Carlsen Delays Homecoming Amid New York Welcome
Kurt Carlsen, skipper of the sunken Flying Enterprise, makes a second start for New York in the Pan-American event. He arrives near 11 p.m. EST at New York but postpones the hero’s welcome to tomorrow and faces a large Broadway reception.
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Shannon
Ireland
Kurt Carlsen
New York
Jerpoon
Washington
Ndewtid
Broadway
Carlsen
London
HS Minstrel Show at Wood High School Rescheduled
The Wood High School minstrel show is set for Thursday and Friday February 15 with a new schedule after previous delays. Principal Paul Kle announced the event directed by Curtis Blye will feature about 40 performers from James School and other students.
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Es Wood High School
Paul Kle
Urtis Blye
James School
Beable
Barr Continued from page 1 expenses and reports
Fire officials agreed on a new reporting system. All fires must be recorded in the future. The responding fire company will be held accountable for accurate complete accounts of each incident.
Antiques and Farm Equipment Sales Directory Entry
Listings for January and February sales at Headley’s 1315 Valley Ave Win wom Antiques and Modern 110 a& Old Salem Road near Clarke County. February sales include Katie C Khkouser HM Madagan Double Tollgate and Raymond Langet near Mwood WA with livestock farm machinery.
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Headley
Valley Ave
Winwom Antiques
Old Salem Road
Midwest
Clarke Coun
Katie Ckhouser
Madagan
Rt 2
Raymond Langet
Mwood
W. Wavestock
Funeral Services for Mrs Nellie McKee
Funeral services are planned for Mrs Nellie O McKee with arrangements incomplete at Jones Funeral Home.
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Nellie
McKee
Jones Funeral Home
Second Fierce Storm Nearing N. California
Northern California braces for another powerful storm after one blizzard and flood left seven dead and stranded hundreds. Rescue trains broke through in Sierra while Coast Guard planes searched for missing freighter Pennsylvania and 45 crew. Weather bureau forecasts more rain and heavy snow across the state with high elevations over two feet deep.
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Ban Francisco
California
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Hiwh
Sierra
Foor
Art Hoppe
San Francisco Chronicle
Coast Guard
North Pacific
Pennsylvania
Washington
Weather Bureau
Noeden
Emigrant Gap
Huntington Lake
Fresno
Buck's Creek
Plumas County
Boulder Creek
Santa Cruces County
Boggs Holds Lead In Louisiana Primary
U S Rep Hale Boggs led Louisiana Democratic primary with 78.8 percent in early tabulation from 860 of 2112 precincts. Senator Russell Long backed Boggs as Appellate Judge Robert Kennon held second, Carlos Spaht third, with a Feb 19 runoff likely for the top two.
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New Orleans
U.S
Hale Boggs
Russell Long
Boggs
Kennon
Spaht
Eight Children Die In House Fire Near Cool Bay
A two story house north of Cool Bay burned early today killing eight children. Mr and Mrs Weeks and one daughter survived along with three others who were hospitalized with burns. Coroner Brewer Mills noted all 11 occupants were believed inside when the fire started. The father recounted a failed rescue of his son and a neighbor described being driven back from entering the blaze.
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Cool Bay
Here
Thomas Weeks
Faming House
Brewer Mills
Weeks
Heir To Egypt's Throne Born In Cairo Today
Cairo reports crown prince born at Abdin Palace to Queen Narri-Mantee as King Farouk names him Almed Fouad after his grandfather. The birth cheers crowds. schools closed. officials attend, while succession remains male-only under Egyptian law.
