr and works as a farmer and Virginia Barrel Co employee.
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Harry Scott White Jr
Hayfield
Richmond
Quick Execution Proposed for Slayer of 13
Camden dispatch reports psychologist probing Howard Unruh, the 28 year old war veteran who killed 13 people on River Road. Prosecutor Cohen says if mental health experts deem him sane, a fast grand jury indictment, early trial and death by electrocution will follow. The shooter cited resentments against neighbors as motive and targeted four shopkeepers among others. John Wilson, age 10, died today, bringing total victims to thirteen. Unruh was wounded but not seriously. The VA notes his Army service begun in 1942. continued coverage to page 2.
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Camden
N. J
Howard Unruh
River Road
Unruh
John Wilson
Cooper Hospital
Mitchell Cohen
Cohen
New Jersey
Zegrino
Hoover
Army
County Grants Permits to Build Six Dwelling Units
The county issues permits for six new residences totaling 23 500. L C Bond of Front Royal gets three brick tourist cabins near Winchester at R 11 four rooms each. Clara Kline Middletown builds a four to five room bungalow Marlboro costing 4000, D L Spitler Star Tannery adds a four room dwelling 2000, Raymond Hollar Winchester R 3 a four mile west bungalow 2500.
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Front Royal
R. 11
Winchester
Commissioner of Revenue
Earl Bailey
Clara Kline
R. 1
Middletown
Marlboro
D. L. Spitler
Star Tannery
Raymond Hollar
Winchester R
Antiques to Feature Auction by Clarke Historical Assn
Some 200 items range from Cocker Spaniel puppies to old silver to be auctioned at 1 p.m. Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Byrd one mile south of Berryville to raise funds for Clarke County Historical Assn projects.
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Clarke County
Committee Named to Purchase Consolidated School Equipment
Frederick county school board named C. E. Bass Newton Cather and Clayton Pingley to an equipment committee for the new James Wood high school. They will work with Superintendent R. E. Aylor to select and buy gear, with occupancy expected next year.
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Newton Cather
Clayton Pingley
Frederick County School Board
James Wood High School
R. E. Aylor
Aylor
Mr. Cather
James C. Gordon
James Givens
Woodrow Wilson High School
Fishersville
Gordon
Givens
George Asks Senate Passage of Reciprocal Trade Measure
Senator George of Georgia urged quick Senate passage of the reciprocal trade agreements bill. He ruled out amendments, framing the measure as non negotiable. Malone offered a flexible import fee substitute, while talks on the British dollar crisis were cited as context.
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George
Senate
Washington
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Maloney
R-New
Malone
United States
Truman
House
Senate Finance Committee
New Fire Truck Arrives for Berryville Fire Co
Berryville officials announce a new Mack fire truck will be delivered tomorrow to John H Enders Fire Co. The drive for $4000 remains short and residents are urged to contribute at First National Bank Berryville Bank of Clarke County or Roy G Locke treasurer. A Mack representative will test the vehicle and an Underwriters Laboratories engineer will approve the equipment.
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John H. Enders Fire Co
Fire Company
Clarke County
Mack Co
First National Bank of
Berryville
Bank of
Roy G. Locke
German Fatally Beaten by Soldiers
FRANKFURT Germany Sept 7 One German killed and another severely beaten by intoxicated American infantrymen assigned to Rhine maneuvers Five soldiers of the First Division are under arrest in Mainz as investigators probe the attack A Rhine boat waiter later died of wounds after the assault A German man was beaten on a Mainz street and another at the railway station German and French police called in U S Air Force to subdue the soldiers
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Frankfurt
Germany
Rhine
U. S
Mainz
Air Force
Martinsburg Rent Controls Lifted in 14 Areas
Washington reports rent controls ended in all or parts of 14 areas today by housing expeditor Tizhe Woods. Berkeley County, including Martinsburg defense rental area in West Virginia, was included.
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Washington
Tizhe Woods
Berkeley County
Martinsburg Defense
West Virginia
My Bio Osoe Gem Peaches Short Lived
E R Conner from Stephens City Virginia warns that the Bio Osoe Gem peaches will not last more than two or three days. The message notes a rapid spoilage timeline and is dated from Stephens City Virginia.
