Winchester Council Reorganization Meeting Set for Tomorrow
Winchester City Council will meet at 7 30 p m tomorrow to organize for the year and conduct monthly business. Four new members—Dr C R Anderson A Lee Coble Williams S Sargent and H Williams Butler Jr—start four year terms after last week’s Virginia League of Municipalities session. Mayor M B Clowe Jr is expected to be named president as the council also names a vice president city manager city solicitor clerk and auditor.
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Winchester
Virginia League of Municipalities
Virginia Beach
C. R. Anderson
A. Lee Coble
Williams S. Sargent
H. Williams Butler, Jr
John Steck Jr
W. P. McGuire
Lee Grant
Dabney Watts
John Jones
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Fred Glaize Jr
Cow Center to Operate in Stephens City for Four-County Dairy Program
Four county regions Frederick Clarke Warren and Shenandoah will run a new artificial breeding center with HQ announced for Stephens City. The Frederick Clarke Breeding Association will manage operations led by James P. Reardon Jr with officers Murl Hannum and Mrs Brownie Burkholder. 918 cows pledged from 108 members toward a 1200 goal. Lifetime membership 11 dollars and 6 dollars per cow bred. Seimen supply daily from Rocky Mount center, with Stephens City HQ still to be established.
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Stephens City
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
I. Fred Stine
Frederick Clarke Breeding Association, Inc
James P. Reardon
Murl
G. Hannum
Brownie Burkholder
Virginia Breeding Association, Inc
Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount Center
Robert Stickley
Five killed in three-vehicle crash near Richmond
Weekend Virginia crashes claimed five lives, including a Richmond mother, her son, and the family maid in a three-car collision on U S Route 1 eight miles north of Richmond. State police listed five weekend deaths raising the 1950 toll to 616 and named Mary J Dehardit George J Dehardit Sophia Swan Leroy Baugh and Maynard Campbell as the victims.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Richmond
Mary J. Dehardit
George J. Dehard
Big Rouss Party Resumes at Rouss Hall
By popular request the Big Rouss Party returns with weekly Wednesday night events at Rouss Hall starting September 20 at 8 30 pm. A $100 door prize and first night specials including nylon hose and picnic hampers are advertised. The ROUSS FIRE CO and SARAH ZANE FIRE CO promote reopening of regular Thursday night parties at Sarah Zane Fire Hall on September 21 at 8 pm with all new equipment and committee details.
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Rouss Hall
Rouss Fire CO
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
New School Buses To Ease Crowding
Frederick County schools will add new International buses this weekend to ease pupil crowding. A used 1950 Ford bus from Crowell-Long Auto Co. will be deployed this week, and a new driver James Crim will operate the second White Hall run. The county will run 28 regular buses, five more than last term, amid state worries over nationwide overcrowding after school openings.
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Frederick County
Robert E. Ayler
Crowell-Long Auto Co
Danville
Winchester
Ayler
E. Earl Shade
Richmond
Ind
Round Hill
Casey Haymaker
James Crim
Grimes
White Hall
State Department of Education
Henrico
Chesterfield
Education Department
Ofirginia
Fairfax County
Three Accidents Reported in Area
State Trooper H. E. McInturff investigated three accidents on Saturday and one on Sunday in this area. The incidents caused property damage estimated at about $1,040 and left one person slightly injured. The first crash occurred on Route 50, a mile east of Win.
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H. E. McInturff
McIinturff
Route 50
Win
Mercury Drops To Summer's Low At Winchester Lab
The mercury dipped to 46 at the Winchester Research Laboratory. It was six degrees cooler than Saturday night and one degree below last Thursday's 47. Forecasters expect a high near 80 on Tuesday with fair weather ahead. Last September’s low was 40 on the 26th.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Transfer Firms Still Strikebound
Novick Transfer Company and Elliott Motor Lines remain strikebound after a wage dispute. A five hour meeting at the George Washington Hotel failed to produce a new contract. negotiators report the gap remains wide on city employee pay while over the road rate offers narrow.
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Novick Transfer Company
Elliott Motor Lines
George Washington Hotel
C. Stanley Clevenger
U. S
L. H. Stotler
Novick
Lester A. Elliott, Jr
J. T. Griggs
Richmond
W. N. Swiggett
Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union
Albert Dietrich
Pittsburgh
Curbs on Credit and Hoarding Go into Effect in U S Today
The government issued stop orders to curb easy consumer credit and over eager buying by businesses. The Commerce Department barred firms from stockpiling key materials beyond a minimum working inventory to check inflation and conserve defense goods. Federally enforced penalties include up to one year in prison and $10,000 fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Malony Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Fight Over Whiskey Price Ends With Knife Wounds
A fight at a labor camp over whiskey price left John Davis of Fort Pierce with three deep wounds. Rueben Plair, 43, a migratory worker, is jailed on felonious assault charges after allegedly drawing a knife. Davis was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital for head and neck lacerations. the incident occurred on Pairmont Avenue.
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John Rice
Winchester
Rueben Plair
John Davis
Ft. Pierce
Fla
Davis
Winchester Memorial Ee
Pairmont Ave
Plair
Communists Fined on Cumberland Register Law
Two Communists, William Boyd Coleman and Arthur Schusterman, were fined 100 dollars each by the Cumberland Police Court for failing to register under a new city ordinance. They appealed to the Circuit Court, with a hearing set for October 7. Both testified for the defense in the New York trial of 11 Communist leaders. They headed Cumberland CIO textile workers’ local at Celanese plant and posted 200 dollar bond. The ordinance, passed September 5, requires registration at city hall and bans Communist literature distribution.
