Skeptical British doubt on Russian atom bomb claim
London reports sources close to the British government doubt Dr. Armattoe’s claim of a Russian atom bomb. He alleged tests with a 53 mile horizon and millisecond temperatures, while experts recalled Senate testimony that a bomb could take years to develop.
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London
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Armat
Dr. Armattee
Armattoe
Lomeshie Center
Washington
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Dr. Armtattee
Winchester Five To Play Boyce Here Tonight
The One Memorial team will face the Boyce Vets on Handley High School floor at eight tonight. This is Winchester five’s third game and first home appearance. Admission is 25 cents. They beat the Vets recently but earlier lost to Newton D. Baker Hospital.
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One Memorial
Boyce Vets
Handley High School
Winchester Five
Vets
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Byrnes Arrives In London
Secretary of State Byrnes said there was no doubt the atomic safeguard issue within the American delegation to the United Nations Assembly would be worked out satisfactorily. He planned early talks with Senator Van denberg and hoped to see Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin. Byrnes spoke to newsmen after arriving in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Byrnes
United Nations Assembly
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Tomorow
Shenandoah Bank Reports Strong Capital and Dividends
Shenandoah bank highlights over 600000 in capital surplus and reserve funds, notes dividends totaling 4 percent regular plus 2 percent special in 1945. Trust Department holds nearly two million in assets. E G Rusk out ill, J C Blackburn named Assistant Trust Officer. Directors’ committee oversees trust ops. staff listed. praise for returning officers and staff showing wartime service and condolences for director Bell’s son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Rusk
J. C. Blackburn
Clifford D. Grim
P. W. Boyd
H. K. Benham
Stewart Bell
William H. Bell
Bank directors elected and staff praised for wartime service
The report lists bank employees thanked for hard work and loyalty including W. Eugene Adams, Claude Grim, Harry Ridgeway, Blanche Noonan and many others. It notes directors elected for the ensuing years: Dr L M Allen, Beverley Byrd, Lee O Dick, John D Glover, Paul M Haldeman, and others. The board re-elected Dr Allen as president and Robinson and Haldeman as vice presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Eugene Adams
Claude M. Grim
Harry E. Ridgeway
Blanche E. Noonan
Faunce J. Mooers
Margaret A.sern
Mary G. Hershberger
Helen Hodgson
Goldie E. Brown
Louise F. Givens
Jean Carpenter
Betty Redfern
Phyllis W. Gaunt
Peggy Snider
Marion Kiracore
S. Donald McFaden
Jane D. Jolley
G. Frank Butsler
W. Norman Graber
Frank Loy
Dr. L. M. Allen
Beverley Byrd
Lee O. Dick
John D. Glover
Paul M. Haldeman
Joseph L. Kalbach
T. Y. Kinzel
J. Thomas Kremer
Charles L. Nicodemus
Ray Robinson
F. Grove White
Messrs
China Truce Nears Finality
China truce committee nears final agreement after long talks in Chungking. Government and Communist reps issue communique saying major problems settled and remaining details to be discussed. General Marshall aided, backing the effort to restore communications, especially in north China.
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Chungking
China
General Marshall
Truman
North
Kidnap Killer Hunt Unfolds Across Cities
Police, coroner, and federal investigators press a vast manhunt after a child is kidnapped from the Degnan home and a $20,000 ransom note appears. Fingerprints and other clues surface as officers cordon neighborhoods and search houses while prayers rise in Baltimore for Suzanne.
Brutal Kidnapping Case Shocks Chicago as Remains Are Found
Police and city crews investigate the Suzanne Degnan case in Chicago. Mourners gather near the Degnan home as detectives search sewers for clues. Disarticulated remains, including a severed head and legs, are recovered in nearby alleys and sacks with clothing matching Suzanne. Officials call the crime grisly and vow to catch the killer, while noting possible links to prior unsolved murders.
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Brodie
Goldberg
Thomas Carter
Carter
Chicago
Suzanne
Police
St. Louis
Gerald B. Norris
Mwan
St. Louis Union Station
Grover Casey
Troy
Ala
James Degnan
Norris
North Side
Joseph Goldberg
Walter Storms
Edward J. Kelly
Coroner's Office
State’s Attorney’s
Sheriff's
Degnan
Lday
Tim
Strickee Eee
Helen Degnan
Cook County
John L. Sullivan
Washington
Elizabeth
Thomas A. Carter
Frances Brown
Miss Brown
Gainesboro Farm Machinery Repair Class opens January 9
Fred C. Braithwaite announces the Gainesboro Farm Machinery Repair Class will open January 9 and meet for 15 weeks on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 10 PM. The admission fee is $1. The class runs two nights weekly.
