Winchester Restaurateurs Protest OPA Meat Price Roll Back
President Truman urges Wallace as Winchester restaurant owners join a nationwide protest against the OPA order rolling meat meal ceilings back to June 30. Local leaders warn many eateries face losses while meat vanishes from menus. Court tests and injunctions are planned by restaurant groups in several states.
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Winchester
OPA
Virginia State Restaurant Association
James Pappas
Winchester Restaurant Association
Pappas
United States
Associated Press National Review
New York
George R. le Sauvage
National Restaurant Association
John L. Hennessy
American Hotel Association
U. S. Emergency Court of Appeals
Diggers Confiscated at Carnival arresting gambling machines seized
Twelve digger claw machines at a carnival concession on Senseney Road were confiscated. W. H. Corey faced Judge John Rice and was fined 150 dollars and costs for possessing and operating a gambling device. Three others were fined for related offenses. State police led the raid amid citizen complaints.
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Senseney Road
W. H. Corey
John Rice
Corey
Miami
Fla
Clark H. Roth
Lynchburg
Herman J. Myers
Pittsburgh
Sam R. Jones
Augusta
C. W. Hollis
F. L. Woolf
Ritter
Rodgers
Hinkins
Thompson
Stotler
Wisecarver
Seale
Woolf
Truman fires Wallace as Commerce Secretary in reshaping policy
President Truman removes Henry Wallace from the Commerce post amid a broader shift in foreign policy at the Paris Peace Conference. Wallace vows to continue the peace fight but will not campaign this fall, as Alfred Schindler runs the department. Early speculation links Paul Porter and William S. Clayton to the vacancy while Wallace weighs plans and location after resignation.
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Washington
Truman
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Roosevelt
Harry
Department
Alfred Schindler
Bruce Catton
Catton
Dutchess County
N. Y
Commerce
OPA
Paul Porter
William S. Clayton
Porter
Clayton
State Department
Local notices list services and business openings
Space is limited. Neem call for clothes by Saturday. The North End Barber Shop in Winchester opens with an extra barber at 620 N Main. Bring eye problems to Hodgson and Brown for eye exams, repairs, and frames in Winchester. No cider apples received without order by the Heinz Co. Telephone before delivery.
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Neem
Saturda PEOPLES/CLEANERS
North End
N. Main
Hodgson and Brown Winchester
Telehhone
Frederick County Tops Virginia in Fruit Acreage and Apples
Frederick County leads Virginia in fruit acreage and apple production with 22 132 acres in 1945 up from 19 424 in 1940. Clarke ranks fourth and Shenandoah fifth, Albemarle Nelson Augusta Patrick follow. Frederick also counts 733 451 trees in 1945, with a 16 322 increase since 1940, signaling continued apple plantings. Continued on Page 8 Col.
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Prederick County
Virginia
Virginia Fruit
E. L. Overholser
Department of Agriculture
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Clarke County
Shenandoah County
Frederick County
Albemarle
Nelson
Augusta
Patrick
Clarke Counties
Augusta County
Weather Forecast for Districts Four and Five
Five day outlook from September 21 to 25, 1946 shows District Four with scattered showers late Saturday or Sunday then fair through Wednesday. Precipitation averages about 0.25 inch north and 0.1 inch or less south. North temperatures about five degrees above normal, south about three. cooler north Saturday, cooler Sunday, then rising Tuesday and Wednesday. District Five expects scattered showers Saturday and Wednesday with south portions wetter. temperatures roughly three degrees above normal, cooler Saturday, east portion Sunday, then warming Monday and Tuesday.
Unions vow Virginia organizing drive despite state policy
Rex Kildow state director of the CIO Public Workers Union said the union will continue to organize municipal employees in Virginia despite a 1946 General Assembly resolution against bargaining with labor. He claimed no law prohibits public employees from joining or being recognized by a union. Held for grand jury in Page county murder case Raymond Booth, Beltsville, Md., is charged in the death of his wife Frances Booth. Trial Justice John H. Booton ordered his grand jury hearing for Sept 23.
