Mrs Baldridge Dies In Tennessee
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert Lee Baldridge Sr. of Jackson Tennessee were held today at the First Methodist Church. Interment followed in a local cemetery. She was the widow of the late R L Baldridge and survived by two sons Captain Robert Lee Baldridge of the U S Army Air Corps and Tom Wood Baldridge of Winchester.
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Robert Lee Baldridge
Jackson, Tenn
First Methodist
R. L. Baldridge
U. S. Army Air Corps
Tom Wood Baldridge
Winchester
Metro- Goldwyn Mayer
Sirbaugh Returns To Former Job After Army Service
Rod Sirbaugh, discharged from the U.S. Army December 1, returns to his prior role as salesman with the Northern Virginia Power Company. He served as a sergeant in the 17th Airborne Division and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded in January 1945.
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Rod Sirbaugh
Northern Virginia Power Company
Mr. Sirbaugh
17Th Airborne Division
Negro Youth Confesses Slaying in Memphis
District Attorney General Will Gerber and Sheriff Oliver Perry said a 16-year-old Black school boy confessed to killing one year-old Sammie Goss. The infant was found in the rain beside his brutally beaten mother and brother near their burning home on Memphis outskirts.
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Memphis
Tenn
Will Gerber
Oliver Perry
Sammie Goss
Fred Jackson
Army slows demobilization sparks GI demonstrations abroad
The Army delays its demobilization plan following a War Department order to slow the process. The policy shift, the first major change since V E Day, triggered a wave of GI protests across the Pacific and Europe as soldiers react to the slower demobilization.
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War Department
Pacific
Europe
Mental Patient and Two Janitors Face Public Scrutiny in Murder Case
Judge Ward hears from a mental patient who predicts an answer within 24 hours. Police post 10 000 reward raising total to 21 000 for killer arrest and conviction. Hector Verburgh and Smet, janitors, plus Verburgh’s wife Mary are linked to a shocking crime as detectives pursue clues from lie detector tests with inconclusive results.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Verburgh
Headquartie
Smet
Desire
Verbugh
Hanrahan
Smeth
Legality of Telegrams By Mail Questioned
New York January 10. The legality of delivering telegrams by mail is raised in the Western Union strike. Union attorney Victor Rabinowitz says the company violated federal communications law and notified FCC head Paul A Porter of an investigation. Union president Joseph P Selly accuses the firm of cheating the public. company VP T B Gittings says mailing is a last resort to provide service.
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New York
Western Union
New York City
Victor Rabinowitz
Paul A. Porter
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Porter
Joseph P. Selly
T. B. Gittings
New York City Phone Workers Strike Ties Up Installation Projects
Telephone workers in New York City strike over wages affecting 775 installations nationwide. By day’s end projects in Montana Maine New Hampshire and Vermont were tied up as the Western Electric Company faced disruption.
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Montana
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Western Electric Company
Waltonites to Hold Ladies Night Dinner
The Izaac Walton League will host a ladies night dinner at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall on Tuesday January 29 starting at 7 PM. A guest speaker is planned and there will be a movie presentation.
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Waltonites
Izaac Walton League
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Winchester Police Court Violations Reported
In Winchester Police Court Judge John Rice presided. Halry Arthur Martin, 36, drunk and vagrancy, $10 and costs. Nettie Wilson Martin, 29, disorderly conduct, $10 and costs, 30 days suspended. Cyrus Albert Fries, 40, drunk, $10 and costs. Alfred Togans, 35, drunk and carrying a concealed weapon, $25 and costs, 30 days suspended. Beverly E. Miller, 25, disorderly conduct fighting, $30 and costs, six months suspended, one year probation. Maurice Lillis, 19, disorderly conduct fighting, $5 and costs. Robert Cochran, 49, speeding, $10 and costs.
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Winchester
John Rice
Halry Arthur Martin
S. Loudoun St
Nettie Wilson Martin
Cyrus Albert Fries
Ross Street
Alfred Togans
Gibbon St
Federation figures on phone service reach in Virginia
Napier notes the Federation serves 3 750 members in Virginia and that 15 to 20 other small independent companies in isolated areas exist outside the Federation. He says these would not be affected by Federation actions.
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Chesapeake and Potomac
Napier
Virginia
Prime Minister Opens Meeting of Millions Yet Unborn
The Prime Minister urges delegates to found a new world order to prevent another global conflict. Officials including U S Secretary of State James Byrnes expect a smooth start as delegates organize the assembly. Estimated three to four weeks to complete the task before adjournment to UNO headquarters in the United States.
