Police arrest young suspect in house looting case
Lewis Lindberg Preston, 20, was arrested by city police at noon today and held on $2000 bond for breaking and entering and grand larceny. He allegedly stole bed clothing, three guns, and other valuables from Sornelia Brooks at 641 N Cameron St, with entry via a broken window. Preliminary hearing date pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Lindberg Preston
Francis Funk
Conrad
N. Cameron St
Funk
Preston
Sornelia Brooks
James Jones
France and Britain to discuss Palestine in London talks
Paris reports two day conference between Foreign Ministers Robert Schuman and Ernest Bevin will aim to align France and Britain's positions on Palestine. France has shown a more favorable stance toward Israel, with reports of possible recognition similar to the U S stance, though Britain has not followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Robert Schumand
France
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Palestine
London
Isme
Israel
U. S
Fritain
Three Dwelling Permits Issued in Frederick County
Building permits totaling 10000 dollars have been issued in Frederick County since January 1. The record includes three dwellings and a filling station with a second floor apartment. The Riley couple winchester route 1 received permission to build a concrete gas service station on Front Royal Road costing about 2000 dollars. Covingtons secured a permit for a four room frame bungalow east of Stephenson on Jordan Spring Road for 6500 dollars. Whitacre plans a frame dwelling at Whitacre costing about 1800 dollars. Glynns of Mt Williams plan a three room brick siding bungalow north of Mt Falls for 700 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Lewis
Bertha Riley
Winchester R. 1
Front Royal Rd
W. B
Bernice Covington
Stephenson
Jordan Spring Rd
Fred A. Whitacre
Whitacre
G. V. and
P. P. Glynn
Mt. Williams
Mt. Falls
Four Winchester and Frederick men ordered to report for induction
One Winchester resident and three men from Frederick County were ordered by local selective service boards to report to Alexandria on January 25 for induction. Rudolph Eugene Elliott of 438 Haddox Row John Virgil Godlove of RD 2 Richard Lee Hawkins of RD 3 and Joseph Lovell Manuel of Middletown are to depart by bus on that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Alexandria
Rudolph Eugene Elliott
Haddox Row
John Virgil Godlove
Richard Lee Hawkins
Joseph Lovell Manuel
Middletown
Death of Col Randolph in Wilderness 1864
In May 1864 Col William Wellford Randolph of Clarke County led the 2nd Virginia Infantry on the Confederates left in the Wilderness. He held ground until a Louisiana brigade arrived, then was killed by a shot to the forehead as he attempted to recover a fallen comrade. Lt Sam Grubbs from Clarke died earlier that day. The Randolph family rests in Old Chapel Cemetery in George County after a son born July 1864.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
Stonewall
Grant
2Nd
Va. Inf
William Wellford Randolph
New Market
Clarke Co
Louisiana
Sam Grubbs
Clarke
South
Col
Stockholders Elect Directors at Three Banks Annual Meetings
Stockholders met at the Farmers and Merchants National Bank Loudoun Street corner for the annual meeting represented by most of 4000 shares. Dr. L M Allen reviewed the bank’s past year while officers and proxies were announced and directors elected for the ensuing year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers A Merchants National Bank
Loudoun St
Rouss Ave
Charles R. McCann
Frederick County
G. Frank Butsler
R. Thornton Bryarly
Clarence H. Himelright
Commercial and Savings Bank
Messrs. E. W. Braithwaite
Henry T. Goode
George G. Snarr
P. E. Lineburg
Lilah G. Cather
Charles R. Anderson
Howell M. Bond
Fred S. Boyd
Fred I Brumback
Ray H. Duncan
E A. Humston
Llewellyn Jackson
Herbert S. Larrick
Charles P. McVicar
H. C. Sheetz
R. Bruce Slonaker
E. M. Steele
John I. Sloat
G. Grover Teets
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Frank Armstrong Jr
H. K. Benham
P. W. Boyd
Harold G. Brown
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Claude R. Cammer
Clifford D. Grim
Allen T. Hawthorne
Sloan Kuykendall
H. B. McCormac Jr
W. Nelson Page
J. W. Richard
John Rosenberger
California Winter Grips Region With Record Snow
Freezing conditions sweep California and western states as six inches of snow hit Los Angeles suburbs and over two inches litter Pasadena. Snow and ice stretch from Texas-Oklahoma panhandle to the Pacific coast, closing highways and threatening crops while crews clear icy roads through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Colorado Boulevard
Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
San Diego
Rocky Mountain
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Loot-laden Robber Checked at Door by Alarm
