One Killed In Another Wreck On Pennsylvania Mountain Curve
Gallitzin Pennsylvania February 28. A Pennsylvania Railroad Sunshine Special derailed at Bennington Curve in pre dawn darkness killing a pullman porter and injuring 11 passengers. Investigators probe air brakes and uncoupling while passengers recount escape and rescue.
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Pennsylvania Mountain
Gallitzin
Lvania Railroad
Bennington Curve
PRR
L. Keys
Houston
Tex
Pittsburgh
Mounain
Bre
Here
Altoona
New York
Harry G. Willis
Jersey City
N. J
Antique Auction Notice at Patton's Hall Winchester
Auction at Patton's Hall 1601 S Main St Winchester on Wednesday March 19 at 10 am conducted by Miles B Dean and R Schneider. Also notices for large size dresses and local bakery items listed in brief classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluebird Bakery
S. Loudoun St
Cooperation Wanes Between GOP Congress and Truman
Washington reports indicate fraying cooperation as Congress nears end of second session. President Truman and Republicans show outward unity on foreign policy but domestic tax and labor bills threaten a clash. Taft and Labor Committee show readiness to meet when a bill is ready.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
GOP
White House
George C. Marshall
Ton Sandexico
Comae
Legisla Tivese
Taft
Ohio
Fe Labor Committee
GOP Congress
Betty Jo Lands at LaGuardia After 4978-M mile Flight
Lt Col Robert E Thacker and Lt John M Ard piloted the Betty Jo from Honolulu to New York in 14 hours 33 minutes despite 65 mile per hour headwinds. The crew touched down at 11 08 44 a m with Betty Jo, the pilot’s wife, awaiting them on the tarmac.
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Betty Jo
LaGuardia
New York
Honolulu
National Aeronautical Association
LaGuardia Field
Hickam Field
Robert E. Thacker
el Centro
Calif
John M. Ard
Inglewood
Pennsylvania
Army
Chicago
Ohio
Col Thacker
Col. Thacker
School Buses Operate Monday Says Engineer
Engineer P. M. Yellett says county school buses can operate safely Monday. He notes scattered snow blocks but highway crews expect to have all secondary roads opened by then.
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P. M. Yellett
Highway Department
Stuart Denies Resignation Rumors, Ambassador Says
U S Ambassador J Leighton Stuart told AP that reports of his resignation are false. He continues a 10 day trip and was set to depart for Hong Kong and Hainan Island later today.
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Stuart
Canton
China
U. S
J. Leighton Stuart
Associated Press Today
Hong Kong
Hainan Island
New Bungalow For Sale With Five Rooms Ready For Occupancy
Sale notice for a bungalow offering five rooms with new heating and buyer specifications. Ready for occupancy now. Contact Ed Molden at 4162.
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Ed Molden
Clarke County Red Cross Chapter Launches 1947 Drive
Clarke County Red Cross Chapter begins its 1947 drive with a public meeting in Berryville to push a $2,000 goal led by Adm. Morton C. Dr. U S N Ret. The two week campaign will use house to house solicitors and business head contacts, with volunteers and local aides to collect donations.
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Berryville
Clarke County
The
American Red Cross
Adm
Morton C. Dr
Mumma
Tyson Dortch
Red Cross
Clarke Five and Ten Store Sold in Berryville
Edward Stough announced the Clarke Five and Ten Cent Store in Berryville is sold to E. E. Rohr of Manassas effective today. Rohr and his father L. S. Rohr operate five stores and will continue the Berryville business as established. Stough plans to move to Bradenton Florida with family staying until June. The Rohrs also own stores in Manassas Leesburg Herndon and Front Royal.
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Berryville
Edward Stough
Clarke
E. E. Rohr
Manassas
Rohr
L. S. Rohr
Front Royal
Stough
Stoughs
Toledo
Black Nominated by Truman for World Bank Director
President Truman nominates Eugene R. Black of Chase National Bank New York as United States executive director of the World Bank. Black, vice president of Chase, would serve with the World Bank in Washington.
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Black
Truman
World Bank
Joe
Truman Ted Eugene R. Black
Chase National Bank
New York
United States
the World
80 Year Old Co Court House In Monterey Burns
Fire driven by high winds destroyed three buildings and the 80 year old county court house in Monterey Virginia. The blaze started at the Hicklin Star Restaurant and spread to the Beverage Garage and the Tishop store. About 500 residents and nearby town volunteers fought the blaze, which was brought under control by 10 a.m.
