Milk Commission Considers Price Adjustments Hearings
The State Milk Commission in Luray heard from Staunton Harrisonburg Luray Front Royal and Winchester market representatives on price adjustments. The 10 a m hearing was briefly called off due to low attendance then resumed as snow and ice delayed attendees. Chairman Mark Turner welcomed delegates as EL Miller and secretary John Owen noted Virgil P Randolph Jr could not attend.
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Luray
State Milk Commission
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Front Royal
Winchester
Mark Turner
Fairfax
EL. Miller
Newport News
John Owen
Commission
Virgil P Randolph, Jr
Richmond
Rev. E. H. Jackson Dies in West Virginia
Word reaches here of the Rev. E. H. Jackson former pastor of John Mann Church who died Sunday in Montgomery West Virginia His wife had died earlier He helped raise substantial funds for church repairs during his pastorate here
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E. H. Jackson
John Mann Church
Montgomery
W. Va
Local Estate Sales Set From Feb to Mar in Virginia and West Virginia
A sequence of public sales lists estates and auctions across Stephens City Boyce Middletown and Frederick County Virginia with items including real estate livestock farm machinery and household goods. Notable sites include the Frederick County Court House frontages and rural addresses near Clear Brook Mine Bank and Shepherdstown.
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Annie Hartley
Stephens City
Edgar
W.J. Butler
Clearbrook
U. S
Armistead Fowler
Boyce
Meade Farm
Estella Tevalt
Middletown
E. Miller Streit
Frederick County Court House
Frederick County
Lloyd Hillard
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Lester Godlove
Delray
Hanging Rock
Geo. W. Jenkins
Fairview Ave
Winchester
Mrs Brown Dies At Daughter's Home
Mrs. Mary D. Brown 83 widow of Joseph Brown of Bedford died at her daughter Mrs Henry Pitzer Stoney Meade Farm near Clearbrook yesterday at 5 15 p m after declining health for some time. Born November 23 1867 in Bedford she was daughter of the late Archer Davidson and Amanda Sublett Davidson. Survivors include her daughter and son Herschel Brown Bedford three other daughters Mrs Eugene Maddira Mrs Hugh Masher and Mrs John Noftsinger eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The body was taken from Omps Funeral Home to Bedford for Baptist Church services Thursday at 10 a m with burial in Bedford Cemetery.
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Mary D. Brown
Joseph Brown
Bedford
Henry Pitzer
Stoney Meade Farm
Clearbrook
Brown
Archer Davidson
Amanda Sublett Davidson
Baptist Church
Bedford Cemetery
Final Rites Held For Dr. Humston
Services were held at 11 a m at Jones Funeral Home for Dr Edward A Humston who died at his Winchester home after a long illness Burial was in Mount Hebron Cemetery Rev E T Clark officiated Pallbearers were N I Humston Frank Humston Thomas Levi Gladstone Crim Jr James Sprint and William Coffman The 94 year old physician was born in Lacie Kentucky and practiced there 25 years before moving to this city in 1905 where he lived the rest of his life
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Jones Funeral
Edward A Humston
Winchester
Mount Hebron
E. T. Clark
N. I. Humston
Frank Humston
Thomas Levi
Gladstone Crim, Jr
James Sprint
William Coffman
Lacie
Slippery Street Causes Damage to Clark Auto
A 1951 Chevrolet owned by L A Clark & Son and driven by Amos N Hampton was damaged $125 after a 1949 International truck owned by Southern States Co operative struck it from the rear on icy Loudoun and Wyck Streets. Truck driver Robert Lowery, Winchester, could not stop. No charges. Truck not damaged.
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L A. Clark & Son
Lee Avenue
Amos N. Hampton
International
Southern States Cooperative
Robert Lowery
Winchester City
Loudoun
Wyck
Clark
Southern States
Cross Junction Woman Guilty of Cat Cruelty
Jessie Largent pleaded guilty in W. E. Edwards trial court to shooting a neighbor’s cat owned by Fred C. Braithwaite. She was fined 10 and costs. the cat is under care with a local veterinarian.
