Busy Morning In Police Court
A string of police court cases lists individuals and penalties for drinking and disorderly conduct. Names include John Rice Martha Rhodes Boyce Harrison Crowser Madison Jackson Stella Williams Mary Louise Washington Dyke Dewey Billiott and David P Wingfield with fines and costs and orders.
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Martha Rhodes Boyce
Winchester
Harrison E. Crowser
E. Kern Street
Mustal
Adison Jackson Crowser
Stella Williams
East Lane
Mary Louise Washington
E. Lane
A Dyke
Hayfield
Dewey Billiott
Rt. 3
David P. Wingfield
W. Gerrard
Jubilee Church extends evangelistic meetings this week
The Jubilee Church led by Rev. Cephas Fahnestock announced continued meetings this week with Elder C. N. Grubb as evangelist near Martinsburg West Virginia. A Love Feast and meal is planned for Saturday at 6 p.m.
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Cephas Fahnestock
Jubilee Church
C. N. Grubb
Martinsburg
W. Va
Allen Jones
Romney
Round Hill Presbyterian Church
Ie Bat
Conference Debates Two Thirds Vote For World Peace Treaties
US Byrnes pushes for conference authored treaties with a two thirds council vote. French and British sides ready to back that stance as Dutch delegate urges simple majority recommendations. Delegates from 21 nations await a decision to move the conference forward.
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Conft
Byrnes
Conference
Foreign Ministers Council
Conference Polnas
United States
Netherlands
Baron van Stachouer
Council of Foreign Ministers
Tension Escalates in Palestine as Curfews Intensify
The Irgun Zvai Leumi warned of deadly clashes if curfews persist and urged Hagana to repudiate forged documents linking it to the King David Hotel bombing. Moshe Snefi travels to Paris amid rising tensions while refugee ships head toward Palestine and British patrols tighten in Jerusalem with nightly curfews.
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Irgun Zvai Leumi
Tel Aviv
Hagana
King David Hotel
Palestine
Paris
Moshe Snefi
Jewish Agency
Holy Land
Haifa
Mediterranean
Jerusalem
Winchester And Martinsburg Tie In Bi State Golf Play
Winchester and Martinsburg tied for the Bi State golf honors with 56 points apiece. Alexandria placed third with 48.5 and Front Royal 19.5. Alexandria still leads the league with 235.5 points, Martinsburg is second with 217.5, followed by Winchester 179 and Front Royal 88. Individual Winchester scores listed in order. Next home match vs Purcellville on August 25.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
Alexandria
Front Royal
Ingleside
Ingleside Hotel and Country Club
Staunton
Wilson Pugh
Carl Campbell
Jim Mason
Lester Arnold
Lewis Hyde, Jr
Hugh Peters
Howard Allen
Bus Kérn
Philip Glaize
Curtis Fray
Purcellville
Mystery of unclaimed circus girl deepens in death notes
Hartford police chief says the unidentified little girl known as Little Miss 1565 may be misidentified among the dead from the 1944 Barnum and Bailey fire. A Wyandotte woman claims the girl is her granddaughter, prompting a conference to review the assertion after a Detroit Times report.
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Hartford, Conn
Michael J. Godfrey
Wyandotte
Mich
Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Brothers
Wilson
Detroit Times
Gertrude Landers
Three In Danville Injured In Freight Train Wreck
Three people were seriously injured when a 67 car freight train broke a switch at Southern Railway yards in Danville Virginia and a diesel switch engine crashed into three Pullman cars of a passenger train. A quiz asks about dentist appointment charges and a separate military baggage allowance for a 1st lieutenant.
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Danville
Southern Railway
Jewish Agency Rejects Semi Partition Plan for Palestine
Paris reports the Jewish Agency executive rejected the semi partition scheme for Palestine proposed by British and American experts. The dispatch notes ongoing legal battles over the Bhowal rajah and a royal claim dealing with his vast domain.
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Paris
Jewish Agency
Oras Sere Bette
Tiegh Agéncy
Flotitta
Ramendra Narayan Roy
Bhowal
George VI
Privy Council
British Empire
Ranee Bibhabati
Roy
Darjeeling
Moscow radio attacks Palestine partition plans
Moscow radio today strongly attacked British American proposals for a semi partition of Palestine and said efforts to solve the Holy Land problem without the United Nations are going nowhere.
