Elks Gather to Welcome National Officials
The local Elks lodge invites all members to gather at the Elks home on N Braddock Street at 9 a m tomorrow to greet visiting national officials led by Grand Exalted Ruler George S Hall. District Deputy Edwin T Snider heads the party before a social session, with some attendees proceeding to state conventions in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Elks Lodge
Elks
N. Braddock St
Edwin T. Snider
Winchester
Order
Elks National
Bedford
George S. Hall
J. E. Masters
James T. Hellman
Howard R. Davis
McKeesport
Elks Home
Virginia State Elks Assn
Alexandria
Hihlonday
Seading Pa
Pensyvania
Russia Purges Scientists Over Mendelian Theory Dispute
In Moscow Aug 27 the Academy of Sciences liquidated a biological lab and removed two biologists by decree. The row centers on whether acquired characteristics are inheritable. The central committee backs the acquired characteristics theory, while T. D. Lysenkin challenged Mendelianists.
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Moscow
Academy of Sciences
Communist Central Committee
T. D. Lysenastie
Mrs. Ilda Roy Dies Of Burns at Home
Mrs. Ilda Roy, 42, wife of William T. Roy assistant parliamentarian of the House, died in emergency hospital today from burns after a waste basket fire in her apartment. Survived by husband, her mother Mrs. Iva L. Quick of Harrisonburg Virginia, and three brothers Clarence Quick Arlington Virginia Marion L Quick Columbus Ohio and Avold Quick Harrisonburg.
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Washington
Ilda Roy
William T. Roy
Roy
Iva L. Quick
Harrisonburg
Clarence Quick
Arlington
Marion Ls Quick
Columbus
Ohio
Avold Quick
Driver Fined in Drunken Driving Case
Herbert Ray Tripplett of 23 Southwerk Street was fined 100 dollars and costs by Judge John Rice for driving drunk with a 30 day jail sentence suspended. Other cases included Luther T. Shadwell of Front Royal fined 10.25 dollars for drunkenness and Holly Vaughan of Charlestown West Virginia paid 9.75 dollars on a drunkness charge.
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Herbert Ray Tripplett
Southwerk St
John Rice
Luther T. Shadwell
Front Royal
Holly Vaughan
Charlestown
W. Va
Maud Booth Dies In New York At 66
Maud Bartington Booth co founder of the Volunteers of America and sister of the Salvation Army Booth family died at age 66 in Great Neck New York on August 27.
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Great Neck
N .Y
Maud Bartington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Salvation Army
Booth
Warmonger Debate Echoes Across Nations Critics Rally
Ehrenburg portrays Soviet Russia as a cultural benchmark while condemning US power. He warns against secret police and labor camps for political prisoners. American culture is accused of eroding individuality and shaping others. French Italian and Brazilian speakers join the critique of the United States and its influence.
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Soviet Russia
DeHaven Family Weekend Travels and Local Visits
Siler Va August 27 Mrs A L DeHaven and daughter Audry spent the weekend in Hagerstown Md as guests of Mrs Bertha Aushersman. Max Bra thwaite and friend from Cross Junction visited Mr Harry Kerns M and Mrs A H Lamp and children spent Sunday with her brother Mr Harry O Kerns. Mr nd Mrs Clarence Davis and Miss Othella DeHaven are working for Braithwaite brothers in the cannery. Arthur DeHaven and son Henry called on Mr George Whitacre at Inwood. Mrs Harry DeHaven under physician care is slightly improved.
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Siler
A. L. DeHaven
Audry
Hagerstown
Bertha Aushersman
Max Brathwaite
Cross Junction
Harry Kerns M
A. H. Lamp
Harry O. Kerns
Clarence Davis
Othella DeHaven
Braithwaite Brothers
Arthur DeHaven
Henry
George Whitacre
Inwood
Harry DeHaven
Hiss and Chambers Farm Deal Traced
The House committee investigated a link between Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers over a Maryland farm near Westminster. Chambers testified Hiss drove him to the farm in 1936 and Hiss made a down payment but no purchase occurred. Chambers later bought the farm himself, with no evident Hiss knowledge of the purchase.
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Hiss and Chambers Farm
Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Westminister
Nixon
Chambers
Hiss
Stripling
Gas plant sale debated by Winchester officials
Shea to Sloane Jr. of New York said the sale should close as repairs make continued operation costly. The Lynchburg man warned that shutting the system for a year would ruin its value and deprive residents of gas service. He claimed natural gas could reach Winchester within a year. Reardon expressed regret the deal failed and urged action as restaurants move from fuel to bottle gas, stretching gas company crews.
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A. Sloan Jr
Nework
Lynchburg
Winchester
Reardon
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S. Braddock St
Seiberling Battery
Dae Ee ES
Cammer Tire CO
Handley
Consult
Don Henderson
Boyce
Rustic Tavern
M. M. Adams Republic
Amherst
Boscawen Sts
Russia
Maud Booth
Westinghouse
Uae
Bester
Petes Vo
Westinghouss
Anderson
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Oksana Kasenkina
Shea
Antiques
W. Boscawen St
Gene Pennypacker
Shoe Center, Inc
New
Texas
N. Loudoun St
Weeu
Kelly Tires
Duncan Bros
Millwood Ave
Vain
Taka A
Cambridge Glass Co
Molotov
A. W. Stowe
Front Royal, VA
Bayliss
and Patterson
N. Cameron ST
DIAL
Loudoun ST
Brown Ghillie
Lewther Sole
Big 3
Hoss’ Red Ghillie
Scurdy
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