Winchester Public Schools Announce 1949 50 Faculty Shifts
Winchester public schools unveil a 14 new faculty hires and multiple reassignment changes for the 1949 50 session starting September 8. Superintendent Garland R. Quarles announces reorganizations at the Nolley and Handley buildings with Mrs Lola Moore becoming pool principal, Miss Charlotte DeHart assuming supervising duties, and Miss Mildred L Grove filling her post. Also named are Kirk N Gaskins as supervising principal at Douglas, Miss Katherine L Pannill art supervisor, Miss Gwendolyn Haynes music supervisor, and Mrs Gertrude H Organ school nurse.
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Winchester Public
Garland R. Quarles
Berm
E. P. Browning
Nolley
Bessie L.parkey
Handley Elemen
Va. Ave
Tiss Lola Moore
John Gt
Virginia Ave
Charlotte DeHart
Quarles
Kirk N. Gaskins
Douglas School
Katherine L. Pannill
Gwendolyn Haynes
Gertrude H. Organ
Sandley High School
Norma Dunn
Madison College
Clara Caravasos
Joann Gorm
University Kentucky
Columbia Univrsity
Mildred Jsrove
Virginia Militia Officers in Valley Brigade Detachment
A Valley Brigade detachment of 957 men under Gen Singleton reached Washington after its capture by the British and was sent to Baltimore before Sept. 5, 1814, where a Virginia Militia brigade under Gen Douglass remained. Singleton then returned to Winchester leaving Col Griffin Taylor in command. The record lists numerous officers including Ball, Campbell, Hite, Davenport, and many lieutenants and ensigns, with surgeons and staff.
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Baltimore
Valley
Singleton
Washington
Emy
Virginia
Douglass
Winchester
Griffin Taylor
Ball
Mais
Campbell
Hite
Davenport
Coyle
Pittman
Ireland
Taylor
Coknel
Mastin
Gustin
Lisle
Conn
Newkirk
Throckmorton
Wilson
Powell
Gamer
Myers
Trotter
Sybert
Lemon
Coontz
Glass
Kendrick Cookus
Carson Ashby
Ogden Gallaher
Long
Snider Somerville
Collins
Robinson Bailis
Maslek
Pitcher
Campbell Wilson
Roberts
Moler
Turner Martin
Walters
Lucas
Bowen Settle
Samuel Taylor
W. M. Robertson
Charles McCormick
Q. M
E. E. Cooke
Henry Vanmetre
Virginia Machinery CO
Night Softball Tops City First Full Season Spotlight
Night softball in Winchester proved a hit as Rosenberger Lumber beat Royal Crown Cola 2 1 to claim the 1949 title before about 2000 fans at Senseng Road field. Larrick and Smith pitched well, crowds grew with strong women viewership, and local leaders praised the uncommercial league's sportsmanship and community support.
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Winchester
Rosenberger Lumber Co
Royal Crown Cola
Rosenberger
Senseng Rd
Larrick
Smith
W. R. Legge
VPI
Legge
S. Stewart St
W. A
Sandy” Baker
Peyton Marshall
Gus Bornscheuer
Wife Slain in Nightmare Sparks Tourist Death Confession
GRAND MARAIS Minnesota August 25. Lloyd N Osborne 58 Omaha real estate man and Helen 47 his wife were found dead in a resort cabin after Osborne allegedly hacked and strangled her during a nightmare then killed himself with poison. A note claimed it was the easy way out and a neighbor heard a single scream before the incident. Their son David 19 found the bodies.
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Grand Marais
Minn
Omaha
Cook County
J. Henry Eliason
Vicgins
Lloyd N. Osborne
Helen
Here
Gunglint Trail
Osbornes
Eliason
Osborne
Jake Bird
State of Washington
Barkley Courtship Sparks Talk At Mayflower Dinner
Vice President Barkley energized Democratic chatter about a romance with St. Louis widow Mrs. Carleton Hadley at a National committee dinner. He joked about being “the Squire of Paducah” and “Spirit of St. Louis” while noting Missouri’s “personal regards” and the Kentucky Missouri link.
