Mrs. Powell Dies In Winchester Hospital
Mrs. Jessie Evelyn Powell 69 of Baltimore Maryland died at 2 30 yesterday morning in Winchester Memorial Hospital. She came here New Year’s Eve to visit nieces Mrs Elizabeth Huff and Mrs Thelma Patton. A heart attack on New Year’s Day led to hospitalization. Survived by five sons Bernard W M and Clay Powell of Baltimore Charles Powell of Columbus Ohio Stewart Powell Hollywood California two daughters Gladys Colby Hollywood California Grace Caron Baltimore three sisters Maude Drevert Hattie Rogers Elizabeth Harris and many nieces and nephews. Body to Baltimore with services and interment Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Evelyn Powell
Baltimore
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Bernard
W. M
Clay Powell
Charles Powell
Collumbus
Ohio
Stewart Powell
Hollywood
Calif
Gladys Colby
Grace Caron
Maude Drevert
Hattie Rogers
Elizabeth Harris
This City
Sales Directory January 21 Auctions at Virginia-West Virginia sites
JAN 21 11 a m Clay E Smith front Frederick County Court House Lot 2205 Kent St Charles R Duvall auctioneer JAN 21 10 a m Roger P Sager 1% mile west of Rt 55 Star Tannery Va cattle hogs sheep farm equipment By Ron Brumback auctioneer JAN 23 4 pm T Beatty Brown herd Milking Shorthorns Farmers Livestock Exchange 1 mile west of Winchester US Rt 50 JAN 27 10 a m May e Lester Lentz Frank Bame Farm 2 miles northwest Charles Town WV 1 mile off Rt 9 cattle hogs tractors farm machinery dairy equipment feed etc W D Orndorff auctioneer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay E. Smith
Frederick County Court House
Kent St
Chas
R. Duvall
Roger P Sager
Rt. 55
Star Tannery
Byron Brumback
Beatty Brown
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Winchester
Lester Lentz
Frank Bame
Charles Town
W. Va
Rt. 9
W. D. Orndorff
Near collision investigated as two airliners approach Cleveland
In Cleveland two jets United Air Lines DC6 and Capital Airlines Viscount nearly collided over Hopkins airport. Both landed safely after diversions when one pilot dropped to avoid the other amid three mile visibility and 600 foot ceilings. Instruments on the Viscount failed. Capital reported no collision danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Hopkins
Civil Aeronautics Administration
United Air Lines
New York
Los Angeles
Capital Airlines
Washington
A. R. Kidder
Chicago
C. S Babylon
CAA
Capital
G. D. Logan
Infant Dies After Shuttling Between Hospitals
An infant boy named Albert Brooks seven months old died from natural causes after being moved from Wicker Park Medical Center to Municipal Contagious Hospital and then Michael Reese Hospital. Dr Marvin Tishler testified the baby was treated for pneumonia and died two hours after arrival at Michael Reese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coronner
Albert Brooks
Marvin Tishier
Michael Reese Hospital
Tishier
Michael Reese
Wicker Park Medical Center
Municipal Contagious Hospital
Albert
Tishler
Dr George D Jackson Speaks At Lee Birthday Dinner
Dr George D Jackson pastor of the First Presbyterian Church addressed the Turner Ashby Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy at its annual dinner honoring Gen Robert E Lee Stonewall Jackson and Matthew Fontaine Maury Also noted were introductions acknowledgments and certificates of membership for Elise Yost and Ruthanna Craig Stuart The event followed traditional UDC ceremonies and a turkey dinner by the Episcopal Church ladies
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Jackson
First Presbyterian Church
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Gen
Robert E. Lee
Jackson
Randolph T. Shields
Stonewall Jackson
Matthew Fontaine Maury
C. Bruce Harlee
D. W. Ritenour
Dr. Jackson
General Lee
Gen. Lee
Christ
Lorena McKlwee
Elise Yost
Ruthanna Craig Stuart
Slonaker
Wyatt H. Richard
Louise Gray
Traffic Toll Rises to 28 in Virginia Fatalities
The 1956 Virginia traffic toll climbed to 28 with two additional deaths reported. Elsie Fletcher 41 of Broad Run Fauquier County died in Arlington County Hospital from injuries sustained in a two car crash near Haymarket. A Ft Eustis soldier 22 died after his car hit a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway coal train in Warwick. Others injured include Robert W Hinde and Emanuel Speir 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Elsie Fletcher
Broad Run
Fauquier County
Arlington County Hospital
State Rt
Haymarket
Prince Williard County
Ft. Eustis
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Warwick
Robert W. Hinde
Ft. Eustis Hospital
Johnny Crawford Road
Chesapeake and Ohio
Rt. 29
Gretna
Pittsylvania
Richard Morris
N. Wayne St
Arlington
Emanuel Speir
Puller Heights
Triangle
Fuller Heights
Set
Henry Brodeur
Quantico
Car Busts and Weather Outlook Noted in Winchester Area
Road incidents and a drunk hit and run suspect are reported near Winchester. Wilkie Hunt Jr 27 of Stephenson jailed on charges. bond set at 355.25. Weather outlook calls for cloudiness and cold temperatures tonight and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkie Hunt, Jr
Stephenson
U. S. Rt
Winchester
Detrick
Hunt
Apple Pie Ridge
Librarian Hacked To Death With Ax In Belmont
Belmon t Massachusetts police arrested 87 year old Hugh A McCoy after confessing to killing his daughter Ethel McCoy a 56 year old librarian at Harvard Business School. Authorities say the father attacked her in her bed claiming financial worries drove the murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Mass
Ethel McCoy
