Sisters Enter Beauty Contest in Winchester Pageant
Two sisters from Winchester join Miss Sally Pratt of Clarke County and other contestants in the Voiture 40-and-duty pageant to raise funds for a teenage center. Miss Jane Sue Sowers and Miss Sue Sowers attend Handley high school with sponsor assignments listed for local businesses and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Sue Sowers
Mildred B. Sowers
Cork St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
British Isles
Sally Pratt
D. L. Pratt
Miss Pratt
Handley
Sowers
James Brunette
The
Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Sue Sowers
American Legion
Misses Sowers
American Legion Auxiliary
O'Nile Omos
Virginia Woolen
Mary Virginia DeHaven
Virginia Goss
Riteway Cleaners
Leah Mae Copp
Bombers Fall After Lopsided Loss to West Virginia Team
The Winchester Bombers lost 74 to 41 in Martinsburg last night, marking their second defeat to the strong West Virginia colored quintet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Bombers
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Virginia Officials Invite National Figures to Medal Banquet
The Virginia ceremony at the Shoreham hotel includes a reception with Byrd Robertson Smith and banquet chair Elwood Seal. Invitations go to about 400 Virginians and to Senate and House leaders, including Vandenberg Barkley and Rayburn. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoreham Hotel
Byrd
Robertson
Smith
Elwood Seal
Senate
House
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Barkley
D-Ky
Martin
R-Mass
Rayburn Tex
Virginia Drama at Williamsburg Honored by Senate
The Senate passed a resolution commending Virginia's historical drama The Common Glory presented near Williamsburg last summer. Sponsored by Sen L. C. Bird and Garland Gray of Waverly. The House considered a bill to grant special county officers arrest powers without warrants when in uniform with badges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Virginia
Williamsburg
S L. C. Bird
Garland Gray
Waverly
Frank P. Moncure
Stafford
Edward T. Haynes
Richmond
Virginia Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act
Haynes
Assembly
G. Alvin Massenburg
House
John 8. Battle
Sen
Battle
Tuck
UCC
State Board of Pharmacy
Lloyd C. Bird
Chesterfield
Auction Notices Extract from January 17 Listings
Sales Directory lists two auctions. At Fahnes Stock Lane J M Markle offers horse farming implements and household goods at 1 pm. Edward May auctions farm and personal property at 10 am in front of Frederick County Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Markle
Winchester
Fahnesstock Lane
Edward May
Frederick County Court House
Roosevelt and Stalin discuss Poland and borders with Mikolajczyk
In a Washington interview President Roosevelt defends Poland's freedom and rejects partial Polish division. He says Stalin is a realist but not an imperialist and promises aid to the Polish underground while seeking a Polish Soviet settlement and a Curzon Line approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Red Army
Stalin
Roosevelt
Teheran
Churchill
U.S
Russia
United States
Silesia
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Lwow
Tarnopol
Drohobycz
Vilna
Atlantic
Mississippi
Europe
White House
Washington
Mikolajczyk
England
USA
Ussr
Curtzon
Moscow
Kremlin
Answers to Daily Quiz
Correct responses printed on Page 4 list: 1 Nails 2 John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers 3 North America 4 One week 5 True 6 James Hilton 7 Austria Czechoslovakia Romania Yugoslavia 8 True 9 The Netherlands 10 False John Jay was the first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
North America
True
James Hilton
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Netherlands
John Jay
War Vet Richard Billmyer Dies at 53 in West Virginia
Richard McLain Billmyer 53 farmer and World War I veteran died at Newton Edwards Baker VA Hospital Martinsburg. Funeral will be held Sunday at Three Churches in West Virginia. He is survived by widow Charlotte Rannells and nine siblings including Brent Loring George Billmyre Blanche Coffman Eugene Billmyre and Bess Coffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Va
Richard McLain Billmyer
Farmer
Newton Ed Baker VA
Martins
Richard D
Ciara EB. Billmyer
Rio
Charlotte Rannells
Points
Brent, Loring
George Billmyre
Blanche Coffman
Eugene Billmyre
Bess Coffman
Winchester
Ruhr Strikes in Germany Surpass 100,000 As General Action Looms
Reports say 25,000 started yesterday and strikers in the Ruhr may total over 100,000 today with a potential general strike by nearly all 4,000,000 workers. A document called protocol M surfaced in Germany claiming to be from Cominform and urging a March paralyzing strike to oppose the Marshall plan. Old line Communists reveal rifts over the plan with a dissident group forming as Communist Party Opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruhr
Germany
Cominform
Communist ‘‘International Information Bureau
CPO
Communist Party
Academy nomination extended to Feb 1 for West Point
Capt James Himelright of the Virginia National Guard announced the deadline for eligible Guardsmen to be nominated to West Point for the Class of 1952 has been extended to February 1. Interested applicants should contact Capt Himelright. Applicants must meet the
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Himelright
Co. I
Virginia National Guard
United States Military Academy At
West Point
Himel
Mill’s Federally Recognized Unitary Academy Catalogue
A fragment notes one year of service required for agents prescribed in the Mill’s Federally recognized unitary Academy catalogue and must the National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
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Ann Golightly
Shoecenter
Louise Milburn
Winchester Steam Laundry
Betty Kiracofe
Huntsberrys
Peggy Hottle
Miller and
Anderson
June Henshall
Margaret Hodgson
Cora Wells
Northern Virginia Power Co
Billie Smith
Wenders
Marjorie Duncan
Mervel Adams
Patsy Clevenger
J. C. Penney
Dolores Coffman
Hodgson and
Brown
Roberta Rinker
Phil Fowle
Page Michael
Frits
Uae
Florida
Loudoun
Marvel
W. Adams
Anderson Electrical CO
Braddock St
Kimsul
Rosenberger Prarie
Ohio River
Chang
O’ Connell
Waterloo
Rt. 50
Rt. 12
Boyce
Featuring
Fountain Service
Purina
Purina Bay
U. S
Purina Rabbit Chow
Purina Bairy
N. Cameron St
R.m.billmyre
Academy
Ll. Brumback & Sons
the Food Center
N. Loudoun St
Easy Terms Pine Motor Co., Inc
B. F. GO
Forola Radios
Odrich
Winchester Furniture CO
Loudoun ST
March of Dimes
the E
Phil Oye
Columbia
Lrat Gel Broadcasting System
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