Festival Queen Arrives for Winchester Pageant Days
Queen Shenandoah XX Til and sister Miss Jane Hadley arrive for festival events in Winchester. VIP guests include Miss Crude Snyder and Mrs John Horton. 146 extra police assist 19 officers. Weather forecast sunny. 176000 festival visitors expected with pageant Harvest of the Years rehearsals and media gatherings scheduled.
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Jane Hadley
Ann Hadley
Shenandoah
Alben Barkley
Delmar Robinson
Martha Robinson
Horton Arms
Washington
John Horton
Crude Synder
Secretary of the Treasury
John Snyder
Winchester Polic Department
Winchester
Handley Bowl
W. R. Strader
Wash Street
Reg
Red Benson
Winchester Festival Coronation and 200th Anniversary Pageant
Winchester celebrates its bi centennial with the Coronation of Smiling Nina Warren as Shenandoah XXV and two parades plus an historical pageant. The firemen's parade with 102 units and a grand parade led by film star Howard Keei proceed Friday. Local businesses and offices announce altered hours for the festival with many closing at noon or specific times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina
Honey Bear" Warren
Gov
Earl Warren
Golden Gate State
Winchester
Howard Keei
James R. Wilkins
Assoca.on
Winchester Dry Cleanery
Alecia Beauty Salon
Kurtz Furniture Store
Corporation
Are Flutes Made of Metal or Silver and Gold
A dialogue notes that flutes are woodwind instruments but commonly crafted from silver. It mentions that a few wealthy owners possess flutes made of gold.
Police Announce Parking Restrictions for Tomorrow Parade
Chief Thomas Boyd announced no parking on Cameron, Clifford, Cecil, Leicester, Monmouth, Baker, Loudoun, Gerrard, and Handley streets during the Fireman's Parade. A by pass routes traffic from Route 11, Route 522, and Route 50 with marked detours, supported by dozens of officers and state units for two festival days.
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Thomas Boyd
Cameron St
Germain
Piccadilly
Clifford St
Loudoun
Kent
Cecil St
Leicester St
Monmouth St
Baker St
Cameron
Loudoun St
Baker
Errard
Gerrard St
Braddock
Handley Blvd
Braddock St
Stewart St
Boyd
Valley Ave
Hart St
Hart
Bond St
Bond
Kent St
Wyck St
Wyck
Fairmont Ave
Kent and
Gerrard Sts
Piccadilly St
Bill to assure continued operation of vital industries
Lawmakers push measures amid a steel strike and a court ruling on presidential seizure power. Rep. Smith proposes appointing receivers to avert shutdowns in defense industries. Senate leaders debate seizure authority and possible impeachment amid pressure from the district court decision.
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Seeks
Wasington
Defense Vital Industries
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Congress
Truman
Senator Maybank
D-Sc
Murray
D-Mont
Senate Labor Committee
David A. Pine
District Court
House
Truman Sen. Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate
Pine
Willis Smith
Rupp Faces Probe as Kentucky Stars Probationed
Three former Kentucky players Alex Groza Ralph Beard and Dale Barnstable were placed on indefinite probation after pleading guilty to fixing a 1949 NCAA tournament game in Madison Square Garden. Judge Saul Streit criticized Rupp and UK officials for failing to curb corruption and granting lavish perks.
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New York
University of Kentucky
Ruolph Rupp
General Sessions
Saul
Streit
Rupp
Alex Groza
Ralph Beard
Dale Barn
Beard
Barnstable
Groza
Parents Advised To Break Junior Of Thumb Sucking
Virginia Beach report notes Dr. L. B. Higley of Iowa City warns thumb-sucking and lip-thrusting can cause dental deformities and facial imbalance. He cites poor eating and sleeping postures as contributing factors to an oversized jaw and deficient chin.
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Virginia Beach
Junior
Iowa
L. B. Higley
Iowa City
Mystery of State's Next Governor Is Unknown by Panel
At a Virginia State Chamber of Commerce congressional dinner a panel of Virginia newspapermen questioned lawmakers about the next governor. Rep Stanley said he would not relinquish his House seat and joked first things first. The session included jests about Truman Kefauver and a sharp quip from Burr Harrison.
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Washington
Virginia
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
A. A. Farley
Danville Register and Bee
Stanley
D-Va
Truman
Sen
Kefauver
Tom Hanes
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch
Robertson
Dvai
Burr Harrison
Godfrey
M. W. Armistead
Times-World Corp
Harrison
Tennessee
Arthur Goffrey
Byrd
Gary
Carl B. Knight
Big Stone Gap
Virginia Press Association
Editors of Atlanta Constitution Sentenced for Contempt
Editor Ralph McGill and Managing Editor W H Fields of the Atlanta Constitution were sentenced to 20 days in jail and fined 200 each for contempt of court over a published April 21 story on Georgia traffic law violations. Judge H E Nichols ordered the terms after the paper failed to publish a photograph and a judge written statement.