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Cairo
Narri- Mantee -Ass
Feyot
Farouk
Nile Kingdom
Eat
Almed Fouad
Fouad
Kine Faroul
Farida
Nachman Sadek
Abdin Royal Palace
Ibrahim Maedi
Faroul
Mohammed Aly
Mossem
Korean War Veteran and Stepdaughter Found Dead in Barstow
Barstow California Deputy Coroner says Marine Corp Dean M Chezem 20 of Danville Illinois and his two year old step daughter Linda Dale Mahoney were found by a neighbor in an apartment at Hidden River Ranch after asphyxiation from a gas heater. His wife Jacqueline 22 in coma since January 11 may survive while brain damage is suspected. The trio had rented the Barstow area apartment January 2 and Chezem returned from Korea last November.
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Barstow
Calif
Edward P. Doyle
Marine Corp
M. Cherem
Danville
Ihe
Jacqueline
Linda Dale Mahoney
Doyle
Hidden River Ranch
Chezem
Korea
Barstow Marine Base
Stassen slate filed for Minnesota presidential primary
Harold E. Stassen today filed a slate of delegates pledged to him in the March 18 Minnesota presidential primary election.
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Stassen
ST. Paul, Minn
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Jury Verdict Talks of Prison Terms and Fines
Rumors circulated about possible prison terms and up to eleven thousand dollars in fines if convicted on all counts. The judge did not allow an official poll of jurors votes though unofficial sources claimed partial conviction tallies.
Boy 3 Delivers Unexpected Sermon in Arkansas Church
West Memphis residents recall Danny, age three, rising during service at the West Memphis Church of Christ. He approached the altar, mumbled and sang seriously, tried to reach the Communion glass, then sat in the pastor's chair, leaving and startling the congregation.
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West Memphis
Ark
P. R. Askew
Danny
Church of Christ
Saber Jets Damage Two Russian MIGs
Sabre jets damaged two MIG-15s in two air battles over northwest Korea as 36 Sabres met 80 MIGs then 22 Sabres sighted the same Communist flight. Subfreezing weather and front-line foxholes framed the 145 mile battlefront.
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Seoul
Korea
Reds
Sinanju
Ill on snowbound City train hits Spragues in New York
On a snowbound City of San Francisco train near Garden City New York J Russel Sprague a Republican National Committee man and Mrs Sprague were both reported ill Newday said today in a copyrighted story.
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Garden City
N. Y
Newday
J. Russel Sprague
Redistricting Proposals Lead Virginia Legislature Action
Bills to carry out a study commission's redistricting recommendations were introduced in both houses. The measures seek a new northern Virginia congressional district and changes to legislative districts, with aims to avoid a special session. Also new bills on elected county school boards, Arlington annexation, truck restrictions on a highway and a separate school for the blind.
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Byrd
Roy B. Davis
Halifax
W. C. Caudill
Giles
Assembly
Senate
Arlington County
Fairfax County
Shirley Memorial Highway
Snowbound Coast to Colfax Passengers Freed from Train
Colfax California bulletin reports 7 passengers finally released today from a snowbound streamline train halted since Sunday in the Sierra. State Highway Department officials confirmed the relief and the group’s safe removal.
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Colfax
Calif
Sierra
State Highway Department
McDonald RFC Head Approval Delayed by Banking Committee
The Senate Banking Committee halted approval of Harry A. McDonald as head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation pending further hearings on his qualifications. House investigators refused to waive information about their inquiry, prompting the referral to a subcommittee led by Senator Fulbright for closed hearings. Senator Maybank criticized lack of advance notice from President Truman.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Harry A. McDonald
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House
Securities and Exchange Commission
McDonald
Senate
Maybank
D-Sc
Banking Committee
Fulbright
D-Ark
Truman
Senate to Probe Three Agriculture Department Programs
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a full investigation into three alleged misdeeds in Agriculture Department programs. The issues include a four million dollar grain shortage report, profits from leasing Army buildings for CCC grain storage, and a pool among Federal Land Bank and Farm Credit employees to speculate in oil and gas leases on government land.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agricultural Department
Ellender
D-La
Anderson
D-Nm
Lindsay C. Warren
Kansas City, Mo
Camp Crowder
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Federal Land Bank
Farm Credit Agencies
St. Louis Mo
Red Cross negotiators blocked again at Panmunjom
Dr Otto Lehner and Albert de Cocatrix sought access to POW camps at Panmunjom but North Korean Maj Gen Lee Sang Cho refused. Peiping radio accused the allies of seeking endless Korea war while Chinese Maj Gen Hsieh Fang dodged questions on Red air strength during a possible armistice.
