County Plans 44500 Dollar School Improvements
Frederick County School Board approved 44500 for a Gore two room addition and improvements at eight other schools including heating, toilets, lighting and flooring. The plan includes applying 160494 state funds to debt on James Wood School and using remaining sums to finish projects as funds release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County School Board
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
R. E. Ayler
State Board of Education
Ayler
Gore
Bryarly
Round Hill
Middletown
Stephens City
Gore School
Stonewall
Gainesboro
Kernstown
Frederick County
James Wood
State Department of Education
Ling
Six Register for Bloodmobile Visit in Winchester
Six volunteers signed up for the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Winchester on Thursday. Dr Ronald S Wilson led the early registration at the Red Cross Office and others included Frances Snyder Norma Nicholas Catherine Hollis Fred Sturm and P. Marks. Civic League Winchester Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and the Exchange Club are handling the drive and 125 pints of blood are requested to support Korea war efforts, up from the old 100 pint quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Winchester
Ronald S. Wilson
Presbyterian Church
E. Piccadilly St
Frances Snyder
W. Cork St
Norma Nicholas
Miller St
Catherine Hollis
Valley Ave
Fred Sturm
Greystone Terrace
P. Marks
W. Cork
Civic League
Leon Slavin
Winchester Memorial Hospital
G. E. Brandt
Exchange Club
William Shafer
Korea
Lions Club Sale Raises 934 for Sight Conservation
Clarke County Lions Club reports 934 dollars 83 cents raised from last Saturday sale for sight conservation. Organizer Bob Newlin chaired the event with Coleman Dunn of Winchester serving as auctioneer. goal remains one thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County Lions Club
Bob Newlin
Coleman Dunn
Winchester
To Carry Wounded Korea Evacuation Highlighted by C-47 Landing
A C-47 transport landed at Pohang airstrip under Red mortar fire to evacuate American wounded. The report notes a bake sale at Singer Sewing Center in Evandale HDC, with dates and page references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Pohang
Singer Sewing Center
Evandale H-D-C
Youth Arrested in Tennessee Charged with Thefts in City
John Louis Linaweaver twenty was arrested in Athens Tennessee on a warrant for thefts here. He allegedly stole a 1946 Buick from Elliott Button and other vehicles plus clothing. Police say he admitted four vehicle thefts and will be returned to Winchester for further questioning.
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Tennessee
Eugene Miller
John Louis Linaweaver
Athens
Tenn
Elliott W. Button
Cork Street
J. Thomas Boyd
Linaweaver
Woodstock
Button
Fisher's Hill
Winchester
Boyd
Zeropack
Frontal Pike
David Pugh
Kent Street
Academy Lane
Gladys
N. Loudoun Street
American Fruit Growers Inc
Wyck and Cameron Sts
Francis Funk
Standstill in Truck Operations at Novick and Elliott Lines
Novick Transfer Company and Elliott Motor Lines face a stoppage due to a wage dispute with Local 453 Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union. Novick reports no union contact since Sunday, while Elliott drivers mechanics and dock workers walked out last Thursday as talks stalled. The company offered a 10 cent per hour pay increase, described as the extreme limit. Cumberland terminal workers were called out, but other out-of-town terminals continue city work with essential equipment idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novick Transfer Company
Elliott
Teamsters and Chauffeur’s Union
AFL
L. H. Stotler
Novick
Stotler
Cumberland
Bigamist Freeman Fries Receives Suspended Sentence
Clarke County Court convicted Lawrence Russell Fries of Winchester of bigamy after he married a Clarke County girl on March 25 while still married to a Florida woman. Judge Elliott Marshall suspended three years of penitentiary time and placed Fries on probation. Jesse Whitacre pleaded guilty to drunken driving and awaits sentencing.
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Berryville
Lawrence Russell Fries
Winchester
Clarke County
Elliott Marshall
Fries
Florida
A. Garland Williams
Marshall
Jesse Whitacre
Harry R. Kern Jr
Permit Granted for Semi-Bungalow at 448 N Kent St
James A Ratcliffe and Carrie B Ratcliffe receive a county building permit for a six room semi bungalow two miles south of Winchester on Route 522. Estimated construction cost is 5500 dollars.
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James A
Carrie B. Ratcliff
N. Kent Street
Winchester
Resurfacing Work Nears Finish in Berryville
A $35,000 resurfacing project by Blue Ridge Asphalt Paving Co. nears completion in Berryville. Main Street from east limits to Church Street is being resurfaced, with US 340 section to the West Virginia line finished Friday.
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Berryville
Blue Ridge Asphalt Paving Co
Winchester
Main Street
Church St
State Highway Department
West Virginia Line
J. L. Harrell
Buckmarsh St
Main St
Expansion Plans For Colored School In Berryville
Clarke County moves to enlarge the Johnson-Williams colored school with an addition estimated at 108000 dollars. Architect J Raymond Mims of Arlington will prepare plans for bidding to unfold by Christmas, aiming to finish before the 1961 opening and consolidate Negro elementary and high school classes. County Supt Orge W Burton notes threefold more floor space and removal of Millwood and White Post elementary schools.
