Dr McGuire Rites Held at Christ Episcopal Church
Funeral services for Dr Hunter Holmes McGuire founder and Coven tal were held at 3 p m at Christ Episcopal Church led by Rev James Roe. The service featured Episcopal liturgy with hymns and readings from Psalms and John. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed include hospital officials doctors and veterans. interment in Mt Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter Holmes McGuire
Winchester Memorial Tal
Christ Episcopal Church
James Roe
Roe
Hunter McGuire
Virginia
John B. McKee
John C. Hortenstine
George H. Smith
E. C. Stuart Jr
Ellsworth Johnson
B. B. Dutton
L. L. Bell
J. A. Miller
Homer Alberti
John Rosenberger
Sloan Kuykendall
Fred G
T. A. Gibson
Archibald Osborne
H. B. McCormac Jr
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Streamliner Crashes Freight injuring score and crew
A head on collision between the Zephyr Rocket from Minneapolis to St. Louis and a detached freight train near Marble Rock Iowa injured more than twenty people, three seriously. Nineteen victims were taken to a Charles City hospital as fog and sleet hindered signaling and a brakeman’s flare failed to warn the passenger train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marble Rock
Zephyr
Fom
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Charles City
Here
Bob Fullemer
Rock Island
Fullemer
Camera Club Exhibit Opens February Fourth
Winchester Camera Club will open its annual print exhibit February 4 in the Penney Co window, continuing for a week for members who have paid 1949 dues. Prints must be left at Valley Photo Center by next Wednesday. Edward Hines, Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co. office manager and former Navy lieutenant commander, showed slides of ships, convoys, England Ireland France, and U S scenery. Next meeting is February 4 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H R Stipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Camera Club
Penney Co
Valley Photo Center
Edward Hines
Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co
Navy
England
Ireland
France
United States
Hines
Baltimore
Camera Club
H. R. Stipe
E. Piccadilly St
Bond Chairman At State Meet Opens In Lynchburg
Walker McC. Bond of Winchester will chair a two day session of supervisors from 22 soil conservation districts in Virginia. The meeting opens in Lynchburg tomorrow night. Attending from Winchester are Arthur I. Buckley Roy L. Bageant B A Hepner and D M Cloyd of the Lord Fairfax district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker McC. Bond
Winchester
Soil Conservation
Virginia
Lynchburg
Bond
Arthur I. C. Buckley
Roy L. Bageant
B. A. Hepner
D. M. Cloyd
Lord Pairfax
Teachers End Strike Over Pay Rise Demands
About 50,000 pupils were affected as teachers ended a strike after seeking a base pay increase of 300 to 700 dollars a year, equivalent to around 1000 dollars.
Columbia Valley Authority Bill Ordered by President
President Truman ordered government agencies to draft legislation for a Columbia Valley Authority. He aims to present a special message to Congress once a draft is ready, with coordination led by Charles F. Murphy. The plan envisions a river basin authority similar to TVA rules across Oregon Washington Montana Idaho and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Valley Authority
Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
Iles G. Ross
Departments of Interior, Army, Agriculture, and Commerce
Economic
Charles F. Murphy
Columbia River
Pacific
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Canada
TVA
Ross
Missouri Valley Authority
Murphy
D-Mont
MVA
Missouri Valley
CIO Seeks Defeat Of Byrd Friends
The Washington Post reports AFL and CIO plan to expand political action after 1948 gains. In Virginia PAC and AFL's League for Political Education mobilize to topple the Byrd machine, urging poll tax payment and registration. National drives aim to raise $1 million for 1949 through member assessments, with PAC and Labour groups coordinating nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Washington Post
AFL
CIO
Labor
Virginia
Political Action Committee
League For Political Education
Byrd
PAC
Jack Kroll
CIO Political Action Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
Congress
National Citizens’ Pac
Progressive Citizens of America
Henry A. Wallace
May Garssons Verdict Upheld by Court of Appeals
