Winchester Marriage License Boom Through World War II Era
The Winchester city clerk issued 6841 licenses in the peak years, with 4182 city and 2659 county licenses in a year of record activity. Blood test laws and war tied declines in 1943 and 1944, then numbers rebounded in 1945 and beyond as same day licenses and hospital blood tests facilitated quick marriages.
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Chester
Winchester Gretna Green
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Mary
Winchester
Gretna Green
Coal trucker killed in Beaverdale yard accident
William Lupton twenty six a coal trucker for the Haines coal yard in this city died when pinned between his GMC tractor trailer and a Ford truck in Beaverdale Pennsylvania A Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive struck the Ford bed catching Lupton between the two trucks Barnes escaped with a minor arm cut and other trucks were only slightly damaged
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William Lupton
Gore
Haines Coal Yard
Beaverdale
Earl Haines
Lupton
Johnstown Coal and Coke Co
Haines Yard
Robert Barnes
Winchester
Pennsylvania Railroad
Barnes
Vernon Haines
Capon Bridge
Floyd Nikleson
Haines
Trial Dates Set For Ten Movie Writers
Ten Hollywood writers and producers pleaded innocent to contempt of Congress charges and were ordered to stand trial separately starting February 8. John Howard Lawson will go first, followed by Dalton Trumbo February 16 Albert Maltz February 23 Alvah Bessie February 25 Samuel Ornitz March 8 Herbert Biberman March 10 Edward Dmytryk March 15 Adrian Scott March 17 Ring Lardner Jr. March 22 Lester Cole March 24. Trials arise from refusals to reveal membership in the Communist party to the House Un-American Activities Committee during a November hearing.
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Washington
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
Albert Maltz
Alvah Bessie
Samuel Ornitz
Herbert Biberman
Edward Dmytryk
Adrian Scott
Ring Lardner Jr
Lester Cole
Coming Russian Terror Sixth Installment Analysis
The article discusses Stanislaw Mikolajczyk revealing how appeasement policies formed toward Moscow and notes the Red Cross as a foreign agent in Soviet affairs. It covers Hitler’s 1941 invasion of Russia, Churchill’s stance, Sumner Welles's views, and Poland’s cautious position under Sikorski’s government in London with conditions for potential USSR talks.
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Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Moscow
Red Cross
Hitler
Russia
Winston Churchill
United States
Sumner Welles
Poland
London
Gen. Sikorksi
Ussr
Britain
U. S
Friendship Co Elects Anderson Captain for Another Term
Marion Anderson was re-elected captain of Friendship Fire Co at the annual meeting last night. Other officers named include George Eagle Ryland Conner Wade Guard and Harold Spurling as lieutenants. Harold Roe was re-elected treasurer for the 13th consecutive term Eston Tevalt secretary Benny Ramaccotti assistant secretary with Rev L F Havermale chaplain J P Reardon counsel and Dr George Snarr and Dr C R Anderson surgeons. Mitchell Seabright chief pipeman and Harry Hoover chief boseman. Trustees named W E Jones Lee Grant Charles H Harper Dr C R Anderson and George Eagle. Ambulance committee members Eston Tevalt Ryland Conner and Benny Ramaccotti.
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Marion Anderson
Friendship Fire Co
George Eagle
Ryland Conner
Wade Guard
Harold Spurling
Harold Roe
Eston Tevalt
Benny Ramaccotti
L. F. Havermale
J. P. Reardon
George Snarr
C. R. Anderson
Mitchell
Breeders to Meet to Plan 1948 Valley Northern Program
The Valley Northern Purebred Sheep Breeders Assn. will meet in Staunton on January 16 to map its 1948 program and discuss its role in this year’s eastern state rum sale, as announced.
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Staunton
Northern
Taft Speech Maps GOP Push Against Truman and New Deal
Senator Taft used a radio address to criticize President Truman and the New Deal, echoing Gov. Dewey’s stance. He argued 15 years of Democratic rule spent money for “something for nothing” and urged more limited federal power, rebuking New Deal spending and expansion of government.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Roosevelt
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Dewey
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Mr. Truman
America
West Virginia apple tax challenged by growers
About fifty Eastern Panhandle growers plan to challenge the 1947 West Virginia Apple Commission tax. They will sign letters refusing the first installment due January 14, aiming to force the commission to prove the act constitutional, arguing it serves private interests.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Panhandle
West Virginia
Apple Commission
Paul L. Lingamfelter
Lingamfelter
West Virginia Horticulture Society
Commission
Maryland General Assembly
Atomic Energy Seen in Soil Conservation Meeting
A three day conservation conference begins at Old Point Virginia with speakers including Cecil F. DeLaBarre Virginia Tech on leave F L Fitzpatrick Columbia University and William A Wright Virginia Conservation Commission. The gathering aims to develop a practical program for conserving the souths natural resources and to discuss atomic energy conservation implications.
