Trucks Bring Trickle Of Coal to City in Strike Fallout
Coal supplies tighten as a nationwide strike closes house coal sources while some non union mines continue shipping steam coal to Winchester. Truckers face hazards from motorized pickets and police intervention as households await settlement and wood ads spike but orders stay light.
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Winchester
Earl Haines
E. Cork St
Haines
Westernport
Maryland
Germania
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Potomac
United Clay Co
Kinsburg
Watel Mills
Middleway
Clearbrook Woolen Co
Swanton
A. C. Shoanaker & Son
W. Benton Snider
Snider
Washington
No-Work Week Looms as Coal Strike Widens
John L. Lewis leads miners in a no day work week amid a nationwide coal strike now in its second week. Talks with operators at White Sulphur Springs resume September 29 as both sides remain hard in their positions on wages hours and contract terms.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
North and West
Welfare Fund
United “Mine Workers
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
National Steel
Love
Sampson
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook With Showers Likely
The five day outlook for Virginia shows cooler than normal temperatures by 2 to 4 degrees. Saturday and Sunday will be cool, with a warmup by Monday, then cooler again by Wednesday. Showers are possible around next Tuesday with 1/3 to 2/3 of an inch total rainfall.
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Virginia
Steel Workers Renew Contract Talks With Big Steel
Pittsburgh September 23. Agreement between Big Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers to renew contract talks eases strike fears for now. Union leaders resumed talks with U S Steel under a third presidential truce as 2400 workers at two Pittsburgh mills walk out. Closed plants include Universal Cyclops in Bridgeville and Superior Steel in Carnegie.
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Pittsburgh
Big Steel
CIO
United Steelworkere
Uly
Philo Murray
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Universal Cyclops Steel Co
Bridgeville
Superior Steel Co
Carnegie
United States Steel
Crucible Steel
Allegheny-Ludlum Steel
Sharon Steel
Shenango-Penn Mould
Jones and Laughlin Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Baltimore
Republic Steel
Cleveland
Chief Boyd urges drivers to watch for school pupils
Winchester and Frederick County readers are reminded that school has started and motorists must heighten vigilance. Chief J Thomas Boyd head of the traffic safety committee warns drivers to protect children as a shared duty and notes 2400 youngsters aged five to fourteen died in motor vehicle accidents last year nationwide with Virginia accounting for 62 fatalities.
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Winchester
Frederick County
J. Thomas Boyd
Winchester-Frederick County
Boyd
Virginia
Chief Boyd
Farm Share of Food Dollar Drops 13 Pct in 20 Months
The farmer's share of the retail food dollar fell 13 percent in twenty months prompting a Senate agriculture subcommittee to study the gap between farm prices and consumer prices. It now runs about 48 cents, with examples in wheat bread and eggs showing the farmer getting a small fraction of each dollar spent. The panel will examine processor and marketer charges and whether postwar farm price reductions are reflected in lower retail prices.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Senate
Nicki
Real Threat to Peace Seen By Congressmen At Capitol
Congressmen react to reports that Russia may possess the atomic bomb. Senators and representatives weigh foreign policy, burdened by the possibility of war and the need for stronger Western European rearmament and atomic controls.
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Capitol
Washington
Russia
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
United States
North Africa
Pacific
Cunningham
Riowa
Harrison
D-Va
Bernard Baruch
Rankin
D-Miss
Research Team Investigates Stayman Apple Cracking
Dr. J R Magness leads a survey into Stayman Winesap cracking from Roanoke to New Jersey with Dr. M C Goldsworthy and H H Moon in the field. The study aims to link cracking to sprays fertilizer soil and tree age and to urge growers to share orchard data with Winchester Research Laboratory.
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J. R. Magness
United States Agricultural Experiment Station
Beltsville
M. C. Goldsworthy
H. H. Moon
Roanoke
Harry F. Byrd
Magness
New Jersey
Inchester
Goldsworthy
Moon
Shenandoah Valley
Mr. Moon
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
First Day of Fall Brings Chill to Winchester Shops
Winchester feels autumn as temperatures dip to 40 degrees overnight and a chilly dawn greets students heading to Handley. Store owners report early mackinaw sales, pools close for the season, and a push for coal, wood stoves, and electric blankets as region braces for winter.
