Frederick County and city properties fetch 56700 at auction
Three Frederick County and two city properties sold for a total of 56700. The Bond Home Place brought 28500 to Allen Bond Sr. The Brown Farm sold for 14500 to an unnamed buyer. Kernstown property went for 2900 to Eugene S Lupton. Two Fairmont Ave lots with a nine room house sold for 10800 to C Dorsey Strother. Sales overseen by H K Benham and E T Snider.
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Frederick County
Howell Bond
Allen Bond
Brown
H. K. Benham
Kernstown
Eugene S. Lupton
L. R. Swartz
Fairmont Ave
C. Dorsey Strother
Gibson G. Baker
E. T. Snider
When did modern women begin the Castle bob trend
A famed hairdresser cites 1910 as the start when Eve Lavalliere shaved a youthful look for a role. In the United States Irene Castle popularized short hair in summer 1910s fashion, with the "Castle Bob" quickly catching on nationwide.
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Eve Lavalliere
United States
Irene Castle
Hospital admissions in the United States exceed twenty million annually
About 20 million people are admitted to U S hospitals each year. The average hospital stay lasts around eight days.
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United States
Offshore Island Skirmishes Escalate Near Formosa
Nationalist forces claim hits on Red targets around Yikiangshan and attacked ships near Amoy Foochow while defending Quemoy and Matsu. The 7th Fleet monitors the Formosa area as Red artillery shells Quemoy amid renewed cease fire objections.
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Matsu
Amoy
Foochow
Defense Ministry
Lower Tachen Island
Yikiangshan Island
Tachen Island
Formosa
New Zealand
Peiping
Berryville Wreck Leads to Drunk Driving Charge
A Clarke County man, Marshall Franklin Locke of Berryville, was charged with hit and run and driving drunk after a Saturday night collision on State Route 615 north of Berryville. A second vehicle driver, James Russell Lichliter, was jailed on similar charges before posting a $500 bond. Damages were minor and no injuries reported. Winchester police also investigated a separate three vehicle crash at N Loudoun St and Fairfax Lane with damages totaling $175 while awaiting full results.
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Clarke County
Berryville
State Rt. 615
G. T. Griffith, Jr
Marshall Franklin Locke
Griffith
Lichliter
H. G. Potts
Locke
Winchester
N. Loudoun St
Fairfax Lane
Halbert Donald Smith
Rt. 2
Virginia Woolen Co
Glenn Campbell
W. Va
John S. Newcome
N. Cameron St
Ford
Chevrolet
FTC case on Musselman firm price list and 1950 meeting
FTC concerns trade practices and a Musselman firm price list shown to be prepared before a 1950 price fixing meeting. Attorneys note the reversal of Examiner Hyres' dismissal cites a prima facie case from Appalachian Apple Association materials used to justify testimony and hearings.
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Musselman
FTC
Examiner Hyres
Duck stamp design announced for 1955-56 season
The 1955-56 Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp features three blue geese in flight over a cattail marsh. It is the 22nd issue in the Federal duck stamp series, with the design chosen by a committee of waterfowl authorities from submitted artist entries nationwide.
Longest Mountain Chain The Andes Stretch Over Four Thousand Miles
The Andes form the world’s longest mountain chain extending about 4,000 miles from Central America through South America to Ushuaia, the southernmost town.
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Central America
South America
Ushuaia
Health facilities funding and public health expansion urged
The president urged federal insurance of mortgage loans for health facility construction and asked authorization of programs for more nursing care and public health traineeships in all specialty fields including mental health. He called for general improvement of public health programs, more care for mothers and crippled children, and added facilities for the mentally ill while requesting a higher U S contribution to the World Health Organization. The president noted disease as a normal condition for half of humanity and linked the burden to poverty, distress, and the spread of communism.
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U. S
World Health Organization
Week of Prayer Sunday School Lessons Highlight
Dr. Crawford spoke to over 250 attendees at the opening service using Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy from St Luke. The schedule lists morning services at 10 30 and evening at 7 45 with Bible study topics Roman Hebrews and letters, plus evening themes The Book We Teach The Lord We Adorn The Cause We Espouse The Power We Need and The Commission We Share.
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Crawford
Indiana doctor sentenced for illegal operation ring near Paris Va
Dr Strother received three year terms on five counts after a pre sentence report. Mrs Strother and Miss Boyer pled guilty to aiding and abetting in the operations. Police halted the lucrative operation in a timed raid as state troopers and county officers swept the two story farmhouse finding the doctor performing an operation with two assistants and three waiting patients. The house had been under surveillance for three months.
Weather update over southern Canada to Virginia coast
A morning weather bulletin notes a central system remaining offshore while a Virginia center drifts toward the Atlantic. Weak southerly winds bring milder air to the state as major highways stay clear. Bristol district records up to two inches of snow with flurries in the northern Shenandoah Valley.
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Virginia
Atlantic
Ment
Bristol
Shenafiadoah
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