Unseasonably Warm Weather Sparks Spring Fever Across Regions
Winchester reports 77 degree high for second day as residents shed coats and enjoy soda shop trends. Across the nation warm spells, storms, and crop impacts from Richmond to Texas are noted with records and weather extremes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Associated Press
Orangeburg
D. C
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Virginia
Mercury
Richmond
Norfolk
Winchester
New York City
New Jersey
Ambrose Light
New York Harbor
Ironton
Texas
Rio
Ferry lease in Shenandoah linked to Berry’s Ferry site
In a Dec 8 1796 lease recorded in Frederick County Court, Robert Wormeley Carter grants John Morgan and John Brahan Lots 1 and 2 totaling 300 acres on the Shenandoah tract with Berry’s Ferry rights near the present Lee Jackson Highway bridge. Morgan and Brahan pay 50 pounds Virginia currency annually and must maintain boats and staff for passenger transport. The ferry, known as Berry’s Ferry, operated at least since 1743 and was discontinued in 1904.
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Frederick County
Robert Wormeley Carter
Landon Carter
Sabine Hall
Richmond Co
John Morgan
John Brahan
Shenandoah
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Berry
Carter
Nathl. Burwell, Esq
Check Artist Is Convicted
A Washington D C man Richard G McCauley was found guilty by a jury in a bad check case. The jury foreman Harry Murphy and 12 jurors fixed his punishment at 12 months in jail on each count. Indicted last November, McCauley allegedly forged Selena F Steed s name on a $20 check at Farmers and Merchants National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Richard G McCauley
Washington, D. C
Harry Murphy
McCauley
Robert L. Andersen
L. Marshall Kremer
Ernest C. Orndorff
Oscar B. Harry
Charles D. Lanahan
Olin E. Affleck
Howard L
26 Policemen Attend School at Winchester Training Session
Twenty six officers enrolled in the Winchester Police Training School for its third session tonight. The course runs through February 21 with a closing banquet February 24 at the George Washington Hotel. Attendees include Charles Cain James A. Claycomb George Conrad William Comer Farnum Messall Lester G Shickle Boyd W McDonald Maurice Lake Eugene Russell Warren L Fogle Lester O Nesselrodt H C Pagle E P Shenk B E Himelright Thomas Starrett J Henry Renner E W Day Ralph L Widmyer Carl E Day Ernest Grove Dennie C Thompson Frances Whittington Leroy Reynolds Earl Clark Fred W Hattle Noah W Henry and others from various counties and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Police Training School
George Washington Hotel
Charles Cain
James A. Claycomb
George Conrad
William Comer
Farnum Messall
Lester G. Shickle
Boyd W. McDonald
Maurice Lake
Eugene Russell
Warren L. Fogle
Winchester
Charles Town
E. W. Day
Ralph L. Widmyer
Carl E. Day
Front Royal
Ernest Grove
Dennie C. Thompson
Frances Whittington
Leroy Reynolds
Earl Clark
Woodstock
Fred W. Hattle
Shenandoah County
Noah W. Henry
Edinburg
Harrison Tops Federal Aid as Socialistic in Leesburg
Rep Burr Harrison denounced the Federal Aid to Education plan as socialistic and centralized control. He told the Leesburg Rotary Club that the broader welfare state package includes FEPC repeals Taft-Hartley, Brannan farm controls, compulsory health insurance, anti poll tax and new public housing measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr P. Harrison
Leesburg Rotary Club
FEPC
Old Lady Mary ONeill Reaches Century Mark in Pa
Mrs. Mary ONeill of Stonecrusher Hill turns 112 today and calls herself a youngster amid a balmy day in WAPWALLOPEN Pennsylvania. She recalls being isolated by an ice storm on Jan 26 and spends time watching the river valley from her hillside home with relatives nearby. She notes the hill tires her but she still refuses to stay inside.
