Belle Haven apartments lure 1500 onlookers as five units rent
At 131 Montague Ave the Belle Haven project draws an estimated 1500 visitors. Thirty five applications were filed for five of six units to be rented, with the Grimms occupying the remaining apartment. First tenants include Mr. and Mrs. Ames Sandy who will move Friday from 44 Sudoun Street.
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New Belle Haven
Montague Ave
G. H. Grimm
Grimms
Ames Sandy
S. Loudoun St
Stephens City
Sandy
Northern Virginia Power Co
Washington
H. F. Mason
Maurice Pifer Realty Agency
Turner and Harper of
Strasburg
Grim
Winchester
George W
Ida Virginia Grimm
Co. G
113Th Infantry
Co. I
American Oil Co
Grimm
Henry Hammon
Senseny Rd
Blue and Gray Lodge
Alexandria
Furniture Trade Prospects Seen as Good at High Point Show
Representatives from J. W. Grove Furniture Co and Swimley Furniture Store showcased new chairs designed for TV viewing and upholstered furniture with 25 year guarantees at the High Point North Carolina Furniture Mart. Attendees from Grove were Bryan Stotler and Robert Womeldorph. from Swimley Walter Knee. Martinsburg firm reps included J. W. Grove and William Quinzel. Stotler noted improved quality, workmanship, and materials across exhibited pieces. The industry outlook is described as exceptionally good for the year.
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High Point
N. C
Furniture Mart
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Swimley Furniture Store
Winchester
Walter Knee
Grove Furniture
Bryan Stotler
Robert Womeldorph
Martinsburg
J. W. Grove
William Quinzel
Stotler
Virginia Five Day Weather Forecast
A five day forecast for Virginia shows temperatures about five degrees above normal with a colder Wednesday. A warming trend develops Thursday and Friday, then cools Saturday. Rain is expected Wednesday and Friday, with total precipitation near three quarters of an inch.
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Virginia
Suny
Mary Armistead Byrd Wyman and Philanthropy Legacy
Mary Armistead Byrd, daughter of Francis Otway Byrd and Elizabeth Pleasants, married Gerish Wyman in 1837 and died in Baltimore on October 20 1881. The couple dedicated themselves to philanthropy, notably supporting the Education for South Girls movement to aid impoverished Southern women after the Civil War. Wyman funded a large memorial to his wife to finance Virginia girls’ access to education for generations.
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Mary Armistead Byrd
Francis Otway
Izabeth (Pleasants) Byrd
Gerish Wyman
Baltimore
Yman
Virginia
Rent Bill Extends Housing Controls Two More Years
Washington January 25 A bill to extend rent controls to March 31, 1951 would toughen current law and expand government powers. It would keep veterans housing preferences, require expeditor approval to evict, and cover hotel accommodations with limited exceptions while preserving existing protections and penalties.
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James Marlow
Washington
ABC
Truman
Congress
House to Speed Hearing on Rents
Washington leaders reach informal agreement to push rent control and housing measures. Maybank names Sparkman to lead hearings on low rent public housing slum clearance. hearings target early next week with aim to extend current laws before March 31, possibly 15 months.
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Washington
Senate
House
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Senate Committee
Sparkman
D-Ala
Trent Control
Road Improvement Hearing Set For Feb 14 By County Supervisors
Frederick county supervisors failed to finish the 1949-50 budget at yesterday's special meeting and scheduled another session for next Tuesday. A hearing on requests for improvements on the secondary road was set for 1 p.m. February 14.
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Frederick
Eisenhower’s Mother Born in Mt. Sidney Virginia
Ida Elizabeth Stoever, mother of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, was born May 1, 1862, in Mt. Sidney Virginia, Rockingham County. She was the daughter of Simon and Elizabeth J. Stoever. Her son’s father, David Jacob Eisenhower, was born in Elizabethville Pennsylvania in 1863 and died in Kansas in 1942.
