27 mile Race for Life Won by Driver Taking Youth to Hospital
The Warrenton sheriff’s office reported that Quintin Abrogast of Tom Frost garage in Warrenton ferried Wester Lambert 22 of Rector town to Memorial hospital Winchester after a wreck 112 miles south of Paris at 1 p.m. yesterday. Lambert survived due to rapid treatment and blood transfusions. The driver’s name was not initially revealed, with authorities seeking identification.
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Warrenton
Wester Lambert
Winchester Hospital
Quintin Abrogast
Tom Frost
Rectortown
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Paris
Young Lambert
M. D. Custer
S. 8
Secrist
Marshall
Lambert
Custer
Trolman
Robert Lowery
Emily Wilson
Bert Brothers
Wilson
Linton
Mrs Susan Snider Dies at Home in Cameron
Susan Dorsey Snider age 89 wife of William B Snider Sr dies at home after months of declining health in Cameron. Born June 13 1869 in Winchester she married William Snider in 1895 and was a member of Brad Ek St Methodist church and Daughters of the Confederacy. Survived by eight children two dozen descendants including a sister and a aunt. Funeral 2 30 p m Wednesday at the late home with Dr T J Hawkins officiating. W B Snider & Son closes until Friday.
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Susan Dorsey Snider
William B.snider
Cameron Sr
Mrs. Snider
Upton L
Sidney R. Dorey
William Snider
Bradek St. Methodist Church
Ghters
Confederacy
W. Ben, Snider Jr
Edwin T. Snider
B. Snider
James R. Sni
Upton L. Snider
George Hider
Catherine Robertson
J. H. Yost
Wink
A Ster
Robert L. Glaize
Harriet T. Russellf
Winchester
Panera
N. Cameron St
T. J. Hawkins
Robert D. Glaize
John L. Glaize
Ralph Pifer
Edwin C. Yost
Gibson Baker
John P. Lamb Jr
W. B
Armory
Reward Offered for Information on Yard Lights Incident
A $25 reward is advertised for information leading to the arrest in a Friday night yard lights incident. Other notices include Elmer Orondorff selling corn and hay and Veterans Service Stations in Stephens City VA announcing a fresh anti freeze shipment. A local notice states Buncutter Tire Company and R E Buncutter Distributor will be closed until Monday due to a family death.
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Elmer Orondorff
Cali
Veterans Service
Stephens City
Buncutter Tire Company
R. E. Buncutter
Police Rescue Big St. Bernard From Snowdrift
Freehold New Jersey police saved a large St. Bernard from a 30 inch snowdrift after Friday's record snowfall. The dog, bred for rescue work, is being held at police headquarters for its owner.
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Big St. Bernard
Freehold
N. J
Jersey
Dillner Co Enters Local Trucking Field
The W. J. Dillner Transfer Co of Pittsburgh has bought the ICC license of G. B. Guthridge Jr. Winchester and will start operations here immediately. Ernie Adamson said a booking agent was secured and an office will be set up soon. Dillner, with terminals in New York and Ohio, runs 62 trucks across 27 states from Maine to Florida and El Paso.
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W. J. Dillner Transfer Co
Pittsburgh
ICC
G. B. Guthridge Jr
Winchester
Here
Ernie Adamson
Dillner
New York
Ohio
Florida
Maine
el Paso
Adamson
Virginia Wins Federal Approval For Hospital Plan
Virginia's hospital survey and construction plan received approval from the U S Public Health Service under the Hill Burton Act. The plan projects about 5 000 additional general hospital beds and grants roughly 2 200 000 annually for five years starting 1948 with a 2 1 matching requirement. An advisory council will finalize administering details and prioritize applications.
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Richmond
L. J. Roper
State Commissioner of Health
Virginia
United States Public Health Service
Roper
Advisory Council
U. S. Public Health Service Office
Washington
Division of Hospital Survey and
Wallace's Third Party Run Hinted by Democrats
Democratic leaders expect Henry A. Wallace to announce a third party bid with a strong critic role aimed at President Truman. A Chicago radio speech at 10 30 p m EST reportedly signals his move toward a peace ticket and a new policy toward the Soviet Union. Republicans foresee left wing votes but Senator Sparkman cautions the effect on Truman may be limited.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Wallace
Chicago
Soviet Russia
Sparkman
Alabama
Mr. Truman
Russia Delivers First Reparations From East Germany
So viet occupation authorities allocated almost 60 000 tons of wheat wood and motor fuel as reparations from Eastern Germany to ten countries including the United States Britain France Belgium Holland Greece Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Egypt and India. The move marks Russia’s initial fulfillment of the Potsdam agreement on reparations exchanges from Western and Eastern Germany.
