Counties gain power to regulate roadside stands
Virginia counties may enact ordinances restricting roadside establishments near primary highways Attorney General A P Staples ruled The plan aims to save millions by allowing future road widening and reducing condemnation costs Long said about 26 million has been spent relocating structures to widen rights of way A joint planning board highway department session will draft ordinances then circulate to county supervisors town and city councils and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rischmond
Virginia
A. P. Staptes
State Planning Board
Raymond V. Long
Long
Commonwealth
Planning Board
Highway Department
County Boards of Supervisors
AFL Joins CIO In Opposition To Denham Rule
Chicago Sept 13 John L Lewis led the AFL in non compliance with the Taft Hartley act joining the CIO in opposing Denham rule. About 14 million workers lose access to the NLRB machinery as AFL and CIO debate affidavit to prove non membership in the Communist party. CIO ready to decide at its Boston convention Oct 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John L. Lewis
AFL
Taft-Harvey
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
Communist Party
United Mine Workers
NLRB
Executive Council
Robert N. Denham
Pit
Boston
Congress May Be Forced To Curb Wild Speculation In Food
Senator Ives warned that unchecked wild speculation in food markets could force Congress to act. He favored curbing speculation, supported ongoing price investigations, and rejected a special session as unnecessary. Separate reports from Chicago noted near peak food prices despite some declines, with eggs still high at $1 a dozen and steaks around $1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Sen. Joses
Washington
Ives
Senate House Committee
Chicago
Taft
Ohio
Santa Cruz
Calif
American Meat Institute
Mission Speaker at Grace Lutheran Church
The Rev. Paul P. Anspach of the United Lutheran Church in America will be guest speaker at Grace Lutheran Church tomorrow during the 7:30 p m service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul P. Anspach
Board of Foreign Missions of
The
United Lutheran Church In America
Grace Lutheran Church
Mob Threatens Town Marshal After Oakland City Shooting
Pi State police report threats against Lawrence Johnson 48 year old town marshal following a scuffle in Oakland City that left Robert Miller 27 fatally shot. Johnson said he arrested Miller for drunkenness before midnight and fired when Miller attempted to overpower him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland City
Ind
Lawrence Johnson
Robert
Lefty) Miller
Johnson
Miller
Porter warns of economic bust and tougher times ahead
In Atlanta on September 13 Paul Porter former price administrator now attorney warned the nation faces a looming bust and tougher times for the average citizen. He criticized industry for not expanding to meet demand and warned isolationist and foreign aid pressures could trigger a drift toward Sovietization if no positive policy is adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Spet
Paul Porter
OPA
America
Congress
National Assn
United States Steel
Porter
Europe
Western
Boy Friend Given Embezzled Funds Detroit Cops Say
A 42 year old Detroit stenographer, Lillian Myers, admitted taking 107000 dollars in nine months and gave it to her boyfriend to start him in business. She worked 29 years for American Express earning 190 dollars a month. no charge was filed yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Lillian Myers
American Express Co
Walter Gevers
Miss Myers
U S Delegation Sets Policy for Balkans and Palestine at UN
Secretary of State George C. Marshall summoned his ten member U N delegation in New York to lay down the policy the United States will pursue on the Balkans Palestine the veto and other issues in the Assembly Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Co. Marshall
U. N
United States
Balkans
Palestine
United Nations Assembly
More Food Processing In State Is Proposed
Staunton report details Richmond mayor Horace Edwards urging Virginia to process farm produce locally. He cites farm-system shortcomings, calls for all weather tonnage, higher milk and beef output, and better marketing with centers and trade names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Ruritan
Richmond
Horace Edwards
Virginia
Edwards
Ernor Tuck
Mond
Maryland
Strikers Near Agreements in Truck Tieup
A meeting between Elliott Motor Lines officials and AFL Teamsters Local business manager C E Stutzman set for 2 30 p m today with hopeful signs for a settlement of the strike that has tied up Elliott trucks since last Saturday. Forrest E Sirbaugh of Allegheny Freight Lines also voiced hope of an easy settlement as a contract renewal talks begin at 4 30 p m today. Novick Lines reports progress with other carriers and says his firm is in general agreement after a prior settlement with Associated Transport Mason Dixon Lines Super Service and Smiths Transfer. Freight movement remains limited to emergencies as negotiations continue and customers urge prompt deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Motor Lines
