Apple growers shown new packing method demonstration during visit
Professor A H Teske of Virginia Tech led a packing demonstration at the Virginia Cold Storage Co plant. Growers and extension staff observed a cup sized apple pack in stacked trays inside a box. The photo lists attendees including Robert Butler I Fred Stine J H Henry F R Dreiling J F Shannon Jack Butler John Wolfe and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Teske
VPI
E. W. Barr
Virginia Cold Storage Co
Robert Butler
A. W.cox
Friday Pack Co
I. Fred Stine
Ilgenfritz offers to serve without pay as defense official
Carl A. Ilgenfritz, nominated as munitions board chairman, proposes to work for nothing while remaining president of the T Steel Corp. He argues law may permit service without salary but faces pension and benefit concerns. Senate leaders discuss legality and potential need for legal opinion on a paid or unpaid role.
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Ilgentritz
U.S
Ciangton
Truman
Carl A. Ston
A. Ilgenfritz
Senate
Fritz
Secresit
Defense
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services
H. Renfritz
Byrd
Res. Fritz
T Steel Corp
Delaware
Nuce
Chane
Tigenfritz
Munitions Board
J and L Declines Advance Assent To Steel Finding
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the CIO United Steelworkers urge acceptance of the presidential board peace plan to avert a strike on Sept 25. Philip Murray cites a basis for prompt settlement and calls for renewed bargaining, with Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp replying that genuine good faith bargaining requires further steps.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Presidential Board
Philip Murray
Truman
Steel Industry Board
Murray
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin
Employment Gains In Virginia Says Labor Department
The Virginia State Department of Labor reports that a downtrend in factory employment since October reversed between mid July and mid August. For the pay period ending August 15, Virginia factories employed 199 700 workers, up 5 100 from the prior month due to seasonal canning activity and gains in textile mills.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Labor
Power Failure Plumbs B-36 Into Lake Killing One
A B 36 bomber crashed into Lake Worth near Carswell Air Force Base killing one crew member and leaving four missing as power failed during a routine training flight. Eight crewmen survived with minor injuries. divers searched the lake as the tail section served as a marker. Major Toy B Husband piloted the craft. the crash is the first since B 36s began flying.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Lake Worth
Carswell Force Base
William G. Seymour
Richard L. English
Sartell
Minn
7Th Squadron
7Th Wing
Eighth Air Force
English
Toy B. Husband
Woodlake
Calif
Rajk pleads guilty to plotting to overthrow Hungarian government
Laszlo Rajk former No 2 Hungarian communist and ex minister pleaded guilty to all charges including conspiring with Tito's Yugoslavia to assassinate top Hungarian officials and to make Hungary a Yugoslav colony. He admitted police informer status since 1931 and spoke calmly detailing his life and role in the plot.
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Budapest
Hungary
Laszlo Rajk
Marshal Tito
Rajk
Hungarian Metal Workers Union
Rajik
Peter Janko
Raik
Communist Party
Gyorgy Palffy
Sideboard Tops Sheetz Auction at Winchester Sale
Estate sale of the late Lillian Sheetz netted about $5600 for the Orphan Home at 310 North Loudoun Street as 150 listed and 50 unlisted items sold from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Headley Jr. called the event thoroughly successful with a 1775 Hepplewhite sideboard selling for $800 to a Washington buyer. The day featured jewelry, tables, a Gov. Winthrop desk, and silver items selling well, with several local buyers noted.
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Boyd Headley
Body Headley Jr
Lillian Sheetz
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
N. Loudoun St
Boyd Headley Jr
Petersburg
Gov. Winthrop
Raymond Saxe
Isabelle Bailey
Lola Moore
John Kerr School
A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Opening Day Squirrel Hunt Yields High Bounties Nearby
Hunters flocked to the squirrel season opening with many reaching the bag limit of six. Sgt. Emory Rodgers of Winchester, Roy LaFollette, and Lloyd Martin all reported success in Clarke county. Dr. James E. Madden noted fine weather and plentiful squirrels.
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Emory Rodgers
Winchester
Tragedy At Route 50 Bridge Kills Two Truck Drivers
Two truck drivers died and a third narrowly escaped when an oxygen tanker and a gasoline tanker collided head on at Cub Run bridge on Route 50 in Fairfax County. Chester L. Painter 26 Edmonston Md of Southern Oxygen Co was identified. the other driver from Washington was unnamed. Witness John George Markley 43 Paris Va escaped through a window as flames rose 50 feet high. Three volunteer fire units fought the blaze for almost two hours before authorities declared both drivers dead. Painter left a four year old son.
