Foreman Survives 45 Minutes Buried in Cinder Bin
Bin foreman Bin Frank Porter of Sunnyside, 26, was rescued after about 45 minutes buried up to his neck in an eight foot deep cinder bin at Shenandoah Block Co. on N Kent St. Manager H A Shackleford and Kenneth Godlove cleared the area while Robert Bowers used a blow torch to open an exit, releasing Porter who was taken to hospital then released home. Porter, married with one child, had been with the plant since May.
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Frank Porter
Sunnyside
Shenandoah Block Co
N. Kent St
Porter
H. A. Shackleford
Kenneth Godlove
Shackleford
Rouss Fire Co
Robert Bowers
Bowers Machine Co
Ohio St
National China Stunned by Red Win at Tsinan
Reported fall of Tsinan, a major northern city, to 130000 Red assault troops after street fighting. Government downplays loss while citing Reds’ 500000 population and 50000 casualties. Fallout prompts talk of a split China and shifts in authority.
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National
China
Tsinan
Nanking
Shantung Province
Tsiwan
Reds
Shantung
Fu-Su- Nien
North China
South China
B. M. Sullivan
Rouss Ave
Winchester
Cooper Corner Sold at Auction to McCormac Corp
The northeast corner property at Piccadilly and Loudoun Streets once run by Cooper Merchandise and Oil Co. sold at public auction for 45000 to McCormac Realty Development Corp. The two parcels include a three story brick building facing Piccadilly and Loudoun and a brick garage fronting Loudoun. Eugene Cooper of 404 S. Washington St. organized the sale.
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Piccadilly
Loudoun Sts
Cooper Merchandise and Oil Co
McCormac Realty Development Corp
Eugene Cooper
S. Washington St
Cooper Brothers
Thomas
Lewis
Edward
Will
John Cooper
Thomas Cooper
T. J. Cooper and Sons
Loudoun St
George Washington Garage
The
McCormacs
Auto Liability Insurance Rates Up 20 Percent
The State Corporation Commission granted a 20 percent overall rate increase on automobile liability insurance for all mutual and stock companies in the state. Rates take effect November 15 and are about 13 percent below the companies’ initial request. The commission denied higher classifications for drivers under 25 and rejected raising installment payment service charges from 25 to 50 cents.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
SCC
County school officials deny contempt in court order
Richmond Sept 25 Spokesmen for King George and Gloucester county schools said they do not consider themselves in contempt of court after Judge Hutcheson ordered them to appear in Federal court Oct 22 to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt in cases involving equal educational rights for Negro children. Superintendent Gayle and Dr Gray defended learning equality while noting facility gaps.
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Richmond
King George
Gloucester
Sterling Hutcheson
Federal District Court
T. Benton Gayle
Stanley T. Gray
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Gayle
Vishinsky Seeks Reductions in Armed Forces
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky urged the United Nations General Assembly to require the five major powers to cut their armed forces by one third within a year. He called for an international control body to oversee disarmament and ban atomic weapons to strengthen peace and curb expansionist threats.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
Vishinsky
Auto Makers Target 5 Million Vehicle Output This Year
Industry analysts still predict a 5 million unit annual output as Ford recovers from model-change disruptions and Chrysler Packard labor talks conclude. September production seen near 400k cars and trucks, with year end totals for cars and trucks projected around 3.6 million and 1.24 million respectively.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Chrysler and
Packard
Automotive News
Ward
Chrysler
United States
Ford
General Motors
Cadillac
Buick
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Studebaker
City Softball Final Tonight Promises Big Crowd
Rosenberger and Virginia Woolen meet at 8 p.m. on Sen Seng Rd. for the fifth game of the City league final with the Woolen Mill seeking to even after recent 5-3 and 6-4 wins. Arlington umpires will officiate as anticipation runs high for the largest local softball crowd.
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Senseng Rd
Rosenberger
Virginia Woolen
Woolen Mill
Elks
Lumbermen
Royal Crown
Arlington
Municipal League Faces Discussion Of Tax Annexation
Old Point Comfort September 25 Vir ginia city officials plan annual Virginia Municipalities League convention to debate state tax for school construction and whether counties push for a special session. Cities seek two thirds sales tax share with limited state benefits. Annexation also on agenda. Winchester representatives include Mayor M B Clowe Jr and City Manager Lee Grant.
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Old Point Comfort
Virginia
League of Virginia
Resolutions Committee
Winchester
M. B. Clowe Jr
Lee Grant
Shriners Plan Fall Ceremonial in Alexandria
Local Shine club members M. B. Bauserman Alfred Schwalb Ralph Solomon and Victor Wheeler attend the Acca Temple Fall ceremonial in Alexandria. Parade starts 2 45 PM, business session at 4, dinner at 7 15 at George Washington high school building. FOR SALE Cocker Spaniel puppies black and red 201 Greenwalt Ave lp 9 23 3.
