Comedian Bob Hope to Marshal Winchester Festival Parade
Comedian Bob Hope will arrive in Winchester on Friday morning April 29 to serve as grand marshal for the festival parade and take part in ceremonies at Handley High School plaza. He will briefly review parade units and then proceed along the parade route before continuing his national appearance tour. Margaret Thors, Icelandic minister’s daughter, was chosen queen Shenandoah XXII and is expected in Winchester Tuesday night.
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Bing
Hope Is¢Y
Bob Hope
America
Winchester
Handley High School Plaza
Hope
Bing Crosby
Clarke T. Cooper
United States
Handley School
Washington
Providence
Rhode Island
Richmond
Charleston
W. Va
Margaret Thors
Iceland
Miss Thors
Orchard damage light after Easter morning chill in Clarke County
A Weather Bureau report notes sub freezing pockets Sunday morning spared most orchards in Clarke County from serious damage. Inspectors J Kenneth Robinson and Douglas Cather say Stayman and other varieties show minimal injury while some petals browned. Cold snaps delay later blossoms and may affect yields, but Apple Blossom Festival preparations continue.
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Weather Bureau
J. Kenneth Robinson
Douglas Cather
Winchester
Robinson
Cather
Kernstown
Middletown
Yorks
Berryville
Clarke County
Winchester Research Laboratory
Mill Faces Closure Despite Wage Cut At Georgia Plant
Atlanta April 18 Employees at a Georgia textile mill propose voluntary wage reductions yet the plant may still close. The future of the operation remained uncertain as discussions continued.
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Atlanta
Georgia Textile
Apple Festival Princess Named from Anne’s School
Princess Susan Drysdale daughter of Dr and Mrs B Knight of 535 W Cecil St has been chosen an Apple Bros Festival princess Representing Handley High and St Annes in Charlottesville Miss Knight 18 attended Handley High and is on the Grapevine staff at St Annes A school trustee electoral board meeting in Frederick County May 2 at 10:30 A M will appoint a trustee for the Opequon District Signed Clarence E Lemley Chairman
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Susan Drysdale Knight
B. Knight
W. Cecil St
Miss Knight
Anne's
Charlottesville
Queen Shenandoah ‘XIII
Ormerly
Handley High
St. Anne’s
Grapevine
Frederick County
County Court House
Opequon
System claims 12 month weather predictions possible
Dr. Charles G. Abbot of the Smithsonian says predictions for 12 months ahead can be made for any city using periodic solar radiation fluctuations. He cites a near perfect 1948 Washington record and notes a cooler July 4 and warmer Christmas predictions while stressing dates vary by city and Alaska is the solar center of action.
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Frank Carey Washington
Charles G. Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
Abbot
Orld
Washington
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Truman
Smithsonian’s
Astrophysical Observatory
U. S. Weather Bureau
United States
Alaska
Citizens League Police Chief Slain in Easter Shootout
Shields Kentucky Easter Sunday gunplay ends Capt Ambrose Metcalfe 29, county police chief, as he exits his car before Shields cafe. Wife Kathryn witnessed the shooting. Two men arrested on murder charges, warrants issued for cafe operator Arthur Jackson and Ford Sizemore. both in Harlan county jail. Metcalfe’s stormy career included clashes with lawmen and moonshine raids amid a Citizens League push for tougher enforcement in the dry county.
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Shields
Harlan County
Ambrose Metcalfe
Metcalfe
Harlan
Bein
Kathleen
W. J. R. Howard
Arthur Jackson
Ford Sizymore
Howard
Ixpress
Citizens League
E. J. Baumgardner
Evarts
Here
Baumgardner
Isachar Combs
Garvan Middleton
Baumgarner
Pair Endg Lives Rather than Face Charge in Court
Newark report says a middle aged couple hanged themselves in a cellar after the man was arrested on charges of molesting an 8 year old girl in a local movie house. A note signed by Mrs Neadham Roberts said they would go together and that he was innocent. Roberts, 49, had been released on 100 dollar bail pending a hearing scheduled for today.
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Combs
Lewis Deaton
Metcalfe
Albert Smith
Evarts
Abe Cottrell
Jackson
Harlan
Sizemore
Newark
N. J
Neadham Roberts
Neadham
Roberts
Crosby Show Hints at Bob Hope Grand Feature Parade
Local listeners picked up a tip that Bob Hope would attend the grand feature parade. Hope, a guest on the Crosby show, discussed his current tour itinerary when Bing Crosby asked about the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester and Hope replied I might get there.
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Bob Hope
Hope
Bing
Winchester
Elbows McFadden Denies Magazine Death Tale
Stocky George Elbows McFadden, famed lightweight, visits the STAR office with a Ring magazine that claimed his death. He recalls the 19th round knockout of Lavigne for the world lightweight title and explains a December Bethesda hospital dying scare as a misunderstanding.
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George Elbows McFadden
STAR
George
McFadden
Billy Roche
Pugilistic Editors
George Elbows
Lavigne
Tim Sullivan
Athletic Club
Broadway
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Tel
Ring” Magazine
Human Problems Attract Science Says VPI Proxy
Walter S. Newman inaugurated as the 10th president of Virginia Tech. He calls for a worldwide education mission linking general knowledge with science and technology. Governor Tuck greets guests. MIT's James Rhyne Killian Jr. is a principal speaker. Dr. Earl L. Overholser dies en route to Radford hospital.
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Walter S. Newman
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
William E. Wine
Parker
E. L. Overholser
Earl L. Overholser
Virginia Tech
Overholser
Burruss Hall
Radford
Tuck
Virginia
James Rhyne Killian Jr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Newman
VPI
Kellian
Killian
Educa
Weekend vehicle crashes in Winchester cause $800 damage
Several Winchester weekend accidents caused about $800 in property damage with no injuries. Notable incidents include Herman Worcester pulling from a curb on S Brad dock St striking a wrecker and a parked car, Emmett Lee Gochenour colliding on N Braddock St, and Billy Wells wrecking on Berryville Ave.
