Festival Queen-elect Robbed of Ice Contest Trophies
Boston reports Gretchen Merrill, 22, national women’s figure skating champion, had five trophies stolen from her home. The prizes included honors from 1947 events in Ireland and St Moritz and her first trophy won at age 12. Merrill was named Queen Shenandoah XXI for Winchester Virginia Apple Blossom Festival events on April 29-30.
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Boston
Gretchen Merrill
Miss Merrill
Winchester
St. Moritz
Don McNeil
Tom Baldridge
Gretchen van Zandt Merrill
Wom
Six Winchester youths bonded in road sign case
Six Winchester youths aged 16 to 19 were bonded for appearance in Leesburg court on a charge of destroying state property. Capt. Funk led the arrests after signs were found piled on a car. two juveniles were among those detained.
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Winchester
Kfax
Loudoun
Clarke
Leesburg
M. Funk
William Wolverton
S. Loudoun &J
Boyd Francis Grim
W. Germain
Loudoun County
Smith
John Rice
Washington
Fairfax
Clarke Counties
JBT to Elect Board Members at Winchester meeting
Winchester Junior Board of Trade will elect seven board members at a general meeting on April 22 at 7 30 p.m. in the George Washington hotel small dining room. Fourteen candidates are named including G T Birner Jr Dabney Watts William Sullivan David Maheny Herbert Duke and others.
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Winchester Junior Board of Trade
G. T. Birner Jr
Dabney Watts
William Sullivan
David Maheny
Herbert Duke
Wiliam Schenck
Jack Denny Shirley Bly
W. Roscoe Edwards
Carl A. Haines
Woodrow Moore
Harry B. Rambo Maur Ce Tremary
Bernard F. Groves Jr
George Washington Hotel
Rexall Lo Sale
Long girl chosen to dance for Gretchen Merrill in festival
Miss Long 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence T Long of 27 James St, will perform as a dancer for Queen Shenandoah XXI during the Apple Blossom coronation ceremonies April 29 and 30. She studies at Miss Dorothy Ewing's school, excels in ballet and other styles, and aims for the American Ballet School in New York after Handley.
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Lawrence T. Long
James St
Gretchen Merrill
Miss Long
Handley
American Ballet School
New York
Mrs Ida Willis Dies in Hospital at 91 Winchester Resident
Mrs. Ida Virginia Willis longtime Winchester resident died shortly after 6 p m at Memorial Hospital in the 92nd year following a brief illness She lived with her children in Washington DC Winchester and Florida She was a DAR member widow of Daniel C Willis and survived by two daughters one son five grandchildren and a great grandson Funeral plans were not yet announced Also a sale ad appears for a Dodge panel truck at Hillyard's Wall Paper Store.
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Ida Virginia Willis
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
John Hoover
S. Cameron St
Daniel C. Willis
Harrisonburg
Willis
Points B. Willis
Washington
D. C
Florida
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fred E. Willis
Hollywood
Fla
Hoover
City
Benjamin M. Neitzey
Charles Shaffer
Detroit
Joseph Garner
John F. Hoover
Joseph Martinelli
Ida Mae Willis
Robert Neitzey
Barbara Neitze
Joan Frederick Hoover Jr
Reserved Seats For Blossom Fete Put on Sale
About 2000 seats for the Apple Blossom Festival pageant go on sale at the JET office 48 S. Loudoun St. Reserved chairs cost 1.50 with tax, arranged in four sections and 14 rows facing the Handley entrance. Repeat pageant show and Friday parade seats sell for 1.25. Bleachers for the parade line Loudoun St. near Presbyterian church and C P Telephone building. Ticket office phone 3390.
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JET Ofice
S. Loudoun St
Presbyterian Church
Loudoun St
Safeway
C. and P. Telephone Co
Charles A. Pine
J. Howard Cather, Jr
Richard Crenshaw
C. A. Davis
J. Wilkens
FFA Winners In Co op Quiz Announced
Frederick county FFA members, James Brown Handley Warren Thompson Gainesboro and others were named chapter winners in the co op quiz. Top county score went to Warren Thompson with runners up listed. Sectional quiz to be held in May with top contenders from each chapter advancing.
