Train Wreck In California Injures 30 On UP Run
Victorville California September 26 an estimated 30 persons were injured when Union Pacific passenger train No 3 the westbound transcontinental limited from St Louis derailed on a curve about two and a half miles east of Victorville deputies at the scene reported the engineer and firemen were pinned but alive ambulances from San Bernardino and Barstow rushed the injured to hospitals 30 miles away as the injured lay along the right of way 300 yards from U S Highway 6
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Victorville
Calif
Union Pacific
St. Louis
Zeke Ebelzin
San Bernardino
Barstow
U. S. Highway 6
Greek Claims Against Albania Are Withdrawn
Paris report says Greece pulled its Epirus claim against Albania during a Peace Conference session. The move came as the conference aims to finalize peace treaties with Finland Italy Romania Hungary and Bulgaria by October 15. Yugoslav Vice Premier Edward Kardelj noted the Epirus issue had appeared on prior plenary agendas but was postponed.
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Paris
Greece
Albania
Epi
Finland
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Edward Kardelj
Yugoslavia
Epirus
Samuel Kline Hurt When Car Strikes Rope Tied To Charging Cow
Samuel Asbury Kline 65 of near Winchester suffered a fractured arm three broken ribs and numerous cuts after a car driven by Wilmer Lee Luttrell struck a rope he held while guiding a cow across the highway about 6 30 yesterday evening. He was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital and listed in fairly good condition. Trooper C A Seale investigated.
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Samuel Asbury Kline
Winchester
Igbway
Kline
Wilmer Lee Luttrell
Injunction Dissolved in Pittsburgh Power Strike
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court dissolved a preliminary anti strike injunction at city officials request. Judge Walter P Smart noted the ruling followed due deliberation and welfare of the city. Street cars halted as Pittsburgh Railways Company workers joined the labor action, disrupting transit for thousands.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Common
Pleas Court
Anne X. Alpern
Walter P. Smart
Duquesne Light Company
Smart
Steel Capital
Uen
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Serce
John T. Morgan
AFL Amalgamated Associa
Rale
Chinese Troops Strike Westward from Jehol Area
Chinese government forces push west from Jehol to cut off Communist northward retreat toward Kalgan as three other units close in. Hsin Min Pao reports Chiang Kai-shek’s forces near Kuyuan and Tolun north of Kalgan, Fu Yi’s units seize Hsinho and push east, with Kalgan government possibly moved to Tolun. Military sources expect eight converging routes to seal escape. Few Communist troops remain in Kalgan.
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Peiping
Jehol
Kalgan
Hsin Min Pao
Chiang Kai- Shek
Kuyuan
Tolun
Reds Mill
Fu -Yi
Suiyuan
Hsinho
New York Planner Praises Winchester Park Vision
F Ellwood Allen of Park and Recreation Planners of New York urges Winchester to develop a 24 acre decree plus 99 acre addition into a natural park. He notes abundant woods and open spaces, existing facilities, and a 20 acre area reserved for colored residents, appealing to local leaders and citizens.
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America
F. Ellwood Allen
New York City
Winchester
Court House
Winchester Restaurants Stay Open Amid Meat Shortage Says Pappas
Winchester meat famine affects dining as Pappas, head of the Winchester Restaurant Association, notes all local eateries remain open despite shortages. He cites regional abundance except meat and hopes for OPA relief, while national groups threaten closings without relief.
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Winchester
James Pappas
Winchester Restaurant Association
Pappas
Winchester Group
OPA
Mr. Pappas
Shenandoah Valley
Washington
National Restaurant Association
Aca
Associated Press
George R. le Sauvage
Restaurant Association
Paul Porter
Regular weekly drills for First Platoon and Detachment
The First Platoon and Headquarters Detachment will drill this Thursday at 7 30 PM at the Armory. All members urged to attend. The Second Platoon drills Friday at 7 30 PM. CAPT W A BAKER. BARTER THEATRE.
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W.a Bakfr
Airport Speedway Near City Limits Represents Major Local Investment
Airport Speedway four miles east of Winchester on Bufflick Road near the municipal airport will become one of the area's largest sports plant investments costing five figures. Since 1937 the site has evolved into a one third mile oval with ongoing construction this year into next. Work includes grandstand, guard rails, fencing and infield grading while a 20 man crew keeps the track in racing condition and uses 30 000 gallons of water per race to control dust.
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Airport
Winchester
Bufflick Road
Winchester Municipal
First Track Inc
Judge Harrison Emerges With Lead In Staunton Delegates
RICHMOND Va Sept 26 Judge Burr P Harrison of Winchester led the Staunton convention with 87 pledged votes for the Seventh District Democratic nomination. A majority of 129 was needed. G Fred Sweitzer held 54 votes and was second.
