Stolen Safe Found East of Winchester After Break-In
A safe stolen from Strasburg Motor Co. last night was found over an embankment four miles east of Winchester. It contained about 500 dollars in cash and 1400 to 1500 dollars in checks. the door was forced and records, including car titles, were scattered. Sheriff DeHaven and officers found the 400 pound safe with witnesses noting the location and ownership.
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Strasburg Motor Co
R. 7
Winchester
Robert DeHaven
H. C. Kline
Earl Brill
Strasburg
Carl Deaver
Kline
DeHaven
Emma Lofton
Carter
F. M. Funk
Henry Renner
Senator Robertson to address White Post Bible class dinner
Senator A Willis Robertson will speak to the Men’s Bible class of White Post at a dinner tomorrow at 7 pm in the Boyce High School. The event is limited to Bible class members and their invited guests.
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A. Willis Robertson
White Post
Boyce Hish School
Virginia Travel Council forecasts record out of state travel
The Virginia Travel Council predicts out of state passenger travel into Virginia will exceed all prior records this year with an income surpassing 300 million dollars by 1951. They cite a 13.3 percent rise in foreign passenger car travel and expect visits by various groups to nearly double, while advertising by private business grows.
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Virginia Travel Council
Virginia
Chiang Accuses Russian Advisers of aiding Chusan assault
In Formosa the Nationalist defense ministry said a Russian advisory group aided Chinese communists preparing to seize the Chusan islands. Four Russian officers were said to be attached to each red division as Nationalist bombers raided invasion craft and attacked targets along the Shanghai area.
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Taipei
Formosa
Defense Ministry
Chusan Islands
Shanghai
Red
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Court declines review in Goochland church case
The Virginia Supreme Court refused to hear Thomas C. Hopkins case claiming he was expelled from Emm as Baptist Church in Goochland County without congregational authority. Hopkins argued two members acted without the congregation and others were warned not to allow him to preach. The court also agreed to review a separate breach of contract appeal from Loudoun County involving W N Hall and Katherine MacLeod plus Colin MacLeod.
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Richmond
Jan
Virginia Supreme Court Today
Goochland County Baptist Church
Thomas C. Hopkins
Supreme Court
Goochland County
Kins
Emmaus' Baptist Church
Loudoun County Circuit Court
W. N. Hall
Katherine MacLeod
Colin MacLeod
Frederick County consolidates five high schools into James Wood
More than 700 pupils will attend class at the new James Wood high school near Winchester starting September. The 61 percent complete building, costing over a million dollars, will replace five existing high schools and house 32 to 35 teachers with 28 regular classrooms and multiple specialty rooms.
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Frederick County High School
James Wood High School
Winchester City Limits
Stephens City High School
Stonewall High School
Clearbrook
Gainesboro
Middletown
Gore High School
George Kimball Keeps His Newspaper Column Going At 84
At 84 George M Kimball continues writing his Colorado column despite his wife Marguerite West Kimball’s December death. Surrounded by family at Rock Hall Farm near Berryville he recalls their 59th anniversary and the couple’s long life of work and sacrifice while he forges ahead with his daily craft.
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George Kimball
George M. Kimball
Rock Hall Farm
Berryville
Neil W. Kimball
Leslie Sanderlin
Marguerite West Kimball
Rock Hall
Dad” Kimball
Mother
Dad Kimball
Colorado
Golden
Kimball
Eugene O'Neill
Senate Expected To Approve Sherman Appointment Today
Senate anticipated confirmation of Admiral Forrest Sherman as chief of naval operations after a tense day. Senator McCarthy blocked immediate unanimous consent, delaying a vote while signaling potential remarks about protecting congressional witnesses.
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Washington
Sherman
Tyding
Senate Armed Services Committee
Tydings
McCarthy
Senate
Plan Fire Tower For N. Mountain
The Virginia Forest Service will erect an 80 foot steel fire tower on Big North mountain in Frederick County. Thomas B. Rosenberger said clearing a telephone right of way and building a road will precede erection. The tower, two miles from Route 600 and three miles south of Route 50 at Hayfield, will be manned by a paid warden in spring and fall to spot fires quickly. The goal is readiness for the coming fall.
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Ayler
Gravel Springs
Agriculture Department
Big North Mountain
Frederick County
Virginia Forest Service
Thomas B. Rosenberger
R. 600
Winchester
Rosenberger
Hayfield
Labor unions form joint NY City political action group
The CIO and AFL in New York City pool forces for year round political action. They create a United Labor Committee to guide policy speak for both unions on pending legislation and candidate support, in a historic unprecedented alliance with about 1,250,000 members.
