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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1950
Page
3
A Virginia Maryland delegation urged Senators Byrd and Robertson and Representative Miller to deny rumors of closing the Chincoteague Naval Ordnance Station. Robertson said Defense Secretary Johnson had not reached a decision. Navy officials cited Congress funding as a factor. Delegation members included Charles Lankford Almer Ames and Wrenda Godwin.
James Henry Young of Ararat Virginia life-term murder convict, who fled with three others, has been recaptured in an auto with a hitchhiker and returned to Coffee County prison. In Luray, two Sours brothers aged 19 and 20 escaped from a jail, overpowering Deputy Campbell, seizing his key, and remaining at large near Sandy Hook as police pursue outside Page County.
An Air Force board of investigation traveled to Pulaski today to probe a crash landing of an F-82 all weather fighter plane at the Pulaski airfield last night. The plane was destroyed. Lt. Col. Leon G. Lewis was the pilot and his passenger was Flight Lt. Geo-s
Royal Air Force exchange officer Rge Honeyman in the 52nd fighter group escaped injury when one of the plane’s two engines failed during a flight from Knoxville Tennessee to Fort Dix New Jersey. The crew maintained control and landed safely.
Warwick county petition to fix a boundary line between Elizabeth City and Warwick was dismissed by Judge Frank A. Kearney in Elizabeth City County Circuit Court. The court ruled Warwick failed to proceed properly and William Allam noted an exception. The boundary issue remains unresolved.
Miss Gold died this morning at her mother's Berryville home after a month of illness. Born October 24, 1903 in Berryville, she was the daughter of Mrs. Alice Clagett Gold and the late Thomas Easton Gold of Clarke County. She was a Presbyterian and had lived in Washington where she worked as a government secretary. Funeral services will be con-
A memorial service was held at 3 p.m. Sunday conducted by Rev Clyde Mohler of Berryville Presbyterian Church with burial at Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named were John Harris David H Allen Jr Robert Lee Withers Julian Glascock Louis Stolle and Edward Barnett. Flowers were requested to be omitted.
Ramie is a shrub in the stinging nettle family that has been grown and used since ancient times, possibly the oldest fiber used by humans. It is eight times as strong as cotton and seven times as strong as silk.
The albino bison born near Molese Montana was presented in December 1937 to the National Zoological Park in Washington D C and was recently reported in news.
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