Police seize ammo and three ex-convicts in Boston holdup case
Boston police raided a north end house and seized 1000 rounds of ammunition plus a .38 revolver linked to a $1 million armored car robbery. Three ex-convicts were detained for questioning after a Newark caller claimed eight participants and named a driver in the escape.
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Boston
North End
John D. Ahearn
Newark
N. J
Ahearn
Jackie Horrigan
Horrigan
FBI
107 Enroll in Adult Classes at Handley School
A record 107 persons enrolled in adult classes sponsored in Winchester by Garland Quarles and the Winchester School Board with state support. The 10 hour supervision class drew 84 business leaders. Mary McKinney taught as itinerant instructor. Classes split into two sections meeting at Handley School for five two hour sessions. The selling class runs 9 to 10 a.m. weekdays with 23 enrollments in the John Kerr school basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Quarles
Winchester School Board
State Department of Distributive Education
Winchester
Mary McKinney
Virginia
Handley School
John Kerr School
Shooting Match at Rouss Park January 21
Clay targets and still targets prize list includes ham and money. Event set for January 21 at 1 pm at Rouss Park hosted by Winchester Gun Club. Public notices include openings, sales, and a bake sale with community group events listed.
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Rouss Park
Winchester Gun Club
Elms Motor Court
Aining Roon
G. Carter Baker
President Says He Won't Interfere In Coal Situation
President Truman said Robert Denham acted on his own in seeking a court order to halt the short work week and on again off again strikes in coal. He noted Denham worked for the NLRB and consulted the White House, adding there is no national emergency warranting intervention yet. Judge Keech set a hearing for January 26 on Denham’s injunction plea.
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Washington
Truman
Robert Dunhan
NLRB
Denham
National Labor Relations Board
White House
Congress
Luman
Dennham
Richmond
Keech
Truman Assured He Can Beat Change
President Truman said he has assurances the administration can defeat a proposed House rules change that could bottle up the FEPC bill. He cited a briefing from House Rules Committee Chairman Sabath and said Sabath assured the votes to defeat the repeal resolution.
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Washington
Truman
FEPC
Sabath
House Rules Committee
White House
Rules Committee
Police Training School opens in Winchester tonight
The annual Winchester Police Training School begins at 6 p m in the Corporation Court Room at Rouss City Hall. About 25 officers have enrolled for a two night weekly course through Feb 21. Police Chief J Thomas Boyd outlines the course. First subject is Police Public Relations with many classes by FBI agents. Certificates awarded at a Feb 24 banquet at the George Washington Hotel.
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Winchester
Corporation
Food Prices Here Changed Little In Winchester
Retail food prices showed a slight drop nationally while Winchester stores reported mostly unchanged prices. Eggs sold as low as 39 cents a dozen locally, with some meats and produce fluctuating and wholesale pork buying by the Agriculture Department noted to influence consumer prices.
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Winchester
Agriculture Department
Local Investigator Seeks Two Escapees
State Police Investigator C. A. Seale of Winchester hunts two prisoners who escaped last week from Warren County Sheriff E. E. Marlow. Thomas and Pitts, shackled and handcuffed, escaped during transport to Shenandoah County Jail after attacking the sheriff in Woodstock.
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C. A. Seale
Winchester
Warren County
E. E. Marlow
Marlow
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Seale
Willis Eugene Thomas
Everett Charles Pitts
State X-ray unit to visit Courthouse for follow up
Dr Paul Chapman health officer announced a State X-ray unit will be at Courthouse Square January 24 and 25 for follow up chest pictures from the December Industrial survey. A survey unit comes January 26 and 27 mainly for juniors and seniors in city and county high schools. The service is free with no disrobing and is a cooperative effort with the Health Department and local Tuberculosis associations.
