Miss Margaret W. Lanis 78 Dies at Kline Nursing Home
Miss Margaret W. Lanis 78 a nurse died at 3 p m yesterday at Kline nursing home in Middletown where she had been a patient since January She was born in Winchester May 28 1869 daughter of the late John H and Jane Lanis Her father was a shoe repairman and Confederate army captain She belonged to Braddock Street Methodist church and United Daughters of the Confederacy Survived by a niece Mrs Dorothy L Brookshire Services 4 p m tomorrow at Jones funeral home Dr T J Hawkins officiating Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery
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Margaret
W. Lanis
Kline
Middletown
John H
Jane Lanis
Winchester
Braddock St
Lauis
Richard
May
Dorothy L. Brookshire
Washington, D. C
Jones Funeral Home
T. J. Hawkins
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Tax Refunds Hit 3 Billion Record
Federal refunds for the year ended reached a record high of over 3.03 billion dollars, more than half the prior peak before the 1940 defense program. Individual refunds totaled about 1.487 billion to over 30.86 million people, with a large majority receiving checks.
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Washington
Treasury Sees Record Boom Despite Tax Debate
Treasury officials note a record boom despite a continued debate over tax cuts. Snyder reiterates opposition to reducing taxes, arguing revenue should stay high to permit a continued reduction in the public debt as business employment and national income rise.
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Snyder
Answers to the Daily QAIA
Fragmented OCR style list of questions and answers with scattered words. It mentions Eastern Airlines Maine State Building New York and names like Peter but lacks coherent context or full sentences. The readable bits suggest a quiz key or filler content rather than a coherent news item or notice.
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Eastern Airlines
Maine
Peter
State Building
New York
Ex Hitler Youth Held for Attack in Weimar
Heinz Andre a 28 year old former Hitler Youth member was captured after he attacked and wounded August Froelich the president of Thuringia's provincial council in his Weimar office. Russian and German authorities in Thuringia searched for possible political accomplices. Froelich is a member of the Socialist Unity party.
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Thuringia
Heinz Andre
Hitler Youth
August Froelich
Socialist Unity Party
Weimar
Woo Not Bill in Far East Radio Call Ends Quickly
A Shanghai radio misdial disrupted by a Western operator when Woo Kya executive editor of the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury answered with a puzzled greeting to a Washington caller claiming to be Dorothy asking if he was Bill.
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Woo Kya
Washington
Woo
Shanghai Evening Post
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Dorothy
Public Sale Attracts 150 For Mrs. Denny Household Goods
Opening sale of Mrs. Florence Denny's household possessions drew 150 people at 312 S Washington St. Items included 60 year old gas range and wood burning cookstoves, Sibert and Denny Co. silverware, a bedspread knitted before marriage, electrical appliances, and other wares. Mrs. Denny resides at Patton's nursing home 403 Fairmont Ave.
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Florence Denny
S. Washington St
Sibert and Denny Co
Winchester
Denny
Rites Held For John A. Haun At Omp’s Funeral Home
John A. Haun aged 57 died yesterday at his Front Royal Pike home. Services to be conducted at 2 30 p.m. Thursday by Rev. John Teter at Omp's Funeral Home with interment in Mount Hebron family lot. Bearers: Hubert Donovan, Coye Donovan, Frank Donovan, Leonard Donovan, Alfred Reel, Gilbert Reel.
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Front Royal Pike
Omp
John Teter
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Hubert, Coye
Frank
Leonard Donovan
Alfred and
Gilbert Reel
GOP caucus eyes rerun of income tax cut bill
Republican leaders faced a decision on whether to reattempt a 4 billion dollar income tax reduction. They may delay final action until next year while focusing on universal military training and education aid. Democratic senators resist tax cuts unless a property tax split proposal is considered.
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Legis
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Martin
Taft
Senate
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Byrd
Slays Husband Rather than Give Up Her House
The 54 year old mother of seven confessed to killing her unemployed husband with a butcher knife in Reading Pennsylvania. Assistant District Attorney Fred Noch quoted Mrs. Josephine De Angelo saying she killed Nicholas DeAngelo after a quarrel. She stated she would not leave the house she worked hard for.
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Reading
Fred Noch
Josephine DeAngelo
Noch
Nicholas DeAngelo
Wagner's Daughter Sentenced by Bayreuth Court
Frau Winifred Wagner daughter in law of Richard Wagner was sentenced to 450 days of special labor service and 60 percent of her 23000 wealth was confiscated by a German denazification court for active support of the Hitler regime.
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Germany
Winifred Wagner
Richard Wagner
Thomas Denounces Plan for Hemisphere
Norman Thomas denounced a Western hemisphere arms standardization bill as stirring discord and wars. He warned it would strengthen dictators and arm makers profits and create a bloc against the Soviet Union and its allies.
