Martinsburg Woman M. Elizabeth Dunn Dies at 90
Mrs. M Elizabeth Dunn 90 of Martinsburg West Virginia died yesterday at her home. Born April 28 1874 in Clarke County she was daughter of the late William and Amanda Watkin Thorpe. She is survived by a niece Miss Mabel M Dunn a Martinsburg sister Mrs Katherine Heckler of Baltimore brothers Henry Tharpe Winchester and Bernard Tharpe Ackerman Miss and many nieces and nephews. Funeral service Sunday at 4 p m at Rosemont Kogelshhate and Coffman Funeral Home Martinsburg by Rev J Raymond Wood burial Green Hill Cemetery Martinsburg.
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M. Elizabeth Dunn
Martinsburg
W. Va
Dunn
Clarke County
William and
Amanda Watkin Thorpe
Mabel M. Dunn
Katherine Heckler
Baltimore
Henry Tharpe
Winchester
Bernard Tharpe
Ackerman
Rosemont-Kogelshhate and Coffman Funeral Home
J. Raymond Wood
Green Hill Cemetery
19th Anniversary Commemoration of World War I End
New York reports today marks the 19th anniversary of the war’s end with Veterans Day observed. Japan’s surrender on August 14, 1945 is recalled as the defining moment in the conflict’s close.
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New York
WU S Knode MD Reporter Dies Suddenly At 65
John Stewart Knode 65 longtime Woodstock office manager of The Northern Virginia Daily died of a heart attack at his Woodstock office. Born July 15 1899 in Westminster Md he served in World War I and worked in Washington before moving to Woodstock in 1956. He is survived by two daughters two brothers and two grandchildren. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 1 30 p m at Dellinger Funeral Home with graveside rites at Westminster Cemetery at 4 30 p m. Donations asked to St Pauls United Church of Christ.
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Woodstock
Northern Virginia Daily
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Westminister
John T
Margaret Thomason Knode
Trinity Lodge 4
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Almas Shrine Temple
Washington
Massanutten Military Academy
Beverly Knode
Carroll Lambert
Edinburg
Kenneth T. Knode
South Bend
Ind
Robert T. Knode
Battle Creek
Mich
Dellinger Funeral Home
Kenneth Bishop
Knode Home
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
William D. Baker
F. E. Plamer
Tom Sollenberger
W. Preston Williams
George Lucky
Linwood Bailey
Westminster Cemetery
Westminster
Italian Communist Leader Stricken in Yalta
Soviet and Italian sources report Palmiro Togliatti, 71, leader of the Italian Communist party, suffered a stroke in Yalta with his condition described as grave. He arrived in Moscow Monday and left for Yalta after arriving. L Unita says he was stricken with an unspecified illness.
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Communist Party
Palmiro Togliatti
Yalta
Togliatti
Black Sea
L’unita
Italian Communist Party
Break-Ins Continue in City and County
Winchester police and Sheriff DeHaven report ongoing nighttime burglaries. A safe was battered at Winchester Creamery and Gulf Oil bulk plant on Martinsburg Pike was ransacked with no theft. A resident on Rt 522 North reported two bedspreads stolen from a clothesline for about $28.
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Winchester
Robert. DeHaven
Winchester Creamery
F. M. Funk
Gulf Oil
Martinsburg Pike
John D. Glover and Sons
DeHaven
Austin Branner
Gray Ave
Rt. 522
Autumnal Weather Grips Eastern U S With Record Low Readings
Autumnal conditions persisted across the eastern half of the nation with record low Aug 14 readings in multiple cities. Hibbing Minnesota hit 32 as Park Falls Wisconsin recorded 24 and Madison Wisconsin 37. New York City saw a July-like cool 54 in some areas.
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Midwest
Great Lakes
New Engeland
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Hibbing
Minn
Park Falls
Wis
Madison
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Cleveland
New York City
Federal raises outlined for workers and postal staff
The article details pay increases for federal workers including the chief justice and associates, averaging 4.3 percent for 1.1 million white collar workers and about 8.6 percent for 590,000 postal employees. A secretary gains around $310 annually, while a $10,090 salary in the upper middle bracket rises by $330 to $10,420. Letter carriers receive roughly $325 more per year, about $6 weekly.
Cyprus Crisis Divides Greece and Turkey Over Talks
Greece rejects Turkey’s call for direct talks and pushes to take the Cyprus issue to the U.N. General Assembly if Geneva peace efforts fail. Ismet Inonu urges negotiations with Greece, while Greece appeals to Khrushchev for Soviet mediation toward a lawful, humane settlement.
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George Papandreous
U.N. General Assembly
Geneva
Ismet Inonu
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Khrushchev
Inonu
Cyprus
Ancient Egypt Domesticated Cats and Sacred Status
The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that Egyptians first domesticated cats around 1500 B C and regarded cats as sacred as early as 2500 B C. It mentions Bast, the cat-headed deity, shaping their reverence for felines.
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Ino $ N
Bast
Encylopaedia Britann
Weather Today in Virginia Partly Cloudy Cool Night
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies across Virginia with cooler temperatures. Tonight lows range from 48 to 55 degrees. The five day outlook shows below normal temperatures through midweek with scattered precipitation likely Sunday.
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Ohio
Mississippi
Plains
Gulf Coast
Florida
Upper Lake Area
Pacific North
Rainfall figures and quiz style facts from 1964 source
Weather data covers 24 hours to 8 30 am August 2 1964 with year to date 21 68 inches and 51 year averages. A separate list presents 10 quiz items and a note on Tuareg ancestors possibly originating from Egypt.
Wall Street Gains Extend to Third Straight Session
The stock market opened higher with moderate trading as CBS rose to 42.14 after an opening block of 7,500 shares and later gained over a point. CBS bought 80 percent of the New York Yankees baseball organization amid broad gains in autos, steel, retail, and related sectors.
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Urope
Kennecott
Cerro
Chrysler
General Motors
American Motors
Studebaker
Ford
Sunshine Mining
New Telephone Office Implements Automatic Call Identification
A new office system identifies caller and called numbers and timing after the last digit is dialed. For multi party lines a local operator may request the caller’s number for billing. If a wrong number is dialed the caller should report the correct number and city to the operator. no charge applies. About 1,000 local numbers have changed under this arrangement with 6 to 8 seconds delay after dialing as numbers are stored and sent.
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Hetzel
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