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Cumberland
Circuit Court
Frank A. Perdew
William Boyd Coleman
Arthur Schusterman
New York
Coleman
Schusterman
CIO Textile Workers Union
Celanese Corporation
Liberty
City Hall
Battleship New Jersey Demothballed for Active Duty
The Navy announces the 45000 ton battleship New Jersey is demothballed for return to the active fleet and will be the second battleship in operation. Its sister Missouri recently arrived in the Far East to begin shooting duty while Wisconsin and Iowa remain in reserve fleets.
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Washington
Navy
New Jersey
Missouri
Far East
Atlantic
Wisconsin
Norfolk
Iowa
San Francisco
Truman Signs Bill to Make Marshall Secretary of Defense
President Truman signed the measure enabling General George C. Marshall to assume the role of Secretary of Defense. The action formalizes Marshall’s post at the defense department and reshapes national security leadership.
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Washington
Truman
George C. Marshall
Defense
Civil Defense Plan To Cut Home Injury Unwrapped Today
The government unveiled a full civil defense strategy aimed at cutting home front casualties by over 50 percent through trained experts and volunteers. President Truman endorsed the plan, though no cost or timetable was set, and Congress may delay funding or authority into next year.
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Washington
Truman
Civil Defense Administration
America
Congress
National Security Resources Board
United States Civil Defense
Two Autos Collide Here In Winchester
Approximately 200 dollars in property damage occurred yesterday when a 1950 Buick owned by Gus John Kaknis of 440 N Braddock St was struck by a 1939 Chevrolet started by L G Fawcett of Opequon from a parked position on W Boscawen St Winchester police reported. A separate 5 45 p m Friday collision on Fairmont Ave involved three trucks. an International driven by Earl R Pine of Bloomery Star Rd struck a 1941 Chevrolet owned by Charles Sharpe of Belle Glade Fla then hit a 1937 Ford driven by Clyde Miller Jr. of Marlboro Rd and owned by James Hilliard of Rt 1 White Post. Pine suffered cuts to head and legs and total damage reached 350 dollars.
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Gus John Kaknis
N. Braddock St
Winchester
L. G. Fawcett
Opequon
W. Boscawen St
Kaknis
Fairmont Ave
Earl R. Pine
MacArthur cites Soviet and Chinese munitions aid to Korea
General Douglas MacArthur informed the United Nations that he has positive evidence Russia supplied munitions to North Korea in 1949 and 1950 and that Communist China supplied trained manpower to the North. The report notes U S government concerns over cross border support and strategic implications.
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Lake Success
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Russia
China
Icelandic Skymaster Plane Found On Vatnajokull
Icelandic Airlines Skymaster aircraft reported missing since last Thursday night was located today on Vatnajokull Glacier. All seven crew members are alive according to authorities at the scene.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Icelandic Airlines
Skymaster
Vatnajokull Glacier
Maryland Voters Tip Tide to Tydings in Primary
Maryland voters turnout rises with good weather as Senator Millard E. Tydings seeks a fifth term. Governor William Lane Jr and George P. Mahoney lead Democratic governor race while Republican fields include John Marshall Butler and D John Markey.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Weatherman
Millard E. Tydings
Congress
William Lane, Jr
Hagerstown
George P. Mahoney
State Department
John A. Meyer
Hugh J. Monaghan II
John Marshall Butler
D. John Markey
National Guard
Herbert R. O’connor
Aed Theodore
R. McKeldin
J. Glenn Beall
Edward T. Miller
Lansdale G. Lasseer
George H. Fallon
Edward A. Garmats
William P. Bolton
William Boucher
Booshay
Former Representative Andrew J May Granted Parole in Kentucky
Andrew J May, former chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, was released from prison after nine months and 13 days for wartime conspiracy and bribery. He left at 12 15 a m with his son at the gate, refused interviews, and may issue a statement later from Prestonsburg, Ky.
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Ashland
Andrew J. May
May
R. O. Culver
House Military Affairs Committee
Robert
Prestonsburg
Garsson Brothers
Federal Parole Board
Labor Dispute Gains Tentative Settlement At Four Plants
A 97 day soda ash strike nears end with a tentative 10 cent hourly wage rise and benefits. UEW and General Electric reach a two year contract boosting wages 10 to 12 and a half cents. Production shortages threaten high octane gasoline glass containers and batteries. Norfolk and Western warns of possible service curtailments if talks stall.
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United Electrical Workers
General Electric Company
Norfolk and Western
Questions from Editorial Page on Local History
The piece asks three historical query items from editorial notes. It seeks the Sarah Zane Fire Company captain from fifty years ago, the state senator and delegate from that period, and a county official whose name reads the same forward and backward.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Apeners
Liberation Near as Marines Reach Seoul Front
Allied forces led by the Marines advance toward Seoul with a 40 000 troop push. The vanguard nears Yongdongpo on the Han River south of Seoul while Kimpo Airfield becomes an operational base. Casualties are described as light with enemy resistance described as heavy in places.
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Douglas MacArthur
U.S
Inchon
Kimpo
Seoul
Kunsan
Yongdok
Pohang
Broken Line
U.N
Central Press
Leif Erickson
Tokyo
10Th Corps
Yongdongpo
Han
United Nations
Han River
Finishing Touches Put on Red Bill
A Senate House conference committee agreed on tightening home front defenses against Communists spies and saboteurs. The compromise preserves internment provisions and requires registration of Communist groups while barring Communists from federal jobs and defense plants. Final wording to be sent to the Senate and President Truman for action.
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Washington
Senate House
Nathve
Senate
House
McCarran
D-New
Conference Committee
Truman
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