Clarke School Board Pushes Berryville Elementary Building Bid
Clarke county officials seek a ground floor contract for a new Berryville elementary with a one‑third buildout planned. Howard Shockey and Son of Winchester is listed as bidder while a partial $55,000 basement phase and $50,000 county appropriation aim to relieve overcrowding and add three new teachers.
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Clarke County School Board
Berryville
Archie F. Robertson
Howard Shockey
Robertson
Clarke County
Academy St
Baptist Church
Diggers Halted Near Prison Break in Walla Walla Tunnel
Prison guards halted a break attempt at Washington State Prison as two inmates, Amada Cadena serving life for murder and Harry Callas serving 10 years for robbery, were caught in a 70 foot tunnel just 15 feet from the outside. Guards intercepted while the pair dug with improvised tools.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Washington State Prison
Amada Cadena
Harry Callas
Estate Appraisals Listed for Record in Winchester
Estate appraisals recorded in Winchester list owners and values. C C Glaize valued at 14753 with Percy Hershman Edwin Marker and Cecil Bailey as appraisers. Daisy Cochran at 21618 with Claude Grim Blanche Noonan and Harry Ridgeway. Mary B Rhodes at 768 with Claude Grim S D McFadden and J William Hollis. Cora A Bailey 5014 with C E Staples Ray Rinker and C M Terault. W A Brnning 7651 with J L Jolliffe H B Kline Jr and W Jolliffe. A C Pierce 8906 with Earl Bailey H L McCann and Robert DeHaven. Virginia Unger 2300 with J Earl Rinker E S Bailey and F M Bageant. Harry J Frazier 6000 with P E Lineburg C L Galliday and G W Lemley. Nellie Rogers Holland 3518 with Claude Grim Blanche Noonan and Harry McCann. Sallie L Bondurant 592 with C C M Grim.
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Winchester
C. C. Glaize
Percy Hershman
Edwin Marker
Cecil Bailey
Daisy Cochran
Claude Grim
Blanche Noonan
Harry Ridgeway
Mary B. Rhodes
S. D. McFadden
J. William Hollis
Cora A. Bailey
C. E. Staples
Ray Rinker
C. M. Terault
W. A. Brnning
J. L. Jolliffe
H. B. Kline Jr
W. Jolliffe
A. C. . Pierce
Earl Bailey
H. L. McCann
Robert DeHaven
Virginia Unger
J. Earl Rinker
E. S. Bailey
F. M. Bageant
Harry J. Frazier
P. E. Lineburg
C. L. Galliday
G. W. Lemley
Nellie Rogers Holland
Harry McCann
Sallie L. Bondurant
Capitol Restaurant Offers Christmas Lunch and Turkey Dinner
Lunch at the Capitol Restaurant during Xmas shopping days includes Business Man's Lunch for 6c and a Sunday Turkey Dinner with all trimmings for 1.25. Located at Corner Braddock and Water Streets, no beer or wine served. Pet puppies and phone number listed.
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Capitol
Braddock and Water Sts
Frederick county champion corn growers honored with cash prizes
The county FFA and 4 H Contest awarded $250 in prize money at a morning ceremony at Farmers and Merchants National Bank. Open county prize went to James Dye for 200 bushels on a 2 acre plot. Charles Rinker and Garland Cather placed high in the related contests. County Agent I Fred Stine presided amid a full audience of family and teachers.
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Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Kenneth Robinson
Ray Robinson
FFA
Frederick County
James Dye
C. D. Dye
White Hall
A. D. Rinker
Middletown
Charles
T. N. Cather
Garland
Young Dye
L. P. Cole
Donald
Roger Ramey
Gene Dicks
I. Fred Stine
J. H. Yost
Robert E. Ayler
J. C. Gordon
James L. Given
Netherlands breaks off UN talks with Indonesian Republic
The Netherlands says it will form an interim government for the Indonesian federal territories and end negotiations with the Republic. Batavia reports warn that a republic excluding the Republic could bring disaster, while the Dutch seek to proceed without it.
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Hague
Netherlands
Indonesia
Batavia
Antara
U. N. Good Offices Committee
Republic
Jogjakarta
Richmond Surgeon Buys Residence on Whitlock Ave
Mr and Mrs F W Danley of 312 W Whitlock Ave sold their six room stone house with bath and garage at 328 W Whitlock Ave to Dr and Mrs Bradford Bennett of Richmond for 19000 dollars The house had been unoccupied since May Dr Bennett an orthopedic surgeon will occupy the house with his wife and three children when he finishes duty with the Richmond hospital He plans to practice in Winchester and surrounding area
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F. W. Danley
W. Whitlock Ave
Bradford Bennett
Richmond
Bennett
Richmond Hospital
Winchester
ABC Liquor Profits Drop in Virginia Quarter
Virginia's ABC system shows a 3.48 percent drop in net profits for the first quarter of the fiscal year. State Auditor J. Gordon Bennett advised Governor Tuck that net profits for July to September totaled 4,219,045, down from 4,371,198 a year earlier. Net sales decreased 1.65 percent from 21,430,000 to 21,076,000.