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London
Aus
Moscow Radio Today
Palestine
Bombs Hit Legation and Consulate in Beirut Protest
Bombs exploded almost simultaneously at the American legation and British consulate in Beirut as police theorize the blast was a demonstration against the British American Palestine semi partition proposal.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Legation
Palestine
Marines Stand Ready After Peiping Ambush
Admiral Charles M. Cooke Jr says American Marines in North China remain at full strength and will retaliate if attacked after the July 29 convoy ambush near Peiping. He identifies the attackers as Chinese Communists, marking an official designation of the assailants.
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Shanghai
North China
Charles M. Cooke, Jr
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Peiping
Berryville Child praises deputy Pete Carper for handling juvenile cases
In Berryville Virginia, four year old Carroll Lee Russell tells a nurse she has 799 beaux but favors deputy sheriff Pete Carper. The article credits Carper with understanding children’s fears and showing genuine care during three juvenile cases last week.
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Berryville
Pete” Carper
Clarke County
Pete
Legion To Meet At 8 Tomorrow
The American Legion holds a regular meeting tomorrow August 6 at 8 p m at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall. A short business session will discuss convention matters. All members are urged to attend.
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American Legion
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Population per congressional district under 1940 census
Under the 1940 census the House size remains 435. Each member represents about 304 000 people.
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House of Representatives
House
Turkish government change delays Montreux talks on Dardanelles
A Turkish government change was announced and the British foreign office said it would await political stabilization before pursuing revisions to the Montreux convention governing control of the Dardanelles.
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London
Foreign Office
Turkey
Dardanelles
Dutch Mitchell shot down over Semarang airfield
Indonesian antiaircraft units claimed to have downed a strafing Dutch Mitchell aircraft during a native attack on Semarang airfield in the East Indies. Six crew members were reported killed.
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Batavia
Java
Semarang
Car Auction Draws Massive Berryville Crowd
In Berryville crowds gathered outside Clarke county jail for a public auction of a 1934 Chevrolet sedan owned by the late John W. M. Brown. Executor Joseph F. Moore auctioned the vehicle as bidders, led by Warren G. Whitley, pushed to top prices. About 75 people attended the event.
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Berryville
Berryville-Clarke County
John W. M. Brown
Joseph F. Moore
Warren G. Whitley
Prices Rise on Clothing and Household Linens
Washington announces higher textile ceilings under the new price control law. Cotton clothing costs rise six to eight percent while household linens jump 17 percent. The combined changes are expected to lift industry returns by about $500 million annually. The OPA will extend ceilings to cotton piece goods and implement further retail increases soon.
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Washington
OPA
Virginia tourist trade faces steep setback this summer
The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce reports the states tourism industry will be about 40 percent under expected for the year. Beaches and mountain resorts see sparse crowds while southwest Virginia mountain areas show the strongest activity. Hotels cabins and roadside eateries report unusually empty rooms and slow business from out of state visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce Today
Virginia
Chamber
Emergency Housing Committee To Meet Tomorrow
The Emergency Housing Committee for Veterans meets tomorrow night at 7 30 in the City Council Chamber. Chairman William M Richards calls the urgent gathering after a contractors conference to discuss rapid completion of 100 or more local housing units. Mayor Charles R Anderson and City Manager S Lee Grant to advise. meeting open to the public.
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Emergency Housing Committee For Veterans
William M. Richards
Winchester
James March
Charles R. Anderson
S. Lee Grant
War Profits Continued Inquiries On Railroads
Senator Taylor calls for an inquiry into depreciation on the national treasury via excessive freight rates paid by the armed services. He urges the Bureau of the Budget to pursue recovery of overcharges through the Department of Justice and questions the rate committee of the Army Transportation Corps. Mead plans talks with Clark and McCabe on surplus property sales and home material needs. May's physician to report on possible House Military Committee questioning while May remains ill.
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Taylor
Dida
National Treasury
Armed Services
Bureau of the Budget
Department of Justice
Idaho
Clark
Bureau
Mead, Taylor
Army Transportation Corps
Mead Oned
Thomas B. McCab
Internal Revenue
McCabe
Mead
May
House Military Committee
Prestonsburg
Self Portraits by Rembrandt Numbered at Fifty to Sixty
The artist Rembrandt painted between 50 and 60 self portraits. This estimation highlights his prolific self depiction across diverse moods and periods.
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W. M. A. Rembrandt
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Round Hill
City Delivery Service
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Grimm’s Radio Sales & Service
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Acme Center
Valley Weatherstrip & Awning CO
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Akron
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