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Fred C. Braithwaite
Gainesboro
Winchester TB Association Begins 1946 Program
The Winchester Tuberculosis Association outlines its 1946 work with a January 7 board meeting. A special Food Handler X ray Survey will be held in Winchester early in February offering free chest X rays to every food handler, funded by the Christmas Seal Sale. A committee will coordinate the survey and details will be announced soon.
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Winchester Tuberculosis Association
E. T. Clark
Wincheter
Winchester
Clark
Shenandoah County backs two percent sales tax
Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors endorses the 2 percent sales tax as recommended by the Virginia League of Counties. Richmond roundups note unopposed Delegate Thomas B. Stanley for speakership and a disciplined House caucus. Funeral services for Dr. Edward Nathan Calisch, 80, Beth Ahabah rabbi of 54 years, set for tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. in Richmond. Luck freed on murder charge in Bedford hearing. State Senator E E Goodwyn relieved as Brigadier General of the Virginia State Guard after election to Senate.
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Shenandoah
Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors
Virginia League of Counties
Richmond
Thomas B. Stanley
Henry County
Virginia
Edward Nathan Calisch
Beth Ahabah
Hebrew Cemetery
Lynchburg
Bedford
William Edward Luck
J. Morman Johnson
Seaman Lee Burford Luck
E. E. Goodwyn
Emporia
Virginia State Guard
Senate
Roanoke ministers protest Japan exclusion from relief clothing
Roanoke ministers conference urged Secretary Byrnes to remove Japan from the list of nations receiving clothing donated for overseas relief. The campaign runs as part of the Victory Clothing collection effort.
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Roanoke
James F. Byrnes
Japan
Victory
Telegraphic Isolation Strikes New York City as Western Union Walkout
As Western Union workers walk out for a union meeting, cries of scab and strike breaker echo near a New York City building. Sixty policemen guard entrances while 193 of 250 telegraph offices report disruption across Manhattan Brooklyn Queens the Bronx and Richmond with main nerves at 60 Hudson Street under protection.
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Wes
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Bronx
Richmond
Hudson Street
Western Union System
Doors Locked Last Night in Suzanne Degnan Case
Chicago residents kept their doors bolted and lights on as police searched Edgewater for parts of six year old Suzanne Degnan’s body after her kidnapping and murder. Neighbors expressed anger at the killer while reporters assisted in the round the clock search.
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Baltimore
Degnan
Suzanne
Kenmore Avenue
Edgewater Beach
Little Vic
Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Edgewater
South End Fire Company Elects Rainsberger
The South End Fire Company elected officers for the upcoming year at a meeting last night. Harry Rainsberger was chosen president with a full slate including Melvin Reamer first vice president and John Byrd second vice president. Howard Hart declined a fifth term as president after four years.
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South End Fire Company
Harry Rainsberger
Melvin Reamer
John Byrd
Winton Pope
L. E. Armel
C. C. Gough
John H. Lillis
G. B. Stickley
John Anderson
J. P. Sheetz
Earl D. Hildebrand
Gillard Lineburg
Howard Hart
Hugh Clark
J. Goode
L. L. Shreck
John P. Allen
Bobby Green
John Hottle
Norman Pope
Marvin Bucher
Gene Grant
Waren Rudolph
Chaplain Goode
Hart
South End
Garland Whitlock
Pete Edwards
Clarke County Supervisors Endorse Sales Tax for Schools
Clarke County Virginia supervisors approved appointing Clifton E Price to join the inquiry into Route 12 completion. They also passed a resolution supporting a General Assembly sales tax for school funding and received annual reports from county officials.
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Berryville
J An.d— Hobson McGehee
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Clifton E. Price
Board of Supervisors
Clarke County
West Virginia Line
McGehee
Margaret Yowell
Rewards For Mad Killer Grow In Edgewater Case
Chicago authorities and citizens increase rewards to 11000 for information leading to arrest and conviction of the "mad butcher of Edgewater" who kidnapped and killed six year old Suzanne Degnan. Mayor Edward J. Kelly pledges personal guarantee of payment. the Chicago Herald American adds 5000 and two citizens offer 500 each.
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Chicago
Edgewater
Suzanne Degnan
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago Herald-American
Freedom of Religion Takes Precedence
The Supreme Court ruled that freedom of religion under the constitution takes precedence over private property rights. The decision was 5 to 3 and issued yesterday in the review of convictions of two Jehovah's Witnesses for distributing religious literature in company towns.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jehovah's Witnesses
Goering Accused in Four-Hour Trial Session
Germany January 8. The United States completed a four hour accusation against Hermann Goering described as more dangerous in some respects than Hitler. The British opened proceedings against Joachim von Ribbentrop in the same session.
