Clarke Native Thomas Armel Dies at 53
Thomas Nelson Armel 53 died at 1 45 p m at Martinsburg hospital after a week’s illness. Born September 24 1893 in Clarke County he lived in Clarke County until 20 years ago moving to Washington DC and later Hyattsville Maryland before returning to Berryville. Survived by wife Ervan May Lee daughter Audrey Jones and several siblings and a grandchild. Funeral Friday January 17 at 2 pm from John H Enders Funeral Home with burial in Greenhill Cemetery Berryville.
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Thomas Nelson Armel
Newton D. Baker
Martinsburg
Memorial Hospital
Win
Clarke County
John W. Armel
Pennsylvania
Frances Cad- Wallader
Virginia
Washington, D. C
U. S. Deartment of Agriculture
Hyattsville
Clarke
Berryville
Ervan May Lee
Audrey Jones
Lawrence Armel
Loudoun County
Floyd Armel
Boyce
Virgie Hughes
Winchester
Kathleen C. Jones
John H. Enders
George S. Lightner
Berryville Methodist Church
Greenhill Cemetery
Surviving Families Must File by Feb 10 for Vet Survivors
Social Security officials caution that about 40 000 survivors of veterans who died after discharge but before August 10, 1946 will lose benefits unless they file claims by February 10. Eligible families not getting veterans compensation may receive survivor payments retroactive to the veteran's death if they apply by the deadline. monthly payments resume after February 10 if retroactive benefits are not claimed.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Polish Election Sparks U S Concern and Marshall Challenge
United States expresses disapproval of Poland's upcoming national elections as Secretary of State Marshall faces a delicate foreign policy issue. The crisis sits alongside Hungarian Communist pressure against the Smallholders Party and Yugoslav Tito's bloc moves, set against forthcoming Balkans peace treaties easing Soviet occupation in Romania Bulgaria and Hungary.
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Washington
United States
George C. Marshall
Russia
Warsaw
Britain
Marshall
Hungary
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Eastern
Europe
Balkan
Romania
Bulgaria
Boyce Wins Virginia District Championship Banquet Honors
The Boyce team, led by captain Blackford and coach Miley, celebrated after the Virginia District Championship with a PT A trophy presentation by Julian Everly. Ed Lee, supporter and banquet organizer, awarded sweaters to each player and gifts to Miley, praised by attendees from Shepherdstown RMA Handley Stonewall and Stephens City, among others.
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Miley
Wilbur Moore
Kenny Reach
Bo” Blackford
Shepherdstown
George Reddick
George Dink
Archie Robinson
Hunter Maddox
Otis Sargent
Handley
Bryant Harper
Ronald Carper
Stonewall
R. E. Ayler
Sonny Rickard
Stephens City
Answer Key Snippet of Historic Newspaper Quiz
A compact transcription lists quiz answers with names and roles, including Charles Kingsley as president, the governor of Pennsylvania, and a delegate. It mentions the eagle symbol and a policy on federal allotments tied to state employment standards, plus a vague note about a Filipino insurrection leader in 1899.
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Charles Kingsley
Pennsylvania
The
Eagle
U. S
Philippines
Round Hill Sale Notice Declares Property and Tools
A January sales directory lists multiple auctions in Virginia near Winchester Kernstown White Hall Berryville Stephens City Rest Church and nearby towns. Items include livestock farm machinery household and kitchen furniture implements corn hay stock and feed with sale times from January 15 to 29 led by various auctioneers.
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Round Hill
Winchester
W. S. Loy
W. D. Humphrey
Kernstown
White Hall
H. W. Murphy & Son
Oliver Grim
Stephens City
W. Greenwalt
Davy Allen Farm
Berryville
P. E. Dennis
Cork
Loudoun
E. C. May
Rest Church
James Stephenson
Grimes
Pepper Confronts Vandenberg Over Foreign Policy Speech
Senator Pepper accuses Senator Vandenberg of policy breaks on China and Argentina after excerpts from a Cleveland address are read on the Senate floor. Vandenberg, presiding, plans no immediate comment and defends the administration’s stance while Marshall takes over as secretary of state.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Pepper
D-Fla
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
China
Argentina
Senate
Michigan
Florida
United States
Rio de Janeiro
George C. Marshall
Secretary of State
William H Jenkins Dies After Illness at 70
William H. Jenkins 70 of 330 Fairview Avenue died last night at 6 20 p m in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a three week illness caused by complications. Born June 9 1876 in Frederick County he was a son of the late Henry and Catherine Ritter Jenkins and a retired weaver of Brucetown Mill. Surviving are a brother Geo W Jenkins and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3 30 p m from Jones Funeral Home with Rev William E Eisenberg officiating. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers include L D Grubbs Harry M Seabright L Calvin Grubbs Harvey Grubbs contie Heckrotte and Ross.