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Paul Chapman
Courthouse Square
Chapman
Winchester
Health Department
Frederick County
Revival of Foreign Trade Urged by Beverley Byrd
Beverley Byrd of the world’s largest apple orchards told the New York Horticultural Society that U S apple growers cannot survive on domestic markets alone. He cited a tariff disparity with Canada and noted Canadians shipped over 2.12 million boxes into the U S while American growers sent 41 thousand into Canada.
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Rochester
N. Y
Beverley Byrd
New York Horticultural Society
United States
State Department
Byrd
Canada
Mr. Byrd
Department of State
Truman weighs name for new Vatican ambassador
President Truman said a decision on appointing a successor to Myron C. Taylor at the Vatican is under study. The State Department reviews continued representation at the Vatican and the choice of a new ambassador after Taylor resigned after ten years as the president's envoy to Pope Pius XII.
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Washington
Truman
Vatican
Myron C. Taylor
State Department
Taylor
Pius XII
Man Fined $100 For Shooting Incident In Frederick County
Orville W. Kiger 29 waived grand jury action and pled guilty in Frederick Circuit Court. Judge Elliott Marshall suspended a 12 month jail term with a $100 fine. A second man, Charles Bishop Streit, Navy member from Winchester, is charged and surrendering. The shooting occurred Dec 30 during a farm target practice. two shots hit a sign and one entered a nearby upstairs room.
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Orville W. Kiger
National Ave
Frederick
Elliott Marshall
E. B. Mitchell
Charles Bishop Streit
R. 1
Winchester
U.S. Navy
Mitchell
Kiger
Restchurch
Frederick County
S. C. Whetzel
R. K
Clearbrook
Holt to Visit City for Rotary Lunch February 16
Rush D. Holt, former U S senator and West Virginia lawmaker, will guest speak at Winchester Rotary luncheon February 16. Basil Starkey announced the invitation and Marshall L. Farmer will introduce him. Holt, a Weston resident, has deep Virginia and West Virginia political ties and will stay with the Farmers during the visit.
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Rush D. Holt
Mene
West Virginia
House of Delegates
United States
Rotary
Basil Starkey
Holt
Senate
Washington
W. Va
Weston
Thomas Dew
Virginia House of Burgesses
Marshall L. Farmer
S. Braddock Sr
Farmer
Winchester
Rouss Fire Co
Lone Tobacco Producer Nets 771 From Crop
Fred erick County farmer Co D Dye of Winchester report says he was the lone tobacco producer to sell his crop last year earning 771 from 1 768 pounds on under eight tenths of an acre. He spent 25 in other costs plus trucking 320 miles to Abingdon. He plans to plant in March transplant in June harvest by late August. He is from Russell County and visits relatives during the trip.
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D. Dye
Winchester
Frederick County
Dye
Abingdon
Russell County
Esso
Wincpemtter
A. Bente
Istanf
Virginia House Appropriations Chair Leads Budget Talks
Richmond January 19 The Virginia General Assembly's new leadership shapes the budget push with Howard H. Adams named chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Chesapeake and its Tributaries panel. Monday at 4 p m a joint meeting will review Governor Battle's budget.
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Richmond
General Assembly
House Committee
E. Blackburn Moore
House Appropriations
Senate Finance Committees
Howard H. Adams
Northampton
Appropriations Committee
Charles C. Louderback
Adams
Chesapeake
Senate votes to end federal tax on oleomargarine
A 56 to 16 Senate tally ends the long fight to repeal federal taxes on oleomargarine. The victory favors southern lawmakers and others who contend highly processed food has been unfairly taxed.
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Washington
Senate
Truman Poised To Consider Hydrogen Bomb Production
President Truman avoided commenting on whether the United States is moving toward hydrogen bomb production. He did not rule out limited approaches to Russia and said no decision on a successor to AEC head Lilienthal has been made, with Lilienthal leaving Feb. 15 and a successor to be announced.