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Chantilly
Cub Run Bridge
R. 50
Fairfax County
Chester L. Painter
Edmonston
Southern Oxygen Co
Washington
O’boyle Tank Co
John George Markley
Paris
Auto
Markley
Nelson
Painter
Kittanpp Pacreen Co
Winchester C C to Send Delegation to Regional Session
William Battafle and Gene Lak ers of the Winchester chamber of commerce endorsed sending a 25 member delegation to a September 29 Front Royal regional conference on Government Trends in Business. About 40 area residents heard William J. Bird from Atlanta outline a national push toward government intervention in business and citizens lives. Speakers include Lawrence Lee and E. C. Cherry, with Cherry leading a round table discussion.
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William Battafle
Gene Lakers
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Front Royal
William J. Bird
Atlanta
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
United States
Lawrence Lee
Chamber
E. C. Cherry
Western State Seeks $1.56 Million More for Staffing and Projects
Staunton authorities request increased appropriations for 1950-52 totaling 1 559 842 across Western State hospital DeJarnette State sanatorium and the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind with aims to raise personnel levels fund new buildings and equipment and expand facilities.
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Staunton
Tuck
Western State Hospital
Virginia School For the Deaf and the Blind
Western State
DeJarnette
James B. Pettis
C. Earle Johnson
DeJarnetti Sanatorium
Virginia School For the Deaf and Blind
Joseph Healy
Healy
General Assembly
Virginia Military Institute
General Fund
VMI
Cadet Corps
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
American soldier recalls escape from Soviet Berlin jail
Private John J. Sienkiewicz, 26, of Baltimore, described 10 months of confinement in East Berlin, including beatings and cold-water immersions. He and three British prisoners pried open a cell door with an iron bar and fled toward the western sector, later recounting mistreatment by Russian officers.
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Berlin
East Berlin
John J. Sienkiewicz
Baltimore
Sienkiewicz
Oranienburg
Coal Crisis Looms In Mines Holding Up Royalties
John L. Lewis announced suspension of welfare payments to miners effective tomorrow due to lack of funds. He prepared for a possible walkout as Southern operators withhold the August 20 welfare payments. He seeks a 7 hour workday without pay loss, replacing the 8 hour day, while royalty delays threaten miners in the soft coal industry.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Wis
Miners Welfare Fund Trustees
Whiteprior Springs
South
Five Day Weather Outlook for Virginia
The outlook shows temperatures about four to five degrees above normal from Friday to Tuesday. Scattered showers are expected on Saturday Sunday and Monday with total accumulations not exceeding half an inch.
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Virginia
Coal Production Falls 75 Million Tons From Last Year
National Coal Assn reports two day week ended Sept 10 output about 5 821 000 tons versus 11 180 000 in the prior year with year to date total 326 978 000 tons compared to 407 662 000.
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Washington
National Coal Assn
Handley Band to Travel to Falls Church for Grid Contest
The Handley high school band with 78 members travels by two chartered buses to Fairfax tonight for the Judges opening grid contest at 8 p.m. They march with the football team and are led by Gaylen Strance, aided by Handley cheerleaders.
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Handley High School
Fairfax
Falls Church
Fairfax High School
Gaylen Strance
Handley
IMF Boards Start Study on Possible Gold Price Boost
IMF governors unanimously vote to begin a study on higher gold prices with the World Bank and Haiti set to join. Haiti’s $2 million bank capital stake approved. March 21, 1950 deadline for funds. Britain dissents, urging stability before currency convertibility.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
United State
Fund
World Bank
Republic of Haiti
Haiti
Camille Gutt
Britain
International Monetary
Quintet to Attend Roanoke Municipal League Meet
Winchester plans a five member delegation to the League of Virginia Municipalities convention in Roanoke October 9 to 11. Mayor M B Clowe Jr will speak at the opening session. Also attending are City Manager S L Grant and Councilmen Alan Peery Claude Smalts and J Lee Miller. Mayor Rufus Purdum of Front Royal will join a round table discussion.
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Winchester
League of Virginia
Roanoke
M. B. Clowe Jr
S. L. Grant
Alan Peery
Claude Smalts
J. Lee Miller
Rufus Purdum
Front Royal
Price Supports May Crack On Some Farm Commodities
Government price supports cover beans barley butter and chickens among others as autumn harvest looms. Butter support rose to 62 cents per pound and purchases run into tens of millions of pounds while barley is set at 1.99 a bushel and beans at 80 percent of parity under a mix of loans and purchases.
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Chicago
Agriculture Department
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Lake
Tito
Gardner B. Hillyard & Son
E. Piccadilly St
Norbin J. Phillips
Apply Pine Motor Co
Boyer 'S
Nets
Paul Haldeman
Minnie Taylor
Lester Arnold
Boston
Self
C-C
DeJarnette State Sanatorium
World Monetary Fund
Bulletin
Shields
Esso
Floyd Fidler Floyd
Cameron St
Battletown Fruit Co
Berryville
South End
Norge
East St
Valley Ave
E.S.T
County Court House
Municipal League
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