Girl Shot Self After Dance Denied Permission
Portsmou th Va April 19 Jo Ann Napier a 15 year old Woodrow Wilson high school senior was shot in the breast last night in her home. She is in critical condition in Maryview hospital Detective J F Williams reports the girl shot herself accidentally after her parents denied permission for her to attend a dance.
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Portsmouth
Jo Ann Napier
Woodrow Wilson High School
Maryview Hospital
J. F. Williams
Maj Gen Hershey Directed Selective Service System
The text notes that Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey served as director of the Selective Service System under which most servicemen entered the armed forces. The statement reflects the organizational role during the period of widespread conscription.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Sales Directory Apr 20 21 22 listings
Auction entries list sales by William Fogle, Cameron Street with household goods on Apr 20 at 1 p.m. B H Potts, 2 miles south Winchester on U S 11 at 1 p.m. Apr 21 with furniture and household items. R J Gibson on school property Paris Va Apr 22 at 10 a.m. antiques and farm equipment.
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Wm. Fogleman
Cameron St
Westinghouse
Witness Charges Ford Colluded With Communists in 1944
A government witness testified that in 1944 the Communist party allegedly colluded with Ford Motor Co to dismiss certain employees including the witness. William O. Nowell said communists at the Ford plant tried to injure him after he quit the party and that he worked for Ford in 1928 1929 and 1939 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Communist Party
Ford Motor Co
William O. Nowell
Nowell
Ford
Ford Company
Attem
Lost Dutchman Mine on Superstition Mountain Arizona
The Lost Dutchman Mine is said to lie on Superstition Mountain near the Arizona desert edge about 32 miles east of Phoenix. A monument bears a bronze plaque about Snowbeard the Dutchman and a curse tied to the fabled gold mine.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Wickenburg
Snowbeard
Hogs Collapse to New Low Under 19 a Hundred
Chicago reports all hogs sold below 19 dollars per hundredweight, a fresh low since October 14 1946. Prices fell 50 to 75 cents as heavy receipts pressured the market. Government support remains at 16.75 for good and choice hogs. top price reached 18.75 with lighter weights at 16.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
OPA
Japanese Beetle Menace Seen in Northern Virginia
Richmond April 19. State entomologist G T French predicts Japanese beetles will appear in destructive numbers this year in Norfolk and Eastern Shore areas and in Loudoun Fairfax and Arlington counties in Northern Virginia. He notes last year’s infestations and says the beetle’s arrival will depend on weather with cold weather retarding grub development.
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Richmond
G. T. French
Norfolk
Eastern Shore
Virginia
Loudoun
Fairfax
Arlington
French
Thousands Live In Squalor Says Senator Flanders
Senator Flanders described conditions within five to six blocks of the Capitol as absolute squalor. He urged passage of a bill for slum clearance and low rent housing, citing crowded rooms and lack of sanitation observed by a visitor from India.
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Washington
Flanders
Senate
Capitol
America
India
Europe Aid Bill Signed by Truman
President Truman signed the 5.58 billion European recovery authorization bill. The measure makes 1 billion dollars immediately available to the ECA from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Europe
Truman
Washington
ECA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Lost Toddler Identified by Mother as Her Son in Gary
A Gary woman identified a three year old found roaming the streets as her son Richard F. Lair Jr. after police located him and she signed a statement alleging her present husband planned the adoption. The boy, malnourished, was in a Gary hospital while authorities held the wife without charge.
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Gary
Ind
Robert Wiley
Blue Island
Set
T. V. Curley
New York State
Northville
N. Y
Chicago
Wiley
Little Richard
Hungary Bulgaria Invited by U N To Church Probes
The United Nations invited Hungary and Bulgaria to participate in General Assembly debate on the Mindszenty church trials. Not members of the U N, they would be among 58 nations in committee discussion. Russia and the United States abstained in a 17 to 1 vote, Cuba voted against, with Bolivia withdrawing a related proposal.
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Bolivia
Lake Success invitation shifts focus to observers
The text notes invites to the Vatican and other Christian churches and to Israel to send observers to Lake Success. It mentions contention over inviting Hungary and Bulgaria after Bolivia circulated a resolution delaying Positive Action until the fall session.
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Vatican
Israel
Lake Success
Hungary
Bulgaria
Bolivia
Ses
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Berryville Lumber Co., Inc
Berryville 19
Bendix
Coleman Dunn
B. H. Potts
Southern Street
Winchester
Loudoun Street
Jacob Bowman
Mrs. Mary (Mollie
F. Lindamood
Brumback
Missouri
International
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles
Christ
International Soundphoto
Squalor
Senator Flanders
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Braddock
Order of the Golden Rule
B. F. Goodrich
Loudoun St. Cane
Huski Gerdener
Barr’s Farmers Hardware
N. Cameron St
U. N
United States
Britain
Vor
Glaize & Bro. “xx
Brumback & Sons
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Heatwole Motor CO
N. Braddock St
Pine Motor CO
Chapman Motor CO
Haldeman’s
Northern Virginia Power CO
Packard
ONS
Valley Ave
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