King George VI Returns Body To London For Last Homage
Thousands line London streets as King George VI arrives in the capital for three days of homage. The coffin, crowned and on a gun carriage, travels from Sandringham to Westminster Hall amid rain and mourners. Queen Elizabeth II and royal family members accompany or follow, with Windsor burial planned Friday.
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Associated Press
London
George VI
England
Westminster Hall
Sandrincham
King’s Cross
Westminster
Elizabeth II
Sandringham
Windsor
Elizabeth
Margaret
Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Gloucester
Buckingham Palace
Dukes of Edinburgh
Qloucester
St. Mary Magdalene
Royal Household
Post Office Cadet Marks Anniversary in Philatelic Event
The Bicentennial Commission announces a special two hundredth anniversary cover with official insignia in four colors. Winchester post office will issue a Bicentennial cancellation reading Bicentennial 1752 1952 Winchester Va with a first day on Feb 22, opening day of the city year long celebration. A rubber stamp cachet and related materials are prepared for collectors as mail from enthusiasts begins arriving. Dr William P McGuire chairs the commission and notices go to philatelic outlets nationwide.
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Philately
Bicentennial Commission
Winchester
William P. McGuire
Jet Ace Davis Shot Down Over Korea After Last Air Battle
Maj. George AO Davis Jr an American jet ace was shot down over Korea's Mig Alley likely killed after downing two more MiG 15s in his final air engagement His record includes 21 confirmed kills 11 MiGs and seven WWII planes His plane reportedly crashed and no parachute was seen Air Force notes his status as missing in action pending confirmation
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Tokyo
George AO Davis
America
Korea
Far East Air Forces
Davis
Air Force
Far East
William W. Littlefield
Louis
Washington Woman Killed In Saturday Crash at Vaucluse
Dorothy McClintock Chaplin of Washington DC died in a two car crash on U S Route 11 three miles south of Stephens City at Vaucluse around 10:20 p m Saturday. Ira Franklin Nesselrodt of Winchester was hospitalized with a leg injury. Five other people were treated for injuries as weekend accidents caused about $3000 in damages.
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Dorothy McClintock Chaplin
Robert Chaplin
Southern Avenue
N. W
Washington, D. C
Stephens City
Vaucluse
Chaplin
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ira Franklin Nesselrodt
Winchester
James Kincaid
Nesselrodt
Edward O. Holtzman
Jones Funeral Home
Charlotte
N. C
James McClintock
Robert, Jr. Latimer
Ray
Four Frederick Girls Among 4-H Winners
Frederick County 4-H area winners in Northern Virginia Area Con tests at James Wood High School include Roxanne Rogers in clothing, Nancy Duckworth in bread baking, Peggy Tobin and Peggy Elliott in baking team, and Ruth Snapp in canning. Other area winners are Eleanor Costello, Ann LeGard, Nancy Litton, Jamice Buck, Mary Bodmer, Ann Skinner, Molly Bradshaw, and Betty Williams with representatives from Loudoun Clarke and Warren, Shenandoah counties. district competition to follow.
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Frederick County
Northern Virginia
James Wood High School
Roxanne Rogers
Nancy Duckworth
Peggy Tobin
Peggy Elliott
Ruth Snapp
Frederick
Warren
Loudoun
Clarke
Shenandoah
Loudoun County
Eleanor Costello
Ann le Gard
Nancy Litton
Jamice Buck
Mary Bodmer
Ann Skinner
Molly Bradshaw
Betty Williams
Clarke County
Barbara Grove
Style Revue
Warren County
Lucy Bur
Runaway Auto Wrecks Tar Wagon in City Street
At 10:30 this morning a 1948 DeSoto owned by Martha O and William Lohr left its spot near Fairfax Lane and Fisher's Alley, rolled backward into a city tar wagon towed by a 1941 International truck driven by Clark Haines, causing the wagon to overturn and spill 65 gallons of tar. The car sustained minor damage. city equipment must be repaired after cleanup. Police did not estimate tar loss.
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DeSoto
Martha O
William Wilson Lohr
Route 1
Lohr
Fairfax Lane
Fisher's Alley
International
Clark Haines
Ralph Pifer Dies At Riverside Cabin
Ralph Pifer 55 prominent Winchester businessman and printer dies at his Riverside cabin on the Cacapon River after a year of ill health. Survived by wife Edith Massey two daughters Mrs Upton Snider and Mrs William Duncan sister Virginia Pifer brother Maurice Pifer. funeral Tuesday 2:30 from Kurtz Funeral Home with burial Mt Hebron Cemetery. He was Elks Past Exalted Ruler Retail Merchants' Assoc Izaak Walton League Kiwanis Virginia Printers' Association and Charley Rouss Fire Co member.
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William Ralph Pifer
Winchester
Cacapon River
Frederick County
Clarence B
Minnie Snapp Pifer
Edith Massey
Upton L. Snider
William Duncan
Virginia Pifer
Maurice Pifer
Clarke Pifer
FE C Yost
E. T. Snider
J. Victor Arthur
Charles B. Snider
Joseph Prickett
William Coffman
Howard Cahill
Orville C. Wine
Truman asks two year extension of wage price controls
President Truman urged Congress to extend price and wage controls for two years, keeping them in force until mid-1954, and called for repeal of Capehart Herland and Butler Hope amendments while restoring consumer and real estate credit regulation. He argued policy must lower prices as productivity rises and production grows.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senator Capehart
R-Ind
Rep
Herlong
D-Fla
Korea
Butler
Neb
Hope
Kan
Anti-Masking Bill in Virginia Senate Aims at Klan
Virginia Senate introduces an anti masking bill backed by Governor Battle to curb Klan revival. It bans concealing masks in public for those over 16 with exemptions for holidays costumes and theatrical makeup. Penalties range from imprisonment up to five years to possible misdemeanor with a year jail.