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General Eisenhower
Mt. Sidney
Virginia
Staunton
Harrisonburg
the Star
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Ida Elizabeth Stoever
Rockingham County
Simon
Elizabeth J. Stoever
David Jacob Eisenhower
Elizabethville
Kansas
Clarke County Pupils Receive Fluoride Dental Treatment
The U S Public Health Service is giving sodium fluoride dental treatment to about 500 Clarke county grade school children at Berryville. Dr. Wm A Burke heads the unit. 325 attend Berryville and 125 Boyce. Pupils from Boyce will ride buses to Berryville for the clinic. The program, funded by a federal million dollar appropriation, aims to prevent tooth decay in children under 13 and has shown 40 percent efficacy. Treatment costs are covered. no charges to families. The unit began January 12 and may finish by February 12, then move to Charlottesville.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Clarke County
Berryville
Boyce
Wm. A. Burke
Public Health Service
Federal Security Agency
Burke
Virginia
Stafford County
Stafford Court House
John Marshall
Arlington
Maury
Alexandria
Unionville
Orange County
Charlottes
Berlin Airlift Crash Kills Seven in Russian Zone
A British C 47 cargo plane evacuating Berlin civilians and sickly residents crashed in the Soviet zone, killing seven and injuring 18. Among the dead were a British flyer and six Germans, including two children, with all survivors hospitalized at Schoenberg.
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Berlin
Schoenberg
Allied Air Safety Center
Western Germany
Thieves Target 100 Storage Batteries at Baker Street Yard
L. Zuckerman and Sons Inc announces a $100 reward for information leading to the arrest of suspects in a weekend theft of 100 to 200 junk batteries valued around 700. Joseph Zuckerman notes the entry involved forcing a large door and a truck likely waited outside.
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L. Zuckerman and Sons Inc
Joseph Zuckerman
Baker St. Yard
Zuckerman
Bond Election Draws Frowns of County Boards
The Shenandoah county school board and board of supervisors met in a joint closed session to discuss enlarging and improving Strasburg school. They opposed a new school bond election and suggested obtaining fresh cost estimates for construction at Strasburg.
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Board of Supervisors
Shenandoah County
Strasburg
Woolen Shop sale and missing beagle notice
Details include The Woolen Shop at 202 So Braddock St advertising a sale week of Jan 24 with full stock reductions. Also a Lost Beagle near Old Woodbine School described as black and tan with white, 11 inches tall, collar with owner Leslie D. Kline Winchester Va, reward offered for recovery, contact Winchester 4378. Also open for business delivery service for newspapers and magazines with Johnny and Jimmy at 165 Braddock, phones 6991 and 6931.
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G. W. Lewis
P. O
Washington, DC
Braddock St
Old Woodbine School
Leslie D. Kline
Winchester
Johnny and
Jimmy
Braddock
Steel Allocation Mandate Sought by Sawyer
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer asked Congress for mandatory powers to control distribution of steel and other scarce commodities as part of stabilization and anti inflation measures. He urged a seven month extension of voluntary steel allocations while planning broader controls over credit prices rents exports and metals.
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Washington
Sawyer
Congress
Truman
Senate
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Armed Forces
Atomic Energy Commission
Oil, Coal and Metal
Arnold Denies Riverside Woman Calls Him Daddy
In a separate maintenance suit Olive Arnold alleges Edward Arnold had affairs with a Riverside woman at the Arnold ranch from 1943 onward. She claims harassment, separations since Oct 6 1947, and seeks 2000 dollars monthly plus legal fees and property division. Arnold calls the Riverside woman a friend and denies the accusations.
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Arnold
Los Angeles
Olive Arnold
Edward Arnold
Riverside
Calif
Arnold Ranch
San Bernardino County
Arnolds
Olive Emerson
Butler Family Buys Glaize Avenue Home
Mr and Mrs Robert J Butler of Clarke county purchase a 6 room frame house with garage at 18 Glaize Ave for owner occupancy. Sale handled by Riley realty agency from Omer F Simmons and wife who move Jan 24 to Norfolk. Simmons link to Shoecenter and F L Largent Jr. wife. The Butler family includes two grade school children and they relocate from Berryville area where he dairied. No other purchases or sales details included.
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Glaize Ave
Robert J. Butler
Clarke County
Riley Realty Agency
Omer F. Simmons
Norfolk
Simmons
Shoecenter
Apple Blossom Festival names H Delmer Robinson president again
H Delmer H Robinson will serve for a second year as president of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to be held Thursday and Friday April 28 and 29 in Winchester Virginia. He remains general manager and treasurer of C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co and will lead festival activities supported by about 2000 volunteers.
