Crosby to be grand marshal in Winchester Blossom Festival
Crowds gather as radio star Bing Crosby expected to arrive in Winchester for the Blossom Festival parade where he will serve as grand marshal. The event features 33 floats 54 bands and 28 drum and bugle corps with mass concerts and a ball. Local officials including Lt Gov Lewis Preston Collins attend a luncheon in Crosby s honor.
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Ing Crosby
Peo
Visis
Forrow
Crosby
Washwill
Henry F. Byrd Jr
Clarke T. Cooper
Thomas B. Baldridge
Cooper
Cottee
The
Armory
Johnny Long
U.S. Army Court Band
Hugh Curry
Curry
Washington Post
Handley Grounds
City l Plaza
Fair Teachers
Jeffson HS
Roanoke
Warrick County
SMA
Giles Unty
Cameron St
Rove
Sword from Frederick the Great in New York State Library
A Knight's era sword linked to Washington with a straight blade and eel bead hilt remains in Albany’s New York State Library after a 1911 fire. The weapon, once owned by Mary Washington’s family and later by Col Lewis Washington, has a disputed 1780 origin and a faded inscription connected to a 1780 New Jersey Journal note.
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Frederick, the Great
Fredrick, the Great
Newersey Journal
Washgton
Underlyn
House of Resentatives
Washington
Illiam Augustine Washington
George Corbin Washgton
Col
Lewis Washington
New York
New York State
Albany
John
John Brown
Orwards
Clearbrook Drives $4800 Goal for Hospital Fund
At the Clearbrook Fire Co hall volunteers set a $4800 target for the Winchester Memorial hospital building fund. The campaign covers Clearbrook and nearby communities Stephenson Red Bud Road Jordan Springs Brucetown and surrounds. A nurse unit 315 memorial plaque will honor participating towns as the enlarged hospital serves thousands. O M Swimley chaired the meeting praising community spirit and urging full support.
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Clearbrook
O. M. Swimley
Swimley
Confederate Battle Standards Sought for Statue Unveiling
Baltimore prepares to dedicate a bronze statue of Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson depicting the night before Chancellorsville. Confederate battle standards are sought to decorate the unveiling site as the dedication nears, 85 years after the battle.
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Baltimore
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Chancelorsville
Jacksor
Yule Burns Fatal After 15 Months For Lad of 12
Kirby Burke pres gr aves 12 year old White Post boy died at Memorial hospital after 15 months as a burn patient from a Christmas tree fire incident near his home. He was born Aug 21 1935 in Little Washington. Surviving mother Edith Seal Burke Presgraves step father Obie Presgraves brother Gilbert Shelton Burke half brother Jimmie Presgraves half sister Margaret Anne Presgraves and two stepsisters Dorothy Mae Presgraves Front Royal and Frances Reece Presgraves California. Services will be at Omps funeral home Saturday with interment in the family lot at Little Washington.
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Kirby Burke
Presgraves
White Post
Memorial Hospital
Frank T. Burke
Edith Seal
Rappahannock County
Little Washington
Edith Seal Burke Presgraves
Obie Presgraves
Gilbert Shelton Burke
Jimmie Presgraves
Margaret Anne Presgraves
Dorothy Mae Presgraves
Front Royal
Francés Reece Presgraves
California
Van Horn Blocks Mine Welfare Pension Payments
Ezra Van Horn, operators' trustee for the coal miners welfare fund, blocked $100 monthly pensions citing required signature on all checks. He notified banks holding $34 million in the fund, including $33 million at National Savings and Trust and $1 million at Central National Bank, and filed suit to void the pension plan approved by John L. Lewis and Sen Styles Bridges.
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Washington
Ezra van Horn
Coal Miners’ Welfare Fund
National Savings and Trust Co
Central National Bank of Cleveland
van Horn
John L. Lewis
Sen
Styles Bridges
Festival Schedule Showcases 1950s City Events
Festival program lists multiple concerts parades and exhibits across Winchester Handley area with bands from U S Army Navy and local groups. Highlights include Navy and Army exhibits, Apple Blossom Parade, Queen Shenandoah XXI, field performances, and a Blossom Ball at the Armory with Johnny Long and His Orchestra.
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Warrick County Band
Shenandoah XXI
U. 8
Army
Naval Air Reserve Training Squadron
Ahacostia Field
Bing Crosby
Northeast Section
Handley High School
City Hall Pavilion
SMA
Giles County Band
Armory
Johnny Long
Truman backs dual draft plan as compromise with Congress
President Truman signaled acceptance of a temporary draft combined with universal training as a workable compromise after Congress balked at full universal service. He urged a temporary draft revival and a training program for physically fit 18 year olds, while military leaders favored a substitute plan limiting overseas service.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Andrews
Synod Favors Church Merger Moves Toward United Church
The Lancaster Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed church votes 96 delegates in favor of merging with the Congregational Christian church to form the United Church of Christ. Delegates from Lancaster Lebanon and Dauphin counties back the plan, with the synod numbering 25,000 members. A summer meeting is planned to lay merger plans with the General Synod and General Council. The Evangelical and Reformed church has 700,000 members. the Congregational Christian church 1,300,000.
