Russians Try New Squeeze
Berlin battles and a tense standoff as Russian moves to restrict aid convoys meet American refusal. Street fighting around the Brandenburg Gate leaves deaths and injuries while Soviet influenced police face anti communist protests. Four power talks continue amid battle tense air corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Jift
Tep*e
Articommr
Aburg
Derican Air Force
Russia
Rces
Tate
Finour M Krise Dies Suddenly
Wilbur M Krise, 61, former Winchester office manager of Northern Virginia Power Co for 17 years, died suddenly at home. He was born in Waynesboro Pa and retired for ill health. Survived by wife B Krise daughter Stanley Mattern and granddaughter. Services 4 p m at residence with Jones Funeral Home handling arrangements. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur M. Krise
Winchester
Northern Virginia Power Co
Cliford St
Charl H
Rose Mathias Krise Thurmond
Waynesboro
Theirginia Power Co
Grace Ran Church
Kiwanis Club
Elks
Krise
Iing
B. Krise
Tanley Mattern
Gales‘Til
Pattern
Honeycutte
Sment
Mt. Hebron
Philip
Leonard
Edgar
Charles Mathias
Clarence Hartsock
Raymond Sniveley
Jones Funeral Home
Eighteen Month Old Tots Favorite Cigars
Springfield story about Lawrence Phil lips Jr. an eighteen month old who smokes two cigars daily. His mother says he is the family’s only cigar smoker while relatives smoke cigarettes. He began mimicking adults, switched from nipples to cigarettes then to cigars, with a daily quota of two cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Lawrence Phillips Jr
Stephens City names Robert O Neal Police Justice and Ridgeway clerk
Robert E. O Neal was sworn in as police justice for Stephens City and Middletown by the County Clerk in Winchester. Louise Ridgeway was appointed police court clerk for Stephens City and sworn in, with O Neal approving. O Neal will run law offices in Stephens City and Middletown and hold police court sessions in Stephens City Mondays and Fridays at 7 p m EST and in Middletown Tuesdays and Fridays at 2 p m EST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City Police Justice
Robert E. O'Neal
Police Cours
Stephens City
Louise Ridgeway
O'Neal
Lee Whitacre
Winchester
O’neal
Ridgeway
Middletown
Niddletown
Baptist Drug Store
Midletown
Flower Show Builds Around Potted Plants at Winchester Armory
The Community Flowers Show at Winchester Armory centers on a giant wheel with the hub dedicated to the potted plants class. Exhibitors include Mrs J H Cren shaw and many others, showcasing African violets, wax plants, begonias, fuchsias, geraniums, ferns, and a 12 year old rubber plant. Plants must have been in the exhibitor’s possession at least three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Pennypacker
P. H. Sprenkle
Winchester Armory
J. H. Crenshaw
W. G. Zirkle
Lars C. Marcus
J. R. Kremer
Clarence Butler
Herbert Larrick
J. Sloane Kuykendall
H. Clay Degrange
George H. Smith
M. E. Eyler
Paul Rhodes
Clarke Cooper
R. T. Lozier
C. C. Gough
Herbert Solenberger
Mac Crabill
Alvin Pennypacker
Deluxe drive in theatre planned at Winchester on Route 50
E. E. Ours leases part of the old Airport site on Route 50 east of Winchester for a deluxe outdoor drive in theatre costing about 50000 dollars. The 300 car venue aims to open by early October with 42 by 57 foot screen, Simplex sound for 300 cars, and a five year lease with renewal option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
E. E. Ours
West Virginia
R. 50
Ours
Buckley Lages Inc
Screen
Turner and Arper Co
Strasburg
C. E. Garber
Front Royal Rd
Stephens City
Year's Corn Crop Forecast Largest In Land's History
Washington date line reports the Agriculture Department forecast this year's corn crop at 3,528,815,000 bushels, the largest on record. The projection signals a new national peak in maize production for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook Shifted Temperatures
Five day outlook for Virginia from Sept 11 to Sept 15 shows temperatures near normal with a cooler weekend. A warming trend arrives Monday and Tuesday before a cooler Wednesday. Showers expected Tuesday or Wednesday with total rainfall about a quarter inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Notice and Classified Snippets From Local Advertisers