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FFA
James Brown
Handley
Warren Thompson
Gainesboro
Eugene Bayliss
Gore
Allen Cooley
Middletown
Alfred Snapp Jr
Stephens City
Frederick County
William Wolverton
James Hottle
James McDaniel
Woodrow Legge
Robert Pifer
Handley—Walker McC
Bond
Frederick County Cooperative Farm Bureau
Howard Pringle
Rockingham Poultry and Marketing Cooperative
Julian A. Everly
Shenandoah Production Credit Assn
L. C. Ellis
Winchester Southern States Service
Shenandoah Valley
Courtesy Good Food and Comfort for Virginia Tourists
Edmund Brill of the Richmond chamber of commerce urged at the Virginia state chamber meeting that courtesy good food and comfortable accommodations should be emphasized for tourists. He said chambers of commerce must work with businesses to ensure guests are comfortable and well fed, noting friendliness hinges on these factors. C. S. Mullen Jr. discussed Virginia's fire hazards law.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Edmund Brill
Convention and Tourist Bureau
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Virginia Commercial Organization
Mullen Jr
Byrd urges citizen voice on government at Kiwanis talk
State Senator Harry F Byrd Jr addressed Kiwanis members on the need for citizen involvement in government. He reviewed the recent legislative session noting 887 bills introduced and about 55 percent approved while urging fewer laws and outlining next two year budget allocations focusing on education and local aid.
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Arry F. Byrd Jr
Kiwanis Ub
Sen. Byrd
Y Laurens Jones
Senate
Byrd
Winchester
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Scattered Light Frosts Feared in Fruit Regions Tonight
Fruit growers expect scattered light frost tonight after heavy rain. No smudge pots or protection planned. Bees may have missed pollination during cold windy days, but growers see signs of active bees on apple, plum and cherry blossoms and anticipate better weather tomorrow.
Roxas Dies Suddenly President of Philippines
Manila reports President Manuel A. Roxas, 56, died at Clark Field last night after being stricken there yesterday afternoon following a speech against Communist aggression. The Malacanang palace announced the death at 10 10 p.m. local time.
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Manila
Manuel A. Roxas
Malacanan Palace
The
Philippines
Clark Field
Roxas
E.L. Eubank
Clarkfield
Airliner Crash Near Shannon Airport Kills 30
A Pan American Constellation approaching Shannon Airport in Ireland crashed 2,400 feet from the runway, killing 30 of 31 aboard. Survivor Marc Worst of Burbank, California, was thrown from the baggage compartment. The flight from Calcutta to New York carried 19 Americans and notable Indian industrialist Sir Homi Mehta. His wife witnessed the tragedy.
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Shannon
Erie
Calcutta
New York
Pan American World Airways
Homi Mehta
Marc Worst
Burbank
California
Prefers Pigs To Perfume In London Woman Quits
Paula Perks after five years on a farm during the war moved to London to work in a perfume shop. She says the odor of perfume got her down and today she quits to return to pig farming.
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London
Paula Perks
Interpretative Dancer to Perform in Town Benefit Show
An interpretative dancer from Winchester will join a group of performances in the Know The Talents of Your Town program at Handley auditorium. The event occurs at 8 p.m. on April 23 and is sponsored by the Winchester Memorial Hospital Women’s Auxiliary. Robert Langdon Stewart will accompany on piano. Marian Park began dancing at age four and has devoted her life to the art.
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Handley Auditorium
Women's Auxiliary
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Robert Langdon Stewart
Marian Park
Bank Bandits Caught Wounding Cashier in Virginia
Two men robbed the Peoples Bank in Pound Virginia at gunpoint. one suspect was wounded and captured by state police while a second fled toward Jenkins Kentucky. Cashier Ed Barr was locked in a vault but escaped and fired as the bandits left. A man believed to be Homer Bates was found near the Virginia border at Pine Mountain.
