Schools to Aid Registration for Selective Service
Volunteer registrars to operate in county schools under principals, with centers open 8 to 5 weekdays and staggered dates by birth year. Governor Tuck urges cooperation and use of public buildings and schools to facilitate Complete registration for approximately 240000 Virginians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Beable
Stephens City
Frank Whitacre
Gore
Fred Braithwaite
Gainesboro
Bryant Harper
Winchester
Tuck
Virginia
Commonwealth
Barr
Selective Service Local Board
Weir
Selactive Service Local Board
Smashes Window Escapes 3 Dollar Fine
In Kansas City on August 23 Patrolman Robert McGarvey stopped a motorist for a cracked rear window. The driver offered to clean the glass so the ticket could be avoided. The motorist then used a crank to smash the window and drove off, evading the $3 fine.
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Kansas City
Robert McGarvey
Kansas
McGarvey
Willow Lawn Pool Opens Daily For Swim Season
When you swim at Willow Lawn Pool you enjoy filtered chemically purified water. The facility opens at 10 a.m. daily with noon hours on Sundays.
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Willow Lawn Pool
Auction Sale At Headleys Auction Room No 7
Auction sale set for Thursday evening beginning at pm features semi antique modern furniture glass pictures and a large assortment of items offered by Headleys Auction Room No 7 located at the usual premises.
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Ds.t
St. Headleys Auc
Harry Stouffer 65 Former Winchester Postmaster Dies
Harry C. Stouffer 65 died at his Alexandria home after a life in postal service totaling 32 years. He earlier served Winchester as clerk, assistant postmaster and postmaster and led Rouss Fire Co. He lived in Winchester and later moved to Alexandria retiring in 1935. Surviving wife Jane Gray Stouffer and four daughters. Funeral services Wednesday at Mrs Crenshaw’s home with Rev A E Gysan officiating. Interment Mt Hebron cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Stouffer
Winchester
Alexandria
Jacob and
Frances Brunk Stouffer
Wnchester
Rouss Fire Co
Grace Lutheran Church
Postal Service
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Stouffer
Jane Gray
Robert L. Gray
Allen B. Gray
Louise Gray
Wyatt Richard
Jane Gray Stouffer
Richard Crenshaw
Samuel Hansbrough
Hagerstown
Jess McGuigan
Claude Purvis
Clinton Stouffer
Jones Funeral Home
S. Stewart St
A. E. Gysan
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Masked Gunmen Tie Up Family For $23000 Loot
Five masked gunmen invaded the home of Gene T. Dyer in Chicago and held him his wife Eve lyn and E. J. Bullwinkel captive for 45 minutes before escaping with $23000. They bound the trio with neckties and stockings.
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Chicago
Gene T. Dyer
Dyer
Evelyn
E. J. Bullwinkel
Winchester Market Sets Wheat and Corn At 2.10 Per Bushel
The Winchester Milling Co lists No. 2 yellow corn and new wheat under 14 percent moisture at 2.10 dollars per bushel, showing identical pricing for both commodities today on the Winchester market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Winchester Milling Co
Rouss Co Wins Prizes at Cumberland Valley Parade
Charlie Rouss fire company earned 110 dollars in prizes at the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Assn. parade in Williamsport. They won 75 dollars for second best appearing company with band or drum corps and 35 dollars for best appearing apparatus, debuting in new gold and green uniforms in Winchester. The 60 man unit, with the McIlwee municipal band, paraded through Winchester as CVVFA's three day convention concluded. Next year the meeting will be in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Rouss
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Assn
Williamsport
McIlwee
Rouss
Winchester
Ca N. Loudoun St
Cork
Braddock
Western Envoys Visit Kremlin for Four Power Talks
Moscow August 23 Western envoys visited the Kremlin for another Four Power conference amid speculation Stalin might be interviewed. Reports predicted this meeting could be the last in the July started Four Power series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kremlin
Stalin
U S Marshal Takes Over at Oak Hill Estate
Leesburg reports two United States deputy marshals moved in with a federal court order and seized the 1725 acre Oak Hill estate of Frank C. Littleton the 70 year old owner pending sale in bankruptcy court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
United States
Wrie Oak Hill
Frank C. Littleton
Butter Prices Slip by Three Cents at Haldeman Creamery
Retail butter price quoted at 76 cents a pound, down three cents this morning. Butterfat price paid to producers by Haldeman Creamery is 63 cents, a three cent decrease.