Several items advertise coal prices and types from W. B. Snider & Sons, a late 1946 Mercury four door sedan for sale with 13 000 miles at 20 W. Gerrard St, Faulkner investment and residence properties page 2 ad reference, a yard party by Double Church U B on September 11, reduced retail meat prices at Winchester Food Lockers, a Riteway Cleaners experience needed presser, Willow Lawn Pool weekend opening weather permitting, Beautiful Dahlias blossoms 1.09 per dozen from P A DeHaven & Son Nursery Martinsburg Pike, and a September 10th 6 pm Eagle's Home North Braddock St entertainment committee notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrard St
Riteway Cleaners
Willow Lawn
P. A. DeHaven & Son Nursery
Martinsburg Pike
The
Eagle's
North Braddock St
County Centers Draft Registration At Single Point
County centers for Selective Service registration will close soon due to low turnout. Winchester centers at Stephens City Gainesboro and Gore will shut after tomorrow. city registrants continue at 40 Rouss Ave. Registrations for men born in 1926 completed yesterday. 21 year olds register today and tomorrow as initial registration continues into next week. The total tally surpassed 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Stephens City
Gainesboro
Gore
Tomorow
Rouss Ave
Secondary Road Improvements Since 1932 Report
The 1932 shift of the secondary road system to the State highway department left Frederick county with 455 miles of secondary roads two point seven miles hard surfaced and 430 unimproved. By June 30 last year mileage reached 476 with eighty one hard surfaced and three hundred thirty seven surfaced or stabilized. Improvements accelerated after World War II as lawmakers backed farm to market school bus and RFD routes. Maintenance on gravel roads costs about 250 dollars per mile annually and nearly doubles after bituminous surfacing is added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Frederick County
General
Indian troops to be stationed in Secunderabad
Prime Minister Nehru announced that Indian forces will be stationed in the heart of Hyderabad at Secunderabad regardless of resistance. He noted the Nizam of Hyderabad has refused to accede his territory, while the region is surrounded by Indian dominion lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Nehru
Hyderabad
Secunderabad
India
Axis Sally Indicted on Treason Charges by Federal Jury
Federal grand jury indicts Mildred Gillars Axis Sally of Portland Maine on treason for wartime German propaganda broadcasts. Indictment lists 10 instances of broadcasts cited in Nazi campaign against the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Sally
Portland
Miss Gillars
United States
Rising Political Star in Georgia Named Lieutenant Governor Candidate
Marvin Griffin, long time Frederick county treasurer and Bainbridge newspaper publisher, won the Democratic nomination for Georgia lieutenant governor. Griffin, son in law of the late Robert S. Smith, has served as adjutant general and in the state legislature and was Herman Talmadge's running mate. He and wife Elizabeth Smith have strong ties to Frederick county and Winchester, where they frequent friends. The Smith lineage traces back to 1912 with Charles R. McCann and 1917 as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Griffin
Robert S. Smith
Frederick County
Georgia
Griffin
Bainbridge
Elizabeth Smith
Johns. Smith
Janet Largent
Smith Farm
Middle Road
Herman Talmadge
Winchester
Charles R. McCann
McCann
Smith
Mrs E Madigan Injured When Car Hits Pole in New Jersey
Estella Madigan, 66, of 1004 S Loudoun St Winchester, is hospitalized at Fitken hospital Asbury Park N J after a car crash while visiting relatives in Freehold N J. She suffered a broken nose a fractured hip and other injuries with two others in the vehicle escaping with minor injuries. Her children Margaret Herman Loring and Reuer Madigan remain at her bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estella Madigan
S. Loudoun St
Fitken Hospital
Asbury Park
N. J
Freehold
Leonard Madigan
Winchester
New Jersey
Margaret Madigan
Herman, Loring
Reuer Madigan
Truman May Win 210 Electoral Votes in Early Crossley Poll
The Crossley Poll reports Truman likely to carry nine states totaling 106 electoral votes and unlikely to exceed 210. It projects a Dewey victory with 304 to 397 electoral votes, depending on state outcomes and Wallace’s candidacy.