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North Korea
Otto Lehner
Far East
International Committee of the Red Cross
Panmupjom
Albert de Cocatrix
Lee Sang Cho
Red Cross
China
Peiping
Korea
U. N
Panmunium
Hsieh Fang
Claude Ferenbaugh
Hsieh
Why is a theatre ticket office called a box office
The term box office derives from the era when most seating was in boxes rather than the gallery. The box sections occupied central positions near the stage, and the ticket area became known by that name.
Missing Shoes in Roanoke Murder Mystery Deepens
A search party scours the Botetourt County woods for a missing pair of shoes tied to the death of 30 year old Sarah Lou Arnold, a Roanoke five and ten employee. Police question a Roanoke salesman who drove her to the mountains as autopsy tests await in Richmond.
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Roanoke
Sarah Lou Arnold
Botetourt County
Miss Arnold
Richmond
Empty Lifeboat Dims Hope For Ship's Crew
A drifting empty lifeboat sighted 600 miles off the Washington coast sharply reduces survival chances from the missing freighter Pennsylvania. Debris from the hold and the ship's SOS signals were parsed as part of ongoing air and sea searches.
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Seattle
Pennsylvania
Coast Guard
Washington
13Th District Coast Guard
Lovett Presents Medals of Honor to Korean War Heroes
Secretary of Defense Lovett awarded the Medal of Honor to ten soldiers who died valiantly in Korea. He told relatives that the awards carry the nation's deep sympathy and gratitude and marked the blue starred ribbons at a Pentagon ceremony on behalf of the President and Congress.
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Washington
Lovett
Defense
Congress
Pentagon
Rotarians to Hear Richard Pontz at Winchester Club
Richard Pontz of Lancaster Pa will speak at the Winchester Rotary Club luncheon tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the George Washington Hotel. Pontz heads the local Boy Scout and Community Chest drives and will discuss Behind the Scenes in Fund Raising.
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Richard Pontz
Lancaster
Winchester Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Pontz
Hospital modernizing with varied room rates aims June completion
Alberti, administrator, said nine patients were moved to higher rate areas during the shift to newly completed sections on the sixth floor. By June 1 the project finishes with price options from ten dollars for single rooms to twenty five dollars for deluxe four bed spaces, keeping old-area prices unchanged.
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Alberti
Rayon in tire production high tenacity fiber used
Rayon used in tires is known as high tenacity rayon. Manufacture of this yarn requires different and heavier machinery than for ordinary purposes.
When were proof coins last produced
The striking of proof coins was temporarily suspended after 1942.
Quiz answers listed for 1Q7 page 4
Answers to the quiz questions printed on Page 4 are given: ICC, Portugal, Airplane, Robert H. Jackson, Walter Winchell, Louisiana, in both Europe and Asia, Uruguay, tw, Fight, and a quoted line about his public career as a constant testimony to his integrity.
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The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Portugal
Robert H. Jackson
Walter Winchell
Louisiana
Europe
Asia
Uruguay
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John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
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Bulletin
RFC
Tn Winchester
Shade
Loudoun Street
Kaiser
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Virginia
E. Earl Shade
T/A Shade
Raymond W. Thomas
Frederick
Rob’j. L. DeHaven
Medals of
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Delot
Frederick Motors Inc
Martinsburg
Pike
Heatvole Motor CO
N. BraDdock St
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Tezaeal
MTL
Glaize & Bro
Cameron S&t
Philco
Mervel
ADAMS
N. Cameron St
Pastnet
Republic Oil Refining CO
Garland M. Canter
Berryville
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York Inn
Winchester
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