Young Grimes boy in critical condition after truck accident
James Smelser, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Smelser of Grimes, was critically injured yesterday when a tire storage incident at Valley Tire Service Clearbrook caused him to be rushed to Manchester Memorial Hospital. Eyewitness accounts place the truck and nearby devices as factors. He remains under physician care in the hospital.
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James Smels
Robert Smelser
Grimes
Pene
Place
Hosbe
Edward Butler
Butler
Arrests by City Police Set Record in 1945 Year
Year 1945 saw city police record 1256 arrests up from 1944. Drunkenness bookings dropped to 766 from 812 in 1946, while drunken driving rose to 73. No murders occurred. rapes and auto larceny, burglary, grand larceny, and other offenses were recorded with totals across disorderly conduct, panhandling, vagrancy, assaults, forgery, and more.
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Germany
Japan
Desk Set
Warren Rudolph
Wright Brothers Plane Returns to the United States
The Wright Brothers first powered flight craft known as Kittyhawk is set to return to the United States after a 20 year period abroad. The London Science Museum, honoring Orville Wright who died in Dayton Ohio, reports readiness to ship the fragile biplane back to its homeland.
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Washington
Wright Brothers
Kins Museum of Science
London
Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Britmuseum
Stephens City Unveils New Fire Truck At Public Showing
Citizens gathered at Mills store to admire Stephens City's new fire apparatus equipped by Baker Fire Truck. The 500 gpm pumper and 800 feet of hose join upgrades funded by E Earl Shade, with the old truck traded in from South End Hose Co. for $2 761 plus $550 dealer contribution. Tests and a Tuesday meeting outline agenda.
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Stephens City
Mills Store
Baker Fire Truck Equipment Company
South End Hose Co
Charlotte
Winchester
E. Earl Shade
Fire Company
Mills
Negro ex GI seeks architecture course at Alabama Tech
William Bell a 27 year old Negro has applied for admission to the school of architecture at Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn. Registrar Charles Edwards said it is being handled the same as a white student. Bell, an ex master sergeant and seven year army veteran, is a sophomore at the Stateers College for Negroes in Montgomery his home. Auburn is an all white land grant college operating on state and federal funds. Bell is attending school under the GI Bill.
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Montgromery
Ala
William Bell
School of Architecture
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Charles Edwards
Bell
Stateers College For
Montgomery
Senate Tax Boost Faces Battle in Virginia Assembly
The Virginia Senate weighs Gov. Tuck's proposed tax increases including cigarette taxes and multiple sales tax plans. Bills by Witten Pope Yates Irvine and Moses propose 2 or 3 percent levies aimed at schools and local projects, with alternative ideas and a highway funding bill also under discussion. General sentiment shows mounting opposition may block floor passage.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Senate
Tuck
Senate Committee
House
General Assembly
Jack W. Witten
Tazewell
Samuel E. Pope
Northampton
E Floyd Yates
Powhatan
W. H. Irvine
Campbell
Washington and His 18th Century Frame
Recollections of General Washington from G W P Custis describe his height of 6 ft 2 in in ordinary shoes weight under 220 pounds and 6 ft at death. The portrait notes a powerful trunk long limbs large joints hands and a right hand larger than natural.
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Washington
G.W. P Custis
Robert E. Lee
Thousands Driven from Homes By Raging Floods in Rivers
Floodwaters from Mississippi to Tennessee and beyond forced hundreds of families from their homes. Newton Mississippi reports nine deaths and 42 hospitalizations with extensive property damage including fifty homes destroyed and many more damaged. Evacuations continued as near freezing weather and snow threatened the stricken region.
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Mississippi
Red Cross
Newton
Miss
Ohio
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Dayton
Wright Field
Cumberland
Nashville
Chattanooga
Shelpyville
R. Bailey Jackson
Columbia
Murfreesboro
Faetteville
Lancaster
Carthage
Lebanon
Kiwanis Seek Another Float Prize in Festival Parade
Kiwanis plans to enter a float in the Festival Feature Parade on April 30. Last year the Kiwanis float won first prize, and Ellis Ford, chair of the float committee, says the club aims to repeat. Committee members include Roy Cather William Butler Marion Ore Ralph Pifer and Ken Miller.
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Kiwanis
Ellis Ford
Roy Cather
William Butler
Marion “Ore
Ralph Pifer
Ken Miller
Feel of Spring Arrives as Snow vanishes in Winchester
The first day of spring brings sun and melting snow in Winchester. With temperatures above freezing for 48 hours, soil dries and croplands wake. Wheat fields and pastures brighten as peach buds delay, and Lawrence Herrell reports a robin spotted near Economy Food Store.
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United States
Winchester
Virginia
Lawrence Herrell
North Ave
N. Loudoun St
Congress Seat Candidates Spring Up at Roanoke
Roanoke February 14 Sixteenth district party leaders survey the field for a special election after Rep J Lindsay Almond Jr resigns to become Virginia attorney general. At least 11 Democrats and one Republican are named with Ted Dalton of Radford the leading Republican candidate.
