Hospital admits list includes local residents and relatives
New admissions at Winchester Memorial Hospital include Marshall Adams and William Butler, Mrs Ridgeway, Richard Oates, Mrs Pangel, Arthur White, Mrs Stotler, Nagley, Jesse Himelright, Clark Braithwaite, Mrs Harper, Jessie Anderson, Robyn Cline, Mrs Jones Gore, Josephine Henderson, Mrs Halle, Carson Brown, Robert Sheetz, Lewis Haymaker, Mrs Haymaker, Stanley Dent Jr. and others from Berryville, Delaplane, Stephens City, and White Post areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Marshall Robert Adams
Cecil E. Adams
Braddock St
William Lee Butler
Lee A. Butler
Harry E. Ridgeway
Amherst St
Richard V. Oates
Mary Oates
Highland Ave
Herschell Pangel
Arthur M. White
Thomas R. Stotler
Jesse L. Himelright
Clark N._ Braithwaite
Roy Harper
W. Whitlock Ave
Jessie J. Anderson
Bunker Hill
W. V
Robyn Ann Cline
Hdward A_ Cline
Tephens City
Norman K. Jones
Gore
Josephine Henderson
George T. Henderson
Delaplane
Car
R. Halle
Marshall
Realizing Travel Time Gap Between Winchester and Harrisonburg
A reader notes it takes 9 extra minutes to drive from Winchester to Harrisonburg at 48 mph than at 50 mph and argues it is safer to slow down. The message emphasizes safer driving speeds on rural routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Guest Speaker Sunday At EUB World Service Day
Miss Gertrud Kucklich of Germany will speak at the First Evangelical United Brethren Church World Service Day observance on North Braddock Street at 11 am Sunday. A student at Albright College, she recently spoke at a Dayton General Conference youth meeting and at Camp Penn near Waynesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrud Kucklich
United Brethren Church
Germany
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
N. Braddock St
Forest Wardens Attend Meeting
T B Rosenberger of Frederick County and A C Kelley of Clarke County were among chief forest wardens of the Virginia Forest Service at the annual meeting in Staunton on January 26. They discussed forest fire prevention and suppression plans ahead of the spring fire season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Rosenberger
Frederick County
A.C. Kelley
Clarke County
Virginia Forest Service
Staunton
Strike spreads as rail workers walk out nationwide
A widespread rail strike disrupts freight on six Chicago roads and causes layoffs across major players like Budd in Philadelphia and a Chicago steel plant. Crews failed to report in Washington and embargos halt shipments, signaling broader disruption during wartime mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S
Chesapeake & Ohio
North Western
Ilinois Central
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Illinois Central
Philadelphia
Terminal Railroad Association
St. Louis
Washington D. C
Union Station
Baltimore Ohio
West
Baltimore
Washington
Detroit
Milwaukee
Buffalo
N. Y
Peoria
Ill
Portland
Ore
Trenton
N. J
One Steel Company
Budd Company
Nuclear tests and security limits at Los Alamos revealed
The report notes many applicants were barred from access to restricted information under the FBI and commission review, with about 198 400 clearances granted and 1 600 cases unresolved or left during investigations. It outlines ongoing full scale tests and continued use of Eniwetok and the Nevada range, with secret details to prevent Soviet knowledge, plus progress in medical uses of radioactive iodine and cobalt and survival methods for radiation exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Commission
Armed Services
Fnlwetok Proving Grounds
Pacific Ocean
Las Vegas
Nev
Eniwetok
Nevada
Gordon Dean
Dean
Commissin
February 3 to March auctions list for Frederick area estates
A sales directory lists multiple estate auctions in Virginia and West Virginia with dates from February 3 through March 7. Items include furniture, household goods, livestock, farm machinery, tools, real estate, and an on courthouse front sale. Locations cover Stephens City Boyce Middletown Winchester Charles Town and Shepherdstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Hartley
Stephens City
Edgar
W. J. Butler
Clearbrook
U. S
Armistead Fowler
Boyce
Meade Farm
Estella Tevalt
Middletown
Mine Bank
Boyd Butler
Winchester
Etta Robinson
E Miller Streit
Frederick County Court House
Frederick County
Joyd
Geo. W. Jenkins
Fairview Ave
John Creamer
Lynn
Charles Town
W.va
Moscow Telegram Protests Sentence of Seven Negroes
A flood of telegrams reached the Virginia Governor's office over the Martinsville seven condemned Black men case. A Moscow message signed by about 30 Soviet writers and scientists protested the sentence, naming Sergei Prokofiev Ilya Ehrenburg Dmitri Shostakovich and Trofim Lysenko among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow Telegram
Richmond
United States
Moscow
Soviet Union
Sergei Prokofiev
Ilya Ehrenburg
Dmitri Shostakovich
Trofim Lysenko
Richmond group pleads for clemency amid rape death penalty protests