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Germany
French Foreign Ministry
Inter-Allied
United States
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Egypt
India
Russia
Fuel Oil Rations Set By Philadelphia Mayor
Philadelphia Mayor Bernard Samuel announced that no householder in the Philadelphia area may buy more than 100 gallons of fuel oil at a time and only if their tank is less than one quarter full. This rationing rule tightens energy access amid ongoing shortages.
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Philadelphia
Bernard Samuel
Two Navy Fliers Killed in Naples Helicopter Crash
A U S Navy helicopter from the carrier Midway lost a rotor blade over Naples harbor and exploded in the air before crashing near a dock enclosure, killing two crewmen and seriously injuring a third. Port workers and firemen freed the three occupants. Robert Lamm and Jack Peter were dead on arrival at Pellegrini hospital.
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Naples
Italy
Midway
Pellegrini Hospital
Robert Lamm
Jack Peter
Fire destroys Nineveh farm home in night blaze
Hamlin Johns family fled in nightclothes as their eight room frame dwelling burned at Nineveh around 4 30 a m. Fire equipment from Stephens City Clearbrook and the South End Hose Co Winchester fought the flames but the house was beyond saving. The loss is estimated at 12000 with little chance of recovery of contents including the child's Christmas presents. Johns occupied the farm about 12 years and may relocate nearby.
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Hamlin Johns
Nineveh
Stephens City
Clearbrook
South Ind Hose Co
Winchester
Johns
Stephens City Co
Stephens City Fire Company
Richard Clem
South End
Bill Godhenour
Frank Loy
Harry Rainsberger
D. J. O'Connell
Clearbrook Co
Elmer Dorsey
Yule Presents
Lelia Gardner
White Post
Roy F. Johns
European Spring Crisis May Speed Marshall Plan
President Truman may urge Congress in the state of the union to quicken action on the European recovery program to avoid a spring crisis in Europe. Stop gap relief ends March 31, with funds limited to France Italy and Austria, while Greece tensions hint at broader danger. The administration plans a start April 1 for the long range plan and seeks RF C funding flexibility until new appropriations pass.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Capitol Hill
France
Italy
Austria
Euope
Greece
Reconstruction Finance Co
Ground Fogs Delay Rescues in Alaska
Nome Alaska December 29 heavy ground fogs strong winds and sub zero temperatures hampered rescue teams seeking four survivors of a B 29 crash 95 miles north of None. Seven men aboard the C 47 and its glider were uninjured, five rescuers were returned to Nome, two others remained to prepare the stranded glider for pickup today.
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Nome
Alaska
Air Force
Builders pitch at 216 E Water St after 5pm
Are you planning to build See us first Our prices are reasonable See W A Taylor 216 E Water St after 5 pm or write Carl Bayliss Winchester Va R 3 12 27 1p 4t
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W. A. Taylor
E. Water St
Carl Bayliss
Winchester
Star Slated Off On New Year Day 1946
The Star will not publish on Thursday January 1 1946 marking New Year Day a national holiday. The Evening Star.
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the Star
THE
Evening Star
Jerusalem clashes claim fifteen more lives at Damascus Gate
Report from Jerusalem says at least 12 Arabs, two British constables and one Jew died after a Jewish taxi was hit by a grenade and gunfire near Damascus Gate. A taxi was then set ablaze amid street fighting. additional violence included an armed raid on Tel Litwinsky camp and the shooting of a hospital doctor near Bethlehem.
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Jerusalem
Damascus
Nablus
Damascus Gate
Tel Litwinsky
Tel Aviv
Bethlehem
Ibhasi
Church of the Nativity
Senator Johnson Foresees Tax Cut in 1948 Vote
Democratic Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado joined Republican leaders in predicting an income tax reduction next year. He said the next session will approve tax relief even if vetoed by the president and favored a measure like the Knutson bill, calling its passage pretty certain.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
Colordo
Johnson
Knutson
Philadelphia Fire Sweeps Downtown Industrial District
Philadelphia reports its fourth major blaze in 24 hours amid heavy snow, destroying five five story industrial buildings in a downtown manufacturing district and causing about 1.5 million dollars in total damage. The fires affected clothing firms, shoe makers, electrical appliance and printing concerns, with other fires over the week including a large paper box factory and Gulf Oil refinery blast aftermath.
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Philadelphia
Gulf Oil Corp
Jewish Agency Splits on Policy Toward Russia
In Jerusalem the Jewish Agency shows signs of a split over relations with Soviet Russia. Dr Moshe Sneh resigns from the agency executive to form a popular opposition citing Western leanings and neglect of the Eastern Bloc. Refugee ships proceed despite the order to halt Black Sea sailings.
