Doctor's Hearing Set for Saturday in Virginia
Dr. Ralph A. Shafer faces a State Board of Medical Examiners hearing in Richmond to determine whether his medical license should be revoked. Charges allege unprofessional acts and unlawful sale of morphine sulphate in 1949 with a guilty plea and $4000 fines, delaying further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. Shafer
Richmond
State Board of Medical Examiners
K. D. Graves
Roanoke
Shafer
District Court of the United States
Harrisonburg
Secretary of the Treasury
The
United States
U S envoy Says China and USSR Back Hanoi Guerrillas
Philip C. Jessup, the U S roving ambassador, said China and the Soviet Union appear ready to provide material aid and troops to the Moscow trained Ho Chi Minh guerrilla regime in Indochina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Philip C. Jessup
U. S
China
Soviet Union
Indochina
Local Boy Scout Council Sees Growth and New Units
The Boy Scout council lists leaders Stanley Mate Herbert Wilkins and Basil Starkey with Starkey serving as executive post World War II. John S. Moore and William Baylor Jr. are new field men. Membership rose from 596 in 1943 to 1026 Boy Scouts in 52 troops and 171 Cub Scouts in seven packs by end of 1949, with four districts and Rock Enon Camp bought in 1944. About 40 new units are planned this year, aiming for 2000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Mate
Herbert Wilkins
Basil Starkey
Starkey
John S. Moore
William Baylor Jr
Rock Enon
One Killed at C F Galladay Service Station
Fire at the C F Galladay Service Station occurred with no one in front. Estimated damage above 300 dollars to the station, about 250 dollars per damaged vehicle. Marie Henry of Winchester was slightly injured in the Triplett car. George W Alumbaugh of the National Naval Medical School and the driver were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Galladay
Marie Henry
Winchester
George W. Alumbaugh
National Naval Medical School
Bethesda
Young Butler
Nancy Lee Butler
Martinsburg
Hudson
Ford
West German Officials Reprimanded by McCloy in Stuttgart
In Stuttgart US high commissioner John J. McCloy sharply reprimanded West German officials for criticizing Western allies and outlined a program ruling out an army or air force. He stressed US aims to aid political recovery while maintaining control of occupied Germany’s affairs. He urged Germans to focus on internal issues and warned against foreign entanglements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgart
Germany
John J. McCloy
United States
McCloy
Washington
France
Saarland
Five Die in Hotel Fire at Eureka Montana
A pre dawn blaze swept a three story frame hotel in Eureka killing five people. Victims include Browning High School basketball players John Powell and Delano Grayson and Eureka residents Charles Cameron William Peterson and Ed La France. The Montana hotel housed the post office bar five apartments and the town's only telephone. Authorities cite an oil burner explosion as the cause.
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Eureka
Mont
John Powell
Delano Grayson
Browning
Charles Cameron
William Peterson
Great Northern Railway
Ed la France
The
Montana
Collision on Rt. 11 injures Mauck and Grim
In Pick County a 1936 Chevrolet driven by Willie Dodson of Winchester collided while entering Rt. 11 from Cedar Creek Grade. The Dodson car struck a parked vehicle owned by Raymond Walker of Winchester. Mauck and Grim sustained minor injuries and required no hospitalization.
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Place Brothers
Valley Pike
Charles Mauck
Robert Grim
Freder
Ick County
Willie Dodson
RFD
Winchester
Dodson
Pike
Raymond Walker
Rt. 11
Cedar Creek
Mauck
Grim
Legionnaires Attend 7th District Midwinter Conference
More than 100 Legionnaires and auxiliary members attended the 7th District Midwinter Conference in Berryville. Charles A. Kessler urged opposition to certain Hoover Report provisions and championed a living memorial building in Richmond. Delegates endorsed bills for the memorial and discussed VA restructuring while honoring veterans and youth inspiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Charles A. Kessler
Hoover
Legion
General Assembly
Richmond
Hoover Commission
Veterans Administration
Walter Greene
Thomas Lipscomb
Sam Crawford
George Trimble
Charlie Kessler
James Creasy
Homer Thomas
Ted Mathews
Ray Shiflett
Fred Morgan
James Flynn
J. E. Wilson
Harry Breckenridge
Vera Bryant
Lara Akers
Madeline Godsey
Philip Fowle
Winchester
Bessie Richardson
Amherst
Buena Vista
Dayton
Edinburg
Harrisonburg
Lexington
Luray
Madison Heights
Sperryville
Staunton
Waynesboro
Front Royal
Williams
Philp Fowle
World War II Labor Split Across Roles
At the peak of World War II, 63 million Americans were employed, with 34 million in civilian production and 29 million in military service or war industries. The figures highlight a massive mobilization across civilian and military sectors during the conflict.
