Devers says atom bomb likely to be avoided in future wars
General Jacob L. Devers told a Newark audience that the atom bomb probably will never again be used in war. He warned that any use would trigger an atomic match and emphasized that decision on ground warfare rests with surface forces as the United States builds a fly to fight army. He urged avoiding war through air and ground force mobility and noted demobilization has trimmed the air forces.
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Newark
N. J
Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces
Newark Airport
Army Air Forc
Devers
United States
Blue Ridge Lines Strike Averted
An agreement reached four minutes before midnight avert ed a strike by Blue Ridge Lines drivers and maintenance men. The settlement grants 12 1 2 cents an hour raise for AFL Amalgamated Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America members. Union rep Leo Biffle of Hagerstown led negotiations with company executives Carlos Gysbert s and A F MacDonald. Routes east of Washington Pennsylvania remain served by the company.
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Blue Ridge Lines
Winchester
Hagerstown
AFL Amalgamated Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America
Leo Biffle
Carlos Gysberts
Eastern Division
A. F. MacDonald
Washington
Penna
Roosevelt Appears as Senate Probe Targets Hughes
Elliott Roosevelt said he will testify before the Senate War Investigating Committee in Washington next Monday about Howard Hughes wartime contracts. The inquiry, focusing on Hughes and Kaiser, will examine tax returns and entertainment expenses as it widens to include government officials and potential improprieties.
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John Meyer
Hughes
Elliott Roosevelt
Army
Echols
Roosevelt
Arnold
Justice Department
Owen Brewster
R - Maine
Pan- American Airways
Brewster
Senate War Investigating Committee
John
California
Pis
Meyer
Paris
Senate
Subcommittee
Boston
Washington
Howard Hughes
Henry J. Kaiser
Maine
Coroner to Probe Killing on Highway of Hayfield
Coroner will hold an inquest into the death of Theodore Franklin Alger eight who was fatally struck by a Reynolds Line bus on the highway in front of his Hayfield home. The driver George Ralph Formag of Elkins WV was en route to Winchester from Elkins. Funeral services set for 3 p m tomorrow at Omps funeral home with interment Mt Hebron.
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Omps
Theodore Franklin Alger
Charles S. Alger
Hayfield
Reynolds Line
Winchester
Elkins
George Ralph Formag
Commonwealth
Joseph Massie, Jr
County Court House
Massie
J. R. Troxell
Compton
Georgianna Fletcher
Rappahannock County
Gore
Joseph- James
Walter
Charles
Betty
Anna Lou
Emily Patricia
Margaret Ellen
Loring, Baker
Kernstown
N. B. Habel
Baptist Church
Mt. Hebron
Richard
Warren Fletcher
Frank Alger
Howard Starliper
Moose
Life-leap saves man at threshing but breaks wrist
Harry Hershman 24 of Mountain Falls leaped from a threshing feed-board to avoid a knife chute, landing on a barn floor and breaking his wrist. He was taken to Memorial hospital by Ellsworth Dodson. doctors diagnosed a dislocated wrist. Hershman is married to the Pitcock of Opequon and son of Mr and Mrs John L Hershman.
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Harry Hershman
Mountain Falls
L. E. White Farm
Memorial Hospital
Ellsworth Dodson
Hershman
Ire
John L. Hershman
Wise Pitcock
Opequon
Rex
Peer
Explosion Victim Dies in Harrisonburg Beauty College blast
Miss Ruth Eleanor Hart age 32 daughter of Mr and Mrs T W Bert of Clarke county died at 3 a m in Rockingham Memorial Hospital from injuries from Tuesday explosion that wrecked a Harrisonburg beauty college. Funeral services were held 2:30 p m Sunday from Ender's Funeral Home in Bergville with burial at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Ruth Eleanor Hart
T. W. Bert
Clarke County
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Harrisonburg
Ender
Bergville
Green Hill Cemetery
Inquest Probable Into Humphrey Doleman Death
Dr. J. R. Troxell coroner said an inquest would probably be held tomorrow to determine the cause of death of Humphrey Ezekial Doleman about age 35 who died suddenly last night at 4420 North Kent Street where he resided.
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J. R. Troxell
Humphrey Ezekial Doleman
Kent St
Ford Offers Pact to End Auto Union Impasse
Ford Motor Co proposes a conditional waiver of Taft Hartley protections to avoid strikes at its 107,000 workers. Henry Ford II personally delivered the offer to CIO Chief Philip Murray as UAW CIO deliberates a possible strike. The compromise requires union denouncement of illegal strikes, prompt actions to curb such strikes, and acceptance of an impartial umpire as final judge.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Taft-Hartlay
Ford
Henry Ford
CIO
Philip Murray
United Auto Workers
UAW - Cio International
Ford Department
Murray
New York City
UAW
Michigan
Murray Corp. of America
Murray Corp
Horse Show Dominates First Prize and Open Jumpers Highlight
The event opened with a horse show victory by Up and Going. Conformation lightweight hunters were won by Phantom Raider owned by Dr and Mrs Alvin I Kay of Washington. Several green and conformation classes were claimed by named stables and owners across Millbrook and Middleburg. Three races on day one concluded with Lady Marine, Five O Four and Carolina Ann taking wins in short sprints.
