Seaman Donald F Barbour Reports for Duty
Donald F Barbour seaman in the U S Navy reports for duty with Air Transport Squadron 1 at the naval air station. He is the nephew of Mr and Mrs L R Shipley of Bunker Hill W Va and is a Musselman High School graduate who worked for Novick Transfer Company before joining the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Barbour
USN
L. R. Shipley
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Air Transport Squadron 1
U. S. Naval Air Station
Here
Navy
Musselman High School
Novick Transfer Company
Marine Pvt Charles W McKee Enlists For Three Years
Marine Pvt Charles W McKee son of Mr Loring McKee of Gore enters the U S Marine Corps on April 13 for a three year term. He will train at Parris Island S C learning basic marine subjects and firing the M 1 rifle for record. He will choose a school and be promoted to Pfc after eight weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. McKee
Loring McKee
Gore
U. S. Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
McKee
Hudson and Nash To Merge May 1
American Motors Corp formed by the Nash Kelvinator and Hudson Motor Car Co. merger will be ready for business May 1. Directors approved consolidation to become the fourth largest auto company. Hudson stockholders receive two new shares for every three, NK shareholders exchange one for one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
American Motors Corp
Nash- Kelvinator Corp
Hudson Motor Car Co
Hudson
Bevo Francis Not Included in Pro Draft
New York The NBA directors restricted on court talks to captains and coaches during timeouts. Bevo Francis of Rio Grande College will not be eligible for the draft as he has not yet completed the class he entered college with.
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Bevo Francis
New York
National Basketball Asociation
Rio Grande
Reaves and Scullys Win Bridge Contest at George Washington
Mr and Mrs Samuel Reaves won the weekly bridge event at the Winchester Contract Bridge Club held last night in the George Washington Hotel. Mr and Mrs Thomas Scully were runners up. The club will not meet next Thursday. the next match on May 6 at 8 pm at the same hotel will be the monthly master point event.
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Samuel Reaves
Winchester Contract Bridge Club
George Washington Hotel
Thomas Scully
Repairman Carts Off Cash Register in Oakland
Mrs Martha Jackson found a man carrying out a cash register from her husband’s cleaning shop in Oakland. George shouted and chased, but the thief escaped with the register and $55 inside.
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Oakland
Calif
Martha Jackson
George
Puzzle of Clues From a Scrambled Historic Page
A fragmented OCR list presents scattered clues and partial answers for a puzzle. The text includes word fragments for sugars, fruits, distances, actions, exclamations, horse games, nurse terms, wood types, and celestial terms, interspersed with missing entries and partial hints.
State ABC Board To Explain Actions In Staunton Case
The Virginia State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board plans a public explanation of its actions in the Staunton matter after investigation. ABC agents Shenk and Duff and clerk James Smiley were suspended. a Staunton woman faced transport charges but may not be prosecuted. she was fined 25 dollars.
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Harrisonburg
J. E. Duff
McGaheysville
ABC
Clyde W. Sanders
Schwarzchild
Shenk
Duff
Staunton Abc
James W. Smiley
VFW seeks crime for Communist party membership
The Veterans of Foreign Wars announced that its 10 000 posts nationwide are circulating petitions urging Congress to make membership in the Communist party a criminal offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congress
Communist Party
Rank of West Point and Annapolis Graduates
Graduates of the U S Military Academy are commissioned 2nd lieutenants in the Regular Army or Air Force. Naval Academy graduates become ensigns in the U S Navy. Some may be commissioned 2nd lieutenants in the U S Marine Corps to fill vacancies, and a limited number may be assigned to the U S Air Force.
