Clarke Democrats plan Clarke County States Rights ticket drive
A Clarke County mass meeting in Berryville named George Kenneth Levi as chairman and Col James M Thom son as vice chairman to campaign for the States Rights Democratic ticket led by Thurmond and Wright. The group urged Democrats to unite, oppose Truman McGrath leadership, and consider a tri state speaking event inviting Maryland and West Virginia voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
George Kenneth Levi
James M. Thomson
William B. Claggett
M. G. O’brien
Beverley Byrd
Berryville
Col. Thomson
Gaylord
States’ Rights Party
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Hobson McGehee
Gov. Wright
Thurmond
Wright
Wilbur M.gaunt
Gaunt Resolution Jso
Virginia
South
Truman-McGrath
Northern Democratic Party
States’ Rights Democratic Party
States’ Rights” “Club
Dewey and Warren
Virginia House of Delegates origins and powers
Local history piece outlines the 1776 Virginia constitutional setup creating the House of Delegates as the only directly elected body, its powers to originate laws, and its control over governors, with Senate checks and historical evolution noted. It includes a small ads section listing for sale instruments, rentals, wallpaper, and a realty notice with a September 24, 1948 date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Delegates
Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia
House
State Senate
Senate
Colonil
House of Burgesses
General Assembly
House of Delegtes
Call Pine Motor Co
Ee Gardner
John Bywaters Realty
D.S.T
Need for Curbs Doubted Life in England Confused By Continued Rationing
The piece contrasts American views on England's rationing under the Labor government. It sketches Mrs. Doe and family relying on rationed items from butter to meat, with points system, and lists foods and quantities, concluding with a troubled but comic snapshot of wartime controls.
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England
Tucker McGuire Booth
Atlantic
John Doe
Labor
America
Doe
Class of 1938 Begins Reunion at Handley Game
Handley class of 1938 gathers for its first reunion at the Handley Falls Church football game with 110 expected at a banquet to follow. Kenneth Heine acts as toastmaster. a memorial plaque honoring fallen class members and Prof. William H. McIlwee will be presented. widow and daughter attend. A 9:30 p.m. dance at Winchester Armory features Otis Kibler and orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
George Washington
Garland Quarles
Hunter Maddox
Kenneth Heine
Jean Whitehurst
Handlian
Handley School
Paul Fries
Colin Hayley
William H. MclIlwee
Heine
Winchester Armory
Otis Kibler
Draft Registrants Reaching 26 by Nev 1 Exempt
Richmond report notes that 25 year olds who reach or will reach 26 between Aug 30 and Nov 1 will not be inducted because processing cannot occur before age 26. Neal says 1-A classifications must be reclassified to V-A at 26, with first calls not before Nov 1 and about 46 days for processing plus 21 days to settle affairs. 4-F or medical discharges remain deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Armed Services
Mills F. Neal
Selective Service
Neal
Battle of Opequon Remembered in Winchester Narrative
The 1864 clash near Winchester is recalled by eye witnesses and diary entries. The piece notes Confederate forces under Early retreating before Sheridan in a day of fear and shock for local residents. It describes shelling on Martinsburg Pike, civilian casualties, and wartime scenes in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Jubal A. Early
Phil Sheridan
Kate McVicar
Evening Star
Nemo
Truman blasts GOP farm plan as danger to farmers
President Truman warned at a Dexter Iowa plowing contest that a Republican victory would endanger American farmers with a man made disaster caused by Wall Street reactionaries funding the GOP. He accused Congress of weakening farm programs and pushing price declines while attacking wheat price supports and inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Iowa
Truman
Wall Street
Congress
Natural Gas Line Step Nearer for Winchester Area
The Federal Power Commission staff recommended conditional approval of Atlantic Seaboard Corp and Virginia Gas Transmission Corp to build a 26 inch natural gas line from Glendon, Ky. to Rockville, Md. via Winchester, Va. Cost is about 20 million dollars with a rate base adjustment to exclude part of the cost. The line would pass through Baldman, Ky. West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland to the Maryland Pennsylvania border. Columbia Gas System originally sought a 24 inch line but increased to 26 inch to serve Baltimore. The commission was urged to deny if the cost condition is not accepted by the companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Atlantic Seaboard Corp
Virginia Gas Transmission Corp
Glendenin
W. Va
Rockville
Winchester
Alvin A. Kurtz
Commission
Washington Gaslight Co
Baldman
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Columbia Gas System
Consolidated Gas Co
Baltimore
Maryland City
Columbia System
Kurtz
Columbia
State Hway Dept Seeks Bids on 15 Projects
The State highway department has issued a call for bids on 15 road and bridge projects including widening of .92 mile of U S 11 at Stephens City. Bids will be opened in Richmond on Oct. 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Stephens City
Richmond
Dwarf Invader Shoots Man Hammers Wife in Chicago
Floyd Conners II, a four foot two inch dwarf, invaded the Stephenson apartment and attacked Elizabeth Stephenson 21. She suffered a fractured skull while her husband John 26, a medical student, was beaten and left in critical condition at County hospital. Conners was held without charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
County Hospital
Elizabeth Stephenson
Stephenson
British American airlift shatters Berlin coal records
Berlin records a 24 hour airlift delivering 5572 tons of coal in 651 U S air force flights and 244 RAF flights. The feat marked the first anniversary of the United States Air Force and aimed to reassure western Berliners facing a Soviet winter threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U. S
Royal Air Force
India
China
United States Air Force
Virginia has 640 484 names on voter rolls as of Sept 15
Richmond Sept 18 Virginia lists 640 484 names on election registration books as of Sept 15 though many may be dead Earl Seitz executive director of State Republicans said the archaic system allows no systematic purge Lutz predicted final registrations by Oct 2 could exceed 1944 Virginia vote by up to 300 000 urging party leaders to target voters without a party label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Earl Seitz
State Republicans
Lutz
Robert Woods
Parisburm
Dry Days Balk Squirrel Hunters
Earl Cather, game warden, reports poor luck for squirrel hunters as the season opens amid dry woods. So far no hunter has reached the six bag limit. the early season runs through September 30 and reopens with the general hunt November 20, with a five squirrel bag limit.
