Deaths and Funerals Theodore R Randolph
Theodore R Randolph of Pittsburgh died Wednesday at 2 20 p m at the home of his sister Mrs Elizabeth Adams in Millwood He had come to visit about six weeks ago He was born in Clarke County son of Robert and Lucy Carter Randolph Survived by wife Pattie brothers and sisters and an aunt Funeral arrangements are incomplete His life in Berryville included gardening for several families.
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Theodore R. Randolph
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Adams
Millwood
Tie
Clarke County
Robert
Lucy Carter Randolph
Joseph Horn
Pittsburch
Randolph
Pattie
Robert Randolph
Rosie Pendleton
Nannie Waghtopton
Winchester
Janie Kelley
Washington
Nngo
Rebecca Herbert
Death notices and early 20th century obituaries from Unger and Berryville
Thomas W. Luttrell of Unger West Virginia died at home on Tuesday at 81. Surviving are two sisters and a brother, with three sisters and a brother deceased. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Greenwood Methodist Church. Marshall Phillips, 84, died suddenly near his Josephine Berryville home. Born July 4 1872 to Carrie Phillips of Clarke County with Cherokee heritage. Survivors include brother Lawrence of Pittsburgh and nine nieces and nephews. Phillips had no children and lived most of his life in the area.
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Thomas W. Luttrell
Unger
W. Va
Missna E. Luttrell
John Hobday
Jack Sumttrell
Trother
Samuel Luttrell
Clarence Bohray
Edward J. Shade
Tiss Texana Lutt
Marshall Phillips
Josephine
Berryville
Carrie Phillips
Clarke County
Phillip
Winchester
Virginia
Geneva
Miller
Flames claim two children in Richmond apartment fire
In Richmond two young children Kathareen Mitchell aged 2 and Sharline Mitchell aged 4 died after a fire trapped them in a three room first floor apartment while their mother watched a neighborhood movie. Julius Mitchell 6 and Sandra Mitchell 7 months survived with burns. mother Kathareen Mitchell facing neglect charges.
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Richmond W
St. Phillip Hospital
Kathareen Mitchell
Sharline Mitchell
Julius Mitchell
Sandra Mitchell
C&O Stockholders Set New Record in Business History
Newport News Chesapeake and Ohio Railway stockholders attended a historic all day meeting aboard ships Sea Belle and Accomac. About 4,500 shareholders registered, setting a record above General Electric's prior turnout, with director elections and a water tour of Newport News properties.
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Newport News
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Sea Belle
Accomac
General Electric
Walter Tuohy
CC & O
Cyrus K Eaton
Richard Bowditch
American Coal Shipping Inc
C. H. Sprague and Son Co
Coal Pier 13
Greenbriers
White Sulphur Springs
W. A
California Senators Carry Plenty Weight
California's 40 senators and Lt. Gov. Harold Powers average 6 feet and 193 pounds, Teale reports. He notes the group dwarfs the average American male at 5 feet 8 and 155 pounds.
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Sacramento
Calif
Stephen Teale
California
Harold J. Powers
Answers to the Quiz on Page 4
The page lists quiz answers with items such as ee, False, Yes, False, The Bible, and names including Bryon. It identifies the President of the US, the ice, and a silent note as elements. The fragment presents a Q and A style recap without full context.
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The
Bryon
Weather summary shows rainfall totals for today and year
Rainfall in past 24 hours ending 8 30 a m is .41 inches with April total 3 98 inches and year to date 10 61 inches The average annual rainfall over 44 years is 36 99 inches Monthly averages from 1912 to 1956 list January 2 43 February 2 00 March 2 97 April 3 08 May 3 86 June 3 86 July 3 79 August 4 00 September 2 66 October 3 24 November 2 54 December 2 47
Virginia Forecast Shows Showers and Warmer Friday
Scattered showers forecast tonight in Virginia with a low around 56 to 62. Friday will be cloudy and warmer in the east with scattered showers in central regions. Sunrise 5 21 am. Moonrise Friday 3 23 am. New Moon on April 29.