The U S Court of Appeals upheld the bribery and conspiracy convictions of former Rep. Andrew J. May of Kentucky and Henry Murray Garsson brothers by a two to one vote. Judge Stephens dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Henry Murray Garsson
E. Barrett Prettyman
Henry White Edgerton
Harold M. Stephens
May
House
Garsson Brothers
Charles J. Margiotti
Garssons
Lewisburg
U. S. Supreme Court
Garsson
United States
Cumberland Lumber Co
Stephens
Congress
Dorsey Resigns Secretarial Post With Rep Harrison
Rep Burr P Harrison announces the resignation of his secretary R Meade Dorsey. Dorsey plans to leave by month end after working for Harrison since July 1947. He is the son of Ralph N Dorsey of Berryville and a 1942 University of Virginia graduate who served in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr P. Harrison
R. Meade Dorsey
Dorsey
Harrison
Ralph N. Dorsey
Berryville
University of Virginia
Navy
Industry wide pension plan urged by UAW CIO
Thompson president of Ford Local 600 urges an industry wide pension covering all auto workers. He asks International President Walter Reuther to form a national committee with representatives from Ford Chrysler GM Hudson Packard Studebaker Kaiser Frazer Willys and others to design a plan that could include Paris suppliers and raise coverage to over a million. The union had already flagged a pension plan as a main objective in upcoming contract talks with wages secondary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Thompson
Ford Local
Uaw-Cio
International
Walter P. Reuther
Paris
Internation Union
Ford
Chrysler
Hudson
Packard
Studebaker
Kaiser- Frazer
Willys
Senate to Fast Track Labor Law Repeal Hearings
Democratic leaders in the Senate labor committee plan quick hearings on repealing the Taft Hartley Act. CIO officials pressed for swift action while Senator Morse opposed rush tactics and vowed not to be rushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Administration
Senate
Morse
R-Ore
CIO
Congress
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Gas Turbine Added To Coal Gasification Experiment in Mine
Prelimin ary arrangements are progress ing for the second government supported field experiment in underground gasification of coal near Gorgas Alabama. The Bureau of Mines and Alabama Power Co. explore burning gas turbine produced fuel gas to generate electricity and show potential for turbine powered plants near coal seams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bituminous Coal Institute
Alabama Power Co
United States Bureau of Mines
Gorgas
Ala
Bureau of Mines
Boy Scouts Raise 7000 Dimes for Polio Drive
Approximately 7000 dimes were collected in a one day drive by Winchester Frederick County cub scouts. Forty scouts participated starting at 10 a.m. at Peoples Drug Store and ending at 5 p.m. with a string of coins at McCrorys on North Loudoun Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Winchester-Frederick County
Peoples Drug Store
McCrory’s
N. Loudoun
Reward Notice For John Anderson in Clearbrook VA
A reward is offered for information or recovery related to John Anderson of Clearbrook Virginia. Contact numbers 3984 or 3232 for leads. Dead or alive. Reference 1-24-lp-21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anderson
Clearbrook Va
Britain and France Recognize Israel in Formal Move
London reports British cabinet approval for recognizing Israel with Bevin to announce in Parliament. Coordination with Australia and New Zealand cited as a hurdle before formal recognition. In Rhodes talks, Bunche seeks to salvage armistice negotiations as Negev disputes persist and Israeli troops remain in the Faluja pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes
United Nations
Ralph J. Bunche
Negev
Bunche
Faluja
Palestine
Scott Tightens Control on GOP Main Committee
Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr. asserts power over the party by naming a 15 member executive committee and serving as its chairman. He rejects resigning as National chairman or congressman, and says the lineup reflects no Dewey favoritism, though many members were Dewey supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
A National Committee
Ese
Omaha
Neb
Scott
Pennsylvania
Dewey
Philadelphia
J. Russel Sprague
New York
Harry Darby
Kansas
Darby
Woman Rescuers Save Girdle With $2220 From Fire
Firemen carried Mrs. Mary Breen from a burning Kansas City apartment. At her urgent request they returned to seize her girdle from a trunk, fearing loss of the $2220 sewn in its lining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mary Breen