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William H. Jenkins
Fairview Avenue
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Henry
Catherine Ritter Jenkins
Jenkins
Brucetown
Geo. W. Jenkins
Winchester
Jones Funeral Home
William E. Eisenberg
Mount Hebron Cemetery
L. D. Grubbs
Harry M. Seabright
L. Calvin Grubbs
Harvey Grubbs
Contie Heckrotte
Ross
Virginia Supreme Court Ends January Term in Richmond
The Virginia Supreme Court adjourned its January term after hearing one case and set February 24 for the next session in Richmond. It heard Frank P. Kavanaugh's appeal from a $3,000 Rockingham County damage judgment to Cleo B. Donovan and denied writs of error in two cases involving Police Justice Carleton Jewett and Jack Williams.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Frank P. Kavanaugh
Cleo B. Donovan
Rockingham County
Supreme Court
J. F. Gough
Richmond Law and Equity Court
Denmurer
Carleton Jewett
Gough
Jack Williams
Henrico County
Mrs Roosevelt Sees License Revocation Sad Yet Just
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt writes in My Day that she is sad about losing her auto license after an Yonkers accident last August. New York state motor vehicle department revoked the license but noted restoration possible after 30 days.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
New York State
New York World-Telegram
State Motor Vehicle Department
Yonkers
Mrs Kackley 72 Died at Daughter's Martinsburg Home
Mrs Lula Gertrude Kackley aged 72 widow of Charles L. Kackley died at 2 55 this morning at her daughter Mrs Leonard S Whittington home in Martinsburg after four years of ill health and two months of bed rest. She was born in Hampshire County daughter of the late Marion H Johnson and Elizabeth Alberta Keller Johnson and lived in Martinsburg 42 years. Funeral services Sunday at 2 o'clock from the home to Central Church of Christ with Carl Rodgers of Washington officiating burial at Newborne Cemetery.
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Lula Gertrude Kackley
Charles L. Kackley
Leonard S. Whittington
Martinsburg
Hampshire County
Mahion H
Elizabeth Alberta Keller Johnson
Dunn Woolen Company
Tington
Grace Whitelock
James O. Johnson
Winchester
Maggie Kackley
William O. Johnson
Yellereien
Otis W. Johnson
Central Church of Christ
Carl Rodgers
Washington
Newborne
Truman Speaks Out Against Men Behind Bed Sheets
President Truman denounces race discrimination and religious bigotry in Missouri. He urges his new civil rights committee to find ways to strengthen minority protection and recalls a 1922 Jackson County incident where cross burnings and masked men operated.
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Truman
Washington
Missouri
Civil Rights
Jackson County
More Spud Planting Authorized Despite Surplus
Washington January 16 1935 growers in 34 of 48 states were authorized by the Agriculture Department to plant an even larger spud acreage this year despite last year's 100 000 000 bushel surplus and 80 million dollar government cost. The department expects a smaller harvest this year. The remaining 14 states were asked to decrease plantings as part of postwar production curtailment.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Trippi Signs With Cardinals Deflects Yankee Offer
Charley Trippi of Georgia University said he would sign with the Chicago Cardinals and rejected a more than 100000 offer to play football and baseball for the New York Yankees.
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New York
Charley Trippi
Georgia University
Chicago Cardinals
New York Yankees
Tilden Sentenced to Nine Months in County Jail
Former world tennis champion William Tilden was sentenced to nine months in county jail after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a 14 year old junior high school boy in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
William T
Big Bill) Tilden
Harrisonburg Police Chief resigns after four years
Harrisonburg City Council accepts the resignation of Police Chief William J. Kean effective February 15. Kean, a former Newport News police officer, has led the department for four years and says he resigns to enter business in Harrisonburg.
