One Killed and Six Injured In Weekend Road Accidents
An 18 year old Handley High School student was killed and six others hospitalized after a series of weekend highway crashes in the city and county. John Gilbert Butler died in a head on collision on Martinsburg Pike near West Virginia. James T. Ruble survived with a broken leg and was treated at Winchester Hospital before transfer to the Martinsburg VA facility. Passengers Daniel Rush and Douglas Braithwaite also hospitalized with facial injuries. Braithwaite on leave from Newton D. Baker Hospital. Other injured include Delbert Carter Shiver under observation, Mrs. Amy Deary with a fractured leg and severe facial cuts, and Chard L. Crisman with broken forearm bones. Crisman was driving a 1949 9 howl that struck a tree. Mrs. Deary was a Crisman passenger. Shiver’s 1946 Dodge was involved in a separate crash on Ellwood Ave with Asbury Triplett charged with reckless driving. case set for Monday.
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Handley High School
Martinsburg Pike
West Virginia
John Gilbert Butler
Clarence Butler
N. Braddock St
J. H. Wood
Butler
James T. Ruble
Bunker Hill
Ruble
Winchester Hospital
Martinsburg
Daniel Rush
W. North Ave
Douglas Braithwaite
Woodstock Lane
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Rush
Delbert Carter Shiver
Price Construction Co
Amy Deary
R. 1
Winchester
Chard L. Crisman
Loudoun
Crisman
James Kincaid
C. E. Ber
Deary
Card
Shiver
Illwood Ave
Asbury Cleveland Plett Jr
Triplett
C. Ritter
Ritter
Apple Blossom Festival Queen Nominations Promising
Chester residents show strong interest in selecting a queen for this year s Apple Blossom Festival. The Queen Committee studies the nominations and aims to decide soon. Notices also mention Russia Japan and US relations phrased in cautious terms. Wood for sale advertised by A C Oates Lumber Yard with contact phone. Notice of meetings and refreshments scheduled by HH M Layman president.
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Chester
Russia
United
Moscow
Emperor
State Department
Tdeo
A. C. Oates Lumber Yard
Byrd and Carter Cut Bond Costs to Save Taxpayers
Virginia lawmakers Sen Harry F. Byrd Jr and Sen Curry Carter secured bond premium reductions after audit review, with bonding firms agreeing to cut rates. The finance bill would lower county treasurer bond requirements, saving taxpayers over 100000 dollars each biennium as cited by the State Auditor.
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Byrd, Jr
Richmond
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester
Curry Carter
Staunton
Byrd
Carter
Auditor of Public Accounts
Senate Finance Committee
Senator Byrd
Frederick County
Harry L. McCann
Auditor of
Boy Scout Week Marked 40th Anniversary Observance
Boy Scout Week to be observed from today through Sunday marking the 40th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America in Winchester. The article recounts early troop leaders, wartime service, and the Shenandoah Area Council’s formation in 1928 with Winchester as its headquarters.
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Boy Scouts of America
Winchester
Robert T. Barton
Mir. L. Marshall Baker
W D. Smith
Christ Episcopal Church
Richard Jolliffe
Eugene B. Cooper
Editor claims Soviet H bomb test already made
London reporting says 40 year old Kenneth de Courcy, editor of Intelligence Digest, asserts Russia has built and exploded a hydrogen bomb. He cites sources on both sides of the Iron Curtain but offers no date or location for the test. He predicts further blasts from March 3 at a site near latitude 40 20 N and longitude 80 10 E.
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London
Soviet Union
Kenneth de Courcy
Russia
de Courcy
Truman
Asiatic Republic
Kazakh
Sinkiang
Search resumes for missing Norfolk man Frank Craft
Air and boat search in Mill Dam Creek near Munden Point Bridge locates Frank Craft 25 of Norfolk missing since Saturday during a fishing trip in Princess Anne County.
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Virginia Beach
Princess Anne County
Frank Craft
Norfolk
Mill Dam Creek
Munden Point Bridge
Shanghai Bombed as Teen Nationalists Hit City
Four teen Nationalist bombers pounded Shanghai in the heaviest air raid of the month as Formosa reports the strike. the attack marks a high for ongoing hostilities and evokes alarm in regional capitals.
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Shanghai
Taipei
Formosa
Virginia delegate introduces civil rights bills in Richmond
Delegate Armistead Boothe of Alexandria introduces two civil rights bills in Richmond. One repeals laws mandating racial segregation on public transportation, the other creates a Virginia race relations commission. Co patrons include Dodson Cochran Rutherfoord and Daniel. Boothe says the measures aim to reduce legal inequalities and prove state resolve, noting minimal practical disruption but vast benefit for African Americans.