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Truman
Crossley
Sey Wallace
Wallace
Minnesota
California
New York
Dewey
States Righters Head Democratic Ticket in La
Louisiana Democratic committee ousted President Truman from the ballot and pledged all ten electors to States’ Rights Democrats headed by Gov Strom Thurmond and Fielding Wright. Judge Leander Perez introduced the measure authorizing the secretary of state to place Thurmond Wright above any Democratic nominees on November ballots. Truman can only be a write-in, Perez said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Truman
Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee
States’ Rights Democrats
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Leander Perez
St. Bernard and
Plaquemines Parishes
Secretary of State
Thurmond and
Wright
Hockman Promises 3 Jumps in One At Airport Show
Winchester paratrooper and stunt man Dick Hockman will perform a double cut away jump at the Civil Air Patrol benefit at Winchester Municipal Airport Sunday at 2 p m. He plans to deploy three parachutes in a single sequence, then shed each one to free fall before the final opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hockman
Winchester
Civil Air Patrol
Hockman
Striking Trackers May Lower Wage Demand in N Y
In New York AFL teamsters accepted leaders recommendations to scale down pay demands for a possible settlement of a 10 day strike. The local 80 unit approved a 112 cent per hour raise, down from earlier rock bottom demands of 25 cents plus benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
AFL
Teamsters
Equal Pay Suit To Be Filed by Negro Attorney
Martin A. Martin, attorney for Negro students in King George county, said he would file a new discrimination suit against county school officials to demand equal pay for white and Negro teachers. He cites a county school shake-up as reprisal and says contempt and equalization actions may follow. Governor Tuck decried agitation over racial school issues while noting continued segregation under the state constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Martin A. Martin
King George County
King George Training School
Mar
E. B. Webb
G. T. Saunders
Lillian C. Brown
King George High School
Webb
King George
Tuck
Virginia
Gloucester
Migrant Crews Help to Harvest Early Apples
Three migrant crews work for six to eight local apple growers. One crew has 98 workers, another 66, the third 10, with a 50 member crew due September 21. Labor is fewer than anticipated but expected enough for early varieties. F W Bailey of the Winchester Virginia State Employment Service notes uptick in transient labor from nearby counties. About 155 Bahamans are expected later in the month to aid the peak harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Bailey
Winchester
Virginia State Employment Service
De Gaulle Likely Premier as Queuille Vote Gains Ground
Paris reports De Gaulle on track to secure premier’s confirmation with near unanimous backing from the De Gaullist group. The Radical Socialist Queuille seeks assembly approval as head of the Fifth French government since 1947. Hoffman warns that Marshall Plan aid ends if fascism or communism rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
DeGaullists
National Assembly
Henrier
Queuille
Oe Queuille
Oo Giacobbi
de Gaullist
de Gaulle
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
France
Charles de Gaulle
DeGaulle
Aee
Europe
Germany
Red Cross Chapter Plans Annual Meeting for Sept 28
George T. Sanders announces the local Red Cross chapter will hold its annual meeting at 8 p m on September 28 in the Copal parish hall. Details will follow, but all members are urged to reserve the date and attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
George T. Sanders
Copal Parish
Traffic Light Smashing Leads to $40 Fine
Richard H. Kelley of Tucker ton N J faced a hit and run charge after colliding with a traffic light at the Piccadilly and Braddock streets intersection. He was fined $40 and costs by Justice John Rice after being apprehended 25 minutes later in Clarke County. The incident occurred at 5 15 p m. and the light was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Kelley
Tuckerton
N. J
Piccadilly and Braddock Sts
John Rice
Clarke County
Ferdinand Former Bulgar Czar Dies in Coburg
Ferdinand I 87 former Czar of Bulgaria dies in Coburg on September 10. The obituary notes his long reign and later life in exile with no immediate heirs mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand
Coburg
Ferdinand I
Bulgaria
Mysterious Accident Hospitalizes Actress
Hollywood report states Rita Johnson, once viewed as Jean Harlow's successor, lies in critical condition with a brain injury after an incident at her apartment. Detectives probe whether a hair dryer caused the blow as doctors performed surgery to remove a brain clot.
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Hollywood
Rita Johnson
Jean Harlow
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Los Angeles
Knox Weaver
al Goossen
Miss Johnsons
Miss Johnston
Mary Ainslee
Miss Johnson
Miss Ainslee
H. D. Hoover
Lee Siegel
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Brandenburger Gate
Berse
Finour M. Krise
Middletown Justice
R. 50 East
W. B. Snider & Sons
Faulkner Investment and Residence Properties
Double Church
U.B
Winchester Food Lockers & Processing
M. C
Frederick Co
E. Madigan
Scar
Archibald M. Crossley
Missouri
States Rights Party
Thurmond-Wright
N. Y
RHEEM
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
N. Kent St
J. C. Penney CO
B. & 8. Poultry CO
Nottingham
Carter Baker
NEW & Used
North Main St
H. J. Heinz Company
Call Pine Motor Co
E. Pall Mall St
E. W. Cather
S. Braddock St
Headley’s
Paul Hoffman
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