Strikebound wage talks halt several local transfer firms
Wage dispute action halts operations at two transfer firms and affects others as drivers mechanics and dock workers strike. Negotiations stall after contract offer rejected. picket lines form at Novick and Elliott terminals amid talks of a two year agreement with pay raises and better conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A.geliott, Jr
Elliott Motor Re
Allegheny Freight Lines
Super Service Motor Freight Co
Smith’s Transfer Corp
Associated Transport
Mason and Dixon Lines
Union Act
Co. E. Stutzman
AFL Teamsers
Amberland
King
Cumberland
L. H. Stotler
Novick
Stetler
Elliott
Safety Meeting Set for Tomorrow at Stonewall School
A highway safety mass meeting is set for 8 p m tomorrow at Stonewall School near Clearbrook. John Hepfer of Stephenson leads a citizens committee to organize highway safety efforts and advocate more patrols and better training to protect lives on Route 11 between Winchester and the West Virginia line. Local officials and supporters, including W Erle Edwards and Sheriff Rob Wert en, are expected to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall School
Clearbrook
Martinsburg Pike
John Hepfer
Stephenson
W. Erle Edwards
Wealth
Joseph “Sie, Jr
Robert De“en
Woolfe
Hopfer
Winchester
West Virginia Line
Citizens’ Committee
Weekend rain lingers with scattered storms in city
A weekend rain measured at 0.80 inches at the Winchester Research Laboratory may not be over as a Virginia weather report calls for Tuesday to be partly cloudy warm and humid with showers or thunderstorms. Showers yesterday canceled a model air show and several athletic events. rainfall totaled 0.54 inches with earlier measurements of 0.17 and 0.09 inches. The day reached 83 degrees after a high of 66 yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Virginia Weatherman
Mercury
Smuts Dies in South Africa at Irene Home
Field Marshall Jan Christian Smuts died tonight at his Irene home near Pretoria. The obituary notes his long career and leadership during key events in South African history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
Jan Christian Smuts
Irene
Pretoria
Three Autos Stolen Police Expect Arrest In City
Winchester police probe a weekend auto theft spree with three vehicles taken. One two ton Chevrolet truck was found abandoned on Front Royal Pike, a 1941 Plymouth owned by David W. Pugh was recovered from Academy Lane, and a 1946 Buick of Elliott W. Button was found wrecked near Fisher's Hill. Police expect an arrest within 24 hours as thefts and burglaries, including at Gladys Restaurant and American Fruit Growers, are under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
J. Thomas Boyd
Boyd
Zeropack Co
N. Cameron Street
Royal Pike
David W. Pugh
Kent Street
Academy Lane
Pugh
Elliott W. Button
W. Cork Street
Two Drownings and Flood Damage in Virginia Flash Floods
Rampaging waters receded after flash floods across wide Virginia areas drowning at least two and causing extensive property damage. Rockbridge County suffered the hardest hit with two deaths from Kerrs Creek Buffalo Creek and Whistle Creek flood damage. Major highways and rail lines were washed out or blocked and rerouting occurred for trains between Richmond and Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Virginia
Pockbridge
Henry County
Spotsylvania
Caroline
Kerrs Creek
Whistle Creek
Rockbridge
U. S
Red Cross Blood Drive Boosts Local Korea War Effort
Local residents urged to donate as Red Cross bloodmobile comes to Presbyterian Church on South Loudoun Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to supply whole blood for Korea. Quota raised from 100 to 125 pints for the Thursday visit amid collaboration of Civic League Hospital Auxiliary and Exchange Club led by Mrs. Leon Slavin and Dr. William Shafer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Red Cross
Presbyterian Church
South Loudoun Street
Civic League
Hospital Auxiliary
Exchange Club
Leon Slavin
William Shafer
Truman eyes new ESA to master controls and rearm
James Marlow reports from Washington that President Truman signaled a possible move to tighten economic controls and rearm if relations with Russia worsen. He created the Economic Stabilization Agency to oversee price and wage policies, but said it will need time to build a staff and map the national economy before any widespread controls can be imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Truman
Russia
Congress
OPA
The
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
U N Argues Red Admittance to Security Council
The Security Council debated inviting a Chinese Communist spokesman to council debates over charges of a U S plane strafing a Manchurian air strip. Ernest Gross said the U S favors an on the spot inquiry and will not veto the move, seeking fact finding through commissions rather than propaganda. The Red China issue remains tied to Peiping’s insistence on a council representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
U. N
U. S
United States
Russia
Chou En-Lai
Trygve Lie
Gladwyn Jebb
Red
Reds
Communist Radio
Peiping
U.N
Red China
Council
United Nations
Gross
Taipei
Tsiang
North Korea shells Taegu area as fighting rages near Taegu