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Richmond
Armistead Boothe
Alexandria
Virginia Race Relations Commission
E. Griffith Dodson, Jr
Roanoke
George M. Cochran
Staunton
Julian H. Rutherfoord
John H. Daniel
Charlotte
Boothe
Virginia
Will Speak At Rouss Fire Co Banquet
Calvin Dean Johnson former congressman from Illinois now general contractor and president of Midwest Sales and Service Corp Washington will be guest speaker 6 30 p m Monday at the annual Charlie Rouss Co banquet More than 400 people expected to attend with toastmaster Daniel Leatherman purchasing agent for National Fruit Product Co The banquet marks the 53rd observance honoring Charles Broadway Rouss and Marvin D Weaver headed the committee Johnson born November 22 1898 in Kentucky served in Illinois local offices before Congress in 1943 44 and is a member of several fraternal organizations
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Calvin Dean Johnson
Illinois
Midwest Sales and Service Corp
Washington
Charlie Rouss Co
C. Douglas Brown
Daniel £. Leatherman
Tennyson
Marvin D. Weaver
Johnson
H. F. Byrd Jr
Burr P. Harrison
Robert Whitten
Marshall Farmer
Fordsville
Jamestown
Carolinas
Kentucky
Ohio River
St. Clair County
School Board
Board of Supervisors
Illinois General Assembly
Congress
The
Moose, Eagles and
Old Fellows
Masonic Fraternity
And
Lions International
Virginia Toll Rises With Weekend Highway Deaths
The weekend saw seven Virginia traffic fatalities and today’s death brings the 1950 toll to 89. Victims include Gene Rednan 22 of Walnut Cove North Carolina and Margine Lee Branch 42 of Patrick Springs among others in counties from Martinsville to Goochland.
Telephone Strike May Be Postponed Says a Spokesman
A CIO Communications Workers of America spokesman said a nationwide Bell Telephone strike could be postponed if federal mediators gain concessions. The strike, set for 6 am Wednesday, could affect more than 300000 workers across 43 states in the Western Electric and AT&T system amid wage, hours, pensions, and training disputes.
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New York
Ernest Weaver
CIO Communications Workers of America
Weaver
Bell Telephone System
Western Electric Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cyrus Ching
William N. Margolis
Mediation
Margolis
Ching
Federal Bureau
Washington
A. T. and
Bell System
Western Electric Co
Joseph A. Beirne
Businessmen Held In Girl's Death
Prestonsburg Kentucky police held silence on findings leading to the indictment of two businessmen in the death of 17 year old Muriel Baldridge. E K Dotson 45 former taxi operator and Lon Moses 60 school board member were charged after Dotson surrendered and provided details. The victim’s body was found June 28 on the Big Sandy River bank and a coroner ruled bludgeoning during an assault. A preliminary hearing before Circuit Judge Edward P Hill is expected within days.
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Prestonsburg
Muriel Baldridge
E. K. Dotson
Dotson
Elson Kendrick
Ohio
Lon Moles
Coal For Two Weeks WASHINGTON Railroads estimate reserve duration
The Association of American Railroads estimated that the major railroads hold coal and other reserves enough to last about 148 days on average. This figure reflects current stockpiles and supply levels across the industry amid ongoing energy concerns.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Inquiry Board to Report to President In a Week
A nationwide soft coal strike expands with about 360000 miners idle or not working in key states. UMW leaders claim 60000 locals in Southwest Virginia voted to strike while Truman invokes Taft Hartley to set up a board to report in a week.
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Virginia
United Mine Workers
UMW District 28
William F. Minton
Norton
Minton
District 28
West Virginia
Tazewell County
George H. Esser
Virginia Coal Operators Assn
VCOA
Norfolk and Western Railway
Clinchfield Railroad
Clinchfield
Ruth Elkhorn Coals, Inc
Steinman
Dickenson County
Kemmerer-Gem Coal Co
St. Charles
John L. Lewis
Pennington Gap
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Utah
Tennessee
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UMW
Alabama
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
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Colorado
Kansas
Arkansas
Dave Fowler
Washington
Truman
David L. Cole
Paterson
N. J. Ja
William Sharon
John Dunlop
Posen
Charles G. Ross
Would-Be Mercy Killer Shoots Self in Richmond
Mrs Rose Appich Stoler, 60, in critical condition with two chest wounds after her husband Charles Stoler, 60, a Richmond jeweler, shot her at her bedside and then killed himself. She said he whispered he would "put you out of your troubles" before firing twice.
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Richmond
Rose Appich Stoler
Charles 8. Stoler
Parole Granted to William Dudley Pelley Founder of Silver Shirts
The U S parole board approved parole for William Dudley Pelley the founder and former head of the Silver Shirts of America after his sedition conviction in World War II.
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Washington
U. S. Parole Board
William Dudley Pelley
The
Silver Shirts of America
Petersburg Hopewell Gas Firm Ends Labor Dispute
Governor Battle announced a labor contract signed today between the Petersburg Hopewell Gas Company and its employees ending the dispute. The settlement sets terms for wages benefits and working conditions at the utility serving the Petersburg Hopewell area.
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Richmond
Battle
Petersburg-Hopewell Gas Company
Gambling Boss Mickey Cohen Home Hit by Bomb Blast
In Los Angeles an explosion wrecked Mickey Cohen’s home before dawn, damaging the residence and shattering windows and the front door. Cohen, his wife, and a maid were unhurt, while police and neighbors described the blast as powerful. Cohen leads Southern California gambling rings and has survived prior attacks.
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Mickey Cohen
Los Angeles
Mickey
Cohen
Kathryn Jones
West Los Angeles
Miss Jones
Lee
Southern California
Sherry
Sunset Strip
Neddie Herbert
Senator Demands Search in America For Fuchs Contacts
Senator Bridges demands a nationwide probe for American contacts of Klaus Fuchs and says FBI Director Hoover will be questioned by a proper committee. A source familiar with atomic developments hints that other individuals may be involved and notes wartime documents have gone missing for years.
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Washington
Bridges
Klaus
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Tomorow
Fuchs
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