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Springsburg
Berryville
Phantom Raider
Alvin I. Kay
Washington
Moon Shine
Cynthia Cannon
Millbrook
N. Y
Lady B
Tipperary Stables
Boyce
Blue Chic
Morton W. Smith
Middleburg
Gray Arrack
Tipperary
Hunter
Alvin I. Kay Washington
Lady Marine
A. Humme
John T. Harris
Carolina Ann
C E. Henry
Answers to the Daily Quiz Qaiz
Answers to the Daily QAIZ list the correct responses for ten questions. The items include Denmark and Sweden, Jet Pilot, Noted geographer, Voted for partition, Podunk is a thriving little, Tennis, Glasgow, To transmit oxygen, False about fuel, and the President of Columbia University.
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Denmark
Sweden
Glasgow
Columbia University
North Africa Tops China Tea Exports Market
North Africa consumes more of China's tea exports than any other world region, highlighting the area's growing demand and its significance in China's global tea trade.
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North Africa
China
Silas Henry Dies at 74 in Middletown
Silas Henry died yesterday at his Middletown home at age 74. He was the son of Moze and Dolly Showalter Henry. Survivors include his widow Viola and a daughter-in-law Mrs Leonard Brown of Winchester. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 3 30 p m at the late home and 4 p m at Reliance U B Church with pallbearers Rob Campbell Walter Little Trone Sperry W F Shipe C C Bowen and E W Steel. Interment will be in Reliance Cemetery.
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Silas Henry
Middletown
Moze
Dolly Showalter Henry
Viola
A Gaunt
Leonard Brown
Winchester
Reliance U. B
Henry
Robi. Campbell
Walter Little
Trone Sperry
W. F. Shipe
C. C. Bowen
E. W. Steel
Reliance Cemetery
Vets Receive Diplomas In On Job Training Class
Twenty two local veterans completing a salesman ship course under the GI Bill were awarded diplomas at Handley last night. A party and weiner roast at Rouss Park celebrated the event. They enroll in a new class starting Aug 7 on Store and Stock Keeping taught by Ralph H Larson.
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Handley
Rouss Park
Ralph H. Larson
Winchester Montgomery Ward
Larson
Winchester
University of Minnesota
Garland Quarles
Former Gore Pastor To Speak Sunday at Martinsburg Church
The Rev R. S. Schmucker of 415 N Loudoun St Martinsburg will speak at Winchester Avenue Christian church services morning and evening. He is a former pastor of Ebenezer Christian church near Gore where 1000 new members joined and a $35000 Bible school plant was built. The congregation plans a $75000 church edifice soon. An unrelated note mentions ant control with 10 percent DDT powder.
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R. S. Schmuucker
N. Loudoun St
Ebenezer Christian Church
Gore
Winchester Avenue Christian Church
Martinsburg
Schmucker
West Virginia
Auction notices from Winchester real estate and estates
Sales directory lists August auctions at the Frederick County Court House and nearby locations. R. E. B. O Neal attorney in fact. Harry C. Kern executor. Estate of Oliver Elliott. Mrs F W Pingley. Curtis Hurley Ridgeway. Chas W Fries. Items include blacksmith shop, furniture, tools, household goods and lumber with specified times and addresses.
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EB. O'Neal
Frederick County Court House
Harry C. Kern
N. Cameron St
Winchester
Oliver Elliott
West
F. W. Pingley
Curtis Hurley
Ridgeway
Chas. W. Fries
National Ave
Tea export dominated by a few Chinese firms
Ninety percent of China’s tea exports are handled by four or five firms. The concentration indicates a small group controls most of the global supply, highlighting the limited competition in the sector.
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China
Winchester court appraises Spencer estate in 1947 decree
The Corporation Court orders Master Commissioner Joseph A. Massie Jr. to ascertain real and personal property of Abram R. Spencer deceased, identify heirs and beneficiaries, settle administrator Herbert S. Larrick’s accounts, and recover unpaid taxes. Public notice for two weeks precedes execution hearing on August 15, 1947 at 32 Rouss Avenue.
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Corporations Court
City OF
Winches
Frank Spencer
Chancery
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Abram R. Spencer
Jien
Herbert S. Larrick
Winchester
Virginia
Rouss Avenue
Herbert
Larrick
P. Q
Brown Named Chairman of Bank Research Group
Harold G. Brown, president of Shenandoah Valley National Bank, has been appointed chairman of the bank management and research group, signaling a leadership shift in the institution. The move places Brown at the forefront of policy and strategy discussions within the bank.
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Brown
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Bankers Association committee to include fifteen bankers
The Virginia Bankers Association forms a search committee with fifteen bankers from all groups. Members plan to review candidates, aiming for balanced representation and efficient selection processes.
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The
Virginia Bankers Assn
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Humphrey Doleman
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General Tire
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QAIZ
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National Farm Loan Association
E. Boscawen St
Winchester, VA
W. A. Blackwell
Hancock, MD
John W. Kern
Cameron St
Coleman Dunn
Glaize & Bro
North
C. I. Brumback & Sons
Jordan
HAMS
Fairplay Market
Bayliss & Patterson Contractors & Dealers
N. Cameron
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
B. F. Goodrich
S. Loudoun St
Goodfyea Deleee
Buncutter Tire CO
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R. E. O'Neal
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Brumback
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