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Wapwallopen
Mary O'Neill
Stonecrusher Hill
Creeping blockade cited by McCloy over Russian traffic limits
John J. McCloy, American high commissioner for Germany, says recent Russian traffic restrictions signal the start of a creeping blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John J. McCloy
Germany
Notice UCT Members Regular Meeting Announced
U C T members are notified of a regular meeting on Friday January 27 at 8:00 p.m. The gathering will be held at the Elks Home. J R Brandon reports the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.C.T
Elks Home
J. R. Brandon
Hawse Named Parade Chief for 1950 Apple Blossom
John J. Hawse named Firemen's Parade director for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival at a Winchester dinner meeting of seven local companies. Hawse succeeds John A. Boyd and will lead with assistant directors Harry Rainsberger and Bernard Grove Reuss. Shirley O. Bly elected secretary of the parade organization. Hawse, a Handley High School and Randolph-Macon College alum, has chaired fireworks and other committees and runs the Braddock Street Methodist Church school. The meeting appointed division chairs and voted to drop the commercial division while maintaining 1949 prize levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Hawse
Ineo Winchester
Rouss Co
Shenandoah
Seidl
George Washington
Harry Rainsberger
South End Fire Co
Bernard Grove
Reuss
Hawse
Shirley O. Bly
John A. Boyd
Jersey City
N. J
Winchester
Handley High School
Mary Glenn Lupton
Randolph-Macon College
State Board of Education
Braddock Street Methodist Church School
Stewards
Howard Hart
H. M. Laymen
John Jones
Winton Pope
Cochairman
Ronald Conner
Robert Legge
William R. Armel
Douglas O' Conner
Marion Anderson
Eston Tevalt
Auto and Truck Collide on Rt. 50 near Paris Mountain
A 5:45 a.m. crash on Route 50 atop Paris Mountain caused about 200 in damage. Bush R Thompson of Front Royal drove a Novick Transfer Co. truck off the road at a truckers stop after Oswald Jackson of White Post, confused by headlights, swerved to pass and struck the parked vehicle head on. The 1937 Chevrolet sustained 175 in damage, the truck 25.
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Rt. 50
Paris Mountain
L. P. Coverstone
Bush R. Thompson
Front Royal
Novick Transfer Co
Oswald Jackson
White Post
Coverstone
Jackson
Chevrolet
Miner Loses Legs And Heart As Well
Ben Coombs of Hazard Kentucky, a 22 year old coal miner who lost his legs in a Kentucky mine cave in, has also lost his heart. He will marry his nurse Elizabeth Krutel 21 of South Amboy this Saturday at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in New Jersey where she is his assigned nurse. They got engaged in May and plan to return to Hazard after his walking training.
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West Orange
N. J
New Jersey
Ben Coombs
Hazard
Elizabeth Krutel
South Amboy
Ben
Kessler Institute For Rehabilitation
Elizabeth
Coombs
Noble Unger kills a young cop in orchard on Middle Road
Noble Unger killed a young officer this morning after a confrontation in an orchard along Middle Road. Authorities reported the incident occurred near an apple grove and are continuing investigations.
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Noble Unger
Middle Road
Bargain Hunters Target Station Wagons In Price Shifts
A Winchester dealer survey shows most 1950 car prices hold steady with several models down. Station wagons lead declines across makes including Buick Dodge Nash and Pontiac while several brands keep 1949 prices for most models. Used and pre war prices show mixed movements with a general downturn for pre war cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Auto
Buick
Dodge
Hudson
Mercury
Chevrolet
Ford
Pontiac
Lincoln
Oldsmobile
Packard
Chrysler
Plymouth
DeSoto
Studebaker
Solon Seeks Vote On Huge Tax Slash
Washington reports Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin pushing an immediate House vote on a $700 million excise tax cut aimed at jewelry, furs, luggage, theater tickets, and transportation. Democrats hesitate, risk of a point of order looms, and a Truman veto could block any action.
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Solon
Washington
Joseph W. Martin
No House
Martin
Allies Protest Russian Truck Ban From Berlin to West Germany
American British and French commanders in Berlin joined in a strong protest to the Russians over hindrance of truck traffic between the city and Western Germany. A sharp note to the Soviets was decided upon after a three hour Western Command meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Kommandatura
Poll Tax Repeal Sought in Senate
In Richmond two measures to repeal Virginia's poll tax were introduced in the State Senate. One would strike all references to the tax by convention. the other would amend the constitution by a long method with a literacy test and voter qualifications. The long method requires two General Assembly sessions and public referendum approval. Governor Battle's $45 million school grant bill faces local matching proposals from senators Gray and McCue, while Norfolk lawmakers push a referendum on a poll tax repeal and voter registration changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Senate
General Assembly
John 8S
Battle
Garland Gray
Waverly
Edward O McCue Jr
Charlottesville
Norfolk
Edward L. Breeden, Jr
Robert F. Baldwin, Jr
History Group To Name Officers Tomorrow Night
The Winchester Frederick County Historical Society will hold its first annual meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the George Washington Hotel. Attendees will elect officers and view exhibits including panoramic photographs of Winchester taken from the City Hall cupola, among other historical items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
