Torque Converter Gains in Favor for Auto Transmission
Detroit reports at the Society of Automotive Engineers meeting that engineers expect improved fuel mileage and engine performance via lightweight engines higher compression better combustion reduced heat loss and lower wind resistance. They anticipate continued body styling limits due to tooling investments and highlight the torque converter transmission as the likely future standard offering smooth continuous acceleration over stepped gear shifts.
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Detroit
Society of ‘Automotive Engineers
Oliver K. Kelly
General Motors
Elector Cast Vote Against Monroe in 1820 Earlier than 1948
In 1820 an elector voted against James Monroe preferring George Washington to remain the sole unanimously elected president. The vote reflected a desire to honor Washington's unique status rather than a party candidate defeat.
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C. A
James Monroe
George Washington
Mother and three children die in farm house fire
A mother identified as Margaret Lake Winters aged 20 and her three children Jane age 3 Brenda age 2 and John age 1 died in a blaze that destroyed a double frame tenant house on a Red Lion area farm. Firemen recovered the mother and two children from the debris. The explosion and fire occurred today three and a half miles south of Red Lion York County Pennsylvania.
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York
Red Lion
Margaret Lake Winters
Jane
Brenda
John
March of Dimes Campaign In Winchester Seeks Dimes
Butler outlines drive to raise funds for infantile paralysis response with 5000 collection cards in schools and telephones. Girl and Boy Scouts assist at theaters and games, aiming for about 2000 dollars to link local streets, while half the net proceeds stay local and the rest go to the national foundation.
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Butler
Harry Ebert Jr
Winchester
Frederick
Marvin Gore
Women's Civic League
Richmond
National Foundation
Virginia
North Carolina
Samuel McCarty
Ronald Smyre
Peoples Drug Store
N. Loudoun St
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Joseph Butler
Boscawen
Piccadilly Sts
GAA
Northern Virginia Power Co
Sales Directory February 16 to 25 Farm Auction Items
A series of sales listings detail farm auctions across two weeks. Claude Poston offers machinery and livestock 1 mile south of Ellwood on Route 505 on February 16 at 10 a.m. Charles Edwards holds livestock and farm implements near Marvin Chapel Church four miles east of Berryville on February 23 at 10 a.m. H S Bart lists farm machinery and livestock at White Hall on February 24 at 11 a.m. H O Light near Grimes Virginia conducts livestock, farm machinery and household goods sale February 25 at 10 a.m.
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Claude Poston
Ellwood
Charles Edwards
Berryville
Marvin Chapel Church
H. S. Bart
White Hall
H. O. Light
Grimes
Egyptians Seek Release of 300 Trapped by Jews
Egypts pressed for the release of about 300 Egyptian troops trapped by Israeli forces at Faluga in the Negev as armistice talks continued under UN mediator Dr Ralph Bunche. The talks paused offensive operations and planned implementation of Security Council resolutions to withdraw to positions held Oct 14 and negotiate peace.
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Rhodes
Faluja
Palestine
Negev Desert
Holy Land
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Security Council
Handley Displays Work Fashioned In Metal Shop
Handley students show 12 years of metal shop effort in an exhibit at John S. Solenberger and Co. Hardware, featuring 100 articles from bench metal to foundry work. Items include lamps, pewter dishes, and brass pieces. Pupils listed include Keith Lee and Richard Chapman. display runs through Tuesday.
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Handley
John S. Solenberger and Co
Paul W. Sybert
Sybert
Mrs. Sloat Feels Fine on Her 101st Birthday
Elizabeth Sloat widow of Walter D. Sloat and Winches ter's oldest living citizen marked her 101st birthday at Maple wood nursing home. Her son Ernest visited from Washington as she greeted friends and read birthday cards from admirers with nurses reading them aloud.
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Elizabeth Sloat
Walter D. Sloat
Winchester
Maplewood
Ernest
Washington
Mary Lee Baughman
Telephone stock slides after anti monopoly suit
American Telephone and Telegraph common stock fell again in New York trading, dropping about 1 to 2 points after a one point decline the previous session. A Justice Department anti monopoly suit against the company sparked the downward move as gains posted by U S Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Studebaker, Woolworth, Sears Roebuck, International Harvester, Schenley, Electric Power and Light, Cerro De Pasco, General Electric, Philip Morris, Santa Fe, and Texas Co. contrasted with losses by Republic Steel, Columbia Gas, General Motors, Firestone, Johns Manville, U S Gypsum, New York Central, United Air Lines and Warner Bros.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph
Guerrilla Forces Drive Dutch from Indonesian Towns
An underground broadcast says Indonesian Republican guerrillas have slashed into the Cheribon network and drove the Dutch from Patjitan on Java's south coast. The claim lacks confirmation from official Dutch sources as UN observers cite insufficient Dutch strength to curb sabotage.
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Batavia
Java
Cheribon
Parjitan
Republican
United Nations
Netherlands
Patjitan
Soerkarta
Live stock prices slip at market with varied gains and losses
Hog and cattle prices moved unevenly from Friday to Saturday with hogs mostly steady to 50 cents lower and sows down, while steers and cows showed broad declines. Calves and lambs followed regional trends with midrange lots holding or dipping slightly in Chicago demand and feeding-stock notes.
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Wek
Chicago
Robertson Sees Expanded Social Security Proposals
Robertson argues for doubling benefits under the 1935 act and adding disability and health insurance. He warns the expanded program would impose a heavy financial burden, possibly via payroll taxes or federal funds, and notes the health bill could cost four percent of payrolls. He cites totals near 16 percent when combining old age, survivors, unemployment, and disability taxes.
