Council Names Glaize Announce New City Committees
President Glaize announces two year council lineup with M. B. Clowe Jr as Public and Local Improvements chair and Claude Smalts Jr leading Public Safety. Other chairmen include Lee Miller Streets Carson Dettra Fire Fred Brumback Ordinance Harold Rowe Light and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Clowe Jr
Claude Smalts Jr
Fred Glaize Jr
Lee Miller
Carson Dettra
Fred Brumback
Harold Rowe
Percy Miller
Water and Sewer
Leonard Sirbaugh
Airports Armory and Recreation
Alan Peery
City Hall
W. P. McGuire
E. E. Baker
Welfare and
John M. Steck Jr
Glaize
Claude Smalls
Claude Smalts
Lonard Sirbaugh
Dr. W. P. McGuire
John Steck
Widening of Route 11 Sought at North City Limits
Frederick county supervisors ask Virginia Department of Highways to install a traffic light at the Route 50 and 522 intersection southeast of the city limits and to widen Route 11 right of way north of the city to Shade's garage. A traffic survey shows 1775 vehicles from the west and 836 from the east on Route 50, with 856 entering Route 50 from Route 522 and a peak 456 vehicles at 4:30 to 5:30 pm. The state is also asked to take over Thornton Lane from 0.6 miles south of Route 626 for 0.78 mile westward.
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Frederick County
Virginia Department of Highways
Shade
Winchester
Berryville Beauty Pageant Nets Nearly $1000 Profit
John Hardesty, chairman for Berryville’s annual pageant, reported to the Lions last night that the event grossed 1786, with 845 in expenses and a 941 net profit. He thanked club members for support. D G Cooley, Berryville High principal, spoke on county school needs and local authorities’ efforts to fund an elementary school building.
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John Hardesty
Berryville
Lions
D. G. Cooley
Berryville High School
Dutch Seek U S Aid In Southwest Asia
The United States is pressed to aid a counterattack against a mounting communist drive in Southeast Asia. The State department notes rising communist activity in Indonesia Indochina and Malaya and Burma. Dutch Foreign Minister Stikker visits Washington to discuss the Far East and asks America to take a stand against communism as in Berlin.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
State Department
Netherlands
Stikker
Far East
America
Orient
Berlin
Stikker Adid
Indonesia
Malaya
Indochina
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Tito
Soviet Union
FOR SALE Frying and Roastine Chickens and Drawn Direct from grower
Advertisement notes fresh poultry delivered to homes and direct from grower with a price quote and contact method. Includes delivery details and promotional language aimed at city customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. & 8 Poultry CO
Tfi
Gardner B. Hillyard
E. Piccadilly
Truman Starts Transcontinent Speaking Tour
President Truman opened the second campaign swing by train and plane, planning 15 000 to 20 000 miles and 100 addresses across 18 of 21 states before returning to Washington on October 2. He may plow at Dexter Iowa and will speak in Denver Salt Lake City San Francisco and Los Angeles amid rear platform talks. Margaret Truman joins the party in Independence Missouri while Mrs. Truman later follows. Dewey prepares for his Des Moines campaign address.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Florida
Pacific Coast
Dexter
Iowa
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Independence
Margaret
Mrs. Truman
Dewey
Des Moines
Group 3 High Schools Plan 1948 49 Athletic Calendar
District 3 schools in the Virginia High School league meet at 8 p m EST in Strasburg to organize officials from Frederick Clarke and Shenandoah counties. They will plan the calendar of events for the 1948 49 term with Bryant Harper Stonewall High School principal serving as district secretary.
