Boy 14 Admits Killing Father With Shotgun in Berryville
In Berryville a 14-year-old boy Thomas E. Everhart confessed to shooting his 36-year-old father Stanley E. Everhart with a 12 gauge shotgun at their Academy Street home. He cited abuse by the father as motive. The youth is jailed in Clarke County on a murder charge with $5,000 bond. Funeral services for Stanley Everhart were held at John H. Enders Funeral Home with burial at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas E. Everhart
Stanley E. Everhart
Berryville Day
Academy Street
James H. Wood
Everhart
Clarke County
Commonwealth
Edward McC. Williams
Trooper Wood
Tommy
Doris
Hame
John H. Enders
Arthur Brown
Weather Triggers Crisis Across Britain
Freezing temperatures and heavy snow deepen fuel and power shortages in the British Isles. Prime Minister Attlee calls coal mine unions to a conference to boost output and hire more workers. The state electricity system urges nationwide power conservation amid cuts up to ten percent, warning of industrial disruption if not followed.
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British Isles
Attlee
Russian Leader Directs Chinese Forces in Korea from Mukden
An informant claims Soviet Marshal Grigor K Zhukov directs Chinese armies in Korea from Mukden Manchuria with joint Russian Chinese HQs. Zhukov allegedly serves as supreme commander with Gen Lin Piano as deputy, citing intelligence reports before December 24.
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Grisor K. Zhukov
Berlin
Korea
Mukden
Manchuria
Zhukov
Lin Piano
Russia
Moscow
Margin Hodgson Hat and Dress Shop Clearance Sale
Local notice announces a clearance sale at Margaret L. Hodgson Hat and Dress Shop with hats priced at one dollar and a party event at Rouss Fire Co. on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
New Year Holiday Toll Falls Short of Safety Council Forecast
The nation’s accidental deaths during the New Year holiday totaled 421, well under the Safety Council’s 545 auto fatality forecast and far below the Christmas peak. Virginia reported ten holiday deaths. nationwide 301 auto fatalities and 120 other mishaps occurred, with California Texas and Illinois noting the highest totals.
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National Safety Council
Safety Council
Virginia
U N Map Set To Debate Korea Situation Tomorrow
The United Nations General Assembly's Political Committee will meet at 10 45 a m to review the Korean crisis and report on the cease fire committee's failure The United States seeks strong action against Communist China and is coordinating with Britain France India and Egypt on a united policy.
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General Assembly
United States
China
U.S
U. S
Ernest A. Gross
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
Egypt
Mahmound Fawzi Bey
Winchester Welcomes First Baby of 1951 Charles Stine
Charles Timothy Stine was born at Winchester Memorial Hospital at 2 05 am weighing six pounds four ounces. He is the first baby of 1951 for the area and the Stine family of Route 2 Winchester also have a 17 month old daughter Betty. The father Charles A. Stine works in trucking.
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Charles Timothy Stine
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Charles A
Dorothy Stine
Route 2
Betty
New Year Begins Quietly in Winchester With Split Arrests
New Year starts quietly in Winchester with only one arrest by 1 30 p m and five over the holiday weekend. Lt Ritter notes orderly celebration with limited downtown crowds, minor fireworks, and steady milder weather forecast into tonight.
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Winchester
Joseph C. Ritter
Ritter
Mercury
Virginia
Truman to Give State of the Union Message Monday
President Truman will deliver his State of the Union message to a joint session of Congress at 1 p.m. next Monday. The White House announced the definite time and date, with the message still unfinished after a four day Potomac cruise ending yesterday.
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81st Congress approves 20B defense boost and civil defense bill
The 81st Congress votes 20 billion dollars more for defense and clears a sweeping civil defense bill to the White House. The measures authorize organizing the public for enemy attack and grant broad federal powers in attacked areas as the session winds down.
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W F Shryock Buried in City In Winchester Area
Funeral services for Wilmer Finkbine Shryock 56 a Winchester native and Washington resident were held at F Amos Shryocks home with Dr William A Wright officiating Interment was Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers included Ralph Fansler Harry Copenhaver and others He was born October 13 1894 and died in Washington He worked in insurance in Winchester and later with Peoples Drug Stores in Washington He was a member of Friendship Fire Co He is survived by daughter Mrs William H Miller Jr granddaughter Ann Miller and three sisters Mrs Frank W Bailey Mrs Mary Richards and Mrs Lodge Bowles
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Winchester
Washington
F. Amos Shryock
Greystone Terrace
William Archer Wright
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Ralph Fansler
Harry Copenhaver
Arthur Dunlap
Friendship Fire Co
William H. Miller, Jr
Ann Miller
Frank W. Bailey
Mary Richards
Miami
Fla
Lodge Bowles
Boyce
Five Day Weather Outlook for Tempered Area
Temperatures stay above normal through the period with a rising trend and a colder finish. Occasional precipitation, mainly rain, totaling about a half inch across the five days.
