Robinson Joins U S Navy Seaman First Class Radio Technician
William Kirkley Robinson, son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. E. F. Robinson of 620 South Stewart, enters the U S Navy as Seaman First Class Radio Technician on January 23. Born in Syracuse in 1925, he lived in Panoche and Winchester, studied at the University of Missouri, completed an accelerated engineering course last June, and since August worked as assistant engineer for National Fruit Product Company in Winchester. He enlisted at the Navy Recruiting Station in Winchester at the Post Office building.
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William Kirkley Robinson
E. F. Robinson
South Stewart Street
Seaman
Robinson
Syracuse
Pancone
Winchester
University of Missouri
National Fruit Product Company
U. S. Navy
Navy
Post Office
Labor woes shift as steel strike looms and rail talks spark hope
President Truman hints at government steel plant in Utah and urges acceptance of a wage rise. Trainmen on three shuttle rails call off a planned strike after setting up a negotiation panel. CIO UAW resumes talks with Ford and Chrysler while GM holds firm on a 30 percent wage demand. Steel strike widens idle workers to about 1.635 million.
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Truman
Utah
CIO
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel
Fairless
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
Three Roads
Roads
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors
Lutheran Church Delegates Set for Roanoke Convention
The Rev. W. E. Eisenberg and Carl R. Ritter from Grace Lutheran, the Rev. E. B. Smith and M. S. Glaize from Bethel Lutheran, and Rev. Raymond L. Booze with Oren Snapp from Stephens City Church will attend the 117th annual Lutheran Synod of Virginia meeting at St. Mark's Church in Roanoke February 5 to 8. They will vote on officers, delegates to the United Lutheran Church in America, a synodical missionary, and a $100,000 Roanoke College chapel campaign. program speakers include D. Henry Turney and Dr. Paul Empie.
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W. E. Eisenberg
Carl R. Ritter
Grace Lutheran Church
E. B. Smith
M. S. Glaize
Bethel Lutheran Church
Raymond L. Booze
Oren Snapp
Stephens City Church
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Roanoke
United Lutheran Church In America
Cleveland
Board of Trustees
Roanoke College
Indiana Synod of the
ULCA
D. Henry Turney
National Lutheran Council
Paul Empie
Berryville Route 12 Debate Sees Mixed Support
Clarke citizens debated the future Route 12 with Berryville merchants opposing county through routes. Major Dougherty urged a plan favoring the Berryville Boyce and White Post Double Toll Gate corridors, and a vote passed 27 to 9 supporting rebuilding plans for alternate pathways. A similar meeting will be held.
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Rage
Shackleford
Berryville
Graham Dougherty
McGehee
Gilpin
Mares W. Va
Frederick
Boyce
Major Dougherty
Julian K Berger Dies in Washington Funeral Held in Stephens City
Julian K Berger aged 37 died yesterday afternoon at St Elizabeths Hospital Washington DC after a five year illness. He was born August 15 1908 in Stephens City son of Annie Washington Berger and the late James Berger. Survived by his mother wife Rube Berger a son Julian a daughter Elaine sisters Scatta Berger Esther Gaither Louise Holtz. Funeral Saturday January 26 at 2 30 pm from Stephens City Methodist Church with interment there. Pallbearers named Henry Curry Ellis Turner Graham Robinson Clarence Robinson John Shields Elridge Wanzer. Body to Stephens City from James Funeral Home this afternoon.
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Annie Washington Berger
James Berger
Sandy Level
Washington
D. C
Rube Berger
Washington, D. C
Julian Berger
Elaine Berger
Washington D. C
Scatta Berger
Esther Gaither
Louise Holtz
New York
Methodist Church
E. H. Jackson
A. T. Gaskins
Henry Curry
Ellis Turner
Graham Robinson
Clarence Robinson
John Shields
Elridge Wanzer
Charges Delay In Installing Radar In Hawaii 1941
Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short accused the War Department of delaying radar installations in Hawaii during 1941 while completing setups in New York City Seattle and San Francisco. He cited a Waterloo Iowa telegram from Maj. George D. Leask stating three radar towers sat on a San Francisco pier before orders to ship them to Honolulu.
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Walter C. Short
War Department
Hawaii
New York City
Seattle
San Francisco
Short
Pearl Harbor
Waterloo
Iowa
George D. Leask
Army Signal Corps
Leask
Honolulu
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Mrs. Kerns Dies At Gainesboro
Mrs. Sidney J. Kerns dies at her Gainesboro home after a paralytic stroke two years ago. She was 68, survived by husband Lemuel, two daughters Lottie Dailey and Daisy Kerns, two brothers Howard Sirbaugh and John Sirbaugh, and sister Effie Orndorff. Funeral held January 26 at Ebenezer Christian Church with interment in adjoining cemetery.
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Sidney J. Kerns
Lemuel Kerns
Gainsboro
David Sirbaugh
Frederick County
Lottie Dailey
Daisy Kerns
Howard Sirbaugh
Winchester
John Sirbaugh
Cumberland
Effie Orndorff
Ebenezer Christian Church
S. J. Goode
Soldier Killed In Street Fight After Restaurant Brawl
In Washington a soldier was killed and a policeman and bystander wounded during a gun battle stemming from a restaurant brawl. Police report 24 year old Lee Marshall Le Grand resisted arrest as he pulled a .32 caliber revolver firing at Officer John McCarthy and at a bystander Leon Deckett.
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Washington
T-5
Lee Marshall le Grand
John T. McCarty
le Grande
McCarthy
Leon Deckett
Boundary settlement discussed for Va and D C case
Continued from page one the article outlines pension and group insurance plans for second class employees and mentions the Sebrell House in relation to the Virginia District of Columbia boundary settlement.
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Sebrell House
Virginia House advances local bills and studies state veterinary department
The House passed bills allowing Franklin to borrow for a combined town hall and recreation building, Wythe County to tax police dogs, Wise to hire a sergeant outside town limits, and Portsmouth to expand city wards to ten. A joint resolution creates a commission to study a state veterinary department at VPI or elsewhere. Delegate John Warren Cooke introduced a repeal proposal to a law.
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Campbell
Wythe
Tate
Wise
Portsmouth
Department of Veterinary Medicine
John Warren Cooke
Gloucester
Mathews
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