Hurricanes Warning Precaution For Eastern Seaboard
A preliminary hurricane alert covered a 750 mile stretch from Vero Beach to Cape Hatteras for a potential storm with winds up to 140 mph. No land warnings were issued. advisories urged planning and watching for updates as the storm moved 395 miles east of Miami. Evacuations began in several northeastern states as a precaution.
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Miami
Fla
Vero Beach
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Atlantic
Daytona Beach
Jacksonville
Brunswick
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Grady Norton
Weather Bureau
Storm Warning Service
Nassau
Abaco
Bahamas
Norton
Lane Cay
Norfolk
Fifth Naval District
Rome
Utica
Buffalo
Syracuse
Farm Strike Impedes U.S. Aid for Italy
State department spokesman said Italy’s widespread farm and factory strikes hinder U.S. assistance to its economic ally. Press officer Michael J. McDermott said the growing stoppage may be Communist inspired and noted the difficulty it creates for aid efforts.
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Washington
Italy
United
Michael J. McDermott
State Department
Berryville Adverts New Water Rates For Businesses
Berryville announces a tiered commercial water rate starting at 50 cents per 1000 gallons for the first 20,000 gallons, 40 cents for the next 15,900 gallons, 30 cents per 1000 gallons for the next 25,000, and 25 cents per 1000 gallons thereafter. For sale.
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Berryville
Modern Homes Open for Inspection 1 Mile from City Limits
Open house on Berryville Pike features two modern homes, with evening viewings Saturday and Monday 7 to 9 p m. G W Morris contact 5077. Also notices for sale of a WB 22T white truck, available at Bickers Motor Co or by calling after 6 p m. Other items include an E B Clevenger sale and job posting for janitor at Pine Motor Co. Cider apples accepted by Heinz Co. and an iron fireman stoker for Winchester Dry C Works.
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Berryville Pike
Pine Motor Co
H. J. Heinz CO
Winchester Dry C Works
Frost Forecast Near Midwest Corn Belt Tonight
An Associated Press report notes a cool air influx reaching northern Texas bringing light frosts tonight near midwestern cornfields still maturing. Frosts expected in northern and central Minnesota and Wisconsin with temperatures dropping by at least 15 degrees by Tuesday night along the Atlantic coast.
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Associated Press
Texas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Atlantic
Strikes Continue Over Hourly Pay Rates For Three Truck Firms
AFL Teammaster's Union says negotiations over the wage differential remain stuck as 5-cent hourly increases prolong a strike by drivers and platform workers for Novick Lines Elliott Motor Lines and Allegheny Freight Lines. A Washington meeting is planned Wednesday with John Grigsby to represent the firms.
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Novick Lines
Elliott Motor Lines
Allegheny Freight Lines
C. E. Stutzman
AFL
Washington
Stutzman
John Grigsby
Richmond
Aberdeen Crash Kills Nine in Bay Near Bush River
Officials at Aberdeen Proving Ground report a B 17 bomber on a routine training flight crashed into Bush River near Abbey Point killing nine people with one survivor. The plane carried eight military personnel and two civilians with names withheld pending kin notices.
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Aberdeen
Aberdeen Army Proving Ground
Bush River
Army Post
Proving Ground
Abbey Point
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Post Public Relations Office
Tobin Indicted On Rape Charge By Grand Jury
William Harrison Tobin aged 23 of Stephens City was indicted today by a Frederick circuit court grand jury on a charge of rape. The grand jury also indicted Asberry Register Wishel Elwood Leroy Fletcher and Rufus Williams on related charges. Tobin pleaded not guilty to the churchyard rape alleged Sept 6 and his trial was set for Oct 30 with bond proposed at 5000 by Commonwealth's Attorney Joseph Massie Jr. Eichelman faced a separate stabbing indictment with a plea of innocence and a Friday trial date.
