Winchester Veterans and Educators Featured in City Briefs
Master Technical Sergeant Anthony Jagiello USMC returns to Winchester to settle with his family after 34 years in the Marines. The article notes his Polish birth, wartime service, and his sons Walter and Joseph in Europe and the West Coast. Also featured are Temple Graves II speaking at the District Education Association meeting on October 12 and a veteran housing and auto survey update with limited local registrations for a Sealf and VFW office survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Jagielli
USMC
O. P. Smith
Marine Barracks
Quantico
Marine Corps
Winchester
Poland
Set. Vagiello
Wilkes-Barre
International Harvester Company
Corps
Chicago
India
West Indies
Connecticut
Minnesota
Jagiello
Walter
West Point
Europe
Joseph
West Coast
J Temple. Graves II
Ofgham
Alabama
District Education Association
Edwin E. Will
Timberville
Virginia Education Association
American Selofi
VFW
Northern Street
Legion
L. E. Hill
Richard Eddy
Excé
Greeks Prepare To Welcome King George To Throne
Athens moves to receive King George II after five years of exile. Government plans include closing the city Saturday morning, suspending arm permits, and strict crowd controls along the parade route from Faliron Bay to the Greek Cathedral. Police will search individuals and ban rooftop viewing within about 100 yards of the march.
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Athens
George II
Faleron Bay
Decontrol Push Grows as Meat Shortage Probed
Army officials discuss decontrol as meat shortages trigger political and economic debate. Roscoe I. Haynie backs OPA decontrol with 60 day suspension opposed by Senator O Daniel and others. Johnston urges 90 day test while New England governors seek federal seizure and special quotas for institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Roscoe I. Haynie
Beef Industry Committee
McCormack
Haynie
Capitol Hill
O’daniel
D-Tex
O’'Daniel
Ferguson
R-Mich
Johnston
D-Sc
New England
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Social Security eligibility for WWII veterans clarified
Veterans who served at least 90 days after September 1940 and died within three years of discharge are eligible for full Social Security benefits under the 1946 amendment, announced by Harry A. Nelson of Martinsburg SSA. Payments vary by survivors or burial, with claims due by February 10 1947. information available from Martinsburg or Winchester Post Office engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Harry A. Nelson
Martinsburg Social Security Administration
Nelson
Social Security Administration
Martinsburg
W.va
Winchester
Social Security Office
Virginia
West Virginia
Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah
Warren
Berkeley, Morgan and Jefferson
Skunk Promenade ForcesQuick Evacuation at Strasburg Theatre
Strasburg Va Sept 26 The Strand Theatre evacuated in record time after a skunk entered a vent and promenaded up the center aisle prompting a rapid orderly exit by patrons and staff.
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Strasburg
Strand
Baptist Church Fellowship Club Dinner Friday Night
The men's fellowship club of the Baptist Church will host its first fall dinner meeting Friday at 6 30 p m with an interesting program planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church Fellowship Club
Richlands Operator R Guy Flannary Dies at 54
R Guy Flannary 54 a motion picture theater operator and Tazewell County deputy treasurer died after a brief illness in a hospital in Richlands Va He passed away last night at the local facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlands
R. Guy Flannary
Lands
Motion Picture
Tazewell County
Vintage Speedways Bring Big Cars and Midgets to Track
Speedways at large tracks host jalopies and stock cars this year with big cars set to debut this week and midgets drawing national interest and crews. Early drivers who helped launch auto racing here remain active spectators or competitors on Sundays. Pioneers like Ken Cather, Kermit Batt, Paul Nycum, Miller Reed, Billy Forney, Jim Ritenour and others are listed among the sport’s first racers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Cather
Kermit Batt
Paul
Jon Nycum
Market Reports on Produce Poultry and Livestock Prices
Baltimore market notes dull with liberal apple supplies across Md Pa Va and W Va. Prices listed for Delicious, Grimes, Jonathans, McIntosh, Hubbardston, Smokehouse apples. poultry and eggs prices. butter quotes. receipts noted. Baltimore livestock market shows light cattle demand, steady hogs, and mixed sheep trends with price ranges for steers, heifers, cows, calves, and lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
MD. Pa. Va
W. Va
Bas
U. S
Grimes
Jonathans
McIntosh
Hubbardstons
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Kansas
Stock Market Report Faces Light Selling In New York
New York September 26 stock market leaders showed light early selling but later trends stiffened. Trading was among the slowest in a month with some losses reduced. Buyers argued for a technical comeback as profit taking and tax loss liquidation continued. Noted movers included Chrysler, Goodrich, U S Steel, Woolworth, Boeing, Dow Jones favorites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chrysler
Goodrich
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
National Distillers
North American
Burlington Mills
Southern Railway
N. Y. Central
General Motors
Sears Roebuck
International Nickel
Air Reduction
American Can
BMW Chemical
Allied Chemical
Great Northern
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pittsburgh Strikes Bring Power and Rail Disruptions
Tensions rise as Pittsburgh power workers strike the Duquesne Light Co and spread to the railways, reducing electric output to 40 percent and daily riders to 1 million. Union leaders rally behind steel and electrical workers while the injunction battle continues. President Mueller is briefly freed after apologizing for contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquesne Light Company
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Duquesne Light Co
Philadelphia
National
Allegheny Common Pleas Court
CIO
AFL
Pittsburgh
Railways Company
Steel Capital
National Labor
Jones and McLaughlin Steel Corp
Westinghouse Electric Corp
George L. Mueller
Allegheny County Court
Union
Chicago Grain Quotations and Coining of Hard Boiled
Open ing prices show Wheat May at 1.95 to 1.96 and Corn Jan at 1.43 to 1.42 with March and May variations. Oats and Barley are listed with Nov Dec March and May figures. A quiz note asks who coined the term hard boiled and credits Jack Doyle and Tad Dorgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jack Doyle
Billiard Academy
New York
Tad Dorgan
Answers to the Daily Quiz Printed on Page Four
A compact list of quiz solutions shows correct responses: 1 Do, 2 True, 3 Retired Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds, 4 Fifteen percent, 6 Should not (Ar 615-275), 6 Admiral William F. Halsey Jr, 7 False though the flesh is edible, 8 Sing Sing, 9 Osmium, 10 Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
James Clark McReynolds
William F. Halsey
Mrs. Valley Elliott dies in Clarke County at 56
Mrs. Valley Christine Elliott 56 wife of Charles Odgene Elliott died last evening at 8 in Gaylord. Born October 29 1889 in Clarke County she lived most of her life in Gore Frederick County and moved to Clarke County 13 years ago. Survived by husband and seven children plus brothers and half brothers. Funeral Sunday September 29 at 2 pm from Full Gospel Pentecostal Church Middleway West Virginia with interment at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.