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Washington
Barkley
St. Louis
Squire
Paducah
Mayflower
National Committee
Carleton Hadley
J. Howard McGrath
Barkey
McGrath
Missouri
Kentucky
War Vets Claims Director Here on Insurance Dividend
Edward M. Mathews, area director of the Division of War Veterans' Claims, will be in Winchester Wednesdays to assist veterans with National Service Life Insurance dividends. He says the VA will supply blanks starting Monday. forms are simple threefold cards with name, service number, policy number, and address. The dividend returns excess premiums due to lower postwar death rates, totaling 2.8 billion nationwide with Virginia veterans receiving over 50 million. Every veteran with a National Service Life Insurance policy for at least three months is eligible.
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Edward M. Mathews
Division of War Veterans’ Claims
Winchester
American Legion Post
Shenandoah Bank
Mathews
Veterans Administration
Veterans’ Organizations
Virginia
National Service
Girl Uses Bugs as Guinea Pigs to Solve Vitamin Puzzle
Washington report on Dr. Mary Shorb at Beltsville Maryland who developed liver dependent bacteria to measure Factor X linked to vitamin B12, advancing the long quest to treat pernicious anemia. The work used rats and Lactobacillus lactis dormerii to test liver content and needed further funding.
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Girl
Roy Geiger
Washington
Mary Shorb
Shorb
Governments
Beltsville
Wright in Race For First Dist. Congress Seat
Willian A Wright announces his bid for Virginia first district Congress. He cites eight years in the House of Delegates and ten in the State Senate plus 26 years as a lawyer and seven years directing the state department of conservation and development. Wright, 57, is from Tappahannock and familiar with Tidewater needs.
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Richmond
Rep. S. Otis Bland
Bland
Willian A. Wright
State Department of Conservation and Development
Blake T. Newton
State Board of Education
Wright
Tappahannock
Washington and Lee University
Traffic Changes Costing 800 Voted by Council
Council appropriated 800 dollars for signs converting Indian Alley to one way traffic and restricting parking on Fairmont Ave Loudoun St and National Ave. Travel in Indian Alley will be one way south from Piccadilly to Cork and north from Piccadilly to Fairfax Lane. Parking bans apply to Fairmont Ave and National Ave and portions of N Loudoun St. Police Chief Boyd said signs were ordered and to become effective as erected.
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Indian Alley
Fairmont Ave
N. Loudoun St
National Ave
Claude Smalts
Public Safety Committee
Piccadilly
Cork
Fairfax Lane
Wyck
Tuck and Battle Plan Byrd Orchard Picnic Attendance
Governor William M. Tuck and Governor-elect John S. Battle will attend Senator Byrd’s annual orchard picnic at Berryville. Battle will be accompanied by Mrs. Battle. the two with Governor Tuck will be guests of Senator and Mrs. Byrd. The event starts with a morning program and a noon luncheon followed by talks on new spray materials. Invitations go to Virginia fruit growers and invitees from Maryland West Virginia Pennsylvania and Delaware. apple dealers buyers and processors from across the United States are expected. The gathering draws about 2500 attendees.
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William M. Tuck
John S. Battle
Senator Byrd
Berryville
Senator Battle
Battle
Tuck
Byrd
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
United States
Motorcycle races set for Sunday at Airport Speedway
Sunday at 2 30 p m crowds can watch motorcycle races at Airport Speedway with free parking and prizes. Admission is 83 cents plus tax. Also in classified notes a yard party at Gainesboro High School Saturday August 27 at 4 30 p m to benefit the Vocational Agriculture Department.
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Gainesboro High School
Benefit Vocational Agriculture Department
House Reverses Civil Rights Amendment in Housing Bill
The House struck a civil rights amendment from a housing bill and approved a substitute that removes race provisions and direct $300 million veteran housing loans. The measure maintains about $3750 million for mortgage insurance to spur private construction and home ownership.