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Virginia
Virginia Draft Quota Set at 1747 for March
Colonel Asher W. Harman state selective service director announced Virginia will supply 1747 men to the national draft quota of 80,000 for March. He stated the figure as the official quota for the Commonwealth.
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Richmond
Virginia
Asher W. Harman
Selective Service
Fire Leaves 15 Families Homeless On Cameron Street
A two alarm blaze gutted three apartment buildings on the 600 block of Cameron Street New Year’s morning. Fifteen families were left homeless as fire crews from four local companies fought icy conditions for about three hours. Roofs collapsed and one resident reported singed hair from attempting to smother the fire with kerosene. The Funk property and two Bayliss buildings suffered major damage with Red Cross aiding displacement and shelter.
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J. Thomas Boyd
Taylor Barr
Funk
S. Cameron Street
Charles Wymer
Barr
Funk House
Christopher Funk
Holmes R. Grimm
Helen Funk
Harold Funk
Joseph Bayliss
Red Cross Disaster Service
Stewart Bell
Robert Ryan
Friendship Fire Company
Robert Geanious
Two Injured In New Year Weekend Highway Accidents
State Police investigated three highway accidents over the New Year weekend injuring two people and causing more than $1,000 in damage. On Route 11 near Stephens City a 1940 DeSoto hit a 1942 Plymouth, with passenger Robert Wisecarver treated for head injuries. A second crash on Route 522 near Nain involved a 1938 Chevrolet and a 1946 Buick with no serious injuries. The third incident north of Middletown involved a sideswipe on Route 11. Paul Marvin Frye was charged with drunken driving and Norman Mill sustained a cut above the left eye.
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Route 11
Stephens City
Kincaid
Paul S. Wise
White Post
Tony Kereluk
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Wisecarver
Wise
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Fred Boxwell
Winchester
H. R Ralph
Springfield
Nain
Paul Marvin Frye
Alexandria
Middletown
Stuart Racey
Opequon
Ruth Elizabeth Racey
Norman Mill
Frye
Harrison Wins Ways and Means Post in Democratic Caucus
In a secret ballot vote at the party caucus Rep. Burr Harrison of Virginia won one of three Democratic vacancies on the Ways and Means Committee. Keogh and Granger were elected, Denton trailed by 12 votes. Harrison’s upset signals trouble for the Administration as Congress convenes.
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Burr P. Harrison
Virginia
Ways and Means Committee
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Indiana
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Congress
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Fae Sreetion
Burr Harrison
Ways and Means
House
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New York
Granger
Utah
Denton
Harrison
Steed
Oklahoma
Bailey
West Virginia
Howard Smith
No Road Fatalities In City In 1950 Winchester
Winchester’s 1950 safety record shows no auto fatalities on city streets, according to Chief J Thomas Boyd. He credited traffic patrol officers for reducing speeding and reckless driving, noting two fatalities in 1949 were avoided this year.
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Winchester
Corporation
J Thomas Boyd
Doubt on Russia A Bomb Cleared by Atomic Chief
Chairman Gordon Dean declared Russia does possess an atomic bomb in response to recent doubts about a 1949 Soviet explosion. He told reporters that the question of warhead production beyond the US and USSR should be left to other nations and to cost concerns. He added the US should be frugal in expanding arsenals and avoided predicting force delivery timelines.
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Russia
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate House Atomic Committee
Dean
United States
AEC
Europe enjoys prosperity says visiting American writer
Miss Anne Spencer Brugh, granddaughter of Dr and Mrs E C Stuart Sr, writes from Amsterdam that Europe as a whole is enjoying one of the greatest periods of prosperity in history. She notes Holland’s confidence Russia does not seek a large war now and predicts Europeans do not expect another world war in the near term.
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Anne Spencer Brugh
E. C. Stuart
Amsterdam
Holland
Russia
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Anne Brugh Singer
Laren
Lynn K. Brugh
Hagerstown
Brugh
Mary Stuart
Winchester
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Allies Brace for Next Blow as Chinese Forces Press South Korea
Allied forces in Korea report six Chinese armies carving a salient 17 air miles from UN lines after rapid retreats. MacArthur notes near positions south of Tongduchon and near Uijongbu, with Red forces boasting international support and heavy casualties from Allied air and sea strikes.
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Tongduchon
Utjongbu
Uijongbu
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North Korea
Red China
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South Korea
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Boundary Beer Case Settled Over Potomac Jurisdiction
King George Circuit Judge Bazile ruled the Fairview Beach pier lies under Maryland control so Virginia beer licensing does not apply. Owner Ida Sonnenberg had been tried on selling beer without a Virginia license. she holds Maryland license. The decision hinges on the low water mark and state map interpretations of Potomac boundaries.
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Leon M. Bazile
Potomac River
Fairview Beach
Maryland
Virginia
Ida L. Sonnenberg
King George County
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Commonwealth
Horace T. Morrison
Farview Beach
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