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Richmond
Virginia
ABC
J. Gordon Bennett
Gov. Tuck
Bennett
Bathing Beauty Contest and Soap Derby to Repeat
Winchester JBT signed contracts to repeat the Soap Box Derby and the Miss Northern Virginia bathing beauty contest next year. Both events were sponsored before by the club. The derby has no set date. the beauty contest may begin in May. New Year’s Eve dance at the armory is planned with VPI Cavaliers providing music.
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Winchester Jbt
Herbert J. Duke
G. T.binner Jr
William Ligon
Carroll Hinkel
Roscoe Edwards
Harry Carpenter
Dave Mahaney
Kenneth Robinson
Carl Haines
William Battaile
Harry Ebert Jr
William Sullivan
Ralph Mulvey
Joseph Massie Jr
Ernest McIntyre
Ed Molden
Robert Bosserman
Eustace Florance
JBT
Winchester
Virginia
Melton
Cold Morning Temps Hit 19 Degrees With Dry Air
The morning air was dry and bracing, colder than typical mid western conditions. Mercury reached 19 degrees by sunup and climbed above freezing hours later. Winchester Research Laboratory reported no damage from the freeze. Chicago noted rising temps after briefly hitting 35 degrees below zero in Montana.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Canada
Mid-West
Chicago
Montana
Christmas Street Lights Going On Tonight
Winchester prepares for holiday light display with garlands on Loudoun Street and a courthouse tree. Harold Rowe announces street lights, with electric decorations completed by the Northern Virginia Power Co. and plans for church and school carol programs through the season.
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Winchester
Harold Rowe
City Council
Loudoun St
Piccadilly
Cork
Cecil Grapes
Northern Virginia Power Co
Recreation Department
Legge Wounded Accidentally On Hunting Trip
Robert C. Legge of 370 National Ave. was slightly hurt when a shotgun discharged by a hunting companion struck him with seven pellets. Eston Jenkins, his coworker at Virginia Woolen Co., said heavy underbrush caused the weapon to go off while they hunted on the H. J. McAboy farm near Clearbrook. Legge, captain of Charlie Rouss Fire Co., walked to a car then hospital and was discharged after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Legge
National Ave
Eston Jenkins
Legge
Virginia Woolen Co
Jenkins
Winchester
H. J. McAboy
Clearbrook
F. M. Funk
Charlie Rouss Fire Co
Chiang Kai-shek’s Wife Seeks Aid After Washington Visit
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek met with President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall in Washington. Ayers described the 30 minute study room talk as the Chinese leader’s wife presenting her case, but officials warn no clear aid promises emerged. She called the meeting encouraging though she doubted it would yield needed support to halt Communist advances.
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Washington
Prme
Chieng Kai-Shek
Truman
Marshall
China
Blair House
White House
Eben Ayers
Mme. Chiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Movie Star Claude Rains Visits Valley Garage for Service
Claude Rains, noted motion picture actor, spent about 30 minutes Thursday in the city while his Buick station wagon was serviced at Ebert's garage on N Loudonist. Harry Butler Jr. tipped staff, Clarence Johnson directed him to the garage, and Rains bought a bushel of Stayman Winesap apples from H W Butler and Brothers.
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Claude Rains
Ebert
N. Loudonist
Harry Butler Jr
Clarence Johnson
American Oil Co
Rains
Philadelphia
Ann Tucker McGuire Booth
Winchester
Land
Butler
H. W. Butler and Brothers
Sunday Bus Service in Winchester Begins Regular Schedule
Winchester introduces Sunday bus service with daily routes starting at 7 30 am and continuing until the last bus at 11 30 pm. The system runs on regular schedules as officials note improved weekend connectivity for residents.
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Winchester
New City
Diplomatic Clash Escalates Romania U S Recall Demand
The United States demanded recall of two American diplomats from Bucharest after Romania's communist government urged removal of two American and two British diplomats on espionage claims. The State Department rejected the charges as baseless while Bucharest named Leverich Lovell Robinson Watson for recall.
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Washington
United States
Romania
State Department
Bucharest
Department
Henry P. Leverich
U. S
John R. Lovell
Charles Robinson
William Watson
Mechanic Burned In Garage Fire At Bakery
James R. Royston, 57, of 17 Valley Ave, sustained third degree burns to his hands and legs while pouring anti freeze into a Columbia Baking Co truck in the Indian Alley garage. He rests at Winchester Hospital after an hour in surgery.
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James R. Royston
Valley Ave
Columbia Baking Co
Indian Alley
Winchester Hospital
Royston
James K. Jr
Miss Betty
Carl M. McMullan
Academy Lane
William Sutler
McMullan
Electors to Cast Ballots Monday for Truman Barkley
In Virginia the Democratic electors will meet in Richmond Monday at noon to cast the state's electoral votes for the Truman Barkley ticket. Felix E Edmunds is named as Seventh District elector.
