Post Office Bans Word Pari Mutuel
Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News report a federal order banning the word pari mutuel in print to describe gambling by officials led by DeLaney. Violators face fines up to 1000 dollars or two years imprisonment. Officials seek nationwide scope and clarification from Washington.
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Rocky Mountain
Telkeen
Denver Post
Post
Washington
Frank Department Atformr
DeLaney
Sun
News
Denver
Notice of Claims Against Estate of Nora Blanche Snapp
Parties holding claims against or owing the estate of Nora Blanche Snapp are notified to settle with the undersigned R. Glaize Admr. at once. This formal notice instructs creditors to present their claims to the administrator as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Blanche Snapp
Yee
U S Faces Inadequate Air Defense Claim
A continued piece warns the United States could be bombed linking the risk to specific industrial and military zones. It notes fighter squadrons backing radar are still insufficient and experts say they would only provide token defense against a moderate attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Refugees Flood Taegu as North Korean advance nears
Mass exodus unfolds as dawn shelling drives hundreds of thousands from Taegu. Refugees push south while provisional government orders non essential civilians to evacuate. Families pull belongings on backs amid chaos as city shelves empty and looting fears rise.
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Taegu
Provisional
Difference Between Squad and Platoon in the Army
The squad is the smallest Army unit with about 10 to 12 men commanded by a sergeant and aided by a corporal. A platoon is led by a first or second lieutenant and comprises four squads totaling about 48 men.
Rev Harry Crim To Conduct Service At Reunion
The Rev Henry Grim of Strasburg will conduct the reunion service at Old Stone Church near White Hall tomorrow at 10 30 a m The Rev John Oliver of the United Brethren charge will also attend A music program by Mrs Virginia Grove of Pikeside W Va features performers from Winchester Martinsburg and York Proceeds go to building rest rooms and cemetery care Annual officer elections will be held
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Grim
Strasburg
Old Stone Church
White Hall
John Oliver
United Brethren
Virginia Grove
Pikeside
W. Va
John Livenwood
John Smith
Bruce Sheard
Winchester
Howard
Sonny” Sheppard
Martins
Community sale solicited in Winchester for Clarke County Lions
Julian Everly Joe Emmatt Arthur Golightly John Hardesty Jack Russell and Ed Lee help General Chairman Robert Newlin solicit articles in Winchester for the Clarke County Lions Club second annual community sale at Berryville on September 9. The sale raises funds for sight conservation work.
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Julian Everly
Joe Emmatt
Arthur Golightly
John Hardesty
Jack Russell
Ed Lee
Robert Newlin
Winchester
Clarke County Lion's Club
Berryville
Winchester Dancer Benny Brown Jr to Appear on TV Again
Benny Brown Jr a ten year old tap dancer from 66614 N Loudoun Street will return Sunday on Channel Four Your Junior Revue. He won first prize last week and leads in votes for a grand prize television set. Thirteen winners will compete later for the big prize.
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Winchester
Benny Brown
Benjamin Brown
N. Loudoun Street
Channel Four
Bill Robinson
Benny
Douglas School
Rains Expected To Cool the City
Weather forecast for Winchester: thundershowers possible in the north tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures may not drop far from a 91 degree high with 65 degree low expected tonight. past night’s humidity kept readings in the high sixties.
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Winchester
Virginia
Mercury
By-line credit line in newspaper articles
A by-line is the writer’s name shown on an article preceded by by. It serves as the credit for authorship and appears where the author is identified.
Front Royal Doctor Kipps Dies After 58 Years Practice
Dr Kipps a longtime Front Royal physician and Warren County coroner died suddenly at his home in Shenandoah County. A graduate of Baltimore College of Physicians and Sur geons he practiced in Wardensville and Burlington before settling in Front Royal in 1893. He leaves a son Edwin Trout Kipps and had remarried Lucy Kinzel Lewis. Funeral at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church with interment Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Front Royal
Shenandoah County
Nicholas Kipps
Mary Cartherine May Kipps
Kipps
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Baltimore
Wardensville
W. Va
Burlington
Warren County
Susan Jane Trout
Ridgeville
Edwin Trout Kipps
Lucy Kinzel Lewis
Majorettes Parade in Baltimore Figures in Local Pageant
Seven majorettes from the Gibson Colored Drum and Bugle Corps joined the Hagerstown group in a Baltimore parade. Participants named include Helen Rhodes, Helen Curry, Joan Elliott, Nancy Grimes, Janet Lewis, Gloria Finley, and Kathryn Green, with chaperone Mrs. Annie Baltimore.
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Gibson Colored Drum and Bugle Corps
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Helen Rhodes
Helen Curry
Joan Elliott
Nancy Grimes
Janet Lewis
Gloria Finley
Kathryn Green
Annie Baltimore
Chamber Hopes For 400 Members
The Virginia chamber reports steady growth as the local chapter nears 375 members after a June drive. President William M. Battaile and Director L. V. Watson race to sign up the most, with Watson leading at eleven new members this past month.