C. E. Stutzman
AFL Teamster
Lester A. Elliott, Jr
Elliott
Forrest E. Sirbaugh
Allegheny Freight Lines
Sirbaugh
A. J. Novick
Novick Lines
Elliot
Allegheny Motor Lines
Union
Novick
Associated Transport
Mason Dixon Lines
Super Service
Smith
Barter Theater Season Tickets Go On Sale
Winchester JBT announces Barter Theatre season with two plays Shakespeares Twelfth Night and Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest at Handley school auditorium. Season tickets $2.50 plus tax available at Molden Electric Co. Dances planned Hallo ween Jamboree Oct 31 Thanksgiving Nov 29 and Dec 31 in the armory. Membership meeting Sept 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
JBT
Molden Electric Co
Oscar Wilde
Handley School
Howard Melton
Scotty Binner
Ed Molden
William Battaile
Armory
Hallowe'en
Indian Troops Storm Faiz Bazaar in House to House Fight
New Delhi Sept 13 Indian troops using heavy fire and two armored cars moved into a one square mile area known as Faiz Bazaar to seize weapons held by barricaded Mohammedans. Firing was audible as house to house combat continued with occasional sounds of heavier weapons, possibly mortars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Faiz Bazaar
Meat market price card prods buyers in Lacsro e Wis
Joseph Craig proprietor of a meat market displays a new price card in his window reading Bitter 92 cents please don't buy it The note aims to shame high meat prices and discourage purchases during a period of rising costs in LaCrosse Wisconsin on September 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wis
Joseph Craig
Fifth Divorce From Same Wife Claimed Final, Man Says
A 58-year-old Houston man filed for divorce from his wife for the fifth time. He met her in 1943 through a matrimonial agency, and they have married and divorced multiple times. The latest marriage lasted from September 2 to September 8. The lawyer quoted him as saying never again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston. Tex
Houston
Driver Injured When Maryland Truck Overturned
William N. McCauley, 47, of 405 N Kent St, was injured when an Associated Transport tractor-trailer overturned on the Washington Baltimore Blvd. He was hospitalized in Riverdale with a possible skull fracture. His wife Virginia reported X-rays taken and a delay in results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. McCauley
N. Kent St
Washington-Baltimore
Riverdale
Virginia McCauley
McCauley
Mc‘Cauleys
Missing Youth Caught by West Virginia State Police
Stephen Rosenthal, 12, son of Dr and Mrs Sanford M Rosenthal of Washington, was found after more than 24 hours missing near Berryville. State police traced him to Petersburg West Virginia where he was detained after a tip from a motorist. He had about $83 in his pocket and was returned to his parents as they prepared to return to Washington for school next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Rosenthal
Sanford M. Rosenthal
Washington
Berryville
Blue Ridge Mountains
Young Rosenthal
Petersburg
W. Va
Younster
Nashville
Romney
Virginia
Winchester
Rosenthals
E. B. Mitchell
Rosenthal
Bryant
Provost Marshall
Army
Stephen
West Virginia
Sipe
Clarke County farmers urged denser corn planting by Virginia expert
P B Douglas of Virginia Extension at Blacksburg said Clarke County farmers plant hybrid corn too sparsely. Rows 36 to 42 inches apart yield 9,000 to 10,000 stalks per acre. drilling kernels every 8 to 10 inches could raise to 12,000 to 16,000 plants per acre. Adapted hybrids show higher bushels per acre than open pollinated varieties. Also: for sale a White Truck Model WB-22T at Bickers Motor Co, or Carl after 6 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. Douglas
Virginia Extension Service
Blacksburg
Clark County
Clarke County
Bickers Motor Co
Carl
Berryville Commercial Water Rates Quadruple Increases
Berryville town council approved a more than 300 percent rise in commercial water charges effective immediately. The new structure raises the first 10 000 gallons to 50 cents per 1000, next 15 000 gallons at 50 cents, next 25 000 gallons at 30 cents, and everything above 30 000 at 25 cents per 1000. Domestic rates remain 15 cents. The vote was four to two after a tied initial result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Leonard Bell
Bell
L. N. Russell
Roy Potts
Blanton Allen
G. O' Bryan
Walter Wisecarver, Jr
Winchester
Charles Town
Pront Royal
Martinsburg
Holt to Resign as U.S. Attorney in Virginia
Norfolk reports confirm that Harry H Holt Jr plans to resign as U S attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. He will not set a resignation date until a mutual convenient time for the Justice Department and himself is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
U. S
Eastern District of Virginia
Harry H. Holt, Jr
Justice Department
State Bakers Meet in Natural Bridge Session