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Truman and
Barkley
Richmond
Democratic Party
Virginia
Truman-Barkley
Felix E. Edmunds
Hoffman in Siam On Way to China
U S official Paul Hoffman, head of the Economic Cooperation Administration, said in Bangkok that China aid was aimed at holding rather than recovering progress and would not fund fighting communists. He travels to China to assess possible aid and emphasized friendship with China while noting limited immediate expectations.
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Hoffman
Siam
China
Bangkok
ECA
Paul Hoffman
United States
Economic Cooperation Administration
Baylass Building Owners Sue for Explosion Damage
Baylass Building Owners sue Consumers Utilities Co claiming negligence caused June gas blast wrecking the N Loudoun street three story brick building. Trustees for Lillian Sheetz and Mollie Evans Janey seek 100000. Baylass Dept Stores and C J Owens seek 100000 and 15000 respectively. Motion due Dec 27.
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Consumers Utilities Co
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Lillian EB Sheetz
Mollie Evans Janey
Corporation Court
Baylass Department Stores Inc
New York
C. J. Owens
Harrison Banham and Thoma
CUC
N. Loudoun St
Baylass
Pumpkin Papers To Be Shown to U S Grand Jury
The federal grand jury will view the pumpkin microfilms of government documents as part of a renewed espionage probe. Whittaker Chambers led investigators to the films on his Maryland farm and testified about delivery of documents to Russian agents. William Pigman and other officials testified, as Alger Hiss and others attended the session.
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New York
Federal
U. S
U .S
John F.x. McGahey
House un-American Activities
Whittaker Chambers
Maryland
William W. Pigman
Appleton
Wis
U.S. Bureau of Standards
Grand Jury
Pigman
State Department
Alger Hiss
House un-American Activities Committee
Red Chief Warns He ll Force Down Allied Planes
Soviet chief of staff Lt. Gen. G. S. Lukjantschenko warned in Berlin that any Allied aircraft improperly marked or flying disorderly over the Soviet zone would be forced down. Airlift routes to Berlin pass 100 miles inside the Soviet zone via three corridors, a reply to Gen. Gailey after a prior complaint.
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Berlin
Lukjantschenko
Germany
Charles G. Gailey
Gailey
Crewman Killed In Airlift Crash Near Frankfurt
A U S Navy C 54 airlift plane returning from Berlin crashed in fog over the Taunus mountains near Bad Homburg killing one crewman and injuring four others including a U S Air Force hostess Diana Day of San Francisco who escaped with minor injuries. Pilot Navy Lt Joseph Norris and co pilot Lt Frank T Heffernan survived. The crash occurred without warning and all injured were taken to an Army hospital in Frankfurt.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Berlin
Bad Homburg
U.S. Air Force
Taunus Mountains
Diana Day
San Francisco
Navy
Joseph Norris
Lexington
N.C
Norris
Frank T. Mhefferman
Bronx
N. Y
U. S
Britain
Liberal Divorce Law Change Faces Clerical Opposition
In New York a Roman Catholic official called for complete state ban on divorce. Monsignor Robert E McCormick condemned liberalization proposals and cited alleged adultery scene rackets connected to the current law that recognizes adultery as the sole ground.
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New York
Robert E. McCormick
Five Millionth Car Of Year Due Monday
Detroit reports the 1948 auto output near five million units with Chevrolet leading production as factories run overtime. The 5,000,000th U S. car of the year is due to roll off the line Monday, with Ford and GM advancing new models ahead of year end.
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Detroit
Chevrolet
Automotive News
Ward
United States
Cadillac
Buick
Hudson
DeSoto
Chrysler
Oldsmobile
General Motors
New York
Ford
Girl 12 Hacked To Death in Home Kitchen
Pittsburgh police arrested a 28 year old musician for questioning in the stabbing murder of Carol Lee Kensinger a 12 year old girl found dead in her Brushton home kitchen. Authorities describe the scene and note the suspect has a prior child molestation record.
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Pittsburgh
Carol Lee Kensinger
Albert Jones
East End
Joseph A. Kensinger
Stanley Guzewski
James
Kensinger
Brushton
Kelly
Bowling
Carol Lee
Agag
Hillsborough ukase angered Shenandoah settlers and fueled Virginia resentment
British policy to force settlers west of the Alleghenies provoked strong disapproval in Virginia. Before 1763 Frederick county residents pushed into Kentucky and Ohio, unaffected by any edict. The Hillsborough proclamation failed to enforce, instead widening anti English sentiment and shaping frontier migration.
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Shenandoah Valley
Frederick County
Alleghanies
Kentucky
Ohio
Frederick
Virginia
Great Northwest Territory
Lord Hillsborough
England
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Clarke School Board
Edninge
Whitlock Ave
ABC Liquor
Armory Dance
Mercury
Brownie Group 14
Winchester Boys Club
Highland Ave
Greater
Hugh Henry
Rouss Co
Companion
Mme
Overland Drive
Valley Apples
U.S
Butler's Packing House
Bailey Brothers
Baylass Building
Sute
Gas Co
Shenandoah National
Red Chief
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