Mitchell Co Wins Road Contract in Winchester
The Mitchell Company of Winchester was awarded the road contract as the low bidder at 121206. Federal funds will cover half the construction costs and prices must be approved by the Bureau of Public Roads. The project spans Clarke and Warren Counties with 34 miles in Clarke and 3.47 miles in Warren. The work includes grading to a uniform width, removing small wooden bridges, and installing large metal arches. The Long Branch Bridge will be 44 feet wide with a clear roadway of 22 feet.
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He Mitchell Co
Winchester
United States Bureau of
Bureau
Clarke
Ity Arid
Warren Cnty
Chestnut Grove Church Christmas Eve Program
The Chestnut Grove Church presents a Christmas Eve program on December 24 at 2:30 pm featuring exercises singing and pantomime by the Sunday school invited to attend. Answers to Page 4 questions noted.
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Chestnut Grove Church
Sales Directory listing for December 18 near Capquon Office
A condensed sales directory entry lists property and automobiles for sale on December 18 at a location near Capquon Office. The fragment mentions a tech item and an estate, with automobiles also indicated. Further details are unreadable in the text.
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Cpequon
Ex Mayor Green Dies in Strasburg At 87
William Lee Green 87 former Strasburg mayor and bank director died at his Strasburg home after a long illness and stroke. He served two terms as mayor, was Shenandoah County and Shenandoah National Park appraiser, director of the Massanutten Bank and Farmers Mutual Insurance. Survived by four children from first marriage, other family, and many grandchildren. Funeral set at Stover Chapel Strasburg with Lebanon Cemetery interment.
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William Lee Green
Earl E. Baker
Gray Avenue
Winchester
Strasburg
Shenandoah County
Shenandoah National Park
Green
Stewart Green
Annie Leith
Elizabeth Funk
Florence Marks
Richmond
Annie Walters
Front Royal
Stover
J. C. Murphy
Charles E. Crank
Lebanon Cemetery
Winchester Needy Receive $4 317 In Welfare Aid
Needy residents of Winchester received 4317 in cash assistance through the City Welfare Department last month. The November report lists Old Age Assistance 2116 dollars, Aid to Blind 255 dollars, Aid to Dependent Children 545 dollars, Foster Care 884 dollars, Permanently and Totally Disabled 254 dollars, and General Relief 267 dollars, totaling 179 dollars under October.
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Winchester
Coca Cola Prices Rise In New York Case and Carton
The Coca Cola Bottling Co of New York announces a rise in case price to 96 cents from 80 cents and a retail rise to six cents from five. A retail carton will cost 30 cents up from 25 cents.
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Coca Cola UP
New York
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Rosenberg nomination faces collapse claims
Senator Morse said charges of Communist sympathy against Assistant Defense Secretary nominee Anna M. Rosenberg collapsed for lack of proof. The Armed Services Committee, after weeks of closed hearings, may pursue perjury claims as other senators noted testimony could be false.
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Washington
Morse
R-Ore
Anna M. Rosenberg
Armed Services Committee
Mrs. Rosenberg
Senate
Rosenberg
Russel
D-Ga
George Starr
Ralph de Sola
FBI
de Sola
Communist Party
New York
Cain
R-Wash
Kefauver
Dtenn
Handley Students Present Concert of Carols on Sunday
Handley students will perform a Sunday concert of carols featuring a brass sextet including Dick, Lewis O Connell, Donald Good, Randolph Rodgers, John Pickeral, and Robert Pickeral. The program includes Christmas Bells by Sammond, works by the Vivace Club, A Cappella Choir solos and choral pieces, and ends with Silent Night performed by all.
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Handley
Lewis O'Connell
Donald Good
Randolph Rodgers
John Pickeral
Robert Pickeral
Sammond
Vivace Club
Corus
Helen Garner Edmonds
Noel
Handel
Peggy Haymaker
William Covington
Gruber
Virginia Marco
Mass Around Gls Jets and Chinese Pressure Hit Hamhung Area
U S forces report heavy Chinese pressure on the Hamhung Hungnam beachhead with up to ten divisions attacking from three directions. Attacks on the perimeter were repulsed as Marines and naval air power defend the front. Chinese units reportedly wear captured American uniforms in one probe.
