Martinsburg Pastor Elected Moderator of Winchester Presbytery
Rev. Paul E. Bailey of a Martinsburg church was elected moderator for the year at Woodstock session. Minor of Opequon chapel named reading clerk. Renewal of a study on presbytery operations approved. Four one day meetings proposed January April July October. Rev. Phillip M. Gary’s pastoral relations dissolved to pursue a Wilmington call. Delegates elected for General Assembly in Atlanta May 27. Dr John Co. Siler preached on The Glory and Tragedy of Man. Attendees from Winchester included Dr Ronald Wilson and Rev Joseph Ducknall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Bailey
R. K. McDonald
Presbytery
Phillip M. Gary
Piedmont
W.va
Winchester
Wilmington
N. C
General Assembly
Atlanta
R. Diehl
Martinsburg
Berryville
Herbert Trotter
Woodstock
John Co. Siler
Shepherdstown
West Coast Lawyer and New York Editor Acquire PM
Bartley C. Crum of San Francisco and Joseph Barnes former editor of the New York Herald Tribune gain controlling interest in the eight year old New York City paper PM. Marshall Field III reports the sale and retains a minority stake. financial terms were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
New York City
Bartley C. Crum
San Francisco
Joseph Barnes
New York Herald Tribune
Marshal Field III
Field
May 5 to May 29 Sales Directory items listed
A sequence of estate, household goods, antiques and livestock auctions across Clarke, Frederick, Berryville, Gainesboro, and nearby areas. Listings include buyers like J Cooper, Mrs Hamrick, Estate of W Wood Baker, Emma De Haven, and M Swimley with dates from May 5 through May 29 and locations such as Senseny Road, National Ave, Court House, and Buckmarsh Street.
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Stephens City
J. Cooper
Senseny Road
B. Whitacre
Earl Shade Farm
Hattie Stover
National Ave
T. E. P. Clark
Frederick County Court House
Arthur O. Cooper
Welltown Pike
Winchester
W. Wood Baker
Albin
Emma de Haven
Gainesboro
H. M. Stevens
Old Glover
Buckmarsh St
Berryville
F. H. Swimley
Brucetown
O. W. Dick
Whitacre
Harry Orndorff
Wadesville
Clarke County
M. B. Swimley
Swimley
Truman Plans Cross Country Speaking Tour Before DNC
President Truman advances a national speaking tour scheduled to begin June 2 in Chicago with a Swedish immigration celebration. He may visit Omaha for the 35th division WWI reunion, then proceed to the Pacific Northwest and a UC Berkeley commencement address. The trip is coordinated by J Howard McGrath amid expected running mate considerations. Republican rivals Stassen and Dewey conduct parallel campaigns in New Jersey and Ohio ahead of May primaries.
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Associated Press
Truman
Washington
Chicago
Omaha
Pacific Northwest
University of California
J. Howard McGrath
Harold E. Stassen
New Jersey
Dewey
Len Taft
Taft
Ohio
Stassen
Comic Books Banned By Detroit Police
Detroit police banned thirty six comic books deemed corrupting to youth after a two week survey. Prosecutor James N McMally said distributors agreed to remove titles from sale immediately. Objectionable types include those planning or involving crime and portrayals of brutal conduct toward women, children, or race.
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Detroit
James N. McMally
McNally
Bishop Oxnam Denounces War on Communism in Conference
Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam criticizes what he calls a declaration of a holy war on communism saying it is pushed by those seeking to retain power prosperity and prestige. He spoke at the Methodist General Conference in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
G. Bromley Oxnam
Methodist General Conference
Answers to Daily Quiz
Answers printed on Page 2 list ten items. Taft is item one and the rest include True for item two and a quiz on market movements, scores, Liberia, the word vision, Brig. Gen. Mitchell, Vermont, the American Labor Party, and right hand as the final answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard Taft
Liberia
Monrovia
James Monroe
Vision
William L. Mitchell
Vermont
American Labor Party
Festival Sidelights and Parade Preparations
Festival highlights fill Loudoun Street with vendors banners and crowd activity as students hand apple blossoms to be dropped by a Navy plane after 1 45 p m. naval planes from Anacostia will cross the route. police assist visitors while scouts and volunteers gear up for the event.
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Handley
Navy
Naval Air Training Station
Anacostia
Festival parade prep and security noted in city scene
Farmer said his special fire chief’s car was left at a downtown garage for washing ahead of the parade. Two MPs guarded each bank during the Festival as business activity slowed this afternoon. The coronation pageant drew observers as the day progressed.
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Baltimore
J. N. Farmer
Petersburg
Stock Exchange Strike Ends After City Intervention
United Financial Employes vote to return to work at the New York Stock Exchange and four brokerages ending a month long strike. Mayor O Dwyer urged resumption as city investigates the wage issue. No exact return date announced. Strike began March 29 impacting the curb exchange previously settled two weeks earlier.
