Nature's Great Snow Show Stuns Gotham in 1947 Storm
HAL BOYLE portrays New York City's paralysis during the historic 1947 snowstorm. Citizens abandon wheels, walk blocks through thigh high drifts, and seek late night reprieve in city lights and pubs as the metropolis halts under a miracle like fall of snow. History in the making, Yorkers claim, while the storm reminds them nature governs daily life.
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New York
Nature
City Hall
Manhattan
Peter Stuyvesant
Bowery
Times Square
Electric News
Bronx
Hollywood
Grecian Troops Break Guerrilla Siege at Konitsa
Government sources report a Greek relief column broke through guerrilla lines to enter Konitsa near the Albanian frontier. The assault aims to smash the rebel drive, with fighter planes targeting 66 millimeter guns and heavy bombardment reducing the besiegers. Guerrilla forces estimated at 4000 men held the area, with government casualties described as considerable.
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Athens
Konitsa
Communist
Markos Vifiades
Konitsa-Kalpaki
Battle ramps up in rugged Western Macedonia mountains
Artillery and heavy arms moved from Western Macedonia as fighting intensified in rugged mountain terrain. Bitter weather worsened operation conditions, hampering efforts and delaying advances in the contested area.
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Macedonia
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine G Shirley
Mrs. Catherine G Shirley 82 dies at daughter’s home near Shenandoah Junction funeral Thursday afternoon at Pine Grove Methodist Church Rev Roy Schmucker to officiate interment in family lot pallbearers Thurman Shirley Harry Shirley Lee Barrow James Long Triggs and William Dunkers. Survived by three daughters foster son Harold Mason 35 grandchildren 32 great grandchildren two sisters and a brother.
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Catherine G. Shirley
Hattie Turner
Shenandoah Junction
Kurtz
Pine Grove Methodist Church
Roy Schmucker
Thurman
Harry Shirley
Lee Barrow
James Long Triggs
William Dunkers
Shirley
Shockeysville
Frederick County
Daniel
Elizabeth Mason Luttrell
George Richard Shirley
Mrs E DeHaven Dies at 82 in Front Royal Area
Elizabeth E DeHaven 82 widow of Turner DeHaven died 7 45 p m yesterday at the home of Rev C B Larrick on Front Royal Road where she resided in recent months Born April 30 1865 in Frederick County she was the daughter of the late John and Emily Brannon DeHaven Her husband died in 1910 Surviving are four sons P A DeHaven Stephenson Hoy De Haven Frederick County Hillery DeHaven Silver Spring Md G M DeHaven Washington a sister Mrs Effie De Haven Cumberland Also 27 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren Partial services will be held Wednesday with friends meeting 2 p m at Omp's funeral home and proceeding to Pine Grove church for rites Burial will be beside her husband in Pine Grove Cemetery
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Elizabeth E. DeHaven
Turner DeHaven
C. B. Larrick
Front Royal Road
Frederick County
John
Emily Brannon DeHaven
County
Winchester Hospital
Pine Grove Methodist Church
P. A. DeHaven
Stephenson
Hoy DeHaven
Hillery DeHaven
Silver Springs
G. M. DeHaven
Washington
Effie DeHaven
Cumberland
Omp
Pine Grove
Scott Kenney Funeral Held for Shenandoah County Farmer
Funeral services were held this morning for Scott Ashby Kenney 71 a retired farmer from the Mt. Jackson area of Shenandoah County who died Saturday at a Woodstock hospital Survived by an adopted daughter Mrs Elizabeth Rickard of Middletown.
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Scott Ashby Kenney
Mt. Jackson
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Elizabeth Rickard
Middletown
USC May Develop Charging Defense For Rose Bowl
Pasadena December 29 USC and Michigan near final conditioning for New Year’s Day Rose Bowl. USC likely to employ a charging defense aimed at slowing Michigan’s sleight of hand plays and fullback Weisenburger. The Trojans hope bigger line weight helps bottle up sweeps and passes while facing Chappuis Elliott and Weisenburger in the Wolverines’ offense.
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Pasadena
California
Michigan
USC
Wolverines
Jack Weisenburger
Bob Chappuis
Elliott
Minnesota
Trojan
Fritz Crisler
Troy
Paul Cleary
Ernie Tolman
Johnny Ferraro
Jimy Bird
Yale Lights Stolen From Residence Saturday Night
Police investigate a theft of a 25 foot string of Christmas lights with 25 colored bulbs reported by Raymond Patton of 19 W James St. The lights were taken from in front of his house sometime Saturday night.
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Raymond Patton
W. James St
End of World Mining Gap Affects United States Output
The United States normally mines less than one third of global minerals, while global production struggles with a shifting balance as new demand accelerates. The article notes emerging markets and policy changes influencing extraction, trade, and energy implications worldwide.
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United States
Truman continues on page with officials’ wheat futures
The report lists local, state, and federal employees named by the Agriculture Department for positions in wheat futures during a September 1947 four day period on the Chicago Board of Trade. Names include Edwin W. Pauley, W. Edmund Baxter, Louis M. Dungan, and others, with details of long and short holdings and trades dated September 17 and 20.
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Department
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Pauley
Congressional Committee of Operations
Agriculture Department
Chicago Board of Trade
W. Edmund Baxter
War Assets Administration
Silver Spring
William D
M. Chandler
U. 8
Navy Department
Public Works Department
Marine Barracks
Quantico
Louis M. Dungan
Gilford Ave
Baltimore
W. A
C.a.eaton
Navy
Arling
Bott Funeral Set for 2:30 PM at Stover in Strasburg
Francis F. Bott, 59, formerly of Stephens City, died December 26 in Erie Pennsylvania. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 PM tomorrow at Stover Funeral Home Strasburg. Burial will follow in the family lot at Toms Brook with pallbearers Marshall Venablé Richard Venablé Claude Carper Willie Welsh Kenneth Staples and H R Mills.
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Stover
Strasburg
Francis F. Bott
Stephens City
Erie
Toms Brook
Marshall
Richard Venablé
Claude Carper
Willie Welsh
Kenneth Staples
H. R. Mills
For Sale Modern Bungalow Near Rt 522
Five room bungalow with bath furnace and garage three miles out on Route 522 priced at 8250. Contact Tommy D Lockhart at 109 North Loudoun Street or call 7470.
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Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
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Yale
Truman
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U. S. State Department
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F. F. Bott Funeral
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