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Roanoke
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia
Ted Dalton
Radford
Earl A. Fitzpatrick
Walter H. Scott
B. C. Goodwin Jr
Clifton Forge
Ben Chapman
Roanoke County
Duval Radford
Bedford
Arabs May Ask U.N. to Reject Partition Plan
Arab diplomatic strategy against the United Nations Palestine partition takes shape in Lake Success. Syria's Faris Bey El Khouri leads the effort to urge the Security Council to refuse aid for partition, arguing the plan is illegal and the Assembly only made a recommendation.
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United Nations
Faris Bey el Khouri
Syria
Council
Grains Rise and Prices Cut by Grocers Across Markets
Prices edged up at the opening of commodity markets with May wheat at Chicago near 2.34 1 2 a bushel and May oats at 1.02 1 2. Soybeans fell by the daily limit of 8 cents. Cotton briefly gained before hedging trimmed gains while grocers announced widespread lower prices on cost of living items, including 27 meat cuts at Grand Union starting Monday.
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New York
Irs
Chicago
Grand Union Co
Prayer Cited As Real Force In World Day Observance
Mrs. John Robertson of Richmond spoke at the World Day of Prayer observance at First Baptist Winchester. The interdenominational event drew all local congregations. youths costumed the world image while six members presented the nations. The speaker urged personal prayer and global mobilization of 10 million people to wield prayer as a force for peace.
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John Robertson
Richmond
Winchester
First Baptist Church
WSCS
Methodist
Virginia Capital
Elizabeth Grim
Robertson
Rockefeller Scion Weds Immigrant Bride in Palm Beach Ceremony
Winthrop Rockefeller, heir to John D. Rockefeller’s fortune, married Bar bra Sears, daughter of Lithuanian immigrants, in a intimate 12:14 a.m. ceremony at the winter estate of the Guests overlooking Lake Worth. Attendants included Laurence Rockefeller as best man and Isabel Pau as maid of honor. A pre- wedding reception hosted 50 guests, with notable attendees such as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Mrs. Hudson Vanderbilt.
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Palm Beach
Fia
Winthrop Rockefeller
Barbara Sears
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Winslow
Drummond
West Palm Beach Presbyterian Church
Lake Worth
Winston Guest
Laurance Rockefeller
Winthrop
Isabel Pau
Guest
Alexander L. Cochrane
Democrats Deny Dinner Funds To National Group
Virginia seventh district committee met in Staunton to adopt a resolution denying any money raised at a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner to the Democratic National Committee. G Fred Switzer of Harrisburg is chairman. Congressman Burr Harrison attended for renomination in the district.
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Virginia
Staunton
G. Fred Switzer
Harrisonburg
Burr Harrison
Kent
Martinsburg Pike
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc
Molden Electric Co
Senators Protest Forrestal Gag Rule For Defense Speeches
Three senators condemn Secretary Forrestal for ordering a first look by his office at future statements by Army Navy and Air Force personnel. They argue the move suppresses free expression and public discussion of national issues. Senator Gurney says the committee will discuss the order. Senator Morse agrees on informing the public, while Senator Thomas sees possible benefits.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Army
Navy
Air Force
Len Johnson
D-Cole
Gurney
R-Sc
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen
Morse
Ore
Congress
Sen. Thomas
Utah
Senate
Taft Says Senate Aid Plan Is Too Large
Sen Taft head of the Senate Republican policy committee in Denver denounces a 12 month aid outlay of 5.3 billion dollars as too large while noting Germany aid of 800 million. He expects Congress to trim the total and cites a possible 4.0 to 5.0 billion range with House leaning lower. He calls European aid largely unsuccessful but hopeful about future help to curb Communism.
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Denver
Taft
Senate Republican
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Ohioan
House
Senate
Europe
Soviet Warns Of American British Spies
A Soviet article by Col Viktor Miskovski warns that American and British spies target the Soviet Union. It urges intensified political education for soldiers to prevent foreign intelligence manipulation and stresses vigilance against alien plots among citizens.
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Col V. Miskovski
Cation
Three Boys Rescued From Patchogue River Ice
Patchogue New York February 4 1918 an eighteen year old Jt McDowell crawled onto the ice to save two young boys from the river They said there was another child still in the water He then plunged under the ice to bring up eight year old William McDermott and revived him by artificial respiration
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Patchogue, N. Y
Jt McDowell
Patchogue River
McDowell
William McDermott
Germans Press for More Power in Rhine Occupation
In Frankfurt on February 14 German officials asked for expanded authority over occupied Western Germany as Allied powers review governance. Gen Lucius D Clay and Gen Sir Brian Robertson urged German cooperation while discussing imports, industry disruption, coal production, and transport under joint Anglo American oversight.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bitonia
Lucius D.clay
Brian Robertson
Clay
Hitler
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Alabama Tech
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Yorktown
State Highway Commission
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Robert F. Baldwin Jr
Norfolk
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
WINC
The
Associated Press
U.N
Barbara “Bobo” Sears
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Florida
First Baptist
Sam
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