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Roanoke
Rex Kildow
CIO Public Workers Union
Virginia
General Assembly
Kildow
Luray
John H. Booton
Raymond Booth
Beltsville
Carpenter
Page County
Frances Jones Booth
Commonwealth
I. R. Dovel
Munsey Receives Life Sentence For Taxi Driver Murder
Julius Munsey aged 28 from Bluefield Virginia pleaded guilty in a circuit court and was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge John S. Draper for the murder of Fred A. Vaughan a Wytheville taxicab driver last July 26 on the highway between here and Bland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Munsey
Bluefield
John S. Draper
Fred A. Vaughan
Wytheville
Here
Bland
Governor weighs state takeover of Woodrow Wilson Hospital
Governor in Richmond says he has no comment until State Commissioner H L J Roper reports on the possible state acquisition of Woodrow Wilson Hospital near Staunton. If the health department deems it impracticable the plan may be dropped. if operation by the state is feasible, funds will be considered. Also an unrelated wanted note for cider apples from Ridgewood Fruit Industries.
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Richmond
Govermnor Tuck
H L. J. Roper
Woodrow Wilson Hospital
Staunton
Ridgewood Fruit Industries
Haifa railway shops hit by explosive blast
JERUSALEM Sept 20 The Palestine government announced four Jews blasted the Haifa eastern railway shops with a drum of explosives shortly after noon today causing widespread property damage but no loss of life.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haifa Eastern
Mrs Roosevelt Confined After Fall at Beverly Hills Home
Mrs James Roosevelt wife of the former U.S. official was confined to bed after a fall at their Beverly Hills residence. She is expecting a child and sustained a back injury though officials say her condition is not serious.
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Beverley Hills
Calif
James Roosevelt
Six Harlan Co Mines Strike After Picket Stand
Six Harlan county coal mines were strikebound after about 1,000 United Mine Workers members refused to cross a picket line at Kenvir Coal Corporation. The action followed a mass walkout and widespread labor tension in the region.
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Harlan
Harlan County
United Mines Workers Union
Twe Coal Corporation
Kenvir
Paris Peace Conference Upholds Trieste Frontiers
The Paris Peace Conference affirmed the Big Four agreements on the Italian Yugoslav boundary and the borders of the future free state of Trieste. The Italian Political and Territorial Commission prevailed against attempts to revise the proposed frontiers with Russia voting in support.
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Paris
Free State of
Trieste
Russia
Johns Hopkins Leader Bowman Urges New Students to Aim for World Peace
Dr. Isaiah Bowman, president of Johns Hopkins University, told entering students they may have to fight to sustain a cooperative world peace. A former State Department adviser since 1942, he participated in the Dumbarton Oaks and San Francisco conferences.
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Baltimore
Isaiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Bermuda memorandum boosts open skies accord appeal
British abandonment of a secret Bermuda memorandum gives the United States fresh support for its open skies aviation policy. In a joint statement the two nations affirmed faith in the Bermuda agreement as a framework for orderly development and expansion of international air transport.
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Washington
Bermuda
United States
Anglo American plan to speed Japanese return home
Washington reports an Anglo American decision to hasten the return of more than 100000 Japanese from Southeast Asia. The move aims to remove any basis for Russian claims that the United States endorses slave labor.
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Washington
Southeast Asia
Election and Opening Notices At Gibstone Hotel Dining Room
On Friday September 20 at 8 PM the Eaglees group will elect a new vice president in a noted organization. Announced by secretary. Gibstone Hotel Dining Room at 8 West Gerrard Street opens September 21 1946 offering steaks and fried chicken run by Robert L Anderson and Edith Huff. Tonight Friday September 20 Kenneth Wendell and His Orchestra perform from 9:30 PM onward.
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Gibstone Hotel
West Gerrard St
Robert L. Anderson
Edith Huff
No Word From Dr Henderson In Big Crash
Reported today no definite news on Dr Henel Ruth Henderson among 44 aboard the Sabena Air Lines trans Atlantic flight that crashed near Gander Newfoundland. Coast guard and army medical staff confirmed eighteen survivors, with serious injuries and unknown names at that moment.
