Detective Shot Dead by Off-Duty Officer During Exchange
An off duty detective was shot dead during a district patrol encounter. Three uninjured survivors recount the moment a man claimed windows were being broken and a shot rang out. The slain detective, John Stachowski aged 45, had 19 years on the force and earned a note for bravery in a prior case. His widow described his long midnight shift and failure to return home.
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Sclty
John Stachowski
Stachowski
Eerie
How's Your LQ Question and Answers Exchange
A fragment notes a Q and A sequence about leadership quotient or logic quotient. It mentions correct answers printed on a date related to ten and twenty years, implying a retrospective quiz or classroom exercise. The text is incomplete but indicates a printed answer key from a past period.
Funeral Services for Virgie O Burkhart Wednesday
Funeral services for Virgie O Burkhart are set for 2 PM Wednesday at St Paul Lutheran Church. Laura H Smith is handling arrangements, with details pending at Jones Funeral Home.
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Virgie O. Burkhart
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Laura H. Smith
Fire Company Purchases Jeep for Auxiliary Use
South End Fire Co. bought a 1950 Jeep to serve as an auxiliary vehicle. Lamp Motor Co. delivered the Jeep, now equipped with a siren bell and light, to be painted red. It will carry hoses shovels axes pumps and a portable light plant and debut at the Apple Blossom Festival parade.
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South End Fire Co
H. M. Layman
Lamp Motor Co
Layman
April sales notices list countryside auctions
Real estate and personal property offered by commissioners and farms. Lar rick at Frederick Court House lists real estate near Stephensson on April 8. Dyke near Winchester Greenspring on April 12 with dairy cows hogs. Mt. Storm Poultry Farm Gore Virginia on Rt 259 April 14. Yancey Stephens City April 15 household goods furniture.
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Carlton PF
Winchester
Greenspring
Mt. Storm Poultry Farm
Gore
Highview
A. Yancey
Stephens City
Timber Ridge
Rt. 259
Crishview
W. Va
Helen Bailey Lutz
White Hall
Chester
Mrs Adams Wins Grand Award in Winchester Hobby Show
Harriet Adams Earhart won the top loving cup at the first Winchester hobby show held at the Armory Pride Night and Saturday. Judges were Miles B. Dean Miss Agnes Shirley and Basil Starkey. Ribbons were awarded in eight classifications to numerous local youth and adults across collections woodwork model building needlework photography handicraft and art work.
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Harriet Adams Earhart
Armory
Bob Barney
Edward Gay Butler
Boyce
C. P. McVicar
Harry Fox Jr
Todd Stuart
Minature Electric Train
Donald Stotler
Beverly Gardner
Frank Schecter
Daniel Cammer
Maurice Eckman
John Williams
Stuart Cain
LST
W. R. Barney
Isabel M. Cook
Rebecca Whitlock
Ofton
Pete Stipe
Clarence Lamp
T. L. Bucher
Jane Southard
Virginia Shackelford
Jonas Chamberlin
Catherine Sche
Martinsburg Man Hurt in Braddock and Wolfe Collision
A two car crash at Braddock and Wolfe Streets at 12 15 p m resulted in $200 property damage and a slight head injury to Mrs Ethel Fowler of Martinsburg. A 1948 Chevrolet sedan driven by Alexander Stover Douglas stopped in the traffic lane and was rear struck by a 1948 Pontiac coupe driven by Mark Sharer of Fayetteville Arkansas.
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Braddock
Wolfe St
Alexander Stover Douglas
Martinsburg
Mark Sharer
Fayetteville
Ark
Ethel Fowler
Ice Reserves Used by Army and Navy in World War II
U S Army and Navy bases reported using 2,000,000 tons of ice during World War II to preserve food and medicine, support personnel camps, and secure supply lines in hostile theaters. This historic logistical effort highlights the scale of winterization and provisioning across U S bases.
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U. S. Army
Congressman Polk In Rt 50 Crash Faces Reckless Driving Charge
Rep James G Polk of Highland Ohio escaped injury when his 1949 car struck a following vehicle and careened down a six foot embankment. State Trooper L P Coverstone said Polk claimed he did not see the signal. Hazel Myrick of Raleigh NC testified the light was on. Polk posted 15.25 bond and may skip court. Damage to his car about 300 dollars. other Packard 75 dollars. A second accident on Rt 7 near Berryville involved Ira Gene Bunch, a Bethesda sailor, who rolled his Oldsmobile after passing into oncoming traffic. Bunch was found guilty of reckless driving and paid 10 dollars plus costs.
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James G. Polk
United States
Highland
L. P. Coverstone
Polk
Hogué Erence
Winches
Hazel Myrick
Rt. 2
Raleigh, N. C
Bond
Packard
Coverstone
Rt. 7
Berryville
Lions To Inspect New Power Plant
Winchester Lions will visit the Northern Virginia Power Co. for lunch and a tour of the new Riverton power plant. About 50 members are expected to travel from the George Washington Hotel shortly after 11 30 a m. The Riverton visit replaces the hotel luncheon.
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Winchester Lions
Northern Virginia Power Co
Riverton
George Washington Hotel
Escapees Still Fruitless Search in Washington County
Sheriff C N Boldwine said no new leads emerged in the area as a 13 state search continues for three convicts: Adam Nuckols 29 Tyler Hodges Jr 18 and George Able 27. The men escaped from a Halifax county state prison camp and FBI warrants charge unlawful flight to avoid confinement kidnapping and interstate transportation of a stolen car.
