Mrs. M. Wright Succumbs at 80 in Linden Home
Myrtle J. Wright, 80, widow of Wright, died this morning at her daughter’s home, Frank Gearing, 414 Courtfield Ave. She was born in Indiana and moved to this city in later life. She was a Braddock Street Methodist member and is survived by a granddaughter, Betty Jane Wright. The body will be moved to King funeral home in Linden for services at 10:30 a.m. Monday.
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Myrtle J. Wright
Wright
Frank Gearing
Courtfield Ave
Linden
Ind
Oscar
Rebecca Thomas
Indiana
Braddock St
Jones Funeral Home
King Funeral Home
FDR Jr to Wed Gotham Socialite in August
New York reports Rep. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr will marry blonde socialite Perrin in late August in New York. The couple’s match aligns with Roosevelt's emerging political ambitions.
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Fdr Jr
Gotham
New York
The
New York Daily News
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
D-Ny
Oo Perrin
the News
Miss Perrin
Roosevelt
Sale Listings from Winchester Area July Auction Nods
July 2 sales listings include Frank Carlisle sale 11 miles southeast of Winchester Front Royal Road with household goods and furniture. Laura Walters Shade sale North Kent Street Winchester furniture and new items. T A Mason sale 1365 Cameron Street Winchester furniture and personal items. Estate of Dr L M Allen sale 3 miles north of Horses cattle hogs machinery.
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Frank Carlisle
Winchester
Front Royal Road
Laura Walters Shade
North Kent St
T. A Mason
Cameron St
L. M. Allen
University Dean to Speak at Lions Luncheon
Kirke Winchester Dean Rowland F Kirks of National University Washington will address the Lions Club at 12 15 PM Tuesday at the George Washington hotel on Communism in Education. Marshall Farmer will introduce him, with Samuel Johnston as July program chairman. Dean Kirks, 35, a Washington native, has a war service record and became dean of the law school in January.
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Winchester Lions
George Washington Hotel
Rowland F. Kirks
National University
Washington
Marshall Farmer
Samuel Johnston
Sarah Anne Zane
Dean Kirks
Virginia Louise Potter
Handley
National
U. S. Army Cavalry School
Law
Law School
Lothario Seeks Bond Reduction In Confidence Scheme
Sam Engel a 73 year old Chicago man charged with operating a confidence game pleads innocent. His attorney seeks a lower $50,000 bond as arraignment moves toward a jury trial with the case assigned to Judge Fisher and a trial set for September 12.
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Chicago
Sam Engel
Lothario
James J. McDermott
Criminal Court
Engels
McDermott
George M. Fisher
Fisher
Engel
Turner Designated Kiwanis Recruiter of Blood Donors
T. E. Turner Jr. named chairman of a committee to recruit donors for the July 19 Red Cross Bloodmobile visit by Winchester Kiwanis. Committee members include Douglas Butler Arthur Gilkey James H. Himelright Albert Hilliard and Robert Woltz donors can register at the Red Cross office on Piccadilly St. Ralph Tracey of Miller Chemical Corp spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon on insecticides.
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T. E. Turner Jr
Red Cross
Winchester Kiwanis
Turner
Douglas Butler
Arthur Gilkey
James H. Himelright
Albert Hilliard
Robert Woltz
Piccadilly St
Ralph Tracey
Miller Chemical Corp
Kiwanis
George Masters
Souvenir Hunt Circus and Pet Show at Handley Playgrounds
Handley playground hosts a circus scavenger hunt and pet show this month per Mrs. John Moore. Circus July 15, scavenger hunt July 22, pet show July 29. attendance at Rouss park averages over 100, weekends 200 plus. picnic areas reserve via 4946. Robert Gaither tops checker at Douglas, Lathan Williams leads table tennis.
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Handley Playground
John Moore
Rouss Park
Robert Gaither
Douglas Playground
Lathan Williams
Husband Confesses to Slaying Wife in Marin County
In San Francisco on July 2 a 22-year-old husband Donald Panattoni confessed to strangling his 19-year-old wife Elaine after a drunken argument. He buried her body on Mt. Tamalpais with bloodstains found in his car trunk and a shovel with fresh dirt. The case came to light after the mother-in-law noticed an overscrubbed bathroom and a blood spot on the bed.
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San Francisco
Tom Cahill
Donald Panattoni
Elaine
Panattoni
Mt. Tamalpais
Golden Gate
Marin County
Paul Dana
Cahill
Edwards Doubtful Money For Battle Program
Hampton July 2 Horace H Edwards questions funding for Senator John H Battle's school program accusing him of promising costly benefits. Edwards says the State Treasury lacks funds unless Battle uncovers new sources. In Charlottesville Battle denies charges and says he will review the program next week for Edwards.
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Hampton
Horace H. Edwards
John
Battle
Edwards
Charlottesville
Labor Bill Policy in House Undetermined, Rayburn Says
Senate action left Taft-Hartley repeal uncertain as President Truman weighs next steps. The Taft bill moves to hold most provisions, while the Senate already adopted Taft's emergency strike plan with injunctions and government seizure for up to 60 days.
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House
Rayburn
Washington
Truman
Senate
Taft
Ohio
White House
Labor Committee
House Committee
D-Tex
Mr. Truman
Veto
Lucas
Illinois
State Road Plans Call for Spending Nearly 43 Million
Richmond Virginia highway department outlines plans for nearly 43 million dollars in the next year. About 22 million for primary construction and 21 million for secondary road work. Planned projects include 129 primary road constructions, 275 miles reconstructed and 70 new bridges.
