Fireman's Parade Group To Meet Here Tonight
Arrangements for the annual meeting of the Firemen's Parade and Fireworks group are made by John Hawse to be held tonight at George Washington Hotel at 7 pm. Delegates from Clearbrook Gore Middletown Stephens City attend with city committees Friendship Sarah Zager South End and the Rouss. Hawse succeeds John Boyd who headed the department in 1948 1949 and now serves on the Festival Board representing fire companies.
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John Hawse
At & Pm
George Washingon Hotel
Clearbrook
Gore
Middletown
Stephens City
Friendship
Sarah Zager
South End
Rouss
Hawse
Firemen’s Parade
John Boyd
Ord
Boyd
Festival
McGuire Outlines Bicentennial Organization in Winchester
Dr. William P. McGuire chair of the Winchester Virginia Bicentennial says organization plans are complete for the celebration. The structure includes president treasurer and secretary six vice chairmen a budget chairman and divisions covering Publicity Open Day Closing Day Armistice Day Souvenirs Mailing Cadets and Historical Markers Recognitions and Organizations.
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William P. McGuire
Winchester
Virginia
McGuire
Lewis M
Auction Notice Listings for Livestock and Farm Goods
Sales directory details multiple auctions with dates February 13 February 20 and February 22. Locations include Greenspring near White Hall near Double Tollgate and near Inwood West Virginia. Items listed are livestock farm machinery feed and related equipment.
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Carlton Dyke
Greenspring
White Hall
Katie C Punkhouser
C. H. Madagan
Double Tollgate
Pro Livestock
Raymond Balanger
Inwood
W. Va
Falls Church Man Unconscious After West Virginia Crash
Albin Davis aged 24 of Falls Church remained unconscious at Memorial Hospital after a late Saturday night single vehicle crash near Rio West Virginia. Davis suffered severe facial and neck lacerations and possible skull fracture. Two ecormo companions were not kept at the hospital and their names were not available as police continued the investigation.
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Albin Davis
Falls Church
Memorial Hospital
Rio
W. Va
Davis
Draper Named Special Representative in Europe
President Truman nominates William H. Draper Jr a New York banker and Long Island Transit Authority chairman as roving ambassador in Europe under the Mutual Security Act He will succeed Charles M Spofford after the Lisbon Conference of NATO Draper serves as special representative to coordinate supervise and direct Economic and Military Assistance Programs for the government
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Washington
Truman
William H. Draper, Jr
New York
Long Island Transit Authority
Europe
Charles M. Spofford
Boston
Lisbon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Draper
White House
W. Averell Harriman
Rites Wednesday For L. R. Lineburg
Luther R Lineburg 79 died early Saturday at his daughter's home in Capon Springs West Virginia He was born August 24 1872 in Frederick County Survived by daughters Nellie Farmer Ollie LaFollette Evelyn LaFollette and son Lee Lineburg all of Capon Springs WV Funeral at Willow Chapel Church Capon Springs Wednesday at 1 PM conducted by Rev Cookman.
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Luther R. Lineburg
Nel- Farmer
Capon Springs
West Virginia
Louis and
Eliza Lineburg
Frederick County
Lineburg
Nellie Farmer
Ollie LaFollette
Evelyn aFollette
Lee Lineburg
Willow Chapel
Cookman
Market St Church to Hold Quarterly Conference Tonight
The first quarterly conference of the new year takes place at Market Street Methodist Church tonight at 7 30. Rev. F B Oglesby district supervisor will preside in conjunction with the Official Board meeting. The finance committee will meet at 7 in the church office.
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Market Street
Methodist Church
F. B. Oglesby
Woman's Body Found in Shenandoah River at Timberville
The body of Miss Blanche E. Landis 50 a Timberville operator was recovered from the Shenandoah River today. A coroner's verdict has not been issued. Police said she disappeared from her home yesterday and notes indicate possible self harm. Movements by Harrisonburg Rescue Squad and Timberville volunteers followed discovery of clothing on the river bank.
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Timberville
Blanche E. Landis
Shenandoah
Truman Wampler
Miss Landis
Harrisonburg
Timberville Broadway
New Market
Barrett Refuses TV and Radio Testimony at Senate Inquiry
Maj Robert J. Barrett former Washington Police superintendent refused to testify before a Senate District of Columbia crime hearings panel until TV cameras and radio microphones were shut off. Sen Neely ordered no TV coverage of Barrett, while Sen Pastore urged allowing cameras. the inquiry aims to examine crime conditions tied to a numbers racket case including 16 indicted individuals. Barrett retired as police chief in November for physical disability.