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U. N
Hamhung-Hungnam
Korea
U. S. 10Th Corps
Stan Swinton
Hamhung
Hungnam
Sea of Japan
Swinton
Suchong
Hamhung-Koto
Eighth Army
Red
Chunchon
Seoul
MacArthur
Manchuria
U.N
Chinnampo
Far East Naval Headquarters
Yellow Sea
Pyongyang
Noel program by Market Street Methodist Church planned
The Market Street Methodist Church at 1318 Cameron St will stage a Noel program at 11 a m this Sunday under the Chilrens Division. Rev. Edgar G. Hill says the show features child formed Biblical scenes with two Phantomines the Shepherds and the Wise Men and a Manger Scene. Participants include William Pope David Smallwood Harold Frye Alan Peer Ronald Johnston Sidney Pace Beverly Drake Robert o Scottie Atkinson and many others.
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Chilvens
Market Street
Cameron St
Edgar G. Hill
William Pope
David Smallwood
Harold Frye
Alan Peer
Ronald Johnston
Sidney Pace
Beverly Drake
Roberto
Scottie Atkinson
Patrick Blevins
Ann Bridges
Charles Bridges
Dannie Cameron
Patty Custer
Kay Everhart
Billy Hall
Ned Hall
Billy Mason
Paul Milton
Ernest Simpson
Bambi Smith
Linda Snyder
Barbara Womeldorph
Army denies evacuation plans for U S women and children in Germany
The U S Army in Frankfurt issued a statement denying a news agency report that evacuation plans for American women and children from Germany are being prepared. The denial clarifies there are no such plans underway.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army Today
Three Accidents Reported Today In Winchester
Three crashes occurred within seven hours at Braddock and Piccadilly. Damage totaled hundred dollars across a 1939 Chevrolet, a 1947 Federal truck, a 1940 GMC pickup and a 1950 Studebaker, with owners Willian Snarr E M Goodman Ernest Leatherman and drivers Willian J Price and Robert Price identified.
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Braddock
Piccadilly
Srs
Douglas Earhart
Staunton
Melvin J
Richmond
Willian C. Snarr
Strasburg
E.M. Goodman
Atlanta
Paul Goodman
Walter Strother
E. Kern St
Piccadilly St
Studebaker
Ernest Leatherman
Albion
Ind
Robert Price
Ligonier
Seed Drop Aims To Save Local Quail Population
Civil Air Patrol pilots dropped 1 200 pounds of seed and grit to feed game birds in the county as snow threatened. Lt George J Schecter piloted the Aeronca with skis taking off at 2 pm to visit Brucetown and Stephens City. Multiple donors supplied seed and the operation预计 requires about ten flights to cover affected areas.
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Civil Air Patrol
George J. Schecter
Valley Airways
Aeronca
Te Rodgers
Schecter
H. Benton Snider
Winchester Seed Co
Winchester Milling Corp
Green Chemical Co
Southern States
Checkerboard Feed Store
Brucetown
Stephens City
Quarles Speaks at Father Son Banquet in Winchester
Winchester Public Schools Superintendent Garland R. Quarles urged youth to prove capability in history’s great deeds. He spoke on The Youth Replies I Can at the Father Son banquet at Winchester Presbyterian Church after a turkey dinner.
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Garland R. Quarles
Winchester Public Schools
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Quarles
W. R. Legge
T. J. Calkin
R. D Saxe
Wage Price Controls Debated As Government Acts
Maybank urges immediate selective wage price controls while O Mahoney calls for all encompassing measures. Officials say general controls may take 60 days with selective actions possible sooner as Valentine weighs auto price ceilings after a failed voluntary agreement.
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Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Senate House Economic Committee
Truman
O'Mahoney
White House
Alan Valentine
Unanswered Questions Mark Historic U N Truce Session
Delegates in an historic session laid groundwork for a U N truce request as the Indian representative Wu Hsiu-chuan remained silent on Asia Arab pleas. The Soviet and Chinese positions were debated, with Malik signaling Chinese volunteers might withdraw if U N forces depart Korea.
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Malik
U.N
Korea
Ching
McCarthy and Pearson Beset After Night Party Clash
The confrontation began with threats as Joe McCarthy and columnist Drew Pearson clashed at a party. Pearson says McCarthy slapped him and sat him down, while McCarthy claims Pearson badgered him about a Senate speech.
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Joe McCarthy
Drew Pearson
McCarthy
Pearson
Senate
Railroad opens shuttle service between Alexandria and Washington
Richmond reports the Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company established a shuttle service linking Alexandria to Washington to bypass the Union Passenger Terminal in Washington. The move aims to speed travel and ease congestion at the main terminal.
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Richmond
Richand, Prederic Monsburg and Potomac Railroad Company
Alexandria
Washngton
Union
Washington
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