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Winchester
Catholics Urged Not to Attend Graham Crusade
A Catholic priest warns Catholics against hearing evangelist Billy Graham as he prepares for a six week New York crusade starting May 15. Graham’s office counters that his sermons will present the simple biblical gospel open to all. The Catholic warning to avoid Graham came from Rev John E Kelly of the National Catholic Welfare Conference and appeared in Homiletic and Pastoral Review.
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New York
Billy Graham
Graham
Montreal
N. C
John E. Kelly
Bureau of Information
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Washington, D. C
Homiletic and
Pastoral Review
Notorious Stalin Era Purger Found Guilty in Hungary
Mihaly Farkas a famed Stalin era purger and former defense minister was sentenced to 16 years in prison after a secret trial in Budapest He helped target Karl Kadar and Laszlo Rajk during the 1949 50 investigations Farkas aged 53 is a Jew and with his son Vladimir led prosecutions that later were reversed by reformists in Hungary
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Budapest
Hungary
Mihaly Farkas
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Farkas
Matyas Rokosi
Vladimir
Laszlo Rajk
Stalin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Carwile Demands Equal Time For Followup Speech
In Richmond Howard Carwile challenged the Pulaski Kiwanis Club to grant him equal time for a post address to Atty. Gen. J Lindsay Almond. Carwile opposes Almond for the Democratic primary governor nomination and warned of a political speech if Almond gives a non political one.
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Richmond
Howard R. Carwile
Pulaski Kiwanis Club
J. Lindsay Almond
Carwile
Almond
Bernard Shutt
Clerk-Carrier Job Openings in Berryville and Boyce
Applications accepted for Substitute Clerk and Substitute Carrier positions in Berryville and Boyce Virginia paid 1.82 dollars per hour. A written test is required and no experience is necessary. Contact Civil Service Representative Joe Haines at the Winchester Post Office for full details and forms.
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Post Office
Berryville
Boyce
Virginia
Civil Service
Joe Haines
Winchester
13 Year Old Boy Drowns in Norfolk Creek
A 15 year old boy drowned in Steamboat Creek yesterday after falling from a skiff. He was identified as Charles Barnes. Police said clothing found on the creek bank suggests he planned to swim.
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Norfolk
Steamboat Creek
Charles Barnes
Winchester Area Auction Listings From April May
Sales directory listing multiple upcoming auctions around Winchester Virginia with dates April 26 to May 15. Items include office furniture and equipment, farm machinery, antiques, household goods, and real estate. Auctions conducted by Joshua G. Place E D Shenk Byron Brumback and Chas Duvall among others.
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F. L. Largent, Jr
Shawnee Building & Loan Assn
Piccadilly & Braddock Sts
Winchester
Fisher's Dairy
Middletown
Byron Brumback
Jos
B. Newlin
Frankie B. Miller
E. T. Snider
V. S. Cook
Stephens City
Chas. Duvall
Oscar Duncan
Virginia Officials Examine Retirement Benefits Plan
A VALC committee led by Del. Tom Frost held a public hearing on extending Virginia Supplemental Retirement System eligibility and Workmen's Compensation coverage to state and local officers. The session explored pension and welfare options for local officials.
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Richmond
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
VALC
Del
Tom Frost
Warrenton
Market Quotations Wall Street Irregularity Opens Trading
Steel, motors, coppers and oils show activity as the market opens with a slight downtrend. Lukens Steel trades ex dividend and rises from 101 44 to about four points. Bethlehem Steel and Chrysler see heavy activity ahead of earnings and dividend reports. Texas Gulf Producing continues to advance by about 2 points.