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Strasburg
C. E. Miley
Boyce
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Bryant Harper
Stonewall High School
Ray Robinson Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Ray Robinson who died suddenly yesterday will be held at 11 a.m. DST tomorrow at the late home. Walker McC Bond will direct. Harold N. Tollefson of the Friends Meeting in Baltimore will speak. Interment is in Mt Hebron family lot. pallbearers include J. Fred Thwaite Dr B B Dutton Allen Bond H M Sartelle J H Yost J P Arthur C A Robinson Jr and Ralph Willing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Robinson
Walker McC. Bond
Harold N. Tollefson
Friends Meeting
Baltimore
Mt. Hebron
J. Fred Thwaite
B. B. Dutton Allen Bond
H. M. Sartelle
J. H. Yost
J. P. Arthur
C. A. Robinson Jr
Ralph Willing
School Bus Shelters Planned by City Committee
A building committee led by Landon Whitacre and C E Garber has been granted permission to construct ten school bus shelters for pupils. The routes for the shelters have not yet been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Landon Whitacre
C. E. Garber
Big Party at the South End Fire Hall Friday night
Beginning Friday September 17 at 8 30 p m the Big Party is planned at the South End Fire Hall. The notice lists events and times for the community gathering with general invitation details.
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South End Fire Hall
Draft Eligibles Listed City and County Registrants in 1925
The final age group of 18-year olds born in 1930 started filing today as the 1798 total registrants includes 770 in Frederick county and 1028 in Winchester. Tomorrow ends initial registration under the Selective Service Act with penalties up to five years in prison or a $10,000 fine for avoiding duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick
Frederick County
Draft Board
Rouss Ave
Marvin Weaver
Paul Rosenberger
T. J. Calkin
Charles Lyles
Ray Robinson Jr
Rodney Sir
E. C. Day
Virgil Hudson
John H. Lewis Jr
J. Ben Cather
Grace Carpenter
Howard Carper Jr
Lucille Kersey
Frank Whitacre
Thelma Wisecarver
Francis Larrick
Ellen C. Keller
Mary Keller
Myrtle Rhodes
Kathryn Watson
Margaret Watson
Margaret Mowery
Jane H. Bowman
Supervisors Back School Board in Plea for State Aid
Frederick county officials press for state action to ease the school space shortage. Supervisors support a 2 percent school tax if needed and follow the county school board in seeking funds, citing lack of available state funds and a court ruling restricting retirement funds for loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
County
Byron Brumback
Ellsworth Dodson
General Assembly
State
Literary
Supreme Court of Appeals
Motor Truck Lines Add Runs to Newark Following Strike
Clearing of the New Jersey area due to the New York truckers strike allows Motor Truck Lines on the Winchester route to send trucks into Newark. Super Service Motor Freight Co. plans about 15 additional weekly runs. A. J. Novick Transfer Co. benefits similarly.
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New Jersey
New York
Winchester
Newark
Super Service Motor Freight Co
A. J. Novick Transfer Co
French Cabinet Fate Hangs On Finance Vote
In Paris on September 17, about 90 percent of Renault workers returned after a two day strike while metal industry workers resumed activity after a yesterday demonstration. Dock workers at Brest and Sete quit again, as Queuille's new cabinet faces a finance committee vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Renault Automobile
Brest
Sete
Marseille
France
Henri Queuille
National Assembly
Five Day Virginia Weather Forecast Sees Warm Start
Five day outlook for Virginia September 18 to 22 shows temperatures about five degrees above normal. Warm Saturday and Sunday followed by little change into midweek. Scattered showers likely Wednesday with total rainfall under two tenths of an inch.
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Virginia
Cooker
UN Mediator Bernadotte Shot Dead in Jerusalem Area
The American consul in Jerusalem reports Count Folke Bernadotte killed in an ambush by four men presumed Stern gang members. Colonel Serot, a senior UN observer, also died. UN security officer Frank Begley was wounded. Secretary Marshall called it shocking and tragic as fears grow for peace in the Holy Land.
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Washington
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
Stern Gang
Stern
John Joseph McDonald
Serot
United Nations
MacDonald
Frank Begley
U.N
Marshall
Bernadotte
Michael McDermott
State Department
Holy Land
Bernadette
Palestine
Hit and Run Drunken Driving Fines Set at 125
Arthur C. Smith aged 38 with address 913 G Pl W Washington was fined 125 in police court on charges of hit and run and drunken driving. A 30 day jail term was suspended. He allegedly failed to stop after striking a vehicle owned by Richmond Engineering Co parked on Cameron St near the George Washington hotel Wednesday night. He was arrested on N Kent St.