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William Harrison Tobin
Stephens City
Frederick
H. A. Snapp
Suickley
Avers
John W. Annie Son
Silas W. Grim
Tobin
Asberry Register
Wishelman
Elwood Leroy Fletcher
Rufus Williams
Middletown
F. L. Largent, Jr
Commonwealth
Joseph Massie, Jr
Elliott Marshall
Norma Madigan
H. S. Pifer
Florence Wood
Late Hours Wife Slain Police Charge Murder
In South Yarmouth Massachusetts Gerard Cottle 30 was charged with murder after police say he confessed to killing his 29-year-old wife mother of three with a rock and pinch bar. The attack happened after she arrived home at 130 Sunday morning with another man in West Yarmouth the body found beneath bags near cranberry fields.
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South Yarmouth
Mass
Gerard Cottle
John F. Dempsey
Cottle
Dempsey
Hyannis
West Yarmouth
Revered Presbyterians Clerk McMurray Resigns After 27 Years
The Rev J A McMurray D D of Winchester longtime stated clerk of the Presbyterian Synod of Virginia resigns at 81. The Rich mond annual meeting accepted the resignation with deep regret and Dr Thomas Hooper of Culpeper elected to succeed him. McMurray served in Lynchburg Woodstock and Falling Waters and remains clerk of the Winchester Presbytery.
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J. A. McMurray
D.D
Winchester
Presbyterian Synod of Virginia
McMurray
Richmond
Thomas Hooper
Culpeper
J. P. Smith
Stonewall Jackson
Dr. McMurray
T. C. Bales
Clifton Forge
E. T. Wellford
Newport News
Hooper
Alabama
Francis McMurray
Investigators Call in Consumers To Probe Soaring Costs
Congressional investigators open a series of hearings to find causes of rising living costs. Sen Flanders and a panel of three senators and three representatives hear from consumers, labor leaders, grocers, and producers in Providence Rhode Island. Future sessions planned in Boston and the Midwest and West with a final report to Congress by February.
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Providence
R. I
Sen
Flanders
Boston
Georgia
Washington
Mid-West
Far West
Joint Committee
Congress
Fed
Two Hitchhikers Sought by Police On Assault Charge
Edward Clarke reported being assaulted Saturday night by two white men after you picked them up on Valley Ave near Bartons ville. Clarke described the suspects as about 25, 5 8 to 6 feet tall, 175 pounds, with one in a white cap and brown shirt and the other in a white shirt and brown cap. He was injured with scratches and bruises and police, led by Trooper C A Seale, continued the investigation.
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Edward Clarke
Bartonsville
Clarke
Stephens City
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Harrisonburg
C. A. Seale
John Preston
First St
Sussex St
Municipal League Dodges Sales Tax
Roanoke convention opens with reports on new revenue sources and utilities. Committee chair William Hodges Mann indicates the convention will avoid proposing a general sales tax. Also listed: For sale 1947 Buick 4 door sedan, phone 3919.
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Roanoke
League of Virginia
William Hodges Mann
Petersburg
State Budget Nears $400 Million for 1948 50
Governor Tuck and eight budget advisers met with Budget Director Bradford to outline demands for the 1948-50 budget. Officials expect a biennial outlay around 380 to 400 million, up from 340.6 million for 1946-48, with potential new taxes to fund road, education, health, welfare, and mental hospital needs. Public hearings are set for Oct 6-8 before final decisions and the budget message to the General Assembly in January.
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Richmond
Tuck
J. H. Bradford
Budget Commission
General Assembly
Enrolment in Guard Merely Suspends Vet Disability Payment
The Veterans Administration ruled that World War II veterans who waive disability payments may reapply at any time and keep other benefits. The decision targets disabled veterans who must waive payments to enroll in the National Guard or Naval Reserve. Benefits start from the second application date and are not retroactive to the waiver period.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
National Guard
Naval Reserve
Voluntary Food Rationing Urged by U S Officials
Under Secretary Norris E Dodd urged voluntary rationing to avert famine abroad proposing two forms a household cut in livestock products and farmers reducing grain feed He joined Secretary Harriman in urging Americans to voluntary cut meat and wheat use to aid Europe amid Marshall Plan pressures.