Allied and North Korean forces clash seven miles north of Taegu with heavy artillery and air support. U S Eighth Army says big Red guns knocked out and a large enemy buildup, while South Korean and U S units advance toward Yongchon and Maasan. About 1 000 Reds dead and 1 500 to 3 000 wounded reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Brines
Tokyo
Taegu
U. S
Eighth Army
First Cavalry
Yongg¢hon
Eighth Division
Yongchon- Kyongju
Naktong River
Changnyong
Bulge
Masan
Uiryong
Associated Press
Jack MacBeth
Pohang
Sea of Japan
Kyongju
Polio Strikes Berryville Girl in Clarke County
Clarke County reports four polio cases this year with a new patient Jane Carroll Potts nine at Berryville taken to University Hospital in Richmond officials cautioning on severity pending tomorrow Potts is grandchild of Dr and Mrs C H Iden and Mr and Mrs Roy E Potts of Berryville Other Clarke cases include Jerry Moreland Minor Francis Wilson and Mrs Sidney Culver Plus Peaches ad and fire company meeting notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Jane Carroll Potts
Harold G. Potts
Berryville
Miss Potts
C. H. Iden
Roy E. Potts
University Hospital
Richmond
Christine
Iden
Jerry Moreland
Francis Wilson
Sidney Culver
White Post
Miss America 1951 Yolande Betbeze Plans Future in Pageant
Yolande Betbeze Miss America 1951 from Mobile Alabama says she will leave her immediate future in the pageant’s hands. She envisions stage modeling and TV work potentially totaling about 50000 dollars with a 5000 dollar scholarship. Betbeze, age 21, aims for a career in musical comedy or opera and has no plans to marry soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Yolande Berbeze
Mobile
Ala
Betbeze
Betbees
University of Alabama Extension School
Jim Folsom
Wittner
Alabama
Miss Berbeze
Ethele Meyer Betbeze
Betty Eileen McCallister
Johnstown, Pa
Hurricane strengthening east coast toward New York
A hurricane moving up the Atlantic coast threatens gale winds from Atlantic City to Cape Cod. Winds near 100 mph expected, with New York City and Long Island likely to experience strong winds as the center passes east of Nantucket midnigh t. Warnings remain from Cape Ann to the south. A second hurricane formation appears 1,000 miles east of Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Atlantic City
Cape Cod
Cape Hatteras
Long Island
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
New York City
New England
Nantucket
Delaware
Cape Ann
Boston
Puerto Rico
Winchester Declares National Kids Day September 23
Mayor Mifflin B. Clowe Jr proclaims September 23 as National Kids Day in Winchester. The observance, supported by the National Kids Day Foundation and sponsored by the Winchester Kiwanis Club, will aid underprivileged children. Winchester joins over 3,150 cities nationwide in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mifflin B. Clowe, Jr
Winchester
National
Kids’ Day Foundation, Inc
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Clowe
Kiwanis International
Kids’ Day Foundation
United States
Canada
Winchester's U.S. Solicitor General and National Fruit Product Company founders
The piece asks two inquiries: identify the Winchester citizen who served as U.S. Solicitor General, and determine the establishment year of the National Fruit Product Company along with its first president. Answers appear on the Editorial Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
U.S
National Fruit Product Company
Tragedy as Train Crash Kills Dozens in Fog
In Coshocton Ohio a passenger train rear ended a stalled troop train in fog killing at least 32 with 40 injured. The Spirit of St Louis of the Pennsylvania RR carried National Guardsmen to Camp Atterbury Indiana. Most dead and injured were from Wilkes-Barre area batteries of the 109th Field Artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton, O
Corone
William E. Phandt
Fort Hayes
Columbus
George L. Ford
Spirit of
Spirit
St. Louis
Wilkes-Barr
109Th Field Artillery
Pennsylvania
28Th National Guard
Wilkes-Barre
Robert Short
Dallas
109Th
Rockingham Man Held in Shooting
Police say 25-year-old Maynard Crawford admitted the Saturday night shooting that killed Thomas Clyde Reedy 54 and wounded his son Clarence Jack Reedy 28. Crawford is held without bond on murder and felonious assault charges. the killings occurred near the Reedys’ homes in Hopkins Gap, Rockingham County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Rockingham County
Maynard Crawford
Hopkins Gap
Here
Thomas Clyde Reedy
Clarence
Jack) Reedy
Reedy
Crawford
Rockingham
Bulfin Kiser
Reedys
Kiser
Nin
Sae Kiser
Ghway Saburg Pike
Sarah Zame
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Novick Company
Charles Zuckerman
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Robert Baker
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Joseph L. Hodges, Jr
South Boston
Zuckerman
Robert Manuel
Kenneth Patton
Robert Pizzano
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Anna Bell
Sam McCarty
Roy Wickes
Chaplin
Eugene Dearing
Bernard Groves
William Louthan
Charles Dorton
James Shirley
Percy Stultz
Ated
L. Zuckerman and Sons
Lew Commander
Smuts
Peiping Balks Commission
By A. I. Goldberg
Stephens City
E. R. Conner
South End Fire Company
H. M. Cafr
California
Joanne Durant
Mary Goonies
Arkansas
South Dakota
Irene O'Connor
Washington, D. C
Sandra Stahl
Connecticut
Renee Roy
Stahl
International Soundphoto
Alabama Belle
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