Cunningham Elected Head of Livestock Producers Assn
J. H. Cunningham of Marshall Virginia was reelected president at the first annual meeting held last night at the county courthouse. The group organized January 31 1946 and discussed building a purebred livestock pavilion while reappointing a study committee led by David Donovan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Cunningham
Marshall
County Court House
David Donovan
Clarke County
W. B. Watkins
C. C. Funkhouser
E. L. Carpenter
Frederick County
Convicted Marine Testifies In Defense Of Second Accused
In Peiping, Marine Corp. William G. Pierson testifies at court martial for PFC Warren Thomas Pritchard that the accused did not touch Shen Chung. Pierson, convicted of rape, says Pritchard accompanied him to a Polo field last Christmas Eve and remained about 20 minutes. Lt. Odown testified that Pritchard claimed the girl went to the Polo field willingly with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pritchard
Blossom Festival appoints two new directors
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, Inc. announces Edward Barr and Richard Lewis as new board members. They replace the late R. Gray Williams and Grant Pollock who moved away. Thomas G. Scully is named to serve the remainder of the 1946 47 term as counsel following Williams death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, Inc
Edward Barr
Richard Lewis
R. Gray Williams
Grant Pollock
Thomas G. Scully
Williams
Truman To Speak at Washington Event Notice
Truman to speak in Washington as first combination store arrives locally United Shoe Repair Shop opens at 139 South Main Street marking new business in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
First Combination
United Shoe Repair Shop
South Main St
Trustees Keep Judge Handley Fund Principal Above Million
Series concludes on John Handley with details of the Handley fund. Trustees report approximately 884000 spent on Handley and Douglas School construction from an original 1640000 estate residue. The fund’s principal remains above 1,000,000, aiming to boost city school financing through investments and loans to Winchester residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Handley Fund
John Handley
C. Vernon Eddy
Handley
Garland R. Quarles
Supervior City School
Leni
Gene Miller
Handley School
Douglas School
Judge Handley
Handley Board of Trustees
Winchester
Two Executives Oppose Industry Wide Bargaining
Senator Pepper leads a Democratic counter-attack on Republican bills to curb unions. He calls for labor reform to include provisions to break up business monopolies. James D. Francis of Island Creek Coal Co. testifies that industry wide bargaining is not true bargaining. C Dickerman Williams of American Locomotive Co. warns national union contracts threaten bargaining and competitive industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepper
D-Fla
Congress
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
Huntington
W. Va
Senate Labor Committee
C. Dickerman Williams
American Locomotive Company
Buick Stolen Here Recovered In Marietta Ohio
A 1940 Buick sedan owner James Garber had stolen in Winchester January 28 was recovered by Ohio State Police in Marietta. The car, undamaged, had been seen in Clarksburg West Virginia selling a spare tire and wheel for gas. A 1941 Ford sedan stolen in Gordonsville Virginia was abandoned in Winchester the same night. Arlene Risinger, the Ford owner, arrived for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Garber
Winchester
Ohio State
Marietta
Clarksburg
W. Va
Garber
Gordonsville
Arlene Risinger
DAR Would Restore Boyhood Home Of George Washington
A fundraising drive will start at a meeting of the Commonwealth Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Richmond to fund restoration of Ferry Farm George Washingtons boyhood home near Fredericksburg across the river. The site is linked to Washingtons cherry tree tale and a Spanish dollar throw feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ferry Farm
George Washington
Fredericksburg
Commonwealth Chapter
National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Groundhogs Honor Judge In Lewis Case
In Quarryville Pennsylvania on January 30 the groundhog lodge voted honorary membership to federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough who held John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers in contempt of court. The edict calls members to field service on groundhog days this Sunday. The lodge says groundhogs are miners by right but have refused to join Lewis unions. The legend ties shadow sighting to six more weeks of winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quarryville
Lodge of Groundhogs
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
T. Alan Goldsborough
Washington, D. C
John L
Winchester记录暖日创1月30日新高
Winchester研究实验室报道今午後气温升至72华氏度，创该日1月30日纪录最暖，尽管统计史上自该实验室37年来仍有1月内更热日。文中回顾1932、1935、1943及1927年等日子温度更高。
Temperatures Record Highs North District
Temperatures show a high of 72 and a low of 43 for today. Year ago highs reached 44 and lows 35.