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Millersburg Pa
Lancaster
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Congregational Christan Church
Lebanon
Dauphin Counties
United Church of Christ
Henry 3. Azab
Harrisburg
General Synod of the
General Council of the
Congregational Christian Church
Congregational Christian Churches
Virginia
North Carolina
R. A. Whitten
Winchester
F-R
YOUR EYES The only two you will ever have
Optical ad urges call for appointment with Hodgson and Brown Registered Optometrists at 148 South Braddock Street Winchester with low prices. Also mentions Apple Blossom Delicates restaurant and a free aluminum exhibit at Reynolds Metals. Public notice about festival closures and a Eagles meeting cancellation. Signed notices from J W Grove Furniture Co. and secretary.
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Hodgson and Brown
Reynolds Metals
Rouss Ave
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Loudoun St
British Start Battle to Drive Jews from Jaffa
British artillery and diving planes bombarded the Manshieh quarter of Jaffa after Irgun Zvai Leumi seized it amid four days of fighting. Egypt and Iraq announced large forces moving toward Palestine as skirmishing flared in the Jordan valley. Arabs claimed Gesher and hundreds of Jews slain while Jews reported Beisan captured. The British sent a 3000 man relief to Jaffa as truce talks began with optimism but no ceasefire orders reached the combatants. At Lake Success Arabs rejected an international volunteer police force for Jerusalem while Jews agreed to a 1000 man elite guard to protect Holy Places.
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Jerusalem
Manshieh
Jaffa
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Egypt
Iraq
Palestine
Jordan River
Trans-Jordan
Beisan
Sea of Galilee
Bessan
Abdullah
Amman
Gesher
Jordan Valley
Dessouki Abaza Pasha
Cairo
Abdul Ilah
Tel- Aviv
United Nations
Arab National Committee
Jewish Agency
Lake Success
Jamal Husseini
Arab Higher Committee For
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Huseini
Fire Companies and Bands Ready For Parade and Fireworks
Firemen’s parade set for 7 p.m. and a fireworks display will end the Apple Blossom Festival activities with the Queen’s Ball at 10 p.m. in Winchester armory. More than 35 fire companies and over twenty bands expected. divisions include officials guests, local fire units, mummers, out of town companies, new cars, and commercial units. An honorary fire chiefs program features local girls, and a horse drawn steamer from Charles Town’s Independent Fire Company will be shown.
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City Hall Plaza
Washington
Metropolitan Police
Gary
W. Va
Ammory
City ‘Hall Plaza
Pairment Teachers College
Winchester
Virginia
Navy
Handley School Grounds
Army Atomic
Handley Boulevard
City Hall Pavilion
Jefferson H
Band of
Roanoke
Handley High School
Winchester Armory
John Boyd
Martinsburg
Toms Brook
Independent Fire Company of
Charles Town
Augusta Cadets Aim For Top Prize In Festival Parade
The 400 strong Augusta Military Academy cadet corps will arrive at 11:33 a m aboard a special 9 car Baltimore and Ohio train from Fort Defiance to march in Winchester’s feature parade. Led by Colonel Chas B Roller Jr the group won last year’s best marching unit with a 48 piece band in summer dress uniforms and armed with swords and rifles. This marks Augusta’s third straight festival participation.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Winchester
Fort Defiance
Augusta Military Academy Cadet Corps
Augusta
Chas
Roller Jr
U. S. Army
Boston Girl Crowned Queen of 21st Apple Blossom Festival
Gretchen Merrill of Boston earned the Queen title at Shenandoah Valley's Apple Blossom Festival coronation. She wore a white dotted Swiss gown and received the jeweled crown from a U S Air Force official. Attending guests included U S Senator A Willis Ro and others at York Inn.
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Gretchen Merrill
Boston
Miss Merrill
Shenandoah Valley
Ponte & Gen
Handley Ryan
Egrees
Coronsenon
Senkiebor
Vandenberg
Washington
F. L. Largent Jr
York Inn
U. S
A. Willis Ro
William A. Wright
State Conservation Co
Fenwick of
Merrill
Handley High School
Temple Lee
Carol Ann
Betty Jean Creedle
Frost Predicted Yet No Showers Across Regions
Forecast calls for scattered frosts and partly cloudy cool weather across Ohio West Virginia Maryland and Virginia tonight with tomorrow remaining partly cloudy and cool. Reports show rainfall for January to April totaling 11.17 inches above the 35 year average by nearly an inch. A lawn mower left at 526 North Loudoun Street last summer remains unclaimed and will be sold if not picked up within 30 days.
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Ohio
West, Va
Maryland
Virginia
N. Loudoun St
Rhodes Jewelry Co
West Boscawen St
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Cora Wells
Sue Sowers
Cary Randolph Marshall
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