More than 400 people from several regions gathered to seek a pardon from Governor Battle for four men scheduled for execution. The protest expanded to federal court where Martin urged that Virginia's rape death penalty applies unequally, while Attorney General Almond argued no discrimination. The judge declined jurisdiction saying Virginia law provides equal punishment. Delegation map strategy includes White House pickets and possible Washington trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Henry Hampton
Frank Hairston, Jr
Booker T. Millner
Howard Hairston
Francis DeSales Grayson
John Clabon Taylor
James Luther Hairston
Governor Battle
Battle
T 2
Civil Rights Congress
Martin
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Almond
Federal District Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Hutcheson
White House
Washington
Weather knocks out bus service across Virginia region
Sleet and freezing rain shut down most outbound bus service from Trailways and Greyhound. Two people hospitalized after icy slips. Richmond saw flight and bus cancellations and a forced emergency landing at Byrd Field. Snow fell in western areas. Tidewater escaped. Cooler temperatures expected to rise by tomorrow ending freezing rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greyhound
Richmond
Byrd Field
Miami
Charlottesville
Leesburg
Tidewater
Weather Bureau
Winter Storm Grips Nation Amid Severe Cold
Associated Press reports extreme winter weather across the United States with biting cold sleet and snow. Temperatures plunged below zero in many areas but less severe than prior days. Texas faces deadly storms and crop losses while schools close and travel remains hazardous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
New England
Rocky Mountains
Gulf of Louisiana
Texas
Florida
International Falls
Minn
Caribou
U. S. Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Rio Grande Valley
Berryville Launches House-to-House Polio Drive
Berryville hosts the Mother's March on Polio to support the March of Dimes. At 7:00 residents light porches and welcome brief house calls by Clarke County Junior Woman's Club and Mothers Club volunteers led by Mrs. Charles J. Enders Jr to collect contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Charles J. Enders, Jr
Clarke County
Junior Woman's's Club
Mothers Club
Fire devastates McClary Convalescent Home in fatal blaze
Chief Glenn W. Haney said the fire likely began in a small sheet metal stove in the drying room. Harriet McClary, owner, reported a rear explosion then smoke filled the building. Patient Henry Haywood, 70, escaped after flames trapped others on higher floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn W. Haney
McClary Convalescent Home
Harriet McClary
Henry Haywood
How's Your I Q QAIA Answers
Answers to qaia questions printed on page 4. Topics cover copper in fasteners, languages, John Marshall, body parts, Izaak Walton, truth about statements, Military Air Transport Service, Korea, Pfc Robert L. Smith of Middleburg Pa, and the list naming the ten best dressed women of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qaia
John Marshall
Two
Izaak Walton
False
Military Air Transport Service
Korea
Robert L. Smith
Middleburg
Local Feed Dealer Attends Allied Mills Business School
Willard Conner of Wayne Feed Dealers in Virginia Feed Mills was selected to attend a business management school conducted by Allied Mills Inc. at Hotel Van Orman Fort Wayne Indiana from January 22 to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Conner
Wayne
Virginia Feed Mills
Allied Mills, Inc
van Orman
Fort Wayne
Ind
Allied Mills
Tax hikes eyed for liquor wine and luxury levies
Tax writers said Congress may raise liquor taxes from nine to twelve dollars per gallon and boost wine beer tobacco gasoline and other excises while adding new luxury items to the list. Reporters say President Truman gave no hint of proposing a general retail sales tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
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Robert Ames Nagley
Mamie F. Grim
Jones Funeral Home
Highland Avenue Church
Call Jones
Hoon Sir Imperial
John W
Rosenberger and Co., Inc
S. Braddock St
Jamesway
Aluminum
Barr’s Farmers Hardware
Don
Buncuttsr Tire CO
Braddock
I Winchester
Crawford
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
N. Kent &T
Hastings Court
Supreme Courts
The
Associated Press
Elizabethtown, Pa
R.D
G. K. Wagner
I. Q
TNSWE
Congressional
Uate
Glaize & Bro
T. G. Adams
ESSO
Funeral Home Phone
Stephens City 59
A Sanitary Sirative Co
Omps’ Funeral Home
Chapman Motor CO
Best Buy
Heatwole Motor CO
N. Braddock
Mervel W. Adams Plumbing
Ganaitiemne
N. Cameron
R. Alexander, Jr
N. Loudoun St
Winchester Furniture Co
South Main &T
International Harvester
Coldstream Crispers
Sts Pri Camp Leta Ee
Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
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