Multiple escapes and arrests span Virginia and beyond
A Fort Benning man wanted by three states on robbery charges remained at large after escaping a Lee county jail. Authorities traced his getaway to Glenn Williams, while Williams faced extradition to Atlanta. Also noted are winter road limits on Route 605 in Giles county, a prisoner recaptured after a Christmas escape in Haymarket, and a fatal pedestrian auto accident near Lake Smith in Norfolk.
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Jonesville
Fort Benning
W. P. Bays
Tommy Hartbarger
Hartbarger
Lee County
Commonwealth
Glenn M. Williams
Getaway
Williams
Atlanta
Knoxville
Richmond
State Highway Department
Giles County
Victor D. Stone Coal Co. Manager Dies at 37
Victor D. Stone 37 of Warren county died at his sister’s home in Strasburg after a two year illness. Born in Reedsville West Virginia he was son of Olive Hayden Stone and the late Troy Stone a Pennsylvania anthracite superintendent. He leaves widow Anna Cross Stone two brothers Vernon D. Stone Shamokin Pa Hubert M. Stone Winchester and two sisters Blanche Whitfield Schuylkill Haven and Thelma Daugherty 8burg. Funeral rites will be held in Pottsville Pa.
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Victor D. Stone
Warren County
Thelma Daugherty
Strasburg
Reedsville
W. Va
Olive Hayden Stone
Troy Stone
Pennsylvania
Elks Club
Methodist Church
Anna Cross Stone
Vernon D. Stone
Shamokin
Hubert M. Stone
Winchester
Blanche Whitfield
Schuylkill Heven
Pottsville
Mrs. Bessie T. Brown funeral services held
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie T. Brown 74 were held at 1 p m today at Jones funeral home with Rev L P Tederick officiating. Interment followed at the Upperville cemetery. Survivors include husband Jacob L Brown two sons Marvin H Brown and Henry L Brown two daughters Mrs James Yowell and Mrs Herbert DeHaven two brothers Aubrey Yates and Charles Yates two half brothers John Yates and Bryan Yates two half sisters Lena Yates and Is Yates eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Bessie T. Brown
Jones Funeral
L. P. Tederick
Upperville
Arthur Armel
C. E. Armel
William White
Tilden Shumate
Joseph Perry
William Chamblin
Greenway UB
Brown
Pifer
Benjamin
Susan Hudson Yates
Culpeper
Jacob Lewis Brown
Marvin H. Brown
White Post
Henry L. Brown
Winchester
James Yowell
Middleburg
Herbert DeHaven
Aubrey Yates
Philadelphia
Charles Yates
Wilmington
N. C
John Yates
Newport News
Bryan Yates
Warrenton
Lena Yates
Miss Is Yates
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Correct responses list with items labeled by numbers and topics. Includes ages, battles of knowledge, and trivia items such as Goats and Allah. Florida and Garnet appear among the answers. Princess Elizabeth is named as a quiz answer.
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Allah
Florida
Garnet
Princess Elizabeth
Virginia toll climbs to 777 after weekend fatalities
Over the three day holiday weekend Virginia recorded 13 road deaths, raising the year’s toll to 777. Victims include Jane Arnold of Washington in a Waynesboro wreck and Aurelie Baker of Lexington near New Martinsville, with police citing a slippery road and fog. The list also names Richard Eagle Jr., Charles Gillery, Hoyle Minter, Emmes Easter, Mary Watt, Dorothy Johnson, Joseph Rowley, Henry Culpepper, William Barksdale, Walter Link, and Melvin Armstrong.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Waynesboro
Jane Arnold
Washington
Calley Armon Wade
Roanoke
Wade
Phenix
Joseph Rowley
Machiponge
Henry E. Cul- Peper
Portsmouth
William S. Barksdale
Walter Link
Alton
Melvin H. Armstrong
Staunton
Oil Magnate Holds Block of Stock in Washington Club
Washington December 27 oil magnate H A Grant of Bradford Pennsylvania says he plans no active role with the Washington Senators and may not pursue involvement for the far future. Grant was the primary backer behind John J Jachym gaining 40 percent ownership of the Senators, tying horse racing interests to baseball rules. He would need to dispose of his racing stable before taking an active part.