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Gander Lake
Newfoundland
Helen Ruth Henderson
New York
Henderson
International Girl Scouts
United States
International
Star Office
Henel Ruth Henderson
Sabena Air Lines
Associated Press
Army
Gander
Coast Guard
Local notices include jobs sales and public notices
Cider apple receivers now open from 8:00 a m to 4:00 p m. Frederick county seeks teachers and substitutes. call 1553. Ridgewood Fruit Industries and Winchester Cold Storage seek laborers and borers and checkers. Offices move to 137 W Boscawen St opposite Episcopal Church. Local doctors listed. Clarke County casualties appeal for names of service members. Estate stock sale by Roy P. Duvall auditor on Sept 21. Fire company party and Virginia State Guard inspection announced with details.
Truman calls Wallace resignation after policy clash
President Truman asked Secretary Wallace to resign to end a week of furor over U S foreign policy. He reaffirmed no change in policy, expressed confidence in Byrnes and the Paris delegation, and said Wallace’s views conflicted with the administration’s. He noted Wallace may speak as a private citizen and that policy remains established.
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Washington
Truman
Wallace
State Byrnes
United States
The
United
Congress
Department of State
Secretary Byrnes silent on Wallace ouster in Paris
Secretary of State Byrnes in Paris will issue no statement on Henry A. Wallace's ouster as Commerce Secretary. An aide said Byrnes hasn't spoken since the affair began and will not comment now, though others close to him noted he wasn't visibly displeased.
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Byrnes
Paris
Henry A. Wallace
Lexington
A. Willis Saeeen
United States
Carter Glass
Truman
Robertson
Wallace
House of Representatives
Ickes
Harold L. Ickes
Washington
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Agriculture
Interior Department
Ickes Ickes
Martinsburg Conference Restores Senger to Winchester Church
The Virginia Conference of the United Brethren Church announced pastors assignments with Rev. F. G. Senger returning to the First Brethren Church in Winchester. Others include Rev. L. P. Tederick at Reliance, Rev. J. E. Oliver in Winchester, and Rev. L. C. Messick with the Western Frederick group. The 1947 meeting location remains undecided.
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Virginia
United Brethren Church
Martinsburg
F. G. Senger
First Brethren Church
County
L. P. Tederick
Reliance
J. E. Oliver
Winchester
L. C. Messick
Western Frederick
W. B. Obaugh
A. J. Secrist
Arlington
George T. Riley
Antioch
W. Va
G. M. Pool
Berkeley Spritgs
J. Paul Grover
Berkeley Springs
C. A. Moon
Bayard
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President Truman
Rice
Sam Ji
Roth
Dep’t. Will
H. J. Heinz Co
Atlantic
Canada
Brussels
Shannon
World News
Mrs. Roosevelt Falls
Triannon
Front Royal
Kenneth Wendell
Dr. Henderson
Leslie D. Kine
Winchester Cold Storage
W. Boscawen
Water
Episcopal Church
L. M. Bell
Sam McL. Birch
Wm.f. Schenck
Edwin C. Yost
Gold Star
Reginald G. Morrison
Lloyd Williams
American Legion Post
Berryville
George Washington
George Washington Hotel
Roy P. Duvall
South End
Fondant
Int. CO
Va.s. G
Virginia State Guard
W.A. Baker
Mr. Senger
Harry Koontz
Broadway
Paul Flonaker
Ch. Va
D. F. Glovier
Cumberland
Dayton
James A. Swain
Edinburg
O. R. Kesner
Elkton
Pranklin
Lee E. Shaeffer
Great Cacapon
B.P. Spitzer
Harrisonburg
E. EB. Miller
Hardy
Canoles
Inwood-Pikeside
C. W. Tinsman
Jones Springs
D. A. Frazier
Keyser
L. G. Bridgers
Lacey Springs
W. E. Wolf
C. W. Hiser
J. R. Collis
Manassas
Mount Horeb
Cameron Miller
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