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Haldeman Creamery
Guided Missile Push Reveals Nuclear capable program aims
Washington reports on top military leaders returning after Newport talks. Gen Carl Spaatz urges a guided missile able to deliver an atom bomb 5000 miles away, faster than sound. Frictions persist between Navy and Air Force over strategic bombing and carrier capabilities. The Joint Chiefs include Omar Bradley Adm. Louis Denfeld and Gen Hoyt Vandenberg.
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Washington
Wash
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Key Wst
Fla
Defense Forrestal
Newport
R. I
Naval War College
Forrestal
Washi
Air Force
Carl Spaatz
Hoyt Vandenberg
Spaatz
United States
Newport Sesson
Navy
Key West
Congress
Vandenberg
Joint Chiefs Group
Omar Bradley
Army
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Three-car Crash Injures Pair at Kent and Cork Streets
A three car collision at the S Kent and E Cork St intersection Saturday night caused minor injuries to two people and about 450 in damage. Winston Earl Teets facing reckless driving ticket for failing to stop at the intersection.
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S. Kent
E. Cork St
Winston Earl Teets
Stephens City
Cork St
Florence O’nile Clark
Harley Clark
Fairmont Ave
Kent St
Kaiser
Paul Leo Tomney
Winchester
Cork
Chevrolet
Ford Fayerstep
Acton Heights
Clark
New Housing Law Promises 95 Percent FHA Mortgage
The new housing act offers bargain basement financing with 5 percent down and 30 years to pay. FHA can insure up to 95 percent of the home value but the mortgage is capped at 6000 dollars. Rules are pending and communities may be skipped.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Congress
South's Senators Mostly Inactive About Truman
Senator McKellar of Tennessee publicly supports Truman while Tennessee electors hint at voting for Thurmond. The piece notes Crump, a key Tennessee figure, would not back Truman and cites limited South support from other Dixie Senators. It highlights border-state strength for Truman and several Alabama and Florida holdouts.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
President Truman
McKellar
Tennessee
States Rights
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
Conally
D-Tex
Truman
N. Barkley
Kentucky
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Kilgie
West Virginia
Dixie Senate
Sparkman
Alabama
Hill
D-Ala
Col Thomson Named States Rights Elector
Frank P. Burton Jr announces the 11 States Rights Democrats electors for the Thurmond Wright ticket. Electors include Barbour of Fairfax and Burton of Richmond as at large. Ferguson Newport News. Twohy Norfolk. Hall Williamsburg. Gravatt Blackstone. Crews Danville. Bower Roanoke. Thomson Gaylord. Petty Charlottesville. Lively Lebanon.
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Richmond
Frank P. Burton Jr
John P. Barbour
Fairfax
F. P. Burton
William Ferguson
Newport News
John Twohy
Norfolk
Channing Hall
Williamsburg
William Gravatt
Blackstone
Grasty Crews
Danville
J. J. Bower
Roanoke
James M. Thomson
Gaylord
Clarke County
D. Paul Petty
Charlottesville
A. G. Lively
Lebanon
Six Cars Smashed By Lumber Truck Kills Three
A lumber truckCareered across Philadelphia road near Baltimore early today and smashed into six cars. Three people died Milton N. Kaufherr 31 New York Dorothy Carter 24 and Mrs Gladys Carter 29 both of Baltimore. Dozen were injured.
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Essex
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Milton N. Kaufherr
New York
Dorothy Carter
Gladys Carter
Virginia church softball tourney moved to Richmond dates
The Virginia church softball tournament will be held in Richmond September 11 and 12, moved from the original September 4-5. Also noted is a yard party at Market Street Methodist Church on Wednesday August 25 at 6 pm, with another yard party at Little Mount Missionary Episcopal Church near Cedar Grove on September 4 at 6 pm for church benefit.