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Washington
Houge
Chamber
House
Spence
Rep. Marcantonio
AMN Labor-Ny
Banking Committee
Rules Committee
Peach Market Faces Low Prices As Peach Season Winds Down
Local packer E. P. Bean says Winchester peaches will wrap up tomorrow as remaining fruit grows soft and demand remains weak. Bulk peaches are selling slow with tree-run P eaches at 76 cents to $1.25 and U S No 1 Elbertas two inches up mostly 1 76 to 1 90 at city terminals.
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Winchester
E. P. Bean
Bean
Elbertas
European Recovery Slackens Says ECA Head
The ECA reports a slower European recovery with currencies earning enough to cover only one fifth of Western Hemisphere imports in ERP's second year. Britain plans at least a five percent budget cut, saving about 600 million dollars, ahead of talks with U S officials in Washington.
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Europe
ECA
Britain
Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
London
Stafford Cripps
U. S
Truman Extends Invitation to Southern States Righters
President Truman welcomed Southern party bolters to join the Democratic fold but insisted they adopt the 1948 platform. Leander Perez of the States Righters denounced Truman’s civil rights program and warned they won’t return unless Jeffersonian Democratic principles prevail. Perez said they would meet halfway, but not further, while Truman touted a national party and hinted at broader inclusion for the next two years.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic National Committee
High Command
Congress
Mr. Truman
Leander Perez
New Orleans
States’ Righters’ Bureau
Perez
New York
East
Trucking Interests Mum on Progress of Contract Meeting
Trucking company representatives and AFL Teamsters Union bargainers met at the George Washington hotel to discuss a uniform contract for the Baltimore Washington Cumberland Winchester area. At noon no comment was given. only one management representative attended. Negotiations began yesterday with eight Cumberland freight operators and no date for further talks was set.
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AFL Teamsters
George Washington Hotel
Baltimore - Washington - Cumberland - Winchester
Lemon Stotler
Novick Transfer Co
O. E. Stultzman
Cumberland and Winchester
Wilbur Swiggett
Stotler
Ony
Union
Cumberland Area
Cumberland
Tricky Hurricane Alerts Florida as Storm Wobble Continues
Miami officials raise hurricane alert as an erratic Atlantic storm veers and slows. At 11 a.m. the cyclone sat about 480 miles east southeast of Miami moving 15 mph under a high pressure system. Grady Norton, Miami chief forecaster, urged Bahama Islands to take precautions and southern Florida to stay vigilant.
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Miami
Florida
Atlantic
Grady Norton
Bahama Islands
Norton
Food prices rise in margarine eggs and coffee signal shift
Margarine iceburg lettuce lamb and some coffee brands rise in price across stores while eggs top grade hold steady or rise slightly. Retailers pass increases amid higher ingredient costs and uneven meat pricing as coffee output price nears higher retail levels.
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Brazil
Senate probes tie trip into perfume tangle
Senate investigators presented a Vaughan memo claiming President Truman was personally interested in Maragon’s 1945 Europe trip linked to the Albert Verley Perfume Co. evidence showed Maragon and company figures used military planes for travel, with multiple trips to Europe and a $8000 fee alleged in 1948.
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Washington
Senate
Harry H. Vaughan
State Department
Truman
John Maragon
Maragon
Trans-American Traders, Inc
Hoey
D-Nc
Vaughan
Italy
Albert H. Verley Perfume Co
Chicago
Awry
Ery c
State Departmentort Bureau
Ape
JFS
Gon
Perfume Company
Europe
David Bennett
Albert Verley Perfume Co
John F. Maragon
Washington m
Winchester Council Considers Health Card Issuance Change
Winchester council weighs amending health card issuance for food handlers moving to pre employment exams or as required rather than twice yearly. Health officer Dr J W Still says change follows Public Health committee input. Council allocates 100 from unexpended balances for Health Dept library books and journals.
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Winchester Council
Health Department
J. W. Still
Winchester Hospital
Council
Health Dept
Campbell
Loudoun
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