Wreck Near Bakersfield Kills Eight Injures Hundreds
Eight people died and many more were hurt when Southern Pacific Owl No. 58 derailed near Bakersfield California after striking a broken rail. Officials reported 27 injured at Kern County Hospital and Mercy Hospital with a chaotic rescue scene. Names include James LeRoy Hall Bessie Diles and Pvt Joseph Bernavich.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Southern Pacific
Here
Frank Werts
Nu Vso
Kern County General Hospital
Tentaively
James LeRoy Hall
Kansas City
Bessie Diles
Richmond
Joseph Bernavich
Robert J. Douds
Kern County Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Mo County
Mosco
OWL
Francisco
Los ‘Ngeles
L. E. Pryor
Five Billion U S Loan Hinted To Aid German Pact
London reports British sources expect Russia to seek a five billion dollar loan from the United States as part of talks to scale down German reparations. An economist calls reparations the crux of the dispute and notes Stalin has referenced an American loan-leading to potential shifts at the Moscow conference.
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Russia
United States
Germany
U. S
Russila
Stalin
Washington
Va Independent Food Dealers To Meet Monday
John J. Dratt president of the Virginia Independent Food Dealers Association will speak at the Grocers Wholesale annual stockholders meeting January 20 at Sarah Zane Hall. Other speakers include Joseph G. Wampler and C. P. McVicar. A 6 30 dinner program features the Historic City Four Quartet and a boys orchestra.
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John J. Dratt
Virginia Independent Food Dealers Association
Grocers Wholesale, Inc
Sarah Zane Hall
Dratt
Highland Springs
Virginia
Joseph G. Wampler
Harrisonburg
Food Dealers Association of Virginia
C. P. McVicar
City Four
Grocers Wholesale
The
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Marine Pleads Innocent to Rape Charges at Court Martial
Marine Cpl. William Gaither Pierson pleaded innocent at the opening of his court martial to four charges including rape and assault with intent to rape. He also pled nolo contendere to a fifth charge of fornication, a plea read as an admission of guilt.
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Pieping
Marine
William Gaither
Pierson
Shen Chung
Dr Philip Boyd Heads Twentieth Blossom Festival
Dr Philip W Boyd elected president of the 20th Annual Apple Blossom Festival with Clarke T Cooper Andrew J Bowen and Tom Baldridge named officers. Outgoing president J Victor Arthur reported last year the festival closed slightly in the black with a net balance of 1 772 15 after expenses and income.
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Philip W. Boyd
Clarke T. Cooper
Andrew J. Bowen
Tom Baldridge
J. Victor Arthur
Arthur
Finance Committee
Capitol Investments
Health unit plan to be discussed at Winchester meeting
Dr. J. C. Neale Jr of the Virginia State Department of Health will speak at the January Town Meeting at Sarah Zane Hall at 8 o clock to discuss a proposed health unit for Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties. The public is urged to attend.
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J. C. Neale, Jr
Virginia State Department of Health
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke County
Sarah Zane Hall
Merger of Army Navy Forces Is Well Received
Washington reports a planned unification of the army and navy into separate air sea and land forces under a national defense secretary. President Truman blesses the compromise amid a months long dispute. Congress reaction is favorable though cabinet status for land sea and air chiefs remains undecided.
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National Defense
Army
Navy
Truman
White House
Naval
Congress
Capitol Hill
Secretary of National Defense
War Patterson
Sale on Ladies Slips and Eye Services Ad
Sale includes ladies slips sizes 32 to 40 in white and tea rose with special prices. Modern Age Shoppe offers eye exams repairs and frame services. Hodgson and Brown advertises for sale a brown female Cocker Spaniel puppy for 20 dollars. Pried Chicken Dinner offered at Apple Blossom Rest.
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Hodgson and Brown
Butcher Slaying Of Young Woman Is Being Probed
Police pressed a round up of suspects in the murder of Elizabeth Short a 22 year old from Hyde Park Mass identified by the FBI. Fingerprints from her mutilated body matched prints taken at Camp Cooke and Santa Barbara in 1943. The case links San Diego and Hollywood leads with relatives in Medford and Pacific Beach noting she had worked as a film extra and was last seen leaving with an unidentified red haired youth.
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Jar
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Elizabeth Short
Hyde Park
Mass
Los Angeles Times
Phoebe M. Short
Medford
FBI
Washington
Post Exchange
Camp Cooke
Calif
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Hollywood
Star Tannery Man Dies After Auto Accident
William Bradfield 56 of Star Tannery died from a broken neck after his Packard pickup crashed in a ditch on the John Marshall Highway west of Strasburg. His wife suffered chest injuries. both were en route home from Strasburg. George Wymer aided at the scene. Bradfield died at Cora Miller Hospital Woodstock. Coroner Dr. Harold W. Miller noted the fatal neck fracture. Bradfield formerly managed Baltimore Sun circulation in the area and later farmed near Star Tannery. Funeral arrangements pending at Stover Funeral Home in Strasburg.