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Jessie Largent
Cross Junction
W. E. Edwards
Trial Justice Court
Fred C. Braitwaite
Traffic Violators Fill Court Docket in One Day
One day in Trial Justice W mile Edwards court saw twenty traffic cases disposed with guilty pleas in three more last week. Fines ranged from five to five hundred dollars, with charges including speeding reckless driving no operator’s license and improper use of dealer’s tags. Notable penalties included James L. Butts and Robert S. Ryan at 100 dollars each for reckless driving and Harold Lee Conner fined five dollars for speeding.
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Court of Trial
W Mile Edwards
Elwood M. Mauck
Stephens City
Harold M. Brinkley
Baltimore
Helmer C. Christianson
Route 2
Clarence E. Stokes
Strasboro
Paul E. Dellinger
Siler
Eugene R. Combs
Paul J. Coffelt
Arthur R. Dean
E. Gerrard Street
Arthur J. Derflinger
Winchester
Junior F. Fletcher
Judd warns of possible Nationalist attack on mainland
Rep Judd said the administration is actively considering allowing Chinese Nationalists on Formosa to attack the Communist mainland. He did not name sources. Ambassador Wellington Koo said Nationalist armies would be ready to strike when the U S deems opportune. No official sign of such a move.
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Washington
Judd
R-Minn
Formosa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Far East
Wellington Koo
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
State Education Dept Warns of Shortage of New Teachers
The State Department of Education said today that next year's supply of new teachers will be smaller despite rising scholarship aid and a growing need for more instructors.
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Richmond
State Department of Education
New Method Of Preserving Human Bones For Bone Banks
Navy researchers unveiled a quick freeze vacuum dry preservation method for human bone enabling room temperature storage up to seven years. Demonstrations at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons showed six patients receiving bone grafts with apparently normal healing.
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Chicago
Navy
American Academy of Orthpaedic Surgeons
U. S. Naval Medical School
Bethesda
Youthful Warriors Return From Korean War to Fort Lawton
A Virginian and a 17 year old from West Virginia, both with purple hearts, arrive at Fort Lawton after serving in Korea. They will be discharged with 24 others who enlisted before reaching eligible age. The 15 year old Private George D. Hammonds, Dillwyn Virginia, is the youngest, enlisting to join his 19 year old brother Lloyd. Hammonds entered the front line seven days after landing at Pusan.
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Seattle
McC
Fort Lawton
George D. Hammonds
Dillwyn
Steve R. Smith
Bluefield
W. Va
Hammond
Lloyd
First Cavalry
Pusan
Arlington Burial For N F Richards On Wednesday
Funeral services for Nelson F Richards 56 state director of the Division of War Veterans Claims in Roanoke will be held at Arlington Cemetery at 11 am Wednesday. The service is military with Rev Fred Griffith of St Pauls Episcopal Church in Salem officiating. Richards formerly ran a local business and was son of the late Augustine B Richards and his wife.
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Nelson F Richards
Division of War Veterans Claims
Roanoke
Salem
Arlington Cemetery
Fred Griffith
St. Pauls Episcopal Church
Richards
Augustine B. Richards
Price Office Answers First Query on Fees
The New England Office of Price Stabilization opened yesterday and answered its first inquiry. A minister asked if he could raise fees for marriages funerals and christenings and was told he could.
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Boston
New England
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market Prices Winchester 1951
Market report from Winchester Virginia notes consignment steady to strong with cattle, calves, cows, bulls, weaners, hogs, sows, shoats and lambs priced. Cattle grades span butcher steers 28 to 31.5. heavy calves 22 to 35. heifers 20 to 29. cows 15 to 25. stock cows 28 to 340. bulls 19 to 50. hogs 21 to 22.5. sows 16 to 20. lambs 23.75 to 35.50. stock sheep up to 45.