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Norris E. Dodd
Dodd
Anderson
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Chester Davis
Harriman
Cleveland
Europe
Woolman
Grain and Feed Ceaters National Assay
St. Louis
Department of Agriculture
United States
Sgt. Wisecarver Dies After Heart Attack
Winchester police officer Holmes Wisecarver died at Winchester Hospital after collapsing at police headquarters around 3 PM. A World War II veteran, he received emergency care from Dr. E. W. Lacy Jr. before his death minutes later. fellow officers stated he felt ill and lost consciousness shortly after reporting symptoms.
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Set
Holmes Wisecarver
Winchester
E. W. Lacy, Jr
Sat. Wisecarver
Balkan Mess Heads Toward UN Assembly
The United States proposed that the Security Council ask the 55 member United Nations Assembly to address the Balkan question, a continuing issue since early 1946, at Lake Success.
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Lake Success
United States
Security Council
United Nations Assembly
Assassin Plot Against Benes Reported Foiled
Prague reports Slovakia foiled an assassination plot against President Eduard Benes. About 80 ringleaders were arrested, with some officials said to be in government service. The group, linked to pro Nazi Hlinka and Vlasov factions, planned terrorism and an attack on Benes. Masaryk left for the United Nations meeting after arrests.
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Prague
Slovakia
Eduard Benes
Interior Ministry
National Ministry of the Interior
Jan Masaryk
Petr Zenkl
Prokop Drtina
Masaryk
United Nations
New York
Akia
Hsinka
Vlasov
Benes
Man Cobb Extends Land Speed Record Attempt At Bonneville
John Cobb drove his 7 700 pound car across the measured mile at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah achieving 370 75 mph the fastest land speed on record but could not complete the return run for recognition of a new world record He plans a retry Tuesday between 4 and 6 pm and topped the kilometer pace at 375 32 mph the fastest land speed except in the air
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John Cobb
Utah Speedway
Cobb
Parochial 14-year-old held for 11-year-old slaying in Newark
FBI said 14-year-old Fred Walter Smigelski confessed to garroting John Preston Jr. with a leather belt in an abandoned Harrison warehouse to prove himself not a "sissy." Smigelski, held at his Bayonne home, matched the ransom note objective tied to household chores and threats against his mother.
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Newark
N. J
FBI
Fred Walter Smigeski
Smigelski
Bayonne
John Preston, Jr
Kearny
Harrison
Preston
Walter Smigelski
U S Buys $70 Million British Gold
The Bank of England sold gold valued at 80 million dollars to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Treasury officials said 20 million dollars from government reserves funded the deal, the first since the 3.75 billion dollar loan was frozen.
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London
Bank of England
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Treasury
Britain
Attlee
Sabath Calls for Anti-Trust Probes on High Living Costs
Senator Sabath urges broad anti-trust investigations into meat packing dairy produce exchanges fertilizer and market manipulators as price pressures grow. He argues exports at current levels raise costs while a congressional subcommittee prepares hearings on food prices in Providence Rhode Island.
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Associated Press
Robert Taft
Ohio
Rep. Sabath
D-Nii
Taft
Sabath
Clark
Board of Trade
Appa
Washington
Providence
R. I
Canada Retains Wartime Price Controls on Key Goods
Ottawa reports Canada retains wartime price controls for sugar meat wheat fat dried fruit iron steel and tin though labor and housewives complain about rising prices. Rent controls stay but flour bread canned goods textiles clothing lumber building products and wood pulpers are freed at midnight Sunday.
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Ottawa
Canada
Wanted All Carpenter Work Call 7036
Classified notice seeking all carpenter jobs with no job too small. Contact William Taylor or Carl Winchester at Rt. 3.9-13-.
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William Taylor
Carl Winchester
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D.-Pa
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R.-Pa
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D.-N.j
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International
Municipal League
Bradford
U. S
The
Sgt. H. Wisecarver
Balkan Mess
U.N. Assembly
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