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Rome
Ralph McGill
W H. Fields
The
Atlanta Constitution
H. E. Nichols
Superior Court
Constitution
Georgia
Floyd County
McGill
Fields
Georgie
Atlanta
Oil Workers Strike Widens Nationwide Action Halts Refineries
About 87,000 oil workers began laying down tools as a strike of refinery and pipeline crews moved in. Negotiations seek a 25 cent hourly rise and better shift differentials. OWIU leaders warned of large production cuts totaling roughly 2.2 million barrels daily. Some talks showed optimism, especially in San Francisco where 25 000 represented workers remained at work to support war mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
San Francisco
CIO Oil Workers International Union
California
Detroit
AFL
Oglesby to preach at Randolph-Macon Academy baccalaureate
Rev F B Oglesby superintendent of Winchester District Methodist Church will deliver the baccalaureate sermon for Randolph-Macon Academy Front Royal on June 1. Chief commencement speaker will be Congressman Porter Hardy Jr of Virginia's 2nd District on June 2. Cadet Set Kirby W Fitzpatrick Harrisonburg will give the valedictory. Cadet 1st Lt Thomas E Todd Sparrows Point Md is salutatorian. Local cadet Maj John C Lee White Post among graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Oglesby
Winchester
Methodist Church
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal
Porter Hardy Jr
Virginia
John C. Boggs
Kirby W. Fitzpatrick
Harrisonbureg
Thomas E. Todd
Sparrows Point
John C. Lee
White Post
Wasp limps home with Hobson survivors 175 missing
The 27100 ton aircraft carrier Wasp returned to port with 61 Hobson disaster survivors aboard. Navy repairs patched two bow holes and a Naval Board of Inquiry is to probe the sinking as Congress plans an investigation.
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Washington
Hobson
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Lane
D-Mass
Congress
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Naval Board of Inquiry
Answers to quiz questions from Page 4
The page lists quiz answers: 1 John Foster Dulles 2 Dallas Texas 3 No 4 Llewellyn 5 for flying the English Channel from France to Dover England Yes Senator Robert Taft Willard H Wright 32 degrees F The Cross.
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John Foster Dulles
Dallas
Texas
Llewellyn
France
Dover
England
Senator Robert Taft
Willard H. Wright
May 3 11 a.m. sales including Pepper Estate at Hamp shire Co
A sales directory lists May 3 11 a.m. events at Jacob H Pepper Estate front of Hampshire County Court House two miles east of Pleasant Dale West Virginia. Also May 9 1 p.m. Sporting Field Farm Capon Bridge WV registered polled Shorthorn cattle. May 10 10:30 a.m. Edith Fries six miles north of Winchester on Rt 522 household goods. May 10 1 p.m. Shen Valley Shorthorn Breeders Assn Farmers Livestock Exchange Winchester registered polled shorthorns.
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Jacob H. Pepper
Hampshire Co
West Va
Court House
Pleasant Dale
W. Va
Edith Fries
Winchester
Sporting Field Farm
Capon Bridge
Shen
Valley Shorthorn Breeders Assn
Farmers Livestock Exchange
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Legion Guest
W.C. Daniel
Danville
Americanegion
Legion
Capitol Theater
Boyd's Drug Store
Plumly Lumber Company
Check-A-Board Feed Company
Fairplay
Anderson
Loudoun Street
Rhema
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Chinaline
CEU Ae AC
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
North Kent St
Richmond
Roanoke
Harrisonburg
Luray
Cumberland Md
Martinsburg
W Va
Arlington
Alexandria
Fairfax
Washington, D C
Frederick County
House Judiciary Committee
Judiciary
GOP
G. M. Williams
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
New York City
Re Eeree
N. Cameron St
Barr
Elizabethtown
G. K. Wagner
Midwest
OWIWU
O. A. Knight
OWIU
RMA
Rev
Oglesby
Wasp
Sypris Sagee
Glaize & Bro
Heatwole Motor CO
Frederick Motors
Martinsburg Pike
Aberdeen
Angus Sale
Frederick, Maryland
Russell L. West
Maryland
Aberdeen-Angus Association
Goodyear
Buncutter
S. Braddock St
Geeystone Geens Re
de En John Stuart & CO
Clearbrook, Va
Baltimore, MD
Cumberland, MD
Harrisburg, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
N. Braddock Street
Blue Ridge
C. 1. Brumback & Sons
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