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H. Delmer H. Robinson
Robinson
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage Co
Planes to Feed Cattle Sought for Western Ranges
Western plains states face blizzard relief needs as aircraft drop hay to thousands of starving cattle and sheep. President Truman provided initial 100000 dollars. lawmakers urge at least 500000 more for relief across the Dakotas Nebraska Utah Nevada amid ongoing cold and snow.
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Associated Press
Congress
Truman
Dakotas
Nebraska
Utah
Nevada
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
California
Arizona
Ohio Valley
New England States
Nine new members join Lions Club at luncheon
Nine candidates were inducted during a Lions Club luncheon at Sarah Zane hall. Edwin R. Kingsley of Parkersburg, a past Lions International president, led the ceremony. New members are Carter Baker Bernard Groves Lester A. Elliott William Shaffer James Shuman Charles A. Dorton Dabney W. Watts W Irvin Hoke and Don W. Hayes.
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Lions
Sarah Zane Hall
Edwin R. Kingsley
Parkersburg
W. Va
Lions International
Carter Baker
Bernard Groves
Lester A. Elliott
William Shaffer
James Shuman
Charles A. Dorton
Dabney W. Watts
W. Irvin Hoke
Don W. Hayes
Russellt Kaplan
Berryville
H. E. Massie
Stephens City
Ellicott Marshall
Front Royal
F. W. Glenn
Washington
Arnold Flick
Hagerstown
Taft and Stassen Seek Party Leader
The Republican National Committee set an Omaha meeting to decide whether Hugh D. Scott Jr. should be ousted as chairman. Critics including Carroll Reece and Harrison E. Spangler pressed for change while Scott defended his record amid reports of wide dissent.
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Washington
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Scott
Pennsylvania
Ahd
National Committee
Omaha
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Thero
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
Con
Lions Urge Blood Donor Registration For Monday Visit
Winchester Lions mobilize for the Red Cross bloodmobile fifth visit. Dr William Schenck heads the drive aiming for full Lions participation and inviting relatives and friends to register. Public calls 5412 for appointments with 140 donors needed. bloodmobile operates 10 30 a m to 4 p m at the Presbyterian church Ivy room.
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Winchester Lions
Red Cross
William Schenck
Special Lions’ Committee
Dr. Schenck
Lions
Carter Baker
August H. Cahill
L B. Soper
Herbert Holliday
L. M Siifer
Kenneth Snyder
J. R. Wilkins
H. L. Riley
Presbyterian Church Ivy Room
Nanking Faces Evacuation as Reds Press Thousands
Nanking authorities warn the city faces imminent shelling as Red forces move toward the Yangtze. Government officials and residents flee southward amid crowded trains and streets. Peace talks loom as Mao Tse-tung’s eight points shape possible negotiations.
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Nankink
Chinign Office
Nonworld
Canton
Peiping
Foreign Office
Red
Yangtze
Red Radio
Owa
Yangtze River
Kesman
North China
Reds
Tsung-jen
Ee Peng Sh
Kuomintang
Ernment
Mao Tsetung
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang
Gis
Nanking
Simran
Three Names Mentioned to Succeed Hall in State Post
Richmond January 25 three persons have been mentioned to Gov Tuck for consideration as successor to John Hopkins Hall Jr who will retire next month as State commissioner of labor and industry. O C Moore of Norfolk assistant to Hall J Newton Maxey of Portsmouth former House of Delegates member and assistant commissioner in the Price administration and Ed and M Boggs of Richmond business agent for the AFL boiler makers union are the nominees named.
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Richmond
Tuck
John Hopkins Hall Jr
Labor and Industry
O. C. Moore
Norfolk
Hall
J. Newton Maxey
Portsmouth
House of Delegates
M. Boggs
AFL Boilermakers’ Union
Star Wanted Finds Janitor In Few Hours
Leslie D. Kline superintendent of Frederick County Schools posted a four line ad in the STAR seeking a part time janitor for Shenandoah Valley Academy with salary details to be determined. The notice appeared Saturday afternoon and aimed to fill the position within hours.
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Star
Leslie D. Kline
Frederick County Schools
The
Shenandoah Valley Academy
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Gen. Eisenhower
Mt. Sidney, Virginia
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RAF
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Plymouth Lean
H. Delmer Robinson
Apple Blossom Festival
Lions Club
Taft
Stassen
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