Oldest and youngest Farm Bureau members gathered at Court House
The Farm Bureau program brought together John M. Newell 85 from Stephens City and J C Whitacre 19 from Gore with county presidents L H Messall of Frederick and Melvin J Pease of Whitacre. Over 100 farm men and women attended a wide ranging panel with Congressman Burr Harrison and VPI staff answering questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Court House
John M. Newell
Stephens City
L. H. Messall
Middletown
Frederick County
Melvin J. Pease
Whitacre
Frederick
Newell
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Gilbert Whitacre
Messall
C. W. Sollenberger
Woodstock
Harrison
Clark
Sollenberger
Cullen Johnson
Richmond
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Five highway crashes in area injure Alexandria woman
An Alexandria woman hospitalized after five highway accidents in the area. damages totaled over 4000 dollars. Incidents occurred on Route 12 near Double Toll Gate and Route 50 on the mountain near Paris, involving drivers from York Pennsylvania Gainesboro Intermont Capon Bridge and Arlington with injuries including a wife suffering broken ribs and an elbow injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
Wilson Sirbaugh
Forest Secrist
Intermont
W. Va
John Belford
Capon Bridge
Lawrence P. Coverstone
Plymouth
Oldsmobile
Sirbaugh
Ford
Secrist
Taylor
Nancy Lee Burch
Arlington
James Kincaid
Paris
Studebaker
Jesse McQuigan
Alexandria
McQuigan
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Cost Accountant position with advancement to assistant
Opening for a cost accountant capable of developing into an administrative assistant. Respond to Box 29 with the requested qualifications and code lp-2-4-3t. Offer expected pay around twenty nine cents per star as stated.
South End Fire Co Meets February 4 at 8 PM
The South End Fire Co. will hold its regular February meeting at the Company Hall on Monday February 4 at 8 pm. President Harry Albert Nelson urges all members to attend as important business matters will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Fire CO
Harry Albert Nelson
Weekend Traffic Fatalities Push State Total to 75
The Associated Press reports six more highway crash deaths in Virginia over the weekend raise the 1952 toll to 75, five more than a year earlier. State police list the victims: Pvt. William H. Boothe, 21, Corinne West Virginia. Mrs. Catherine Edie, 39, A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
William H. Boothe
Corinne
W. Va
Catherine Edie
Two Downtown Break-Ins Under Police Investigation
Local police are investigating two downtown break-ins from the weekend. At Thrift Auto Store on Loudoun Street a second story window was used to enter. a small amount of cash was taken. Snider’s Store on Cameron Street was entered via a coal chute with cigarettes and watches stolen. entry gained to a back room and rest area. Investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrift Auto Store
Loudoun St
J. Thomas Boyd
Chie
Snider
County boosts fox bounty amid rising rabies cases
At a Frederick County Board of Supervisors meeting the bounty on foxes was raised from $1 to $3 for heads and tails checked with the game warden or Joe's Auto Parts Store. The measure, effective February 1, targets gray and red foxes as rabies reports climb in Fauquier, Loudoun, and Warren counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Walter Bursey
Joe’s Auto Parts
Loudoun Street
C. N. Rosenberger
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Richmond
Virginia
Faquier
Loudoun
State Health Department
Fauquier
Warren
Armed Forces report shows white collar staff reach 521,441
A Senate briefing states the armed forces employ 521,441 white collar workers, up 24,884 from six months earlier in 1951. The figure reflects staffing in mid to late 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Funeral Services Scheduled Wednesday for Harold Ickes
Washington obituary notes Harold Ickes age 77 died at 6 25 p m in a coma after 11 weeks illness tied to arthritis. Former Interior Secretary under Roosevelt and critic of Truman, tributes recall a blunt wit and public service. Services set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at All Souls Church with Rev Palfrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
All Soul
Unitarian
Palfrey
Fairless Opposes Pay Hike for Steel Workers
Benjamin F. Fairless warned before a Wage Stabilization Board that a wage increase in steel could force higher taxes and prices, hurting government revenue and the economy. He argued current wages between 1.92 and 1.97 dollars per hour are high, and a general inflationary rise would not boost productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Fairless
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO
United Steelworkers
Body Found In Ashes Of Clarke County Cottage
Police investigate a cottage fire on Hunter DeButts property near White Horse Rock on Route 50 in Clarke County. Remains of a human body were found in the ruins. Sheriff Smallwood State Police investigators and Fire Marshals are on the case with Dr Mann examining the body. The cottage was unoccupied and the property is cared for by M E Ayler.