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Harrisonburg
William J. Kean
Kean
Newport News
Grace Lutheran Expands to Six More Rooms
Grace Lutheran in Winchester approved adding six rooms to its facility. William Cross Miller serves as executor for Miss Miller’s estate and led the meeting with Rev. William Eisenberg presiding over the bequest proposal. The congregation debated funding and synod support for elderly housing, electing three new council members Elmer Lamp Julian Buncutter and Fred M Ritter.
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William Cross Miller
Miss Miller
William Eisenberg
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Grace Lutheran Church
Lowman
White Rock
8. C
Winchester
Godfrey Miller
Elmer Lamp
Julian Buncutter
Fred M. Ritter
Sam G. Miller
R. E. Buncutter
C. R. Ritter
Carl R. Ritter
W. E. Eisenberg
S. V. Miller
Richard K. Goode
Luther League
Patricia Frye
Howard K. Grove
Ritter
Robert S. Bell
S. G. Miller
E. B. Cooper
Eisenberg
Democrats and Republicans delay vote on Truman plan
Congressional Democrats and Republicans clashed over the need for swift action on President Truman's economic report but postponed a showdown until next Wednesday. The disagreement surfaced at a Senate House committee meeting tasked with turning the recommendations into legislation.
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Walinggton
Truman
Senate House Committee
Mr. Truman
Virginia Supreme Court designates Warren judge to preside
Judge Dirk A. Kuyk of Roanoke Hastings City Court will preside in Warren County Circuit Court during 35 cases. He steps in for Judge Elliott Marshall who disqualified himself after previously representing or appearing for multiple parties in the suits. Twenty two suits are chancery actions and the rest are law cases.
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Richmond
Dirk A. Kuyk
Roanoke
Hastings
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Warren County Circuit Court
Elliott Marshall
Marshall
GOP Leaders See Truman Open Forum Meeting
The Republican led big six met with President Truman in an open forum described as harmonious. Senator Vandenberg said no definite agreement to keep issues nonpartisan, with discussion limited to nonpartisan topics like war surplus disposal and Maritime Commission operations. He noted the budget was not discussed.
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Washington
Big Six
Truman
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Charles G. Ross
Maritime Commission
Senate
Washington weighs Georgia governors dispute on National Guard
Secretary of War Patterson said the War and Justice Departments are consulting on the Georgia governorship dispute as it relates to the National Guard. They did not explain specific points of concern. The War Department called the adjutant general issue a purely state affair, noting federal recognition would be needed if the adjutant general becomes a National Guard officer.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Patterson
War and Justice Departments
Georgia
National Guard
War Department
Novick Truck Fire Causes Little Damage
A Novick truck fire on U S Route 11 last night caused little damage after the driver extinguished the blaze. The Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Company responded but arrived after the fire was out. the driver attributed the fire to brakes spreading into the cab.
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Novick
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Company
Virginia Insurance Board seeks higher fire insurance rates
In Richmond on January 16 the Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau filed a petition requesting higher fire insurance rates. The move aims to adjust premiums amid rising costs and potential risk factors acknowledged by the bureau.
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Richmond
Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau
Insurance rates under review by state commission
The text notes the minimum charge on fire insurance and that the State Corporation Commission is considering the matter. The rating bureau has requested an increase in rates from $2 to $5, with the decision pending advisement.
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State Corporation Commission
Rating Bureau
Insurance boost tabled after testimony on consumer impact
The commission tabled the proposal for further review after the Bureau of Insurance testified that the increase would hinder many individuals from obtaining protective coverage.
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Commission
Bureau of Insurance
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Thomas Armel
Chappie
Riley Bros
Wallpa
John W. Rosenberger and CO
P. E. Dennis & Son
Loudoun St
William Jenkins
Virginia Supreme Court
Mrs. Roosevelt
Bailey
N. Loudoun St
Mrs. Kackley
Trippi
Tilden
Grace Lutheran
Warren
Buddy Artrip
GOP
Vicks Apopr
Rene
Glaize & Bro
Pitcher Pumps Co
Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Chapman Oe Co
Tommy D. Lockhart
Virginia Window Cleaning CO
E. N. Gerbig
Philco
General Electric
Winchester Furniture ‘Co
Borror
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
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