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U. S
James P. Byrnes
UNO
United States
Plans for War Memorial Building Proposed for Winchester
The Winchester and Frederick County War Memorial Building plans propose a lobby adjoining memorial room and committee rooms, offices, check and cloak rooms, a club room, and a combined auditorium gymnasium with a kitchen for large banquets. A second floor would hold a 100 person meeting room, game room, arts and crafts spaces, and city recreation offices, while the basement would house a Youth center supervised by the City Recreation Department with a Teen Age room, snack bar, dance room, wood working and game facilities. The Executive Committee emphasizes a downtown site and architecture in harmony with the city’s traditional style.
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Winchester and
Frederick County War Memorial
City Recreational Department
City Recreation Department
The
War Memorial Association
Baltimore Market Quotations for Livestock and Produce
Market reports from Baltimore and Chicago detail January 10 quotations for produce eggs butter and meats. Cattle hogs sheep and calves show varying prices with steady to higher wholesale notes and midweek changes, dozens of specific weight classes and top bids listed for steers heifers calves and sows.
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Baltimore
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Wall Street Holds Gains After 15 Year Profit Peak
Selective strength persisted in today’s stock market following a climb to a 15 year profit peak. U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Steel N Y Central Southern Pacific and others led gains while Chrysler General Motors Santa Fe Westinghouse and Standard Oil lagged.
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New York
Activ
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Erie
Schenley
National Distillers
Commonwealth and Southern
Stand Gas
American Telephone
Western Union
Electrical Chemical
Eastman Hodak
Chrysler
General Motors
Santa Fe
Westinghouse
Standard Oil
United Air- Bands
Grain futures rise as May rye leads gains
Chicago grain quotations show May rye advancing up to 2 3 4 cents over yesterday. Opening prices include Wheat July at 1.77 3 4, Sept at 1.15 3 4 to 7 8, Dec 1.75. Corn May 1.18 1 2, July 1.18 1 2, Sept 1.18 1 2, Oats May 77 3 8, July 74 5 8, Sept 72 1 8 to 3 8, with other listed futures around 1.79 to 1.81 for May and 1.38 for Sept. May rye quoted at 1.22 3 8.
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Balable
Chicago
Mayrye
PTA To Discuss Frederick County School Consolidation
At a Miller School PTA meeting Friday night the recently released school report on consolidating the 7 and high schools in Frederick County will be discussed. An old fashioned spelling bee will also be held. All patrons and friends are urged to attend.
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Miller School Parent-Teachers Association
Frederick County
U S Commitments In Europe Asserted To GIs
Army staff officers told about 50 soldiers at a question and answer session that the United States has commitments in Europe and cannot withdraw. Gen Harold P Bull acted for Gen Joseph T MacNarney who attended the Four Power Control Council meeting in Berlin. Demonstrations demanding faster redeployment continued as GIs planned another protest near the I G Farben building.
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U Army
Europe
Harold P. Bull
Joseph T. MacNarney
Berlin
Control Council
Bull
U. S
War Room
I. G. Farben
McNarney
Washington Phone Service Curtailed
Switchboard operators of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company began leaving posts at 10 a m to attend a union protest meeting. Washington phone service was curtailed as operators joined the protest. dial phones remained working but long distance and season exchanges faced disruption as union leaders urged all members to attend.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Peshineen
Mecetane Sr
Funeral services set for Joynes longtime Richmond Fire Chief
William H. Joynes 90 former chief of the Richmond Fire Department from 1908 to 1940 died at his home after a stroke. Funeral services will be held from his residence tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Richmond. C H Sauls assumes Seaboard Air Line Railway general superintendent post in Norfolk, overseeing the entire system. Hamas Elvin Didlake 62 Prince William County attorney and former UVA UNC instructor dies. funeral at his home tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in Manassas.
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Richmond
William H. Joynes
Richmond Fire Department
Norfolk
C. H. Sauls
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Manassas
Hamas Elvin Didlake
Prince William County
University of Virginia
University of North Carolina
Williamstown color technics seminar at college
Towle, director of color engineering at Pittsburgh Plate Glass and a part time William and Mary lecturer, announces a new color technics seminar to be held at the college in the second semester starting February 1.
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Williamsburg
HE. Ledyard Towle
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
College of William and Mary
the College
Game Commission Meets Friday in City Hall
The Winchester and Frederick County Game and Fish Protective Association will hold a meeting Friday January 11 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. Officers will be elected and other business conducted. Members are urged to attend and bring a friend.
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Winchester and
Frederick
Eisenhower Urges International Cooperation for Peace
Ottawa dispatch reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower urging international cooperation among Western Allies to maintain peace and avert a world crisis. The brief note notes his call as part of postwar unity efforts amid growing tensions and the Saree Core alliance reference.
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Ottawa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower warns nations must stay united to prevent new Hitlers
In a luncheon broadcast to Canada and the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower urged that cooperation among nations is essential for survival. He warned that united effort is needed to peacefully settle differences and prevent a chaos worse than Europe’s devastation, stressing the risk of new tyrants arising.
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Eisenhower
Canada
United States
Europe
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