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New York
CIO
AFL
New York City
United Labor Committee
United
AFL and Cio
Schools Seek $88,000 General Fund Boost for 1950 51
School board and Frederick County supervisors met to outline probable operating costs for the 1950-51 term. They were told the schools will need about $88,000 from the general fund, following $54,000 received this year plus regular levy income. The increase funds the new consolidated county high school on Route 50 and other operations as the tentative budget is reviewed.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
General County
Senate Hears Formosa Stakes as Johnson and Bradley Probed
Senate foreign relations committee invites Defense Secretary Johnson and General Omar Bradley to testify January 26 on Formosa. Republicans press for military input while Acheson briefs and Truman maintains a hands off policy. A report notes Nationalists could hold Formosa 6 to 18 months without US help.
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Ashington
Nate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Omar Bradley
Formosa
Connally
D-Tex
Joint Chiefs of Staff
GOP
Pacific
House Foreign Affairs Committee
C. B. Marshall
Harvard
Acheson
National Press Club
Orient
China
Prisoners Fatally Beat Sheriff and Escape on Trail
Two handcuffed inmates Everett Charles Pitts and Willis Eugene Thomas attacked Sheriff E. E. Marlow as he halted to transfer them near Woodstock. They fled on foot, pursued by Shenandoah and Warren county officers with bloodhounds from a prison camp. The incident occurred as Marlow was transporting the pair to jail. no serious injuries reported to the sheriff.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah
E. E. Marlow
Warren County
Shenandoah County
Front Royal
Garland E. Weaver
Marlow
Patient Carried Mile Through Rain From Hospital Home
Mrs Flora Sisk aged 66 a medical patient at Winchester hospital since December 1948 was returned to her Sulphur Spring Road home yesterday Unable to get the Friendship ambulance to the house she was carried more than a mile in the rain on a stretcher Paul Clark driver said she suffered no ill effects The party wore rubber boots and rain coats borrowed from Friendship Fire Co supplies
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Flora Sisk
Winchester Hospital
Taft Foresees Victory In Ohio At Election Time
Republican Senator Taft expressed confidence he would be re-elected to a new six year term in Ohio. He argued conditions now favor his bid more than they will in November and criticized CIO official Jack Kroll over the new ballot requiring voters to choose each office. President Truman contrasted Democrats’ rosy Ohio outlook with Taft’s optimism during a briefing.
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Washington
Truman
Ohio
Taft
Senate
William Boyle Jr
Boyle
Jack Kroll
CIO Political Action Committee
Kroll
CIO
Flying Arrow Reaches Tsingtao
Aboard the Flying Arrow the ship sails into Tsingtao after saying farewell to its U S destroyer escort eight miles out. The American freighter will stay about a week for repairs after a shelling by a Chinese Nationalist gun boat during its Yangtze voyage toward Shang.
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Wayne Richardson
Flying Arrow
Tsingtao
U. S
Yangtze
Shang
Southern groups push to expel four colleges from NCAA
The Citadel Virginia Tech VMI and Virginia face expulsion under the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. code as Dixie delegates threaten a final split. Iowa's Karl Leib warns of a showdown while critics say the sanctions fail to teeth the code and harm college athletics.
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New York
Citadel
Virginia
National Collegiate Athletic Assn
Brimstone
Dixie
NCAA
Robert R. Neyland
Tennessee
Virginia Virginia Tech
VMI
Citad
Southern
Karl Leib
Iowa
VPI
BN Canis Rd
52 Men Trapped On Sunken Sub Believed Dead
Fifty two men are feared dead aboard the sunken submarine Truculent after collision with an ironclad and grounding in the Thames estuary. Divers reported no life, with nine dead and fifteen rescued. a Lancaster rescue plane also crashed with five killed.
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Chatham
Eng
G. B. Middleton
Chatham Navy Yard
Thames
Admiraltty
Tlow
Scotland
Admiralty
Barrow Deep
Zest
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook
A five day forecast for Virginia from Saturday to Wednesday shows temperatures about six to eight degrees above normal. Expect milder conditions Saturday then colder by the weekend. Rain is forecast Wednesday with total precipitation between half and three quarters of an inch.
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Virginia
Wanted Young Man for Delivery Truck
Wanted young man for delivery truck call in person at Pingley and Carper Cleaners.
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Pingley
Carper Cleaners
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Chiang
Robert E. Ayler
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State Literary Fund
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N. Mountain
State
Afl-Cio
Unite For
N.Y
W. Va
Evening Star
Bradley
Sen
Jack Bell
Collegiate Assn
Mouth
N. H
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W. Boscawen
Commer. & Aevues Bank
Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider & Vinegar Co
Winchester Cold Storage Corp
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
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