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Richmond
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester
Congress
Staunton
G. Fred Sweitzer
Disjean Menmporatte
German Secret Document Reveals WW II Peace Hopes
A German document captured by US forces is published by the State Department. It details Hitler era aims to ally with Japan against the Soviet Union and links Western Russia conquest to India. The report includes Ribbentrop Oshima Okamoto remarks from May 1943 amid Allied offensives.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
Hitler
Soviet Union
Theit
Germany
Russia
India
Ribbentrop
Oshima
Okamoto
North
Africa
Europe
Italy
G M Music Appliance Center Opens in Front Royal Tonight
Robert F Gaines of Winchester announces the opening of the G and M Music Appliance Center at 403 East Main Street Front Royal tonight at 7 30 o clock Richard E Cunningham native of Keyser W Va will manage the Front Royal Center He has engineered and held a position with the G and M Center in Winchester for several months
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Robert F. Gaines
Winchester
G and M Music
East Main Street
Front Royal
Mr. Gaines
Harrisonburg
Miles Music Company
Marshall T. Miles
Richard E. Cunningham
Keyser
W. Va
Cunningham
G and M Center
Stephens City Faces Water Cutoff As Wells Run Dry
Stephens City officials warn the town water system will be shut off this afternoon due to depleted wells. Mayor Lomax Parker says a third well is being drilled and should restore supply within a week, affecting 72 users including the Stephens City school and the C F P Nicholas Co chicken plant.
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Stepnens
Lomax Parker
Parker
Stephens City, School
C. FP. Nicholas Co
R. E. Ayler
Telehone
H. J. Heinz Co
Meat price fight tops Truman news conference report
Rep Rogers after a White House talk says Truman testified Congress lost control over price decontrol action. Agriculture Dept notes fewer hogs go to market than ever. similar cattle trend. McCormack proposes 60 day price control suspension. Ross offers no comment. Sabath pushes anti trust inquiry into packer collusion described as organized greed.
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Washington
Sept
Rep. Rogers
R-Mass
White House
Truman
Congress
Agriculture Department
Charles G. Ross
House
McCormack
D-Mass
Sabath
D-Ii
House Rules Committee
Chicago
Clarke
Army Search For Enslaved Fliers Proceeds In China
U S Army search team pushes deeper into western China seeking eight to ten U S airmen believed enslaved by Lolos in the Valley of Chinklang near Tibet. Lt Col Herbert W Wurtzler leads detachment toward a remote Catholic mission to locate captives from flights over the hump decades ago.
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China
Chengtu
Chinklang
Tibet
Herbert W. Wurtzler
U. S
Hump
India
Reece Criticizes McCormack On Price Controls Politics
Washington report details a pre election clash over meat price controls as army orders 25 percent of output set aside for the armed services hospitals and veterans homes. McCormack urges suspension of price controls to feed citizens, while Reece calls the move cheap poll politics and Anderson pledges action on petitions to decontrol if justified.
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Washington
Army
Armed Services
War Shipping Administration
Veterans Hospitals
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Paul Porter
OPA
Reece
Darrell Reece
Anderson
Clinton P. Anderson
Albuquerque
Senator Byrd Fined for Driving Permit Renewal
Berryville Virginia report says Senator Byrd was fined $9.25 in Trial Justice Court for failing to renew his driver's permit yesterday afternoon.
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Byrd
Berryville
Trial Justice Court
Valley Service, Inc. Expands Operations Across Region
The Valley Service, Inc. at 22 Amherst Street, founded in 1919 by Claude R. Cammer, Dudley C. Lichliter, and the late Philip Cammer, has grown from a two‑employee service station to a major wholesale distributor. Now occupying 15,560 square feet, employing 66, with six traveling salesmen and five delivery trucks, it serves 16 counties in Virginia, part of Maryland, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, drawing from 125 suppliers.
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the Valley Service, Inc
Amherst Street
Claude R. Cammer
Dudley C. Lichliter
Philip Cammer
North Braddock Street
Chester
Valley Service Station
Piedmont Virginia
Panhandle
West Virginia
Maryland
Jessie B. Lewis
S. N. Newcome
Carlton Staples
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United States
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Valley Pike
Brannon’s
Berryville Ave
Harrison
Alice McKinster
N. Loudoun Street
G. G
George Goington Hotel
Northern Virginia Power Co
Women's Civic League
Ridgewood Fruit Industries
Stephens City
Nicholas Company
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Fred Stickley
Strasburg
Hugh L. Carper
Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Board of So
Gold Star
Clarke County
Coast
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