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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1947

Page

2

David Peer 75 Died After Stroke in Shenandoah Co

David Peer 75 died yesterday after a paralytic stroke three weeks earlier in Shenandoah County. He was born April 10, 1871, at Mount Olive, son of John and Catherine Peer, and married Minnie Myers who died in 1946. Survived by children, a brother, a sister, and 13 grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 2 from Dellinger Funeral Chapel Woodstock with Rev. Marshall F. Mauney officiating. burial in Saumsville Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.

John and Catherine Keller Mount Olive St. Matthews Anna Minnie Myers Rey Gochenour Foodstock Clarence L. Butler Winchester Lester Sheetz Edinburg William Richards Philadelphia Marvin Shillinburg Toms Hrook Elsie Peer Cecil Peer Woodstock Millard Peer Maurertown Perry Peer Emma Hollingsworth Dellinger Marshall F. Mauney Saumsville Cemetery W. A. Baker Sidney Spiker WR. Coffman B. W. Link Guy Swartz

Answers to Daily Quiz From Old Newspaper Printed Page

Answers to the daily quiz are listed with references to Russia West Virginia and American war. The Half Breed Tract is described as land between the Mississippi River and Des Moines River in Iowa set aside for children of mixed white and Indian heritage, with Sauk and Fox Indians involved and dated August 4, 1824.

Iowa Mississippi Ri Des Moines

Barr Held For Navy AWOL Sailor Detained In New Jersey

George R. Barr Jr of 126 N. Lou doun street arrested for drunkenness and found absent without leave from the U S Navy. He is held for naval authorities in Norfolk. Roy L. Gillespie AWOL from the Army at Fort in New Jersey and Joseph Murphy of Bridgeton, N J, investigated for illegally wearing a U S Navy uniform.

George R. Barr, Jr N. Loudoun Street U. S. Navy Norfolk Roy L. Gillespie 8. Army Fort ,N.J Joseph Murphy Bridgeton N. J

Crosby Funeral Today for Oscar Terry Crosby in Warenton

Private funeral services will be held today in Warrenton for Oscar Terry Crosby 85 a former assistant secretary of the treasury under Wilson who died Thursday after a long illness. He founded Potomac Electric Co traveled widely and authored works. Crosby previously led utilities in Washington Wilmin Del Chester Pa and was general superintendent of Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Co and GM of GE railway department.

Warrenton Oscar Terry Crosby

Virginia Delegation Joins 80th Congress and Oath

The Virginia group marks the opening of the 80th Congress with Senator Robertson taking his seat and Representatives Hardy Harrison andStanrod present for the roll call. Mrs Stanley and children stand with Stanley in Stanleytown Virginia as the oath administration begins.

Knudson Byrd Virginia Senate Biffle Ferguson Vandenberg Rmich Overton D-La Bilbo Capitol Congress Sena Robertson Hardy, Harrison Stanrod Sient Stanley Thomas B., Jr David Ann Chatham Stanleytown

Portal Portal Suits Totaling Billions Filed Nationwide

More than 20 federal suits filed across cities seek over 855 million dollars with total claims surpassing 2.7 billion. CIO-UAW leads back pay demands against Ford GM and Chrysler totaling 507 million, as cases target Bethlehem Steel and related entities in Baltimore and other sites.

Poral Portal CIO United Auto Workers Union Michigan Ford Motor Co General Motors Corp Chrysler Corp Cio-Uaw Ford Justice Department Clark Washington Tom Clark Mt. Clemons Supreme Court Detroit John C. Lehr Rockwell Manufacturing Co Pitsburgh AFL United Auto Workers Baltimore Bethlehem Steel Co Bethlehem Sparrows Point Glenn L. Martin Co

Telephone Workers Set February Talks for New Contracts

Bargaining aims for new contract talks to begin in February will be discussed by seven unions within the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company system in Virginia Maryland Washington D C and West Virginia. Contracts expire March 31 and demands for pay raises and contract changes are expected to be submitted by February 1. Alfred V Atkinson chairs the Virginia Federation of Telephone Workers which along with other unions will participate in the January 8 9 meeting in Richmond.

Richmond Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Alfred V. Atkinson Virginia Federation of Telephone Workers Virginia Federation West Virginia Union Washington, D. C Maryland

New Norfolk Southern Diesel Locomotive And Buses Delivered

Norfolk Southern Railway received its first diesel electric switch engine from Baldwin Locomotive Works in Pennsylvania and 10 new buses for its subsidiary in Norfolk. The deliveries mark the start of nearly $2,000,000 worth of equipment on order, with five locomotives planned for the railroad.

Norfolk, Va Norfolk Southern Railway Bus Corporation Carolina Junction Baldwin Locomotive Works Eddystone Norfolk Southern Beck

Shatzer Funeral Service Today

Funeral services for Chalmers D. Shatzer age 62 who died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital were held at eleven o’clock today from Omps Funeral Home. Rev Franklin G Senger officiated. Shatzer belonged to Evangelical United Brethren church in Greencastle Penn from which he moved fifty years ago. Interment followed in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Chambersburg Penn.