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United States
Truman
United Nations
David
Russia
Lilienthal
AEC
Moscow
Woman to be committed for Mercy Hospital fire
Mrs. Elnora Epperly, 22, accused of starting the Mercy Hospital fire that killed 41 people on January 7, is ordered committed to a mental hospital by the Scott County Sanity Commission. Epperly, from Rock Island, Illinois, was ruled insane yesterday.
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Davenport
Elnora Epperly
Mercy Hospital
Scott County Sanity Commission
Rock Island
Ill
General Henry H. Arnold Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
General Henry H. Arnold who helped create American airpower was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. President Truman led national expressions of respect and sorrow as the funeral rites concluded.
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Washington
Henry H. Arnold
Arlington National Cemetery
Truman
Lst
America
Newark Man Denies Boston Million Dollar Holdup
Newark police discount the claim by Thomas Hannifan a former mental hospital orderly that he planned a Boston million dollar holdup. He was questioned with FBI agents after identifying himself to Boston authorities as a Boston pandit. He’s said to have been drinking and not in Boston for months.
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Newark
N. J
Boston
Thomas Hannifan
FBI
Hannifan
Senator Dalton proposes two election judges per precinct
Richmond J an 19 Senator Ted Dalton Republican from Radford proposes an amendment to primary election laws to cut the number of election judges from six to two by having one judge from each major party per precinct. Projected savings range from 75000 to 100000 for localities.
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Richmond
Ted Dalton
Radford
Republican Today
Dalton
Haggard Student Held in Slaying of Marian Baker
Edward Gibbs a 25 year old married G I. student was held after confessing to the murder of Marian Louise Baker 21 a stenographer at Franklin and Marshall College on January 10 Gibbs met her in Lancaster and lured her to a lonely lane where he choked her with a lug wrench later discarding the weapon and dragging the body to a garbage dump Gibbs unsigned a four page statement and confessed to the crime to state police captain Fred Gleason at the college president’s office in Lancaster.
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Lancaster
Marian Louise Baker
Franklin & Marshall College
Man
Fred Gleason
Edward Gibbs
G. I
Imp
Miss Baker
Theodore
Distler
Max Hannum
Gibbs
Myrtle Doner
Eddie Gibbs
Bee Hannum
Hannum
Gleason
Pitman
N. J
Miss Beker
Lancaster Street
Byrnes Free To Run As He Pleases
President Truman stated at a news conference that James F. Byrnes is a free agent to decide his political path. The remark followed Byrnes’ decision to seek the Democratic nomination for governor of South Carolina.
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Taipei
Formosa
Shanghai
South China Coast
Indochina
Yangchiang
Hong Kong
Washington
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
South Carolina
The Big Party at Sarah Zane Hall Thursday Evenings
The event promotes a weekly party at Sarah Zane Hall every Thursday at 8 30 p m inviting attendees to join in the evening entertainment and social gathering.
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Sarah Zane
Public Auction of Stock Shares in Winchester Institutions
Public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester at 12 noon on Friday January 26 to sell shares of stock in Farmers & Merchants Nat Bank Commercial & Savings Bank Shenandoah Valley Nat Bank by the Trust Department of Shenandoah Valley Nat. Bank.
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County Court House
Winchester
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank Commercial & Savings Bank
Shenandoah Valley
Trust Department of Shenandoah Valley Nast
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American Legion Auxiliary Benefit of March of Dimes
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Edward W. Hudgins
W. Stirling King
L. Preston Collins
E. Griffith Dodson
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Police Training School
Helen Buckley
Winchester Evening Star
Vatican Post
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Maryland
Joseph J. Williams
Henrico
Committee On Courts of Justice
E. O. McCue
Charlottesville
Williams
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Richmond City
Finance Committee
Samuel D. Rodgers
Petersburg
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Rodgers
Harry B. Davis
Princess Anne
Committee On
Schools and Colleges
Norfolk
Louis Lee Guy
W. Carl Spencer
Robert Whitehead
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