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Richmond
Virginia Church
Market St. Methodist Church
Little Mt. M. E. Church
Cedar Grove
Tito Denounced by Cominform Over Yugoslav Neutrality
A New York Times dispatch from Trieste reports Cominform s denouncement of Yugoslav leader Tito citing letters between the Russian and Yugoslav Communist parties. The letters claim Tito sought to keep Yugoslavia outside Soviet influence and resist Western pressure, with warnings of possible war to seize Trieste.
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New York
Aus
The
New York Times
Trieste
Communist Information Bureau
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Central Committee
Russian Communist Party
Yugoslav Communist Party
Tito
Camille M
Cianfarra
Belgrade
Soviet Union
Cyclists Injured As Motorcycle Hits Guard Rail
Two accidents in the county left cyclists hospitalized. Mr and Mrs Millard Martin of R 3 Hagerstown were riding a motorcycle that struck a guard rail on Route 50 near Gore causing a fractured collarbone to Mr Martin and unspecified injuries to his wife who regained consciousness. In a separate crash at Routes 522 and 642 south of here, Harold G Spurling slowed for a turn and was rear ended by Clyde Hamilton who was struck by Melvin Horst. property damage totaled about 175 dollars and no injuries were reported.
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F E. B. Mitchell
Millard Martin
Hagerstown
Gore
Martin
Here
Larry Coverstone
Harold G. Spurling
Kent St
Spurling
Clyde Hamilton
Morgantown
Melvin Horst
Clearspring
Snoring at Home Not Breach of Law
Los Angeles reports Deputy City Prosecutor Byron Gentry ruled that loud snoring in an apartment is not a willful disturbance. He stated the unconscious snorer cannot control the noise, so the act is not illegal nor a breach of law.
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Los Angeles
Byron Gentry
Wilson E. Carr
Gentry
Ruth's Will Aids Kids of America
Babe Ruth left ten percent of his estate for the interests of the kids of America in his will. The document also provides for his widow and daughters first.
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Ruth
New York
Babe Ruth
America
King
State Bank Meet Draws Local Men
CHARLOTTESVILLE August 23 The Virginia Bankers Assn has invited West Virginia bankers to participate in the eighth Virginia bankers conference at the University of Virginia September 7 11. Three Winchester bankers are listed as attendees Harry Ridgeau J Frank Loy of Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Assistant Cashier Robert G McNally Jr of Shenandoah Valley National Bank McNally serves as acting chairman of the bankers education and public relations committee of the regional clearing house association.
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Charlottesville
Virginia Bankers Assn
Hng
West Virginia
Virginia Bankers
University of Virginia
Winchester Banking Fraternity
Harry Ridgeau
J. Frank Loy
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Robert G. McNally Jr
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
McNally
Bankers Education and Public Relations
Regional Clearing House Association
Berlin clash as Soviet troops raid American sector
In Berlin the Soviet army invaded the American sector near Potsdamer Platz beating two Western police and seizing a photographer’s camera. Lt. Sherman Turner of Iowa and Roland Myers of Brooklyn were released after 18 days in Soviet custody.
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Berlin
Russi
Thomas P. Hendon
U. S
Sherman Turner
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Roland Myers
Brooklyn
Turner
Myers
Hersfeld
Erdmann
Snart Erdmann
Paul Markgraf
ADN
Markgraf
Johannes Stumm
Markeraf
Potsdamer Platz
Uittary
Stumrh
Closing Notice for Death of Mrs Crenshaw
Auction notice announces closing for two days due to Mrs Crenshaw's death. A door of house sale at 38 South Cameron Street with an executor listed follows the notice.
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Crensher
Cameron St
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Selective Service
I. W. Hart
Selective Service Information
R.S. Stiles
International
Harry Stouffer
Rouss Co
Oak Hill
South
Col. Thomson
U.S
State Bank Meet
Acclaim World Church Assembly
Riverside Church
New York City
Edward N. West
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Robert W. Searle
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
Holland
Ther
Crenshaw
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