Landlord Held For Murder In Rent Dispute
James H. Horton 51 year old landlord is held on murder charges after a Saturday shooting that killed Thomas J. Warf 75 in Easthead. Horton says Warf reached for a pistol and Horton fired twice with a .38 caliber pistol. Warf died at a Richlands hospital.
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Tazewell
James H. Horton
Thomas J. Warf
Commonwealth
W. A. Royall
Horton
Warf
Easthead
Royall
Richlands
Jenkins
W. Va
Tazewell County
Search Continues For Missing Air Force Plane
Edmonton reports crews press on as weather improves to aid the search for an Air Force C-54 that disappeared January 26 with 44 aboard. A B-29 bomber detected an SOS signal north of Spokane while a B-77 from Great Falls picked up signals. signals from Alaska to the U S Canada border remain unlinked. Distress calls yesterday were traced to Denmark.
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Edmonton
Alta
Air Force
Great Falls
Mont
Spokane
Alaska
U. S.-Canada
Denmark
Six Marines Hurt In Auto Accident Near Aberdeen
Six Marines from Camp Lejeune N C were injured when their car crashed into a bridge on U S near Aberdeen Maryland late yesterday A navy press report said two cars which stopped to aid the wounded were struck by another vehicle One Marine Pfc Frank Sefick 20 was admitted with a possible skull fracture others named include Pvt George Woodhull 23 Cpl Glenn Kastoff 19 Pfc George Voetter 20 Pfc Ernest Cline 20 and Pfc Frank Setter 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Slaughter
Philip Slaughter
Gray Pollard
Frank Ebersole
Loring Burkhart
William Bixby
Paul Hillyard
John M. Williams
Frederick County
Warren County
Russell H. Willis
Pelham Manor
N. Y
Cedarville
Harry F. Hiett
Capon Bridge
National Ave
Fairview
Paul B. Moller
Washington
Hiett
Studebaker
Capon Bridge Motor Co
Winifred Maxwell Brown
Hietz
Aberdeen
Camp Lejeune
N. C
U.S
Aberdeen Proving Ground Hospital
Frank Sefick
Sne
Pvt
George Woodhull
Cpl
Glenn Kastoff
George Voetter
Ernest Cline
Frank Setter
GOP Draft Platform Signals Critique of Truman Policy
Republican drafters produced a 2000 word platform ready for GOP committee action. The foreign policy section criticizes Administration decisions and accuses it of Communist infiltration in high offices. Governor Langlie pushes a contrast between the "all-powerful state" and individual liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
GOP
Guy G. Gabrielson
Asia
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Gabrielson
Truman
Arthur B. Langlie
Kinglie
Editor Dies at 72 in Biloxi Veterans Hospital
Colonel Richard Foulke Beirne founder and for 28 years publisher and editor of the Covington Virginia Virginian died in the Biloxi Veterans Hospital. He had been ill since December 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
Richard Foulke Beirne
Covington, Va
Veterans Hospital
Snow Plows and Bulldozers Reach Isolated Montana Areas
Snow plows and bulldozers push through west and north Montana to reach thousands of isolated ranchers and reservation Indians along a 500 mile front from Glacier National Park to the North Dakota line. State and federal crews plus county and reservation crews. Weather above freezing allowed progress. three counties Glacier Phillips and Valley report conditions still critical. Livestock losses are uncounted and rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Montana
Glacier National Park
North Dakota
John W. Bonner
Glacier
Phillips
Valley
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The quotation argues that current practices should not be changed by the bill, claiming passage will lift a burden from one fifth of citizens and that effects differ greatly between white and colored people.
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Omps Funeral Home
Clearbrook
John Troxell
Miss Butler
Handley High School
Cork Street Christian Church
Rouss Fire Company
Mary’ Catherine Peer
Saumsville
Paul Drumheller
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Bendix
Miller
Anderson
E. Boscawen St
James F. Byrnes
Charles Kessler
Shoe Center
Valentine
Iit
INC
California
Redwood
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S. Loudoun
Trosnyder
South Main St
Florist
Winchester Furniture CO
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