Virginia Special Session Ends With Utilities Bill and Fisheries Panel
The General Assembly closed a special session with a three person fisheries commission to work with Maryland on Potomac disputes. The key measure, a utilities bill, bans public utility strikes and allows state takeover of troubled companies. Governor Tuck also signed 26 other laws, including an anti snakes at religious gatherings. The session also announced five Senate appointments to study commissions and noted wage talks at VEPCO after McIntosh’s notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisheries Commission
Maryland
Potomac
Virginia
Tuck
J. C. McIntosh
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Virginia Electric and Power Company
McIntosh
VEPCO
Howard Ware
Senate
Morton G. Goode
Dinwiddie
Thomas H. Blanton
Caroline
Charles T Moses
Appomattox
L. A. Noland
Newport News
Maitland Bustard
Danville
American Legion War Memorial Museum
Violent Winds Kill Five In Arkansas and Missouri
A tornado swept north central Arkansas into southern Missouri killing five and injuring 14. Salem was hardest hit with six injured and 30 homes destroyed. Four Montier family members died, and Thayer and Hutton Valley reported deaths and fires as Red Cross moved to aid victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Missouri
Salem
Here
Thayer
Montier
Hutton Valley
Charles Lawson
Red Cross Midwest
St. Louis
Robert Williams
Cora Hines
Roberts
Ben So
British Banker Kidnapping Returns to Clinic in Jerusalem
British troops launch house to house search in Montefiore quarter for captors of H. A. S. Collins after he stumbled into a clinic dazed and bleeding. Six detainees held for questioning. Collins in serious condition after alleged captivity lasting 78 hours. A prior abductee, Judge Ralph Windham, was freed the previous night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Montefiore
Old City Walls
Givat Shaul
H. A. S. Collins
Collins
Ralph Windham
Tel Aviv
Two Walton Boys Admit Placing Wire on Railroad Track
Walton Indiana January 30 two boys aged 10 and 11 admitted in signed statements placing a roll of fence wire on a Pennsylvania railroad track derailing a passenger train and causing four deaths. Sheriff Harold Smith said Cass County prosecutors would consult with federal officials to decide on possible federal charges. The two boys Jack Sprinkle and Lysle Graves gave statements. Fifty five people were injured as the locomotive and five cars piled up.
Square Dance at Fire Hall Stephens City Va
Fire Hall in Stephens City Virginia hosts a square dance on Friday January 31 starting 8 30 pm proceeds benefit the Independent Hose Company admission 60 cents per person
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Independent Hose Co
Tornado Hits Alabama Town Injuring Dozens Near Montgomery
A tornado struck near Montgomery Alabama injuring at least 16 with reports of deaths. Hospitals say 16 victims including 14 Negroes and two whites. The storm damaged about a half mile by 200 yards rural area near Gunter Field two miles from Tallassee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Patrol
Kent
Tallassee
Highway Patrol
Gunter Field
Senate Banking committee probes rent rise bungling
A Senate Banking Committee inquiry is set to examine why a 10 percent rent increase order was rushed by the administration and then revised. Tobey calls the episode a comedy of errors as officials defend a mixup in the Office of Temporary Controls and OPA. President Truman halted the across the board increase, citing no broad rise at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tobey
Senate Banking Committee
White House
Philip B. Fleming
OTC
OPA
Truman
Fleming
Maryland Virginia Potomac fisheries clash escalates to talks
Governor Tuck in Virginia awaits response from Maryland Governor Lane to a request that Maryland delay its bill nullifying a 60 year old Potomac fisheries clause. He proposes commissions from both states meet to settle the dispute and warns that Maryland prosecutions of Virginia violators would be a nullity. The Maryland leader declined to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tuck
