May Fix Prices On Soft Coal
Washington September 27 The National Bituminous Coal Commission may set minimum prices for soft coal in under a month as hearings proceed. Chairman Charles Hosford urged quick industry coordination of 30 000 schedules to avoid delays and warned of appointing an examiner if districts 1 and 7 fail to align by noon tomorrow. The commission also sought to ease fears that new minimums would raise domestic coal costs noting 80 percent of demand comes from railroads utilities and large industries buying below cost.
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Washington
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Charles Hosford
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Commission
Trailroads
Braithwaite Family Birthday Dinner Notes In Cross Junction
Cross Junction Virginia residents gathered for birthday dinners honoring E W Braithwaite and Max Braithwaite with relatives and friends from Martinsburg Winchester Berkeley Springs and Bloomery in attendance. Guests included Dr Noble Whitacre and families as well as Mr and Mrs C G Baker and others. The social roundup also mentions visiting relatives at Pikeside West Virginia and local trips to Martinsburg.
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Gilbert DeHaven
W. R. Baker
Jean
Betty Braithwaite
Noble Whitacre
Pikeside
W. Va
Floyd Luttrell
Guy Reynolds
Guy, Ja
Martinsburg
Lloyd Keller
Russell Scrivener
Lloyd Braithwaite
Harvey Braithwaite
John Feltner
Harley Adams
Delbert Sibert
Ray Lewis
Winchester
Harold Hobdy
Berkeley Springs
Clyde Peacemaker
Bloomery
Evening Star Delivery Notice for Winchester Readers
Notice requests prompt delivery of the Evening Star in Winchester with a toll free postal telegraph call for prompt service and states there is no charge for this service.
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Evening Star
Barbara Bell
Winchester Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York
N. Y
Desperadoes Escape Cleveland Jail With Wives Warned
Federal prosecutors issued a sharp warning that aiding the three escaped bank robbers from Missouri who busted from a Cleveland jail faces at least ten years in prison. The fugitives include Charles and Frank Bird and James Widmer, with their wives believed to be accompanying them. The trio escaped Missouri penitentiary last year and jolted through Cleveland in a bold car dash injuring a pedestrian.
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Cleveland
U. S
Emerick B. Freed
Charles
Frank Bird
James Widmer
Bird Brothers
Missouri
Seven Victims Die As Virginia Weekend Fatalities Rise
Richmond reports seven weekend highway deaths including Early Spencer near Port Royal and Edmund Webster near Amelia courthouse. Other victims include Pat Johnson near Shipman and a 20 year old on the Petersburg Hopewell Highway. Frederickstown notes Spencer burned after his car crashed into a tree near Port Royal.
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Richmond
Early Spencer
Alexandria
Port Royal
Edmund Webster
Amelia Courthouse
Pat Johnson
Shipman
Lovingston
Eugene C. Dowell
Silver Springs
Orange Turnpike
Federicksburg
Horace Edward Morris
Ern Railway
Bon Air
Martha Neal
Jewell Ridge Road
Charles Grant
Richlands
Petersburg-Hopewell
Fredericksburg
Spencer
Scott Henshaw
Seaton Spencer
Arlington Democrats Plan October Rally With State Candidates
Arlington County Democratic executive committee will sponsor a late October rally with invited speakers for State offices in November. Guests include Governor candidate James H. Price Lieutenant Governor Saxon W. Holt Attorney General Abram P. Staples and House of Delegates candidate William D. Medley. Charles R. Fenwick is general chairman with committee members Alvin Fitz Hugh Clara L. Nevin Arthur C. Stickley Nixon Brewer and Thomas R. Mechem.
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Clarendon
Arlington County
Democratic Executive Committee
Charles R. Fenwick
James H. Price
Saxon W. Holt
Abram P. Staples
House of Delegates
William D. Medley
Alvin Fitz Hugh
Clara L. Nevin
Arthur C. Stickley
Nixon Brewer
Thomas R. Mechem
Divorce Haunts Frederick Man Seeks Remarry License
Frederick Maryland resident Charles M. Ramsburg aged 65 visited the courthouse to obtain a license to remarry the same woman he divorced 34 years ago. He was surprised to learn he still owed ten dollars for the divorce.
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Frederick
Charles M. Ramsburg
Cleaners Act To Bar AFL From Virginia Plants
The Virginia Dry Cleaners Association formed a five member labor committee to oppose AFL plans to organize dry cleaning plants statewide and to meet with AFL representatives. W. C. Coakley, Herbert Fried, Bush Creekmore, Roy Redford and David Peltz named. W. R. Williams elected president. A legislative committee for regulatory changes was also named to broaden state applicability and allow disposal of unclaimed goods after 90 days.
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Richmond
Virginia Dry Cleaners Association
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
W. C. Coakley
Alexandria
Herbert Fried
Bush Creekmore
Norfolk
Roy Redford
David Peltz
Newport News
W. D. Anderson
F £. J. Shave
Charles D. Garland
Roanooke
Gus Schultz
A. Smith
Fredericksburg
Stewart H. Woody
R. W. Billingsly
State Dry Cleaning Board
John Hopkins Hall, Jr
New York Guest Ho Davis Visits Gray Gables Inn
Horace Davis of New York City spent the weekend as a guest of his parents Mr and Mrs Horace 8 Davis at Gray Gables Inn.
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Horace Davis
New York City
Horace 8. Davis
Gray Gables Inn
Miller's Drug Store Awards Prizes During Nationwide Broadcast
Miller's Drug Store awarded prizes to customers during a nationwide broadcast tribute marking 173 years of service. Recipients included Philip O'Rear, M. W. Orndorff, Sarah Tanquary, Preston Hershman, G H Camp, Mary Belle Davis, and others at Winchester addresses. Every hundredth customer won a prize until the air mention concluded, with the counter used to determine eligibility.
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Miller's Drug Store
Philip O’rear
N. Washington Street
M. W. Orndorff
Opequon
Sarah Tanquary
Amherst
Preston Hershman
Glaize Avenue
G. H. Camp
Winchester
Mary Belle Davis
South
Kent
Miller's
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