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Richmond
Ku Klux Klan
Virginia Senate
Virginia
Battle
Assembly
James Hendricks
Tallahassee
Fla
A. E
Stephens
Isle of Wight County
Senate
Mid-Winter Electrical Storm Rouses Winchester Area
A sudden unusual electrical storm woke several residents in the Winchester area around 4 AM. Strong thunder and lightning accompanied wind and rain for several minutes. Winchester Research Laboratory logged rainfall of .07 inch.
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Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
Weekend of four fires keeps local volunteers busy
Firefighters answered four calls over the weekend including a three alarm blaze at a Roy Arnold trailer off Route 50 four miles west of town. The trailer burned completely with the family away and reportedly uninsured. Additional fires struck a Virginia Restaurant stove wiring on E Piccadilly St and a chair fire at 25 Gibbons St. while a Fort Loudoun Apartments furnace fire produced only smoke and minor damage.
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Roy Arnold
Wardensville
Route 50
Winchester Companies
Clearbrook
Virginia
E. Piccadilly St
Arthur Honesty
Gibbons St
Fort Loudoun
Cecil Painter
Painter
Farm Credit Meetings Draw 300 Attendees at Winchester
More than 300 members and guests of Shenandoah Production Credit Association and National Farm Loan Association of Winchester attended a joint annual stockholders meeting at James Wood High School. George R. Heidrich presided. reports highlighted growth in production credit membership and plans to become fully farmer owned. Directors’ elections were held for both associations and reserves increased with over 212 million dollars of paper processed in 1951.
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Shenandoah Production Credit Association
National Farm Loan Association of Winchester
James Wood High School
George R. Heidrich
Charles Town
W. Va
National Farm Loan Association
Walker McC. Bond
D. W. Burruss
Production Credit Association
Julian A. Everly
R. B. Fisher
Frederick County
Lewis H. Myers
Raymond
Balenger
Berkeley County
G. Louis Stickley
Shenandoah County
Sabath proposes narcotics bill striking at sources of supply
Washington reports Rep. Sabath proposes a bill aimed at suppliers rather than peddlers. It would hold ship owners banks and insurers responsible for illicit cargoes with heavy penalties including early business closure. The plan seeks to halt aid and trade privileges with noncompliant nations.
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Sabath
Washington
Rep. Sabath
United States
Fiery Nightmare Tale From National Airlines Crash
Nancy Taylor, 22, a stewardess from Coral Gables Florida, described the Newark New Jersey crash of a National Airlines plane in vivid terms. She recalled engine failure, a rapid fall of hundreds of feet, screams, and flames as passengers struggled to escape amid wreckage and burning debris.
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Nancy Taylor
Coral Gables
Fla
National Airlines
Miss Taylor
Newark
National
Tose
New York City
Flize Abeth
American Airlines
W. G. Foster
Foster
Winter War Game Enters Third Day With Seven Dead
CAMP DRUM New York Army Air Force winter war game enters its third day with seven deaths and 19 serious injuries. A C 46 transport crash killed four crewmen and five others were seriously hurt. A truck train collision caused one death and five injuries at a crossing. Almost 2 500 men jumped in yesterdays operation, with overall casualty rate under one percent.
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Camp Drum
N. Y
Army
Air Force
Wheeler-Sack Airfield
Rade
Sakers In Group Before Assembly
Eugene P. Sakers of the Winchest er Chamber of Commerce joined a state delegation in Richmond to press for higher state travel publicity funding. They urged raising travel advertising appropriations from 147000 to 300000 per year.
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Eugene P. Sakers
Winchwster Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
Assembly
Virginia Travel Council
Virginia
Cottage Fire Body Now Thought to Be Front Royal Woman
Clarke County officers investigate a badly charred cottage body found February 2 near the Shenandoah River south of Route 50. They identify the likely victim as Bettie Lee Wood of Front Royal, wife of Fort Myer soldier Elmer H. Wood, who last saw her February 1. Dr. Godfrey Mann will complete the autopsy and lab reports on clothing and evidence to aid identification.
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Berryville
W. W. Smallwood, Jr
Clarke County
Bettie Lee Wood
Prospect Street
Front Royal
Wood
Elmer H. Wood
Fort Myer
Set. Wood
Route 50
Shenandoah River
Godfrey Mann
Airliner Crashes Into Elizabeth Apartment House
A National Airlines DC-6 crashed into a four story apartment building in Elizabeth New Jersey killing at least four residents and 28 aboard with many injured. The disaster followed two prior city crashes in less than two months, raising Newark area air traffic disruptions and a toll that may reach 42 dead.
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Elizabeth
N. J
National Airlines
Newark Airport
James T. Kirk
Idlewild
la Guardia
New York City
Philadelphia
Edward Byers Still Cuts Hair at Ten Cents a Half
In Bedford Pennsylvania Daniel N Byers at 83 years old runs a barber shop where he began 69 years ago and still charges ten cents per half cut. He says there is no reason to raise prices and remains devoted to his trade despite inflation fears in local memory.
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Bedford
Theres & Barber
Pennsylvania
Woodward
Daniel N. Byers
Byer
Byers
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Far! Dodson
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Winchester News
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Mee
Sam's
Ralph Pifer
Riverside
James Wood
Winchester Steak House
ARP
Allation Corrigan Rug CO
Margaret L. Hodgson
N.J
Farm Credit
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Anslinger
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Sakers
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Kerman
Zabol
Mohammed Mosalegh
Radio Tehran
Election Board
Ali Nagi Kowsar
Naami Irani
Mossadegh
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