Maryland
Lane
Virginia
Potomac River
George Washington
Potomac
Governor Tuck Plans Florida Vacation Visit
Governor Tuck and colleagues will travel to Florida for a 10 day to two week vacation, the first since taking office a year ago. The trip was disclosed by the governor’s office and follows earlier canceled plans due to a power company strike, a governor’s conference, and a coal strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tuck
Florida
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Oklahoma City
Carter Glass
Gretna Fends Off Audit Criticism With Net Favorable View
Gretna officials welcomed a state audit despite 14 faults found in town finances. Mayor C D Harvey praised the report noting a $33,770.36 cash surplus and only $30,000 net bonded debt, saying the audit helps put the house in order and that money in the bag matters more than exact placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretna
J. Gordon Bennett
Tuck
E. A. Fitzgerald
C. D. Harvey
Daughter of West Virginia labor head found dead in city
The broken body of Miss Elizabeth Sattler daughter of West Virginia Labor Commissioner Charles J. F. Sattler was found at an intersection in Charleston at 2 05 am. Police call it a homicide autopsy indicates multiple fatal injuries. She was last seen with a group of young people and was walking home with a male companion when she died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Izabeth Sattler
Harold B. Cornwell
Cornwell
Sattler
Crescent
Threlkeld
Miss Sattler
Charleston General Hospital
Mrs Newlin Dies Eleven Children Survive Funeral Saturday
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Newlin wife of Albert J Newlin died at 5 35 am at 105 E Mall Street after a seven and a half year illness She was born August 1878 in Frederick County the daughter of Eliz Taylor and John Avery She was a member of Cork 8 Church of Christ and lived in Winchester for many years Surviving are eleven children twenty five grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 00 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Rev W J Hadden Jr officiating Burial will be in Mount Cemetery Pallbearers include John Shine Stuart Perry Luther Kremer Joseph Newlin Jonah Good and Charles Grim
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth
Albert
J. Newlin
E. Mall Street
Eliz Taylor
John Avery
County
Frederick County
Cork 8 Church of Christ
Frank L. Newlin
Millville
Wat
George W Newlin
Winchester
Catherine Smoke
Philadelphia
Ernest Orndorff
Winschester
Ruth Massie
Maurice
Gunm Winchester
Ada Newlin
Sarah Funk
Lillian Stotler
Gertrude Rodgers
Margaret Lutz
Edna Pitcock
Onesquon
Effie Newlin
Clarke County
Jones Puner
W. J. Hadden, Jr
Sete
The
Mount Cemetery
John Shine
Stuart Perry
Luther Kremer
Joseph Newlin
Jonah Good
Charles Grim
Wood for Sale at Oates Lumber Yard
Stove length firewood available at Oates Lumber Yard. Call 16414 for details and pickup information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oates Lumber Yard
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Cunningham
Asso
White Post
Funkhouser
I. Fred Stine
Donovan
Herbert Carpenter
Clay Rogers
R. R. Reynolds
Shenandoah County
Owen Thomas, Jr
Loudoun County
Carroll Campbell
Cun Iingham
M.a An
VPI
Dalton
Blossom Board of Directors
Handley Fund
City of Winchester
Handley Board
Clifford D. Grim
Charles H. Harper
W. E. Cooper
George G. Snarr
John
S. Sloat
W. Nelson Page
Sloan Kuykendall
Charles F. Coffman
Boyd Hamman
Sloat
C. M. Gibbons
Mr. Cooper
T. J. Cooper
Kuykendall
M. M. Lynch
John W. Rice
Thomas W. Harrison
Shirley Carter
A. C. Shoanaker
William P. McGuire
H. B. McCormac
T. Russell Cather
Common Council
Major Holmes Conrad
R. G. Williams
Marietta, O
DB & S
Bluebird Bakery
S. Loudoun &J
Corre
Wed
J.C. Penney Co
Sarah
DAR
Lewis
Winchester Bureau
Winchester Research Laboratory
General Assembly
Winchester Evening Star
Alabama
W.va
Labor Dept
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