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Winchester
Herman Worcester
Oberlin
Ohio
S. Braddock St
B& M Chevrolet Co
Ernest Nesselrodt
R. Berryville
Charlie Edward Pullen
Washington, Va
Dan Snider
Worcester
N. Braddock St
Emmett Lee Gochenour
Maurertown
Charles Kratz
Baltimore
Maryland
Billy G. Wells
Camp Campbell
Berryville Ave
Clarke County
J. H. Wood
Vernon Wilson
Harley Peters
Charles Town
Wilson
West Virginia
Dr McGuire Lecture Planned at George Washington Hotel
The first annual Dr Hunter H McGuire lecture will be held at 8 30 p m Wednesday at the George Washington hotel sponsored by the Winchester hospital executive committee and staff Dr Irving Wright of Cornell University Medical School New York City will be guest speaker
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Hunter H McGuire
Winchester Hospital
George Washington Hotel
Irving & Wright
Cornell University Medical School
New York City
Hobby Shop opens daily at 304 S Braddock Street
Starting today the Hobby Shop at 304 S Braddock Street is open from morning until 5 PM daily.
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S. Braddock St
Easter traffic deaths hit Virginia as toll rises
Police report 215 traffic fatalities for the year as of Friday night. Victims include Eugene Ellwood Kemper Morrisville Va and Majorie Coppage Morrisville Va who died in a three car crash on Route 1 about 10 miles north of Fredericksburg. Seven others were injured and hospitalized. Helen Patricia Brown 20 of Greenbelt Md died yesterday from car crash injuries in Warrenton hospital.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Andene
Eugene Ellwood Kemper
Morrisville
Majorie Coppage
Jeannette Creech
R. 1
Fredericksburg
Paul Thompson
Kemper
Helen Patricia Brown
Greenbelt
Warrenton Hospital
Flanders Endorses Broad Housing Bill in Senate Debate
Senator Flanders backs a major housing bill as debate opens. The measure, supported by 11 GOP and 11 Democrat senators, would fund 810000 public housing units in six years and a five year slum clearance program with up to 308 million dollars annually in federal support.
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Washington
Flanders
Senate
Maybank
D-80
Wherry
Neb
Congress
Health Legislation Stymied This Session
Senator Elbert Thomas said Congress has little time left to pass a national health program this session while predicting a comprehensive bill from President Truman later. Senator Taft and allies push voluntary or limited federal funding plans, opposing compulsory insurance and sparking Catholic group objections to socialized medicine.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Elbert Thomas ‘Dutah
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
GOP
Taft
Smith
Rnj
Donnell
R-Mo
Labor Committee
Hill
D-Ala
Withers
D-Ky
Aiken
Morse
Thomas
American Medical Assn
National Catholic Welfare Conference
National Conference of Catholic Charities
Catholc Hospitel Asen
Landlords Seek Rent Decontrol in Winchester Meeting
Petition signed by thirty six property owners asks Winchester council to set a date for a rent control hearing under the Housing and Rent Act of 1949. The meeting at 7 30 p m tomorrow will decide whether rents should be decontrolled in Winchester and consider resolutions offered at the session.
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Winchester Council
Fred Glaize Jr
Winchester
Winches
Emmett L. Henry
A. C. Oates
B. H. Hamman
Albert M. Seal
Clare
Ee. J. Robinson
Herman H. Hable
R. A. Shafer
M. J. Oe
Joseph F. Baylis Jr
C. H. Batley
Camille G. Heitmuller
A H. Bowers
Earl J. Clowser
J. B. Johnson
Dudley C. Lichliter
C. R. Cammer
G. G. Snarr
Irvan O'Connell
John H. Rosenberger
Joseph Hodgson
C. R. Anderson
Edith Pletcher
B. M. Sullivan
Mary K. Grimm
George H. Grimm
E. 8. Fletcher
W. C. Willis
G. Premenlle
Shirley Carter Inc
Grim
H. R. Grim
Trout season opener set for Wednesday streams
County game warden Earl Cather notes three main streams Cedar Creek Back Creek and Paddy Run stocked with about 6000 trout for the opener. Fishing starts 6 30 a m with a creel limit of 12 and no size limit. Season runs until 15 with one hour before and after sunset fishing. Open day last year drew many anglers including Frank Yeakle with a 20 inch rainbow and Garland Smith with an 18 inch rainbow on Cedar Creek.
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Earl Cather
Cedar Creek
Moore's Ford
Shenandoah
Back Creek
R. 50
Rock Enon
Paddy Run
Cather
Frank M. Yeakle
Cedar Creek Pool
Rt. 55 Bridge
Garland Smith
Loudoun St
Paddy
Thieves Take Five Dollars From Worshipers At Three Churches
Police investigate Easter Sunday thefts at Grace Lutheran Market Street Methodist and Centenary Reformed churches. About $25 stolen from Grace Lutheran, $22 from Market Street Methodist, and $3 from a man’s coat pocket at Centenary Reformed. Chief J Thomas Boyd and Captain F M Punk lead the inquiry.
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Winchester
J. Thomas Boyd
F. M. Punk
Grace Lutheran Church
Market Street Methodist Church
Centenary Reformed Church
Boyd
Festival Tickets On Sale For Grand Parade Events
Tickets now on sale for festival activities including the Grand Feature Parade Firemen's Parade pageant stag luncheon dance and other events. All prices include tax and tickets are available at Molden Electric Co phone 17725.
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Ssene Ee Firemen
Molden
Electric CO
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