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New York
United Financial Employes
UFL
New York Stock Exchange
William O’dwyer
Exchange
The
Stock Exchange
New York Curb Exchange
Curb Exchange
UAW and Chrysler Resume Bargaining Amid Strike Threat
Detroit April 29 Union and management returned to the bargaining table to avert a strike by 75,000 Chrysler workers. The CIO UAW will set a strike date at an emergency session, warning a strike will be called if no agreement by then. A strike would affect 13 Chrysler plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Chrysler
Truman seeks prompt Senate confirmation for AEC reappointments
President Truman urged quick Senate action to confirm David E. Lilienthal and fellow Atomic Energy Commission members for new terms. He argued that limiting terms to one or two years would create uncertainty around the United States atomic energy program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Absentee War Ballots Good Until July 1
Attorney General J Lindsay Almond Jr ruled that Virginia servicemen voting in the August primary may have war ballots counted if received by July 1 the expiration date of the war voting act. After July 1 servicemen outside Virginia may vote via the regular absentee ballot process.
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Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia
Thelma Y. Gordon
Commonwealth
Almond
Sneeze Triggers Chain of Highway Crashes in Los Angeles
Mrs. Disie A. Halprin 35 lost control of her car after a sneeze causing a crash into a parked vehicle which struck another, injuring her knee lip and possible ribs. An ambulance collision sent attendant John P. Funk to minor injuries. Halprin was later transported to a hospital by another ambulance.
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Los Angeles
Disie A. Halprin
Halprin
John P. Funk
U S Conciliators Seek to Avert Rail Strike
In Chicago on April 29 federal mediators and railroad labor leaders held sessions after President Truman urged a settlement. Railway mediation board members Frank Douglas and Francis A ONeill Jr arrived from Washington to discuss wage disputes as talks with labor and management aim to end the controversy following collapsed negotiations late Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Truman
Washington
Federal Conciliation Service
Frank Douglas
The
Nation (Railway) Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
Douglas
Byrd reports March government payrolls rise
Senator Byrd announced March payrolls grew by about 500 per day, totaling 2,030,961. The expenditures committee noted civilian civilian government employment up for the third straight month with a net 35,365 gain, while federal civilian agencies added 7,838 and the military civilian workforce rose 9,255.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrd
Congressional Committee On
Public Auction of Farm Goods on Senseney Road
Wm F Artrip Jr announces a public auction on May 5 at 10 a.m. on his farm on Senseney Road. Items include two horses, brood sows and pigs, geese and eggs, farm implements, farming tools, and household furniture. Proceeds go to the seller who is retiring from farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senseney Road
John C. Reinhart
Shepherdstown
Moser’s Cross Roads
Sam’s hens gain calm with eye glasses from Capitol City mail order
Sam reports his brood of two dozen hens wear spectacles from a Capitol City mail order house. He says the glasses help the birds see each other, reducing fighting, increasing weight, and boosting egg production, a claim supported by large poultry raisers.
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Sam
Capitol City
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Ronald 8. Wilson
Joseph S. Ducknall
Henry W. Brown
Joseph A. MacMurray
Keffer's Grocery
Chestnut ST
Woodland Ave
Charles J. Lillis
N. Cameron St
Wray Tetris Ets
Loudoun ST
Fine Homes
M.o.simpson Realtor
Front Royal, Va
Boscawen
Cork
Maryland
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Michigan
South Carolina
Newberry Building
N. Loudoun &T
Social Security Field Office
Bing Crosby
Shenandoah Area
Shenandoah County
Bayless Dept
Northern Virginia Power Co
Penneys
Montgomery Ward and Cathers
Marshall Heaps
Cardiff
E. B. Bonham
Chilhowk, Va
J. Howard Rannells
Romney
E. O. Brentz
Philadelphia
G. B. Sullivan
Walker McClond
D. K. Russell
Frederick County
Ray Robinson Jr
Main Street
Aiso
John Rice
Saturay
R. C. Barham
Senseng Road
Tommy D. Lockhart
Brannon’s Cleaners
Atomic Energy Board
U.S
Glaize & Bro
North
Cameron Street
Brumback
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Florida
VEGET
N. Loudoun St
Les
Sen
Wm. F. Artrip, Jr
CG Yuengling
Ason Inc
Potisvilli PE
Freeman Beverage CO
Cam
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
Farmer’s Hardware Store
Joe Marsh
Sam’s Hens
Buncutter Tire CO
Braddock & Germain
Sts
United States Brewers Foundation
Tovella E. P. Clark
Court House
Bartonsville
Roy Clark
Coleman Dunn
Charley
Maud
Prince
Frank
Guernsey
McCormick-Deering
Sam M. Skinner
C. Preston Engle
W. 8. Lewis
K. K. Cavalier
Emmert R. Bowlus
G. E. Vickers
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