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Washington
H. A. Grant
Pennsylvania
Washington Senators
Grant
Bradford
John J. Jachym
Jamestown
Cake
Nats
Georgetown University
Jachym
Virginia assistant dean Joseph Rushton dies in New York
Joseph P. Rushton assistant dean of the University of Virginia and assistant professor of English died today in Memorial hospital New York City after several months illness He was a Birmingham Alabama native who joined UVA in 1940 as an English instructor His career was interrupted by three years of naval service He held a BA from Eton and did graduate work at Harborne University Abbreviated note suggests he earned a master's at Harberys and studied at Cambridge England
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Charlottesville
Joseph P. Rushton
University of Virginia
Memorial Hospital
New York City
Rushton
Birmingham
Ala
Eton University
Harbeys University
Cambridge University
England
President Truman to Return to Washington Tomorrow
President Truman ends a three day Christmas holiday in Missouri and plans to return to Washington tomorrow to resume work as he finishes his vacation with old friends and walks.
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Independence
Truman
Washington
Robinson Moncure Dies in Alexandria at 68
Robinson Moncure 68 former judge of the Alexandria city corporation court and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates died at his home in Alexandria. He was a native of Stafford County son of Marguerite E Moncure and Thomas J Moncure and a grandson of Judge R C L Moncure of the Virginia Supreme Court. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute and held a..
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Alexandria
Robinson Moncure
Alexandria Corporation Court
House of Delegates
Ure
Stafford County
Marguerite E
Thomas J. Moncure
R. Co. L. Moncure
Supreme Court of of Virginia
Virginia Military Institute
Musgrave Funeral Notice for Southampton Delegate
Musgrave 86 former House of Delegates member from Southampton county will be buried at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Persons Methodist Cemetery near [location].
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Musgrave
House of Delegates
Southampton County
Person
Methodist Chemetery
Flying Saucers as Interplanetary Craft Rule Debate
New York report cites True magazine claiming flying saucers are space vehicles from another planet. Air Force dismisses the claim. Donald E. Keyhoe says evidence shows Earth is under regular observation by alien visitors and outlines three main saucer types.
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New York
Air Force
True Magazine
Donald E. Keyhoe
Aeronautics
U. S. Commerce Department
Earth
Project Saucer
U. S. Army Air Force
Keyhoe
Wrightfield
Personne
Russians Taunt Western Athletes
Moscow dispatch cites Soviet newspaper claiming no iron curtain blocks Soviet athletes from competing with Westerners while accusing Western “sport lackeys of Wall Street” of fear to face Soviet teams. It notes open Olympic participation and hints at possible Soviet involvement in Helsinki 1952 Games.
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Moscow
Soviet
Wall Street
Soviet Union
Helsinki
Finland
Soviet Committee On Physical Culture and Sports
Hyndman Prepares To Rebuild Town After Blaze
A devastating December fire destroyed the Hyndman business core, three blocks of shops, the bank and many homes. Merchants and officials plan immediate reconstruction while the high school hosts emergency operations. The bank reopens temporarily. Red Cross aids provide clothing, food, and furniture to residents.
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Hyndman
Blaze
Wever
Jes O. Burrs
George Keller
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Harman Mine Idle Again Amid Labor Dispute
Harman Coal Co in Harman Virginia idle as 1100 workers do not report for shift amid a local dispute. Company says cause unknown though mine has operated sporadically since union workers cut back to three days a week.
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Harman
H. E. Harman Coal Co
Virginia
Buchanan County
Heavy Snow Follows Earth Tremors Killing Eight In Japan
In central Japan heavy snows add misery after about twenty temblors from Sunday night to Monday morning. Eight people died and one is missing with hundreds left homeless as eighty six homes and buildings collapsed and 283 damaged. A 40 second quake cut power in a Tokyo district while tremors were felt in nine prefectures. Imaichi, population 17,000, about 85 miles north of Tokyo, was hardest hit.
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Tokyo
Japan
Central Meteorological Observatory
Honshu
Imaichi
Hit and run and crash reports in Winchester area
A series of local traffic incidents near Winchester reports damage totals from $25 to $500. Drivers include James Sith of Sunnyside, Harley Stickley of Keyser, John A. Boyd of Charles Town, Ann Elizabeth Boyd, Ralph Albertson, Maude Cline, Willis Moon, and Marvin Sumption. One injury noted, with a fractured collar bone.