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Congress
Uny
Social Security Board
Manassas Tech May Transfer to City and Counties
Manassas technical school, run by the SI since 1945, may shift control to Alexandria city and a group of Northern Virginia counties. The state plans to cut operating support to one-fifth and instruction funding to two-thirds. The plant is owned by Prince William county. enrollment stands at 490. School board reps will meet soon to set allocations.
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Manassas
Alexandria
Virginia
Commonwealth
Prince William County
Mae West Rushes From Hospital Back to Stage
Mae West exits University Hospital in Baltimore six hours after admission to rejoin her Diamond Lil production. She says she feels better and wants to prevent delaying the show, leaving in a wheelchair at her own request.
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Mae West
Baltimore
University Hospital
Miss West
Marshalls Fly To Puerto Rico
Secretary of State George C. Marshall and Mrs. Marshall flew from Pinehurst North Carolina to San Juan Puerto Rico. The general who retires January twentieth is recuperating from kidney surgery and will stay in San Juan for several weeks. The trip followed Truman’s suggestion during his Walter Reed Hospital stay last December.
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Pinehurst
N. C
George C. Marsall
Marshall
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Popefield
Air Force Constellation
Gen. Marshall
Marshalls
Walter Reed Hospital
Presiant Truman
337 Acre Farm for Sale in Clarke County Virginia
A farm in Clarke County Virginia under authority from multiple heirs is offered for sale. It is currently occupied by John C. Russell and was rented by three generations of the Bromley family for nearly a century. For information contact Coleman Dunn in Winchester or Chalfont Pennsylvania via phone Lexington 4851.
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Clarke County
John C. Russell
Bromley
Coleman Dunn
Winchester
Staunton Edges Harrisonburg in Tight 41 34 Victory
Staunton high school overcame a late deficit to beat Harrisonburg 41 to 34 in a boys basketball showdown. Star players from Staunton led the scoring as the team secured a crucial conference win.
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Staunton High School
Harrisonburg Quint
Answers to Daily Quiz What the readers asked and answered
Answers to daily quiz printed on Page 4 reveal the correct responses: 1 Battle of the Bulge 2 Favors 3 Department of the Interior 4 True 5 St Paul 6 Up and down only 7 Two handed cribbage 8 In a beautiful pea green boat 9 True 10 Plum
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the Bulge
Favors
Department of the Interior
True
St. Paul
Grains Open Lower in Chicago Trade on Jan 15
Chicago grains opened lower with soybeans at 2.453 4 for March and corn May at 1.46 45 3 4. Wheat May 2.247 7 with other months listed. Lard shows a small recovery from recent weakness as prices are noted at 15.32.
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Chicago
Jly
Tractor-Trailer Upset On Soft Shoulder Near Middletown
A Mason-Dixon tractor-trailer overturned at 4 a.m. Thursday on Route 11 near Middletown after the driver attempted to rejoin the highway from a soft shoulder. The driver escaped unhurt. extent of cargo damage is unknown. Shade's garage recovered the rig. Vehicle operated from the Harrisonburg terminal headed north.
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Middletown
E. B. Mitchell
Mitchell
Shade
Harrisonburg
Ada Brumback Johnson Rites Held at Front Royal
Funeral services for Ada Brumback Johnson age 68 will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow at the late home in Front Royal. She was a native of Frederick county and a daughter of Isaac Brumback and Frances Funkhouser Brumback. She leaves a daughter Mrs Louis DeHon of Alexandria and a brother Harmon Brumback of Frederick county.
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Front Royal
Ada Brumback Johnson
Frederick County
Isaac Brumback
Frances Funkhouser Brumback
Louis DeHon
Alexandria
Harmon Brumback
Weather forecasts for Ohio Kentucky Maryland and more
Ohio occasional light rain and not as cold tonight. Sunday cloudy and mild with occasional rain followed by colder at night. Kentucky cloudy and somewhat warmer with occasional light rain west and central portions tonight. West Sorat cloudy and mild with occasional rain. West Virginia increasing cloudiness and not as cold tonight. Sunday cloudy and warmer with occasional rain. Maryland and Virginia increasing cloudiness tonight. Sunday mostly cloudy with occasional rain west portion spreading through east by afternoon or night. Not much temperature change.
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Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Mrs Eva Raley Rites Held For 27 Year Old
Funeral services were held at 2 30 today from Linden Methodist church for Mrs Eva Raley 27 wife of Ernest Raley of Warren county and sister of Benton Houghton of Gore who died Thursday at Front Royal hospital
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Linden Methodist Church
Eva Raley
Ernest Raley
Warren County
Benton Houghton
Gore
Front Royal Hospital
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Bevin
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House of Commons
Ernest Bevin
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Harold MacMillan
Handley Displays
Beverly Twin Market
Farm Machinery and Livestock Exchange
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Robertson
Manassas Tech
Lewis Pidgeon
Staunton
Quint
Diamonds & Jewelry
Cameron
G. G. Baker
Weld
C. J. Brumback& Sons
Your McCormick-Deering
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Raley
N. Cameron
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Henry T. Goode
Rouss Ave
City Hall
Rileys Real Estate Agency
H. L. Riley
L. W. Riley
Frick
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Martinsburg Pike
Patton’s
Charlotte Weld
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