Chalmers D. Shatzer Memorial Hospital Omps Franklin G. Senger Shatzer Evangelical United Brethren Church Greencastle Penn Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Chambersburg

Funeral services for Mrs Davis set for Sunday

Funeral services for Mrs Mat tie Ellen Davis who died early Thursday morning at Emergency Hospital Washington D C will be held at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon from the Omps Funeral Home with interment in the family lot at Prospect Hill Cemetery Front Royal W E Thomas district superintendent of the Methodist Church will conduct the services due to the illness of Rev F I Fulcher

Mattie Ellen Davis Emergency Hospital Washington, D. C Omps Funeral Home Prospect Hill Cemetery Front Royal W. E. Thomas The Methodist Church F. I. Fulcher

Funeral Services For Julius West This Afternoon

Suffolk Virginia January 3 funeral services will be held this afternoon for Julius E West 80 former Lieutenant Governor who died New Year’s Day after a long illness. Pastor John G Truitt of Suffolk Christian Church will conduct the rites with church deacons serving as honorary pallbearers. The Philathea Class and Eton College trustees will attend in a group. Burial is at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Suffolk John G. Truitt Suffolk Christian Church Junius E. West Richmond Hospital West Eton College Cedar Hill Cemetery

Lewis Smith Jr Fined in Court for Drunken Driving

Lewis Smith Jr of Woodstock Lane appeared before Trial Justice W Erle. He was fined 250 dollars for drunken driving plus 25 dollars for driving on a revoked license. Two jail terms were suspended: six months for drunken driving and 30 days for the revoked license offense.

Lewis Smith, Jr Woodstock Lane W. Erle Edwards

Lloyd Perkins Dies in Sunny Acre Hospital

Lloyd Perkins died Monday December 30th in Sunny Acre Hospital Cleveland after about six weeks as a patient. He was a son of Jess and Mary Elliott Perkins of Middletown and lived in Cleveland 25 years. Survived by father three sisters and three brothers. Funeral at Mt Zion Methodist church Middletown Va Saturday at 3 PM. Interment Mt Zion Cemetery.

Lloyd Perkins Sunny Acre Hospital Cleveland Jess Mary Elliott Perkins Middletown Melvin Carter Edwin Chandler Ohio Miss Perkins Charles Gilbert J. Perkins

Dr Joe Freed Earns Psychiatry Board Certification

Dr Joe E Freed of the South Carolina State Hospital is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He recently returned from New York City after exams at the Psychiatric Institute. He is son of the Rev C A Freed former Grace Lutheran Church pastor and Mrs Freed. He served as neuropsychiatrist in the Army Air Forces at Hunter Field Savannah and Elgin Field Fla and has been on the state hospital staff since July 1938.

Joe E. Freed South Carolina State Hospital American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology New York City Psychiatric Institute Dr. Freed C. A. Freed Grace Lutheran Church Freed Handley High School G. Ward Thresh Shirley Street Army Air Forces Hunter Field Savannah Elgin Field Fla

College Professors Plead For Higher Salaries

A committee of college professors will present to Governor Tuck in Richmond, Virginia, today a request for pay increases for faculties of state supported higher learning institutions. They seek raises for teaching staffs and public school teachers, citing rising living costs and lack of automatic annual raises.

Richmond Tuck

Prison Break Triggers New York Police Shoot to Kill Order

New Yorks 17000 police ordered to be ready to shoot to kill in the daylight escape from Raymond Street jail Brooklyn by nine inmates including a confessed killer and a former Alcatraz prisoner. The break the largest in city history occurred without violence as authorities blamed outside accomplices and aging jail conditions.

New York Alcatraz Raymond Street Brooklyn Albert ©. Williams Correcon Thomas McDonnell Williams Miles F. McDonald Fort Greene Park

Tax bill eyed to boost investment and jobs

Knutson predicts the tax cut will lift take home pay and spur capital investment in new ventures, creating jobs and expanding markets for raw materials. He said Ways and Means will act on the bill once the legislative budget with appropriations ceilings is approved later this month.

Knutson Ways and Means

Senatorial Clash Over Bilbo Blockade Plans

Democratic Senator Taylor of Idaho said a large faction of his party would back blocking Bilbo, and he would offer a resolution. Southerners warned they would prolong debate for days or weeks to derail the anti Bilbo drive led by Senator Ellender of Louisiana, chair of the special investigating committee.

Barkley Bilbo Taylor Idaho Ellender D-La Special Campaign

Senator Ellender to Lead Debate on Mississippi Voting Charges

Senator Ellender said he would chair a debate on Bilbo's actions in last summer's Mississippi primary as senators demand a hearing. He and two fellow Democrats issued a majority report supporting the dropping of charges that sought to intimidate Negroes voting.

Bilbo Mississippi Ellender

Juvenile Court Disposes Case Involving 16-Year-Old Thief

A 16-year-old boy charged with petty larceny had the case disposed of in Juvenile Court. He was accused of stealing a purse containing $19 from Dorothy Armel Bloom at a bowling alley. He was found to possess $17.75 when apprehended, which was returned to the owner.

Dorothy Armel Bloom

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