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Valley Christine Elliott
Charles Odgene Elliott
Gaylord
James and
Mary Crawford Keys
Clarke County
Gore
Frederick County
Luther J. Elliott
Berryville
Clark W. Elliott
Forrest R. Elliott
Charles Town
Delsie M. Smeltzer
Amiel R. Elliott
Suell M. Elliott
Gerrardstown
W. Va
Rosbin C. Elliott
William Keys
Harrisburg
George Palmer
Suell Palmer
Full Gospel Pentecostal Church
Middleway
Green Hill Cemetery
Blast in Atlanta ruins fronts of four downtown businesses
A powerful blast in Atlanta early today, believed caused by dynamite, damaged the fronts of four downtown establishments near the state capitol area. No injuries were reported. The blast opened the laundry pickup station and shattered windows and doors at two delicatessens and a beauty shop.
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Atlanta
State Capitol
Roosevelt Estate Net After Taxes Reported in Poughkeepsie
The estate of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt shows a net value after taxes of 1,085,486 with a gross of 1,821,887 and deductions of 736,400 for funeral expenses debts and costs per a tax appraisal filed with Dutchess County Surrogate Frederick Quinterre by executor Henry Hackett. Senator Kilgore elected chairman of the Senate War Investigating Committee to take charge October 1 after Mead resigns. Holland America liner Westerdam sails with 3,600,000 eggs bound for Switzerland in postwar cargo record.
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Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hess County
Frederick Quinterre
Henry Hackett
Washington
Kilgore
D.-W. Va
Senate War Investigating Committee
Mead
Pacific ship operators deny labor peace conference invite
Pacific coast ship operators declined Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach’s invitation to a maritime labor peace conference in Washington aimed at preventing a nationwide strike by the CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association. The union, with about 15,000 engine room members, threatens to strike across the U S merchant fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Unemployment Drops in Virginia Areas
The Richmond Office of the U S Employment Service reports a general reduction of surplus labor in several smaller Virginia areas. In Charlottesville and Albemarle, Fluvanna, Louisa, and Nelson counties, the slight surplus of men from four months ago is disappearing due to more employment and fewer returning veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
United States Employment Service
Charlottesville
Alebmarile
Fluvanna
Louisa
Nelson
Milk Price Increase Request Hits State Commission
The State Milk Commission hears a bid to raise retail milk prices in the Arlington Alexandria area and wholesale rates in Roanoke after a federal order boosted fluid milk by 25 cents per hundredweight. Alexandria Dairy Products cites a 10 percent drop in business and a 3 cent rise last month pushing retail to 19 cents a quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Milk Commission
Arlington-Alexandria
Roanoke
Alexandria
Arlington
Michael H. Burchell
Alexandria Dairy Products Company, Inc
Milk Market Hearing Seeks Higher Producer Price in Roanoke
In a full day hearing the commission questioned witnesses to map milk and labor supply in the Roanoke area. The Roanoke market asks set a minimum producer price at 5.40 dollars per hundred pounds for four percent butterfat milk, implying a one cent per quart rise in wholesale milk prices. Proposals rest on claims that rival buyers are siphoning milk from the local market.
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Roanoke
Fire destroys Clinch River Motor Co. garage in Lebanon
A fire in Lebanon Virginia yesterday caused an estimated $100000 in property loss and destroyed the Clinch River Motor Company garage. The blaze also damaged two adjacent buildings housing the Russell Welfare offices and another facility.
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Lebanon
Clinch River Motor Company
Russell Ae
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Winchester News Briefs
G. B. Masters Life Insurance Co
Chappie
George
Just
Rosenberger’s
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Braddock St
Strasburg Theatre
SKUNK
Tazewell
Arvin
Stock Market Report
Russia
Middletown
Edwin B. Orndoff
Rint
G. Robert White
H. L. Mills
Valley Avenue
APPLE
Grant
N. Cameron St
Chas. Elliott
World News
Kilgore Chairman
Westerdam
Switzerland
the Star
Glaize & Bro
Brumback
George Washington Garage
J. G. Holsinger & Son
Court Square
Radio Retails
All Models Woods
Amherst St
Chapman Motor
Pine Motor CO
Dodge-Plymouth
Adam
Call
General Typewriter Exchange
N. Loudoun St
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Verte Sears
Gov’Tt
Sears
Sears New Fell
RCA
Emerson
Farnsworth
Westinghouse
Stromberg-Carlson
Loudoun Si
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