In San Francisco a holdup man threatened Mrs. Annie Waxman and demanded cash and liquor. After she handed over 31.55 and eight bottles each of whiskey and beer, a buzzer alarm summoned motorcycle officers Morey and Jordan. The suspect was halted at the door with guns drawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Annie Waxman
Herbert Morey
Kenneth R. Jordan
Four Men Indicted in Bribery Plot to Fix College Games
Four men were indicted by a New York County grand jury for attempting to bribe a player to fix college basketball games. A federal grand jury in Washington indicted three of the defendants as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York County
Manhattan
Washington
Winchester's oldest citizen nears 101st birthday
Mrs Elizabeth Sloat widow of Walter D Sloat and longtime Winchester resident will mark her 101st birthday Saturday at Maplewood Nursing Home She is in good spirits with appetite and sleep intact despite limited sight and hearing Her sons Harry K and Ernest C Sloat of Washington are expected to visit The Market St Methodist church led the 100th birthday celebration with open house and gifts of flowers and an orchid from the late Tom Breneman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Sloat
Walter D. Sloat
Winchester
Maplewood Nursing Home
C. W. Dunlap
Harry K
Earnest C. Sloat
Washington
Baltimore
Henry
Ann Elizabeth Klees
Sloat
F. August Gratchen
Winchester Municipal Band Elects Officers
Richard E. Rush of 229 Boyd Ave. has been elected president of the Winchester Municipal Band succeeding Carter Baker as vice president. Other officers include Doris Shickle secretary Charles Sirbaugh treasurer Arlie Long Jonas Chamberlin Charles Fleming and William Willey directors. The band plans to boost membership and prepares a public concert at Handley auditorium with Gaylen Strance listed as director. Rush is meter superintendent for Northern Virginia Power Co. and runs a photographic studio. He married Frances Walter of Winchester and has two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Rush
Boyd Ave
Winchester
Carter Baker
Doris Shickle
Charles Sirbaugh
Arlie Long
Jonas Chamberlin
Charles Fleming
William Willey
Handley
Rush
Northern Virginia Power Co
Frances Walter
Handley Auditorium
Gaylen Strance
Merchants Expect Selective Price Cuts After Christmas
New York retailers at the National Retail Dry Goods Assn convention say the post holiday rush points to a new era of lower prices, with 6000 merchants aiming to raise sales and cut costs while preserving profits. They foresee selective downward price adjustments and increased value rather than a broad price break or recession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Retail Dry Goods Assn
Job Training Education Tops Veterans Queries in Winchester
VA contract representatives visiting Winchester report job training and educational programs under the GI Bill as the most requested information. National Service Life Insurance inquiries rank second, with 1316 information requests handled in eight months. The Winchester office operates Mondays 9 am to 4 30 pm and Tuesdays 8 am to 3 45 pm, with Harrisonburg as the next closest VA contact office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
National Service Life Insurance
Robert C. Anderson
Harrisonburg
Traffic Fatalities Take Remarkable Drop in Year
Winchester and Frederick county recorded only two traffic deaths in 1948, an 82 percent drop from 1947. In 1947 there were 11 fatalities, five pedestrians, two fatal auto crashes, and several locations named. Safety measures and street crossing education credited. economic savings estimated at 100000 to 135000 compared with 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
J. Thomas Boyd
Winchester- Frederick
Gore
Boyd
National Ave
S. Washington St
Virginia to Supply Inaugural Parade Units
Four Virginia marching groups commit to President Truman's January 20 inaugural parade. Richmond Light Infantry Blues and 221st Army band, Virginia Military Institute corps and band, Virginia Tech Pershing cadets, and a John Marshall high school cadet battalion will total about 1 450 officers and men under a single Virginia command. Gov. Tuck and party depart Richmond January 19 by train for Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Truman
S. Gardner Waller
Richmond Light Infantry Blues Battalion
Virginia National Guard
Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets
Virginia Tech
Pershing
John Marshall High School
Berlin Airlift Evacuates Tubercular Patients to West
The airlift begins moving nearly 1500 seriously ill tuberculosis patients from blockaded Berlin to hospitals in western Germany with completion expected in two months. Parallel to this, 10,000 Berlin children have already been sent to western zones to ease winter hardships. A Dena report cites a Soviet engineer Vinogradov fleeing to western Germany after orders to return to Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Dena
