Coal Strike Danger Mounts as Mediator Weighs Steel Talks
Pittsburgh dispatch reports miners preparing to walk out Monday with no union order to quit. In Washington the coal strike threat rose as welfare fund payments suspend. CIO Steelworkers and U S Steel officials to meet Federal mediator Cyrus Ching to resolve steel dispute.
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Steel
Pittsburgh
UMW
Johnstown
United Mine Worker
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
van Horn
Ezra van Horn
CIO Steelworkers Union
Cyrus 8
Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
U.S. Steep Corp
Truman
Clark House story links Millwood past to Civil War talks
In Millwood Clarke County the Clark House on Lot No 2 of the Dow survey began as James H Clark home after 1842 purchases by George H Burwell I The house hosted key Civil War era meetings between Col John S Mosby and Gen George H Chapman in April 1865 It later served as Millwoods hotel and residence for Dr Philip Burwell and the Blue Ridge County club Now Mrs Henry S Jenkins and her son in law R Clarke live there with ties to John D Clark a member of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers.
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Millwood
Col
John 8. Mosby
CSA
George H. Chapman
Philip Burwell
Spout Run
Blue Ridge County Club
James H Clark
John D. Clark
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Clark House
Henry S. Jenkins
Ter
R. Clarke
Atlantic Pact Powers Map West Defense Plan
Twelve nations at the Atlantic council ordered a top level military committee to unify defense for the North Atlantic area. The ministers created a standing group led by the United States Britain and France to shape western defense with a regional planning framework and five regional groups.
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Washington
Atlantic Council
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Johnson
U. S
Britain
France
Europe
Atlantic Alliance
Russia
Acheson
State Department
United States
Canada
Bevin
Schuman
North America
Ocean
Eupope
Mediterranean
Congress
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Yugoslav Plot Aims at Hungary’s Leaders, General Confesses
Lieut. Gen. Gyorgy Palffy testified he and co defendants plotted to assassinate Hungary’s top government officials last May with Yugoslav help. Palffy admitted guilt and detailed the scheme which collapsed when Laszlo Rajk was arrested. Rajk also pleaded guilty earlier. Eight defendants face treason charges as six more are to testify.
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Budapest
Hungary
Gyorgy Palff
Laszlo Rajk
Rajk
Palffy
Boscawen Street Gets New Top Surface Treatment
A surface treatment began on Boscawen Street on Thursday but paused when the asphalt plant in Hagerstown broke down. Work will resume Monday weather permitting, applying the hot plant mix used on Loudoun Street two years ago from Kent to Braddock and Braddock from Boscawen to Fairfax Lane, by Blue Ridge Asphalt Paving Co. of Kernstown.
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Boscawen St
Hagerstown
Loudoun St
Kent
Braddock
Braddock St
Boscawen
Fairfax Lane
Blue Ridge Asphalt Paving Co
Kernstown
Auto Market Grows Steadily Since War Gains 10 Million
Detroit reports the auto industry has built almost 18.5 million vehicles in four years, with about 1.5 million shipped to foreign markets and over 24 million prewar cars still in use. Demand remains strong in rural areas, while aging cars prompt ongoing replacement and higher operating costs.
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Detroit
See
Trade Pickup Boosts Retailers As Economy Improves
New York reports a strong retail upswing as fall school openings and cooler weather lift demand. Industrial output reaches highs since July, with gains in home and industrial construction and textiles. Labor concerns and potential steel and coal disputes weigh on sentiment. auto production surges and coal miners move tonnage before a possible strike. August yarn shipments rise sharply.
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New York
James Wood Consolidated High Nears One Fourth Completion
The new James Wood consolidated high school is about 25 percent complete, with bar joists for the second floor and structural steel set to begin next week. Architects Dixon and Norman and superintendent Enoch Bell report walls up to the first floor, steel on site, and about 80 workers on the project.
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James Wood Consolidated High School
Enoch Bell
English Construction Co
W. Irving Dixon
Dixon and Norman Architects
Bell
Dixon
R. E. Ayler
Charles Bass
T. Newton Cather
James C. Gordon
James Givens
H. M. Davis
Notice of Brucetown grocery under new management Shields Cash Grocery
Co R Lewis s Brucetown grocery enters new management with D S Shields operating Shields Cash Grocery. The notice requests customer cooperation and notes changes effective immediately. Also a brief job ad seeks an experienced automobile salesman with steady work.