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M. B. Bauserman
Alfred Schwalb
Ralph Solomon
Victor Wheeler
Shine Club
Acca
Alexandria
George Washington High School
Greenwalt Ave
Apple Market Unpleasing for Most Growers
Apple growers report a weak market with low prices and tepid demand this season. Bright spot is Red Delicious with some sales up to 5.50 per small lot, while most local crop averages 4 or better. Export activity includes 25 000 boxes sold by J E Robertson to Belgium and Holland.
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Belgium
Holland
J. E. Robertson
C. H. Lyles
E. W. Barr
Barr
King Davids
Grimes
H. W
Thurmond warns Republicans threaten freedom in 'age of expediency'
In Madisonville Kentucky Strom Thurmond, Democratic presidential candidate for States' Rights, says he would rather be right than president. He cites Henry Clay and Jefferson to defend states rights and criticizes GOP Wallace and radical Dems for pursuing a path to totalitarianism.
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Madisonville
J! Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Russia
Bank President Attends ABA Meeting in Detroit
Harold G. Brown president of Shenandoah Valley National Bank is in Detroit to attend sessions of the American Bankers Association which opens tomorrow.
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Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Detroit
American Bankers Assn
Dewey Proposes World Offensive Against Communism
Republican and Democratic presidential candidates clashed over communism with Dewey and Warren pressing a hard line. Truman planned a public talk on the same topic in Oklahoma City. Dewey urged a global push against communists while Warren warned of Communist spread and forceful government. Truman criticized Truman’s stance on the Taft Hartley Act as contradictory.
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Associated Press
White House
GOP
Dewey
Earl Warren
Truman
Oklahoma City
Warren
Detroit
Los Angeles
New York
Marion
Ohio
Russia
Kent Street House Fire Damages Upper Story
A fire at 520 North Kent Street damaged the upper floor of a two story frame house. The blaze started in the attic and three fire trucks responded, bringing the fire under control this afternoon. The occupant named was Lewis Long.
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N. Kent St
Lewis Long
Western Alliance ministers to meet in Paris for defense plans
Defense ministers of Britain France The Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg will meet in Paris to discuss standardizing arms and joint land sea and air maneuvers for mutual defense. A permanent military committee session was delayed by France's government issues. UKs A V Alexander and Commonwealth Secretary Philip Noel-Baker head to Paris for talks amid Soviet opposition in the UN.
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Paris
Western European Alliance
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Hhe
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Europe
Britain
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Western Alliance
A. V. Alexander
London
Philip Noel- Baker
Commonwealth Relations
Vishinsky
U.S
United States
Treason Charged To Tokyo Rose
Mrs Iva Toguri D Aquino alleged Tokyo Rose of wartime broadcasts arrived from Japan and was immediately charged by the government with treason in San Francisco on September 25.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri
D’‘Aquino
Tokyo
Four-H Leaders Highlight Expanded Frederick County Fair
Frederick county 4-H clubs along with Future Farmers of America and Future Homemakers of America prepare for their first agricultural fair next Thursday and Friday at Farmers Livestock Exchange arena near the city. Featured are Miss Triplett head of the Girls 4-H department and the Phillips brothers with Wendell and Harold in key roles. Harold is away at VPI but plans to attend the fair. both groups earned All-Star Farmers honors at the VPI short course.
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Frederick County
Future Farmers of America
Future Homemakers of America
Farmers Livestock Exchange Arena
Miss Triplett
Phillips Brothers
Wendell
Harold
Navy
VPI
Phillips
Three Foreign Ministers Meet To Study Reply
Paris reports the American British and French foreign ministers met to study Russia’s reply to their final Berlin crisis note. No details on Russia’s response were given as Evatt urged UN action if the four powers fail to agree.
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Paris
Russia
Berlin
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
United Nations
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Evatt
General Assembly
Andrej . Vishinsky
Assembly of the United Nations
Evat
Vishinsky
Marshall
Germany
Japan
Korea
U. N
Ba Ths Council of Foreign Ministers
Assembly
Lucky Hit estate near White Post built by Col. Richard Kidder Meade
Frederick history note details the Lucky Hit tract of 1031 acres east of White Post developed after the revolution. The brick house measures 40 by 50 feet with brick interior walls and wide doors, two unfinished log rooms once wolf-haunted, and a separate kitchen building. The property changed hands in 1871 and later suffered oak grove losses before Alexander Mackay Smith purchased it for restoration.
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Richard Kidder Meade
Frederick
White Post
Meadeham
Alexander Mackay Smith
Clarke Co. Historical Assn
Wolfe & Braddock
Frederick County Improvement Corp
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Lockhart and Catlett Furniture
N. Cameron St
U.G.W.A
Geo. Washington Hotel
R. Clark
Sec
H. E Shirley
Stephanson
Salement
Shenandoah ‘Ave
County
AutoMakers
Perry
Mrs. Householder
Richard B. Brown
Municipal League
Shriners
ABA
Earth
Kent St. House
North Frederick
4-H Club
County Council
Farm Safety Committee
Safety Council
Gainesboro High School
Mary Triplett
Wendell Phillips
Harold Phillips Photo
Peters
J. Heinz Company
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