William O Neal prominent farmer of Frederick County dies
William B. O Neal 75 prominent farmer business man and churchman of Frederick county died Sunday at 3 45 p m in Herbert Nursing Home near Middletown after years of heart illness He was born June 23 1881 in Warren county and lived most of life at the O Neal homeplace two miles south of Stephens City He married Edna Dinges in May 1935 and survives with relatives including a half sister Mrs Noah E Tipton and a half brother Samuel D O Neal Funeral services Tuesday at 3 30 p m from the Valley Pike home with Rev John L Stuart Rev Allen Jones and Dr Harry M Crim officiating Interment in Mount Carmel cemetery Middletown.
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William B. O'Neal
Frederick County
Herbert
Middletown
Dennis O’neal
Paw Paw
W. Va
Elizabeth Frances Burner O’neal
Shenandoah County
Warren County
O’neal
Stephens City
Edna Dinges
Noah E. Tipton
Samuel D. O'Neal
Julian T. Owen
Hedgesville
Howard E. Massie
Lacy D. Brumback
Richmond
Jock O’neal
Washingon
Eddie O’neal
U S. Army
California
Valley Pike
John L. Stuart
Allen Jones
Presbyterian Church
Romney
Cedar Cliff
Harry M. Crim
Strasburg Presbyterian Church
Mount Carmel
Campbell Soup Strike Postponed at Camden Plant
Federal conciliators postponed the CIO led strike at Campbell Soup Co. Camden plant for 24 hours after talks. The action averts a 5 a.m. EDT walkout by about 8,000 workers while the plant readies to handle a large tomato crop valued at around 5 million dollars.
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Campbell Soup Co
Washington
Federal
CIO
Camden, N. J
Campbell Soup Company
Pete J. Manno
CIO Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union
Federal and Company
Camden
La Follette Jr Faces McCarthy In Wisconsin Primary Battle
National preview highlights contest between Senator Robert M. LaFollette Jr and Circuit Judge Joseph R. McCarthy for the Republican nomination in Wisconsin. The struggle draws national attention as Taft lends support and party dynamics shape the 1948 presidential outlook.
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Associated Press
Washington
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Senate
Wisconsin
LaFollette
GOP
Joseph R. McCarthy
Marine Corps
Vermont
South Carolina
Delaware
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Tom Coleman
McCarthy
The
Progressive
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
la Follette
Race Riot Halts In Alabama Nine Hoodlums Held
Athens Alabama riot spurs police mobilization as about 2000 whites drive out Black residents. Nine hoodlum leaders aged 13 to 41 arrested for unlawful assembly. An estimated 15 to 20 Black victims injured, Rosenau cites as many as 50 to 100 beaten or trampled.
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Athens
Ala
Alabama
D. L. Rosenau, Jr
van Buren Gilbert
Rosenau
Health Officer Warns Weeds Must Be Cut Citywide
Winchester health officer Dr. L. M. Allen issued a final warning on weed growth in many city sections. Property owners must cut weeds within a reasonable time or authorities will take action to safeguard public health.
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L. M. Allen
Winchester
Dr. Allen
Diaper Duty Falls On Dad As Triplets Meet Twins
In Philadelphia at Lankenau Hospital Raymond Macatee 32 handles diaper duty for his 14 month old girl triplets while Elizabeth Macatee 31 recovers after giving birth to twin girls on Saturday. He quips about the multiplicative challenge of expanding their family.
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Papa
Philadelphia
Raymond Macatee
Lankenau Hospital
Elizabeth Macatee
Massie Jr Opens Law Office in Winchester
Joseph Anderson Massie Jr son of Mrs Elizabeth Love Massie and the late J A Massie has opened a law office in Winchester and will begin practice here Born in Newport News he studied at Colorado College and University of Colorado Law School Graduated 1942 he served three and a half years in the Navy as a naval aviator He is married to Teresa Jennings of Hot Springs Arkansas and they have a daughter Marie Lind-.
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Joseph Anderson Massie, Jr
Elizabeth Love Massie
J. A. Massie
Winchester
Massie
Newport News
Amherst Street
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
University of Colorado Law School
Pence University of Law
Navy
Teresa Jennings
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Marie Lind
Security Council Meets on United Nations Membership
The United Nations Security Council resumes consideration of nine membership applications with a key deadline of August 21. A questionnaire for Outer Mongolia is prepared for Ulan Bator, and Albania’s Col Tuk Jakova may submit his reply for afternoon consideration.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Outer Mongolia
Albania
Tuk Jakova
Jakova
Security Council
Ulan Bator
Refugee ships crowd Haifa as British pressure rises
Two immigrant ships crowded with about 1 200 Jews anchored off Haifa amid fears of a British blockade. Jewish convoy totals rise to around 3 900 refugees at Haifa or en route, with reports of possible detention in Cyprus and warnings of impending curfews and resistance actions.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Jewish Agency
Tittee
Seteuem
Henrietta Leola
United States
Mesheq Yagur
Yugoslavs Force Down American C-47 Transport
Yugoslavia protested to the United States over an incident at Ljubljana airfield where a U S C-47 reportedly violated sovereignty by flying at 3000 meters, circling, ignoring calls to land, and forcing the aircraft to land after fighter signals. Eight military and two civilian aboard. a detailed inquiry ordered.