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Old Point
Southern Assn. of Science and Industry
Cecil F. DeLaBarre
Virginia Tech
F. L. Fitzpatrick
Columbis University Teachers College
William A. Wright
The
Virginia Conservation Commission
S. Ashton Ozlin
Kenbridge
Virginia Assn. of
Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Shenandoah County Fair Dates Set for August
Woodstock board selects August 24 to 28 for the Shenandoah County Fair. Donald Garman is re appointed secretary.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Donald Garman
Bank Robbers Take $130000 From New Orleans Branch
Four masked gunmen raided the mid-city branch of the Hiernia National Bank in New Orleans at opening time. They slugged a janitor and herded about 25 employees into rooms before forcing the vault, escaping with an estimated total of $130000. Police hunt for the robbers as investigators question witnesses and bank staff.
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New Orleans
A. P. Imahorn
Joseph Tardo
Joseph L. Thomas
Thomas
Hiernia National Bank
Carrollton and
Canal Streets
A. A. Watters
Watters
Turkey Receives Four Navy Subs From US Aid Program
The United States to transfer four fleet-type submarines to Turkey along with navy crews. The four Brill Blueback Boarfish and Chub, built in 1944, join 15 vessels sent under the Turkish aid program funded by 100 million dollars. About 1000 Marines head to the Med as tensions with Greece and Soviet-backed forces rise.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
Mediterranean
U. S
Greece
Russia
Europe
Brill
Navy
Free Delivery
B & S Poultry CO
Lie Implies Use of Force in Holy Land Split
United States asks and gets approval to dispatch Marines to Palestine as guard for the U S consulate amid rumors Britain agreed to land troops to protect American institutions. The U N partition commission meets at Lake Success to consult Britain the Jewish agency and the Arab high committee on the plan implementation by Oct 1.
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Holy Land
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Great Britain
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Jewish Agency For Palestine
Arab Higher Committee
Partition Commission
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Jerusalem
Syria
Trygve Lie
Security Council
Council
Assembly
Five Day Outlook for Virginia Weather
The Virginia forecast shows temperatures near normal with a colder spell Saturday. A brief warm-up occurs Sunday and Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday turn colder again. Rain or snow likely Monday with total precipitation around a third of an inch.
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Virginia
Smoking Bomb Tossed From Bus Injures Three
An explosion on an Arab bus in Jerusalem injures two Arabs and a British policeman. Passengers saw smoke, threw the box out a window, and the blast damaged the sidewalk and nearby Arab shops amid sectarian tensions over partition.
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Jerusalem
The
Holy Land
Cost of Living Reaches New High for Urban Families
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.7 percent rise in the cost of living for moderate income urban families from mid October to mid November. The consumer price index climbs to 164.9 percent of the 1935-39 average, a record high.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Douglas warns of armament need if Europe aid stalls
Ambassador Lewis Douglas told Senate that failing to fund a European recovery program could force the United States to become an armed camp. He cited 6.8 billion dollars planned for 15 months and warned of inflationary effects from insufficient aid and higher living costs at home.
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Washington
Lewis Douglas
Congress
Senate
London
Europe
Douglas
Marshall
Truman
House
D-Nm
Smith
R-Nj
Marshal
Sales tax proposed levy in District
Washington Republican Rep. Horan aims to replace the District of Columbia income tax with a sales tax. He argues a sales levy would apply to all residents and include workers from nearby Virginia and Maryland. The current 1 percent income tax has fewer deductions than the federal rule.
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Washington
Washington State
District of Columbia
Horan
Rwash
Virginia
Maryland
Hillyard Sells Wallpaper With 100 Patterns Sale
Gardner B. Hillyard announces an annual wallpaper sale at 41 E. Piccadilly St featuring over 100 sunfast washable papers. Rooms priced from 1.95 to 3.50 with complete sidewall ceiling and border options.
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Gardner B. Hillyard
E. Piccadilly St
Hillyard
Taft Promises GOP Tax Cut Plan Against Truman Agenda
Senator Taft denounces President Truman as steering toward national bankruptcy and a totalitarian state. He pledges GOP Congress to pursue its own tax cutting program, cut government expenses, and repeal large portions of the proposed taxes. Taft, seeking the Republican nomination, criticizes social welfare plans as unsustainable.
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Taft
Ohio
Truman
Congress
Santa Claus
Senate
Sen
Hatch
Gop
The
Ohioan
Truman Recognizes Inflation Crisis in State of the Union
Moscow dispatch from Tass notes the president's address to Congress directly acknowledged an approaching U.S. economic crisis with inflation. The Soviet press cites praise for American principles and promises about living standards and civil rights.
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Tass
Trueman
State of the Union
Congress
United States
Washington
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Presser
Pingley & Carper
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