Chemnitz
Saxony
Navy questions suspects in Guam rape slay case
The Navy reports a man questioned in Ruth Farnsworths rape and death on Guam admitted seeing two companions hitting and carrying off the San Francisco woman. Rear Adm. Charles Pownall said all persons involved have been identified and are being questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Ruth Farnsworth
Guam
San Francisco
Charles Pownall
Social Security Beneficiaries Increase by One-Third in Year
Nelson reports 1948 Social Security payments for Winchester Frederick Clarke area totaling about 164000 if a 50 percent increase is enacted. Average monthly retired worker benefit estimated at 25.95 dollars with 247 beneficiaries in the three counties and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Harry Albert Nelson
Congress
Winchester- Frederick-Clarke
Nelson
Clarke
Social Security Administration
Truman
Forrestal Expects to Remain as Defense Secretary
James V. Forrestal told White House reporters after a talk with President Truman that he expects to stay on as defense secretary. He said he may submit a routine resignation but does not expect it to be accepted and plans to continue in his cabinet post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James V. Forrestal
Truman
Forrestal
White House
Congress
Congress Proposes U S Financing for Factories
Congress considers a sweeping plan to fund industrial growth with a 15.9 billion Reconstruction Finance Corp. fund. Rep Patman and Sen Murrey Sparkman push loans or grants to raise production, with states or regions allowed to borrow to run their own enterprises. The plan faces sharp Republican opposition and a broader socialist critique.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Rep
Patman
D-Tex
Murrey
D-Mont
Sparkman
D-Ala
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Tientsin Falls as Nanking Hears of Surrender
Reports from Nanking indicate either Tientsin has fallen to northern forces or terms for surrender have been agreed. The city is said to be "gone" with no details released. Across the front communist troops mop up government forces near Nanking while officials flee the capital in large numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Indica
Reas
Tientsin
Red
China
Ministry of Health
Canton
Formosa
Taiwan
General County
Kline
Week of Prayer Speaker Cites Danger in City Life
Rev. Paul Hardin Jr of High Point NC spoke at Market St Methodist on unity amid urban tensions. He urged knowledge of neighbors and service for peace, noting closer contacts with distant places due to transport and communication. Weeklong services run daily at noon and 7:45 pm sponsored by the Winchester Ministerial Assn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hardin Jr
High Point
N. C
Market St. Methodist Church
Russia
Washington
New York
Winchester Ministerial Assn
Hardin
E. T. Clark
Walker McC. Bond
Jay H. Lowden
H. C. McMurtry
County Schools Ask 55000 More For Coming Year
County supervisors deferred action on a 345177 school board budget presented by the school board and officials. The 1949 50 expenditures include a 33000 rise in teacher salaries and 9000 more for auxiliary agencies and school plant operations amid broader plans for facilities and possible bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Leslie D. Kline
R. E. Ayler
Kline
Solenberger
A. F. Lillard
Carlton Ramey
R. 627
C. C. Cunningham
H. A. Coughill
Dog Fund
General County Fund
Miami Call Triggers Early Golf Practice at Blue Ridge Links
In January in mild weather, Lester Arnold Dr Allen Hawthorne and Joe Dorsey used an unseasonal day to practice at Blue Ridge Country Club. A Miami call about 65 degree temperature prompted Arnold to grab his clubs and head to the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge Country Club
Lester Arnold
Allen Hawthorne
Joe Dorsey
Arnold
Miami
Special Dodge pickup and coat sale notices
Classified brief listing vehicle offer at Pine Motor Co with payment terms and two coat promotions at Modern Age Shoppe. Includes meeting notice for V. F. W. with refreshments and new member invitation. Names, dates, and locations provided in fragmented form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almos
Pine Motor CO
S. Loudoun St
Vv. F. W
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Everard Kidder
Meade
Shenandoah National
John C. Blackburn
Robert D. Glaize
Howard A. Holland
Carl T. Cather
Associated Press
Man
Bland
Bland County
W. M. Price
Price
Catherine S. Newberry
R. 99
Machanicsburg
Pulaski
Samuel Newberry
Bland Jail
Newberry
Ralph Newberry
Samuel
Ralph
Mechanicsburg
Catherine
Commonwealth
W. S. Dunn
City
Richard Rush
VMI
VPI
U.S
Tienstin Falls
Board of Supervisors
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