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Star Tannery
Strasburg
Bradfield
Bradfields
Lebanon
Cedar Creek
George Wymer
Cora Miller
Woodstock
Harold W. Miller
Shenandah County
Baltimore Sun
Starceien
Stover
Straeburg
Indictment of Carl Marzani for Communist Party Ties
Attorney General Clark announced the indictment of Carl Aldo Marzani a former state department employee on charges he misrepresented to the government that he had never been a member of the Communist Party.
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Washington
Clark
Carl Aldo Marzani
State Department
Communist Party
Rotary Club backs health unit for Winchester area
At a weekly meeting the Rotary Club unanimously approved Dr. Philip Boyd’s motion to establish a health unit for Winchester and Frederick County. Dr. Porterfield of the State Health Department noted Virginia counties and cities already operating such units and outlined expected budgets and county share.
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The
Rotary Club
Philip Boyd
Winchester
Frederick
Boyd
J. B. Porterfield
State Department of Health
Virginia
Porterfield
Frederick County
J. Thomas Kremer
France’s Auriol Aims to Retain Blum as Premier
Paris January 17 sources say President elect Vincent Auriol will press Leon Blum to accept the premiership of the new cabinet. Auriol, chosen by both houses, begins consultations with parties to secure terms and support. He plans talks with Communist leaders Jacques Duclos and Maurice Thorez.
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France
Vincent Auriol
Leon Blum
Auriol
Blum
Communist Party
Jacques Duclos
Maurice Thorez
Former Resident Wins Photographic Award in Capital
Former Shenandoah County native David Bowman earned a feature class prize in the 1946 White House News Photographers exhibit for his photo of Lt. Col. DeDvereux playing ball with his young son. Bowman worked in Winchester studios before joining a Baltimore commercial studio and then newspaper photography. He was born at Lebanon Church and is the son of Mrs. Hattie Bowman and the late William E. Bowman.
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Guy David Bowman
White House
DeDvereux
Winchester
Bowman
Shenandoah County
Barr
Jolliffe
Baltimore
Hattie Bowman
S. Loudoun Street
William E. Bowman
Lebanon Church
Early Morning Fire Damages Living Room in Columbia
Fire at 3 20 am in the living room of an apartment at 122 W Piccadilly Street damaged furniture and walls before firefighters extinguished it. Fire Chief Argenbright says the blaze started in a chair likely from a cigarette. the building owned by Mrs J W Riley and Mrs Catherine Schultz sustained little damage and insured.
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Wilson Cosby
Columbia
S. C
W. Piccadilly Street
E. W. Argenbright
Argenbright
Cosby
J. W. Riley
Catherine Schultz
Riley
Three Die in Watertown Hotel Fire
Three persons died today and two were injured when a fire at the Graystone Hotel in downtown Watertown broke out. Twenty two other guests fled to safety or were rescued by firemen.
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Watertown
N. Y
Graystone
Georgia Governor Crisis as Arnall Rebels at Capitol
Chronicle recounts Ellis Arnall challenging Melvin Talmadge's control of Georgia government. Arnall described a military coup and announced relocation of executive functions to the 1407 Candler Building while courts determine rightful governor. He denounced the takeover amid cheering crowds and vowed court-backed authority.
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Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Talmadge
Capitol
Aealee
Jimmy Dykes
Rep. Dykes
Jimmie
Ellis Arnal
Weill
of Georgia
State Capitol
Candler
Ben Fortson, Jr
Fortson
Local Milk Producers to Attend State Dairymen Meeting
Winchester Cooperative Milk Producers Association will be represented at the 40th annual State Dairymen's Association meeting in Richmond on January 23 and 24. County Agent Fred Stine says George Eagle Jr, Robert Stickley, Marle Hannum, G. W. Hough, and Stine plan to attend. Others interested should contact the county agent.
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Fred Stine
Winchester Co-operative Milk Producers Association
State Dairymen's Association
Richmond
George Eagle, Jr
Robert Stickley
Marle Hannum
G. W. Hough
Stine
Wanted Presser Apply Pingley and Carper Cleaners
Closing notice: we will be closed Monday January 20 to observe the birthday of General Robert E. Lee. Farmers and Merchants National Bank notice appears in the same column dated January 16.
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Pingley & Carper
Robert F. Lee
Farmers & Merchants Nat'l Bank
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