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Goering Muernberg
Germany
United States
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
J. C. Cooper Dies in Davis West Virginia
J Calvin Cooper a longtime resident of Davis West Virginia died at his home after six weeks illness He was 72 born January 9 1873 in Mt Williams He operated coal mines and later ran a Davis business He served as vice president of the National Bank of Davis and elder of St Johns Lutheran Church He is survived by two daughters a son and several relatives Funeral services were held at St Johns Lutheran Church in Davis this afternoon.
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J. Calvin Cooper
Davis
W. Va
Mt. Williams
National Bank of Vis
St. John's Lutheran Church
Virginia Cooper Hughes
P. Seasons
Stuart Cooper _ o Cooper, Jr
Thomas
T. R. Cooper
Martin Cooper
William Conley Cooper
Alaska
Luther Fearnow
Washington, D. C
Austin Cooper
Washington, D C
Conley Cooper
Los Angeles
Calif
Calif.; Rev
Edgar Cooper
Philadelpha Pa
Blanton Cooper
Mt. Kasta
T. Staddenee
Appoint Game Warden in Clarke County Virginia
Graham Dougherty Jr. was named special Game Warden for Clarke County by Talbot E. Clarke acting December 27, 1945. The oath and bond were filed in the Clarke County Clerk’s Office, succeeding Charles Levi who served from March 6, 1929 to May 18, 1944. Duties exclude dog violation enforcement and remain under T J Galloway at the Berryville Sheriff's Office.
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Berryvile
Graham Dougherty, Jr
Clarke County
Talbot E. Clarke
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Richmond
Lucy A. Alen
Dougherty
Charles T. Levi
T. J. Galloway
Sheriff's
Beryville
Kenney Infant Dies In County
Stephen Ray Kenney infant son of Charles H Kenney and Edith E Boyce died at home on Paper Mill Road. Born October 8 1945 in Winchester he is survived by mother father brother Donald Stuart and sister Ruth Anne. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 pm from Omps Funeral Home with Rev John Teter. burial Mt Hebron Cemetery.
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Stephen Ray Kenney
Charles
Kenney
Stephenson
Edith E. Boyce
Albin
Paper Mill Road
Winchester
Donald Stuart Kenney
Ruth Anne Kenney
Omps
John Teter
Mt. Hebron
U S Jews Call for Unrestricted Palestine Immigration
The American Jewish Conference urged unlimited Jewish immigration to Palestine and its reconstitution as a free and democratic Jewish Commonwealth. Henry Monsky testified that the group represents the majority of U S Jews before the Anglo American committee examining refugee Jewish immigration to Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Jewish Conference
Palestine
Henry Monsky
Omaha
Neb
U. S
Rotarians Hear Switzerland Talk At Weekly Meeting
The Rotary Club will meet at Sarah Zane Hall on Thursday January 10 at 1 p m. Guest speaker Rotarian Charles E Hofer will discuss Switzerland and related topics for club members and guests.
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Rotary Club
Sarah Zane Hall
Charles E. Hofer
Switzerland
Mrs Wedell to Speak in Clarke Virginia
Mrs M P O Wedell, noted speaker in this area, will appear at Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville on Wednesday evening January 9 at 7 30. Her topic is Advance and Reconstruction. Everyone is cordially invited.
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Berryville
M. P. O. Wedell
Virginia
Grace Episcopal Church
Ten Ton Tess to Get a Test Run Near Herford Germany
The 22,000-pound RAF bomb known as Ten Ton Tess will be tested starting June 12 at Highland Germany's former naval base. It will be dropped into the island’s deep underground rooms where German torpedoes were built.
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Herford
Germany
RAF
Highland
Great Naval
North Sea
Week of Prayer Reflections Emphasize Unity of Church
Dr Havermale argues the Week of Prayer centers on the Mind of Christ to unite all church members in Kingdom work. He traces denominational emphases from the early church to present leadership, noting Christ’s redemptive purpose persists through crucifixion and wars. The Wednesday service at Bradock Street Methodist Church will feature Dr S. Singer of Centenary Episcopal and Reformed Church as speaker.
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Christ
Havermale
Pentecost
Golgotha
Lipe
Meyers of Justice, Peace and Order
Bradock Street
Moodist
8. Singer
Centenary Elelical and Reformed Church
Ing
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