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Abingdon
C. N. Boldwine
Washington Coun
Adam Nuckols
Tyler Hodges, Jr
George Able
Halifax County
FBI
Richmond
Board undecided in Sander's case in Hillsborough County
In Manchester New Hampshire the Hillsborough County Medical Society Board of Censors reports no definite conclusion in the case of Dr. Hermann N Sander. Spokesman Dr. Theodore H Lee says no comment on possible further meetings or recommendations. Previously on March 19 the society refused to act after a jury acquitted Sander of murder of a cancer patient. A later charge was lodged by four members.
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Manchester, N. H
Board of Censors
Hillsborough County Medical Society
Hermann N. Sander
Theodore H. Lee
Lee
Sander
Appointed Deputy in Banking Named
Logan R. Ritchie, an examiner for the State Division of Insurance, has been appointed deputy commissioner of banking, the State Corporation Commission announced today.
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Richmond
Logan R. Ritchie
State Division of
Insurance
State Corporation Commission
Eight Escape As Plane Crashes on Lake Shore
Eight Navy men escaped injury when their PV 2 twin plane crash landed off Lake Michigan near Benton Harbor Michigan. One crewman swam 300 feet to shore for help and the others were brought in by canoe. The plane from Glenview NAS Chicago had circled in rain for over an hour as 600 to 700 residents gathered at Jean Klock Park to watch rescues.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Lake Michigan
Glenview Naval Air Station
Chicago
St. Joseph
Thomas Milton
Norfolk
Minneapolis
Milton
Bonton Sowers
Jean Klock Park
City
Governor Signs Bills in Richmond as Assembly Enacts Reassessment
Governor signs multiple measures in Richmond including a six year real estate reassessment requirement and state appraisals for local school funding. Also approved were bills on mineral land assessment highway system definitions Supreme Court reports to municipal courts transfer of property to VPI for the blind inoculation dog license prerequisites and Newport News charter amendments.
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Richmond
Battle
General Assembly
State Department of Taxation
Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia Commission For the Blind
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Newport News
Court cases heard by Judge Rice list four defendants
Roy William Dodson of 411 North Loudoun Street faced driving while drunk with a $104.75 fine and a suspended 30 day jail term. Charles Edward Malone of 330 Fairview Avenue faced disorderly conduct and property destruction with a $25 fine and a suspended 90 day sentence. Talford Lee Miller from Woodstock faced drunkenness and vagrancy with a $9.25 fine. George Elliott of Middletown faced drunkenness and carrying an unlawful knife with fines and costs of $33. The report also notes Louisiana waters supply the majority of the American shrimp catch.
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John Rice
Roy William Dodson
N. Loudoun St
Charles Edward Malone
Fairview Ave
Talford Lee Miller
Woodstock
George Elliott
Middletown
For Sale Bungalow with Garden and Basement
For sale a bungalow featuring living room dinette kitchen with built-in cabinets two bedrooms bath sun parlor full basement and garage option electric refrigerator and range included or not. Garden includes strawberries and raspberries. Phone 4202 after 5 3502.
Binaggio Buried Amid Political Turf War in Kansas City
In Kansas City a political boss Binaggio and ally Charles Gargotta were shot dead in their Democratic ward club rooms. Flowers covered Binaggio’s casket as plainclothes police mingled with mourners. Gargotta’s services preceded Binaggio’s funeral with 70 mourners present. Honorary pallbearers included three state senators and former attorney general Roy McKittrick.
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Kansas City
Flowers
Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
John Lazia
Gargotta
St. Agnes
Kansas
Roy McKittrick
Hope Raised for Fliers Missing in Baltic Sea
Sighting of two flares near Bornholm revived hope for 10 U S Navy fliers missing since Saturday in a four engined PB 4Y Privateer patrol plane. U S Air Forces said planes and ships from Denmark and Sweden joined the search after the flare sighting. The Privateer disappeared on a 430 mile training flight from Wiesbaden to Copenhagen after crossing the German Danish border near the Russian zone.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Baltic Sea
U. S. Navy
U. S. Air Forces
Bornholm
Wiesbaden
Copenhagen
Denmark
Newark man details alleged wife suicide by noose and knife
Capt. F. M. Funk reports 25 year old Myers told police he urged his wife to hang herself with neckties in the bedroom but the cords broke. He also admitted slashing her arm with a knife to scare her, not to kill. He is thought to have distant relatives in Winchester or Frederick County.
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F. M. Funk
Myers
Capt. Funk
Winchester
Frederick County
Fare hike considered by state commission
A request for intrastate bus fare increase by the Washington Virginia and Maryland Coach Company was taken under advisement this afternoon by the State Corporation Commission.
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Richmond
Washington, Virginia
Maryland
State Corporation Commission
Fatal crash south of Toano claims Charles Wise
State police reported a fatal crash occurred thirteen Route 631 a half mile south of Toano in James City County. Charles Wise, 35, of Toano, was killed almost instantly in the incident.
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Toano
James City
Charles Wise
Toano Man Dies After Newport News Accident
Manuel Randall, 24, of Toano, died Saturday in a Newport News hospital from injuries suffered in an accident. The report notes the context of the incident and mentions related details about care and the aftermath.
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Manuel Randall
Toano
Newport News
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