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Pound
Peoples Bank
Jenkins
Ed Barr
Homer Bates
Virginia
Pine Mountain
Lutheran Women Mission Groups Merge in Shenandoah Conference
The Winchester and New Market conferences of the Womens Missionary Society of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia will merge into the Shenandoah conference at a convention tomorrow at Grace Lutheran church in Winchester. Presiding officers Mrs William E Eisenberg and Mrs J K Cadwallader will lead. The program includes addresses by Mrs Chester Osborne of Roanoke and Mrs A A Shutters of Edinburg with a lunch and solo by Mrs V A Moyer. Regular business and officer elections follow.
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Winchester
New Market
Womens Missionary Society
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Shenandoah
Grace Lutheran
A. A. Shutters
Edinburg
R. T. Sutcliffe
Roanoke
V. A. Moyer
Mt. Jackson
J H Rosenberger Highlights Hospital Facts 1947
J H Rosenberger speaks to Braddock Street Methodist on Winchester Memorial Hospital underlines its mission and busy year. He cites 4000 patients in 1947, 1243 births, 4783 operations, 12543 x rays and tests, and 240 patients daily peak. He notes a monthly operating cost near 50000 dollars with 200 staff and non profit status.
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Braddock St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Magidoff accused of spying in Moscow by ex secretary
Robert Magidoff Moscow correspondent for NBC and other outlets was denounced as a US spy by his former secretary Cecilia Nelson a Michigan native. In Izvestia she says Magidoff used his position to gather intelligence for an American espionage service and sent reports in US diplomatic pouches from Moscow.
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Moscow
Robert Magidoff
National Broadcasting Co
United States
Michigan
Izvestia
Cecilia Nelson
Gidoff
Magidoff
British Exchange Telegraph Agency
McGraw- Hill Publishing Co
U. S
Associated Press
Ussr
McGraw-Hill
Trieste Tense as Pro Italian Rally Impends
Rome April 15 Italy nears end of heated election campaign with communists seen losing ground. Government enforces midnight campaign ban and 32 hour cooling off before voting. De Gasperi vows order with troops ready. Trieste readies pro Italian rally amid tension and Allied approval for a 50 000 strong gathering. Some fear anti Russian sentiment as Moscow rejects Western plan on Free Territory.
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Rome
Italy
Red
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrat
Interior Ministry
Chamber of Labor
Mantua
Mantuva
Trieste
Soviet Union
Local Authorities Fix Conditions for Democratic Meetings
Richmond reports that State Democratic Chairman Horace H Edwards stated local party authorities may determine meeting conditions. The issue arose when Arlington County charged a 5 dollar filing fee for delegates to its county convention.
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Richmond
Ariil
Horace H. Edwards
Arthur F. Souther
Arlington County
Arlington Democratic Committee
Air Force expansion bill advances with 3.2B funding
The House passed a bill totaling 3.198 billion dollars to start expanding the Air Forces from 55 to 70 groups, with 608 million in cash and 1.687 billion in contract authority for the Air Forces and 488 million for the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics. The vote included an additional 28.2 million and drew warnings to counter Soviet aggression. President Truman and defense officials debated ideal force size and training measures.
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Washington
House
Senate
Air Force
Maral Bureau
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Taber
R-Ny
Appropriations Committee
Truman
Symington
Defense
Farr
Univer
Forresta Ey Symington
Ite Armed Services Committee
Lewis Agencies Conflict Over Coal Strike Contempt Case
Judge T. Alan Goldsborough heard government and defense arguments in John L. Lewis contempt proceedings linked to a coal mine work stoppage lasting seven days after a court order. Assistant Attorney General H. Graham Morison urged a guilty finding, asserting the union and Lewis clearly violated the order. The judge adjourned the case until Monday to rule on the contempt and potential punishment.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
H. Graham Morison
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Welly K. Hopkins
Goldsborough
Hopkins
Morrison
UMW
Morison
Lewis Arpill
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Mass
JBT
Satuday Brooks’ Pharmacy
Colonial Kitchen
Winchester Ed Co
Worth
Campbell
Shirley Caroline Long
Ida Willis
Hillyard's
Wall Paper
E. Piccadilly St
HAT & Bag Sale
Sen
Kiwanis
Irish Field
Marian Park Lewis
Lutheran Women
J. H. Rosenberger
John H. Rosenberger
Busi
Ness
DeGasperi
Eastern Star
Old Express
Kurtz
Lovett’s Shoe & Dress Shop
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