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Vernment
United
Ljubljana
Greyhound Driver Charged With Manslaughter In Two Deaths
State Trooper H C Fullmer said Greyhound driver Robert G Kirkman 31 of Greensboro NC is charged with manslaughter in the deaths of two men after a Charleston Bluefield bus hit them on route 3 at Edwight Raleigh County One victim Carroll Everett Lockhart 22 of Elizabeth Wirt County died at once the other John Henry Bennett 20 of Bristol Tennessee died later The driver was involved in a second accident near Spanishburg Mercer County and was arrested yesterday
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Vctims
R. T. Cummings
Carroll Everett Lockhart
Elizabeth
Wirt County
John Henry Bennett
Bristol
Tenn
Wickcliffe Church Hosts 100th Anniversary Services
About 150 attendees joined in yesterday’s services for the 100th anniversary of Old Wickcliffe Church. Rev. Henry G. Lane of Grace Episcopal led the blessing in the absence of ill Bishop Jackson of Louisiana. A picnic lunch followed the services.
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Wickcliffe Church
Old Wickcliffe Church
Henry G. Lane
Grace Episcopal
Jackson
Louisiana
Knife wound fight near Winchester leaves two hurt
Thomas Shipe is hospitalized with a stomach knife wound after a fight at Stonewall Orchard near Winchester. Wayne Blankenship of Pikeville Ky is jailed on felonious assault charges while Luth er Miller also suffered nonfatal cuts. Police say Shipe and Blankenship share nearby cottages and a paring knife was used. State Police Sgt Woolf and Trooper Seale investigate and no hearing date was set.
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Wayne. Blankenship
Pikesville
Thomas Shipe
Stonewall Orchard
Winchester
Luther Miller
Shipe
F. L. Woolf
C. A. Seale
Blankenship
Independent Hose Co
Stephens City
Illegal liquor decline shown in revenue reports
Washington August 12 Newest revenue reports indicate a sharp drop in liquor law enforcement since prewar days. In June 1940 agents seized 911 stills and made 2072 arrests. In June 1946 seizures reached 515 and arrests 656, with declines nationwide across regions including the District of Columbia Maryland North Carolina Virginia and West Virginia.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
W. Virginia
Beauty appointments open at Ru Ja Beauty Shop
Mrs Edith Johnson of Ru Ja Beauty Shop at 428 National Ave has several appointments this week for Permanent Waves and Shampoos and Hair Styling. Call 6309 to book with Mrs Johnson or Miss Phylis McDonald.
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Edith Johnson
Ru Ja
National Ave
No Parking Worries Brannon's Cleaners Ad
Berryville Ave at City Limits offers no parking worries with Brannon's Cleaners. Contact phone 7161 for details. Floor lamps listed at 12.95 each with bronze bases and silk shades. Molden Electric Co advertises fully overhauled radios from RCA Zenith Philco with pricing. G. & M. contact 4542.
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Brannon’s Cleaners
Berryville Ave
Molden Electric Co
RCA
Zenith
Philco
Auto Prices Hit By OPA Ruling In New Price Hike
OPA raises retail ceilings on new cars by 7.3 percent cashing in on the new price control law. Four door sedans see rises from 63 to 293 dollars with Cadillac and Buick and Chrysler ranges noted. Further increases expected to offset pre war dealer handling charges.
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Washington
OPA
Congress
Native of Clarke County Widow of Minister Is Dead
Gloucester Virginia August 12 funeral services will be held at Ware Church at 5 p m today for Mrs Jane Kownslar Lee who died yesterday at her home at 93 widow of Reverend William Byrd Lee rector of Ware and Abingdon churches for over 40 years She was born in Clarke County daughter of the late Dr Randolph Kownslar and Elizabeth Sinclair Blackburn Kownaslar Surviving are five daughters including Mrs John M Watson of Lynchburg 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren
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Gloucester
Ware
Jane Kownslar Lee
Lee
William Byrd Lee
Abingdon
Clarke County
Randolph Kownslar
Elizabeth Sinclair Blackburn Kownaslar
Byrnes Takes Chair At Peace Conference Arow
ParisAug 12 Secretary of State Byrnes assumed chairmanship of the peace conference under the rotation plan while A Y Vishinsky of the Soviet union protested rulings he called infringements urging immediate general debate on Italys plea for softened treaty terms Yugoslavia Edvard Kardelj spoke before the body and Bulgaria Albania Mexico Cuba and Egypt were invited to hearings as conference rules for agenda handling were set
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Paris
A. Y. Vishinsky
Byrnes
Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
Italy
Edvard Kardelj
Soviet Union
France
Georges .Bidault
A. ¥. Vishinsky
Edgard Kardelj
Albania
Mexico
Cuba
Egypt
Sion
General Secretariat
General Commission of the Conference
General Commission
A.V. Alexander
Apple crop outlook for four West Virginia counties
Berkeley Morgan Jefferson Hampshire counties in the Eastern Panhandle expect about 2,970,000 bushels this season. An Appalachian Apples survey of 200 growers notes improved fruit quality due to favorable weather and sprays. Final color and size depend on upcoming weather. drought earlier in the season caused initial concern.
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Martinsburg
Berkeley
Morgan Jefferson
Hampshire
Panhandle
Appalachian Apples, Inc
Morgan
Jefferson
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U. N. Security Council
Montana
Great Falls
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