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Washington
Robert J. Barrett
Senate
Senator Neely
D-Wva
Oon Barrett
Pastore
D-Ri1
Barrett
Neely
Senate Committee
District of Columbia
Albert Bullock
Sat
Robert Kirby
Carlsen Faces Criticism at Flying Enterprise Inquiry
In New York a Coast Guard inquiry heard Samuel Miller and Arthur Janssens criticize Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen and Isbrandtsen Company over the Flying Enterprise disaster. Miller questioned why the ship did not seek the nearest port after hull damage. Janssens cited missioning of pie iron cargo as a factor.
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New York
Henrik Kurt Carlsen
Flying Feinterprise
Isbrandtsen
Coast Guard
Samuel Miller
Highland Park
Mich
Carlsen
Miller
Enterprise
Arthur Janssens
Manhattan
Rotterdam
Officials Warn About Inflammable Sweat ers Sparking Fires Across States
Officials reported sweaters burning in four seconds and turning to ashes in 50 seconds. The inflammable material appeared in New Jersey California Massachusetts Maryland Texas Nebraska Pennsylvania New York Kentucky Ohio Wisconsin Rhode Island Michigan and spread to rugs in Cambridge Massachusetts where complaints said small rugs ignited near open fires. Authorities linked rugs to the same material as the sweaters.
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New Jersey
California
Massachusetts
Maryland
Texas
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
New York
Kentucky
Ohio
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Michigan
Cambridge
Mass
Earl of Dalkeith Rumored to Wed Princess Margaret
London reports current rumors that the Earl of Dalkeith will marry Princess Margaret. The couple reportedly shared a Scottish holiday romance and traveled to Sandringham for family approval before any official engagement announcement.
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Earl of
Dalkeith
London
Margaret
Bowhill
Sandringham
George VI
Norfolk
Scotland
Johnny
Mass Expulsion Threat Over British in Egypt
Egypt warned last night it could expel all British subjects unless they avoid subversive acts. A diplomatic letter cited grave tension with the United Kingdom and pleaded restraint. In canal zone fighting, Egyptian and British casualties rose as clashes continued near Tel el Kebir and Suez.
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Egypt
Nile Kingdom
Fayat
United Kingdom
Cyprus
Canal Zone
Tel el Kebir
Suez
Drifting Dynamite Barge Taken in Tow
A dynamite barge ripped from its mooring by a gale was towed by the Coast Guard after four hours of drifting in San Francisco Bay. The barge carried cargo from Hercules to San Pablo Bay, taken in tow near Mare Island as heavy storm conditions continued.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay
Hercules
San Pablo Bay
Mare Island
Republican Women urged to back GOP President effort
Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington told the National Federation of Women's Republican clubs that Republican women should work through labor, radio, TV and the press to elect a GOP president. She noted housewives urging family members to attend labor meetings and seek unions' official posts.
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San Francisco
Joseph R. Farrington
National Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
Federation
Hawaii
Congress
Big Three See Shift in Soviet Stance on Atomic Control
A British spokesman described Vishinsky’s move as a Western victory for persistence against demands for an immediate blanket prohibition of the atomic weapon. He linked the shift to secret Big Four disarmament talks held last month and said it could lead to closer East West agreement in the Disarmament Commission discussions.
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Vishinsky
Disarmament Commission
Hope Dims For Survivors Of Pennsylvania
Seventeen search planes were set to resume the hunt for the freighter Pennsylvania and its 45 man crew in the north Pacific after clearing weather. Coast Guard units scoured an area southeast of the last report as 35 foot seas and a 75 mph gale hampered rescue efforts with lifeboats untraced amid oil slicks and debris.
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Seattle
North Pacific
Pennsylvania
Pacific
Coast Guard
Blinded Pilot Guided B 26 To Safe Landing
Lt John Grubbs blinded by an anti aircraft shell kept control of a B 26 during a strafing run until Lt Vincent Alessi directed the plane back to base by radio. For over an hour Grubbs followed Alessi instructions and landed, though two tires blew when he hit the emergency brake. Air force doctors said his eyes were not damaged.