Transit Employees To Vote on Offer
Transit union members in three cities will ballot tomorrow on a tentative settlement offer from Virginia Transit Co. The agreement was reached between the company and the AFL affiliated Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America after a prolonged session Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Transit Co
AFL
Assn. of
Street
Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America
Speidel
Johnston's Jewelry
Loudoun St
Senate Rules Committee to consider anti filibuster changes
Senator Hayden said a majority of the Senate rules committee will recommend action to kill the filibuster as hearings begin on five resolutions. He noted the main issue is whether a majority or two thirds can end debate. Seventeen Southern Senators oppose reform, raising the chance of a renewed filibuster. Senators Morse Harey and Ives doubted prompt action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Truman
Morse
R-Ore
Civil Rights Prosrems
Harey
U S Policy Talk On China Looms
Washington January 24 Foreign aid chief Paul Hoffman said he will consult with Secretary Acheson soon on future American aid to China. His agency will not alter the $275 million China program unless State Department sets a new policy course, dependent on peace talks between nationalist and communist sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
State Acheson
China
Hoffman
State Department
Funds Allocated For Negro Park Near Farmville
Governor Tuck releases 65000 from Virginia general supplementary Capital outlay to begin a State park for Negroes at Prince Edward lake near Farmville. William A. Wright asks for 65000 to start a deep well and sewer system as surveys proceed for full development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tuck
Prince Edward Lake
Farmville
William A. Wright
State Department of Conservation
State Park
Jap Vote Reflects Public Irritation With MacArthur Policy
Unofficial returns show Japan's voters shifting to extremes amid calls for economic stability. Yoshida's Liberal Party secures 263 of 466 Diet seats, giving a parliamentary majority for the first time since surrender. Communists win 35, Democrats 70, Social Democrats 49, with high turnout around 70 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshide
Tina Eee
Coral Party
Diet
Japan
Reds
Communists
Democrats
Social Democrats
Peoples Cooperative
Other
Independents
Yoshida
Las MacArthur
China
Caribou Hunters Fly 7000 Miles To Bag 6 Animals
Three veteran hunters returned to Sault Ste. Marie after a six day Arctic hunt covering 7000 miles. Dr. George Westman, George Ponsford of Sault Ste. Marie, and Pop Cleveland of Berea Ohio bagged six caribou by landing on northern lakes due north of Prince Albert Alaska and waiting for the herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault ST. Marie
Ont
George Westman
George Ponsford
Pop Cleveland
Berea
Ohio
Arctic Circle
Prince Albert
Ask
Trustees Qualify In Meade Fund
Richmond January 24 Governor Tuck along with L M Walker Jr and J Tyler Miller were named as trustees for the Magbe C Meade scholarship fund valued about 400 000. The bequest from Ganville G Meade of Clarke County funds male Virginians needing college aid and becomes available on Mrs Meade's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tuck
Chancery Court
C. Meade
L. M. Walker Jr
J. Tyler Miller
Ganville G. Meade
Clarke County
Virginia
Meade
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Winchester adds fifth bus for spare use
Winchester City Transit Lines adds a fifth vehicle to its fleet. Manager G. W. Blythe says the bus will serve as a spare to cover emergencies and allow regular servicing of others. The new International with Superior body accompanies planned city route maps and timing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester City Transit Lines Equipmnt
G. W. Blythe
Blythe
Accessory Shoppe Closes Early at Five Oclock
The Accessory Shoppe will close at 5 o clock each evening until further notice. No reopen date is given and no other changes to hours are announced.
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Dr. M’guire
Rep
Auto Union
Hill
Great Britain
London
Israel
Bevin
House of Commons
New Zealand
Woman’s Rescuers
Girdle
Transit
Chiang
Nanking Line
Arizona
U.S
Acheson
W. Va
Winchester Evening Star
Shanghai
Li Tsung-jen
Nanking
Hankow
Pukow
Nankin
Yangtze
Dupsteeen
Associated Press
Shen
Man
Mee
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