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Virginia
Lakers
William M. Battaile
L. V. Watson
Watson
Battaile
R. P. Lucas
Schewel Furniture Company
Rick N. McKee
Irvan O'Connell
Bernard Groves
Orndorff Memorials
B. F. Arthur, Jr
Virginia Glass Sand Corp
J. D. Warfield
Firestone Store
Werner Nordheim
Southern Scrap Company
Chamber
How's Your I Q Answers From Page Four Quiz
Answers to the quiz questions printed on Page 4 are listed: London England. Barrel. Ten. Yes. Jane Addams. He doesn't come here any more. Tokyo Japan. An actor. A letter that is undeliverable a dead letter. Jacob first prompted Europeans to set out on voyages to the west. A new route to Asia was sought by these first voyagers in quest of a fabulous Western Sea.
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London
England
Jane Addams
Tokyo
Japan
Jacob
West
Cc. Cc
Asia
Estate sales listed for August and September auctions
Sales Directory notes auctions in Frederick County with Florence Myers Barr on Woodland Ave in front of the county courthouse August 19 at 11 am. Joseph C. Miller estate on Indian Hollow Road September 9 at noon. John W. Costello at 315 HE Piccadilly St Winchester September 16 at 11 am with real estate at the same address.
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Florence Myers Barr
Frederick County Court House
Woodland Ave
Joseph C. Miler
Indian Hollow Road
John W. Costello
HE. Piccadilly St
Winchester
Groves Named Head of Four-State Fire Association
Charles Groves elected president of the CVVFA at the annual session in Chambersburg with 300 delegates. Other officers include Charles Athey first vice president Howard Poper second vice president Charles Reininger third vice president J L Jacobs secretary George Ridgely treasurer and Rev Benjamin Blubaugh chaplain. The group plans a Golden Anniversary convention in Chambersburg next year and a large firemen parade finale with equipment displays. Groves, veteran of World War II, a board member of the Braddock Street church and active in Legion Forty and Eight and Lions, served 42 months in the armed forces with a year overseas. he and wife Lois (Shorter) Groves have one child Cheryl.
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Charles Rouss Company
CVVFA
Charles F. Athey
Hagerstown
Howard F
Baltimore
Jacobs
Chambersburg
Mamoth
Rouss
Friendship
South End Fire Companies
Winchester
Reuss
Greencastle
John Cain
Stuart Dyke
Robert Legge
Cecil Grim
H. M. Layman
Winton Pope
Dorsey Hottle
John Boyd
Groves
Boyd
Braddock Street Methodist Church
American Legion
the Forty and Eight
Winchester Lion’s Club
Armed Forces
Lois Shorter
Cheryl Eileen Groves
Sobell tied to spy ring as new charges arise
Sobell a New York City native and Carnegie Tech? No, City College of New York graduate with 193? electrical engineering master’s from Michigan. He worked in GE radar research during World War II and once lived in Washington. The FBI links him to a network with Harry Gold aiding Klaus Fuchs.
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Ber
Greenglass
Mexico
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Klaus Fuchs
Sobell
New York City
U. S
City College of New York
University of Michigan
Navy
General Electric
Washington
Helene Levitoy Gurewitz
Arlington
Flushing
N. Y
FBI
How a First Class Letter Travels From New Delhi to Boston
The Post Office Department says a letter from New Delhi would travel by way of the Mediterranean likely to Gibraltar, then to Great Britain, across the Atlantic to New York, and finally to Boston.
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New Delhi
India
Boston
Mass
Post Office Department
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Atlantic
New York
Allies push Reds back along Naktong River bend
U S Marines and 24th Infantry advance up to three miles in the Changnyong sector and drive Red infantry from the Naktong river bend as Allied forces report their sharpest day of gains southwest of Tagen. Tanks from Pershing and allied units spearhead counterattacks near Taegu.
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Naktong
Changnyong
Tagen
Taegu
U. S. 27Th Regiment
Card of Thanks from the Lehew McKay Family
The Lehew McKay Family expresses sincere appreciation for expressions of sympathy and deeds of assistance during their recent bereavement.
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Lehew McKay
Trustee's Sale of Frederick County Property at Auction
A trustee will auction the one fourth acre half interest in Middletown Virginia at the Frederick County Court House on September 16 1950 at 10:00 A.M. The parcel sits at Main and Third Streets and includes improvements and appurtenances. The sale requires cash. Trustee J Frederick Larrick with Coleman Dunn as auctioneer.
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County Court House
Winchester
Woodland Avenue
Main and
Third Streets
Middletown
Frederick County
Virginia
H. C. Borden
Maude C. Edmondson
John H. Pickeral
Circuit Court
J. Frederick Larrick
Coleman Dunn
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Grenadier Guards
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Etha A. Green
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Apple Picker
Main St
U.S
Winchester & Potomac Railroad CO
Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company
J. Sloan Kuykendall
C. A. Rausch
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Braddocks
A. B. Solenberger
Harry Crim
Triplett
Vehrencamp
Mt. Jackson
I.Q
Pine Motor CO
Dodge
Plymouth
Groves To Head Fire Association
Rush
Bolen-Huski
Harrow
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
BOX Supper
Senseny Rd
Ball Park
Valley Ave
N. Cameron St
Pyttsburg
Wallhide
Pittsburgh Paints
Glaize & Brother
Cameron St
C. I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron &T
Heatwole Motor CO
N. Braddock St
H. M. Lamp
Chevrolet
Chrysler
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Rt. 11
Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
Heating CO
Omp
OAK Grove Sanitary Service
Clearbrook
Virginia Machinery CO
W. Cecil St
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