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Earl Cather
Dr Bell Buys Hardy Property At Public Sale
Dr Leslie M Bell was the successful bidder for the Hardy property at 133 W Boscawen St bid 4800 for the brick and frame building and lot fronting 20 feet on the street. The property had been offered twice the previous week with top bids of 2100. Sale commissioners were Herbert Larrick Edward Thoma and Dabney Watts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie M. Bell
Hardy
W. Boscawen St
Bell
Herbert Larrick
Edward Thoma
Dabney Watts
Apply Pine Motor Co
Apply H. J. Heinz Company
Rev W Grimsley Dearing Dies In Car Crash Near Front Royal
A post mortem ruled out heart attack or cerebral hemorrhage as the cause of death for Rev W Grimsley Dearing 78 of Huntly and three others killed when his car veered off Route 522 on the Blue Ridge near Front Royal. Passengers include Katherine Spain 11 Clifton Gochenour 7 Wayne Gochenour 2 who died. Mrs Gochenour and Lewis Spain 9 injured. Virginia Belle Gochenour infant minor injuries. The Gochenour family rode with Dearing to Front Royal. The car overturned into a stream after striking a culvert guard wall. Dearing’s motor detached and the car rolled 78 feet. Post mortem by pathologist Dr George Murphy at Winchester Memorial Hospital on request of coroner Dr D M Kipps. Dearing a UVA and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate had pastored in Virginia and Maryland and was a landholder near Huntly.
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W. Grimsley Dearing
Huntly
Blue Ridge Mountain
Front Royal
Katherine Spain
Clifton
Dearing
Lawrence Gochenour
Wayne Gochenour
Front Royal Hospital
D. M. Kipps
Warren County
University of Virginia
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Virginia
Maryland
States Rights Democrats Bid for Jackson Day Cash
Virginia States Rights Democrats state they are entitled to twelve thousand dollars from Jackson Day profits now held by the state Democratic central committee. L L Cardona Jr of Richmond says Thurmond Wright backers deserve the funds to aid their ticket and current Democratic nominees. The central committee will decide disposition at next weekend's meeting in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
States Rights Democrats
State Democratic Central Committee
States Rights Party
L. L. Cardona Jr
Thurmond-Wright
Cardona
Democratic Party
Thurmond- Wright
Senate
House
Central Committee
State Central Committee
Israel Starts Hunt For Gang Killers Of Count Bernadotte
LYNCHBURG Sept 18 A Willis Robertson stressed farmers economic position at Ivy Hill Hereford field day. He warned export markets feed world and aid democracy. He noted 80 percent of population not on farms and blamed inflation on postwar wealth. He urged production incentives for the nation and praised livestock producers prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Count Bernadotte
Lynchburg
A. Willis Robertson
Ivy Hill
United States
Europe
Meare “Ag
Robertson
69 Bombs Loosed In B-29 Maneuver Mishap
Five Army infantrymen were killed when live bombs missed their target during Operation Combine III at Eglin Field Florida. Twenty nine others were injured three critically. Most victims were Black with one officer among the deceased. Corporal Calvin Jackson of Williamsbur g Virginia identified among the dead.
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Eglin Field
Fla
Air Force
Cpl
Calvin Jackson
Williamsbure
District L sets 3 counties activity plan for VHSL season
The meeting in Strasburg reelected Co E Miley Jr as chairman and Bryant Harper as secretary with G D Grove named vice chairman. Fall and winter activities for Frederick Clarke Shenandoah counties include outdoor basketball schedules and a district track meet on April 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. E. Miley Jr
Boyce
Bryant Harper
Winchester
Strasburg
G. D. Grove
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
H. Dennis Hoover
Middletown
Gsboro
Gore
Jones
Harper
Madison College
Shenandoah County
Paul Beabie
Frederick-Clarke
Richard Fletcher
Charlottesville
Virginia High School League
Jerusalem Curfew Imposed After Bernadotte Killing
Jerusalem faces a citywide curfew as 60 Jews are arrested after the assassination of UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte. The United Nations and Israel blame the crime on armed gunmen, with roadblocks and threats to the peace process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Palestine
Israel
Bernadotte
U. N
United States
Jem
U. M
Front
Tel Aviv
Count Folke
Tel A
Paris
Trygve Lie
Sweden
France
Andre Pierre Serret
Haifa
Government House
U. S
John J. MacDonald
Stern Gang
Frank Begley
New Haven
Fruit Product Plant Reopens After August Strike
Nation al Fruit Product Co. plant workers in Martinsburg West Virginia will return to work Monday after a strike that began August 31. About 200 employees will be covered by a new contract with wage increases in line with the industry pattern. Workers had been processing potatoes for the government when the strike started.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
National Fruit Product Co
United Construction Workers
UMW
LEGIO
Legion Home
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Clarke Democrats
London
Handley Game
Nev. 1
Opequon
Hackwood
Sheridan
Smithfield House
Morton
Mount Hebron Cementary
Early
Dr. Bell
Sen. Robinson
David Jones
Paul Beable
Frederick and Clarke County
Frederick- Clarke
Toms Brook
Woodstock
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