Byrd and Robertson Push Berryville War Memorial Plans
Senators Byrd and Rep. Robertson join Clarke County in planning an annual Welcome Home and Remembrance Day honoring World War II veterans. The event aims to memorialize about 1,100 Clarke County service members with a memorial service, address by Gen. Omar Bradley, a barbecue, and public events chaired by JF. E. K. Meade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Willis Robertson
Graham Dougherty
Rep. Robertson
Republics
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Clarke County
America
Clarke
Major Byrd
Omar
E. K. Meade
250 Churchmen In Martinsburg For Conference
About 250 ministers and delegates gathered in Martinsburg to open the 147th Virginia Conference of the United Brethren in Christ. Bishop J. B. Showers presided and delivered the Episcopal message with Dr. J. Paul Gruver reading scripture and local hosts aiding in the service.
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Martinsburg
Virginia
Berkeley Springs
Showers
Collis
Gruver
H. E. Richardson
L. A. Racey
W. E. Gruver
C. W. Tinsman
Lee E. Sheaffer
W. E. Wolfe
Five Day Weather Forecast September 18 1946 Regional Outlook
Five day forecast covering September 18 to 22 1946 for District Four Middle Atlantic States Eastern New York and District Five Ohio Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Warm spell expected with gradually rising temperatures into Friday then cooler weekend. Rain showers expected Thursday night into Friday with minor accumulation.
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Middle Atlantic States
New York
Ohio
Penna
West Virginia
Quota Club To Hear Dr. Mary Northam Thursday Night
Dr. Mary Powell Northam president of Quota International arrives from Baltimore to address the Winchester Quota Club meeting. Miss Mary Lou Steele president says dinner at 6 pm precedes the program in the First Baptist Church lecture room where Northam will install new members and deliver a message from headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Powell Northam
Quota International
Baltimore
Winchester Quota Club
Mary Lou Steele
First Baptist Church
Corn Cutting And Apple Picking Peaks In Frederick Co
County Agent I F Stine says corn cutting peak and apple movement will occur about the same time in Frederick County. Acres are about 8 000 with an expected 400 000 to 450 000 bushels. yields vary by area. Hay harvests are good but pastures are at 70 percent normal and labor is needed for packing houses and processing plants.
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Frederick Co
Frederick County
Fred Stine
Stine
Stranglehold Of Strike Broken By Navy Tactics
The 13 day strike by CIO seamen ended as Curran ordered pickets narrowed to CIO contracted vessels, allowing AFL crews to return to duty in New York, Boston, Baltimore, and other ports. Foreign flag ships were released from picket lines. about 500 New York longshoremen resumed work and repairs continued at several vessels.
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CIO ‘G
AFL
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
CIO
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Portland
Curran
New England Shipbuilding Corp
East Yard
Wage Stabilization Board
NMU
Eee
National
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Bar Association At Va. Beach Hears Addresses
Virginia Beach session of the 56th Virginia State Bar Association hears a resolution by James G. Martin of Norfolk to eliminate Staunton and Wytheville sessions of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. The measure urges General Assembly action to amend constitutional and code provisions and to reduce travel costs and delays for the bar.
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Virginia Beach
Staunton and Wytheville
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
James G. Martin
Norfolk
Virginia State Bar Association
Richmond
Bar Associations
General Assembly
Committee On
Legal Education
Clayton E. Williams
Washington and Lee University Law School
Com
Justice Jackson to Attend Nazi Trials Wind-Up
Washington reports Justice Robert H. Jackson will depart tomorrow for Nuremberg to attend the closing sessions of the Nazi war crimes trials. Paris dispatch notes Dr Gertruda Sekaninova of Czechoslovakia speaking in the Peace Conference debate as the first woman to take an active role, opposing an Italian corridor to the Trieste free zone.
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Jackson Washington
Pen
White House
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Nuernberg
Spea&s
Paris
Gertruda Sekaninova
Czechoslovakia
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
Free Zone
Trieste
Wasaetien
Adriatic Sea
Trieste Free Zone
Brown's Meat Market Plans Noon Wednesday Closings
Brown's Meat Market and Watson's Cash Grocery announce Wednesday noon closures for the rest of the year. Brown directs customers to phone orders early.
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Brown's
BROWN
Watson’'S Cash Grocery
OPA Restores June 30 Ceilings for Meat Meals
Washington dispatch reports an OPA edict returning restaurant meat meal ceilings to June 30 levels while cotton clothing prices edged up. The Price Decontrol Board weighs dairy ceiling restoration amid limited opposition and GM price study. Most dining increases seen around 10 percent.
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OPA
Washington
General Motors
New York Trucker Union Votes for New Propositions
Four thousand AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters members approve proposed work week cut to forty hours and pay raise of seven dollars fifty cents weekly from B C Bohack Co and Daniels and Kennedy. Major trucking firms pledge not to sign individual contracts or grant wage increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
AFL
New York City
B. C. Bohack Company
Daniels and Kennedy
AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters
Whitney accuses Truman of fostering fascism in U S
Miami Beach dispatch reports President A F Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen charging President Truman with encouraging fascism in the United States. He cited his railroad strike stance and criticized Congress while praising Roosevelt era justice. Also notes a Winchester zoning hearing set for October 1946 and an Old on Storage peaches ad at Rt 1 South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Winchester
Virginia
Rt. 1
South
Baptist Association Meets in Front Royal Wednesday
The Shenandoah Association of Baptist Churches holds its 64th annual session at Front Royal Baptist Church with messengers from Martinsburg to Stanley. Moderator Denver J. Davis opens at 10 am. speakers include Dr. Clarence Crawford and ministers from Washington and Baltimore.