City Hall
FBI Warns Spy Threat In U S Exceeds Wartime Levels
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover urged a wartime scale expansion of agents during a congressional hearing noting the postwar surge in internal security work. He cited 3 000 000 aliens, border inspection strain, and subversive activities linked to foreign groups as factors driving heightened espionage risk. He defended wire tapping as essential in countering subversion.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
House Appropriations Committee
Watson B. Miller
United States
W. F. Kelly
Canada
Kelly
Immigration Service
Communist Party
New York
83 Year Old Seeks The Pirates Gold In Miami Dig
In Miami Florida George B Mobley 83 digs a downtown hole hoping to find 40 million dollars in pirate gold. The activity draws onlookers as he shows a 1858 blue glass jar and a 1853 wine bottle found in the trench while insisting he seeks gold not antiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
George B. Mobley
Mobley
Green Cove Springs
On Trial for Killing Dad in Fairfield County Case
A jury of nine women and three men was seated to try 21 year old Carol Ann Paight for the slaying of her father Sgt. Carl Paight in a Stamford hospital last Sept. 23. The defense admits she shot him but seeks mercy under extenuating circumstances. the charge is second degree murder with a life sentence.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Margaret H. Horton
Carol Ann
Carl T
Stamford, Conn
Meagine Teinion
Schowing
Waites
Escar
Fairfield County
Capital Wedding Scheduled Today
State cabinet officer's daughter Edith Cook Snyder to wed Maj. John Ernest Horton in Washington Cathedral with President Truman and family attending. About 2,000 guests invited for Episcopalian ceremony and Chevy Chase Club reception. Snyder to receive a silver gift from the presidential family.
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Adviase
White House
Truman
Margaret
Edith Cook
Drucie”) Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury
John Ernest Horton
Horton
LeRoy F. Morton
Wichita
Kans
Washington Cathedral
Chevy Chase Club
Maryland
Washin
Der
Snyder
Bradford Junior College
Haverhill
Mass
George Washington University
Death sentences for ex Japanese officers over Langson massacre
In Saigon Indonesia, former Japanese Col Shizume and three captains were condemned to death for the 1945 Langson massacre of 600 French prisoners. Other briefs note loan releases in Richmond and a reported Nationalist Chinese 26th Army retreat into Indochina under Gen Yu Cheng wan.
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Saigon
Indonesia
Shizume
Langson Mar
Taipei
Defense Ministry
Yunnan
Indochina
Yu Cheng-wan
Hainan
China
Hire Unjustified General Steel Price Increase Claim
A CIO steel workers spokesman accuses steel companies of using misrepresentations to justify last month's four dollar per ton general price increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO Steel
Truman pledges effort on soft coal strike
Senator Kilgore D West Virginia said the White House reported Truman is “working as hard as he can” on the soft coal strike. Kilgore told reporters he advised the president that West Virginia faces an emergency.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Senator Kilgore
D-Wva
Wallace Denies Involvement in Uranium Shipments
Henry A. Wallace testified before the House Un American Activities Committee that he had absolutely nothing to do with wartime uranium shipments to Russia. The hearing focused on possible connections between officials and Soviet material transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
The
House Un-American Activities Committee
FIRE DESTROYS ONANCOCK PAPER AND PRINTING PLANT
Fire destroyed the paper and job printing plant in Onancock. The cause was not determined. Owners John T. Borum and his wife Thelma estimated losses between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars.
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Onancock
John T. Borum
Thelma
Coal Operators Renew Offer to Renew Contract With Lewis
The soft coal industry sent John L. Lewis a renewed contract offer citing workers lost earnings and a coal shortage. The proposal keeps 1952 end, no wage rise, a no strike pledge, and preserves royalty payments at 20 cents per ton. About 88,000 miners in six states are on strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Fruita Sociens
Stati En
An Ad i Reneenation Company
Love
UMW Welfare and Pension Fund
Kentucky
India Declares Sovereign Democratic Republic
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari read the proclamation in Durbar Hall marking India's shift to a sovereign democratic republic. Governor-General toSahith Prasad was elected by the constituent assembly for the inaugural presidency. Bombay police fired nine shots to disperse an anti republic protest led by communists.
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Gandhi
Britain
India
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
Government House
Durbar Hall
Prasad
Constituent Assembly
Bombay
CE National Bank
Fed. Dep. Ins. Corp
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S. Braddock St
Sarah Zane Hall
Rep
Harrison
Lovett’'S Shoe & Dress Shop
Buzzella's
Parade
Miner
Helen Buckley
West Va
Beyond Va
Winchester Evening Star
W. Boscawen
Price
Margaret L. Hodgson
Lovett’s Shoe & Dress Shop
Stephens City
G. G. Broy
U.S
Ed Hoover
Education Today
State Literary Fund
Wallace
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