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E. R. Conner
Stephens City
Dulles Open to Run for NY Senate Seat
Senator John Foster Dulles said he would gladly accept the Republican nomination to run in New York’s fall special election. Party leaders have urged him to enter the race to fill the unfinished term of Senator Robert F. Kennedy who resigned. Former Governor Herbert Lehman indicated he would accept the Democratic nomination if offered.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
RNY
Senate
New York
Dulles
Herbert Lehman
Robert Fene
Texas Girl Killed in Fall Aboard Calibur Liner
Adrienne Atwell 20 of Dallas died after tumbling nine feet from a boat deck to a promenade deck on the Excalibur. Her companion Robert M. Willard 21, also of Dallas, was gravely injured and to be met by a launch in Boston harbor. No other injuries or cause of the fall were reported.
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Boston
Adrienne Atwell
Dallas
Robert M. Willard
Willard
Boston Harbor
Miss Atwell
Dr. G G Crawford Dies at Strasburg
Dr George Gilber Crawford 73 former Strasburg mayor and physician died after months of illness at his home. He was president of Shenandoah County Medical Assn. Funeral set for 3 p m tomorrow at the Presbyterian church.
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Presbyterian Church
George Gilbert Crawford
Strasburg
Shenandoah County Medical Assn
Right to Work Law Upheld By Virginia Supreme Court
The Virginia Supreme Court upholds the right to work law and awards a judgment to a worker. The ruling reinforces protections against compelled union membership and aligns with existing state labor policy. The decision affects unionize and employment relations within Virginia businesses.
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Virginia Supreme Court
High Court Refuses to Add Defendants in Gas Blast Suit
Virginia Supreme Court declines to add parties to a case arising from a July 1947 Harrisonburg gas explosion that killed 11, including Ruth Eleanor Hart. The suit, seeking damages from Pauline Sullivan and others, names Evelyn E. Masters and others as plaintiffs and defendants. The original action seeks $15,000 and spans related entities Consumers Utilities Co and W. W. Menefee Jr.
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Staunton
Virginia Supreme Court
Harrisonburg
Evelyn E. Masters
Pauline
Harerisonburg
Lucille S. Ritchie
Pauline Sullivan
Masters
Dellinger Estate Appraised at Fifty Thousand Six Hundred Six
The estate of W. W. Dellinger valued at 50806 with real estate 14500 and his share in Dellinger Bros partnership valued at 27298. Appraisal conducted by John Leatherman Charles Harper and John Glover for the city clerk's records.
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W. W. Dellinger
Garageman
John Leatherman
Charles Harper
John Glover
Dellinger Bros
Virginia Synod Of Presbyterians To Be Reorganized
Four hundred delegates to the Presbyterian Synod of Virginia meet in Richmond for the second day after electing a new moderator and voting to streamline the synod. Dr John Allen MacLean of Ginter Park Presbyterian becomes the first Richmonder moderator since 1940. Delegates from Virginia West Virginia and Maryland approved an advisory council reform and await a complete reorganization.
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Richmond
Presbyterian Synod of Virginia
John Allen MacLean
Ginter Park Presbyterian Church
Advisory Council
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Central Council
Rowe Fredericksburg Publisher Dies at 54
Josah P. Rowe editor and publisher of the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star died in his sleep of a heart attack at 54. A World War I veteran, he served as mayor of Fredericksburg, a role held by his grandfather Absalom P. Rowe and his father J. P. Rowe. He was a Mason Elk and member of the Fredericksburg Baptist church.
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Fredericksburg
Josah P. Rowe
Free Lance Star
Rowe
Absalom P. Rowe
J. P. Rowe
Eisenhower May Enter GOP Presidential Race in 1952
Washington reports that Dwight D. Eisenhower is shaping up like a Republican candidate and could be on the 1952 GOP ticket. Senators Ives Sparkman and others note his midline stance on welfare state issues and opposition to federal aid to education. If he runs, observers expect a three way contest with Taft and Sta sen.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Ives
Sparkman D-Ala
Congress
Sparkman
Truman
American Bar Assa
St. Louis
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Virginia Supreme Court upholds right to work law
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the states right to work statute barring union membership as a condition of employment. The decision affirms the 1947 law affecting job access and limits on union shop agreements while ruling against further constitutional challenges.
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Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Newport News
Elizabeth City
General Assembly
Harley A. Hawkins
Claude F. Finney
Finney
Archibald C. Buchanan
States Supreme Court
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Nebraska
Supreme Court
Buchanan
Circuit Court
Virginia
G. Alvin Massenbug
Hampton
House of Delegates
Winchester Evening Star
Miller
Julian Baker
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