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Berryville
Shenandoah Association of Baptist Churches
Front Royal
Clarence Crawford
Cavalry Baptist Church
Washington, D. C
Washington
Raymond Nelson
James Rodgers
C. C. Meeden
T. E. Miller
Frank Brasington
Baltimore
Yugoslavia Accuses Western Powers of Bridgehead Plot
Yugoslav spokesman Ales Bebler charged Western powers seek a Trieste bridgehead for future action against Yugoslavia. He argued expansions beyond Trieste aid deployment of armed forces and accused officials of power politics. Bebler urged Yugoslav amendments to push back borders and extend the free state in Istria to Pola and other coastal towns.
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Paris
Ales Bebler
Free City
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Free Territory
Bebler
Free State
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
Free Area
Istria
Pola
Military Commission
United
Henry Knox Sherrill Elected Presiding Bishop of Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Henry Sherrill, 55, was unanimously chosen as presiding bishop by the 153 member House of Bishops. Deputies ratified the vote, succeeding Henry St. George Tucker who retires. Sherrill, born Brooklyn 1890, served WWI as chaplain and headed the churchs army navy commission in WWII. The session also eyed canon revisions to permit remarriage of divorced persons amid liberalization debates.
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Philadelphia
Henry Sherrill
Massascusetts
Protestant Episcopal Church
U.S. D
House of Bishops
Henry St. George Tucker
Richmond
Berran Stevens
Los Angeles
Richard R. E. L. Strider
West Virginia
House of Deputies
Sherrill
First Army
Church
Army and Navy Commission
Army and Navy Division
National Council
General Commission On Army and Navy
Washington
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brooklyn Polytechnic Ool
Yale University
Episcopal Theological Ie
Cambridge
Mass
the Church
Oplen
Record Number Hunters Out For Squirrels
A large crowd hunted on opening day but many did not reach bag limits. Dry weather and long range shooting prompted warnings from Game Warden F. W Pingley to stay within 35 yards. James C. Boyce of Winchester killed a white albino squirrel near Mt Pleasant Church on his brother E A Boyce's farm. No accidents or law violations were reported. two assistants aided patrols.
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Warsden F. W Pingley
James C. Boyce
Winchester
Mt., Pleasant Church
Boyce
E. A. Boyce
Pingley
Engineer Arriving Today To Install New Alarm System
Fire Chief E W Argenbright said a Gamewell Fire Alarm Company engineer will reach the city this evening to activate Winchester’s new automatic system. A test is planned tomorrow. The carnival sponsored by the Winchester Volunteer Firemen’s Association could not open last night due to transport issues but all units have arrived and will display tonight at the Senseny Road recreation area.
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E. W. Argenbright
Gamewell Fire Alarm Company
Echemiae
Oeemee
Pei
Pepper Calls Truman Reactionary at Railway Union Speech
Sen. Claude Pepper accused President Truman of pursuing a reactionary policy during the 28th convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in Miami Beach. He urged cross party unity to support labor goals and criticized government handling of the May strike while A. F. Whitney urged reelection as union president.
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Miami Beach
Fla
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railway Train Men
Truman
United States
Brotherhood
Whitney
Fia
Claude Pepper
Florida
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Pepper
White House
Railway Brotherhood
America
Mr. Truman
Florida Democrat
A. F Whitney
Whi
State Department expects all foreign speeches cleared
Undersecretary William L. Clayton said any foreign policy remarks by government officials will be cleared with the State Department before delivery. He noted officials may still speak freely, and that Wallace’s upcoming talks are a matter for the President and department to consider.
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State Department
Washington
William L. Clayton
Clayton
White House
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Wallace
New York
Providence
Department
Byrnes
French General Henri Gouraud dies at 78 in Paris
Gen. Henri Gouraud aged 78 a World War I commander of the Fourth French Army dies at his Paris apartment after months of poor health. The one armed Lion of Champagne led forces east of the Argonne and later oversaw French expeditionary forces at Gallipoli where he lost an arm. He visited the United States multiple times with the Rainbow Division.
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Paris
Henri Gouraud
Champagne
Argonne
Gallipolia
Gouraud
U. S
The
Rainbow
Baltimore
American Legion
Architects Survey City Hall Options in Roanoke
Architects in Roanoke survey City Hall possibilities to determine feasible renovations. An appropriation in the 1946 city budget funds the study, with plans to be presented to city lawmakers upon completion. The firm previously drew Winchester armory plans and is working on the Winchester Frederick County jail project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tects
Roanoke
Reuss
Winchester Armory
Winchester
Frederick County
Great Britain And U S Race To Get Ocean Liners Into Service
United States and Great Britain race to put their postwar ocean liners back in service. The American aims to carry 1 050 passengers and may delay its October departure from Newport News. Queen Elizabeth plans to sail October 16 from Southampton with 2 314 passengers. Nor mande awaits scrapping in Brooklyn after losses. furnishings valued at 2 million dollars removed and stored worldwide.
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Great Britain
U. S
New York
United States
Mariime Commission
Newport News
Elizabeth
Southhampton
Atlantic
Brooklyn
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Quota Club
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Congress
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James Bryant
Virginia Baptist and of Missions and Education
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