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New York
Lukens Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Texas Gulf
Grain futures begin week with soybeans leading gains
Chicago Board of Trade opens with soybeans up to 34 cents and grains mixed as May wheat at 2.25 and corn around 1.28. Old and new crop contracts show modest advances across corn oats rye and soybeans amid a broad futures uptick.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
Lord
Baltimore and Chicago livestock and produce price report
Market notes list apples potatoes sweet potatoes and vegetables in Baltimore with prices for Red Delicious Golden Delicious Romes Yorks and related sizes. Cattle hogs calves and sheep are priced in Baltimore and Chicago USDA reports with steer and heifer ranges, cows cutters bulls and stocker calves, plus hogs by weight and quality grades.
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Baltimore
Romes
Yorks
Usis & Usis
Pano Sale
Maine
Live Poultry and Egg Prices For The Fair Period
Agriculture department notes moderate trading for broilers and fryers with ample offerings and fair to good demand. Heavy hens show very light demand while farm prices at the end of 24 hours to noon reflect poultry market activity.
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Heaby
Harrisonburg Egg Market Report and Odd Fact
Market notes list Grade A Large Grade A Medium Grade A small Grade B Large Grade C ee-18 32 25 23-48. A hippopotamus has big teeth and some of its molars weigh as much as seven pounds.
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Winchester Egg Market
Livestock Auction Prices Report Mix of Cattle and Sheep
The auction lists loads of good and choice heifers at 19.00 to 21.00 with utility and commercial cows at 13.00 to 15.00 and lower end to 15.50. Vealers sell up to 25.00 for individual choice to prime, most good and choice 19.00 to 24.00, culls to 10.00. Salable sheep at 1,000 head includes two loads of summer shorn lambs at 21.5 and 105 lb old crop wooled lambs at 23.00. culls to low good 16.00-22.50 and cull to choice wooled ewes at 4.00-6.50. shorn ewes cull to good 3.00-5.00.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
Local Market Prices and Grain Listings Across Regions
Readable market notes show daily local prices for feeds grains and staples. Items include egg mash 4.45, No 2 Yellow Corn 1.40, Wheat ranges 2.00 2.15, Barley 1.25 1.30 Rockingham, Augusta prices 2.00 2.15, corn Rockingham 1.45 1.55, and wholesale cutter at 0.65.
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Osee
Rockingham
Augusta
Sutter Pomauetico
Edietel
Man Drives Across U S Using Foot Steering Controls
A 26 year old Californian polio victim with no use of his arms drove across the continent in six days in a car built for foot steering. Cameron Enns of Kingsburg arrived in New York to deliver the auto to a mother and daughter also stricken by polio. Enns, stricken in 1952, devised a device to steer with his left foot while using his right for other controls. He is licensed to drive in California.
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New York
Cameron Enns
Kingsburg
Calif
Enns
California
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Mr. Amiss Franklin Littard
Refuce Methodist Church
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Paar
H. C. Christianson
Mernstown
Tots
C&o
Stuart M. Perry
Stephens City, Va
Maytog
Kelvinator
Loudoun St
Virginia News Briefs
J. Gordon Bennett
Division of
DMV
Bennett
Bristol
Dave W. Hawkins
Robert B. Davis
Hawkins
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
Wall Street
Chicago Grain
Harrisonburg
Chambersburg
Farmall M’s. H. C
A’s
Cubs
John Deeres
Fords
Ferguson
Allis Chalmers
Massey Harris
Oliver
Case
Ford
Ralph W. Horst
Franklin
Eastern Pony Breeders, Inc
Hackney
Shetland
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Valuabl Sale
District Court of the United States
Western Distict
Ansel B. Solenberger
Shawnee Building & Loan Association
Piccadilly and
Braddock Streets
Perry Engineering CO
Appple Blossom
Man
U.S
Idre
Cameron St
Middletown, Va
J. Homer Fisher
Aoelk
Superior
McCormick-Deering
Myers
E. D. Shenk
Joshua G. Place
Whitacre & Edwards
Wesley Methodist Church
U.S. 11
Ed. Miller Dee'd
Kenneth E. Whitacre
Edwin Snider
Joseph B. Newlin
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