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Jewish Agency
Russia
Jerusalem
Soviet
Moshe Sneh
Sneh
Black Sea
Palestine
London
Washington
Paltine
Haifa
Cyprus
Istanbul
Bosphorus
Bulgaria
America
Paestine
Hold Opequon Boy On Larceny Charge
An 11-year-old boy from Opequon was arrested in Martinsburg and turned over to juvenile authorities to face grand larceny charges. The theft involved $100 from a box in a bureau drawer at James Junior Hounshell’s room at the George Washington Hotel after a friend borrowed keys to dress.
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Opequon
Yesay
Martinsburg
James Junior Hounshell
Bureau
Hounshell
Plane Carrying 20 Reported in Crash near Copenhagen
An unidentified plane with 20 aboard reportedly crashed into the water off Kastrup airport near Copenhagen. The craft was said to have arrived from Paris.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Kastrup
Paris
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans to Wed at Flying L Ranch
Oklahoma City dispatch reports singing cowboy Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, famed screen pair who never kissed on screen in 26 Westerns, will marry on New Year’s Eve at the Flying L Ranch. They arrived by train and refused kissing for photographers, citing the line Cowboys don’t kiss girls.
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Oklahoma City
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Flying L Ranch
Rogers
Dale
Main Arteries In N Y City Cleared of Snow
New York faces a thaw after a historic snowstorm as millions return to work. Deaths in the storm belt rise to at least 70. Long Island Rail Road partially resumes service with delays. Streets remain icy and drifts up to five to six feet persist in outlying areas. Food deliveries are reported as good but prices warned against.
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New York
New York Metropolitan Area
Long Island
Eugene G. Schultz
Midwestern Mild Spell Ends Abruptly Weather Forecast
The weather bureau predicts a sudden end to the mild spell in the Northern Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley as the storm track shifts. New England minimum temperatures ranged from seven above at Burlington to 15 above at Caribou, reflecting continued snow recovery in the Northeast.
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Associated Press
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
North Atlantic
New England
Burglington
Carabou
Warmonger Charge Hits Yugoslavs
Alexis Kyrou Greek delegate to the United Nations said he sent a formal message to Secretary-General Trygve Lie accusing the Yugoslav government of violating the General Assembly anti-warmonger resolution.
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SAKF
Alexis Kyrou
United Nations
Tryave Lie
General Assembly
Winchester Official Santa logs 3075 appearances this Christmas
Andrew Bell known as Winchester official Santa Claus appeared 12 times this Christmas season for about 75,000 people over 25 years in Winchester. Events included Safeway regional banquet Coca Cola par ty First Baptist and several churches plus Lions Kiwanis Episcopal and Presbyterian venues. Bell began in 1920 in Harrisonburg after the Elks ran a 50 underprivileged children program and has continued annually despite having no children of his own.
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Andrew Bell
Winchester
Santa Claus
Bell
Safeway
Coca Cola Bottling Co
First Baptist Church
Congregational Christian Church
JBT
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church Mission
Salvation Army_ and Elks chil
Chamber of Commerce
Harrisonburg
Names Made Public by Sec Anderson Reveals 99 Officials
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson named 99 public officials, 80 federal workers and state or local officials, in grain trading disclosures tied to last September. Graham blamed his broker for grain holdings and said he ordered sales after Truman urged curb on speculative price hikes. The list also includes Harold B McDonald, son of Texas agricultural commissioner J E McDonald, tied to 10 000 bushels in September.
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Wallace H. Graham
Truman
H. B. Man
Utah
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Stary
Graham
Maw
Harold E. Stassen
Commodity Exchange
Agriculture Department
Harold B. McDonald
United States Bureau of Internal Revenue
Washington
Department
J. E. McDonald
Texas
McDonald
After-Christmas Gals Coast Suits Dresses and More
A local ad notes fashion items labeled Coast Suits Dresses and sweaters at N & P Style Shoppe 160 North Loudoun St with new arrivals and related shopping notices. Also includes fireworks shipment at Bob's Music Shop and contracting services by J R Albaugh & Son offering building estimates from 258 Braddock Street with phone numbers 7316 and 4810. Garbage notice informs curb pickup of Christmas trees in open trucks during January 5 to 10 due to new equipment.
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North Loudoun St
J. R. Albaugh & Son
Braddock
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Bulletin
Susan Snider
Dillner Co
Pittsburgh Interstate Company
Guthridge
U.S
Council
A. Gibson Howell
Raiford Memorial Hospital
Franklin
Ronald B. Almack
Ist
E. Germany
Phila
Navy
West Va
Beyond Va
W. Va
Winchester Evening Star
Ninevah
Colorado
Rogers-Evans
N.Y
Santa
Sec
Bob
E. Cork St
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