Dynamite Blast Sends Shenandoah Skyward at River Crossing
A 6000 pound dynamite charge blasted a Shenandoah River trench in Clarke county to lay a gas pipeline from Rockville Maryland toward the West Virginia line. The resulting fountain rose about 1000 feet and the booster blast is planned at the Potomac crossing.
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Limerstone
Shenandoah River
Clarke County
H. D. Price Construction Co
Rockville
Virginia
West Va
Potomac
Fall Presbytery Opens Tuesday at Berryville
The Fall meeting of Winchester Presbyterian will be held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Berryville church. Upwards of 100 people are expected for the opening day with a new moderator to be elected. Rev. Co. W. Kernan of Moorefield is expected to preside and deliver the opening sermon.
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Winchester Presbyterian
Berryville
Taylor O. Bird
Springfield
W. Va
The
Presbyterian
Co. W. Kernan
Moorefield
Presbytery
H. H. Thompson
General Assembly
Cross Pollinized Gladiolus Displays Two Colors
A gladiolus with pink and white blooms both colors on the same stem was displayed at the Star office. Grower Sam Hurst of Rainbow Ridge Gardens Northwestern Grade calls it a freak of cross pollinization. He cannot explain the phenomenon and notes thirty years of flower work without another dual color bloom.
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Star Office
Sam Hurst
Rainbowridge Gardens
Northwestern
Hurst
Frozen Apple Juice Concentrate Tastes Like Fresh Fruit
In Berkeley on September 11 science service reports Dr W V Cruess of UC developed a frozen apple juice concentrate. Like orange lemon and grape concentrates it is mixed with water to serve as fresh tasting juice at home. The juice is clarified filtered and concentrated under vacuum to preserve fresh flavor with added fresh apple juice.
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Berkeley
Calif
Science Service
W. V. Cruess
University of California
Fire damages new J. J. Newberry Co. store under construction
Fire of unknown origin damaged the Front Royal Newberry store under construction. The blaze started in a lumber pile, destroying some lumber and blistering exposed overhead joists. Merchandise in the existing building also suffered minor damage.
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J. J. Newberry Co
Front Royal
Newberry
Noronic Fire Kills Hundreds on Great Lakes Cruise
In Toronto a midnight blaze swept the Noronic cruise liner as it rested after docking with 512 passengers and 170 crew aboard. By noon 185 bodies were recovered, with 3 in hospital and 4 in water. officials feared the toll could reach 226 in the worst ship disaster on the Great Lakes in a century.
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Toronto
Great Lakes
Noronic
Ing
Detroit
Cleveland
Thousand Islands
Eyewitnesses Recount Night Of Vast Ocean Tragedy
Eyewitnesses describe a chaotic night aboard a burning ship with passengers scrambling to safety in Toronto. Captains and crew assisted guests as flames surged, diversions and hoarseness in the crowd told of heroism and confusion amid the disaster.
Vets Insurance Rebate Rates Set for 1950 Payouts
The Veterans Administration outlines a complex dividend formula for National Service life insurance policies. About 16 million veterans may receive up to 528 dollars monthly per 1000 of insurance, with rates from 55 cents to 20 cents per month per 1000 depending on age at issue and policy terms. The 2800 million special dividend will be paid in early 1950, with blanks available at post offices and veterans centers for claims. some 12 million have already applied.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
National Service Life Insurance Poliies
Great Lakes Steamer Fire Kills Many In Panic at Pier
Hundreds fled in fear as alarms rang and cries of fire filled the harbor. The 700-ton steamer Ni was moored at a pier when flames trapped passengers and crew, with estimates around 517 passengers and 173 crew. Firemen freed wreckage and searched for survivors as cap tain William Taylor aided evacuees. The disaster, the worst on the Great Lakes in years, continued into the night with numerous unaccounted lives.
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Crunen
Operating Department of Canada Steamship Lines
Sam Hill
United States
William Taylor
Sarnia
Ont
Prescott
Islands
Great Lakes
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S. R. Dieh
R.K. McDonald
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L. N. Russell
Women of Stones Chapel
Eleanor Athey
Toronto Pier
Lucille Roberts
J. Orth
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Harold Stover
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Florida
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Kalamazoo
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