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Dorf
Winchester Hospital
E. B. Mitchell
James Donald Sith
Sunnyside
Packard
Strasburg
Smith
Winchester
Mitchell
Harley Stickley
Keyser
John A. Boyd
National Ave
Ann Elizabeth Boyd
Boyd
Wardensville
Stickley
Berryville
John Henry Tibbs
Charles Town
Maude B. Cline
Hope
N. J
Ralph Albertson
Kincaid
Tibbs
New Jersey
Piccadilly
Cameron St
Willis Moon
Army Center
Edgewood
Marvin Sumption
Strasburg Junction
Robert L. Peer Succumbs at 72
Funeral services for Robert Luther Bud Peer 72 will be held 11 a.m. tomorrow from St. James Lutheran church Rev E B Smith officiating Interment in the cemetery He was a Zepp merchant and died Christmas day after ill health since March Survived by Madge Marie Strosnider wife two sons Carl Edward and Robert Smith Peer a daughter Hannah Elizabeth Peer a brother Arthur Peer Zepp and a grandchild
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Robert Luther
Bud” Peer
St. James Lutheran Church
E. B. Smith
Zepp
Peer
John Samuel
Hannah Elizabeth Garrett Peer
Star Tannery
Madge Marie Strosnider
St. James
Hiss Testifies He Sublet Washington Apartment to Chambers
Former State Department official Alger Hiss testified that in 1935 he sublet his Washington apartment to Whittaker Chambers by oral agreement and received no payment. He said he charged no rent for furniture or utilities and that Chambers lived there two months, with only an Asian rug gifted to him.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Washington, D. C
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
State Department
Chambers
U.S. Atey
Thomas F. Murphy
Murphy
Chambers 8
Suspect Arrested For Holden Murder Of Army Officer
Norfolk dispatch reports Fort Story Army officer 2d Lt. Willis T. Allman shot and killed after he and Lt. Robert Buchanan were robbed in Princess Anne county. Michael R. Green, 26, of Ocean View, detained and charged with murder.
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Norfolk
Fort Story
Princess Anne County
Willis T. All- H. L
Robert Buchanan
Grove City
Penn
Allman
Michael R. Green
Ocean View
Mrs Annie Stewart Rites Held at Redbud Church
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Stewart age 74 of Burnt Factory were conducted this afternoon at Redbud church in Frederick county by Rev E S Elsmore. She died Saturday at a daughter's home in Winchester and burial followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers Walter Hardesty Roger Hardesty Connie Hart Willie Hart Charles Swartz and John Armel serving.
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Redbud Church
Frederick County
Annie Stewart
Burnt Factory
Winchester
E.S. Elsmore
Walter
Roger Hardesty
Connie
Willie Hart
Charles Swartz
John Armel
Fractures Ankle in Christmas Eve Fall
Hugh Campbell aged 25 from Kerns town fractured his ankle in a fall at home on Christmas Eve. He is a patient at Winchester hospital.
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Hugh Campbell
Kernstown
Winchester Hospital
Legion campaign designates toy collection points in Winchester
Hoover American Legion posts opens a Tide of Toys drive through Saturday in Frederick County. Stations include Winchester banks Clowes jewelry Kurtz furniture Winchester News post home Hardesty's market Smith Pontiac and oe drug store in Stephens Each. Children donate one toy with name or initial. If unable to deliver a pickup service is available by calling 3609. War toys are not accepted. Collected toys will be shipped to Europe via CARE for distribution wherever American troops served in the late war.
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Hoover American Legion Post
Robert Baker
Winchester
Frederick County
Winchester Banks
Clowes Jewelry Store
Kurtz Furniture Store
Winchester News
Legion Post Home
Hardesty’s Market
Smith Pontiac
Oe Drug Store
Stephens
3609
Legion Post
Europe
Length of the 16 inch gun on a battleship
The 16 inch 50 caliber gun on the Tavy measures 800 inches in length. This equals sixteen times its 50 caliber.
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Tavy
Sales Directory Dec 28 to Jan 14
Sales listings include DEC 28 1 p m C M Janney 2 percent mile north of Clearbrook farming equipment truck personal property DEC 31 12 Noon Estate of John W Reed Freder ice Bena Court House Real Estate JAN 2 10 a m Patton s Warehouse 425 N Cameron St Antiques and household goods JAN 14 11 a m James P Reardon Trustee Front Royal Road Frederick County Court House Real estate on Front Royal Road
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C. M. Janney
Clearbrook
John W. Reed
Frederice Bena Court House
Patton
N. Cameron St
James P. Reardon
Frederick County Court House
Front Royal Road
Watch Night Service At Braddock Street Church
The Young People sponsor a watch night service at Braddock Street Methodist Church starting at 10 p.m. Saturday. An organ recital opens the program and Holy Communion will be administered by Pastor Dr. William Archer Wright just after midnight.
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Braddock St. Methodist Church
William Archer Wright
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Robert Ingersoll
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Robert L. Peer
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Watch Night Service
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