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Monterey
Virginia
Hicklin Star
Tishop
Church of God
British French Alliance Near Signatures
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin announced in the House of Commons that Britain and France have agreed to a treaty of alliance and will sign next Tuesday at Dunkerque. He called the pact a sign of firm friendship, noting Dunkerque’s wartime significance in failed cooperation against Germany.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Bevin
Georges Bidault
Dunkerque
Festival group opens campaign to raise funds 14000
Frank Armstrong Jr. and F L Largent Jr. co chair the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival finance effort to raise 14000. Armstrong leads out of town manufacturer mail campaign while Largent with 80 local workers targets Winchester merchants and businessmen.
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Frank Armstrong, Jr
National Pruit Co
F. L. Largent, Jr
Festival Department of Finance
Armstrong
Largent
Winchester
Senate Group Votes Money For OPA Until June 30
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 8 to 5 to fund the Office of Price Administration at 17 million for rent rice and sugar controls through June 30. A rent control bill is ready for early Senate action and there is talk of transferring sugar and rice controls to the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Office of Price Administration
New York Owner Leases Clarke Farm for Fine Horses
C. T. Black of Troy New York has leased 200 acres at Audley Farm owned by B. B. Jones in Clarke County and shipped 24 standard bred horses. The shipment includes Calumet Fingo a stallion who never lost a heat as a two year old. The rest are broodmares and colts arriving at Audley Farm.
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C. T. Black
Troy
N. Y
Audley Farm
B. B. Jones
Clarke County
Calumet Fingo
Audley
Wood for sale at Oates Lumber Yard stove length
Wood for sale stove length. Call 6414 at Oates Lumber Yard. The rest of the fragment mentions a party at South Eng Pire Com but is unreadable.
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Oates Lumber Yard
South
Eng
Britain Would Push U S Greece Duty If Needed
Washington reports Britain seeks U S takeover of Greece commitments as its economy strains. Bevin plans troop withdrawal within three months. Secret talks involve Truman advisers and Marshall about extending U S aid and foreign relief plans amid Europe’s instability.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Greece
White House
Truman
United
London
Foreign Office
Wahington
Ernest Bevin
Marshall
Lord Inverchapel
Europe
NAM President Bunting Heads South On Tour
Earl Bunting of the National Association of Manufacturers will tour the South starting Saturday, with wife Mrs. Bunting and NAM executive vice president Walter B. Weisenburger. Stops include Fort Worth Dallas Shreveport Little Rock Houston New Orleans Birmingham Atlanta Greensboro plus a Winchester return to promote NAM's legislative program.
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Earl Bunting
National Association of Manufacturers
Washington
South
Bunting
Walter B. Weisenburger
NAM
New York
Fort Worth
Texas
Dallas
Shreveport
Little Rock
Ark
Houston
New Orleans
Birmingham
Ala
N. C
Atlanta
Greensboro
Winchester
Education talk by Dowell J. Howard at AAUW Winchester event
Dowell J. Howard former Virginia educator and Winchester resident will speak at the Winchester AAUW annual open meeting on March 8 at 3 p.m. in Sarah Zane Hall. The topic is Education with a focus on Education in Virginia. Public invited. Square dance at Fire Hall Stephens City Friday Feb 28 fundraiser for Independent Hose Co. Admission 60 cents.
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Dowell J. Howard
State of
Virginia
Winchester
American Association of University Women
Sarah Zane
Howard
Boyce High School
Northern
Harry F. Byrd
Marjorie Davies
AAUW
Square Dance Fire Hall
Stephens City
Benefit Independent Hose Co
Edna's Lunch Reopens Under New Management
Notice announces Edna's Lunch at 211 North Kent now operated by Mrs. Harry Armel with home cooked meals at reasonable prices.
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Markwoods Rest
N. Kent
Edna
Senate Public Works Rejects Gordon Clapp
The Senate Public Works Committee voted 7 to 6 to reject Gordon Clapp's nomination as a director of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Chairman Revercomb said the decision, while not naming individual votes, reflected concerns about Clapp amid opposition from Senator McKellar who cited alleged Communist ties. Clapp denied any connection to the Communist Party.