Virginia bakers held their convention at Natural Bridge opening with a business meeting and planning to close with a dinner and dance tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Bridge
Virginia Bakers In Convention
Smoke Maker Fined
The Virginia Electric and Power Co. was fined 250 dollars by Justice James R. Duncan in police court here for violation of city smoke control regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Virginia Electric and Power Co
James R. Duncan
Winds Near Land Boost 140 MPH Hurricane Threat
A severe tropical hurricane with winds over 140 mph centered 250 miles north of Puerto Rico as of 11 15 a m today, moving northwest for about 18 hours with possible turn northward. Forecasters say it could be 530 miles east of Palm Beach tomorrow morning if it keeps velocity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Puerto Rico
Palm Beach
Atlantic
Missouri
Truman
Rio de Janeiro
Florida
Crime Programs Get Later Radio Hours
The Natural Broadcasts Co and affiliates agreed that starting January 1 it would not broadcast any detective crime or mystery programs before 9 30 p m New York Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
the Natural Broadcasts Co
New York
Steel Corp Railroad Strikers to Return to Work
About 1,800 operating employees ended an eight day strike demanding a 50 cent hourly raise and other benefits and agreed to return to their jobs in Pittsburgh. The move would end idleness of 17,500 steelworkers at Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp plants served by the inter plant railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-T Illinois Steel Corp
Interplant
Berryville Baptists Mark 175th Anniversary Celebration
Berryville First Baptist Church marks its 175th anniversary with a weekend program. A reception precedes Sunday events in the church Sunday School auditorium with white gladioli decorations and a welcome by Rev. R Carrington Paulette. Dr. Lloyd A Parker delivers the anniversary sermon, and Dr. R E E Harkness speaks in the afternoon along with a building fund appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Price
W. E. Hart
Berryville
First Baptist Church of
Lucy Pulliam
Ed Helvestine
Mollie Metz
Miss Pulliam
Webster Hardesty
J. P. Kercheval
R. Carrington Paulette
Paulette
A. B. Hummer
E. N. Barnett
W. D. Wisecarver
Thomas Marlowe
Ladies’ Aid
Loving Service Society
E. D. Foley
Business Women’s Circle
E. P. Berlin
Florence Broaddus
Julian Broaddus
J.R. Dakeman
Lucy A. Allen
Rice W. Levi
Robert Shenk
Oscar Carr
Gay Levi
Lloyd A. Parker
The
Baptist Church
Onancock
R. E E. Harkness
American Baptist Historical Society
James Ireland
Culpeper Baptist Church
Mary W Gold
Berryville Church
James R. Bryant
Baptist General Assn. of
Virginia
Customs Union Proposed for All of Europe
London reports a plan for a European customs union under the Marshall Plan. Thirteen nations including Britain France and Italy would invite the Soviet Union and others to join a study group to examine formation of tariff-free trade among members and a common policy for non members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Europe
Britain
France
Italy
Soviet Union
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Austria
Denmark
Hire
Greece
Iceland
Portugal
Turkey
Union
Russia
Ukraine
Albania
Bulgaria
Koslovakia
Finland
Laws by Congress Needed for Off coast Petroleum Deposits
Washington September 13 The Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to declare federal ownership of oil rich coastal lands off California while suspending injunctions to allow Congress time to act on management and control of submerged lands between low tide and the three mile limit. The court had ruled on June 23 that California does not own the three mile belt and that the federal government has rights in and over the belt, inviting action by Sept. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
California
Tom C. Clark
Congress
Sleeping Sickness Reaches Humans in Louisiana
New Orleans dispatch reports an outbreak of equine myelitis spreading from animals to people in south Louisiana. Health officials fear mosquitos transmit the disease and note two child fatalities among the 2800 horses and mules affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
W. L. Truting
Royal Quantico Marines
Modern Homes Open for Inspection Near Berryville Pike
Two modern homes within one mile of the city limits on Berryville Pike invite public inspection. Open Saturday and Monday evenings from 7 to 9, Ree G Morris listed as contact with phone provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville Pike
G. W. Morris
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Valley Wrecking Co
Martinsburg Pike
H. J. Heinz CO
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
E. B. Clevenger
S. Loudoun ST
J. W
U.S
Grace Lutheran
U.N
Elliott Lines
Allegheny Freight
Bazaar
W.va
Clarke
H. H. Holt
Baptists
Paris
Avisco
William Taylor
Carl Winchester
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