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Winchester
Washington St
Handley
J. G. Watson
Willow Lawn
Maddox
Winchester Research Laboratory
Northern Virginia Power Co
Phone 5220 Estimates Cheerfully Furnished Satisfaction Guaranteed
Phone 5220 offers cheerful estimates for furnished items with satisfaction guaranteed. The ad promotes prompt service and reliable results for home furnishings and related purchases.
Civilian Pay Rise Faces Senate Opposition and Military Increase
About 30 senators backed reducing civilian pay boosts for cabinet members and workers paid 5000 dollars or more yearly while supporting a separate measure to raise military pay by roughly 348 million dollars annually. Senator Lucas pushed the military increase as others eyed cabinet pay limits. Taft opposed cabinet raises amid economic concerns and wage talks.
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Washington
Lucas of
Ilinois
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Lucas
McFarland
D-Ariz
Cain
R-Wash
Cutter
Truman says USSR atomic test found by cabinet report
President Truman announced that U S evidence shows the Soviet Union exploded an atomic weapon in recent weeks. The White House stated the information was shared with the cabinet and underscores the push for enforceable international control of atomic energy. Johnson said no change in forces occurred and the cabinet had full briefing.
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Washington
Truman
Ussr
Russia
White House
United Nations
Canada
Nere
Defense Johnson
Johnson
U N Assembly Stirred by News on Atomic Bomb
United Nations secretary general Lie said Truman's claim of U S atomic evidence in the Soviet Union underscores need for global accord. The news sparked a stir at the 59 nation assembly with delegates from Britain Canada and the Soviet Union reacting with evasive or noncommittal comments.
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Assembly
U. N
Carlos P. Romulo
Flushing Meadow Park
Lie
Symington Refuses Navy Testimony On B-36 Probe
Secretary Symington blocks testimony in the Navy investigation into attacks on Air Force B-36 bombers. Navy court of inquiry had scheduled witnesses but Symington declined to testify, with Secretary Matthews supporting the stance. Court chief lawyer Wood indicated no witnesses beyond Symington are planned.
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Washington
Navy
Air Force
Ahea
Symington
British Confirm Evidence of Blast in Soviet Union
London reports that the British government, like the United States, has evidence of an atomic explosion in the USSR within recent weeks. Attlee’s office notes that no nation can have a monopoly on atomic weapons, referencing the 1945 joint declaration by the United States, Britain, Canada.
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London
United States
Ussr
Rime
Attlee
Uniteddom
Canada
Civil Rights Bills Likely Delayed to 1950 Session
Washington dispatch notes Congress plans deferment of major civil rights legislation into the 1950 session. House and Senate signals show a quiet strategy to hold off action while lining up the administration’s FEPC bill as January’s target.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Ident Truman
Sesson
Virginia Co op Receives 14 Million REA Loan
The Old Dominion Power Co op of Chase City Va won a 14.32 million dollar REA loan, the largest in 14 years, to finance a 34.5 megawatt James River steam plant near Scottsville and 888 miles of transmission lines. It will serve 11 Virginia co ops and supply low cost power to about 80 000 families. Also includes transfer of Valley Co op facilities and a Shenandoah Valley loan to aid the Scottsville project.
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Washington
Old Dominion Power Co-op
Chase City
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Virginia
James River
Scottsville
Valley Co-op
Shenandoah Valley Electric Co-op
Old Dominion Cooperative
Old Dominion
Buggs Island
Shenandoah Valley
Crag-Botetourt
New Castle
Bowling Green
Southside
Crewe
Worthern Neck
Warsaw
Central
Lovingston
Mecklenburg
Chese City
Piedmont
Waverley
Suffolk
Chamber to Set Banquet Date and elect five new directors
Chamber of Commerce directors meet at 7:30 p.m. to set November banquet date and discuss erection of welcome signs on principal highways. Eugene Lakers notes ballots will be mailed for election of five new directors.
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Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Lakers
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