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West Point
Annapolis
U. S. Military Academy
Regular Army
Air Force
U. S. Naval Academy
U. S. Navy
U. S. Marine Corps
U. S. Air Force
Aggressor Forces Advance In Atomic Defense War Game
About 10 000 aggressor troops moved at sunrise on a Fort Bragg area reservation as the opening action of Exercise Flash Burn the nation s first major atomic defense war game. Some 5 000 U S forces were planned to resist while nearly 100 000 troops and airmen would take part. The Army Air Forces Tacair 54 7 training linked to Flash Burn suffered a fatal crash near Goldsboro NC. The 82nd Airborne will drop on the battle ground Monday and two regimental teams from Camp Polk Pa will follow. The 145th RCT of the 37th Division and the 278th RCT from Fort Devens plus Camp Pickett armor form the opposing force.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
Piney
U.S
Air Force
Tactical Air Command
Goldsboro
82Nd Airborne Division
37Th Infantry Division
Camp Polk
U. S
145Th Regimental Combat Team
RCT
278Th Rct
Ft. Devens
Mass
Armored Cavalry
Camp Pickett
Louisiana Purchase Cost and Medal of Gold Movement
The U S paid 11 250 000 in money and assumed claims bringing total cost to 27 267 622. In 1934 French gold moved to the United States to take advantage of price rise from 20 67 to 35 per ounce, with some gold in original Jefferson era packages.
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United States
France
J.S.O. A
Jefferson Administration
Fifty Vie For Title Of Mrs. America 1955
Fifty wives compete for the Mrs. America crown as judges prepare to award breakfast and culinary arts honors. Trophies went to Mrs. West Virginia June Terrell for the neatest villa, Mrs. Utah Gloria Rupp for best ironing, and Mrs. Virginia Dorothy Riggle for sewing.
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Ormond Beach
Fla
Bert Nevins
West Virginia
June Terrell
Charleston
Ellinor Village
Utah
Gloria Rupp
Murray
Virginia
Dorothy Riggle
Roanoke
Estimated color television rental charges announced
The current estimate sets the color TV rental at $200 for the first month including installation, followed by $75 per month thereafter. The fee also covers service charges.
Radioactive Dust Reported in South Haven Michigan
South Haven industrialist Dan Getman reported radioactive dust fell on the city last Sunday. He scraped red ash from his car, tested it with a Geiger counter, and observed a definite reaction.
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Michigan
South Haven
Mich
Dan Getman
Michigan City
Getman
Gainesboro youths plan mountain hike from church
The Gainesboro Methodist Charge youths will depart from Gainesboro Church at 8:30 a.m. by school bus for a hike near Hayfield ending at the North Mountain fire tower. If rain interrupts, they will instead visit the Northern Virginia Power Company station at Front Royal.
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Gainesboro
Motor Trucks Haul Over Eleven Billion Tons Nationwide
Freight statistics show motor trucks move more than 11 billion tons of goods annually across the United States, highlighting trucking’s dominant role in national commerce and supply chains.
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United States
Junior Choir Sings At Christ Church
The Junior Choir of Christ Episcopal Church will replace the Senior Choir at the 11 am service on Sunday. Children from the Sunday School will read the first order of instruction to show how they conducted Friday Lenten services. The service will substitute for the 9:45 am usual Sunday School time. At 9:45 am awards will be given for prefect attendance at the Lenten services.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Cross-Roads as Punishment Sites in Early English History
In early English history the practice placed criminals and personal crises at crossroads for burial or execution. Records describe cross-roads as judgment points where punishments occurred, reflecting medieval attitudes toward crime and public punishment.
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Patuxent
Donald Barbour
Charles McKee
Marines
Hudson and
Nash
Plymouth
Heatwolk Motor CO
N. Braddock St
Ine ) Company
Boscawen ST
Reaves
Scullys
E. Boscawen St
General Electric
Daily Crossword
Mation
Oriental
Jele
Jiris
Nie
Sihiriuinik
INTAI
Constellation
ABC Board
Staunton
VFW
National Ave
Winchester
Christ Church
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Old — Strong Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
TMENT
Murphy’s
Indiana
Iowa
U.S. 13
LeGear & Pratt
Harry Murphy & Bro
Dial
N. Main St
Wen
BUICK
Milton Berle
Buick-Berle
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