Wherry Attacks Limited American Divisions Plan
Senator Wherry Nebrasa keels into the idea of sending a token American division to Europe to bolster Western defenses without direct Taft reference. He calls it a toe in the door approach and warns against a land war with Russia until air power and a strong navy can crush its war making power.
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Taft
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Europe
Russia
United States
Byrd Attacks Spending Policy At Potomac Bakers’ Meet
Senator Harry F Byrd of Virginia urged restraint in federal outlays at a Potomac State Bakers Association luncheon attended by about 285 bakers from Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia He cited that the government now spends the equivalent of Virginia every ten months and criticized public health Brannan farm plan and federal aid to education urging preservation of the one package system for appropriations and noting its $2 billion saving.
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Baltimore
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Virginia
Potomac State Bakers’ Association
Truman
Maryland
District of Columbia
House Appropriations Committee
House
Virginia Governor Meets Delegation Over Virginia Rapists Case
A Virginia governor faces a civil rights delegation amid plans to execute seven men for rape in February. The group questions discrimination in charging and seeks access to the state penitentiary as federal courts consider habeas corpus petitions. The governor defends the verdicts as based on conclusive evidence.
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U. S
Sterling Hutcheson
Virginia
Battle
Federal District Court
Aubrey Grossman
Civil Rights Congress
New York
Grossman
Answers to the How's Your I. Q. quiz
The page lists quiz solutions: 1 Gen MacArthur. 2 Monongahela and Allegheny. 3 True. 4 I pledge allegiance justice for all. 5 Calvin Coolidge Dawes Curtis. 6 No the season and hens diet control egg nutrients. 7 Rabbit fever. 8 General Motors Ford Chrysler. 9 Furniture manufacturing. 10 Semi fluid butter made in India.
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Gen. MacArthur
Monongahela
Allegheny
Calvin Coolidge
Charles G Dawes
Charles Curtis
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
India
Federal budget debate prompts Virginians to weigh costs
The article compares federal budget figures to Virginia school expenditures to argue for restraint on non defense spending. It claims eliminating unneeded items could save billions, reducing taxpayer burdens and showing civic patriotism through active representation.
Multi Million Program Expands Atomic Energy Efforts
The nation advances a multi million dollar atomic energy plan for 1951 52 with new plants and expansions to produce fissionable materials including plutonium and tritium. A $260 million Savannah River site in South Carolina begins, another facility near Amarillo Texas is planned, and a third near Palucah aims to produce uranium 235 for weapons.
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Paregram
South Carolina
Savannah River
Amarillo
Texas
Palucah
Marine Injured as MP Chase In Military Fire Truck
A United States Marine was seriously injured when he took a fire truck off base and led MPs on a high speed chase along Route 29 near Madison. The Quantico Public Information Office says post MPs are investigating and name withheld pending next of kin notifications.
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Quantico
United States
U. S
Mp's
Manassas
Miss Fannie Powers Dies at Berryville
Miss Fannie Ballard Powers died yesterday evening at 7 at her Berryville home after a long illness. She was the daughter of Jaquelin Powers of Clarke County and Estelle Castleman Powers of Jefferson County W V. She leaves sisters Mrs John Kearney Mrs Trevor J Jones of Washington Ky Mrs Sophie Rhodes of Middlesboro Ky Mrs John D Winter and Misses Emily and Catherine Powers of Berryville. Funeral 3 30 at Grace Episcopal Church with interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Fannie Ballard Powers
Berryville
Jaquelin Smith Powers
Clarke County
Estelle Sinclair Castleman Powers
Jefferson County
W. V
Miss Powers
John Kearney
Trevor J. Jones
Washington
Sophie P. Rhodes
Middlesboro
John D. Winter
Emily and
Catherine Powers
Grace Episcopal Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Fire Truck Crash Ends Pursuit Near Madison Bridge
The chase halted on several occasions before a fire truck crashed into the Rapidan River bridge between Ruckersville and Madison about 70 miles southwest of Quantico, ending the case.
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Rapidan River Bridge
Ruckersville
Madison
Quantico
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