Search Made For Girls Slayer In Haddon Heights
A search was launched for a sadistic slayer after the nude and brutally beaten body of 23 year old waitress Margaret McDade was found in a cistern in Haddon Heights New Jersey. She had been assaulted and tossed alive into the cistern during a victory celebration last Tuesday and suffocated among sewage. Police said a definite suspect exists and county detectives chief Lawrence Doran indicated an arrest could come soon identification was made by her sister Mrs Katherine Halpin.
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Haddon Heights
N. J
Margaret McDade
Phila
Delphia
Lawrence Doran
Katherine Hal- Pin
Tom Thumb birth weight and siblings
General Tom Thumb weighed 9 pounds 12 ounces at birth and had two sisters of normal size. He stood two feet tall at first exhibition by Barnum and later grew to 40 inches.
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Tom
Tom Thump
Barnum
Rayon Workers In Wage Conference Near Conclusion
Representatives of the CIO Textile Workers plan to conclude a wage and contract conference in Washington after gathering here with local union officials. About 50,000 workers are represented across 17 rayon yarn plants as postwar negotiations unfold with no official policy changes yet disclosed.
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Washington
CIO
Yestrrday
Rayon
Landlords May Petition For Rent Increases
Landlords in a defense rental area can seek increases over current maximum rents by petitioning the Rent Office at Strasburg. Grounds include substantial service or occupancy changes since March 1, 1944, postwar unit improvements since July 1, 1945, or correcting undersized rents due to improper relationships or special circumstances. Petitions must be filed before retroactive orders and officials will determine eligibility and adjustments based on comparable 1944 rents.
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OPA
Strasburg
Rent Control Office
Final Rites for Senator Glascock Held at Upperville
Funeral services for State Senator Thomas B. Glascock were held at Bollingbrook Farm near Upperville. Interment followed at Ivy Hill Cemetery. Glascock represented Culpeper Fauquier and Loudoun since 1936 and chaired the moral social and child welfare committee.
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Thomas B. Glascock
Bollingbrook Farm
Upperville
H. H. Johnson
Upperville Methodist Church
R. O. Bryant
Winchester
Richard S. Peach
Holand G. Pierce
George Robert Slater
W F. Fletcher
Joshua Fletcher
Richard B. Lawson
Ivy Hill
Culpeper
Fauqner
Loudoun
Senate
Winchester and Potomac Railroad stockholders meet Sept 7 1945
The Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company announces its annual meeting in Winchester Virginia on September 7 1945 at 12 15 P M at the office of R Gray Williams Counsel. The agenda includes election of a President and Board of Directors and other business as may arise.
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Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company
Winchester
R. Gray Wiliams
C. A. Rausch
Man Claims Brick in Stomach Vanished After 2 Days
A man reports a 10 year sensation of a brick in his stomach due to undigested food. After starting ERB-HELP, he says the lump disappeared by day two, with regular bowels, reduced gas and headaches, and renewed energy. The ad promotes ERB-HELP containing 12 herbs and claims national availability through Winchester drug stores.
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Winchester
Softball Teams Affiliate With Boy's Athletic Club Plan Series of Games
Five local softball teams joined the Boy's Athletic Club: Bees Jr Bees Bears Hobos and Midgets joining the club joining two existing squads Blue Streaks and Jr Blue Streaks. A six oclock series schedule on the Virginia Avenue School diamond begins next week with two leagues and a championship game winner trophies awarded.
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Boy’s Athletic Club
Boy's Athletic Club
South Loudoun Street
Bees
Jr. Bees
Bears
Blue Streaks
John A. McGilley
G. F. Jenkins
Abner Johnson
Robert Legge
Edwin Lil
Youths Must Repair Damaged Porch
Four Winchester youths aged 11 to 16 faced Judge John W. Rice in Juvenile Court for grease and alkali thrown on Mrs Esther Perry’s porch at 817 South Kent Street. They must buy new paint and repair the porch to the owner’s satisfaction. Two girls aged 15 and 17 were turned over to Juvenile Court on fighting charges.
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Winchester
John W. Rice
Esther Perry
South Kent Street
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Rayon Workers In
Orthern Virginia Power Company
Senator Glascock
Lis
Elsworth Keller
Virginia Avenue
Haldeman
WARDS
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Montgomery Ward
S. Loudoun St
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