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Washington
Senate Public Works Committee
Gordon Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority
Revercomb
R-Wva
Clapp
Authority
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
McKellar
D-Tenn
TVA
Communist Party
Rever
Truman
Senate
Bristol Gas Tank Explosion Kills Five in Bristol
An explosion at a Bristol filling station killed five people and injured eight others, with seven more unharmed. The blast shattered windows, toppled concrete blocks, and sent flames into the air, shaking downtown Bristol for blocks.
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Bristol
Tenn
Lewis Says No New Overtures Made To Miners
John L. Lewis told Senator Capehart that no talks have been opened with the United Mine Workers of America on a new contract to operate the nation's soft coal mines. The statement clarifies labor negotiations status amid ongoing industry concerns.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
Capehart
Senate Votes To Apply 2.6 Billion To National Debt
Washington Feb 28 The Senate voted to include a budget pledge promising to apply 2.6 billion dollars of any savings toward reducing the national debt.
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Senate
Washington
Navy Seeks Cause of Fire at Pearl Harbor Dock
Navy and Marine firefighters battled a sudden flash fire on a vast Pearl Harbor dock from 10 45 am. The blaze sent 25 firefighters to hospitals and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage though 500 sailors confined it to a quarter mile. Civilians moved 5000 tons of supplies to safety as oil slick waters fed flames.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Oberon
Sierra
Senate Leaders Seek $2.6 Billion Debt Cut Goal
Senate leaders tentatively agreed to earmark 2.6 billion dollars of budget cuts toward retirement of the public debt. Senator Knowland said the amount equals about one percent of the national debt and would set a goal toward paying off the entire debt in 100 years.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Millikins
R‘olo
Burglary at Thompson's Service Station White Post
Clarke County Sheriff W W Smallwood and State Trooper H W Glascock investigate the burglary of Thompson's Service Station in White Post. About 30 to 40 dollars from a pin ball machine and groceries cigarettes and candy were stolen. Entry occurred between February 19 and 26 after breaking a rear door glass.
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Clarke County
W. W. Smallwood
H. W. Glascock
Thompson
White Post
Army Rescue Rush To Save 3000 Flood Victims In Bolivia
WEST PALM BEACH Fla Feb 28 The Army sent a rescue squadron of four flying boats toward Trinidad in northern Bolivia where up to 3000 people cling to treetops roofs and debris in danger of drowning as floods rise.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Army
Trinidad
Bolivia
Buffalo Teachers Reject State Salary Offer In Strike
Buffalo teachers federation rejects state proposed salary schedule as highly unsatisfactory. The strike continues as teachers insist on better pay terms amid ongoing negotiations in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Teachers Federation
House Approves Bill To Bar Portal Pay Suits
The House approved legislation to set up legal barriers against about 5.785 billion dollars in portal to portal pay suits and sent the measure to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Washington
Russia Likely Has Large Airborne Force Surpassing U S Division
Washington reports indicate Soviet airborne troops may number up to 100000, rivaling the single U S airborne division. Analysts question transport availability and fate of lend lease aircraft, while Soviet naval strength remains limited for large troop movements.
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Washington
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
Air Tra Jon
Eamett
United
Britain
Peroe
Cost Of Living Cools Slightly In January
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a small dip in the mid January cost of living index for the first time in ten months. The mid January consumer index is 151.1, down from 153.3 in mid December, still 18.5 percent above February 1946.
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Bureau
Washington
Pima
Bureau of Labor Statistica
Five Day Weather Summary and Local Notices
A five day report notes a slow temperature rise above normal by Tuesday and Wednesday near normal. Snow in the west becomes mixed with sleet or rain over Virginia with varying accumulation north and south portions. A correction lists specific drug items and prices, while local shop sales and a recurring Stephens City Fire Co siren test are announced with dates and locations.
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Virginia
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Jeffersonian
St. Louis
Chance
Democratic Party
Clarke County R.C
Co. Court House
Festival Group
Senate Group
Grim Hoover
Dept. of Education
Senate Public Works
Marine
Star
Unguentine
Baume Ben-Gay
Peoples Service Drug Store
Colonial Art & Craft Shop
E. Piccadilly St
Berryville Ave
Market
Stephens City Pire Co
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