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Richmond
Virginia Highway Department
Grand Jury Probes More Floggings by Night Riders
A Jefferson county grand jury in Birmingham reported three new flogging cases by hooded night riders, all on May 20 in the coal mining hills west of the city. Witnesses testified to armed robed assailants entering homes and ordering victims to work, with at least 100 men involved in one incident.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Here
Clay County
Jack Alexander
Quintown
Alexander
Robert J. Wheeler
Red Editor Freed
John W. Gates editor of the Daily Worker was released from jail after serving a 30 day contempt sentence at the communist conspiracy trial. About 40 demonstrators gathered early in front of the federal detention center to greet him before learning of his release. Gates returned to be present at the welcome demonstration.
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New York
John W. Gates
The
Daily Worker
Federal House of Detention
Gates
Civil Rights Congress
Promotion of apple products eyed by Virginia stores
Virginia Beach report details a month long sales push for Virginia apples in chain drug stores. D T Grizzard of Norfolk proposes August promotion, citing a 1947 apple juice campaign moving 8332 quarts in one month. Virginia officials stress reducing handlers to lower consumer costs and boost plantings.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia
D. T. Grizzard
Norfolk
People Drug Stores
Southeastern Chain Store Council
Grizzard
Moore
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
Virginia State Apple Commission
Kenneth Robinson
Virginia State Horticultural Society
F. W. Paul
New York
McCroy
Arnold Proposes Farm Program to Aid Virginia Farmers
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Remmie L. Arnold of Petersburg outlines a plan to help farmers with better roads markets livestock growth rural services and schools while opposing a new sales tax saying Virginia can meet needs with existing revenues.
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Alexandria
Remmie L. Arnold
Petersburg
Virginia
Arnold
June E bond sales exceed $100000 in Winchester and counties
As of June 25 Winchester and Frederick County E bond sales totaled $104,831 driven by $8,606 purchases June 20 to 25. Adjacent counties lag with Clarke $14,231 of $25,000 and Shenandoah $71,250 of $90,000 and Warren $43.43 of $65,000. local quota is $160,000.
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Winchester
Prederick County
Clarke County
Shenandoah County
Warren County
Murder and Rape Suspect Arrested in Waynesboro
Police arrested Johnny Harris a 30 year old resident of Avon on a warrant charging him with the murder of Miss Easter Bledsoe about 26 of near Avon. Harris was turned over to Albemarle officers. Coroner Dr E D Davis Jr said Miss Bledsoe was raped and bled to death from three wounds on the left side of her neck.
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Waynesboro
Johnny Harris
Avon
Mother Hidden Boy Most of Life Is Sentenced
In Boston on July 2 1940 Anna Sullivan 45 was sentenced to an indefinite reformatory term after admitting to hiding her 14 year old son Gerald to cover his illegitimacy He was found in tattered clothing near the Sullivan home last March and diagnosed as a neglected child by Judge Frankland W Miles He had no formal schooling and needed help to climb stairs He was held on 10000 bail and will be returned to a state home with other wards.
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Boston
Anna Sullivan
Marine Corps
Gerald
Sullivan
Frankland W. L. Miles
Atomic Energy Labor Dispute Sent to Presidential Board
An 800 AFL workers contract at Oak Ridge National Laboratory expired after two months of bargaining. Work at the atomic research center continues without interruption as negotiations stall. Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corp and the Atomic Trades and Labor Council say the dispute has been turned over to the Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Atomic Energy
AFL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Atomic Research Center
Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corp
Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
Four Powers Set to Complete Austrian Treaty Schedule
The Big Four nations Russia Britain France and the United States begin the final phase to restore Austrian independence. Deputy foreign ministers must draft the treaty by Sept 1 after broad accord in Paris. Foreign ministers would sign in New York in the fall.
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London
Austria
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
New York
Carter in Japan
Pvt. Raymond A. Carter, son of Mr and Mrs R C Carter of Winchester, has been assigned to Company C 17th Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Division in Japan.
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Raymond A. Carter
R. C. Carter
Winchester
Co. C
Inf. Regt
Inf. Div
Soldier joins Army from Berryville Pike filling station
Camp Schimmelpfenning near Sendai Japan confirms the soldier entered the Army last Oct. 27. Before enlisting he ran a filling station and grocery store on Berryville Pike.
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Sendai
Japan
Berryville Pike
Barkley Advocates Civil Rights Platform In South Carolina
Barkley declares the Democratic Party’s civil rights plank represents the people and backs Truman, while Thurmond’s Thurmond-led regulars distance from the harmony dinner. He meets with the vice president briefly during the visit.
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J. Strom Thurmond
Truman
Thurmond
Owever
Barkley
Rights and Rhetoric Echo in State Leaders Speech
A States' Rights speaker cited Jefferson and the Constitution while framing his address around equal rights for all men, though critics questioned whether he truly endorsed universal rights or limited them to certain groups. The remarks drew attention to the tension between ideological references and inclusive policy.
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States’ Rights Group
Man recounts choking incident under truth serum
Scott testified he held a woman’s throat to stop her and claimed the act happened in a fog after a struggle at a church. He said he did not intend to hurt her and denied being at the church initially as students noticed facial scratches. He later recalled entering, meeting a blonde, and leaving with blood on his hands during the incident.
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Page
Scott
Jefferson High School
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Grove’s
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
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Apple
Roy Duvall
T. A. Mason
Carter
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Pittsburgh Paints
Titanic
Heatwole Motor CO
N. Braddock St
OLDS
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Seiberling Battery
Anca
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Ammer Tire CO
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Tommy D. Lockhart
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