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U.S Air Force
Korea
Fifth Air Force
John Grubbs
Brooksville Fla
Vincent Alessi
Roxbury Mass
Grubbs
Alessi
Johnny
Air Force
Wartime Loot Search Targets Intramuros Fortress
In Manila two Filipinos, Francisco Dantes and Antonio Nepomucene, plan a risky hunt for a rumored stash of wartime treasure buried in Intramuros. As Japanese forces hid wealth during the 1945 battle, American bombardment left the area a perilous maze of mines and booby traps.
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Manila
Intramuros
Francisco Dantes
Antonio Nepomucene
MacArthur
Philippines
Navy Patrol Bomber Crashes in Japan
A four engine U S Navy patrol bomber crashed near Yokohama Japan killing at least three of its 12 crew. Three bodies were recovered with search for the remaining nine continuing. The plane, damaged by engine trouble, was en route to Atsugi Airbase when it went down in a field during a rain squall near houses and factory buildings.
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Yokohama
Japan
U. S. Navy
Here
Navy
Atsugi
Richmond Bank President Dies
Richmond banker Harris a 58 year old native of Louisa County died of a heart attack at his home. He rose from messenger boy in 1912 to president of First and Merchants National Bank in 1939. He directed multiple Virginia firms and institutions, with funeral services at Grove Ave Baptist Church and burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Survivors include wife Mary Murdock Harris and son Hiter Harris Jr. of New York City.
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Harris
Louisa County
Richmond
Merchants National Bank
First and
Merchants and
First National Bank
Virginia
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Lawyers Title Insurance Company
General Baking Company
Commonwealth Natural Gas Corporation
Virginia - Carolina Chemical Corporation
University of Richmond
Barter Theater
Grove Ave Baptist Church
Hollywood Cemetery
Mary Murdock Harris
Hiter Harris, Jr
New York City
Missing British officials reported in Soviet prison
A diplomat returning from the Soviet Union said two British Foreign Office officers, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, missing since last May, are believed held in Moscow Lubiyanka prison. The claim notes the Moscow diplomatic corps regards this as almost common knowledge.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
Moscow
Guy Burgess
Donald MacLean
Lubiyanka
Governor Battle Budget Highlights Education and Finance Figures
Governor Battle’s proposed Virginia budget totals 697 million, with 124.8 million from income taxes and 99.9 million for public schools. It eliminates conditional appropriations, trims agency requests by 77 million, and sets a 2 000 to 3 200 salary range for teachers funded by state money.
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Battle
Tuck
Virginia
State aid teaching positions eyed in education plan
Governor Battle proposes a foundation style funding shift for education distributing salaries totaling 55 560 850 for two years to all counties bad cities on a per state basis 1878 per state aid teacher per year. The plan bases positions on average daily attendance and local funds may add staff but state funds will not exceed actual employed positions.
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Battle
Assembly
Norfolk motorcycle rider killed in collision
Lonnie Williams, 36, of Norfolk, died yesterday after his motorcycle collided with an automobile at Bainbridge Boulevard and Appomattox Street. The crash remains under investigation.
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Norfolk
Lonnie Williams
Bainbridge Boulevard
Appomattox Street
Quiz Answers Listed for Page Four
Answers to the Page Four quiz questions include exceeded fifty million, 212 degrees F, Polo, False, John Adams first, Uncle, Sioux, Coventry, Thomas R. Marshall, Theodore Roosevelt, and fear of spiders.
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John Adams
Coventry
Thomas R. Marshall
Theodore Roosevelt
Fear of Spiders
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L. R. Lineburg
Market St
Shenandoah River
Allis-Chalmers
H. P
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
N, Kent St
GOP
Big
BRUMBACK &@ SONS
N. Cameron St
Uae
Orkin
Richmond Bank
H. Hiter Harris
Gov. Battle
Seiberling Thermoweld
Frederick Motors Inc
Martinsburg Pike
Heatwale Motor Co
N. Braddock St
VL Abe
Ney
Ize
Glaize & Bro
Food Center
Florence M. Barr
Valley Ave
Headley’s Auctions
Middletown State Bank, Inc
State Corporation Commission
United States
Penne
PUTRI
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W.R. Campbell
WM. S. Sargent
H. W. Owings
J. J. Pickeras
State of
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C. L. Wright
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