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Polcie
Hunter DeButts
Upperville
Shenandoah River
White Horse Rock
W. W. Smallwood
Clarke County
F. L. Woolf
J. R. Wilson
James H. Wood, Jr
Mann
M. E. Ayler
Imyre Promoted to District Commercial Manager for Potomac Edison
Ronald L. Imyre of 147 Montague Avenue is named District Commercial Manager for Potomac Edison System in Frederick Maryland replacing Robert F.E. Miller who becomes District Manager for PE in Hagerstown Md. Smyre, longtime Winchester resident and civic volunteer, retires from post with no replacement named locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald L. Imyre
Montague Avenue
Northern Virginia Power Company
Imyre
Frederick, Md
Robert FE. Miller
Hagerstown
Smyre
Winchester
Utility Company
PE Commercial
Romney
W. Va
U.S. Armed Forces
Kiwanis Club
Grace Lutheran Church Council
Salvation Army
American Girl Found Safe After Abduction in Germany
FRANKFURT Germany Pretty Mamie Ruth Shelton the first American girl kidnapped in postwar Germany was threatened with death by a gunman in U S uniform before he abandoned her in a stolen car on a country road She said her abductor fled with her for an hour through snowy countryside after forcing out her two soldier escorts at pistol point Brandishing a 45 automatic he warned her don t move out of this car or you ll die then vanished on foot Two military police corporals rescued her at Niederdorfelden about 20 miles from the Frankfurt suburb where she was seized at 7 30 p m yesterday Her stepfather Master Set F B Burns said she was perfectly all right and brought her back to her mother in Frankfurt after she rested at the Army medical dispensary at Hanau Thousands of U S military police and German police continued the manhunt The kidnapper was said to have claimed he escaped from a military stockade at Mannheim but officers denied any prisoner was missing Burns said she was not physically harmed though exhausted The two MPs who found her were Edward Costy and Arlan Bilyeu.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Ruth Shelton
U. S
Niederdorffelden
Fechenheim
F. B. Burns
Hot Springs
Army
Hanau
West Germany
Manheim
Burns
Harbaugh to Head Festival Publicity
Ellis E Harbaugh named Director of Publicity and Promotion for the 1952 Enandoah Apple Blossom Festival by H B McCormac Jr. He directs a large staff to publicize the festival s attractions and Winchester s historic lure Harbaugh a Marylander from Frederick County is Coca Cola Bottling manager and longtime civic leader in Winchester
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis E. Harbaugh
Enandoah
H. B. McCormac, Jr
Harbaugh
Winchester
Frederick County
Lovett Says U S. Has Superior Fighters to MIGs
Secretary of Defense Lovett testified that the United States now has better fighter aircraft than Russian MIGs though it will take years to match Soviet production. He defended the proposed 1952 budget of 52.1 billion as a rock bottom figure and said emphasis is on economy while maintaining accelerated defense programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Secretary of Defense
Washington
Lovett
United States
O'Mahoney
Senate Appropriations
Senate House Economic Counp
Queslenger Lovett
Deepartment
Occan Departaent
Armistice progress reported in Korea talks
United Nations Command said talks bring Allies and Communists closer to an armistice with hopes rising on immediate negotiations. Brig. Gen. Nuckols noted progress while staff officers work on truce supervision and prisoner exchange. Plenary talks on agenda item five set for Panmunjom Wednesday, first session since December 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
William P. Nuckols
U. N
Adm
R. E. Libby
Panmunjom
Kefauver Confident of Victory If Truman Runs
Senator Kefauver said he could win the Democratic nomination even if President Truman seeks re election but would not accept a vice presidential offer. He doubts Truman wants the job again. Aiken suggested Truman quit the primary to avoid Kefauver’s challenge. Maybank avoided pledging support if Truman is the nominee. McKinney urged keeping Truman on the New Hampshire ballot amid California harmony talks.
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Kefauver
D-Tenn
Truman
CBS
Aiken
R-Vi
New Hampshire
Maybank
D-Sc
Russell
D-Ga
Frank McKinney
California
Cumberland Fire Rages Through Downtown Building
A major Cumberland blaze destroyed a downtown building on Baltimore Street near Potomac Electric Power and Maurice's Department Store after nearly two hours of flames. Fire crews then halted the spread eastward and dampened the fire by water and smoke damage. No damage estimate was immediately available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Baltimore Street
Potomac Electric Power Company
Maurice's
Three Storms Converge and Winds Batter Coast to Inland
Three storms converged over the weekend bringing rain and gusts across the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and eastern states. A Utah blizzard stalled vehicles and caused three deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning. Red dust from drought plains blew across Texas and eastern states. The Atlantic coast faced high winds and a freighter grounding off Hatteras North Carolina. Temperature remained above normal nationwide.
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New England
Central Rockies
Texas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Ohio
Great Lakes
North Atlantic
Colton
Utah
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Louisville
Rainfall in February Surpasses 39 Year Average at Winchester
The Winchester Research Laboratory reports 1.11 inches of rain from 7 am Saturday to 7 am today. February’s 39 year average is 1.99 inches, and January rainfall totaled 3.58 inches versus a 2.45 inch mean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Winchester
Clarke Students Prepare for Model Election at High School
Clarke County High School students will register tomorrow for a model election run by two civics classes. Miss Eva Massey leads the Free Youth Party and Miley leads the Student Progressive Party. Edward Williams and Edward Lee will address students before registration and voting to follow in magisterial districts. A parade at 7 p.m. Friday marches from Berryville depot to the high school with units from The Recon Troop of the 29th Division participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shenk
Clarke County Junior Woman's
Cllb
Clarke County High School
Dc. E. Miley, Jr
Free Youth Party
Eva Massey
Student Progressive Party
Miley
Berryville
Clarke County
Edward McC. Williams
Edward B. Lee
Board of Supervisors
Shenk
Camille Wisecarver
Andrew LeVelle
Old California Guard Unit In Action in Korea
The 40th Division of California’s National Guard, newly arrived in Korea, engaged in its first specific clash on the central Korean front east of Kumsong. The hourlong patrol fight occurred amid extreme cold as jet and ground actions continued with Allied forces reporting 54 destroyed or damaged Communist vehicles and air combat over northeast Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beoul
Korea
40Th
California
National Guard
Kumsong
Eighth Army
North East Korea
Fifth Air Force
Haeju Sun- Gor
Golden Glow
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Clarence White
York
C. D. Taylor
Clearbrook
Paul Edward Clark
Robert Lee Davis
Gainesboro
The
Associated Press
W.B Snider
N. Cameron St
Lester Shickle
James Claycomb
Harold Ickes
U.S. Steel
Clarke
P. E. District
RUGS
Barr
Studio Photo Works, Inc
Apple
American Red Cross
Winchester Recreation Council
Defense Secretary
U.N
Atlantic
Hatteras, N. C
Old California Guard
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