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Arthur C. Smith
G. Pl
Washington
Smith
Richmond Engineering Co
Camerfon St
George Washington Hotel
N. Kent St
John W. Weems Dies in Philadelphia at 37
John W. Weems aged 37 and long time Winchester resident died yesterday in Philadelphia. He was a son of the late Bessie Dey Weems and stepson of Donald Weems of Fort Worth Texas. He grew up in Winchester and attended Shenandoah Valley Academy. Funeral plans await contact with relatives. The only known survivor is his stepfather, former police justice here.
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John W. Weems
Winchester
Philadelphia
Weems
Bessie Dey Weems
Norfolk
Donald Weems
Fort Worth
Texas
Shenandoah Valley Academy
National Fruit Product Co
O'Sullivan
Colonial beauty shoppe ad and various notices
Classified items include a meat price promotion at Winchester Food Lockers, a public auction by Faulkner Properties at the county courthouse on Sept 18, a notice from Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider Vinegar Co, a request for an experienced bookkeeper at Pine Motor Co, and a Legion home Sunday hours with a TV game showing Washington Redskins vs Chicago Bears.
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Colonial Beauty
Winchester
M. C. Fleet
Faulkner Properties
N. Kent St
Billings Alley
Front County Court House
Apply Pine Motor Co
Legionnaires Legion
Washington Redskins
Chicago Bears
House Committee
States Rights Democrats plan five district meetings
Richmond September letters from States Rights Democratic headquarters urge Thurmond Wright supporters to guide county and district organization. Frank Burton Jr. announces district meetings in Harrisonburg Charlottesville Salem Arlington Martinsville from September 17 to 24 with plans to select leaders and chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
States Rights Democratic
Frank F. Burton Jr
Thurmond- Wright
Burton
Organization of States Rights Club
Court House
Harrisonburg
States Right Democrats
Salem
Charlottesville
Arlington
Martinsville
Phone Workers Strike Averted
A 25 000 CIO telephone equipment installers strike in the nation’s exchanges was averted by a last minute agreement between Western Electric and the CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers. The settlement, pending ratification, provides an additional average pay of 4 40 dollars per week, with union president Ernest Weaver noting weekly pay averages around 46 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
Western Electric
CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Ernest Weaver
Hyderabad Surrenders as Indian Forces Reach Capital
The Hyderabad government radio broadcast announced a cease fire effective at 5 p m and resignation of the Nizam's government He said a new government would be formed tomorrow Mir Laik Ali announced the move The Moslem ruler oversees a Hindu majority state of 16 million Indian troops neared Secunderabad six miles from Hyderabad city as operations continued to restore order
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India
Mir Laik Ali
Hyderabad
Nagpur
Mir Qsman Ali Khan
Karachi
Pakistan
Secunderabad
Hyderabad City
Ies
Maras
Bidar
Razakars
Russian Ex-teacher To Be Probe Witness
Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina, a former Russian school teacher who jumped from a New York Soviet consulate window, will be questioned at a public hearing in New York next Wednesday. The incident led to Lomakin the Soviet consul’s recall by the Russian government at the request of the U S State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Oksana Kasenkina
New York
Dewey Stay-at-Home Vote Analysis Sparks Election Turnout
A pre Labor Day poll analyzes stay-at-home voting by groups in 1948. It suggests Dewey may gain or lose ground if his supporters stay home, with New York and Michigan highlighted as pivotal states and turnout estimates by gender age income union status and Roosevelt and Dewey followers.
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Truman
Dewey
Lkely
Jewey
Michigan
Exame Jewey
Pennsylvania
America
New York
House of Representatives
Rosevelt
Ess
Tory
Tity Metro Arms
Roosevelt
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Glaire
Clowe
Rts
U.S
Southwest Asia
Call Pine Motor Co
Fresh Pudding & Pon Hoss
Winchester Food Locker & Processing Plant
Pall Mall St
West Coast
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Green Chemical Co
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Major Children’s Theatre of New York
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Handley Auditorium
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Ft. Mason
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Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider & Vinegar Co
New Delhi
Dominion of India
Archibald Crossley
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