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Berryville
Johnson-Williams
State Department of Education
Clarke County School Board
Orge W. Burton
Burton
Millwood
White Post
J. Raymond Mims
Arlington
Doctors and Dentists Eligible Under New Draft Power
The draft law remains for those aged 19 to 26, but a new bill lets the President draft doctors and dentists up to 50. The first to be taken will be medical trainees who were funded by the government during WWII but saw little military service.
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James Marlow Washington
Navy
Army
American Medical Association
Congress
Eight Killed in Eldred Powder Plant Blast
An explosion at the National Powder Company dynamite mix house in Eldred Pa killed eight workers and lightly injured five or six more. The blast, heard up to ten miles away, damaged nearby structures as officials pursued cause while refusing access to press and photographers.
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Eldred
National Powder Company
National Powder
New York
T. T. Cook
Cork
John McKlergy
Hugh Frye
Hurricane Moves Out to Sea After Brushing the Coast
A Atlantic hurricane brushed the New England coast with winds to 70 mph then veered seaward 800 miles east of Nantucket. The storm battered beaches and damaged boats and power lines while a 67 foot fishing vessel reported propeller trouble 12 miles south southeast of Pollock Kip lightship.
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Boston
New England
Nantucket Island
Massachusetts
Muriel M. Russell
New Bedford
Pollock Kip
Boston Weather Bureau
Canada
Maritime
Bevin Urges German Nation Status Not Armament
British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin said Germany must be brought back as a great nation but not be armed. He opposed arming Germany or forming Western European defense units, while favoring a stronger West German police force to counter uprisings. Other Western officials predicted talks would iron out German rearmament differences.
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John M. Hightower
New York
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Bevin
Acheson
Britain
Ivone Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Europe
Nce
Washington
Schuman
Paris
London
North Atlantic
Truman
France
Malik May Snarl Border Probe Vote
The Security Council held its 500th meeting amid a near miss for allowing Communist China as an observer. Jakob Malik of the Soviet delegation pressed a resolution to condemn the United States over plane incursions while a US proposal for an India Sweden commission to probe charges was debated.
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China
Jakob A. Malik
U. N
United States
War Won't Touch Pocketbooks Soon
Washington reports the first cautious steps to rearm America may delay consumer impact. Curbs on installment buying start next Monday and higher taxes likely bite paychecks from October 1. Steel industry moves to ease wartime pinch as production capacity tops 100 million tons yearly, following talks with Secretary Sawyer and Commerce officials.
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Washington
America
Truman
Big
Commerce Department
Sawyer
William H. Harrison
Deputy Secretary of Defense Quits Amid Cabinet Uncertainty
Washington. Stephen Early resigned as deputy secretary of defense. President Truman accepted the resignation effective September 30, citing reluctance. Early planned to return to private life after a year of service since his 1949 appointment.
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Washington
Stephen Early
Truman
White House
Early
New
G. Ross
Johnson
Ross
Congress
Enrolment Edges Up At Clarke County Schools
Clarke County pupils on opening day total 1 375, near last year's count, with extra enrollments expected to reach about 1 400. One new teacher, Victor Ridgeway, joins Berryville High School teaching math and science. First grade at Berryville elementary down to 77 from 97. high school enrollment rises to 301 from 257.
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Berryville
Clarke County
George W. Burton
Burton
Victor Ridgeway
Ridgeway
W. Va
Shepherd College
Boyce
Clarke County High School
Weather Outlook With Showers and Temperature Swing
Scattered showers are forecast for Wednesday and Saturday totaling about half to one inch. Temperatures range from normal to two degrees above. A cooler spell is expected Thursday and Friday with warmer conditions returning by the weekend.
Local School Footprint and Historic Glass House Built
Handley School occupies a floor space with unspecified exact area and equal length and depth per the inquiries. The piece asks when the old Glass house named Glen Burnie was constructed, noting the answer appears on the Editorial Page.
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Handley School
Glen Burnie
Glass House
Hill 314 Holds as Allied Troops Storm Red Defenses
In late dusk fighting near Taegu the 1,000-strong battalion seized Hill 314 after hours of heavy resistance from red forces massed on two peaks. Allied guns and airpower disrupted the attack, with town fires and Red withdrawals observed as pilots hailed a field day. Lt Gen Walker cautioned the enemy remained capable of striking anywhere on the 125 mile front.
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Taegu
Chilgok
Jack McBeth
Taegu-Tabu
Walton H. Walker
U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Tlung
Angang
U.S
State Police Budget Grows 35 Percent in Virginia
The Virginia State Police budget rises 35 percent for the current biennium, from 4,661,720 in 1947-48 to 6,282,839, with plans for a 390 uniformed officers and troopers. The force would be about 40 percent larger than the 1947-48 average, per Budget Director J. H. Bradford’s analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
J. H. Bradford
Bradford
Winchester City Council Meeting Rescheduled for Tuesday
The Winchester Common Council will not meet tonight due to low attendance and will reconvene next Tuesday September 19 to organize for the year. Five officials attend the Virginia League of Municipalities annual meeting in Virginia Beach and are expected back tomorrow.
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Winchester
John Jones
Jones
Virginia League of Municipalities
Virginia Beach
M. B. Clowe, Jr
J. Lee Miller
Claude Smalts
Lee Grant
Dabn
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Berryville Street
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Atlantic Ocean
Belgium
Nethersarmy Francarmy
United Nations Crusade
South Korea
U.N
Holland
Turkey
Philippines
Central Press
Malik
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U. S
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