Harvard University Business School
Hugh A. McCoy
William G. Heyd
Heyd
Officials plan 1956 fete with budget focus and strong turnout
Budget department and festival leadership briefed department heads on trimming expenses for 1956. Pageant director Garland R. Quarles reported plans on schedule while Tom Baldridge summarized festival actions. An executive committee will meet tomorrow at 11 a.m. at festival headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Safety
Garland R. Quarles
Tom Baldridge
Scully
Robinson
Bain
Arthur W. Mumpower
Ralph A. Cain
Charles A. Dorton, Jr
Harry W. Butler, Jr
Henry Eavis
H. Paul Rhodes
Douglas A. Cather
Joseph Massie, Jr
Ferman W. Perry
Robert E. Heltzel
Ralph H. Peterson
E. W. Lacy, Jr
Tom Boyd
Joseph E. Butler
S. L., Nager
W. R. Barney
A. Ryland Conner
Lamar H. Keen
L. W. Wallace
Clarence H
No Change Reported in Greyhound Bus Walkout
Greyhound and Trailways lines faced ongoing disruption as drivers walk out over a fired colleague. Local terminal confirms no change as service remains suspended north and west of Washington while Trailways offers limited cross-use for commuters between Washington and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greyhound Bus Line
Washington
Associated Press
Eastern Greyhound
L. E. Wadsworth
Atlantic Greyhound
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Maryland City
Greyhound
Trailways
Girl Slashed by Razor Held as Neighbor Questioned
A five year old girl was found slashed and bitten at a Chicago home of Rose Swanson a 32 year old unemployed bar maid. Sandra Torres sustained eight facial and head wounds requiring 35 stitches and is expected to recover. Swanson was detained as a suspect after claiming amnesia following an invitation for candy. A bloodied razor blade was recovered at the apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rose Swanson
Sandra Torres
Swanson West Side
Mary Stewart
Garfield Park Hospital
Answers to quiz questions from Page
The reader lists the quiz answers: Thomas Edison, the Hawaiian Islands, Psalms Chapter 1, states Ohio Oklahoma Oregon, wine, one cent piece, no, lapidary, Hottentot with en meaning and, and the phrase Do you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Edison
Hawaiian Islands
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Wanton Mississippi Murders Unpunished, Negro Leader Says
Dr. T R M Howard, president of the Mississippi Regional Council of Negro Leadership, charges in a letter to FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover that killings of Black Americans in Mississippi go unpunished. He cites George Lee Lemar Smith and Emmett Till cases and says the FBI cannot solve crimes where a Negro is murdered by a white man in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mississippi
T. R. M. Howard
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Howard
Mississippi Regional Council of Negro Leadership
Baltimore
United States
George Lee
Lemar Smith
Emmett Till
Till
Chicago
Money
Miss
Smith
Brookhaven
Miss. Lee
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Belzoni
NAACP
Lee
Department of Justice
Former star Louise Carver dies at 87
Hollywood mourns Louise Carver once known as Aunt Louise a pioneer comedienne who entertained generations of movie players and died yesterday aged 87 in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Louise Carver
Louise
Living Costs Dip For First Time Since August
Washington reports a 0.3 percent drop in living costs from November to December the first decline since August. Food transport and housing contributed to the decrease, while medical and personal care rose. December's index reached 114.7 relative to the 1947-49 base. Wages and spendable earnings hit new records with a two-person worker rising to 73.15 and a single worker to 65.79. Purchasing power increased 6 percent in 1955 versus 1954, the best gain since World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Funeral services for Herbert Mond and kin
Herbert Mond is survived by two sisters Mrs Ed ward Stickly of Oranda and Mrs Hazel Cooley of Middletown and a deceased wife. A brother Leonard Miller died last fall. A funeral will be Sunday at 2 p m from the First E U B Church with Dr Carl W Hiser officiating. Burial at Riverview Cemetery Strasburg. Pallbearers are James Snider Marlin Eckard Duke L Shaver Guy A Webber Joseph C Ritter and Hugh Keller. Honorary pallbearers are Lions Club members. The body rests in the church.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Janice M. Herbaugh
Jones Funeral Home
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
TITAN
Farmall
Mower and Plows Minor Motor CO
N. Braddock St
S & Gainesboro
City Real Estate
City
South Kent St
Said Street
Roy Carper
Chas. R. Duvall, Auctioneer
T. Beatty Brown
Loudoun County
Washington, D. C
The
Frederick County
U.S. Rt. 7
J. H. Smith, Jr
Richard Z Crisman
Lucille D. Jones
Cana
Grimes
M. H. Moore
Hugh F. Dailey
Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co
Altivista
Audrey E. Gay
Robert St
Middletown
USB. Rt. 11
Sherman N. Sharff
Jones Spring
Elmer Lordainer
Wakefield
Buick
Chevrolet
Clinton L. Ritter
OF County Realty
Circuit Court
Howard Good
Nora Frye
Back Creek Valley
Loring T. Good
J. Randolph Larrick
E. T. Snider
I Lee N. Whitacre
Lee N. Whitacre
Investors Loan Corp
S. Loudoun
Cali
Lilliston
Barr's Inc
Herbert
March OF Dimes
N. Cameron St
Armstrong
E. Piccadilly St
Seiberling
Uqad Wertaer Dre
EGR Aott
Cammer Tire CO
S. Braddock St
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