Fashion Show Continues with Local Figures and Businesses
Seed Co and a wide list of participants including Miss Winifred Knight, Roy A Lee, Miss Sara Seacondiver, M. M. Adams service station, Mrs. Betty McKee, O'Connell Air, Miss Bette Stuart, Pine Motor Co, Miss Betty Coffman, Miller Bros Middletown, Miss Mary Frances Ramey, Mrs. Hilda Rees, Winchester Nash, Miss Helen Silman, Stephens City Lions, Miss Patricia Garson, Winchester 40 and 8, Miss Jo Ann Castleman, Earl Mason, Miss Frances Kerns, Riteway cleaners, Miss Anne Butler, Peter's studio, Miss Bobbie Brown, Dunlop Tire and Rubber Co, Miss Westy Wright, Shade Equipment Co, Miss Mae Hummer, E. Earl Shade, Miss Frances Allamong, M. C. Fleet, Miss Ann Marie Golighty Montgomery.
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Earl Mason
Frances Kerns
Riteway Cleaners
Anne Butler
Peter’s Studio
Bobbie Brown
Dunlop Tire and Rubber Co
Westy Wright
Shade Equipment Co
Mae Hummer
E. Earl Shade
Frances Allamong
M. C. Fleet
Ann Marie
Golighty
Montgomery
Local entrants listed for Berryville event and sponsors
Ward and Co Miss June Hen H W Evert and Sons Mrs Connie Crisman Winchester Lions Miss Peggy Wolfe Virginia Real Estate Co Miss Mar Harry W Aikens and Miss O Nil Omps Conrad Hoover American Legion post Berryville entrants from Winchester include Miss Audrey Brown Locke Bros service station Miss Juanita Gardner Ramsbureg store Miss Bobbie Rinker Wisecarver s Gents shop Miss Frances McClaughery H B Whiting Co Miss Alice Langbein J P Everly and Son Miss Jane Funk Shack leford Store Miss Louise O Rourk of Winchester Battletown Transfer Inc Miss Betty Landacre W D Wisecarver and Son Miss Paulette Pifer of Winchester Berryville mills Inc Mrs William Carpenter E and B service station Miss Mildred Childs Crosen s store Miss Eloise Denny Berryville Basket Co Miss Patsy Pitta Berryville and Clarke county chamber of commerce Miss Betty Sue Enders C R Funk and Miss Lois Fletcher Old Dominion Appliance Co
Western zones clash over postwar industry plan
The United States and Britain moved to implement a postwar industry plan in occupied Germany while France and Russia opposed the move. France objected publicly before London talks, and Russia protested at being excluded. The plan was announced after a three power conference in London that ran from last Sunday to Wednesday.
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France
Russia
U. S
Britain
London
Germany
Theft Suspect Held For Clarke Jury
Berryville, Aug 29 James Moten Jr colored waived preliminary hearing and is held for Clarke county grand jury on a charge of breaking into the Will Johnston store in Josephine City last weekend and stealing 2.50 in cash plus groceries. Two other robberies occurred Sunday morning at W E Jackson filling station and Lloyds Transfer with cash, cigarettes, razors, a hammer and saw taken.
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Berryville
James Moten, Jr
Clarke County Grand Jury
Will Johnston
Josephine City
W. E. Jackson
Lloyd's Transfer
State ABC Profits Jump by Millions in Fiscal Year
Figures by State Auditor J Gordon Bennett show ABC board book profits for the year ended June 30 at 16.50 million dollars, up from 4.23 million last year. About 3.0 million goes to the State treasury while localities share over 10.0 million at roughly 3.90 per person per the 1940 census. Spirits sales rose from 4,808,020 to 5,399,080 gallons.
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Richmond
J. Gordon Bennett
ABC Board
A Bomb Reactor Details From Los Alamos
The article explains differences between reactor and bomb setups, noting that other chain reacting piles slow neutrons with graphite or water to sustain fission, while the Los Alamos reactor uses no diluent and allows neutrons to cause rapid fission almost immediately. It describes operators controlling the reactor’s energy release and references a plutonium core triggering a chain reaction.
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New Mexico
Los Alamos
Nimitz Urges Legion to Guard National Security
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz told the Legion to act as a sentinel and ensure no military branch shirks its share of national security. He praised the united defense establishment created last month and said the 1947 security act, if administered as intended, would not disadvantage the Navy or endanger national security.
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Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
Legion
United Defense Establishment
National Convention
Staples and Virgina official career detailed
Fredericksburg leader born 1901, Virginia Military Institute graduate, civil engineer and lawyer, served as mayor since 1936 and led the League of Virginia Municipalities. He was a board member at VMI, banker director, state campaign manager in 1945, and anticipated to join the Supreme Court at October term after Browning’s seat ends in January.
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General Assembly
William Meade Firetower
League
Fredericksburg
League of Virginia Municipalities
the Elks
Virginia
Virginia Military Institute
State Highway Department
Richmond Department of Public Works
University of Richmond Law School
State
VMI
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Tuck
Staples
Supreme Court
Staunton
Justice Browning
Martinsville Native Staples 61 Dies After Long Career
A Martinsville native aged 61, Staples, had a long career in the attorney general's office. He appeared before the United States Supreme Court in 13 cases, winning 12. His great uncle Walter R. Staples served on the court after the Civil War, and Allen, his great grandfather of Mrs. Staples, was a Supreme Court president.
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Staples
Martinsville
Walter R. Staples
John James
Allen
Supreme Court
United Stats Supreme Court
Hirschberg Sentenced For POE Assault In War Prisoner Case
New York reports Harold E. Hirshberg, 29, chief navy signalman, convicted of striking two fellow prisoners of war held by the Japanese. He is sentenced to 10 months at the U S naval retraining command at Norfolk and then to a dishonorable discharge from the navy.
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New York
Harold E. Hirshberg
Navy
U. S. Naval
Norfolk
Arizona Life Zones Skew Toward All But Humid Tropics
Within Arizona's borders readers see life zone variety representative of many zones but the humid tropical zone is not present.
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State of
Arizona
Stephens City Lions Sponsor Village Yard Party
Stephens City Lions voted at its luncheon meeting to sponsor a yard party next Friday for the Fire Co. truck fund. R. E. Ayler was appointed general chairman. The event, similar to a recent firemen’s party, starts at 5 30 p m and will be at the school grounds.
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Stephens City Lions
Lucheon
Fire Co
R. E. Ayler
Khyber Pass Noted as Historic Invasion Route
The Khyber Pass between Afghanistan and India has long served as an invasion corridor used by Persians Greeks Tartars and Moguls shaping regional history and military campaigns.
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Khyber
Afghanistan
India
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