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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1947
Page
5
Five Washington high school girls were brought into port by a freighter after being rescued from their disabled 18 foot cat boat in Chesapeake Bay off Annapolis.
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court the probate suit seeks interpretation of Arthur S. Randall's will, identifies beneficiaries and shares, orders creditors' convening, estate administration, asset conversion to cash, and distribution. Laura J. Halsted Evelyn Stevenson and Margaret E. Randall are non residents and must appear within ten days after publication to protect interests.
The House armed services committee ended its hearings on universal military training legislation in Washington. Chairman Andrel announced that all related bills would be referred to a subcommittee led by Rep. Towe for further action.
A short English lesson notes proper usage of facts and actualities and lists commonly mispronounced words. It emphasizes that all facts are actual and advises saying it is a fact rather than it is an actual fact and gives pronunciation guidance for cara mel with stress on the first syllable.
Saturday July 12 1947 at noon the Trial Justice Court sale of a 1936 Plymouth Coupe Motor PB 3Q8734 in front of the Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia. Sale is cash with J B Bywaters Sheriff Coleman Dunn Auctioneer.
The Senate appropriations committee approved a $75,000,000 increase in 1948 operating funds for the Atomic Energy Commission after a heated argument. Chairman Bridges described the vote as close and contentious, noting it exceeded House and Senate subcommittee recommendations.
Roberta Lee answers: a man should not smoke with a woman on a street. a man should usually be introduced to the woman unless he is highly eminent. gifts may be sent up to two months before a wedding.
Harrisville West Virginia July 11 Sheriff John Lowther reports a 38 year old farm woman Mrs John Stackhouse was beaten and almost burned to death with her three children at a farm near Pike in Ritchie County The eight year old Deloris and two younger children were hospitalized with burns The suspect Howard Clayton 38 is being held in the Ritchie County jail The woman said a man choked her set the house afire poured kerosene on her evening clothing and pushed her into the flames before fleeing for help
A band had left the house to work 20 miles away in Tyler county. Lowther and Deputy Sheriff A. P. Hatfield reached the scene hours later and found Clayton sitting on the road. Clayton claimed he was slugged and remembered nothing, as the sheriff reported. The family’s house and possessions were destroyed in the blaze.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, chief of naval operations, said the next war will not be fought mainly at sea and in the air. He stressed the importance of the ground soldier to hold territory and urged coordinated ground sea and air actions under the joint chiefs of staff.
Nimitz testified before a Senate Armed Services subcommittee urging a bill to extend the chief of naval operations duties, reorganize the office, and create posts for naval inspector general and naval material chief. The text notes up to 42 percent of U S farms were tenant operated in the 1930s, rising to 32 percent in 1945.
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