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Washington
Norman Thomas
Soviet Union
Thomas
Truman Proclaims John Paul Jones Bicentennial Day
President Truman proclaims July 6 as John Paul Jones bicentennial day to mark the 200th anniversary of the Revolutionary War hero’s birth and orders flag display on all government buildings.
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Washington
President Truman
John Paul Jones
Labor and Security Appropriation Bills Passed
The Senate sent to the White House a bill authorizing 1,675,158,630 dollars for the Labor Department and the Federal Security Agency for the 1948 fiscal year. The measure, approved by voice vote, follows House passage of a compromise. It is the second of 12 major fiscal year bills, totaling about 105.5 million under Truman’s budget and 10 million less than the House’s initial figure.
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Federal Security Agency
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Bevin Denounces Molotov on Reparations Split
A Paris dispatch reports British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin rebutting Molotov’s statements on reparations, calling them a travesty of facts. French Foreign Minister Bidault warned the Soviet Union against decisions that would divide Europe into two power blocs.
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Bidault
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William A Wagner Jr Confesses Slaying Woman in Philadelphia
A 22-year-old ex sailor confessed to strangling Margaret C Dougherty a 50-year-old book keeper after a quarrel in a boarding house. He kept her body in a closet for days and dumped it in a sawdust filled barrel carried by two men to a ravine. The body was found in a vacant North Philadelphia lot June 2 and identified by an orthopedic shoe.
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James A. Kelly
William A. Wagner, Jr
Margaret C. Dougherty
Kelly
Wagner
Byrd Introduces Yorktown Bridge Bill
Senator Byrd introduced a bill to allow Virginia to build a bridge over the York River between Yorktown and Gloucester Point. The measure would authorize the interior secretary to grant easements and rights of way across Colonial National Park near Yorktown for the Virginia highway department.
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Virginia
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Gloucester Point
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Byrd
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Virginia Highway Department
Colonial National Park
DRIVE SAFELY Take a little longer en route and get there without mishap
A public safety message urges drivers to allow extra travel time and proceed cautiously to reach destinations safely.
Sergeant's Sale in Winchester Virginia
By attachment and court order Adams v Adams I will sell in front of Frederick County Courthouse Winchester Virginia Monday July 7 1947 at twelve noon one Dodge four door sedan 1940 model motor No D 14 117189 for cash G G Baker Sergeant City Winchester Va
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Civil and Police Justice Court
Winchester
Virginia
County Court House
Amherst Street
National Fruit Products Co
Folens Bie Co
Geo
Washington Hotel
Geo. Washington Hotel Bond
Gertrude Clevenger
Louie R. Clevenger
Permanent Guest Hotel Rates Jump All Over Nation
Hotels nationwide raise rents as they shed controls under a federal rent law with average increases around 15 percent. Some boosts reach 100 to 165 percent, with extreme cases of 300 percent in Denver and 200 percent in St. Louis. Several cities report no boosts, while others convert buildings into hotels prompting evictions. Local Shenandoah Valley stays largely unaffected according to manager Eugene Branch.
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Stevens
Chicago
Somerset
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White Plaza
Dallas
New York
Atlanta
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Sunset Boulevard
Shenandoah Valley
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George Washington Hotel
Branch
CPA
Piletown Bush Meet at Robert Payton Home
Bush meeting announced at Robert Payton's house in Piletown. Services at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday with Rev. Holmes speaking. Attendees expected from Hagerstown. Refreshments will be served.
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Piletown
Holmes
Hagerstown
CIO-USA Meeting Outlines Steelworkers Policy
Top officials of the CIO United Steelworkers union met behind closed doors in Pittsburgh to outline their policy under the Taft-Hartley labor laws.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
July 4 Warning From Virginia State Police
Col onel C. W. Woodson Jr. of the State Police urged Virginia motorists and pedestrians to take it easy on the Fourth of July and be alive on the Fifth. He emphasized safe behavior during the holiday period and urged vigilance for traffic and pedestrian safety.
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C. W. Woodson, Jr
Virginia
Governor and Senators Greet Truman at Monticello
Va July 2 Many high government officials will accompany President Truman on a three day visit to Charlottesville and a July 4 Monticello address in tribute to Thomas Jefferson on the 121st anniversary of his death Governor Tuck and Virginia's officials will participate in the welcome and events surrounding the presidential trip.
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Truman
Charlottesville
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Tuck
Virginia
Senators Byrd and Robertson greet Truman at Monticello arrival
Two Senators Byrd and Robertson along with many Virginia General Assembly members will greet Mr. Truman upon his arrival at Monticello. Former Governor county official will also join the welcoming party.
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Robertson
Virginia General Assembly
Truman
Monticello
Goy
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